That one cellblock. Reporter about 42 of the prison population has been deemed medically vulnerable meaning they are at high risk for contracting the virus. Like hes a bargain since close friend who is currently serving time at san quentin. We are very worried, im hoping he doesnt have covid 19. He is actually in a setting with all of these people and their bunks are very close to each other. We dont have the transfer of inmates going on right now. Where is the concern . Does it come with the employees going in and out of the prison gates . The neck is exactly right, you have to be concerned as the entire bay area. Both our ability to infect the prison but are ability for infections in the prison to come back into the community. Reporter many inmates are treated a bay area hospitals under heavy security. Then advocates and family members are demanding the governor grant more releases amid the outbreak they say prisoners with fewer than 180 days left on their sentences and test negative
Absolutely spread into the community at large. Reporter out of the 8000 prisoners statewide, only a couple hundred are expected to be released here from san quentin. There is support for this, obviously as we just saw but what more can you tell us that the timing of the releases . Reporter we are hearing that 3500 prisoners are expected to be released by the end of this month and it will continue until august and possibly go into september. Thank you. California experienced its deadliest week of the pandemic yet averaging more than 80 deaths per day and that is the average. Nearly 7800 new confirmed cases yesterday and yesterday 140 new debts. The test Positivity Rate is up to 7. 4. Los angeles county remains a hotspot for the most new cases. Right now Oakland Unified School district officials are holding a Virtual Meeting to discuss plans for the start of the school year next month and the meeting is just getting underway and the first day of instruction is set for august 10 and distr
District plans to introduce phases of blended learning where students will attend school in person and do some Distance Learning and this is the hybrid model and the district says it expects the first phase to last for weeks and it will ensure all school sites in oakland will have enough time to implement covid 19 safety plans and the district is also encouraging everyone in the community to wear masks, students and teachers and today the plan was released after heavy and lengthy consideration with Public Health experts and school leaders. The decision was not an easy one to make. Many of the families told us they do not feel comfortable with students returning to class and many others say they want their students back in class. There are serious concerns with covid and there are serious concerns for emotional well being. I am not confident to be there with any kind of hybrid model as long as you have contact in an institutional setting, youre having spread of covid19. We have to know
Just over one hour ago the School District announcing students will be headed back to class but with big changes. Good evening. Betty yu is in oakland with the latebreaking details. Reporter the unified School District said the first day of school this year will not be filled with the kind of joy and excitement that teachers, parents and staff traditionally look forward to because of the pandemic and we are hearing initial pushback against the plan that was just released via a Virtual Press conference. School in oakland will begin in one month with Distance Learning for all students and the district will introduce phases of blended learning where students will attend Student School in person and to some Distance Learning. The district expects that the first base phase will last for weeks and it will ensure the school sites in oakland will have enough time to implement covid 19 safety plans. The district is also encouraging everyone in the community and that is students and teachers to
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