Extended. Parks and dog parks also affected here. Well explain. Teacher, parents and School Districts react to a letter from the state superintendent that says campuses may very well be closed through the end of the school year. In downtown san jose, a new mural honoring the men and women on the front line. Abc7 news starts right now. Now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. A grim prediction from the white house tonight. As many as 240,000 americans could die from the coronavirus. As sobering a number as that is, we s prepared for it. But this is going to be a painful, very, very painful two weeks. The shelterinplace order for most of the bay area is being extended now until at least may 3rd. Officials remind us lives are at stake. Someones grandfather, someones mother, someones child will survive this pandemic because youve done the right thing. The school year now appears to be over. With the state superintendent sending out a letter saying its unlikely students will return to the classroom before summer. I mean, its definitely devastating. I think all of us, the entire staff especially, teachers in general were just hoping we could finish out the school year. The bay area is up to more than 2400 coronavirus cases. Santa clara county continues to have the most, closing in on 900. 30 people in the county have died. In the entire bay area, 63 people have died. Alameda, San Francisco and san mateo counties all have more than 300 cases each. Balloons and flowers have been left outside Santa Rosa Police headquarters today after an officer died today from the coronavirus. Marilou armer was a detective and had been with the force more than 20 years. A total of eight officers have tested positive for the virus. Detective armer was 43 years old. An employee at cardenas market has tested positive. The store on south white road so it can be deep cleaned. Its expected to open tomorrow. Other workers who came into contact with the infected employee have been told to stay home for two weeks. Two our north. Mendocino county has reported four cases of coronavirus while no one has tested positive in lake county. In just under an hour, new stricter shelter in place orders go into effect for most of the bay area. Tonight Sonoma County joins six other county, alameda, contra costa, marin, San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara in extending the order. The new restrictions include the closure of playgrounds, dog parks and similar recreational areas. All golf course, tennis, and basketball court, pools and rockwalls will be closed as well. Essential businesses that have to stay open like Grocery Stores must develop a social distancing protocol. And most construction is going to be prohibited. Jr stone was in the east bay tonight and found there is mixed reaction to these strengthen in measures. No playground. No tennis. No basketball, and no running your dogs in the d shelter in place orders go into effect all across the bay area, starting wednesday. Thats definitely more than what i expect, because currently people are stuck at home with their kids and their dogs. A thought echoed by so many at the parks we visited in richmond and el cerrito. Those who learned the shelter in place was being extended and strengthened. Closing the dog park, it seems draconian. You ne that . Aw ofn do of are question, most agree if closing public areas and putting stricter requirements on business series for the greater good, theyre okay for it. I would support it. Im not happy about it. I would assume its based on validate that. Some are on Grocery Stores that must have a social distancing protocol in place by friday. Those we spoke with at the El Cerrito Natural Grocery company say they already require distancing outside and inside. They scrub carts and will scrub knobs and handles in the store every 30 minutes instead of 60, starting tomorrow. We just had our operations meeting, and we decided were going to do a half hour. So less open parks, less parks and longer shelter is frustrating to those we talked with, everyone is accepting if it saves lives. All is quiet at this Grocery Store in eller is recent toe right now. But its been busy today and it was busy into the evening hours. One of the employees was here late putting this tape out so people will line up prop flir the morning. This is a shelter in place that will go all the way until may 3rd. In el cerrito, jr stone, abc7 news. Also in the eastbay, oakland mayor libby schaaf had this message for residents regarding the extended shelterinplace order. Things like playground equipment, picnic area, tennis court, those are off limits. We have got to take social distancing seriously over these next critical weeks. Look up the order and follow it, because our lives depend on it. The mayor also reminded residents about the moratorium on evictions. School campuses may be closed through the end of the school year. Thats according to a letter the state superintendent sent out today. Abc7 News