Our bay and inland neighborhoods and a very comfortable evening on the way with sunshine. Youll need a coat at the coast, 57. The rest of us, 72 to 77. Well look at that weekend forecast and little warm for some of us. Thats coming up. Back to reggie. Thanks, mike. The numbers out of san quentin are unbelievable as the coronavirus continues to grow there. More than 1,000 inmates and 100 Staff Members have now been infected. Health and different communities something that abc7 news is looking at closely as we look to build a better bay area. Now, while the virus spreads within the prison, the outbreak is concerning people outside of the walls because these people live and shop in marin county. Laura martinez is live in san quenten with the latest. Laura . 4,000 of the inmates and staff have tested positive. Dr. Matt willis expects the san quentin outbreak to reach 2,000 cases in the next two days. Prison staff was identified as the main vector for spreading covid19 in state prisons and
Quinton last december. I dont think a reduction of 8,000 people will create enough space, but i think its a good first step. The idea is to maximize space and protect those vulnerable. You cant have that kind of overcrowding and expect a good outcome when covid19 is raging in our state. Its a good first step and we need to do more to reduce our prison population and do it in a healthy and sustainable way. The releases will come on rolling basis. Those who are serving time for Violent Crimes, Domestic Violence or highrisk for committing a Violent Crime or have sentences requiring them to register as a sex offender are not eligible. At san quinton there are tents and beds in an extended area for those who fall ill. People are tested days before they are released. If they are negative they will be released to the jurisdiction. We are being notified of those inmates. Christie smith, nbc bay area news. We are breaking records we dont want to break. New infections and death. This graph shows
Area crews road and oak Spring Circle flames were first reported around 2 oclock this afternoon and this fire has quickly grown to more than 1300 acres to structures have been destroyed one man lost his boat maggie swanton lives in the area the flames where the house was burning were over the trees you could see it above the trees. And the line the fire line was real big. From the air. On the ground firefighters worked to put out the flames. Theyre currently working on structure protection and theyre trying to keep the fire from crossing kenyada road and the entire road kenyada road has been evacuated at this point. And back here live youre looking at can ya to road here. Flames are just starting to flare up. Again this is about 3 and a half miles from where i was earlier and the day off cruise road where the fire started just goes to show how quickly it spread the winds were whipping all day today and the weather is cooling down tonight so that will give firefighters an upper hand. Th
Fireworks when shot and killed. His family believes he was an innocent bystander caught up in violence. It happened at about 10 45 pm last night on whitfield court. Live coverage with the latest on the investigation. No suspect information and no motive. The killing leaving the community outraged. I am hurt. I feel helpless. Reporter and and inconsolable grieving the loss of his nephew. He loved to read books and play video games. Reporter he was at a friends house on saturday night. He was outside with his older sister, watching fireworks. Then the tragedy hit. Someone came through and opened fire. Reporter he was shot in the chest, rushed to the hospital where he later died. In adult male was also shot. He is expected to survive. You never know if it is opposite sides fighting or someone wanted to off their. Reporter this relative lived there for most of her life. She said violence plagued the area for years. Not wrong place at the wrong time. He was at a birthday party. When we had
Today we are in the 60s and 70s. It is close to average for this time of year. Sally is here to see if there is anything new. Good morning. There is not a lot that is new. I do not see a lot of slow traffic. I do see some. That is at the bay bridge. The bay bridge here is the story with that, it is the slowest commuted by far. All other commutes look good. This one does not. Anecdotally, we hear that people are not wanting to take part. They want to bring their own car. I dont blame them. You want to stay in your own bubble and stay safe. We are going to get a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza of about 15 minutes for we make it onto the span. It is 6 01. Lets back to the headlines. We are still following breaking news, firefighters are battling a grass fire in clayton. It might have been started by fireworks. The flames are near the clayton palms mobile Home Community off marsh creek road. That is the same neighborhood that saw the marsh fire get dangerously close last summer. The fi