Bay area almost have fires. In the last hour, two fires also sparked in Sonoma County, forcing evacuations there. Lightning suspected as the cause of most of these fires. Now, fire danger not the only concern tonight. Power outages are also possible as the states grid is once again pushed to the max. Pg e is asking people to conserve electricity through 10 00 this evening. We have a lot going on right now and a team of reporters in place on the Power Outages and the wildfires. Lets start with nbc bay areas ian cull live in San Mateo County. Ian. Reporter yeah. Hey, guys. Very active scene up behind us here. You can see the plumes of smoke hundreds of feet in the air. This is what you can see from Silicon Valley throughout the bay area as more than 350 firefighters are onscene up there along that ridge. On officer who th a cal fire tells me that this is very steep, difficult terrain to be fighting a fire. Its also very dry up there because of this heat, and thats also a worry and a diff
Courthouse. This is downtown oakland right near lake merritt, all happening within the past hour. Video of the entrance filled with flames and smoke posted on social media. You can see fireworks going off in the area, but the extent of the damage to the courthouse not yet clear. Earlier tonight several protesters broke off a peaceful demonstration downtown and vandalized a police station. You see a photo of it right there. Oakland p. D. Tweeted, asking organizers to keep the protests peaceful after the station was spraypainted and those windows were broken. Fireworks were also set off there, and officers in helicopters were targeted with lasers. Well continue to update you on this breaking situation in oakland. Now we want to go to our coronavirus coverage. More testing and less waiting. If you tried to get a covid19 test in the last few weeks, you may have waited for hours to get it. But in san jose today, wait times were dramatically reduced all thanks to a new system. Nbc bay areas
After the state put it on its watch list because of the increase of covid19 cases. I think that its not a good thing. Tas huge wakeup call to the community to wear masks. An ongoing transmission among health workers. Today county Health Leaders issued this statement saying the magnitude of the change is above what would be expected as a result of the countys substantial expansion of testing. And we have been placed on the states monitoring list. Late friday Alameda County learned it was not approved by the state for Outdoor Dining. But now with the county on a watch list, it could be subject to state enforcement. Some people we spoke with say theyre going to play it safe. Its really hard right now. You know, me and my girlfriend, we havent been on a real date outside in so long. I miss it. You know . But if we have to do it, we have to do it. Id rather be safe than sorry. Reporter infection rates have doubled in recent weeks. In response, a newly revised health order requires stricter
Heyward enjoyed Outdoor Dining the worlds most bizarre home is classroom outweigh the risk of vote by mail is already very our sky ranger captured all from after the state put it on its disease. Most transmissions come from opening tomorrow. Now to our continuing familiar here in california overhead. Tours of the spooky mansion will adults to adults or adults to the Community Coming out to coverage of todays racial where 70 of voters use the mail watch list because of the now be selfguided. Increase of covid19 cases. Children. Support the black lives matter justice march in martinez. Movement after a high profile about a thousand people gathered or vote centers when they voted meaning, each group must consist in record numbers for a i think that its not a good alleged hate crime over there. Only of people in the same house downtown where earlier this month a couple defaced a black president ial primary back in sergio has more on an emotional hole. Masks are mandatory. Lives matter mura
Now at 11 00 huge concerns over illegal fireworks heading into the holiday. Tonight we have already seen one big example, of the danger. Troubling images san josc restaurant appears not to be enforcing social distancing. The warning from city and county leaders tonight. We just learned atop Trump Campaign official and a former first lady of San Francisco, has tested positive for coronavirus. Heating up for the holiday trucking your hour by hour with the july forecast. Now 11 streaming cbsn bay area illegal fireworks making for a dangerous dr. The Holiday Weekend in San Francisco. That evening i am elizabeth cook. Alan martin in for can firefighters locked up a neighborhood in the excelsior tonight after a powerful explosion some sort of firework larger than an m 80 was dropped into a drainpipe on edinburg street. Officials say three windows were blown out of the house. It could get even worse as the we can goes on, as kpix, crackdown and oakland. Reporter many of the residents in this