I love my sister. Reporter miller started this gofundme page after hearing the concerns about the low number of pap pers. Doctors would have to choose between their safety and the patients survival. Im blown away by the generosity. Reporter strangers have donated more than 25,000. Miller says shes using that money to buy the hospital at least a dozen pap pers. Since weve done this, our anxiety has gotten lower because we dont feel like were in this alone. Reporter back here live, i want to show you whats going on. This is not a drive by covid19 testing location, but this is part of the hospital disaster preparedness. Operation staff are trying to screen people because they are preparing for an overflow of patients. They have this message for the public. The er is only for extremely sick people. Right now there is a shortage of beds and of help and they have this message. Again, the er is only for extremely sick people only. Thats the latest in oakland. Im melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. Thank you. The other real worry is that the virus could take the ranks of the front line personnel, the doctors and nurses inside those hospitals. Sources told our investigative units that two workers are now among the sick. One of the workers is a lab worker, and hes now on a ventilator. The source says a nurse at the hospital is selfisolating at home after a positive test. Now, good sam declined to comment because of medical privacy laws, but patient care isnt being impacted. The hospital sent a statement saying these nurses and doctors are vital to the care of patients and the community right now, and we take their wellbeing seriously. Other front line workers exposed are police officers. Sfpd announcing one of its officers tested positive for covid19. The Department Says officers who worked alongside him are now in selfquarantine as well. Insanity row at that Police Say Two of their officers tested positive for the virus as well and a third officer is awaiting test results. We need a team effort from the community and that means from the bay area counties. They are coming together to provide more comprehensive test results. Here what were talking about, alameda, contra costa, marin will report negative and inconclusive results. This is to help Health Officials track and focus where the infection is clustered. No gold in view. The venues are empty and theyre going to stay that way until 2021. Today the International Olympic committee officially postponed the 2020 olympic games, that decision made to protect athletes and spectators. Lily tan spoke with local competitors who are disapointed but relieved. Reporter the news of postponed olympics created mixed feelings. Obviously its pretty heartbreaking, you know, since weve been training so long and so hard for this moment. And to be in our peak this year, but at the same time, the situation is so much bigger. Reporter the decorated table tennis player talked to us from her morgan hill home where shes in selfquarantine after returning from europe ten days ago. Know theres a decision, it also ease. Reporter this morning after weeks of uncertainty, the International Olympic committee and japanese pm announced the tokyo games would be postponed and rescheduled to 2021. Superfan chuck jones has travelled to the olympics for the past 30 years. Ive been to the past nine summer olympics. Reporter until now, the olympics had not been cancelled or postponed since world war ii. The magnitude of the decision to delay isnt lost on fans or athletes. Many of whom realize they only have a limited number of chances to compete in a global event that only happens once every four years. Im just grateful that its not cancelled because that would also, you know. Reporter lily tan, nbc bay area news. Optimistic we will see lily and all the olympians next summer. President trump says he hopes to have the country up and running in terms of businesswise by easter, two and a half weeks from now. That would be a great thing for our country and were all working very hard to make that a reality. Well be meeting with a lot of people to see if it can be done. Were working with the task force and making decisions based on what is best for the interests of our fantastic country. Now, the president said he wants to economy to get a restart as app. He added he will follow the guidance of his experts that serve on the task force. Congress is negotiating actively that stimulus package that could total 2 trillion to help families, Small Businesses, corporations, and states. Well, bay area congressman ro khanna is taking a lead role in this. Hes leading the charge implement a nationwide shelter in place. Theyre among members of congress to sent this letter to the white house urging President Trump to issue a twoweek shelter in place for the entire country. Representatives lee and canha say its the only way to slow the spread of this virus. Canha adds months of continued half measures will cost us far more than two weeks of sheltering in place. Getting back to the economy, it has been a stressful ride on wall street and today it got wild again. Stocks surged, the dow soared 2,100 points. Thats up 11 , the ig best percentage gain since 1933, the s p jumping 209 points. All of that because the lawmakers are