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.
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
Are dealing with illegal fireworks. Good evening everyone. The concern comes as the National Weather service issued a red flag warning in parts of the north bay. It just went into effect a moment ago. We have Live Team Coverage tonight, Azenith Smith with the concerns about fireworks. First we begin with chief meteorologist bill martin who is tracking the current conditions. Definitely the wind is coming up, the wind direction will shift around. This low Pressure Center that came in this morning brought the wind and brought the cool to mild weather that set us up with the Pressure Gradient that will give us some pretty significant trend in the wind. Most will not notice the fire concern wind, but in the Higher Elevations you will. Gusts can be up to 50 miles per hour. This red flag warning for the hills stays in effect through tomorrow night. The wind forecast, this is about 5 am tomorrow morning commander, you can see the real wind in the contours, right around clearlake, napa, thats
Nearly 28,000 cases and 568 people have died. The governor order to close bars and seven different counties and it takes effect immediately. The counties included la, fresno, san joaquin, kings, kern, imperial, and tulare. Governor somoza recommended bars and eight other counties to close including contra costa and santa clara. Greg liggins is here now with that part of the story. Reporter california was ahead of the curve when it comes to flattening the curve and now we are starting to see those numbers go up. Just as things were starting to move forward as more and more g about, more businesses reopening, now we are starting to see efforts to put on the brakes. Barringtons bar in Pleasant Hill would normally be bustling on a sunday but makes the cocktail of the coronavirus and few sports to display on flat screens and you will understand why the bar is still closed. According to contra costa countys roadmap bars are on the list to reopen july 1 but with climbing covid cases, the gove
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