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.
The official start of summer. As we look at live doppler 7 youll notice the fog hugging the shoreline making its way across the bay. 5 46 is the sunrise and you can see from our east bay its clear. 52 in gilroy, 53 santa rosa, 57 in concord and looking at the visibility reduced to just over 2 miles around Half Moon Bay. But well talk about the summer spread today, and that temperature were going to change that. Its going to be in the upper 80s later on this thanks n vo enewsom just over t countless fireworks overnight. One of them exploding over ove merritt. Check out that car that even drove onto the grass to get around other cars and street trash as fireworks wept off. Hundreds of people had been there celebrating juneteenth. A similar scene in San Francisco. Thats at hunters point. People in several bay area cities said they heard plenty overnight. There had been lots of fireworks in the past couple of weeks but there seemed to be a significant increase lastatt n stu being ton docou
Deck, the fog. 54 in the city, 56 in san jose, 60 oakland, 61 in Mountain View. Our exploratorium camera shrouded in the low cloud deck with 54 in napa. A little mist and drizzle along th shoreline, and isnt this gorgeous as we wake up in the east bay to that sun coming up ten minutes ago. Well climb to the mid to upper 80s inland and the coast just then 60s with party cloudy skies. Well talk about fathers day in a few minutes. New this morning brand new video into our newsroom just one of the countless fireworks that happened overnight. Manyoalatt. That was from just after midnight but they really continued well into the morning. If you look at this video you can see that car even drove onto the grass to get around other cars and street trash as these illegal fireworks and hundreds of people had been there celebrating and this is a similar scene. San franciscos hunters point. People in several bay areacitief these illegal fireworks overnight. Theres been lots of fireworks in the past
Pacifica. It is clear inland, 58 in livermore. And throughout the day today, the fog will clear by about 8 00 and the winds will pick up again. At the coast it will be breezy, numbers topping out into the lower 90s inland. You will have a bit of a breeze as well, just around 80 around the bay. Well talk wind and big time cooling over the weekend in a few minutes. Thank you, lisa. It is good news for new drivers out there. The dmv will start offering behind the wheel driving tests again today. Of course the economy is one the main things were following in our effort to build a better bay area. The riding tests were suspended in mid march because of the pandemic. And kris reyes is live in san mateo with more are on this reopening. Reporter good morning. Yes, good news. You can imagine sitting at home not being able to drive all this time . That is about to change. Empty parking lot right now here at the dmv, but that should change in the next few hours when they open at 8 00 a. M. Here i
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