Reporting live in San Francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 i keep telling people its really eerie. The surge we have been anticipating has not yet come. In preparation we have built out capacity, and we have delayed or canceled elective procedures, and we tried to make the hospital as empty and prepared as possible for an influx of patients. On the peninsula, a Skilled Nursing facility they are our vulnerable population. And they have access to tests, not just today but ongoing. A Skilled Nursing facility considered a risk of coronavirus cases, and they are facing a testing shortage. They had at least 13 cases and one presumed death. Its unclear if Health Workers were able to get tested. The mayor, as you just heard, testing is the biggest concern. They took precautions to fight the spread. After today hayward is reopening its own free center, and its opening back up for anybody showing symptoms, like a fever over 100 degrees or shortness of breath. Its going to be open to anybody regardless of the immigration status. Governor newsom is holding a News Conference every day to update the state on its response to covid19. Today he is expected to launch the initiative to help older californians connected while staying at home. We will see what the details are when we watch the Conference Live at noon. Hes looking for workers to join the New California health corp. According to the website, these are paid positions. Health professionals, california needs you. We need you and we encourage you to take a look at the health corp. Website. Five steps to put the medical workforce to relieve pressure on our health care system. It didnt just say doctors and nurses, and it was calling on behavioral health, and the entire spectrum. So to be able to run a Efficient Health system requires many things. We wanted to help on the 18th. Currently there are 760,000 Health Care Professionals across the state. According to Governor Newsom, more than 37,000 can be added by reaching those that got out of the workforce, and those about to get in. At the valley nursing, they had to pivot. Instructors implemented virtual situations online to manage the patients with covid. There are concerns, especially from retired healthcare workers. We spoke with many off camera about the risk, people who questioned what a return might mean for their health, their safety and whether there are enough supplies to meet the mow many. I hear their concerns, and i understand that, and what we need to Pay Attention to is what the working environment will be like. Are we going to have enough gowns, gloves and masks to keep everybody safe. In a tweet, Governor Newsom called medical professionals as the heroes of the moment, and said we need an all hands on deck situation to be prepared for whats ahead. Get as many people as they can. Recently retired, about to graduate, whatever it is. I am sure they are concerned about their safety. I am sure they are, but they have a call to duty. Good morning, mike. Yeah, i have a couple of friends on facebook that have done exactly what you mentioned, come out of retirement to help their fellow friends and former coworkers, so its great to see that unity still lasting, and all of us coming together for that. Lets talk about what is going on weatherwise. We are starting with our neighborhoods and going to the inland east bay neighborhoods where its mostly cloudy right now and temperatures running in the mid and upper 40s, and even to 51 right now. Bitsburg, lets talk about getting out and about today. Its mostly cloudy, the exploratorium. Allergies will be your main issue if you have to be out and about. Not as chilly this afternoon. Look at these temperatures as we look at the south bay. Were jumping from 51 to 59 at 11 00, to low to mid60s with increasing sunshine this afternoon. You will probably have the most clouds linger over your neighborhoods compared to everybody else. We jump from 51 at 7 00, to low 60s at noon to mid60s for several hours this afternoon. Our final stop will be the peninsula, where we will see a little more sunshine, and temperatures jumping from 51 to 63 this afternoon. You can put the umbrellas away for this afternoon, but we are talking more in a bit. Theres a crash northbound 880 past winton. Theres gas that spilled across the highway. We want to take a live look outside here, and you can see the Clear Conditions everywhere else across the bay area. Aside from that issue in hayward Everything Else is looking good this morning. Several beaches are closed in santa cruz county. It has nothing to do with the coronavirus. Theres was a shark attack. That shark bit into a paddle board narrowly missing the boards rider. This was on friday. All beaches between sunny cove and cap tolla will remain closed to surfers until tomorrow. And then practicing social distancing but it just was not enough to stop the spread among this ask a number one, prepare to shelter in place through may 1st, at least. Mayor london breed warned San Francisco about that extension. Several counties are expected to follow suit and that will be announced probably today. Whole food employees are expected to plan a mass sickout at Stores Across the country today. No word on what stores or how many employees, but workers are demanding better paid leave protections and social distancing protections in stores. You have to have visible coronavirus symptoms including a fever over 100 degrees and shortness of breath for testing in hayward. Number four, for the first time there are 800,000 coronavirus cases reported worldwide. These are numbers from just this morning from Johns Hopkins university. Weatherwise, we are back. Temperatures pretty close to average today and tomorrow with cooler weather and a possibility of wet weather coming up in the accuweather 7 day forecast. I am following a crash right now on northbound 880 past winton. The Fire Department is on the scene. Make noise for medical workers on the front lines of the pandemic. People plan to yell out of their windows