Reporter more than 1,000 inmates and staff are infected with covid at san quentin, one officer expects it to double. Reporter alameda officials discuss Public Safety after man was pinned for dancing in the street. Booms and bright lights closer to home, as we count down to july fourth weekend, how plan to stop illegal fireworks. What you can expect for the Holiday Weekend coming up, abc7 news starts now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, abc7 news. In a bar, moving around, drinking. Masks off, close to other people. Covid19 watchlist is longerg 19 counties now hit hard by coronavirus. Bars and family gatherings is the biggest concern as the state urges californians to help contain this pandemic. At some point might mean enforcement. Gyms closed. Bars closed. Indoor dining still out of the question in contra costa and alameda counties. 168 new positive cases, biggest increase since the start of this. And santa clara still clara a track to open later this
Alameda counties. 168 new positive cases, biggest increase since the start of this. And santa clara still clara a track to open later this week. Been frustrating. Waiting since march 16th. Billions of dollars on the table, time left for businesses to sign up for Paycheck Protection Program runs out tomorrow night. Good evening. San quentin is center of the outbreak, more than 1,000 inmates and 100 Staff Members infected. There is a court order to test all by next monday its so bad. Kate larsen. Scared. Reporter spoke to us by phone about her 29yearold son who is inmate at san quentin and tested positive for covid19. Taking his temperature, only doing it every three days he was saying. Its like they dont care, not giving him cleaning supplies, letting him take showers, hes using bar soap to wash his walls. Reporter cases exploded, 29 of the inmates and staff have tested possible. California Department Says that i gave inmates masks, are monitoring sanitation and hygiene and modified sho
To a dominant 4 0 win over south korea. And coming up on bbc news following recent sexual abuse allegations against several high profile creatives, the 100 Women Programme asks whether we should be pausing for thought before going to the cinema or the book shop. Thats at 2 30. Good afternoon. One of the candidates for the leadership of the conservative party, michael gove, says he deeply regrets taking cocaine more than 20 years ago. He told the daily mail that he had taken the drug at several social events while working as a journalist. He said it was a mistake but he didnt believe it should disqualify him from becoming prime minister. Pete saull reports. Michael gove has put himself out there like ten of his colleagues. confirm that i am putting my name forward to be prime minister. But he is now admitting to his past, admitting taking cocaine more than two decades ago. In his confession today, he says. One of the other would be leaders has some sympathy. I think michael set out he m
Threat. Good morning, im dray clark. The river is rising putting people in bucks and mercer counties in danger. Pamela osbourne is live where precautions are under way. Reporter good morning. Were expecting the river to rise up about a half foot above flood stage sometime today and its all because of this. These thick chunks of ice that jammed up the Delaware River prompting road closures and Flood Warnings. I want you to look at this. This is farther down the road in lower mayfield township. What youre looking at is river road and its hard to tell where the road starts and river ends. Police have blocked off river road from richardson and east trenton and also blocked off some of those residential side streets that lead down that way. But back to the Flood Warning, theres one in effect for southwestern Mercer County and southeastern bucks. Some locations like trenton, yardley and morrisville, could experience flooding which we are beginning to see. We already saw some of that over on
Right now warning is included atlantic county, burlington county, and Camden County right now, ocean county until 6 15. We will see this moving off to thee southe a possibility of 50 to 60mile an hour wind. Good news a cell looks like it is starting to weaken a little bit but still pack a punch as it moves in Barnegat Light house in beach haven, Mystic Island and little egg harbor. That is moving in the next 10 to 15 minutes. Or wise quiet conditions, another round of rain, couple of rumbles working through Chester County trying to sneak in Delaware County but we didnt have widespread storm activity. We had one cell that tracked all the way, across the Delaware Valley, maintaining its, strength as it did over last couple of hours. It brought down trees, wires in pottstown. Even some damage to some homes Delran Township burlington county, new jersey, large tree branches down, radnor Delaware County, numerous large trees down,e hampton see trend, several trees down. It will be a tough co