Contained. 80,000 acres of burned there so far. Cal fire is expected to give an update on the ccu fire any moment now. We are monitoring the briefing and will update you with any new information a bit later in the newscast. In the meantime, progress made by cal fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains may allow for people to return to their homes by early next week. More on that from ktvus jesse gary. Backfiring like they call it is under very specific conditions. We dont just use it for whatever. It is not just a random action. It is a very planned event that we use for the fuel. We bring that fire line to a safe area. Reporter late wednesday, cal fire cruise intentionally lit fires in the missive and make a brush fire, burning portions of santa cruz and san mateo counties. Firefighters are testing the viability, doing multiple controlled burns in the area bounded by l soil road to the south and how low road to the north. We want to contain the fuels between the control line and the main fire
Strangers. Probably not today. We will see. Maybe things will change in the next couple of months. We will see. Lets change the topics here. A call to address the covid19 pandemic and other disasters like hurricane laura. This morning were joined by cathy from the traveling nursing staff to tell us about the demand and tell us about how this works. Cathy, good morning. Does the agency hire people from here in the bay area . Good morning. Thank you for having me. Certainly we hire nurses from all over the country, and some live in Northern California and taking their skills among all of the counties whether its in california or other parts of the country. Reporter all right. I was areas. Reading a little bit about the theres nothing like jumping on that and seeing it going. Theres a good way to get the agency, sounds like these nurses exercise and just a good sport. Are highly qualified and ready to go between 24 and 48 hours, you know, speakingover sports, what a day that we had in the
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