and bang on pots and pans at 7 00 tonight. A seattle area choir held a rehearsal where they were practicing social distancing, but since then two people in the choir died and dozens more are sick. The group didnt know the morning of the rehearse annual officials issued an emergency order that groups of ten or more should not gather. Every member had their own sheet of music, and they didnt shake hands but stood apart. Little did we know what we were all taking home with us, right . We are just awfully glad that we beat it. We got through it. They got through it, but obviously others didnt. The doctors said the virus could have spread through the droplets released while singing. That is scary. In this mornings a look, a defiant pastor arrested for continuing to hold sunday church services. Its not about a virus. Its about the church being an essential service to the community. The pastor of the river church in tampa is accused of ignoring local stayathome orders, and even Live Streaming the service, you can see him preaching to a room full of people shoulder to shoulder. We will have much more coming up at 7 00 a. M. , plus George Stephanopoulos goes oneonone with the u. S. Army corps of engineers. If you are looking for something to do with your kids during the extended stayathome order, nasa is here to help. They are bringing the university straight to your living room. I has dozens of tutorials. You can learn to make an edible spacecraft and rockets you can build in your own backyard. Theres even an online game that teaches kids about satellites. I was happy when you heard and adults. I was happy when you said something you could make something you could eat. Everything there, i am onboard with. I had a feeling you would be. Y you know what i will be doing when the show is over. Good morning, everybody. Good morning to you. So nice to see everybody this morning. Lets talk about the weather, because, you know, saw so many people Walking Around and so many people smiling at each other and then parting ways on the sidewalk, and thats fantastic. Didnt feel any negativity about it. Lets talk about the Golden Gate Bridge this morning, and we will use that as the backdrop. We will have a lighter breeze along the coast, and cooler lows and fewer clouds the next couple of nights. We have cooler weather for sure this weekend and the possibility of light showers. Lets talk about the temperature spread. 61 around half moon bay, and then places like ukiah and then up towards San Francisco, you get to 69. Tonight it will be cooler than this morning. We have a dry cold front that will go through late tonight and that will introduce us to Clear Conditions in the morning. We are going to dip in the mid30s to a few upper 40s around oakland and san mateo. Theres the cold front. It will leave most of the moisture up to the north, and you can see some of the green blips right there trying to move into northern counties. Lets talk about the accuweather 7 day forecast, today we will have a few clouds, and tomorrow into thursday, we will have more sunshine, but notice the temperatures drop a little bit, and then friday we will have high clouds that drop our temperatures again. Our coolest weather will be this weekend, so have our app handy. It will let you know where the showers are that pop up and where they are going, so you can get outside when its dry and shake off some of the cabin fever. Take a heavier coat. Temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60. Still ahead this morning, expectant moms to make tough decisions about who will welcome back. Lets talk about temperatures as we head deeper into the forecast. Our mildest afternoon as we head into the weekend will be friday as we stretch from the mid50s at the coast to mid and upper 60s in the inland neighborhoods. Notice everybody pretty much back in the 50s as we head into saturday, and the chance of showers does begin. Then take a look at this. Sunday, not much warmer. Still in the mid50s to about near 60 degrees, so a little below average. We will pay for the sunshine and dry weather as we begin april with wet weather and cooler weather this weekend. Thanks, mike. A lot of expectant moms are rethinking their birth plan because of the coronavirus. Some are having to decide between their partner and she and her husband will be firsttime parents, a monumental moment that he might have to sit out. How do you tell your partner, i love you, but i am so need somebody else with me in the delivery room for the beirt of your first child. If we have to choose one of us, it probably makes more sense for jen because shes medically trained. She provides emotional support to women giving birth, as well as physical support like massage. Its like having your best friend with you that knows the ins and outs of labor and birth. She said it has been difficult for couples to make the decision. Its breaking our hearts across the duala community. Maybe alex will come to the hospital with me, and jen could be on an app. Yeah, its going to be a virtual birth in some way. That is some crazy times, the choices they have to face. A growing number of stanford students say they appreciate the safety needs to move on online classes, but they argue the tuition value drops by losing inperson discussions with faculty or research laps. They are asking for up to an 80 discount in some cases. Sanford said there will be no discounts. Heres sweet news. Girl scouts are selling cookies online. You can also donate them to first responders, front line workers and local causes in need, but it appears bay area girl scouts are not selling online. You can still choose which troop you want to buy from. Were coming back with a full 90 minutes of news, concerning the privacy concerns with zoom conference calls. Whole foods employees are demanding several things as they continue to work in the middle of the pandemic. Plus, emotional stories from the front i do motivational speakingld. In addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Now, your health, your