Acres in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Sadly, one person died. 925 homes destroyed. But firefighters did manage to save thousands of homes. Cal fire tweeted out this video, firefighters reading parts of the hundreds of thank you letters they received. Also tonight, progress in the fight against covid19. Three more bay area counties are now in the red. San mateo, solano, and alameda counties have moved into the red tier, which means increased capacity at a number of businesses and indoor customers for salons and tattoo parlors. One of the counties is saying not so fast. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney reports from Alameda County. Reporter its out of the purple tier and into the red in san mateo, solano, and here in Alameda County. But Alameda County Health Officials say there will be no immediate changes, and as with other reopenings, it will be important for Alameda County to take a measured and phased approach to avoid dramatic increases in disease transmission and reclosures. At s
People in Santa Clara County are already registered to vote and the registrar of voters hopes by the end of today that number will jump to more than a million. Recently became a u. S. Citizen and register fing to vote for t first time ever. He doesnt want to throw away his shot. So just want to make sure that i proactively be a part of that voting process and make a difference. Reporter across the bay area on this National Voter registration day we saw stepped up efforts to get people to vote including this teen Voter Registration event in richmond. 16 and 17yearolds can even preregister. In Santa Clara County the registrar Voters Office offered free swag to people registering. Thats a lot higher than it was four years ago. Reporter others are trying to get your ballot counted. Thats why the sap center says therell now be a drop off point. The Sharks Foundation has now launched a Voter Campaign to help people register. We now have a landing page created on our website and there we have
Students and alumni as well as more than 8,000 employees. Kirsten Joyce michael, what has the reaction been of students who have stopped by to checkin at the campus . Michael Stevens kirsten, weve seen some. Many people are in disbelief. Of course, were following this story all day long. And will have updates on our later newscasts. Kirsten . Kirsten Joyce a 47yearoldwoman a 47yearoldwoman was killed while crossing the street last night. She was hit by a motorcycle near lake mead and civic center. She was not in the crosswalk at the time. The motoryclce rider had some nonlife threatening injuries. North Las Vegas Police say speed and alochol were not factors in the crash. This is the 12th deadly crash in thier jurisdiction this year. Kirsten Joyce pounding away at the new england coast today. What was hurricane hermine is churning in the atlantic ocean. Parts of cape cod are being hit with 50 mile an hour winds. In rhode island. The winds fueled the flames engulfing this ocean front ho
For anothe prime time debate. You can catch Detailed Analysis of the debate on iowa in focus at 10 30 sunday morning. Recent attacks with gunfire ve voters again considering gun policies. While terrorism remains a top priority to voters, gun policy is still in the top ten. This is all too familiar for parents in connecticut whose lives changed forever three years ago today. December 14th 2012 marked the sandy hook massacre in newtown connecticut. That is where 20yearold adam lanza shot and kiled 20children and six adults. The town and School District are handling the anniversary in a lowkey manner, briefly mentioning a prayer gathering set for seven tongiht. Defense secretary ash carter is on his way to iraq to see the fight against isis up more people are seeing isil for the thugs and the theives and the killers that they are. Are. This morning, president obama announced carter trip, saying isis will be defeated. He said the us is hitting isis harder than ever but offered no new strat
Dollars from education to water quality. The lack of progress last year was partly blamed on the fact that republicans controlled the iowa house and while democrats controlled the senate which will stay the same this year. Tomorrow Governor Terry branstad will deliver his condition of the state address. That speech is scheduled to begin at 10 in the morning at the Iowa State Capitol building in des moines. Later that day president barack obama will deliver his final state of the Union Address. Address. Many expect it will be different than the final state of the Union Address from other president s. Instead of a laundry list of proposals the president is expected to reflect on his two terms in the white house. You can see the president s state of the union live right here on cbs 2 tomorrow night starting at eight. The white house says the president s cabinet members will be traveling around the country following that speech to help promote the proposals the presdient does make. The roa