bethel's congregation includes many political and humanitarian refugees from central africa. in maine, they are facing a new danger: very high covid-19 infection rates. claude rwaganje is a congregant at bethel and a local city councilman. >> i know many families that everybody in the house, every single household member got covid. so it's not a story that we hear from far away. we lived it. >> reporter: covid-19 rates in maine are low: less than half a percent of its population -- one fifth the national average. still, the state has remained vigilant as it reopens, and even welcomes a limited number of summer tourists. but when you look at maine's black community, it's a starkly different reality. maine has the largest racial disparity of covid-19 infection rates in the country. whilblack mainers are 1.4 percent of the population, they make up at least 22 percent of the positive cases. this means one in 20 have had covid. and while maine doesn't break out how many are immigrants, they me up almost half of the black demographic-- the largest proportion in the country. these i

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together any made us sit together in the heavenly places in christ jesus eric johnson is the past on the bethel church to me an evangelical charismatic congregation in ready earlier this year before the coven 1000 pandemic kid large church gatherings were still permitted if you look out 10 or 20 years do you think there might be a state of jefferson. i wouldn't be surprised i hope it doesn't happen but i can see why people up here are very passionate about it there's so many policies that are imposing a very different way of life and not just a different way of life but morals and values that we have here to that are really a big deal so it's the social policies that people up here the most. value system that being redefined in our day being imposed on what people take more traditional values that one that one really painful because his parents are losing the ability to determine their children's future on that conversation and the big kind of allergy that being projected on our nation is just insanity to me i mean turn on a movie the amount of sex the amount of endorsement behind sex has no ra

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where there is extremely limited access to healthcare.ti ts have been medi-vac'd from places like bethelin far west alaska, and fort yukon near the arctic circle, home of the gwichyaa zhee people. >> we've we have lost our firstc tribal member,munity membero covid a few days ago. reporter: councilmember dacho alexander says they did their best to keep their town isolated but village and family life are remarkab interdependent, especially during the crucial peak fishing months. >> the reality of village life is it requires multiplrdfamilies in to basically survive because you're having to put away food for theinter. we knew that there was a matter of time before it did get here and we just tried to hold it off as long as we can. virus got to fort kon.ar how the the village was undea strict lockdown and curfews, but for a 10 day period in june when rules re relaxed. >> the rural areas are intertwined economically with the larger communities. reporter: nathan mccowan is head of the st. george tanaq village corporation. st. george is an island in the middle of the bering sea. >> once and get

in parts contra costa county, especially as you make your way to antioch a brentwood discovery bay bethel island and of course lama county going to be one of the hot spots around the bay area over the week ahead as we're going to see those temperatures soaring again and then you see kind of breaking things up i think we see heat advisories again in some areas like petaluma as you make your way in rohnert park as those temperatures going to soar we may back off just a little bit tomorrow but not by much so you see the pockets of the heat and those hot temperatures going to continue not only now for the foreseeable future. outside right now we've got mostly clear skies something to watch out for is not only do we have those hot temperatures. we also have the humidity and really when you get that your body can't upper spire and allow you to cool off so all of a sudden you get those hot temperatures get the humidity. boy it feels very very uncomfortable outside tomorrow we'll see temperatures soar again triple digits in some of the valleys as high as a 104 in little more maybe a 105 in antioc

patients have been medivac'd from places like bethel, in far cst alaska, and fort yukon near the arctcle home of the >> we've, we have lost our first tribal member, a community member, to covid a few days ago. >> reporter: tribal councilmember dacho alexander says they did their best to keee their town iso but village , d family life are remarkably interdependepecially during the crucial peak fishing >> the reality of e life is it requires multiple famies in order to basically survive, because you're having to put away food for the winter. we knew that there was a matrfo of time it did get here and we just tried to hold it off as long as we can. >> reporter: it's not clear how the virus got to fort yukon. the village was under a strict ten-day period in june when rules were relaxed. >> the rural areas are intertwined economically with the larger communities. >> reporter: nathan mccowan is head of the st. george tanaq vilralage coron. st george is an island in the middle of the bering sea. >> everybody understands the capacity and the medical rtiea about how dangerous it can be. >> we're

bethel courts also stated to. >>> this fire season has been historic, battling flames across the states being used. >>> 830 a busy thursday, when it comes to fire danger, a few weeks ago we had a local fire department inspecting her property to make sure we cleared at least 30 feet away when it comes to dry brush and tree limbs by the house. here we are, thankful we did that and we got a check a. but if you're putting out outdoor duties because of the heat and smoke in the air, now might be a good time to pick this up. >>> yes now is a great time. you should have done already but, if you have not, now that you are cooling down, it could be time to get outside and do some yard work, cut treatments back. it's nice to see temperatures dip not just in the morning but really throughout the day. >>> yes. definitely grabbing a sweater and a jacket, a week ago at this time we were trying to have the fog help us out in the fog is helping us out, especially around the fire zone, a bit of a chill in the air retard without a second. laura with landfall late last night across 11:00 p.m.. central da

one of the things that flo loved during the last few years was she loved going to bethel church three days a month and monthly pot lucks, and friends would say that she and mel were like two peas in a pod, always together. she enjoyed cruising around the bay area, listening to rock and roll, doo-wop, and oldies. they enjoyed road trips to disneyland, las vegas, and universal studios. she and mel's favorite vacation spot was hawaii. on -- and on this past july 22, florence aguera, wife of mel and mother of chris, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 70. she's survived by her husband, son, sister, and many nieces and nephews. she was preceded in death by her parents, and she leaves behind many dear friends. she brought the community together, and we will extremely miss her, and we will be here for mel to support him during this transition time. the last thing i want to say is, colleagues, during my time on the board, i have never been late to a single meeting more than a few minutes. today, i just want to put on the record that there are many parents in the bay area that are strugglin