safe safety, this is abc7 news. Now at 5 30, first insta cart and now whole foods. Are workers say they are in danger, exposed to the coronavirus and they are wanting changes. And uc berkeley found a way to dramatically speed testing up. We want to start with our top story today. Happening today workers at whole food Stores Across country are planning a sickout. They are demanding hazard pay for workers that come in and sick pay for those that decide to stay home. Julian Julian Glover has more on this. We know whole foods is opening up for folks 60 and over, and only allowing certain numbers of people in the store at some time, and now the employees are threatening a sickout today. The move has the potential to close stores in the bay area and across the country, and employees say they are forced to work under these conditions to keep the stores open. They are asking for guaranteed hazard pay for all scheduled hours worked, and paid leave for self quarantine, and also new policies to facilitate social distancing inside the stores between workers and customers. Theres no indication of exactly how many whole foods employees across the country will be taking part in the sickout today, and if it has the potential to close stores or slow operations to keep the shelves stocked. Thank you, julian. The governor signed an executive order giving Small Businesses an additional 90 days to file taxes and make tax payments. The same order also allows for mailin dmv renewals. California is also waiving continuing education requirements for several professions. The number of cases in the bay area surpassed 2,000. There are 2,275 cases across the 10county region. Santa clara now has 848 cases. It also reported three new deaths for a total of 28. Marin county saw its deaths jump from 1 to 4 bringing the bay areas total to 56. To our north, is here. Last week we saw the curve start to take shape and its obviously getting steeper. What we want to see is the line flatten out and that would mean the spread of the virus is slowing. When you hear Officials Say flatten the curve, this is what they are talking about. We are on the verge of the upswing in cases across the u. S. Yesterday was the single highest jump in one day since the outbreak started. Nearly there are 165,000 cases, according to Johns Hopkins university. More than 3,000 people have died, and most of those people are in new york state. This is unlike anything you can seen before. You will see it increasing, and you will see it everywhere. New york is just first. Governor cuomo is also calling on healthcare workers to come out, and our governor, gavin newsom is asking for the same thing, as los angeles is seeing a spike in cases. Today the white house is expected to paint a grim future for the virus london breed told people to prepare to shelter in place until may 1st, only leaving the house to get groceries, get exercise or receive medical care. Only essential workers should be going to work. When people are outside they have to be especially cognizant of social distancing. A new study is finding that might not be enough. Jobina has more from the live desk. Good morning. I am looking closely at the study from m. I. T. , and a professor says six feet may not be enough to prevent the spread of covid19. She says droplets have the potential to travel up to 27 feet. The full study is published in the journal of the medical association. The cdc and the World Health Organizations has recommended six feet apart, and the question has been raised should there be more than six feet distance. We are hearing more of the absolutely heartbreaking stories coming from healthcare workers fighting the crisis on the front lines. They are making sacrifices across the country and being separated from their families as they work nonstop to slow the spread. This morning, hospital workers on the front lines, fearful, exhausted. I worried about bringing the virus home from work to my family. Shes an and she is intebaiting coronavirus patients on her own, and she already updated her will and is living separately from her family. Sarah moore, a nurse in st. Paul, minnesota, and a selfproclaimed germaphobe said she did everything right but still tested positive for the virus. I couldnt get out of bed. I felt laike i was hit by a truck. Doctors and nurses describe the emotional toll of being the last ones with dying patients. I just came from a patients room. Hes actively dying, a positive diagnosis of covid19, and his family couldnt come so i had to facetime his family. This is a popup lab made up of more than 50 voluntary scientists from uc berkeley and ucsf. Its hard to say how many we will do initially, but we have the capacity to ramp up to 1,000 a day and potentially higher than that. This is an important way to address the virus right now. Thats amazing. Its unclear which medical centers uc berkeley will partner with. Its likely they will be partnering with locations closest to them in the east bay. Those are volunteers. I love it. I love to see that, too. Local food kitchens are seeing a rise in demand and at the same time corporate donations are going down. Capturing slices of our new normal. The photographer behind the porch portraits that she calls smiles from a distance. Cant wait to see that. But first we are checking in with mike. Thank you, kumasi. Good morning to you. Reggie, hi. We will take a look at neighborhood temperatures, and then if you have to commute, what to expect there. First, a look at what is going on as we have temperatures in the low to mid50s, and you get to places to redwood city and men low parks. Most of the bay outside of the beforementioned cities, in the mid to low cities. Lets talk about what you can expect if you have to drive or mass transit, everything is good this morning, and even in the afternoon and evening hours. We have a touch of fog around petaluma right now, and it may slow down the warming just a little bit for you. Temperatures are going to be warm this afternoon, especially compared to yesterday. Heres