Health and safety. Reporting from home, julian glover, abcdp 7 news. Happening right now most bay area counties are enforcing mandatory mask rules. San francisco, san mateo, alameda you need to cover your nose and mouth in public. Bay Area Health Departments will require all b. A. R. T. Passengers to wear coverings. A lot of passengers are already wearing them and now people who dont comply will be charged with a misdemeanor. B. A. R. T. Says it will take all reasonable steps to stop anyone who is not wearing a face coveringthe system. The earliest deaths in the United States from the coronavirus happened in Santa Clara County and it was back in february. The cdc says tests on tissue samples indicated two people who passed away at their homes on february 6th and february 17th were positive for coronavirus. They died three weeks before the first publicly reported death in washington state, which was in early march. Now, this finding adds to increasing evidence that the virus was in the u. S. Earlier than firstople usually die of c about a month after they were infected and it suggests those patients were infected in early january. Tements and republicans on capitol hill hav theyre making. Jobina . Good morning, kumasi. The new economic stimulus package is worth more than 480 billion. The Senate Approved the deal yesterday and the house is expected to vote on it tomorrow. The 383 billion will help Small Businesses and fund the paycheck protection program. Were feeling our way along here trying to do the best we can to get money to our people and to our Small Businesses. To get us through this period so that we can begin to get back to normal. 75 billion will go to Health Care Providers and 25 billion will Fund Coronavirus testing. If the house votes on the deal by tomorrow, it could reach the president s desk by the end of the week. Kumasi . Thank you, jobina. The head of the cdc says a second wave of coronavirus could be worse. Robert redfield said we could see the seasonal flu and resurgence of covid19 at the same time in the winter. 24,000 peep died of the flu over the eight months of this season. At least 43,000 died of covid19 in just two months. Together that represents a real threat to our health care system. Thats why we need to not only flatten the curve, pbut we need to raise the line to get our hospitals ready for what might be coming in the future. Redfield emphasized the importance of flu shots to reduce flu hospitalizations and said that it may save a hospital bed for your mother or your grandmother who could get coronavirus. Scared, stressed and frustration, this is how Grocery Store workers are feeling when they go in every day. J. R. Stone spoke to several who have a plea for customers. Reporter an employee at this south bay location who is making a desperate plea to shoppers. Be patient and stay home unless you really need something. Some people are having cabin fever and they want to get out. They are going shopping to get cookies and ice cream and spend time in the store when its not necessary. Reporter monday sarah and her team took this picture. All of the employees Holding Signs and while hard to see, it says stay home, were in this together, social distancing can be beautiful. Sarah says shes not the only one with safety concerns. I work behind the register and im seeing a lot of customers coming in and theyre rude to the employees. Theyre not giving any of the employees the respect that they deserve. Reporter in an email, safeway reps tell us they have supplied all store associates with masks, but sarah says they dont have filters in them and the store she works in lacks hand sanitizer. Safeway addedplexy glass sneeze guard and oneway aisles and many customers arent social distancing. They have dedicated staff focused on cleaning. Sarah is just hopeful that the shoppers who do continue to come in do a better job of socially distancing and also showing a bit more compassion. In San Francisco, j. R. Stone, abcdp 7 news. Happening today, San Franciscos flower market will reopen under strict social distancing guidelines. The wholesale marketplace received special permission from city officials to resume operations. Many local florists and other businesses rely on the flower market to buy their merchandise. Good to see them back open. Restaurants are one of the most visible economic victims of this pandemic and some owners are already planning for the changes youll see when they open back up. One area in San Francisco is taking a big hit from coronavirus and neighbors want to know what is being done to help them. Before we get to all those stories, though, checking in with meteorologist mike nicco, tracking the forecast from home. Good morning, mike. Good morning, kumasi. Thanks for joining us on this wednesday morning. The north bay where we have mostly Clear Conditions and some of our coolest temperatures from 42 to 48 in American Canyon and a few 50s as you get closer to the