Police tactics against protesters in oakland. Breaking news, a free fall on wall street right now. Take a look. The dow way down about 1700 points at this point. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im len kiese. And investors jitter ri in the face of rising coronavirus numbers in countries. Numbers falling. More than 1. 5 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Layoffs are high, but the downward trend in claims continues. This follows last weeks surprising report that shows businesses added more than 2 million jobs in may and the Unemployment Rate developed. The good news is that as these weekly claims start to drift lower and as theres more evidence that employers are bringing new people back on their payrolls, the situation is not nearly as dire as ten weeks ago. The Federal Reserve predicts unemployment will continue to fall, but finish the year above 9 , much higher than the 3. 5 before the pandemic started. And this afternoon, the Oakland Police department is
Thats right, all about the bay area microclimates. Cooled the coast and mild around the bay and heating up inlland 30degree temperature from the coast to the inland locations. The typical june weather pattern continues for us. Heres a live look with our Salesforce Tower camera with the clouds in the sky. Looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s. So clear in concord and livermore and san jose and santa rosa but the clouds in oakland as well as for San Francisco. As we head through our day, looking at 68 in San Francisco and 74 in oakland and looking at 87 in san jose and heating up to 94 degrees in concord. Hot day in concord. Well talk about a cooldown coming our way in a few minutes. Back to you. Well, this just in. The World Health Organization has announced an end to the second deadliest Ebola Outbreak in history. The virus killed more than 2,000 people in eastern congo. During the two year crisis, it was the first time an Ebola Outbreak erupted in a conflict zone.
Night the governor activated the National Guard and about 500 stores are trying to get the situation under control. Here is another clip from last night when a group of the demonstrators torched a City Police Department precinct that officers had abandoned it. That is part of the destruction that was done throughout the downtown area. This was all sparked by the death of george floyd, pl a uffed black man who Police Officer kneeled on his neck. Also, a cnn reporter was live on air and then he was arrested along with his crew. That has caused a lot of controversy between cnn this morning and the governor in minnesota. The crew included the correspondent omar jimenez, handcuffed and detained. After 5 am, they have been released by police say they were being detained because they were told to move and they did not. A clear violation of their First Amendment rights according to cnn, who called the governor of minnesota, who apologized for all of this and cleared it up with the state Police
Which is a few miles off the roadway, and the closest intersection you might recognize is Silver Creek Valley road and san felipe road. Up where the fire is burning on the ridge, close to the ridge, not a lot of homes so no structures are threatened. We know its bigger than 20 acres, and we dont know what the containment number at this point because the firefight is still ongoing and firefighters have told us theres a potential to hit about 100 acres. We have seen a bulldozer going up the hillside trying to create a fire break so we expect that will help this morning, and we also know that vianey arana and the rest of our team have been watching the fire conditions because of the spike in heat and we did not get as much rain as we were hoping for during the rainy season. C vianey, you have a look at that . Yeah, anytime we see a spike in the heat we get drier conditions and the dry brush works as fuel. We will be quick to climb into the 80s and 90s. Good thing is the wind speeds are fa
Temperatures climb, really heating up as we you have the the next several days. Our temperatures are running in the 40s and 50s as we start off our day. Were looking at seasonal daytime highs sworn right around where we should be for this time of year. 75 in san jose, and 77 to be concord, but i am watching this strong ridge of High Pressure build in, and that will mean our temperatures are going to soar. Details on that holiday forecast coming up. And oakland city officials will cracking down on crowds c kit, what is the plan out there . Reporter right here, plugged into the grass, theres a cover your face and stay six feet aparts sign. Lots of reminders everywhere for visitors to see and take notice if they come out here to lake merritt. Just like last weekend, yes, the lake itself will still be opened, but the city is trying to roars the crowds, so they wont make it easy for you to get here. The following changes into go into effect today. There will be no parking adjacent to lake m