Class Vincent Polanco is mourning the death of his father, gilbert, a san quentin prison guard, first admitted to the hospital in july, after contracting the coronavirus. Then on life support. Sergeant Gilbert Polanco died at Kaiser Santa Teresa at 5 00 sunday morning. Covid19 is a real thing. It takes peoples lives away, and my dad is one of those people, and he did not need to go at the age he was at. Reporter at 55 years old, vincents father gilbert, a san jose native, had wanted to become a prison guard after passing san quentin on a ferry ride in middle school. And he saw one of the guards there as a kid, and he waved at my dad, he literally waved at my dad, and he, like, theres all of these kids, too, but my dad knew that this man waved at him. Reporter after serving in the army and national guard, he worked at san quentin for 30 years. A crisis created after the Corrections Department brought in untested inmates from a prison in chino, where there had been an outbreak. Visible s
They added the city to the watch list. Today a new round of closures and reopening delays go into effect. Affected shopping malls, restaurants and other businesses. Scott budman is tracking these changes. The Building Space for street seating in San Franciscos north beach because of the rise in local covid19 case, many Small Businesses here that planned to fully roo he open now have to make do serving takeout in outdoor diners. We were excited to reopen safely. North beach had reopening plans and today they had to put them on hold indefinitely. Which means about a dozen people wont be coming back to work. Theres no business. Trying to survive for now. Hoping for the best. Many San Francisco nonessential offices and indoor malls also have to reclose or postpone reopening plans. City Officials Say there is no timeline for when customers or employees will be allowed back in. When you plan to reopen, try to hold off on preordering major amounts of stock, especially if you are dealing in pe
This was near the 680280 interchange near clayton road you. Could see smoke for miles. Peggy bunker was on the fire line and joins us tonight in san jose. Peggy . Reporter good evening, raj. You know, the conditions were perfect for a fire such as this. Hot, dry. With strong bursts of win, pushing up the side of the hillside. Firefighters say it was really the homeowners who helped in preventing this from being a lot worse. Neighbors say they saw smoke pouring out of an empty house on clayton road today, flames jumping from the first house to the second one, demolishing them both. A huge response included 17 San Jose Fire Department engines and cal fire hitting it from the air and the ground. Neighbor robert long says people who live there know how to protect their homes. He wasnt concerned a bit. And weve got everything cleared to 100 feet around the house. Youre not worried right now . No. Reporter it turns out this is what long does for a living. He disks land around homes and busin
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San Quentin prison is fined $421,880 over deadly COVID-19 conditions; 28 inmates and an officer died [Los Angeles Times]
San Quentin State Prison is facing the largest single penalty in the state over workplace safety violations for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, resulting in the deaths of 28 inmates and one correctional officer and a total of 2,200 confirmed cases.
California’s oldest penitentiary was slapped with a $421,880 fine based on a June inspection that found numerous violations, including failing to report deaths and injuries in a timely manner and failing to isolate new arriving inmates infected with the virus, according to a report by the California Division of Occupations Safety and Health. The fine is nearly double the highest ever issued to any facility.
By RICHARD WINTON | Los Angeles Times | Published: February 6, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) San Quentin State Prison is facing the largest single penalty in the state over workplace safety violations for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, resulting in the deaths of 28 inmates and one correctional officer and a total of 2,200 confirmed cases. California’s oldest penitentiary was slapped with a $421,880 fine based on a June inspection that found numerous violations, including failing to report deaths and injuries in a timely manner and failing to isolate new arriving inmates infected with the virus, according to a report by the California Division of Occupations Safety and Health. The fine is nearly double the highest ever issued to any f