Studios, this is kpix 5 news. Right now streaming on the bay area, taking a live look of the bay bridge this friday morning from the camera on top of the roof at 855. Thats where we are broadcasting from. At home, it is friday, we are going to be all right. We are making it through, june 26th. We are okay. Good morning to you as well. Glad to have you with us. I love the way you say friday morning. It sounds good. Lets get a check on the weekend. Here is mary lee. Good morning to you mary, have a happy friday. Happy friday to you. So glad we made it to the end of the week with our weather compared to yesterday, we are looking at cooler temperatures for the weekend with our Treasure Island camera. A start to our day. Temperatures in the midtwo upper 50s, fred run the bay their afternoon mid70s, upper 80s for san jose, and also close to 90 degrees. We will talk about the cool down details on that. Coming up in a few minutes, back to you. Many covid restrictions are keeping fourth of july
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
Of people hospitalized with coronavirus. The drug which is already used in the u. S. Has now been approved in the european union. They will give it to patients who suffer from that pneumonia and require oxygen. Several weeks ago, the department of health and Human Services said the u. S. Is at risk of running out of remdesivir by the end of the month. At the time gilyard sciences planned to ramp up their production, so well see how that goes. In developing news, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is exploding at san quentin prison. It jumped to 48 cases on june 14 and then 499 cases last friday. At last check, there are 523 active cases among inmates. And inmates are telling abc 7 news that the prison is rotating guards from infected areas to uninfected areas daily. And officials are even investigating if a death row inmate has died from the virus. Meanwhile, a team of uc berkeley and ucsf Health Experts told the chronicle they are worried that an outbreak inside the prison c
Reporter marcus, those weather conditions you were just describing, plus the combination of firew a deadly combination s thats why parks and recreation areas across the bay are closed during this red flag warning. We have a list of just a few of them for you here. The sky oaks watershed, natalie coffin green park in ross, leo cronin parking lot in langunitas and mount vision road also closed. Marin county fire officials warn fire could spread quickly right now which is why we should use extreme caution. There were several small fires including this one that burned about 30 acres on the Altamont Pass near livermore. Then about 100 miles north of San Francisco a fire broke out there as well. Thankfully no evacuations were needed as firefighters were able to stop its progression quickly. And this brush fire in oakland ignited because of illegal fireworks, officials say. Two and a half acres burned sunday morning near Howard Elementary School and 580. It took more than 50 firefighters to p
Day spirit is still bright, just a little subdued. Cornell bernard is live at ocean beach in San Francisco with more. Cornell . Reporter hey, there, happy 4th. Behind me, are cseal aop holida. Beach goers, as you can see, did come out today, but its far from crowds that weve seen during pasepter maryreedn and her two sons, leo and lucas are lugging gear to the field at krissy field because parking welcome back news. Lots are closed. The parkings closed. Instead of kicking back on this independence day, many to the theres a pandemic, but were going to have fun at the beach, no matter what today. Streets. The trumppence outandout reporter w the rise, san protest was held in San Francisco. If you are in the area of 24th francisco officials have urged and mission you might have seen folks to stay home this holiday. The group. E btao rally t the r the parking lots are off limits. The beach is open, but not as crowded as a traditional 4th of july. This year, we asked everyone to stay home. R