water and uthser neighborhoods look at this a lot of low 50s. 54 in alameda and upper 40s and little cooler cupertino. Lets talk about the commute. Bay bridge toll plaza where its clear and 53 degrees. It will be a good day for commuting with our essential workers heading on road, driving, no real fog out there until the evening hours and thats along the coast. Cool this morning and then warm this afternoon and the breezes will return to the bay, again, south of the bay bridge. Well talk about that more coming up. Lets talk about temperatures. Quickly, how quickly we warm in 70 at 11 00 and 80 by 3 00 and still mid 70s at 8 00. Great evening to have dinner out on the back porch or front porch or wherever. Outside. South bay not quite as warm. Low to mid 70s for several hours this afternoon. In the peninsula in the 50s and mid to low 70s from noon to 600. Temperatures a little bit above average. Well talk more about the warmth about the weekend coming up. Heres jobina with a look at the commute. Hi, jobina. Hi, mike, thank you. Good morning to you, my friend. Unfortunately, we have a sig alert to talk about this early in the morning involving a 35foot long tanker carrying 6,500 gallons of fuel. What we learned from the chp is smoke was seen in the area and initially all lanes shut down on southbound 680 and now they have reopened some of the lanes there. One is blocked and the sunol off ramp is closed this morning. This crash did involve a big rig. We do not have an eta when all of this will reopen. Some lanes on southbound 680 and if youre an essential worker and nee youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. This is a live look at the exploratorium where its pretty clear as you look back across pier 15 in San Francisco. Temperatures in the low to mid 50s through your planner through at least 7 00 and cooler as we talked about in the north bay. Hang near 60 at the coast because of the breezes and look at that near 70 by noon and mid 70s by 4 00 and back in the upper 60s at 6 00. The santa ana winds kicking in down in socal and look at the temperature 84 in l. A. And 83 in sacramento and 90s are going to show up in places like socala and even as close as sacramento. Kumasi. Thank you, mike. This morning, San Francisco has more than 1,200 confirmed cases of covid19. A large portion of those are in the Mission District and the heart of the citys hispanic and latino communities. Officials say 25 of positive coronavirus cases are among latinos, although they only make up 15 of San Franciscos population. Hillary roanen has been concerned about this for weeks. She said overcrowding housing and the fear of the government has contributed to these cases. Weekly outreach explaining how to protect yourself and what services are available to you. Weve been working with ucsf to create the first study of its kind. A Testing Program will start in the mission on saturday. At least 450 people have already signed up. And we have a special section on our website with resources to answer questions related to the pandemic. Topics include stimulus checks, unemployment help and the new rules about face coverings and a guide to the virtual entertainment that is happening online and youll find all of that at abc7news. Com covidhelp. Restaurants face unprecedented challenges during this pandemic and while some are getting by on delivery and takeout orders, the future is unknown. Ensuring safety is unknown because it is a handson process. The Restaurant Industry is still learning to adapt. How do you figure out spacing people apart when the way your kitchen is designed in different areas there is not fundamentally space for that. Restaurant groups are working with the Governors Task force to retrain employees and change restaurant operations. Hardly anyone isnt flying these days and youre not likely to realize the impact without a trip to the airport. Airport. A. Wayne reporter many have not moved for weeks and empty buses circle the airport by habit almost like drones. And a passenger entering the terminal, might frighten you with the noise. This is sfo, covid19 style. As one sign says, welcome to San Francisco. Stay healthy with six feet of space warns another, as if thats going to be an issue. Attention reporter on an average day sfo sees roughly 150,000 passengers coming and going. With covid19, 4,000. And those who remain are not very socialable. Feel like talking about flying today . Feel like talking about your experience . No thank you. Reporter the crowds tend to make us feel isolated. This is the opposite. No slamming of bags. No pushing, no jostling and still really no adequate words er woman said. Reporter but its what weve been dealt along, singular moment. History unfolding every single day. All we can do, make the best of it. At sfo, wayne friedman, abc7 news. Its crazy to see the airport look like that, mike. Its like something out of an apocalyptic movie. Where did everybody go . You dont want