Reporter kate larsen joins us from the newsroom with reaction from teacher, parent, and bay area School Districts. Kate . Well, ama, you may remember said it w unlikely that schools would open before summer break. Then last week bay area schools announced that they would be closed until may 1st. And now today there is more news from the California Department of education that the closure will likely be longer. State superintendent tony thurman sent out this letter on tuesday to superintendents throughout california. Thurmond wrote because of safety concerns and social distancing needs, it currently appears that students will not be able to return to School Campuses before the end of the school year. Its definitely devastating. Stephanie lee is a third grade teacher in the richmond district. Thurmonds letter is not an order. Sfusd said thursday they have not a decision to extend the closure through the academic year. But lee feels its inevitable. Its a lot of learning loss. Its something were going have to adapt to because Public Health trumps everything else. Lee is also a mother of two. This is my son. And when spring break is over next week, she has plans for more distance learning. At least facetoface conversations with student, giving them feedback on their work that theyre doing. Next week ill have to juggle my schedule more. On tuesday they passed out chrome books to help the 4,000 students who dont have access to the Electronic Devices they need at home in order to learn remotely. Oakland Unified School District is still troubleshooting. Were holding out hope that its not going to be in a situation where we keep our schools closed until the end of the year. But were going to be prepared if it gets to that. Ousd spam notes that thurmonds letter is not a directive, but rather an assessment of the coronaviruss longterm effect on schools. Because of the changing nature of this pandemic, we really cant make that decision. We cant really say definitively whats happening. We are waiting and were okay, but were preparing for the worse. Other districts have been chiming in too. San ramon unified sent an email saying their district and others were surprised by superintendent thurmonds letter, while dublin unified tweeted that they are now preparing for summer school, but there is no guarantee that even that will be offered. In the newsroom, im kate larsen, abc7 news. So much uncertainty. Kate, thank you very much. A somber message about coronavirus today from President Trump calling on americans to brace for a tough two weeks at least. While First Responders and medical workers are worn out and worried. Here is abc reporter romina puga. President trump calling the coronavirus a plague, warning the country faces tough days ahead. This is going to be a rough twoweek period. Numbers will likely go up, but we cannot be discouraged. The mitigation is actually working. As we look forward to the next 30 days, do it with all the intensity and force that we can. New york city tuesday night reaching a grim milestone. The death toll there alone more than one thousand. We have to look at this pattern and conclude that the worse is certainly in the next few weeks minimum. I can see it going into may. The gravity of the crisis felt across the country as hospitals and state governments battle to get ventilators. Its like being on ebay with 50 other states bidding on a ventilator. Thats literally what were doing. In los angeles a mass quarantine ramping up. People moving into these rvs. Cases in california have spiked roughly 30 to at least 7,400. Los angeles, of course will, be the new new york in the way that new york is the new italy. Health care workers on the front lines afraid of infecting their families at home. First responder john ruggin hasnt seen his son in a week. Last night he asked me, when are you going to come when are you going to come get me. And i told him when everybody stops getting sick or they stop going to heaven. New jersey icu nurse michael sharing a chilling warning as more medical workers test positive. Once your doctors and nurses die, you dont stand a chance. If we die, you die. And that is the truth. But some good news earlier tuesday President Trump unveiling a new testing whose makers Abbott Laboratories say it will deliver a positive result in just five minutes. The fda has provided an emergency use authorization of the new fiveminute test, allowing it to be shipped out wednesday and it could be available at local urgent care clinics around the country. Romina puga, abc news, los angeles. We have complete coverage of the coronavirus on our website, abc 7 news. Com that includes one of the most clicked on stories on how cell phone data can show which bay area counties are abiding covid19 shelter in place orders. Coming up next, the terrifying prospects one cancer survivor faces during this coronavirus pandemic. Its a story youll see only on abc 7 news. In downtown san jose, dr. Fauci and other Health Care Workers are being honored. The message behind this new mural. That story up next. And im meteorologist drew tuma. April officially begins tomorrow, and soon well be tracking some april showers. Ill show you when the rain returns in the accuweather forecast, ahead. Drew, thank you. And watch a special edition of nightline right after the abc7 news at 11 00. Tonight youll hear stories of people who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and fear they wont be able to pay their bills next month. From anyone else. So why accept it from your allergy pills . 