Poke the bear. That mother lays it on the line for Governor Newsom. She says her son in san quentin deserves to be treated better. A covid19 outbreak at the prison is sending new fear through the loved ones of those incarcerated there. Good evening. Im kristen sze. Im larry beil. Lets get to the numbers. As of noon, 1,314 cases of covid19 at san kwenity. 629 just in the last 14 days and seven inmates have died from it. According to the Sacramento Bee the state Public Defenders Office wrote this to lawmakers and we quote, san quentins staff, especially medical staff, is simply drowning among the chaos. Underscoring the problem for san quentin and other prisons, today the World Health Organization acknowledging that the coronavirus may be airborne and people should avoid crowded places, close contact settings and confined and enclosed spaces with poor ventilation. Obviously thats not possible at san quentin. Reporter at san quentin prison, the lucky ones passed through gates, they return
Reputation that caught our attention. It is discrepancies in the rules. Earlier this week, the director talked about how it should be used. It was narrowly focused on looking at the pay roll and trying to help those businesses keep their employees paid. Yet newly released date eight shows 730 corporations, including several employment agencies all report zero employees. Yet they cash in the on 257 million in fulling. They did not retain any employees is a lot costly there be another explanation . If it says zero, i have to believe its probably more of a data reporting error or a field the bank didnt capture for some reason. Reporter heres a question. Why would an application for a milliondollar loan be approved without the company even identifying jobs would be retained in. An shoot outrage. The real incentive for many of these companies is that even if they knew they would have to refaye loans because they didnt use it toward saving jobs, they were able to benefit from the extremely l
Right away, take a look. A black lives matter protest is under way in martin. Sky 7 overhead as we speak. Now, the city is tense after several racist incidents in recent weeks and police have been warning about the possibility of violent counterprotesters tonight. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. Issues of race and social justice are something were especially focused on here at abc 7 as part of ow efforts to build a better bay area. The protest started an hour ago and they plan to end up near the waterfront near the superior court building. Cornell barnard is there live right now. Cornell, how has it been so far . So far so good, eric. That group is braving extreme heat out here in martinez. They are on the move through the streets of downtown marching towards the waterfront. The black lives matter march started about 45 minutes ago. Several hundred people showed up and it quickly grew to several thousand. Within a couple minutes there was
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
vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Kel inside a car, several businesses, gyms, salons and hotels are gearing up to reopen on monday. As Health Care Experts are keeping a close eye on covid19 cases in that county. After a rather hot weekend for many of us in the bay area, cooler weather is about to move in. Well have the detn the accuweather forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Good evening, and thanks so much for joining us. Im dion lim. And im eric thomas. Hundreds of people gathered today in martinez for a protest over recent racist incidents in the city. There were concerns of potential classes with counter protesters, but this demonstration remained peaceful. It started at the black lives matter mural outside the courthouse and ended with a rally at the waterfront. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez was there and spoke to the organizer. Reporte