these recruits have help from veteran firefighters like marcus fletcher. >> it's my way of helping out with the newer ones and give a little experience. >> this is not easy work. >> right. but we train for it. >> reporter: this crew came to marin county to train there because they say their traditional training grounds have already burned. >> we didn't really get those april showers. it's already fire season. >> reporter: captain brandon says look around. grass and brush, driering out by the day. >> a lot of it burned last year, but california is a big state. there's plenty more to burn. it's not looking good. >> reporter: this training session can end the moment a fire breaks out. christian is ready. >> what are you expecting? >> to work really hard and be gone a while. >>> there were three earthquakes near truckee all within two hours last night. many bay area residents got an alert. but it turned out not to be as bad as predicted. how did that happen? chris nguyen went searching for answers. >> reporter: around 9:30 thursday night, you may have received a notification on your phone

the new recruits have help from veteran firefighters like marcus fletcher. >> my way of helping out withgiving them experience. >> this is not easy work you are doing. >> right. we train for it. this crew came to marin to train today because they say their traditional training grounds have already burned. >> we didn't get the april showers to bring may flowers. >> captain brandon said look around. grass and brush is drying out by the day. >> california is a big state. there's plenty more to burn. it's not looking good. >> keep swinging. >> the training session can end the moment a fire breaks out and then it's off to the fire line. christian is ready. way. do you expect for this season >> to work really hard and be gone a while. >> in marin county. >>> india's daily coronavirus death toll topped 4,000 for the first time this week. it comes after the country reported more than 400,000 for the third day in a row. it is a staggering number. more than 21 million people have been sickened in total and experts believe believe that figure could be under counted. while the surge in india has spu

. >> they have help from veteran firefighters like marcus fletcher. >> my way of helping out with thele experience. >> this is not easy work you are doing. >> right. we train for it. >> this crew came to train today because they say their normal training grounds have burned. >> we didn't get the shower that bring may flowers. >> captain brandon said look around. grass and brush is drying by the day. >> keep swinging. this training session can end moment a fire breaks out. >> what do you expect for this fire season >> to work really hard. be gone a while. >> in marin county. >> work so hard. the president is on the defensive this morning after a new jobs report showing american's hiring numbers falling way below expectations. only about 266,000 jobs were created in april. less than half of the number from march. unemployment actually edged up. the forecasts were way off. jobs were added in leisure industries that were hit hard last year but there were losses in temporary help services, couriers and messengers. the president and treasury secretary both said they expected the road to rec

the new recruits have help from veteran firefighters like marcus fletcher. >> my way of helping out with newer ones and giving them experience. >> this oteasy work. >> right. we train for it. >> this crew came to marin to train because their traditional training grounds have burned. >> we didn't get the april showers. it's already fire season. >> captain brandon said look around. grass and brush is trying out by the day. >> lot of things burned last year. there's plenty more to burn. it's in the looking good. >> keep swinging. >> this training session can end the moment a fire breaks out and then it's off to the fire line. christian is ready. >> what are you expecting for this fire season >> to work really hard and be gone a while. if marin. abc7 news. >>> india's daily death toll topped 4,000 for the first time today. it comes after the country reported more than 400,000 cases for the third day in a row. this is a staggering number. more than 21 million people have been sick in total and it's believed that number could be under counted. >>> while the surge in india has spun into a full