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Lyndon johnson this is the richest and the most powerful country. Here are the latest coronavirus headlines. California now has a total of 8,553 confirmed cases per Johns Hopkins data. The state says the number of patients in icu increased 10 today from yesterday. The economic fallout from the pandemic could leave San Francisco with a shortfall of up to 1. 7 billion. Thats according to city leaders. Fairfield assemblyman jim fraser wants a suspension of bay area bridge tolls until the shelterinplace order is lifted. You have heard all of the concern about how a surge in coronavirus cases could affect hospitals across the nation, and how staff are preparing to make lifeanddeath decisions about ventilators. Today Wayne Freedman spoke with someone with a preexisting condition who has been told she may not be a priority. Her story is one youll hear only on abc7 news tonight. Its awful. This is awful. Even without an order to shelter in place, Valerie Roberts of sacramento would not be allowing anyone but immediate family to get near her. Nobody. Nobody is allowed in my house. She is a wife, a mother, a grandmother whose wonderful life changed three years ago after a cancer diagnosis. Covid19 has made that life even more precarious. Last weekend, valerie received a call from an oncology supervisor at sutter General Hospital who advised her in the case of a coronavirus surge, to stay away from the emergency room for her own safety, and also because they would be prioritizing more healthy patients first. I wouldnt be probably a candidate for a ventilator if it was between me and a healthy person, no. The conversation was tough if you get this virus and get complications with it, we need to discuss comfort care for you. Comfort care as in morphine . Yes. These appear to be some of the difficult triage decisions that hospitals across the nation are anticipating or already dealing with. If coronavirus patients surge, medical professionals will have to pick and choose who to help or not. It is a sad and frightening abstract, especially on the receiving end. Valerie says sutter told her they would have to treat her for any cancer complications or coronavirus at home. Am i angry at the hospital . Yeah. No, im not angry at the hospital. Im angry at the situation. Im angry at the fact that our country isnt prepared. We did reach out to Sutter Health today. Asked if such conversations are becoming commonplace. In a statement, Sutter Health said in part clinicians regularly communicate with medically vulnerable patients to fulfill their Current Health care needs. It is our responsibility to have those discussions well before a hospital surge occurs. We will do everything we can to fulfill those wishes. Meantime, Valerie Roberts is one potential patient in a class of people with chronic problems at higher risks with reduced options, she is certainly among the first, if not the first to talk. I may might not be one of the people that got taken care of at the end of the day, because i have cancer and i have an advanced stage of cancer. The fact of the matter is i have a whole life to live, and i want to. From the north bay, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. California has more than 5 million residents over the age of 65, and govern newsom says the state is going to do more for them. And we have to do it in a way that not only just checks in on someone to see how theyre feeling, but be able to deliver something on the back end, not just a meal, or medical supplies. And thats why weve created a hotline. That hotline is 8335442374. We will put it on our website, abc7news. Com. Tomorrow is the first of april, and a lot of people tonight are worried about how theyre going the pay their rent tomorrow. An effort is under way to expand measures to protect them. San francisco supervisors today unanimously passed a resolution calling on state and federal leaders to issue a moratorium on rent and mortgage payments. Many in the bay area just find themselves juggling expenses. My Student Loans are just a bunch of executives catching up. And its hard when you dont have a job. Youre making the decision between food, obviously, and then learning and development or, you know, just paying the rent. San jose, San Francisco, and oakland are among cities that have placed a freeze on evictions tied to the Financial Impact of the coronavirus. For a city by city look at these eviction