Thanks for joining 9 oclock, everybody im grant lotus can over and Catherine Heenan in for Vicki Liviakis tonight. Local city leaders they are not taking any chances with the virus. Yeah we are not taking chances either and crown for trying to practice what we preach Health Officials obviously stressing the importance of social distancing to try to slow the spread of this virus. So were doing the same catherine over there about 12 feet away. Lawrence karnow to my right gangs all here so this is will be doing for the foreseeable future yeah and the cdc actually recommends at least 6 were doing better than that to protect ourselves and to stay on the air to bring you the latest information you need to know today residents in 6 counties have been advised to remain at home, leaving only for essential needs and the supplies in the following counties, San Francisco more in santa clara san Mateo Alameda and contra costa. This order takes effect at midnight we know it will last at least 3 week
Is on to keep fire debris out of the water in wine country. Ktvus tom vacar joins us from petaluma where a company is making a key element to keep those toxins out. Tom. In order to prevent wholesale contamination of the watershed you need do something very important, which is what this factory is doing. You need to manufacture tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dams, called wattles, in order to prevent the watershed from being grossly polluted. Pretty much everywhere you look in the burn areas, you will see barriers placed around storm drains. They keep toxins from washing into the drains. That blocks debris flow into the storm drains and creeks. We are also adding compost rolls to add additional filtering to reduce the potential. Reporter nobody is sure what and how many toxins are in the ash but some think its a lot. We are planning to do Water Quality sampling to determine whats running off into our creeks and waterways. Reporter they will be looking for toxic heavy
Front of Robert Sanders Elementary School off to the right side of the screen. The car kept going until it crashed into that home right there, that suv which you can see is smushed into the garage. The car is underneath the blue tarp on Mount Pleasant road. We spoke with a young man who lives in that house who appeared to be shaken up over what happened. He showed us video that he had just shot after the crash. It shows the driver unresponsive in the front seat. His head slumped backwards with what appears to be blood pouring out of his mouth. There is broken glass on the road leading up to the driveway which seems to indicate that someone shot the man through his car window while he was driving. Police would only confirm to us they found the man with at least one gunshot wound. What is already the third homicide for the city of san jose this year, a city coming off the year 2016 which was the deadly est year since 1991. Its very important, more so now than ever, that the Police Depart
And he is in police custody. We dont know why he was on the bridge or what he was trying to accomplish, but the situation is over. Both sides have since reopened the traffic in about the last 30 minutes. Were also following breaking news in arizona, and theres confirmation today that Kayla Mueller, the american who was being held hostage by isusis indeed dead. She was an aid worker from arizona. Isis said she died in an air strike. Steve has more. The worst fears were confirmed. The family of Kayla Mueller got what they considered proof of her death. Our hearts are breaking for our only daughter muellers family said in a statement from arizona, but we will continue on in peace, dignity, and love for her. Kayla mueller was only 26 but she volunteered in other trouble spots, fighting aids and poverty. In 2013 she went to syria to help the victims of that civil war. Kayla was captured by isis her family kept that secret from the public, but president obama knew and got regular briefings.