A worker at the Veterans Home of california has now died of covid19. Her death is the first at that facility. 62yearold Gwen Robinson was a beloved employee at the nations largest Veterans Home, where she worked for 12 years. New tonight, we talked to her children. They dont think that she got the virus that work. Reporter no direct link and only one other employee has tested positive and they are in a different department. For gwen, in just days, it proved fatal. She was just here, just right here. Loved her crafts room and her niners room, shandra has been big fans. My mom and dad loved the 49ers. Reporter now daughter ebony is quarantined, alone in their vallejo home. Her brother brings food and comfort, both of them reeling at their moms abrupt death and their dad now in intensive care. Her purse is still in the house. Her shoes, every part of her is still there. Reporter 62yearold gwen worked at the Veterans Home where a shut down and strict screening has kept covid at bay. It aft
Good morning. Im pam cook and its thursday morning, july 23. Thank you for waking up with us. Lets check with Steve Paulson as we lead into the weekend. Any changes . Just daytoday changes, no screaming message that says a big pattern change. Temperatures have been below average. Thunderstorm activity firing up with a logo going through but it didnt chew up the fog. Everyone says quality including concord and livermore and it does look warmer today after cool readings. 60 degrees and 2987 on the pressure. South at concord, 13 with temperatures on the mild side and 73 on the streets of bakersfield. That is for sale. 73 on the streets of bakersfield. Thunderstorms over the mountains, highs, 60s and 70s and close to average and then slightly below. Speaking of sale, there is a buck owens live in San Francisco recording and he sings that, of course. Perfect. You know, everything is on youtube these days. Lets look at the commute. The bay bridge has traffic moving along well with no major p
Glad to hear Steve Paulson is talking about the weather we have this morning. Lets ask him, yes, there are some locations. It is maybe and the warm category. This is a cooler pattern for us. It looks like this will go until the end of the month. That is what we are seeing so far. Thunderstorm activity is not only can bind to the sierra nevada. Northern sacramento valley, that is something to keep an eye on if youre in that direction. Santa rosa, concord, they are all cloudy. A little bit warmer today, 24 degrees warmer, even though there are subtle changes. There is an onshore wind that troubles 30 miles an hour. The low off the coast is toward central colorado. You can see the activity firing up over the afternoon hours in the northern mountains and the sierras. It is still slightly below average for inland temperatures. Taylor daines, i will always love you. Okay. Lets get over to sal. Lets see if anything is going this is when guys had ban on. We are quiet out there. Buttons. They l
Our top stories at 5 30, two cities taking action to erase is legacy of controversial explorer sir Francis Drake. Today cameras caught worker rest moving the sign from sir Francis Drake high school. The name removed because drake was a slave trader. Hours earlier the city of larkspur removed a 30foot tall statue of drake from larkspur landing. Lawmakers grimed four tech ceos on kill in an antitrust hearing held virtually they allege amazon, facebook, apple and google are stifling competition and that they hold too much power. The ceos testified digitally in front of the House Judiciary Committee today. San mateo county joined the governors watch li all county [k ins] the bay area are now on the list. If san mateo stays on it for three consecutive days, gyms, salons, churches, malls, and all other nonessential businesses will have to shut down again. Today the governor announced a somber milestone, 197 new coronavirus deaths. The highest reported in a single day in our state. Thats up m
We have been keeping tabs on for fires in Santa Clara County a fire is burning 2000 acres in the hills, Contra Costa County a grass fire burned. A refinery, and San Francisco crews put out a small fire in the bay bridge and in Solano County another fire is forcing evacuations right now. Reporter the fire came up right to the backyard and stop by the fence, when you actually look around this area there are charred hillsides surrounding the backyards, we cant homeowners desperately trying to protect their homes from the fire with their hoses, fairfield fire was also on scene trying toput out. According to the fire chief it started somewhere off of link road, the wind once again swept flames of the hill and the fire came out right along a row of homes. I just hope they contain it really fast. Theyre working hard roughly 30 homes were evacuated but roughly 30 people stayed behind some of this fire is estimated at about 68 so as for the is the fire chief says this fire is on the other side