moratorims in the bay area, go to our website, abc7news. Com. In the south bay, a local artist is using her talent to reach those confronting covid19 daily. A message of gratitude to medical workers is spelled out in a new mural in downtown san jose. Here is amanda del castillo. New shelter in place recommendations may make it difficult to catch the mural in downtown san jose. I weighed going out of the house. But artist denise decided the mural was essential, showing medical works they are are supported. Health care workers are really doing the dirty work for all of us. And all we have to do is stay home. A Painting Contractor by trade, she teamed up with her best friend alex alvarado. The mural features dr. Fauci and a quote from winston churchill. Never was so much owed by so many to so few. How much gratitude we hold for people who are working directly on the front lines. I dont think you can thank them enough. The art attracting those passing by, including christopher rodriguez, who says its a message we can all get behind. As he snapped pictures, rodriguez noticed there was no credit to the artist. She didnt sign because she said this wasnt about her. She doesnt want credit for it. Just like the doctors and nurses that. Dont want credit for it, but theyre still doing it for the people. Soon alvarado will work the front line. She graduated Nursing School and is now an rn in the state of california. She also answered governor newsoms call to join the new halth care corps. Nobody think yourself going graduate Nursing School and a pandemic is going to ensue. This mural is a small show of support for those making a world of difference. Oleinik learned even that message cant keep vandals away. It was back to tuesday tuesday as she pained over a tag. Ill keep fixing it. All have i is paint and time. Amanda del castillo, abc7 news. Have paint and time. What a great message. Time to get to our weather. Its been pretty nice this week. Its been a really nice week. Drew tuma working from home tonight. But thats changing by the weekend, it sounds like, drew. Yeah, it really is. Well start april out with a lot of sunshine. But by the weekend, we will find wet weather returning. Live doppler 7 tonight. You can see giving a sweep across the region. And it is a quiet one. In fact, if youre able to get outside for maybe a little bit of a walk earlier this evening, you notice a pretty tranquil weather. The forecast features mainly clear skies overnight. Temperatures will cool off into the 30s and into the 40s. It is a cool start tomorrow morning. Bright, breezy and dry days ahead the next few day, at least through friday. And then well track that rain returning as the weekend begins on saturday. Right now numbers are mainly in the 50s for the most part. 53 in city. At 54 in hayward. 50 in palo alto. 55 in san jose. And right now fairfield checking in at about 51 degrees. So overnight tonight, with mainly clear skies, a pretty light breeze out there. Numbers will continue to drop into the 30s and into the 40s. You can see santa rosa getting chilly at 37. 47 the low in san mateo. Fremont dropping to about 44 degrees. So well take a look at the 12hour day planner on our april 1 tomorrow. Nothing but sunshine from start to finish that sun gets up here shortly before 7 00 a. M. And by the afternoon, temperatures will warm into the 60s away from the coast. So its slightly above average for this time of the year. And that sunset tomorrow happening at about 7 33. A closer look at your highs on our wednesday. You can see a lot of 60s on the board. 62 in oakland. Breezy on the coast. Half moon bay cooler at 59. 64 in san jose. 61 in the city. And high of 66 in santa rosa. By the weekend, we do bring back the storm impact scale. And both saturday and sunday, it is a level 1 light system we are tracking. Light to moderate rain very similar to the pattern we had last weekend. We could find occasional downpours, and rainfall will like by be over half an inch in some cities. Future weather. Well get you into saturday afternoon there you can see the rain moving in from north to south fashion. And once it arrives over the weekend, its really on and off showers through saturday evening and continuing into sunday. Not only rain here. We do expect snow in the sierra, more than a foot is very likely once the weekend is over. So the accuweather sevenday forecast, plan the next seven days for you, april sunshine tomorrow. Well keep that trend, at least through friday. And then the rain returns over the weekend. Saturday and sunday with those april showers. But dan and ama, the rain gets out of here on monday and tuesday well brighten up our skies and warm the temperatures back into the 60s. All right. Nice. Well can always use the rain. Thanks, drew. Be sure to join thus thursday for a special town hall as abc7 confronts hate crimes against Asian Americans during covid19 and the pandemic. Well have a panel of expert contributors and realtime audience interaction. Catch it live at 4 00 p. M. Right here on abc7 news. And tomorrow on good morning america, Jennifer Garner talks her initiative, save with stories where celebrities read kids a former army medic, made of the we maflexibility to handle members like kate. Whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. So when her car got hit, she didnt worry. She simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said. I got this. Usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it easy. She can even pick her payment plan so its easy on her budget and her life. