Oakland, 95 so far. San jose, triple digits. These are not the official highs. These are highs so far. There will be a lot more added to this list. Look at this map. Everyone other than Half Moon Bay in the 90s and 100s. Extreme heat, absolutely. 109 in fairfield. We have the dangerous heat wave prompting much of the bay area to go under that excessive heat warning until 9 00 p. M. For the inland spots on wednesday. There is a high risk of heat illnesses. Ill let you know how long this heat wave will last and what is changing for your weekend, coming right up. Right. Anyou. With te power grid operator has issued a statewide flex alert. It asks to you conserve energy as much as possible until 10 00 p. M. There was a flaring incident at the she have ronachevron in spewing black smoke into the afrlt you could see it for miles and miles. Live with more on the story, eric . Reporter larry, most of us know around here, the hot weather and spare the air days go together like salt and pepper.
Doctors in england say theyve discovered the first drug that dramatically reduces deaths in covid19 patients, and it turns out its already on the market. Reses inges a lowcost steroided trial, it cut deaths among the ird. Est coronavirus patients by a third. Tonight, doctors are cautiously optimistic that if the research pans out, the drug could eventually help save hundreds of thousands of lives. The new study comes as nearly half of the states in the u. S. Are struggling with spikes in cases, including in florida, where tonight, the state has its highest number of new infections since the pandemic began. Oklahoma, texas, and arizona are also reporting record highs in new cases today. And as we come on the air tonight, more than 116,000 people have been killed by the virus in the u. S. , and there are more than 2. 2 million confirmed cases nationwide. Tonight, theres also new research that says Wearing Masks could prevent hundreds of thousands of infections by stopping the spread of v
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Stores closed residence giat home, ators are dealing with a massive deficit from declining tax revenue. Continue throughe fall, ted to expanding vote mail as a safe option for the november election. Lawmakers have to addreshalong standingenges from boosting Affordable Housing to fighting climate change. Joining us is state Assembly Member david chu, and from the sutter county, James Gallagher, thank you both for joining us thanks for having us. You both returned to work whthis week. Is it like to legislate in the midst of a pandemic with masks and protests . I think the biggest difference thu notice is the Capital Building is not populated. It is like a ghost town walking the halls. Usually the public is in the capital walking the building obviously different groups are r wanting to petition th government. You do not see that, right . We are still able to conduct hearings and provide public the phone and Conference Calls and also a videoconferencing center in the capital for witnesses
My staff works really hard, and i think we are doing everything we can to make it easier for providers and for consumers to be able to access the services that are available to them and serve the people of the city. Any questions . Thank you, kelly. It might be helpful for newer commissioners if you summarized how a consumer qualifies for ihss. What are the requirements . In terms of income or right. So in order to be able to qualify, you have to be medical eligible. If you are, you would call cristas shop, and they would arrange to have a social worker come who would determine how many hours per month you are entitled to. And once that happens, you can hire whoever you want. And about 85 percent of consumers in San Francisco have a friend or Family Member that will do the service for them, which i will also just add, keeps people housed, because then they know they can get paid to provide the service for a friend or Family Member, so there will still be income coming in. 15 percent wh