a look at the north bay. We do see increasing sunshine. We jump up from, well, about 17 degrees in the mid60s during the afternoon hours. Heres a look at what is going on for the east bay. We will have increasing sunshine and temperatures to about 63. San francisco will be closer to average, which is 62. We stay in the 50s until about 2 00 when we jump to 60. Cooler nights on the way and even a chance of rain coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast coming up. I want to let you know first off about an issue that we have been following throughout the morning. If you do need to head out the door and are making your way through hayward, chp updated the information on the big rig crash southbound 880 just before 92. Where the crash is, they are not calling for a sigalert because traffic is so light because so many people arent heading to work. Gasoline and oil has spilled across all lanes. Caltrans is out there and so is the Fire Department and they are working on a cleanup crew. We are taking a live look showing you san rafael. Whove got their eczema under control. Rs, with less eczema, you can show more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. Dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderatetosevere eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. Dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. Many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. Thats a difference you can feel. Dont use if youre allergic to dupixent. Serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. Tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. If you take asthma medicines, dont change or stop them without talking to your doctor. So help heal your skin from within. And talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent. Id make sure there were more textbooks in schools. Im a teacher. Ive seen the need, but my girlfriend here likes to say. Dont just talk about it, be about it. And were about the 2020 census. Because when everyone gets counted on the census, it helps inform public funding in our neighborhood for the next ten years dont just talk about it be about it complete the census online, by phone or by mail. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. Gov. Good morning on this tuesday. Its about 5 42. Heres a look at san jose at 87. A mostly cloudy sky. Breezes will pick up along the coast keeping you in the 50s, and most of us will reach the mid60s, and back in the mid and upper 50s as we head towards 7 00. Around the state today, its definitely looking drier than yesterday as the storm system to our north dumps most of its moisture up in oregon and washington. A few showers possible around eureka and possibly in the mountains north of chico. In tahoe we are looking the quiet weather, below average temperatures. Mike, we will get back to you in a little bit. Several hotels will be used to house the homeless during the pandemic. The hotels will be used for Homeless People that tested positive of coronavirus, who are at risk of contracting it or are recovering from it. There are 393 rooms available. In order to eliminate the spread of covid19 we have got to get people off the streets. Prior to this it was important just to figure out ways to get our unsheltered into permanent and supportive housing. More now than ever they are our most vulnerable. They are partnering with other organizations to provide Services Like food and housekeeping. We hope you will join us for a special town hall as abc7 has a panel of experts contributors and realtime audience interaction. The pandemic is having another economic blow to retail, and macys is operating with a absolute minimum workforce. Macys closed its doors two weeks ago, and they are saying most of the sales have dried up. What does this mean for you . If you placed an order your items should still arrive but could be delayed. Macys is operating the blooming deals and blue mercury brands. If you are learning the zoom platform for Video Conferencing or group hangouts, federal investigators are looking into what is called zoom bombing, and thats hacking that is collecting sensitive information. The ceo joined us on midday live on friday to talk about how to safeguard yourself. First of all, you have to set up a meeting password, and you dont let people know that. You have a meeting password and the meeting id. You manually bring all the participants in the meeting and i think its pretty secure. Good morning america has a full breakdown of other easy ways to protect yourself, and thats coming up at 7 00 a. M. A north bay mom is an amateur photographer, but is taking portraits of neighbors. I take pictures obsessively anyway, and then i just started thinking about it, and i thought, you know, this is historic. We are not going to get this again. I wanted to make sure that i remembered it, like the hard times and good times. She took photos of other families in her marin neighborhood for free, and now friends of friends of friends and friends are calling her up and asking for photos, and shes so cute, gets on her bike and rides around the community and snaps pictures. Thats so cute. The second one we have heard of, and people were taking pictures as people came to their front windows, and those are beautiful, too. Its amazing go ahead, mike. Were still working on how to talk to somebody that is not here. Well, and i think i am a second and a half delay also. Maybe i should wait for you guys to call on me, how about that . Should i raise my hand . I want to Say Something i want to Say Something yeah, sorry about that. I noticed i have walked more about my neighborhood and city i live in in the last few days than ever, and theres so much beauty to behold if you just stop and look, so appreciate those people doing that. Lets look at what is going on from the exploratorium. Lets roll out your accuweather highlights. We are looking at a brighter and milder day today and tomorrow, and slightly closer to average, if not just a little above. Coolest mornings are