Actually pretty worried about the countrys future. Our washington correspondent basil john port. With Amy Coney Barrett officially, the newest justice on the Supreme Court. West Virginia Republican showing more capital says she will act as a role model for the country she understands respects the role of Supreme Court justices West Virginia democrat joe manchin doesnt question bears qualifications but questions the timing of this process so close the election because all it does is further divide. One week before the election of a very very contentious election. I might say. Mansion and other democrats say they are worried about what will happen to things like the Affordable Care act. And now we have a landmark case coming up that could throw the baby out with the bath water, virginia senator tim kaine expects republicans will get their way and overturned the a they did it for one reason which is they smell blood in the water in their effort to finally kill the Affordable Care act cain
With pacific gas and electric have been crisscrossing napa county repairing and inspecting power lines and poles. Before turning the power back on its getting kind of old yeah as usual residents who live west of the river in calistoga have been without power. This time since sunday afternoon. Some have been through it so many times that they bought a generator to make life a little easier. Ieeping one tv going. A light in my bedroom. Light in the kitchen. Wi fi. And the refrigerator. And its not just homes west of the river that have been without power. But weiner east to like castello di amorosa still after wine tasting continues, we had a generator. That is able to any. A gift card that whole castle not only is this winery had to deal with power shut offs but its warehouse and 10,000 cases of wine were destroyed by the glass fire at the end of last month. Still they keep pushing ahead because were so used having files for the last 4 years including the whole bay area. People are now
Modifications well forced to joins us tonight from lafayette in Contra Costa County where many are breathing a sigh of relief thanks to the reopening measures, theresa well pam as you mentioned it is certainly positive news were here in lafayette to Contra Costa County i was speaking to the owner of social bird behind me and she says you know of course of business is called social bird was supposed to be social but then the pandemic it and she said that its been certainly very tough but now. That weve got that move into this new terror. She says shes extremely grateful. From here there nothing. It was heart wrenching that chef and owner snd carrion who owns social bird in lafayette and 2 other restaurants in Contra Costa County she and her husband had just bought renovated. And held a grand opening of social bird. Then the pandemic hit. In a cap and he had to learn how to the takeout business that we doing to farm. It was learning process and learning process. She showed me the transfo
Balan muchas warns that the county has to get its act together unfortunate reality is that we are seeing case numbers that are higher than they should be for us to remain in red and unfortunately that puts us at risk of going back in the purple. You know the cause of it is obviously people getting together with family and friends and letting their guard down so that disease spreads and we had several weeks ago several large as ants that we believe accounted for that spike that theyre not just says the spike could be temporary at least hes hoping thats the case he points to several recent events as examples of behavior that is detrimental to the countys progression in reopening involving 300 people with no social distanced staying lee and its a wedding at a home with 40 people no social distancing no and then there was some type of the news sent invitation only event was a large number of people again no social distancing and we had dozens of cases from these events doctor much as says
Something that businesses in benicia say is crucial for their survival. After seeing a rise in coronavirus cases Solano County is moving in the wrong direction, heading backwards from the state spread here to its most restrictive purple tier it is definitely disappointing because i working in to see people is misses in benicia say. The jump in cases is disheartening not only for the community, but also for the lifeblood of the local economy purple tier prohibits most not essential indoor Business Operations and would cause some businesses to close or change their current plans, everybody does need to do their and be diligent and especially right now we are in normals flu season. And so taking just extra is going to help our little businesses in town stand business Solano County Health Officer doctor balan muchas warns that the county has to get its act together unfortunate reality is that we are seeing case numbers that are higher than they should be for us to remain in red and unfortu