to talk to anybody. I dont care if you are a tv news reporter. I got to get to where i need to go. Sorry. And they were polite about it. You know, they could have been worse. Yeah. Could have been rude like stiff arm him and say get away from me. You know, they may have been scared themselves traveling. Who knows. My goodness. That was amazing. Thank you, wayne, for that. Amazing in a whole different direction. If you like warm weather and sunshine, i got it for you. Cool at the coast. Youll miss out on the robust warming because of a sea breeze. East bay hills 49 degrees right now and little breezy up there. Warmer today everywhere mostly sunny. Warmest friday and even warmer tuesday and wednesday and rain absent from the forecast for the remainder of the month. You can see the low clouds coming in later today and the marine layer returning to the coast and mid to upper 60s in San Francisco and 72 to about 76 on the peninsula and also the east bay shore and you can see 77 in san jose as the winds blow off the bay, once again, to 80 in neighborhoods in the east bay and the north bay. Here are those breezes. They are a little bit sooner when they start today, about two hours earlier at 1 00 and last through at least 9 00. Little choppy out there. Of course, a little dicy on the higher bridges with those cross winds for our higher profile vehicles. Tonight is much milder than this morning. Look at all those mid to upper 50s and 60 in antioch. This is the ridge of High Pressure that will dominate our weather for the next several days and keep us pretty sunny and warm and away from the coast. Look at how the warmth continues to build away from the coast. Mid 70s to mid 80s tomorrow. Upper 70s along the bay shoreline to upper 80s inland and then we take a pull back and still warmer than average for the weekend and that next surge starts tuesday with possibly our first 90, wednesday. Kumasi. 90. Okay, mike. Well, whats app is adding a new feature that allows a larger group of people in video chats. A 72hour live stream is bringing earth day online. Heres techbytes. Group calls coming to whats app. The latest ios and android versions will reportedly allow up to eight people on voice or video calls. The feature will work either with your existing groups or via the apps calls tab. The south by southwest festival is putting its films online. Dozens of movies that were supposed to debut at the canceled festival will be shown by Amazon Prime Video instead. Amazon account owners can watch for free. The big earth Day Celebrations are also going online. A 72hour live stream is already under way and todays programs include everyone from the pope to the San Diego Zoo with seminars, discussions and a concert. This year is the 50th anniversary of earth day. We want to wish you all a happy earth day. Those are your techbytes. Have a great day. Happy earth day, everyone. If youre looking for a new learn from home option, abc7 w news has you covered. First learn from home show. Super science with drew. His special guest host is his dog dapper. It will be 30 minutes and have some quick and safe at home science experiments that are perfect for kids of all ages. The water cycle that is super important for all of our weather. It will air on the abc7 News Facebook page and also connected to our new tv apps for apple tv, androidtv and roku. If you do miss it live, the show will be available on demand on all these apps, too. So, you got options. Well, People Without Health Insurance are making some hard choices as this pandemic continues. Santa clara county wants to give them a lifeline. High School Seniors face a looming deadline to pick a college despite this pandemic. San jose were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. Step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. All across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses. If you have a second, head outside right now. Let your eyes get adjusted to the darkness and enjoy the oldest known meteor shower dating back to 687 bc. Now until dawn, it will peak. We will have another chance tonight. But the best chance will be this morning over the next hour or so. Of course, dress for temperatures in the 50s if youre heading out right now. Maybe just a touch of dew on the grass if you decide to lay down and look up at the sky. Kumasi. That sounds nice, thanks, mike. In the south bay, people who dont have Health Insurance can soon be eligible for discounted or even free care. Santa clara county supervisors approved a plan to get thousands of uninsured access to health care. A family afffoof four making le than 170,000 a year could get coverage. The plan is easing the burden on emergency rooms. National College Decision day is may 1 and thst and that choice for where they will be heading in the fall. Because of the pandemic, students will be choosing schools they never visited. San Jose State University was looking forward to admitting more than 