Set a flag on fire, and patrons and an employee at a restaurant right across the street from the Police Department were harassed. One person pepper sprayed by a demonstrator and no arrests were made. We were eating our food, they started flashing lights in our eyes, screaming at us, there were no police, nothing. And were literally at the police station. We had nonuniformed officers watching from a distance. And had we seen assaultive behavior or Public Safety issues we would have jumped in right away. We were not aware of the assaultive behavior until after the fact. There was no order for officers to stand down. Supervisors made a decision not to intervene based on the circumstances of the crimes being committed. Graffiti and vandalism. He agrees with the call but says they are making changes moving forward. If this group comes back or any groups come back into town with the intent to vandalize or commit criminal behavior, we have every intention of taking action and holing them acco
The once hardest hit county in the bay area is noticing a worrisome rise in covid19 cases. The covid cases at san quinten prison continue to surge. How it happened and what it means for the marin county hospitals. The 49ers are now flying a black lives matter flag at levi stadium. Some say weve come a long way, others say its not good enough. Temperatures on the rise tomorrow. Ill show you who will feel the heat. Abc7 news at 11 00 starting right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Tonight, the coronavirus outbreak at san quinten prison is showing no signs of slowing. Right now, more than 10 of the prison population is infected. Kate larson spoke with officials who say they warned this could happen. Kate . Reporter dan, ama, over the weekend, there were about 100 cases at the prison. Then yesterday, more than 300 covid cases. And now today, according to data on the cdc website, 407 inmates and 47 Staff Members are infected, bringing the case
Particularly as our local Hospital Systems are threatened by being overwhelmed. Reporter mark lavigne represents marin county. There are 4,000 staff and inmates at san quinten, and the covid outbreak will likely top 800 people. If the Corrections Department planned ahead of time, if they had listened to Public Health protocols, we wouldnt be in this situation. I am concerned that Health Professionals dont have Decision Making authority at cdcr. Those that do may have mad bad decisions. Prisons are a setup for outbreaks off the bat. You have large numbers of people, very close confine sent. Reporter dr. Matt will sis the Public County Health officer. As soon as the pandemic began, one of the first concerns was reaching out to san quinten. We were told very clearly that this is not part of our jurisdiction. Reporter according to the department of corrections, san quentin was virus free until late may. Willis says the surge started after inmates were transferred from chino to san quinten
So these yellow lines reflect the nonstop flights going out of wuhan, and then the blue circles reflect the final destinations of travelers. The larger the circle, the larger number of travelers going to that location. These were many of the first cities that received cases of covid19 as it spread out of mainland china. Reporter you can do that in a matter of seconds . We can analyze and visualize all this information across the globe in just a few seconds. Reporter the virus wasnt just spreading to east asia. Thousands of travelers were heading to the united states, too. Most of the travel came into california and San Francisco and los angeles. Also into new york city. And we analyzed that way back on december 31st. Our Surveillance System that picked up the outbreak of wuhan automatically talks to the system that is looking at how travelers might go to various airports around wuhan. Reporter so when you see that map, you dont just see flight patterns. If you think of an outbreak a bi
The host of watch what happens live tells us about his successful battle against the coronavirus. Why he says the government is keeping him from helping others fight the disease. Hes got lots to say. First, heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. All that progress we made by flattening that curve, we could lose that in a matter of days if were not careful. Despite growing numbers, several states prepare to start easing stayathome restrictions. We cant do this again. We cant afford to shut down, stop commerce again. Thats why were following those guidances, following the experts. Doing what we can to social distance. We have hundreds of calls coming in asking if it was right to ingest clorox. President trump did not hold a press briefing, but the president s comments about injecting disinfectants are still proving controversial. Doesnt that bother you that you have to spend any time discussing this . I think it bothers me this is still in the news cycle. The nba is opening Te