Right now on kpix 55 30 pm. Da test site in alameda. Have they gotten things straightened out . We show you what we found out today. The original series project home, teachers forced to leave the bay area because they cannot afford housing and how to a startup is helping them afford a down payment. Voting by mail you can the Postal Service keep up . Good evening. We are about 100 days until the election and concerns are growing over wary whether the u. S. Postal service can handle an influx of mail in ballots. Reporter the march primary about 100,000 mail in ballots were rejected in california and the most common reason was they were not postmarked in time and the postmark date is absolutely critical and now the country is facing a nationwide election, voting by mail amid a pandemic will be critbut what if the Postal Service cannot handle that . We are very concerned and want the public to be aware and this is already starting to affect mail and packages. That is the head of the United
Covid19 screaming at work and at home they keep to themselves. We need to be one community to make iten repe worhat guy bec me prompting the countys Public Health officer to release a letter of warning. Many, many of our infections are related to fairly small gatherings of family and friends. Birthday parties, picnics, eating at restaurants with mixed households without the basic precautions being taken. It infuriates me. Were trying to bring down the curve and people are going out and not taking it seriously. Have a Virtual Birthday party. Right . If you feel the need to have that sort of social connection, do it virtually. Reporter San Mateo County has been on high alert since june 29 when the positive rate exceeded 100. The countys Public Health officials have been asking the statement to reconsider their metrics. Were saying look at the deaths. They havent increased. Sometimes silence is golden. They may be taking that into consideration. Reporter the tracing is at nursing homes. T
Now at 11 00. An alarming situation inside bay area jails tonight with more deaths connected to the coronavirus. A huge rise of coronavirus cases in Alameda County. How the Health Department is warning people to have large gatherings. Car free for the first time this weekend, we will show you how friday night went. And the oakland as season underway with a fan free game at the coliseum tonight. Vern will join us for the highlights. We begin with breaking news out of Alameda County tonight. A second Sheriffs Department employee has now died from coronavirus. Good evening. The Sheriffs Department announced tonight a nonsworn staff member has died. The sheriffs deputy who died of coronavirus last night contracted the virus at the sanarita jail. 57yearold oscar rocha got sick after an out break at the facility last month. At san quinton another prisoner in has died. As alameda climbs over 10,000 covid19 cases Public Officials are making a plea. Avoid social gatherings. Many people are not
The out of town visitors away. And the residents in the area they should be doing more. Neighbors captured scenes like this. I dont come here on the weekends, i try to come on the off times. It is hard to control people. I mean it is i am sure it is a concern if there is a lot of people but people are going to do what they are going to do. Reporter the concern is in july there was a 40 jump in cases stemming from large gatherings and parties. These four zip codes covering east oakland have the highest number of coronavirus per 100,000 in the region. I encourage oaklanders to be vigilant. Reporter they are reminding people to avoid large gatherings but many feel the city needs to take action, first step is to enforce the new restrictions banning vendors from operating near city parks. Your education message has not worked. Educate people by forcing the rules. Without that, it is empty measure when people know, okay, nothing is going to happen. Reporter city leaders say education is the
Stios, thine. It was insane and it was my message that my birth mother, millie, is here. The bay area is seeing an alarming increase in the deaths of the ranks of Law Enforcement in the jails. A huge rise of cases in Alameda County and the Health Department is warning people to avoid large gatherings, especially at lake merritt. In the london district we show you how friday night when. It is 6 00 a. M. On this saturday morning. Good morning on this july 25th. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely and lets get to our meteorologist darren peck. Looking back over toward the bay bridge it is gray but in other locations like san jose waking up with relatively clear skies, hazy skies in the distance, but san jose has sunshine to start the day. It will be about 7 degrees warmer for the afternoon as a result with 57 degrees at san jose, oakland at 53, san jose at 58. We have sunshine in the late morning for just about everybody except at the beaches. Will clear out clouds in a hurry. San jose c