Overwhelmed employment departments, that state money plus 600 a week and cares act funding was put on a debit card and working with someone on the outside, that money was accessed what we learned over the last seven weeks is repeatedly, individuals would go to atms with a stack of these debit cards, removing up to 1000 at a time. Reporter it is described as the largest fraud in california history. Fraud honestly staggering. And the types are shocking quite frankly. Its exist in every cdc prison. It encompasses every type of inmate. Its encompasses death row inmates. The names on the list include several serial killers. Was that doing it using and stealing his identity . If so, that is an additional felony for Identity Theft. Reporter the District Attorney inmate records 35 other states used to make sure this doesnt happen again. Speaking from the county, we cut off Welfare Benefits to those in the county jail because we have a system in place. I do not want to say its a simple process,
Another troubling day for the state with more than 15,000 new coronavirus cases, the Positivity Rate is jumping and checkout hospitalizations, they are of 81 . We show you why the state believes the search right now could be the worst one yet. Reporter generally speaking counties are doing a lot better than the rest of the state, hospitals in Northern California are not experiencing that crisis level where there are not enough icu beds but we dont know when that surge will and thats why Health Officials are still concerned and preparing for the worst. Hospitalizations have spiked by more than 81 over the last 14 days. My parents definitely have a high risk so i would be terrified and scared if they got sick. I talked to Hospital System leaders many times per day to hear how things are going on the ground. Reporter the numbers arent as bad in the bay area compared to counties like los angeles where even Outdoor Dining has been shut down. For example there are 53 patients in intensive ca
He believes his friends can be the change on tuesday. Im telling my friends. If you are eligible to vote, please get to the polls now. You do have the power to change the outcome of the election. Reporter the organizers from san ramon say so many things are motivating her to get out the vote. We need to speak on Climate Change west need to talk about black lives matter. Womens lights, lgbtq rights. Young people reporter the professor believes young voters could be a game changer on election night. They proved that by showing up for themileperhour elections in 2018. Were seeing the maturation of a young generation of young people who are determined to be heard. And i think part of the outcome of tuesday night is going to point to the effect of young people on voting. Reporter the march ended at the Federal Building with a rallying cry to make your voice heard. This fight does not end on november 3rd. A politician will not save us. We will save us. Reporter back live with a beautiful sho
A very good morning to you. It is friday. Oh, my goodness. Its friday the 13th, too. You know what, its friday. Good morning. Im laura garcia. Friday the 13th in the year 2020, uhoh. Dont laugh. What could go wrong . Hmm. Lets get a look at the forecast for you that morning. Kari, what do you have for us . I think its good luck that we are seeing some rain moving into the bay area and this is not a particularly strong storm. We are looking at light rain to the north of us that will be moving from north to south. As we go into the rest of today right now we have storm ranger tracking it. Our mobile Doppler Radar. Showing very light rain up around parts of lake and mendocino counties. So far the bay area is dry as you head out the door. Some of that rain moving through lakeport and clear lake and that will be moving in for the rest of the day. Were going to have some scattered showers moving from north to south today. The weekend, sunny and mild conditions by the end of the weekend into
This is abc7 news. [ chanting this is what democracy looks like] many of them ready to vote for the very first time and want to make sure their voices are heard at the ballot box. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Count them down, only two days left before the election, and the final push is on to get out the vote across the bay area. Youth voter turnout could be pivotal on tuesday. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live at San Francisco city hall where young people took to the streets today to make sure their voices are heard. Cornell . Reporter yeah, dion, they really did take to the streets of San Francisco. Many of them are firsttime voters, and they say that they know that they have the ability to make a change on tuesday. [ chanting ] reporter election day closing in fast, young voters are feeling empowered. This event called march for our future made its way through San Francisco sponsored by youth advocates for change. We are two days fro