This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news as california is effectively back under lockdown tonight. As the surge of coronavirus cases exploding across the u. S. Is now slamming headon into the countrys largest state. Tonight Governor Newsom says is he is stopping Indoor Dining in restaurants and closing all bars, wineries and movie theaters statewide. After a weekend that saw the states beaches overflowing, the governor is also closing gyms, churches and nonessential offices in the states 30 hardest hit counties. Essentially shutting down california for 80 of People Living there. And the states two Biggest School systems said today they will only do Distance Learning in the fall. Tonight closures come as Coronavirus Infections are now growing in 40 states and at a rate nearly twice as fast as in april. In florida new cases have jumped so dramatically th
Leads to several infections and a three year old who believes the virus to be a hoax dies after attending a so called covid party. His death bed message. Breaking news, naya rivera found dead, search and rescue t teams recover the body of the former glee actress, vital clues to the discovery and the question, what happened. Fire still raging aboard a u. S. Navy ship. Hundreds of firefight ares are battling an inferno burning at a thousand degrees with nearly 60 injuried. Well have the latest details. The president versus doctor fauci, the white house lashes out at the top Infectious Disease expert while the than 134,000 people here in the u. S. Theres a lot of new reporting to get to tonight and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. Jonathan vigliotti will lead off our coverage tonight from los angeles, jonathan . Norah, this is a major setback for businesses like the ones behind me. Businesses this said they were already struck elling just to get by and although a
15 contained right now or i should say on the right side of the park fire thats the other one that sparked early yesterday morning at morgan hill actually. Saturday night. Park fire has burned more than 340 acres now 70 contained so theyre making some progress on that fact all evacuation orders have been lifted near morgan hill. But the evacuations are still in place in gilroy lets go there now kron fours will tran. Has the very latest will. Daria more specifically the evacuation orders are forking out a road in fact the only people out here are firefighters and the media we have to drive through a barrier just to get to this location you can see what the fire did right behind me when it broke out. Yesterday afternoon still burning out of control because its only approximately 15 contained and were still waiting to hear from cal fire for some new numbers. There has been more firefighters thrown at this look at that the bottom of the hill james and aerial look at that cal fire vehicle r
North of gilroy its 15 contained. And then theres the park fire which was sparked late saturday night in morgan hill and its burned 340 acres. The good news is 70 contained and all evacuations were lifted in morgan hill but lets go back to the other fire because that one still has evacuations in place in gilroy and kron fours will tran has been monitoring whats going on there will house the fire fight going. The firefight continues and will continue for the next several days in fact the wind is starting to pick up the just had to change a shift. Now that the sun is clearly above us we can clearly see what it did to this hillside in what the firefighters try to do to make sure that the fire did not spread look at that red on the hillside thats the retardant that was dropped from the air drops yesterday this a good chance they could do it again its still smoldering. This is can ya to road this is an area where they preemptively evacuated people. This is not like a neighborhood they used
Week right now because of the rain. Reporter once the rain comes in, things will pick up. Were ready for whatever comes at us, all risks. Reporter risks such as accidents and potential Power Outages related to the storm while firefighters may be in for a busy thanksgiving week, they are truly grateful for the rain after a long fire season, they can finally say good bye to wildfire danger. Getting this first rain absolutely helps us. Reporter the north marin Water District say for now the rain is welcome, but not absolutely needed with reservoirs at or near capacity. The rain does signal the need for the annual dreaded yardwork to clear the leaves on the streets. Residents also know the rain could put a damper on their routines. Probably wont do my daily walks. Have to take a rain check. Reporter and the nevado Fire Protection district hopes the rain keeps falling at a consistent basis to officially put an end to the fire season. Andrea nakano, kpix 5. All right, ill get right into the