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Week. But here in california, we have filed a more than 7 million claims for unemployment that happened since the pandemic began and paid out just last week alone 3. 7 billion in Unemployment Benefits and thats more than 3 billion more than the worst week of the last great recession. So as you can see, there is a massive demand for this type of until assistance. So is the volume that you are getting, you are having the process going down at all . You know, the volume continues to be quite high. We are still getting a couple hundred,000 claims each week. However, what we are able to to do is we are now able to expand our capacity. As you know when this hit, it was like an overnight perfect storm. Right. So it was hitting at a time of record low up employment. We have low staffing, low funding. Now we have more funding. We are in a mass expedited hiring effort, where we have hired or at least extended considerable job offers to more than 4,300 people to come on board and help us here at
Story. Live doppler 7, temperatures are warmer around the bay. 57 downtown. 61 in oakland. It is 62 in san jose. Some 50s along the coast. This is walnut creek. No marine layer out there, with low 50s and low to mid60s in our inland valleys, on our way to another warm day inland, eight to nine degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago. As we go through the next few hours its about sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s and 80s by noontime. 80s to the low 90s to mid90s by 4 00, the sea breeze is with us, picking up the winds throughout the day. Theyll be quite gusty at times. We tails on that and the cooler week ahead in a few minutes. Lisa, thank you. Lets get back to breaking news in the south bay where a brush fire is prompting evacuations near Anderson Lake east of morgan hill. This is a live look right now of whats being called the park fire. So you can see were told that its pretty steep terrain and you can see it there, burning right now. I know its been burning for the past few
And as you look at the rock there, you can see how hazy it is. There is no marine layer. That is just poor air quality. 57 in the city. It is 59 in oakland. 55 in mountain view. 59 in san jose, with 53 in pacifica. Walnut creek looks better over into the east bay but things will clear out as we get some mixing and the winds pick up throughout the day. 50 in santa rosa. 55 in napa. Low 60s by the delta with the light wind. 65 in concord. Were warmer this morning, anywhere from a degree to about nine degrees warmer. Thats going to translate into another warm day today around the bay and inland with 80s to low to mid90s returning, and well look at that cool coast, that sea breeze picking up, and the fog expanding later on tonight. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. We want to get back to the breaking news in the south bay, where a brush fire is prompting evacuations near Anderson Lake, this is east of morgan hill. Again in Santa Clara County. Here is our live look there, this is being call
Good morning, everyone, its sunday, july 5. Im liz kreutz. Thanks for joining us. We have a lot to get to us with illegal fireworks and fires across the bay area. Lets start with meteorologist lisa argen. Hey, liz, good morning to you. Were starting out with haze and a little bit of sunshine. Should be a nice afternoon. Warmth returns to our inland valleys. You can see emeryville is a little hazy out there with High Pressure overhead, little wind. Temperatures are quite mild from the east bay to the peninsula, upper 60s to near 70. No sea breeze as of yet. The winds will pick up. Were looking at gusts near 30 miles an hour. Look at the low 70s arriving in our east bay. Today some changes at the coast as the winds pick up and create some gusty winds. Well still be cool, just in the 60s there but climbing through the 00s to around 80 in the bay and low to mid90s return inland. Enjoy the day today if you like it warm. Then well talk about that sea breeze kicking up, bringing the cooling t