Thanks to pfizer well have a vaccine by the end of First Quarter that news sent the market soaring. The dow is only surging 830 points that tech heavy nasdaq, the demand of so many stocks that did well under covid19 tyranny lost in an astounding 1. 53 . What a bifurcation it is also the time. We are in the middle of a spike of infections. New cases are exploding over the country, over 100,000 a day and even the weekend we are much treating it in the spring that only matters if we have enough hospital beds a lot of people are having cavalier attitude. Hey, you are fine unless you are old. Well, guess what, a lot of us are old. The sense is understood and respected. When you have more than 100,000 new infections everyday, you are looking at a lot of fatalities we need this the truth is we tried to fight the pandemic state by state. That failed. Europeans are failing too, i know, asia is doing great. If we were serious of Contact Tracing and social distancing and wearing masks, we may be
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Two dozen inmates at san quentin prison have died from covid19. Today we learned a guard who spent his entire career there is the first staff member to die from the disease. Hello, thank you for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. A south bay family now mourning the loss of a beloved husband, father, veteran, and longtime corrections officer. 55yearold Gilbert Polanco died this morning after a long battle with covid19. Polanco is the first guard at san quentin prison to die from the virus. Abc7 news spoke with the family today. Cornell barnard is live in san jose. Just so heartbreaking. It is a heartbreaking story, dion. His family says he wascovirus f corrections officer will live on. He is a good man. Were all devastated. Family and friends mourning the loss of 55yearold sergeant Gilbert Polanco who died at this San Jose Hospital sunday morning. He was a longtime corrections officer at san quentin pr
The better off well all be out there. Ikea. Make the dream yours. Announcer from abc7 live, breaking news. Director of the California Department of public health, dr. Sonia angel reportedly announced she resigned her post effective immediately. In email to staff didnt give a reason for resignation. But departure comes a week after glitch was discovered in the data system that caused underreporting of the cases in the state. Governor thanked her for her service. Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. On the heels of that resignation, lets look where coronavirus stands in california right now. State reported more than 8,300 new cases of the coronavirus today, well above the sevenday average, may be due to clearing a backlog. Positivity rate is back up to 5. 7 . As the pandemic goes on, were focused on how to build a better bay area for all of us during this time. Health is part of that, another part is education. Were less than 24 hours away from the start of the school year for thousands of kids
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Force them to raise prices and cut jobs. If you earn minimum wage, whether you are in the 21 states that are raising the minimum wage or not, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are a business owner, we want to know what you think about the minimum wage going up. Your number, 202 7488001. If you do not fit into either one of those categories but still have something to say, we still want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media. On twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets start this conversation bit oftting a basic information about what is going on. A Record Numbers of states, cities, and counties are boosting their minimum wage in 2020. On or around january 1, the minimum weight will increase in 21 states, while another 26 cities and counties are also boosting their baseline pay at your start. Year, an additional four states and 23 cities and counties w