What you need to know: Oct. 19

Good morning, North State.

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

19.

Need to know to start your day.

We are just about three weeks away from the november 3rd election... and today... is your last day to register to vote!

If you have still not registered... here are the sites where you can update your registration... and also track your ballot.

If for some reason you are unable to ccess these sites you can also call your county clerk recorders office..### happening today... butte county schools have the green light from the health department to resume in person learning - if they choose to do so.

Schools which do open must continue to follow state guidance.

Like reminding parents to check their childern's temperature each day - of how class schedules are staggered..*an* stressing - students must wear masks!

Butte county starts this week in the red tier of the state's reopening plan.### happening today..

The insurance comissioner is calling for an investigative hearing... to figure out how to stabilize the insurance market... protecting homeowners...pr operty... and working with the insurance industry for increased transparancy.

That meeting starts this afternoon... securing insurance is becoming an increasingly difficult proposition for many due to increased fire risk## happening tonight... a virtual community meeting on the august complex.

The u.s. forest service of shasta-trinity national will give the latest information on evacuations and road impacts for those in trinity county.

That's tonight - at 7pm - on the agency's facebook page.### this morning..

John hopkins university confirmed the number of global coronavirus cases has passed 40 million.

Experts say the actual figure is likely to be far higher, as testing has been variable, many people have had no symptoms and some governments have concealed the true number of cases.

In the u.s., new cases per day are on the rise in 44 states, with many of the biggest surges in the midwest and great plains.

In a new report by the associated press..

Investigators say during the first round of public safety power shutoffs in fall of 2019..

Only a few of the emergency managers had any formal training in the standardized emergency management system that has been california's standardized system for disaster management for over a decade..

Now the utility says in 2020 90% of its emergency workers have completed their required training..

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