closing in on the next phase of the emergency stimulus package. This is just the beginning of what could be a monthslong learning from home for our kids. This is also challenging for the teachers who are teaching from home and dealing with their own kids. Lets bring in nbc bay area damian trujillo. I spoke with my sons fifth grade teacher today answering emails. She was great. But she has kids of her own. This is challenging for those teachers. Were doing it at home as well. Its happening everywhere. You can see this school is empty just like every other school. And although shes home all day, the teacher is not taking her foot off the gas to make sure her students succeed, and that includes her own child. She starts with roll call. In no time, she gets into the days lesson plan for the 7th grade geometry students. Were going to be working with the area of polygons. Reporter geometry on a laptop in her virtual class. I have to figure out how to draw the shapes, so thats different. Its not just typing but actually being able to draw the specific shapes that i want. Reporter across the Kitchen Table in the living room is her daughter, andrea. Sometimes i dont understand the questions and sometimes they dont respond right away when you email them. So, then i usually just ask my mom. Reporter this reality is happening in homes across the state and several other states, teachers having to learn brandnew teaching methods to make sure that by the end of the school year their students will be ready for the next grade, all this while keeping an eye on their own children. Its challenging because this is new. Im continuing with my lesson plan, my pacing. Im teaching them what i would be teaching them in class. I dont want to water down the curriculum. Reporter putting first entry teaching with old school home school. Damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. On institution faltering, the Sf Art Institute has informed students and faculty members it may be time to look elsewhere. After 150 years of operation, the school says it will likely close its doors for good. Graduating students will receive their degrees in may but faculty and staff were told to prepare for mass layoffs. The Art Institute is nearly 20 million in debt. Where are you having dinner tonight . Probably in your home, but what are you having dinner . Tonight is dubbed the Great American takeout. This all helps Small Businesses during these tough times. Its a nationwide effort to get more people to order out, get delivery or to go meal. At pedros restaurant in los gatos, they saw a jump in the number of people ordering out and the night is young. Business owners say local support is critical. Its a constant reminder of people to get out of their house and pull up sush side and try to enjoy what we have to offer. Businesses are trying to make that takeout and delivery more attractive. Nothing but cakes is offering reduced delivery fees and curb side pick up like a lot of businesses. Stuck in quarantine for three weeks, well talk to a passenger about the grand princess cruise ship of what hes going to do with his first taste of limited freedom. Janelle wang, working home. Day seven of no school from this munch kin. Help. Im chief meteorologist jeff raniere, also working live from home. And we do have a few showers right now. Well talk about our rain chances ahead coming up in just a few minutes. It is freedom day for many of those quarantined passengers who were on board the grand princess cruise ship, the ship that docked at the port of oakland 15 days. And passengers were then taken to local military bases and National Military bases across the country for a 12day quarantine. Two of those passengers, jose and victoria were quarantined in georgia and kept busy by Walking Around the military base, playing basketball, and doing cross word puzzles. They said it was better than being on the cruise ship where they were not allowed to leave their room. Now theyre finally allowed to turn home. I havent known what i was going to be eating for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Theres something to be said for being able to choose what you want to eat. And just most of all freedom. Just two weeks on that military base, theyre quarantined on the cruise ship itself for the last seven or eight days. He remains optimistic and says he will go on another cruise in the future. He is an optimist. Were all sheltering at home, that means our staff is working from home as well. This week that means janelle gets to be home with miss hailey yes, i am here daughter. She knows its not her turn to talk yet so shes scratching down. I want to tell you about our day. It was difficult i have to say. Its like a weekend with your kids where youre with your kid all day except you have to work and everythings closed including the playground so you have cabin fever. But there were a couple of hours of cloudy skies today and no rain so we took advantage of it. I know its not good to go to beaches now because a lot of people are flooding there because its too crowded. But we found a place really isolated. It was just us. Basically on the trail. We rode our bike and enjoying that for about 30 minutes and then went for a hike. Check that out. Bring your baby home dododo that was