The better off well all be out there. Ikea. Make the dream yours. Announcer from abc7 live, breaking news. Director of the California Department of public health, dr. Sonia angel reportedly announced she resigned her post effective immediately. In email to staff didnt give a reason for resignation. But departure comes a week after glitch was discovered in the data system that caused underreporting of the cases in the state. Governor thanked her for her service. Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. On the heels of that resignation, lets look where coronavirus stands in california right now. State reported more than 8,300 new cases of the coronavirus today, well above the sevenday average, may be due to clearing a backlog. Positivity rate is back up to 5. 7 . As the pandemic goes on, were focused on how to build a better bay area for all of us during this time. Health is part of that, another part is education. Were less than 24 hours away from the start of the school year for thousands of kids
There are reporter there are other business developments happening in oakland. The online payment app square will also come to oakland later this year. Reporting live in oakland, im anser hassan, abc7 news. Thanks. We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. You can share them by joining our better Bay Area Group on facebook. In San Francisco a man was pulled out of the water not far from the bay bridge. Abc7 news was along the embarcadero as crews tried to rescue the person. A witness reported seeing a man in the bay. This was right around 12 15 this afternoon. The San Francisco Fire Department says it does not know why the man was in the water. He was rushed to the hospital last check was in critical condition. A shell gas station in the east bay is promising to pay for repairs after cars were damaged by bad gasoline. Several pumps were closed on saturday at the station on the corner of newark boulevard and jarvis avenue in newark. Multiple drivers said their vehicle