Health officials in Contra Costa County are stepping up free covid testing. Now even though they say mixing with those outside someones household is still a risky idea. Rob roth heard from Public Health officers today and gins us now with more. Rob . Reporter yeah, heather, on one hand Health Officials are urging people to stay home over thanksgiving, but theyre also saying if youre going to visit, get tested first. Cars lined up in this parking lot in concord Tuesday Morning for what the Contra Costa Health department calls testing for turkey. This family recently lost their grandfather to covid and know too well the horrors of the virus. We just want to be safe. Were going to meet some family over the holidays, and we want to protect ourselves and protect them, as well. Reporter this is one of 13 sites in Contra Costa County offering free covid testing. The push now is to get people tested before thanksgiving, and possibly exposing others. While inviting everyone that you gather with
Way. Im tracking tomorrows hour by hour rain chances in the forecast. In front of my door with your racist [ bleep ] this video has really struck a nerve. Tonight hear from the bay area woman who took on a racist neighbor. Plus, a Second Public Health Emergency is developing amid the pandemic. Tonight the emerging cancer crisis. Covid has created a perfect storm. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, in one hour, new coronavirus restrictions take effect as Governor Newsom announces hes pulling the emergency break on the states reopening. Heres a look at where the bay area now stands in the states colorcoded reopening map as cases spike, every county is now the most restrictive purple tier, or the substantial red tier. Now theres talk about a potential curfew, but as kpix 5s joe vazquez reports, some are wondering if it would even help. Reporter as of tonight, san mateo is one of the few counties in california still allowing f
Now at 11 00, were an hour away from new emergency restrictions. What you need to know, and is a curfew next . When you talk about a curfew, thats absolutely the wrong approach. Weve got more rain on the way. Im tracking tomorrows hour by hour rain chances in the forecast. In front of my door with your racist [ bleep ] this video has really struck a nerve. Tonight hear from the bay area woman who took on a racist neighbor. Plus, a Second Public Health Emergency is developing amid the pandemic. Tonight the emerging cancer crisis. Covid has created a perfect storm. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, in one hour, new coronavirus restrictions take effect as Governor Newsom announces hes pulling the emergency break on the states reopening. Heres a look at where the bay area now stands in the states colorcoded reopening map as cases spike, every county is now the most restrictive purple tier, or the substantial red tier. Now the
Madoff s death, reportedly of natural causes, is a sobering reminder of the investor-protection shortfalls that persist more than a decade after his fraud was exposed, according to investor advocates. Nobody is immune from fraud, said Andrew Stoltmann, a Chicago-based attorney who represents consumers in fraud cases. If Bernie Madoff can do it, anybody can do it.
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But occasionally a crook slips through the cracks sometimes in dazzling fashion.
Matthew Piercey, a broker from Palo Cedro, California, who pleaded guilty to co-running a $35 million Ponzi scheme, tried fleeing the FBI in November by using a submersible to hide underwater.
Some have gone so far as trying to fake their own death. About a decade ago, Marcus Schrenker, an Indiana advisor and pilot, did so by crashing a plane in Florida after parachuting to safety and then speeding away on a motorcycle to avoid prosecution for allegedly stealing $1.5 million from clients.