Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Im senior investigator reporter stephen stock. It took bay area counties a little more than six weeks to issue stay at home orders after the first case of covid19 was discovered here in the area. The white house too was slow to react. But could local governments have been better prepared . A report by california state auditors says yes. And that report says many counties throughout the state still have a long way to go. The images of the wildfires of 2017 and 2018 remain unforgettable, seared into the consciousness of residents who watched their homes burn. Those fires prompted the state auditor last december to find that california is not adequately prepared to protect its most vulnerable residents from future natural disasters. The auditor says that counties hit by those fires, quote, did not follow key practices for emergency planning, that each county lacked a complete, updated emergency plan. Ray kelly i think that we all can do better.
Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Im senior investigator reporter stephen stock. It took bay area counties a little more than six weeks to issue stay at home orders after the first case of covid19 was discovered here in the area. The white house too was slow to react. But could local governments have been better prepared . A report by california state auditors says yes. And that report says many counties throughout the state still have a long way to go. The images of the wildfires of 2017 and 2018 remain unforgettable, seared into the consciousness of residents who watched their homes burn. Those fires prompted the state auditor last december to find that california is not adequately prepared to protect its most vulnerable residents from future natural disasters. The auditor says that counties hit by those fires, quote, did not follow key practices for emergency planning, that each county lacked a complete, updated emergency plan. Ray kelly i think that we all can do better.
Thankfully there are no reports of American Health care workers coming down with the coronavirus. But as we have heard, Health Officials in d. C. Warn us it is very likely the coronavirus will enter a new stage, a new phase here in the u. S. Which begs the question, our Health Care System prepared to protect the workers on the front lines. As the coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, hospitals around the country are preparing for the possibility that a person infected with the coronavirus could walk into their emergency room in the near future. Im optimistic that our Health System should be able to deal with these patients and keep the Health Care Workers safe. Reporter uc berkeley Infectious Disease expert dr. Arthur reingold says its one thing to quarantine a healthy person who has been exposed to the virus, as weve seen happen at Travis Air Force base, and its another to treat someone who is sick and infectious. Will we be able to, quote, contain this . Will we be able t
we ve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. one of president putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. he s repeated the kremlin line that there is no war, but instead a special military operation . this comes as russia s invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, who s been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years, spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. how are you? it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declared a special military operation because we had absolutely no other way of explaining to the west that dragging ukraine into nato was a crimi
Trash can a block away. Police say a tipster led them to the 400 block of terp street in the tenderloin. He was placed under arrest, booked for murder. They do not know how the man in the suit case died or where. Police are not releasing information about him either. He appears to be a transient. We are learning more tonight about the man killed in wednesdays massive fire in San Franciscos Mission district. He was 32. The family said he moved here from el salvador in search of a better life. He worked a graveyard shift and was sleeping with ear plugs when the blaze was going. The after math of the fire in mission is across from docks clock. The owner is having a benefit for those made homeless in the fire. There is an outpouring of response from the community. We are collecting clothing and toiletry toiletries. People are throwing in catch. Everything we do is matched. There will be an account set up going on until 2 00 a. M. Fires leave people destitute. Firefighters are trying to hel