The spread of this disease on a mass scale. Now both chavez praised varily for stepping up to start this program. Varily will be announcing more details about the program tomorrow. Its important to emphasize again that this testing site, this pilot program, is by appointment only. You cannot just come here and get tested. You have to go through the website or through your doctor in order to get seen here and tested. Robert, thank you. Thats what gov nor newsom was talking about, these mobile testing sites which is so vital in our fight against covid19. This is a live look at the governor talking. This is a live stream trying to set the tone in what to expect in terms of social distancing. We were listening to the News Conference for the past 20 or so minutes during the ellen broadcast, essentially the governor calling for more hospital beds during this crisis. We can see the need for 4,000 additional beds. You get up to 20 , youre closer to 19,000, 20,000 additional beds. So, running those scenarios we need to meet at that moment. Our hospitals have been running their own pandemic planning. And the governor specifically calling out Santa Clara County in terms of hospitals being stressed in this time. The governor also signing emergency legislation today for 1 billion in funding. It would add hospital bed capacity and allow hospitals to purchase medical equipment to combat the coming surge in covid19 patients. That includes protecting hospitals and nursing homes. It would also support local governments to reduce the spread in homeless populations. So, a lot coming from the governor today. And gentlemjanelle, both of us listening to this News Conference. He said he had a conversation directly with President Trump about an hour ago. To quote the governor, he said i was honored have a conversation with president because finally after so many months of bickering, they are working together. They seem to be on the same page and trying to get more test kits to california and across the country. Theyve been bickering a lot but they seem to be on the same page in this fight against the coronavirus. Had he says they have identified thousands of hotels actually hundreds, 900 Hotels Across the state with about 10,000 rooms. They need to isolate people that come down, they can do that. If it does get out of control in california, theyre taking the steps to quarantine people and isolate the problem before it spreads further. You mentioned the hotels, very good point. Also they said theyve identified two hospitals, hospitals, one here in Northern California, one in Southern California, that the state can take over as they expect more patients to go in. So, the hospitals, the hotels, he said mobile testing is so vital. And that brings us to robert handa with the verily which is under the direction of google. They said just today verily and Santa Clara County had 320 tests they did today in terms of mobile testing. Thats going to grow exponentially according to the governor and President Trump in the days and weeks to come. That seems to be the biggest need is getting the test kits. Today is the first day of the shelter in place order. Whats open . Whats closed . Are people staying home or rushing to the stores . Roz joins us live with more. Reporter the restaurant worker said to me today walnut creek is a restaurant town. If today is any indication, the next three weeks are going to be painful. High noon downtown walnut creek so quiet that if this were an old wester, it might bay tumble weed moment. Its a little like a ghost town. Reporter and the lack of foot traffic is not helping the dozens of restaurants on this first full day of the shelter and place. Theyre open for takeout on. Its definitely not the norm but were trying to deal with it as best we can. Just trying to keep our staff here and working. Reporter food delivery drivers say business is steady, not busy. A lot of places are closed. Ive been to chipotle, here, chikfila, everyone is changing everything. Reporter the owner of the taproom and lounge in oakland says he worries how this will affect his workers, some have been with him more than 15 years. Theyre living paycheck to paycheck. We have our payroll is six figures every month, so we just dont have the cash on hand to subsidize that. Heres a bit of news that play surprise you. Remember the crazy long lines at the Grocery Store . One day later, theyre gone. No fighting over toilet paper. Theres no toilet paper left though. Reporter but how is it in general . In general ice great. Its like any other day. Reporter were told the Food Delivery Services like door dash and uber eats are cutting their fees in some form or another to the restaurant to help out while the shelter in place is in place. We are live in walnut creek, roz plater, nbc bay area news. Roz, thank you. Heres something we rarely see as well, wide open freeways. That is the bay bridge. Look at that. You can count this maybe 20 or 30 cars there. Sky ranger was overhead during the morning commute. Not a lot of cars following the orders to shelter and place. At least many of us are doing that. For the evening commute, heres the look at the 280 880 interchange. This is usually a major trouble spot in the south bay, not tonight and not for the next several weeks at least. On the peninsula, a live look. Usually treacherous at 5 07 on a weekday. Right through the silicon valley, that is 101 right there at the University Avenue exit, hardly any cars going north and south. One of the biggest questions we have, one of the biggest questions our viewers have are Police Departments enforcing the shelter in place . Simple answer it really depends on where you are. But most departments are telling us theyll be using a soft approach. Lets bring in damian true hill yo with the details. Damian. Reporter raj, it wasnt packed all day but it wasnt desolate either. There are a lot of cars driving around, people hanging around visiting the restaurants for takeout food. In all cases they were left alone even if they should have been sheltering at home. The chief says that is the strategy. Police cars patrolled the streets of san jose like any other day, but the chief says they were not looking to pull over people for violating the shelter in place order. Were not using this orr dance as probable cause to make car stops or pedestrian stops. I want to make that clear. And i also i want to make clear no one is going to jail over this ether. The chief says they will visit people at bars