Yeah. Kari, it was a toasty weekend. Yeah, we had some warm weather for the inland areas but it was still cool and foggy near the coast. I went up to stenson beach and it took until 5 00 in the evening before the sky cleared and it was nice and cool. And we could see the fog starting out early in San Francisco. Seeing it misting and drizzling at times and here our temperatures will stay in the 60s. You head across the bay to oakland. It is in the mid70s and upper 80s for the south bay. And then some mid90s for the east bay. Up in ukiah today, expect a high of 98 while santa rosa will get a little bit of the ocean breeze coming through the mountain gaps and well be in the mid80s. Well talk more about what is ahead for the rest of the workweek in a few minutes. But mike will get you ready to head out of the door. I wasnt ready for this, kari. The bay bridge toll plaza. Everything is so light including the bay bridge but the toll plaza showed the meterering lights on so now 20 minutes lat
More than 1700 acres so far. Evacuations currently are in place for both of those blazes lets check in right now with meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez who is standing by with the very latest conditions that is helping to fuel those flames but not helping fire crews in any way as they tried to battle those fires, yeah, the very hot dry conditions certainly not helping at all jonathan 93 degrees out there right now in concord near that deer zone fire is burning. The one thing that really is helping firefighters. The lack of winds right now sustained winds at 13 Miles Per Hour. Gusts right now less than 20 Miles Per Hour. So that is great news right there. But extremely bone dry with relative humidity just at 36 so not really tracking much moisture there. But the good news is that were not under any imminent fire danger all of our red flag warnings were allowed to expire throughout the bay area at 11 oclock this morning and overall tracking some cloudy but very muggy conditions out there t
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
She was worried for her dads safety. I was scared he would get sick and this would happen. The family says he tested positive for covid19 in late june. He was admitted to the hospital on july 2. They contracted the virus but recovered. The acting warden said he demonstrated unwaivering commitment and bravery every day during the devastating pandemic. His memory is carried on in the hearts of all the men and women. Who battle the deadly virus. I know its being more reactive than proactive. And i hope that they continue to get their stuff together and properly handle this. Friends and coworkers have been standing vigil in the parking lot. Visitors not allowed inside. To be here in the parking lot and just feeling. Letting them know were here. The family wants the public to know covid19 is real. And people need to protect themselves. This is effecting people. Its killing people. People are dying. It needs to be taken seriously. Her dad knew the risk of the job. But was dedicated to his du
So we have been in constant communication and we have heard this concern of these classes that absolutely cannot be taught virtually but they are very hand on. How can we make the classes safer . Because they cannot be done virtual. That will be part of the guidance. And its such a big piece of the other thing and that the other thing that gets lost in inperson classes is there are classes that will not be taught in the fall semester or potentially the Spring Semester that have a negative impact on Mental Health in San Francisco. A lot of our seniors take classes at City College Even with the unfortunate class cuts in physical education in, for example, pottery and ceramics that you cannot teach online. You cannot take a ceramics class online, but we cannot teach it safely inperson either currently. The work we are doing is critical for us to do this work back in the spring. And hopefully teach the important classes that have a direct Mental Health impact and positive impact on a lot o