the deaths announced include scott erskine. manwell alvarez has been on death row since 1989 for the and murder charges in sacramento. >> the chp is asking for the public's health to help to identify a driver who ran over a seven-year-old boy. don lynn has the surveillance video that captured the frightening collision. >> the boys mother says he is e crashappened rihere nd in the stre video showed owen jones having a good time riding his scooter in front of his house. as he comes out of his driveway it appears he sees a van, tries to stop but instead falls to the ground. we will not show you the impact because it is too graphic. the van runs over owen and drives off. of family members ran out of the house in shock. owens cousin chases after the van. >> had a laid a major laceration that required surgery to close. thank god he has no broken bones. has a concussion. >> it happened yesterday just before 4:00 on vine avenue. paramedic airlifted owen to the hospital. his mom says it is a miracle he has no major internal injuries. >>

scott erskine had been on death row since 2004 for the murder of two young boys in san diego. manwell alvarez was serving time for a string of crimes in sacramento including and murder charges. he had been on death row since 1989. we will bring you more. >> taking a live look in santa cruz where surfers are enjoying weather and waves. this is not against the rules. santa cruz clown county one of the places keeping beaches open over the holiday weekend. daviou wbelosinglikely we will back on the weekend is a time where we have either gotten control of the virus are just allowed it to spread like wild fire. beaches around the bay area are closing down nta cruz they are open and up. >> the public health officer in santa cruz county abandon to keep people off the beach describing them as unwieldy and largely visible. this is the result. >> we just want to get some fresh air so we drove by here first. with other with that many people so we decided to get something to eat walk around and drive back to the original stay-at-home order and beach restriction were designed to discourage

one was scott erskin. he had been on death row since 200 4r f 2004 for the killing in san alvarez. and the second one was in prison for killing a man in sacramento. they appeared to have died from complications due to covid-19. >>> on the peninsula, multiple beaches are closed this weekend, and in pacifica you could face a fine if you break the rules. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra joins us live on this story. hi there, stephanie. >> reporter: hi, there, dion. officers have been out here patrolling both lindenmar beach and up the road to esplanade beach. it's completely closed off. the city has announced both beaches and the parking lots will be closed. you see officers out here in the distance. they've been patrolling the beaches. they're hoping for voluntary compliance. and for the most part, of the 100 people we saw come to try to enter the beach today, they were compliant. but there was at least about a dozenpl w g tot comply and, again, the fine that those can face is up to $1,000 with a misdemeanor charge. and so obviously ultimately officers really want voluntary compli

scott erskin has been on death row since 2004 for the killing of two boys in san diego. man well-alvarez was sentenced in 1989 for killing a man. nearly 1,400 prisoners have been infected as well as 20 staff. and donald trump, jr.'s girlfriend has tested positive for coronavirus. she's a former san francisco prosecutor. this comes as cases are surging across the nation as america celebrates the 4th of july. >> reporter: a much different july 4th weekend. beaches closed in hot spots like texas, california, and florida. but it's the crowds that have leaders concerned. >> it's not the beaches per se are the problem. it's the crowds the problem. crowds are not good. >> reporter: more than 9,400 new infections in the sunshine state. nearly 15% of all tests positive. employees at 30 publix supervissuper markets also testing positive. >> what happens is when someone is at home for six weeks people get stir-crazy and they're out in the streets. >> reporter: arizona one of 26 states seeing a rise in hospitalizations. icus at 91% capacity. phoenix and san antonio using pediatric i

officials say 57 year-old scott thomas erskine and 59 year-old man well machado alvarez died today outside hospitals erskine was sent to san quentin back in 2004 for the murder of 2 boys. alvarez was placed there in 1989 for murder vehicle theft forcible rape and robbery in right now there are over 700 people on california's death row. the state of california has released an ad campaign to encourage people to wear their masks and prevent the spread of covid-19. >>more than 400 billboards have also been put up to encourage people to wear a mask keep their distance. stay home. here's a look at the public service announcement. this is just one of the jarring covid psa is that the state of california has recently unveiled the cdc is now projecting nearly 140,000 coronavirus deaths throughout the united states by july 25th. now the national news of president donald trump and first lady melania trump arrived at the mount rushmore national memorial today to celebrate an early 4th of july at a gathering of an estimated 7500 people during a global pandemic no social >>happening there

scott thomas erskine had been on death row since 2004 for the murder of two boys. manwell alvarez had in their since 1989 for killing a man in sacramento. >>> marin county has been added to the coronavirus watchlist. the county is experiencing elevated disease transmission in hospitalizations. to use the list as a barometer for when to move forward or scaled-back the reopening process. officials said some of the increases due to the outbreak at san quentin. >>> the girlfriend of donald trump junior tested positive for coronavirus. she got the results this evening ahead of the event at mount rushmore. he will self isolate out of an abundance of caution. he has not been in close contact with the president was at the rally in tulsa. she was a prosecutor in san francisco and was previously married to gavin newsom before working for fox news. she is now a fundraising official for the trump campaign. >>> the white house kickoff to independence day took a partisan flavor tonight. the event wrapped up with the fireworks spectacular and can included a flyover by the blue an

officials say 57 year-old scott thomas erskine and 59 year-old man well machado alvarez died at the hospitals where they were being treated earth kind was sent to san quentin back in 2004 for the murder of 2 boys alvarez was placed there in 1989 for murder vehicle theft forcible rape and robbery right now there are more than 700 people on california's death row. >>and napa county officials establish what they're calling it compliance task force to respond to complaints about people who are not cooperating. but public health orders kron on's gayle ong explains. >>napa county officials saw a jump in covid-19 cases after memorial day and father's day and they are not taking any chances over the july 4th weekend it's people visiting from other cities and now that everything is opening up. we have more torres. he just never now while many napa county residents share the same concern about tourists and the spread of covid-19 public health officer doctor karen drew says otherwise you know we haven't seen cases that said i want a winery i went to a particular restaurant and this is how i got it in th

the 57-year-old scott thomas erskine has been a death row since 2004 for the murders of two boys in san diego. the other inmate alvarez was on death row since 1989 for killing a man in sacramento. we hear from a former san quentin inmate to tested positive for covid-19 just after his release. 23-year-old jose omar bad air gomez says he had a sore throat late last month. he knew he was sick and likely contagious when he was released from prison this past monday. he was dropped off at a marin county stop where he made his way to his family's apartment in san francisco. he took a covid-19 test the next day and was positive. the san francisco general hospital helped him get into hotel room at a downtown hotel where he is now quarantined. he says the conditions at san quentin are right for outbreaks. >> we play basketball and handball and workout, do push- ups. coughing vomiting, just going through it. >> he was in san quentin for probation violation okay coronavirus test was taken late last month but was released before getting results. eight jail inmates tested positive for the virus. the

death row inmates died friday from coronavirus complications now officials say 57 year-old scott thomas erskinellness alvarez died at the hospitals where they were treated for skin was sent to san quentin back in 2004 for murdering 2 boys alvarez was serving time. there from 1989 for murder rape and robbery right now there are more than 700 people on california's death row now with the holiday weekend in full force. officials are concerned about people celebrating without masks and social distancing so we'll be keeping an eye on the numbers are in we'll provide you with updates throughout the day on kron on friday all right, thanks a lot for that update. >>well governor newsome wants people to stay close to home for the 4th of july weekend as the new virus cases continue to pile up here in california governor says he's relying on people to use their common sense and wear masks rather than enforcing a strict face covering order. >>infection rates and hospitalizations here in california have soared over the past 2 weeks and many businesses were warned last month that failure to enforce the order