hitting us on wednesday, thursday and friday, and a dry cold front is coming through and that will open us up to drier and cooler weather. So we have got mid to upper 60s inland today. Low to mid60s along the coast in San Francisco. As far as tonights temperatures, heavier coat needed if you are headed out to the upper 30s in the east bay valleys. We will have 47 in antioch and oakland, and 48 in places like san mateo. Lets talk about that cold front. Its leaving the moisture to the north. We will get a lot of dry air. Its going to sideswipe the north bay, and look at the green blobs trying to move into northern Sonoma County during the Morning Hours and in the afternoon hours you can see they retea mu pretty much go away, and so with cooler mornings will be about the same tomorrow. Friday we will have increasing high clouds, and saturday and sunday we are looking at temperatures in the mid50s to barely low 60s with a chance of rain that could linger through monday morning. Hope you have a great day. Lets turn it over to jobina. Or me. Food kitchens that prepare meals to address hunger, they are seeing high demand because of sudden employment, and higher costs because donated food has abruptly ended. Many of the groups have to pay out of pocket for the to go boxes, more gloves, Hand Sanitizer and masks, and now they are getting help from the council, acting as a clearinghouse. To be able to have that relationship with the distributor and we can use the council to redistribute to all nonprofits that will be needing the same food. Its still early but the hope is working collaborative will soften the Economic Impact for the food programs. And open table has a new feature allowing users to bookshoping times at super markets and other retailers. Users get a text when its their time to shop. The hope is to prevent overcrowding and make stores safer for shoppers. I am confused a little bit about how that will work. Me, too. I assume they have agreements with various Grocery Stores. Do you have to check in . I dont know. But i dont hate that idea, a reservation. Yeah, because its a plan. For me, its like, when am i going to the store. Yeah, not to name names, theres a number of stores not limiting the people in there, and its getting crazy. Dont call them out, reggie. Did you take a picture . You know i will and post it. Gatherings in San Francisco have been canceled, so we are sharing how one group is still raising awareness in the community. And the bachelor, how hes doing after he got infected. And some animals are getting a chance to see things this is too cute. Athis moment is for our families and our communities. That is why our state is responding at every level of government to slow the spread of covid19, while ensuring our most vulnerable californians have what they need. But we can each do our part. And it starts by staying home. I know this is a big sacrifice for so many, but staying home saves lives. Learn more at covid19. Ca. Gov. Welcome back, everyone. Its 5 53. We are hearing this morning from former bachelor, colton underwood. He tested positive for covid19 two weeks ago, and he said he couldnt walkup a flight of stairs without being out of breath. He says hes now feeling better and is back to what he considered to be normal. He is considering donating his blood now that he has recovered. I am working with a hospital in Orange County right now, and they are testing everything. I have to wait a few days before i can donate my blood to another human to help them fight, and i have donated it for Research Purposes and am excited to help any way i can. Coming up, you can hear more about his recovery and his memoire right after abc7 mornings. And now celebrating those on the front lines by cheering. Abc 7 news banged their pots and pans in honor of essential workers. Those are people that have to go to work in the pandemic, putting their own health at risk in order to help others. Without Grocery Store clerks and healthcare workers and hospitals and janitors jeanicle up buildings people have to go into, and transit workers and bus drivers, this would be even harder than it is right now. I dont think we feel that much love all the time and so its so great to have so many people behind us, and appreciative of us. The cheers have been echoed around the world in italy and new york, and of course, now here in the bay area. It will happen again tonight at 7 00, so if you missed it you have another chance, just open your window and make some noise for our front line workers. Heres my favorite story of the day. The shed aquarium is back with the cute videos of the penguins let out of their exhibits, and this time they are visiting the whales. Look, they all come over. Yeah, all the friends. Now, i forgot this fact. Penguins are only in the Northern Hemisphere sorry, only in the southern hemisphere, and the whales are only in the northern, so they never see each other. Hes like, what is happening . Everybody is fascinating. He calls his friends over, look at this. Come here and look at this. You will not believe this. Theres a little pweurbird and Walking Around good stuff, mike. Hes like, are we related to this thing distantly . Interesting how the opposite worlds come together. If you are headed outside and you have allergies, maybe somebody is sneezing because of that and not for other reasons. Mulberry, the new player, and oak is out there. Lets talk about temperatures for the weekend. Start off friday nice, and a 10degree spread. Look at what happens in the increasing clouds, the stronger onshore breeze and the chance of wet weather drops most of us in the mid and upper 50s, not only saturday but sunday could be a couple degrees cooler. Enjoy the warm sunshine while we have it for the next couple of days. Thank you, mike. A desperate need for healthcare workers across the country. The call by Governor Newsom to anybody with a medical background and how you can help. We have been told to social distance, but are w
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