and restaurants. Officers will speak to the owners but do not plan to cite them. The sheriff of San Mateo County issued a similar message. We fully expect the people of the county to recognize the seriousness of this Public Health threat. Reporter back in san jose, the department broke up the academy today, issuing the cadets phones so they can do Virtual Training online while they wait out the shelter order. Its going to be a bummer but at the same time, were here. Again, we have the support of the city. We have the support of the chief. Reporter as for the community, the chief doesnt want to create any more panic than whats already out there. I want to make clear to our commune hadty that we are not instituting marshall law here. The chief said, quote, weve come to far to erode that public trust. We did see a few businesses violating that order. Right now chipotle across the street, people are dining in. They are using that soft approach for now. Live in downtown san jose, damian tr damian true hee yo. Kevin durant diagnosed with the coronavirus. He feels fine. Three other players on his new team, the brak lynettes, also tested positive. The nba suspended the season last wednesday after a utah jazz player was the first to test positive. Hes a great adjustment from a local Grocery Store during this crisis, allow the seniors access before anyone else. Special hours for seniors to shop. That way they dont have to deal with this, all the exposed germs, empty shelves, and hectic crowds. The first hour of the morning, seniors are allowed in the stores first. Employees are asking shoppers to respect this new schedule. Were going to reach out we have reached out to stores like trader joes and safeway and whole foods to see if they are or planning in the near future to allow special access for seniors to shop. Just into our news room, were learning in 20 minutes, San Francisco mayor breed will unveil her plans to help health care workers. Mayor breed plans to waive regulations that slow down the hiring process. So, now employers like hospitals can hire licensed nurses on the spot. The department of Public Health is helping by hosting inviteonly job fires until all vacancies are filled. Hes helping local businesses. Shes going to make that announcement. She plans to halt the eviction of small businesses. This sunday tune in for a coronavirus special, chris kimura will be here answering your questions. Weve seen this over the years, what starts in the bay area gets adopted in other major city. New york city might be next to offer a shelter in place. Schools are already closed in new york city and theyve set up about 100 Daycare Centers for students whose parents are essential workers. In l. A. Theyre also designating special hours for shoppers. We talked about the market in san jose, senior shoppers and disabled. Those stores settled on 7 00 a. M. To 8 00 a. M. Thats usually when stored are restocked and freshly cleans. New jersey is under curfew from 8 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. Only emergency and essential travel is permissible. For weeks President Trump has down played the danger of covid19. Today he announced a multibill dollar economic stimulus bill. 850 billion bailout. It uses the governments Emergency Powers to get checks, literally payments, to every american or Many Americans and industries before the worst of the virus hits. This is an invisible enemy. We dont want airlines going out of business. We dont want people losing their jobs or not having money to live. This is no fault to american workers. We are shutting down parts of this economy and we are going to use all the tools we have and what tools we dont have, were going back to congress. This should be passed very quickly on capitol hill. Okay. Still to come, were going to tuck about major changes coming from uber and lyft. This coming in just what option wont be available next time you call for a ride. And for so many of us, how to stay sane and engaged when youre stuck at home. Were back in a moment. Im chief meteorologist jeff raniere. Were tracking rain across the bay area. Ill give you the fulltime line in about seven minutes. Weve been listening live to Governor Newsom. His News Conference has been going on 30 to 40 minutes now. Moments ago he had a big update regarding schools here in california, specifically in the bay area. He says we should plan and assume that most schools will remain closed for the rest of this school year. Let me be candid. This is a very sober thing to say. And i cant say this with certainty, but i can say this quite learnedly. Dont anticipate schools are going to open up in a week. Please dont anticipate in a few weeks. I say that because one needs to be honest and i want to be accountable to you. I dont want to mislead you to 6 million plus kids in our system and their families need to make plans at a time when plans are being curtailed. Planning with kids is some of the most challenging planning. I would plan and assume its unlikely many of these schools will open before the summer break. That statement just coming down from Governor Newsom in the last five minutes. Schools will possibly stay closed all the way through summer break. He doesnt know this for sure. Hes saying this with uncertainty, he says, but well be following that seeing what other districts say about it as well. Weve also been getting a lot of questions from you about your money. Is it time to pull out of the stock market . Is it a good time to invest . What about if im trying to buy a house. Scott budman has been talking to people live on his twitter feed. He joins us to answer those questions. Scott, what are people asking you the most . A lot of questions about money and housing. Were keeping things safe and keeping distance. We did talk to a few people face to face today but dealt with many more on social media, lots of questions as you can imagine after days and weeks of panic selling on wall street, people are nervous about what comes next, not just with their stock portfolio but with things like their future housing plans. Heres one question sent in to us via face time from linda york, looking to possibly buy a home. We want to help our daughter and soninlaw move up from orange county, california and buy a house probably in late may, sometime in june. So, i dont know if thats going to be a good time to buy a house with everything thats going on. Thats a great question. It is of course nearly impossible to time the stock market