Embarcadero. And if you try to make an appointment, you will have to wait more than a week to do so. In antioch, people waited in long lines there similar to a testing site in hayward. Taneshia williams, a mother of six with underlying conditions, is describing her concern not knowing if she has covid19. She waited eight days to get a test and was told by kaiser antioch to wait for another week to get the results. If im positive, i want to know now. It shouldnt take a week to find out if im covid19. I think that is the pits right now. Reporter state Health Officials responded to complaints of delays saying that labs are now analyzing tests from other states not just california causing backups. They are also prioritizing tests. And those officials did not address backups in getting the actual tests taken, and a staff member told us that she got tested at this site on monday and she got her results within 12 hours. So it appears if you have to wait about a week to get your results, that
See the sun is battling us from the east while the clouds try to move in from the west. It is about 53 fledegrees in sa francisco. Today will be a lot like yesterday temperaturewise, what you will notice, the high clouds will be rolling in, but still plenty sunny and you will still need to wear the sunscreen if you will be out for any extended period of time. Large summer spread from 60 at the coast to low to mid90s inland. Well talk more about the hot weekend coming up. The increase in coronavirus cases across california is starting to strain some bay area testing sites. Some people weve been talking to are waiting weeks to get an appointment and then have to wait many more days to find out if they are positive. Lauren martinez is live in San Francisco at one of our testing sites. Reporter and were off 6 pier 30 and at this free testing site, it is by appointment early. And some people tell us that it has taken unto two weeks to get an appointment here. And state Health Officials say
Degree or two warmer but you wont notice. A northwest west wind. But visibilities are fine so far. 56 to 60 at 7 00. And you can see just a touch warmer this afternoon as we hit 61 along the coast. 80 to 89 for our bay and inland neighborhoods. And then mid to upper 70s, still a delightful evening headed our way. Just not quite as breezy as it has been and that is why it will be slightly warmer. And there is promising news about an experimental vaccine for covid19 that is developed right here in the u. S. Kate larsen spoke with local experts and one of the people to get the inject. Reporter an experimental covid19 vaccine developed by moderna and the federal Government Produced a rapid and strong immune response in all 45 people tested. It is a wonderful triumph. Reporter and this doctor is a professor of microbiology and immunology at stanford. He says that the analysis is encouraging. Normally it takes some years, six years or longer to develop a vaccine from a concept to a phase one
That meeting did last until 3 00 this morning. The Council Voted to support a proposal to cut the Police Departments budget in half. And the big headline is that part of that proposal would be to cut Traffic Enforcement from the Police Department so to not have police pull people over for traffic violations, and this is believed to be that it would be the first city in the nation to make this move. Now, this is the first step in creating a City Department of transportation and that would allow for unarmed City Employees to deal with Traffic Enforcement. The vote came hours after a Public Comment session. Here is a sample of what was said. Traffic enforcement does not need to be an armed police concept. I support the proposal to cut 50 from the Police Budget. We as brown folk have been crying for help. You guys are not understanding that the police do not protect us. Reporter the council also voted to support having police stop handling homeless and Mental Health issues. These decisions
With san quinton, as the states covid19 hot spot right now. The governor is ordering the release of as many as 8,000 prisoners system wide. More than 1500 inmates and employees have tested positive for the virus at san quinton, seven have died. The prison posted these pictures showing how inmates are being socially distanced in a repurposed furniture facility. We are live with the story. Reporter the covid19 outbreak here at san quinton has claimed the lives of seven inmates you can see the staff let willing people in and wearing face masks. Lets remember that the outbreak did not hit san quinton until late may. The spread of the virus has resulted in over 200 staff testing positive to covid19 and thousands of inmates. But the department of corrections estimates that 8,000 inmates currently could be eligible for release by the end of august because of new measures. Those not serving time for a violent kram, they will be the first eligible for early release. The founder of the fair and