What you need to know: Sept. 21

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The bear has burned almost 80,000 acres and killed 15 people - crews have the fire 56 percent contained.

15 people have died in those fires.

The fire threatens over 10,000 structures and has already destroyed 1600.

This morning - containment on the biggest fire in california history - has slipped from 38 to 34 percent.

The august complex has burned over 836,000 acres in glenn and tehama counties.

Cal fire and the forest sercive crews are battling this one.

### over two- hundred thousand people here in the united states have now died from covid-19... and reported cases now top six-point-seven million.

These figures... from n-b-c news.

California,texas, florida, and new york also reporting the highest number of cases... last march, white house coronavirus task force member doctor deborah birx predicted roughly 100 to 200 thousand deaths --*i* american followed strict safety protocols.

Medical experts are now predicting our country could see 400-thousand lives lost by january.### california has now surpassed 15-thousand coronvirus deaths.

This is map shows confirmed cases on our area.

Per the state tier sysem... the map is color coordinated to show restrictions for each county.

Purple is the most restrictive... closing non- essential indoor businesses... the lowest is the yellow tier..

Which allows indoors businesses to remain open with certain virus prevention changes..

For a complete list of county numbers, visit our website... action news now dot com.### capital hill is deeply divided over what happens now after the death of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg.

The president and many republicans promising to quickly fill the vacancy.

Former vice president joe biden and democrats say a senate vote before the election could create a constitutional crisis.### the californai employment development department will not accept any new unemployment claims for two weeks to combat fraud within the state's unemployment system..

People who are already in the process of receiving claims will not be impacted by the changes.

In a written statementãedd says it is still working to correct a backlog of nearly 600- thousand claims. the u.s. census bureau facing an even tighter deadline for counting the nation's population.

The bureau is in the final weeks of the "once a decade " headcount.

In our state and oregon - thousands have been forced from their homes due to fire - befor* they could be counted.

In many communities in the southeast hit by hurricanes laura and sally in the past several weeks- thousands more who have been displaced are uncounte*.### happening today - one busy stretch of roadway in northern california will be temporarily blocked to drivers.

As pg&e works to convert above ground power lines into underground ones.

The construction will delay traffic near warner and ivy streets downtown as crews from pg&e will be removing overhead power lines and 44 utility poles constrtuction starts at 7 in the morning and lasts until five in the afternoon..

Corning union high school is moving back to all distance learning..

After two high school students tested positive..

A post on the school's social media page says both students were on campus while infectious..

School reps say all students and staff who came into contact are under quarantine..

The post says the school will remain in full distance learning for at least the next two days.

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