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa hamilton officially ended its run early in San Francisco. The production was scheduled to resume performances through may 31st. Hamiltons producer announced today it would cancel the shows after the city revised its shelterinplace order. It now prohibits live events through may 3rd. People who purchase tickets through broadway sf will get a refund. Lets turn your attention to the bay area in pictures during this shelter in place. Abc7 news viewers are giving us a glimpse into their world. Here is a day in the life. Another day in the life, ama, in these strange, difficult times. Very, very interesting. All right. Plenty of sports, though, still to deal with tonight. Yeah, larry beil has that next. Coming up, the nfl is not ready to adjust their timeline on the regular season. Not yet anyway. Plus, cal linebacker evan weaver is willing to do and change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman hey [bicycle bell rings] turn here. There. Excuse me. Uh. Uh. [indistinct announcement on p. A. System] so, same time next week . Well, of course. Announcer put away a few bucks. Feel like a million bucks. For free tips to help you save, go to feed the pig now abc7 sports with larry beil. Good evening. The nfl is hoping things get back to normal by the fall. Theyre planning on a full season in accept with fans. Full speed ahead on the nfl draft as well, april 23rd game. Will be without fans. And one man who is hoping to hear his name called is cal linebacker evan weaver. He led the nation in tackles last year, 181. He has been doing facetime interviews with nfl teams and joined us on a quarantine edition of our with authority podcast. And we were told the strangest thing that he was asked during the nfl combine. How competitive are you . I think im more competitive than anybody in the nation, i always want to win. All right. Stare at this wall and dont blink. Im going to time you. So i get up to about two, 2 1 2 minutes, all right, youre good. I believe you. And by that point, i couldnt even see anymore. I was kind of just so my eyes were so dry. It was kind of ridiculous. How bizarre. Another podcast guest. Sharks star evander kane. While the rest of russ just getting used to the idea of carrying wipes and purell for the first time, maybe, kane is a selfdescribed neat freak. He has been doing this all along. This whole thing, everybody has a heightened sense of sanitizing and being a lot more clenly. Ive always been like that. You can ask my wife. She is sitting next to me. I clean the house twice a day, three times a day, every day. I disinfect my phone every time i come back home. I disinfect my steering wheel, my remote. So he was ready. Former shark Patrick Marleau now with the penguins, feeling the need for speed. Rollerblading through his house. I just love his kid yelling dad, dad, there is no rollerblading in the house mom probably wouldnt want that. When i have an asthma attack. I feel scared. Sometimes my parents have to take me to the hospital. I feel like a fish with no water. You know how to react to their asthma attacks. Heres how to prevent them. Call. Visit. Or call your doctor. Because. All right that is our report. As always, we appreciate your time. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. Thank you for joining us. For all of us here at abc7 news, next, a special edition of nightline. Tamron welcome to a special addition of tamron hall show. There are so many moments these days that give us pause to be grateful. A few days ago in jonesboro arkansas, a powerful tornado destroyed the home of dr. Jared burks. Fortunately his family was not inside. He was, but he got out okay. Three days earlier, his wife posted this photo of jared, a first year medical student, saying hello to his little son through the window of their back patio. Hes been quarantined from his family because hes on the front lines treating coronavirus patients and its the only connection he had it with his family. My next guest, dr. Sherry andrews, has also been separated from her 9yearold son and she treats patients with coronavirus at ner. Dr. Sherry works 12hour shifts, she says shes not hugged her son in over three weeks. And thats to protect him from getting the virus. Joining us from cyber hall is dr. Sherry andrews. Tell me a little bit about what you do, take me into your world. I am an room physician, i see patients that come in for a wid