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
Behalf of the 29,000 pga professionals to present the wanamaker trophy to the man who beat the strongest field in golf and inspired us all, the 2020 pga champion, Collin Morikawa [cheers and applause] jim oh, boy. Give it back to him, seth. [laughter] [cheers and applause] collin, ill send you over to the mic. A heavy one. And youre going to learn a lot more about how to handle that one and im sure many more trophies in years to come. But when would you start dreaming about Something Like this to be a major champion in golf suspect here you are at 23, and thats the case today . Its amazing. Its been a life goal obviously as a little kid. Kind of watching everyone grow up. All these professionals. And this is what ive always wanted to do. I felt very comfortable from the start, you know, as an amateur, junior golfer, turning professional last year. But to finally close it off and come out here in San Francisco, you know, pretty much my second home where i spent last four years. Its pret
Yesterday 104 people died. Far fewer than the 178 the day before. At this hour we topped 60,000 cases in the bay area. Alameda county continues to be the hot spot. You can see it on on the map. Meanwhile a lot of people headed to delores park as doctors keep a close eye on a dangerous stitituation situation. People seem divided about whether its really safe there. Especially im not judgmental but i do wish when we were walking out with other people that they would see for elderly people its dangerous that theyre not Wearing Masks. They take daily walks around their neighborhood park. It just so happens thats delores park. An outdoor hot spot in San Francisco. He sounded the alarm on the number of people not Wearing Masks within their social circles at delores park a week ago and he says not much has changed. It seemed to be more crowded yesterday with music but specifically around covid19 the circles were, people were trying to stay in the circles. This was someone that we spotted not
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
Today oakland Public Schools opened for Distance Learning but the oakland unified and teachers our are still working out so ofhesnclude how te to prepare. Union leaders want two full weeks and the district is proposing nine days. Both sides also disagree on the length of time teachers will work every day. Oakland unified will continue their twice weekly grab and go distribution, but they will only distribute meals to students. Private and Charter School students are no longer eligible. Parents can go to 22 sites to pick up several days worth of meals. Abc spent the past beweek covering back to school and you can watch all the stories anytime on our new connected tv apps. Apple tv, android tv, fire tv are or recould yo roku, you can app for free. And the state reported more than 8300 new cases of coronavirus over the weekend, that is well above the seven day average of about 6400. And it may be due to the state working to clear that backlog. There were 104 people who died and that bring