10,000 students and their families to campus. Theyre going online with sjsus First Virtual open house. Really learn about their college. It was really a bummer. Honestly, i wanted to meet everyone. The new students. I didnt really get a chance to do that. College admission counselors say its really important for high school seenjures niors to research and connect via social media to learn more. Honoring the class of 2020, they had to forego graduation ceremonies and other milestones because of the pandemic. Shanti is a track athlete is and hoping to get a college scholarship. Now with her season canceled, shanti is keeping up with her workouts and hopes there is a meet over the summer. She is so proud of her daughter for never giving up on her dreams. Good luck, shanti, and congarageilaticongarag congratulati congratulations. We may give them a shout out on tv or online and, remember, no professional photos. You can check out a Photo Gallery of all the seniors were honoring on our website. Congratulations. That is awesome and hopefully that gallery is getting bigger by the day as people find out were honoring their students, their daughters and sons. We appreciate that. Lets take a look at our summer spread is developing today. 65 at Half Moon Bay and 69 in San Francisco and 73 in oakland. We start to get near 80 in walnut creek and we definitely get there in antioch and, guess wht, this summer spread is going to get even bigger as we head through tomorrow. I mean, look at that. 61 at Half Moon Bay to about 82 in antioch. The heat is going to peak with 65 only at Half Moon Bay to 86 in antioch and pull those temperatures back just a little bit saturday but still be well warmer than average away from the coast and into San Francisco where the morning marine layer and breezy conditions will keep you cooler than the rest of us. Again, next tuesday and wednesday even warmer with the possibility of a 90 on wednesday. Thats well ahead of the warming trend. That has not even peaked yet. Sorry, kumasi, get a little ahead of myself there. The fine arts museums of San Francisco are calling on bay area artists to help fill a new exhibition. Armed at artists who are struggling during the covid19 pandemic. Pieces will be displayed at the Deyoung Museum once it reopens to the public. Applications will be accepted online between june 1st and june 14th. A serious spike in speeding during the pandemic. We have a crazy, actually, several new photos of ocar that ended up crashing into a house. Also this morning, the effort to find a coronavirus vaccine. One country is moving forward with live human testing. Chp officer to the hi, america. Hi, america. Hi, america. Hey, there, america. During this crisis. Over 37 million people. Dont have access. To nutritious foods. But there is a way we can all help. With feeding america. Their network of 200 food banks are up and running. Distributing food to people and communities they serve. Across the country. Please visit feedingamerica. Org. To locate a food bank in your community. Together. Together. Together. Lets feed the love. Dr. About the ms whyspread of coronavirus . Are well we know that people with underlying medical conditions over the age of 60 are at highest risk, but theyve got to get it from somebody. Dr. Deborah birx so were asking everyone to be selfless for others so that we can protect those who are most susceptible. Dr. Anthony fauci not going to bars, not going to restaurants, it all just means physical separation, so that you have a space between you and others. Dr. Jerome adams for more information on how you can social distance please go to coronavirus. Gov thweve never seen it look quite like this, but theres no mistaking it. And its our job to protect it. Becathin tm. So, if youve just fight for oubought a volkswagen or were thinking of buying sometime soon, were here to help with the Community Driven promise. Any second and, reggie, it is earth day. Did you say wednesday 22nd. Did i skip april . It doesnt matter. I just want to say earth day. The important thing is that were all here and its another day. I know. Going to check in now with mike nicco. Mike, what do we have in store . A windy day today . Same areas that were windy yesterday will be windy again today. Absolutely. Good call there, reggie. Good morning, everybody. Another thing i noticed by sheltering in place and Walking Around the neighborhood, really get to see the beauty of mother nature. Every day it seems like something new is blooming. On this earth day, maybe that is something to reflect upon. Live doppler 7 a few clouds along the coast. We have a storm system passing us to the north. That is going to induce some high clouds this afternoon and bring some marine layer clouds along the coast as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. Right now as you can see, it is clear over San Francisco and as we look back towards the very quiet financial district from pier 15 and