In terms of acreage. It has burned nearly 366,000 acres and is 25 contained. Five people there including three First Responders have been hurt. And 31 structures destroyed. In santa cruz and san mateo counties, officials this morning confirming a second death connected to the czu fire. Officials say a 63yearold woman was found dead inside the fire zone. Six people remain missing. That fire has burned at least 80,000 acres and is 19 contained. One person has died and 538 structures have been destroyed. Now officials are holding a News Conference right now about the lnu fire. Lets listen in. Fire engines assigned to incidents from arizona,idaho, nevada, new mexico, texas, oregon, utah, washington, and montana. And thats part of the 375 engines that were requested. One thing i want to touch on real briefly this morning is driving. As we start to repopulate areas as well as curiosity is regarding some of the wildfires is we really want to encourage people to stay out of the area. We have a
Cases of covid19 today. Modok county confirmed two individuals with the virus both from the same household. The department of health is trying to identify anyone who may have had close contact with the infected individuals. It was the only county in california with no confirmed cases of the virus. Growing concern tonight about an apparent outbreak of coronavirus at a popular south bay costco. As we first reported last night, the Santa Clara County Health Department confirmed its investigating cases involving multiple employees at the costco in sunnyvale. As robert hand a explains more. Reporter wont ard about coronavirus at the costco here has been spreading online, but some people say the public deserves more than just a word of mouth warning. Its another busy day at the costco here, both in the store and behind the scenes. Today, the Company Posted a new note on its employee Bulletin Board saying the number of coronavirus cases among workers is up to nine. Some say they heard the fir
Criticized for not taking sooner i personally want to a busy wednesday ahead early today starts right now apologize for the inadequacy of good morning. Im philip mena. Our response reporter the covid19 racial m frances rivera. Data tracker, a collaboration between the Antiracist Research a glimmer of hope against the and policy center and the covid coronavirus. A cheap and widely used steroid tracking project finds black americans are dying at rates that become the first drug shown to save lives among covid19 patients according to results of a recent nearly twice their population share. Trial, the drug reduced death in more than 40 states, latino rates by around a third among cases comprise more than their the most severely ill covid19 share of the population. Native americans and alaska n t patients admitted to the hospital nbcs tom costello has more. Reporter at Oxford University in britain, natives are also being disproportionately impacted. Researchers say a commonly used and we li
Good morning and welcome in. Im cori coffin. Im phillip mena. It was midmarch when americans were asked to do the unthinkable. Dont gro o to work, school, or leave the house. Now, of 54 days, governors across dozens of states have eased restrictions, despite warnings from Public Health officials. As states fail to meet federal guidelines, the number of americans dying from covid19 continues to rise. The virus has claimed over 81,000 lives and as infected more than 1. 3 million americans. Five western states, including california, are requesting 1 trillion mark in aid from the federal government. Governor gavin newsom says it would help cover critical Public Safety and health work, not just for his state but washington, oregon, colorado, and nevada if youre waiting for your stimulus check still, the clock is ticking taxpayers have until wednesday to submit Bank Information on the irs website to get a check via direct deposit if not, you may have to wait until june for a paper check. Twi
People that make them happen but at what cost well look at the Health Risks Involved friends, families and neighbors are forced to find new way to congregate and socialize in this new world of social distancing some new ideas for you as we kick off this early stuz the good morning im phillip mena im frances rivera. It has been nearly two weeks since the coronavirus was labeled a Global Pandemic and it is spreading fast. America now has the hughest rate of increase in the world confirmed cases have surpassed 46,000 monday was the deadliest day so far with phase tallties surging into the triple digits pushing the death toll to 549. Could the olympics be pushed back a year . In an interview with the committee member, he says the postponement for the olympics has been decided and could be moved to 2021. Amazon is tightening its grip of people trying to profit from the panhandle its pulled over half a million listings and suspended nearly 4,000 accounts for price gouging. Britains Prime Min