Francisco. We are in their sacred space, and we honor and thank them for allowing us here. Also, while we cannot gather in person here at city hall this evening for our regular reception, with lots of incredible food, we have a great list of latinoowned restaurants in our Facebook Event for you to choose from. Be sure to check them out and order one of their specials for this event. This years theme means always united. We have always been here, united by land, ancient trade routes, mother tongues, spirits and gods. [speaking foreign language] today more than ever in the face of adversity and injustice we must look at ourselves as a people and find strength in our multiracial, multiethnic, multifaceted identity, identities with deep roots in this land. We will still be here despite covid19, a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted our Latino Community, a community that is essential to the cultural and economic fabric of this country. It is our resilience, respect and love for on
Incredibly dire. But still there will have to be cuts and that will hurt. It was a huge drop in daily ridership due to covid19 that caused b. A. R. T. s money problems. Our ridership went from 405,000 to 24,000. And since the low point of 24,000, weve now inched up to 45. Reporter fewer riders men less revenue and thats what shaped the budget the board passed today which includes an extra 44 million for cleaning. Its not just cleaning the stations. But its disinfecting the train cars every single night. Reporter also 146 million in cuts made by eliminating unfilled job and reducing operating expenses like putting off a return to ending service but tlayoffs planned. Youre going to notice things like the 9 00 p. M. Closure in the middle of the day. You should expect 30minute frequencies. This b. A. R. T. Rider isnt surprised. The economy is struggling and everything is losing money. Reporter the budget plan assumes at best, 50 of riders return this year. The number could be as low as 15
Theres been an incredible spike of covid19 cases at san quinton. Tonight, in an y, i talk with multiple inmates. Her son was coughed on. Now, she has a message for the woman responsible. A illegal night time fireworks, not just keeping you up at night, they are disturbing the animals in local zoos. Building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Developing news. The confirmed cases of coronavirus are exploding in san quinton prison. On june 14th there were 48 cases, by this past friday, the number was up to 499. And right now, there are 523 active cases among inmates. At least 73 employees at the prison have tested positive. Abc News Reporter j. R. Stone talked with multiple inmates, some who have tested positive. I want to start by saying for safety purposes we are not revealing the names of the inmates that i talked with. They have been convicted of serious crimes, yes, but are now involved with their own Health Battles as they go up against coronavirus.
Prison. They are soaring according to inmates that i spoke with. And in an interview thursday, they said only five cases and then it went to 15 and then to 25, and now, we are at over 500. There have not been any confirmed covid19 deaths in san quinton state prison. But richard stitley has died. He covid19 symptoms but a cause of death is not released. What is most alarming to the prisoners believe that the rise in cases could be prevented. It boggles my mind that they would take prisoners from the most infected prison and bring them here. Guards are being rotated from infected areas to uninfected areas daily. Theres a surge of cases on death row. An prison ve times. Each time they are being transferred to the medical area. I wear masks in the cell, wash my hands and still somehow, my tests came back positive. I never felt any symptoms. Theres been mixed reaction to news of the san quinton outbreak. Critsina bell saying i feel bad for the guards. I hope the prisoners experience the sam
4 00. As a father if it was my kid, old school justice. Hes a truck driver, drives up and down the east coast, has made other stops and believes this is just something for fun to do. Reporter walmart told us their employee acted quickly by alerting police. The suspect was arrested even before his victim finished shopping. Very grateful we found it. She was obviously upset and distraught that it occurred. Especially your First Impression will be when you circulate around on the internet. Reporter Police Officers tell me they have no reason to believe barona shared the video on social media or otherwise but they are reaching out to towns in other states where he told police he stopped off to shop and kill time, allegedly committing these crimes using his cell phone. He is being held on 35,000 bail. Im cydney long, nbc 10 news. We have new information now on the job losses that will result from a series of supermarket closures affecting our area. The number right now is more than 1,000. T