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
Hawaiis lahaina are allowed to briefly return to the town that wildfires virtually wiped out. The u. S. Attorney leading the Hunter Biden Probe has now been given Special Counsel authority, what that could mean for the president s son and the president s reelection campaign. Let me explain, please. We are no longer friends. It just got real. Adam sandler casts his real life family in his latest comedy on netflix. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. Theres word of yet another evacuation on maui. The Police Department says there is a fire in west maui and residents in the kaapali area are currently being evacuated. Were told the area was untouched by the initial wildfire. That comes as a search for survivors is taking a bleak turn. Days after devastating wildfires tore through parts of the island, countless people remain unaccounted for. Cadaver dogs are sifting through the charred remains of homes and buildings and although the number of people confirmed dead stands at a grim 67
Becoming clearer by the day. The deadliest wildfire in more than a century and the death toll is expected to rise even further as crews cannot a grim search for victims. And former u. S. President donald trump could be facing a fourth indictment in the week ahead over his attempts to overturn the 2020 Election Results here in georgia. Plus the matildas waltz into the womens world cup semifinals after toppling france in a nailbiting penalty shootout. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. With laila harrak. The governor of hawaii, what his state is going through is heartbreaking. And days after wildfires decimated parts of maui the death toll is still rising. Authorities have now confirmed 89 deaths, making the fires the deadliest in the United States in more than a century. And that number is expected to climb even more in the coming days. As crews sift through the devastation caused by the fires. Some 2,200 structures are damaged or destroyed. 86 of them homes. The gove
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And an agonizing wait for news of their loved ones. And a new twist in the hunter biden program. U. S. Attorney general announcing its Special Counsel to investigate president bidens son. History taking shape at the womans world cup stage, now set for a first time winner, after japan was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we begin in hawaii, and wouldve another evacuation on maui. The Police Department just posted that there is a fire in west maui, and residents in the area are currently being evacuated. That comes as a whites Attorney General says she will lead a comprehensive review of the decisions officials made, as Deadly Wildfires broke out earlier on maui. More criticism is now growing over how authorities handled things in the early stages. As flames quickly spread and destroyed the iconic area. Hawaii Emergency Management says mauis Warning Sirens were not turned on after the fires broke out. But many people were unaware of just how b