or Housing Market especially with so much uncertainty Going Forward because of all the coronavirus concerns. Heres what we know. So far although the stock market has fallen quite a bit, the Housing Market has not moved all that much and is usually a lagging indicator. It takes longer to react. By june, we may see more market gyrations and even some price drops if potential housing buyers tend to keep their money on the sidelines. Because of that concern, we may also see Interest Rate moves because of government intervention. Be patient, if you think youre going to need that money in june, maybe take some of it off the table right now so you know you have it. It cant hurt. Were going to be back at 6 00 with another question, one from a buyer who says hes panicking, should he just completely get out of the market now . Well keep tracking your questions and ill send it back to you in the studio. Very good, scott, thank you. Changes for San Francisco uber and lyft. Uber is suspending uber pool in the United States and canada. Lyft announcing a similar plan across all the cities it serves. Okay. You can stay up to date with the very latest on the coronavirus with our daily newsletter. Youre going to get the top headlines right into your inbox. Zbrous to nbc bay area. Com to sign up. Lets bring in jeff raniere with our forecast. We know things are going to be changes and i know for so many parents were trying to figure out during the school day, this new way of doing school, jeff, when is it good to bring kids out to get energy out . Mornings or afternoons . When is it . I think parents are tuning in to specific timing. Its going to be off and on the next few days. Youre just going to have to look outside. If its wet, you want to stay inside. Its the pattern were stuck with right now. You can see the Doppler Radar on satellite. We have wet weather across the east bay and the south bay. This rain is keeping it over the last few hours. Theres no flood watches in place, but im definitely watching that very closely. And down here to the south bay, heavier rain in south san jose, down through morgan hill as well. Even isolated lightning strikes. No flood warnings, but ive got my eyes to the radar tonight. As we get a wider look, the the thing were watching is the system, the same one that brought us all this rain this weekend, its going to linger as we head to the next two days keeping the on again off again rain chances in the forecast. Tomorrow morning we start with cold weather. Got to have the jacket. If youre just headed out in the front yard, backyard, upper 30s, low 40s tomorrow morning. 38 for the north bay. Wont warm up too much with tomorrow with the system overhead. We have sweater weather, 56 for contra costa county. San francisco 52 in the marino and 59 in the mission. Plenty of low to mid 50s right here into the northern part of the bay area. Extended forecast keeps on and off rain chances the next few days. Dry friday and saturday. Then by sunday, monday, and tuesday increasing chances for some more rainfall. So, you can see by friday and saturday we do have some dryer weather and some sunshine moving in. That will at least help things out for us. I know a lot of us have cabin fever right now, but mixed in on that 7day forecast you should be able to find a few spots where you can get fresh air on the front porch or backyard. Thanks jeff. Coming up, signs of hope during this pandemic, how the crisis is strengthening our community bond. Tv just keeps getting better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. I cant believe it. That chad really was raised by wolves . Which one is your mother . Thats her right there. Oh, gosh. No, i cant believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my Car Insurance with geico. Its really great. Well, im just so glad to have met your beautiful family. 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[ barking ] tonight at 6 00 as this all unfolds a lot of people are simply feeling anxious. Were going to speak with a psych therapist about tips on how to help you and your kids, all of us, to work through this new normal. Thats after nightly news. If youre just tuning in, major announcements from Governor Newsom. Governor newsom saying 15 or 20 minutes ago that plan and assume that schools will be closed throughout the remainder of this school year. That means school would resume in the fall. The government saying he wants to pass along honest and sobering news through all this. He singled out Santa Clara County saying the hospitals will feel more stressed and overpopulated that most hospitals across the state. The state is going to seize or take over two hospitals, one in Northern California theyre empty now. One in Northern California, one in Southern California to help with the overflow of patients were expecting to see in these next eight weeks. Govern Governor Newsom saying he was honored to have a conversation with President Trump this afternoon about how to move forward with all this. Janelle, a lot happening. Every hour, every 30 minutes, were getting major updates. Every day were reporting something good coming out of the crisis, how were helping each other. Today meals on wheels volunteers making sure the most Vulnerable People get t food. Theyve lost drivers and would love some help. It was an Incredible Opportunity for people who were looking for work and looking for a way to help in a meaningful way. I think there are many people who are going to rely on these meals the next few weeks who never even knew about this program. So, we want all the help you can get. You can check out their website healthtrust. Org. Theyre looking for volunteer and pay drivers. You can make a cash driver. A lot of these drivers are told to stay home, so weve all got to pitch in. I love Grocery Stores opening up an hour for seniors early. Breaking news. Tonight americans on virtual lock down to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Residents in the countrys largest city, new york, told a shelter in place order could be coming in the next 48 hours. The San Francisco area now under the tightest restrictions in the country. 7 Million People told to stay in their homes. From coast to coast, empty streets, businesses closed. How long will it take to know the extreme measures are making. What Health Officials said today and their urgent plea to young people also the growing medical crisis the back ups at drivethru testing sites. The new warnings for hospitals floodewi