Countys response. As napa county faces its first covid 19 cases the county says and theyve been prepared. Our priority right now is making sure that were ramping up our staffing in a Facebook Live sunday afternoon deputy county executive Molly Rattigan gave this update to napa county about the quickly escalating Coronavirus Spread you should start to see increases in some of the testing them or us as youve been saying in the last few days here in napa county county officials report as of sunday almost a 100 tests have been completed and at least 30 cases are under investigation. The countys first case was reported in the Morning Hours later a second case confirmed Health Officials say both patients have been isolated one a napa city resident, the other isolated in saint helene a there is no known connection officials wont say their age gender or where the virus was contracted, but are working to trace people who have been in direct contact testing for the virus began last week we are r
Getting from the National Guard and the federal government now uh yeah, i mean so we can expect more supplies within the next 48 hours justine and todays announcement also means that the president is covering the cost. The federal government will pay for the National Guard troops that are being sent here President Trump didnt go into specifics much saying that they will be carrying out approved mission so well just have to see what those are exactly because hes going to be leaving each states governor in charge weve seen some troops interstate already helping out food banks for example, and they may also be used to distribute the medical supplies that are being sent our way. California will also see makeshift Medical Centers to treat future covid 19 patients, weve seen 2 naval hospitals that will be anchored on both us coasts one is a ship called mercy that ones going to be sent down to los angeles. And were also going to see 8 Field Hospitals pop up. In order to assist and those appro
You can see it highlighted in this map, due to the high fire danger right now. A live look at the outages, were going to continuously update you, large swathes of purple across the north bay is what youre seeing right now. Pg e is calling this actually phase one of the outages. A second phase is going to start about noon and last through overnight tonight. Outages will impact parts of contra costa, santa clara and alameda counties. In the second phase 234,000 homes and business also be impacted. Kari is tracking the fire dangers for us right now. They are doing that preemptively to avoid the high wind and the potential that any of the power lines could cause some sparks and then cause some very dry brush below to go up in flames. We are seeing this red flag warning in effect for all of the areas shaded in red and that includes the santa cruz mountains, where the winds will gust at times up to about 45 to 55 Miles Per Hour. Here is a live look outside in palo alto. We start out with som
A report by Napa city and county staff shows local efforts to tackle homelessness are working, but California s budget woes may affect funding in the future.