Details. Larry . Ama, dan, the coronavirus shut down sports for months. The nba restarted in a bubble, but that bubble may be about to burst. Maybe it already did. Not sure tonight. But the lakers and the clippers voted to boycott the rest of the playoffs following that shooting by police in wisconsin. Exactly four years ago today, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose to sit during the National Anthem to protest Police Brutality and social inequality. Well, today, the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to play their game with orlando in protest of the Police Shooting of jacob blake on sunday. Despite the overwhelming plea for change there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball. Like dominos, teams began calling off games. Three Major League Baseball games, including tonights giants dodgers contest postponed. The wnba and Major League Soccer also postponing play. I dont think it should require athletes needing to boycott playoff games to remind us black lives matter
Decided not to play their game with orlando in protest of the Police Shooting of jacob blake on sunday. Despite the overwhelming plea for change there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball. Like dominos, teams began calling off games. Three Major League Baseball games, including tonights giants dodgers contest postponed. The wnba and Major League Soccer also postponing play. I dont think it should require athletes needing to boycott playoff games to remind us black lives matter and that Police Brutality is unacceptable. This is its clear theyre committed to pressuring team owners, politicians and police to make real changes. Its amazing. Why while we keep loving this country and the country is not loving back. Tennis star naomi osaka is bowing out of her match, tweeting, before i am an athlete, i am a black woman, and as a black woman, i feel there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate attention rather than watching me play tennis. The que
For more than three years before that. And now to the wildfires. National guard troops will be on the front lines today against the lnu complex. Evacuation orders have been reduced to warnings in parts of the napa county. It has burned over 360,000 acres. Containment is 33 . 250 members of the National Guard have been training to join the firefight. And a second website is up and running that shows the homes that have been damaged or destroyed in the lnu fires in the north bay. It is similar to the Damage Assessment for the czu complex down south. Red means that the house has been destroyed, orange means there is significant damage, yellow means minor damage. If it is green, the home has very little damage. The black building means that there was no damage. You can find a link to both of these maps at abc7news. Com. Today officials will hold a Community Briefing to provide fire updates and information about recovery programs and resources for Sonoma County residents. Officials from the
As you cross the bay bridge this morning. Were mainly in the 50s and well be barely 60 at the coast. So average to a little bit below. A lot warmer weather coming up in the 7 day forecast. Fire crews battling the czu lightning complex are making steady progress after burning more than 81,000 acres. Julian glover is live in Scotts Valley where wont again they will hold a briefing in about an hour. Reporter yeah, they are making progress. And it is slow, methodical, but it is happening. We got an update that the fire is 21 contained, only growing less than 1,000 acres throughout the day on wednesday. Weather once again playing a role in making the firefight a success. To allowed the firefighters to work some controlled burn operations to protect the areas of felton and also ben lomond. But as firefighters make progress, evacuation warnings and orders are slowly being lifted. So good news to the north, Santa Clara County no longer being threatened by the fire. And to the south, uc santa c
Can. The Ongoing Health crisis takes a mental toll on frontline workers just last weekend. Andy our doctor who treated covid19 patients in new york city took her own life. Doctor lorna breen was just 49 years old. Thanks for joining u. S. Attorney and im ken wayne and im pam moore and even at this very hour countless doctors and nurses are working around the clock to protect lives from the coronavirus Governor Newsome tweeted today there are now more than 46,000 confirmed cases of covid19 across california about 3500 of them are in hospitals with about 1200 people in intensive care units force gayle ong joins us live now with ways that doctors and nurses and other hospital staff. Can help better take care of themselves during this pandemic scale. Pam and ken the coronavirus has been described as an invisible war and medical experts say a lot of what Health Care Workers are seeing is similar to what members of the military sees in combat anyone in the business to heal and care it is oka