What you need to know: July 31

Good morning, North State.

Here's what you need to know to start your day on July 31.

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The extra $600 weekly unemployment boost is set to expire today and capital hill stalls the next phase of relief.

A group of a thousand health experts are calling for another shutdown as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

Local coronavirus cases... butte county with 900 cases 7 people have died, - 168 in isolation.... 7 currently hospitalized, - and 725 people recovered.

453 cases in chico, 280 in oroville, 131 in gridley and biggs, 23 on the ridge, 12 in durham and 8 are in other parts of the county.

Butte county has performed more than 18 - thousand tests.

City leaders decided to follow the state's coronavirus mask mandate.

They say wearing a masks will be require in public places... where you are not able to social distance from others.

Businesses that are supposed to be closed due to butte county being on the state watchlist... but that are still operating -- will begin receiving violation notices.

Butte county announced its first case this year of west nile virus in a person thursday.

July through october is the peak time for west nile.

Mosquito control told action news now that the virus has been detected in test chickens in palermo and west of chico for more information on how to stay safe you can head to our website at action news now dot com look for the article on our homepage in the modoc national forest..

The caldwell fire has burned nearly 80 thousand acres between modoc and siskiyou counties.... with 45 percent containment ..most evacuation orders have been lifted... but one remains in effect for the medicine lake recreation area.

The "gold fire" in lassen county... burning near "adin" for more than a week now, has scorched nearly 22 thousand acres.

It is now 75 percent contained.

Some mandatory evaucations orders are still in place.

We have a complete list on our website, under fire watch three months until the presidential election, president donald trump is suggesting it be pushed back president trump again pushed claims that mail- in voting would cause rampant voter fraud.

However - the president does not have the power to delay an election.

That decision is up to congress.

And g-o-p leaders say they would not support such a delay.

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