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
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
Compared to everybody else. Temperatures in the low 60s, dropping into the 50s and all that cloud cover and you were out in San Francisco probably a couple miles away with sunshine. I mean, that is the neat part of the microclimates. We have limited cloud cover out there right now. And you can see a little bit of a breeze on ourryuiing. So if you look close to the coast, it will stay comfortable, but if you look at the planner that i put together, you can see that it gets pretty warm once again especially inland neighborhoods nearing 90, around 80 at the bay and 62 at the coast. Mid70s and mid80s by noon. So a quick warming today. Well talk more about that coming up. As this pandemic goes on, were focused on how we can build a better bay area for all of us during this time. Health is part of that, education is the another the part of it. And this morning it is back to school in oakland. But students arent going to actually be seeing very much of their teachers. Lauren martinez is expla
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
Still not many people. We will be tracking this story throughout our three hours. Nearly half a Million People will be returning to work in the city. And they are returning to work, by the way, to a city whose mayor is pushing to defund the Police Department in the wake of the george floyd protests. A lot of pushback on this, as you can imagine. We will get into it. Including from the president. He tweeted this just moments ago. Law and order, not defund and abolish the police. The radical left democrats have gone crazy. And Hillary Clinton, by the way, well, shes had another deplorables moment when speaking about trump reporters and we will have that for you as well. Im Ashley Webster. The big story for dyou today on monday, the markets pointing upwards. Varney Company Begins right now. This will go down in history as the biggest positive data shock for the markets and the economy. Its some combination of an incredibly resilient economy thats bouncing back, the impact of government me