They were so short on staffing, that no one could go into his room in order to give him the phone. So we would call, the phone would ring and ring. We would call the nurses station, it would ring for 20, 25 minutes until we would give up. Reporter according to an analysis of payroll data, gateway care and rehab senter is one of 25 nursing facilities that failed to meet staffing standards more than 500 times at the end of last year, the most in the bay area. To put that in perspective, 21 of those facilities have registered nurses that failed to report any hours. Its unclear if they didnt show up for work or other reasons. People that came to work they had between 25, 30 patients that they were attending to. Reporter abc 7 reached out to the facility but has yet to hear back. The iteam obtained Text Messages from the owners in april. One said we needily need silenced staff. But gateways Staffing Shortage was a problem well before april. The facility failed to meet the states minimum sta
California and visibility 2 1 2 miles santa rosa, and 5 miles on the coast. There is a look at emeryville shrouded in the clouds as we go through the next few hours into the 60s at 9 00. Mostly cloudy skies, becoming sunny and mild with 70s and 80s around the bay and inland by noontime. Another hot day inland, with temperatures in the low to mid90s, with 80s around the bay, and well look for that fog to come back into play but warm, warm, warm day before much cooler air arrives for the week ahead. Liz . Thank you. Our goal at abc is to build a better bay area through the pandemic in five key areas, a crucial one being the economy and local towns and cities where the coronavirus is forces businesses to adapt in major ways. As of this morning all indoor businesses are shutting down completely in San Mateo County. Nail salons and gyms were open for weeks but san mateo was the last bay area county to added to the watch list this past week, after staying on it for three days this is the res
Announced today some extra resources to help with that. The extra resources will go to eight counties in californias central valley. Thats where theres been a surge in coronavirus cases. The governor delivered todays update from a Diamond Foods sto. While positivity numbers are stabilizing statewide, eight counties are seeing increased infections in the central valley. How deadly this disease continues to be. Reporter he announced a 52 Million Investment for those counties specifically, used to improve isolation and testing protocols, as well as to provide more support and personnel to health care workers. The money is part of a 499 cdc grant to california. These dollars, we think are timely. These dollars are critical. And important. And they will buld off local infrastructure already in place. Reporter strike teams will be deployed to support the essential workforce. We have a great deal of work to do to get transmission rates down here in the central valley. Reporter the governor to
Building a better yay for a a safe and secure future. In is abc 7 news. As you wake up, another bay area is closing down part of its economy. Beauty salons and bar der shops and gyms have closed signs once again but this morning, theres one way they may still be able to operate. Good morning, everyone. Its sunday, august 2nd. Im liz kreutz. Thanks for joining us. Well have a closer look at the new expanded Health Orders in a moment. Lets start with a quick look at the weather, heres meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, lisa. Good morning to you. Even though were starting out with low clouds and fog, today is going to end up a lot like yesterday, so were going to have warm weather once again as High Pressure to the south of us is going to bring in temperatures a bit above average, fourmile visibility, petaluma, a half mile in santa rosa with three miles on the coast so the low clouds and fog retreating to the shoreline by about mid morning but this morning were a little bit warmer an
Coronavirus and right now preparations are under way to get the ship here get the passengers off and take care of the people who are sick so here now is a tracker of exactly where the ship is right now you can see where the arrow is in that box. Thats where the grand princess is located just a few hours off of the San Francisco coast. And that ship will make the track underneath the Golden Gate Bridge through the bay underneath the bay bridge and then docked in the port of oakland you can see the map right there and that will happen on monday. Oaklands mayor and governor newsome made promises today as this process unfolds the public will be safe. Kron fours dan thorn has been following the story for us he joins us now live with what will happen after the ship docks in oakland dan. What justine governor newsome and mayor shap emphasize today that the more than 3500 passengers and crew that are on board will not be released into the city of oakland of those on board more than 900 people