He was a big guy, definitely it gentle giant. Reporter Terry Blanchard was known for his big heart. His daughter said me tells me his love extended to the many at risk children he mentored, serving on the board of the east Oakland Youth Development center for 10 years. The last two, as president. He had an amazing sense of humor. He made everybody laugh. Reporter in early march blanchard and his wife deborah, both 56, contracted covid19. Possibly, their daughter says, friend falling on hard times and was staying with them. It was really hard on our family because we couldnt check on them. We can only call. Reporter sydney says her mother recovered, her father didnt have a fever at first, but eventually developed one, was hospitalized and placed on a ventilatorsunday. My dad wasnt supposed to die. He never expected to die. This is not anything we wouldve imagined. Reporter now family and friends are taking solace in remembering his impact on the east Oakland Youth Development center. Th
Appointment only. You just dont show up. The hope is to test up to 200 people per day. Live in San Francisco, im kris reyes for abc7 news. People in two bay area counties are told they are required to wear masks in public. Fremonts mayor announced an executive order for people to cover their faces in public or fined 100. Joins marin and Sonoma County in issuing the requirement. Fremont will not cite people right away. Starting today, people in Sonoma County have to cover their faces when they leave their house. They can leave a face mask of any type of fabric that covers their noses and mouth. Kids under the age of 2 and people who have difficulty breathing are exempt from this. Sonoma county is also requiring all staff, visitors and First Responders at Nursing Homes and at homeless shelters to check for symptoms before they go in. The number of confirmed covid19 cases in bay area and Santa Cruz County will likely eclipse 6,000 later today. This morning, more than 5,900 cases and 187 p
Temperatures, but not be like it was earlier this week. Heres a look at live doppler 7, the blanket of gray covering us and the winds blowing ashore. We have 13mileperhour onshore breeze and low to mid 50s this morning and stay at the the 50s at the coast and mid 60s this afternoon. Reggie . Mike, thank you. Cover your face, it is no longer a suggestion, but a rule, at least in some places in the bay area. Lets go to Amy Hollyfield. Hi, reggie. It is starting and marin county is coming next week and other counties are about to follow, as well. The city of fremont put an order in place. Didnt wait for the county to get its act together. Put a mandate in place that you have to cover your face when out in public and you could face a 100 fine if you dont. One resident there has little tolerance for people who would refuse to wear a mask. I think thats selfish. You know, its for everybodys own good. Protect your own health and some people are not taking it serious. Wear the mask and were ta
And while the latter may be true, were really not yet sure about that, and that protection may last for only a few months, as opposed to for years or for a lifetime. A lot of communities and counties are instituting the policy of people having to worry a Face Covering. Maybe not an n95 mask, but a Face Covering out in public. If your opinion, good idea . Well, i think its a good idea for a couple of reasons. One, we hope that that will reduce the possibility that an asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic person would infect someone else, so reduced transmission by somebody who is infected, and we hope that would have some effect on that likelihood. And the second is the hope is that reinforces the notion that we all are in a special time, if you will. We all need to be thinking about our behaviors and social distancing and things like that. And the one caveat is in people think they can cover their face, but then do everything they wanted to do before, in large crowds, mingle with a lot
When kaepernick became a fad. His abs were world renowned. Somewhere along the way he became distance with the media in terms of fan base. The locker room was fractured with some defending the quarterback and others not so much. Now the irony, having shouldered the blame for a three of six season so far. The last window spearheaded by his backup starter and the possibility of surgery with a once promising start on the injured reserve list, ending a season in his run with the 49ers. The team. He predicted as a child he would play for. I have never been a huge fan. He led us to the super bowl. After signing a team from a contract last year the 49ers are close to cutting ties with the 48yearold who replaced alex smith the 2012. The way things are folded. Its got me tied up in knots. Reporter in a corresponding move the 49ers promoted quarterback Dylan Thompson and gabbert. The road against the seattle seahawks. Back to you. Sue nike partaking to social media to express their thoughts. Or