baby shark but in her own words. We went on a hike, never been on this trail which turned out to be a problem. It started raining and she didnt want to walk anymore so i had to carry my little munch kin. We want to show you a couple other things when we got back home, all the things we did. We played with play dougdo, pl with easter toys before easter. It was garbage day. She likes to carry out the garbage. And we did puddle jumping. Come say goodbye. No, im not even done talking. Oh, shes not done talking. And its also really dangerous be safe on the bike. Its really dangerous to fall off. And protect yourself from falling off the bike and its really dangerous so keep your helmet on. Keep your helmet on. Your hair will get messy. Then your mom can fix it. You cant go sttoo fast or you will fall. You say if you go too fast, you cant see your mom and go like this this will go on all night so ill let you guys go. Say back to you. Wait. Wait. Back to you. Okay. Well get back to you janelle. Reporting live from home hailee wang and her mom. Theres still so much we dont know about the virus and that includes whos most at risk of contracting it. So far the cdc says children dont appear to be at higher risk of adults. Many are wondering how to protect their children. Tonight on the Coronavirus Crisis center, were breaking down what the cdc is recommending, teach your kids to do the things everyone is doing to stay healthy. Wash your hands with soap and water often. Use the Hand Sanitizer if you dont have soap and water as an option. Avoid being around people who are sick. And parents should clean and disinfect high touched surfaces such as tables, light switches, and toys. You can also wash stuffed animals and other toys in warm water and dry the items completely. These are all just good reminders and tips. Lets bring in jeff raniere. When we take our kids out for the walk like we just saw janelle, or recess at home, we have to be prepared. Jeff has the umbrella right now. Yes outside right now we have light to moderate rainfall. Also working from home. And the good news about all this is it has helped to wash the pollen away and that has made it a lot better for those of us that do have allergies. Rainfall totals so far havent been extremely high with this storm system but we see about a quarter to a third of inch through the north bay. To the south, totals are a lot less this afternoon. But we are going to be adding to that as we head throughout the next couple of hours. So, as we get a full look at those rainfall totals, you can see down toward san jose it has been less than. 05 of an inch and then once up near santa rosa, napa, and sonoma, we have seen totals that have been around a quarter inch and or more. So, as we bring you into that microclimate forecast, what youre going to be able to see is that temperatures today are definitely starting to warm up throughout the bay area as we have numbers going into the 50s for those daytime highs. And it does look like well stay in the 50s as we continue throughout the next several days. You guys, were going to be working to get that full microclimate forecast here coming up in just a couple of minutes. Weve got that live signal going here at home. And theres just a little bit of an issue getting back to that computer. But hopefully well be able to join you in that next break and ill get that going for you in just a little bit. But again we do have rainfall right now. And it does look like we have rain chances coming our way as we head to the next couple of days. Hopefully we can get back with you and get more details on the 7 day forecast in just a few minutes. No problem, jeff. You told us a good amount of information there. 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You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. Im chief meteorologist jeff raniere and we are live right now out here in the east bay where we are getting light to moderate rain. You can see from the north bay down to the south bay we do have rainfall that is continuing to come down right now across the bay area. Weve seen heavier pockets that has dropped about a quarter inch up into the north bay and then for locations to the south its only been about. 05 of an inch to. 1 of an in. As we take you in closer, rainfall over the south bay where morgan hill will continue to get rainfall from 5 56 tonight. Then off to the north its pretty much starting to clear out here through portions of the north bay. As we head through tonight, well see the best chance of spotty rain in the south bay. Then as we move through tomorrow morning, just a slight chance of scattered showers as we head into wednesday. So, totals not extremely high with wednesday only, trace amounts to about. 2 of an inch more post of the bay area. As we head through the tomorrow morning, start off cold with plenty of 30s, south bay at 40, and peninsula at 42. San francisco will start off with 43 and coldest weather over the north bay at 36. Youll see the temperatures tomorrow dont really warm up a whole lot. We have widespread 50s over the south bay, also the east bay and the peninsula coming in with 55 in palo alto. San francisco low to mid 50s for downtown and right here across the north bay, mid 50s from mill valley to clear lake. San francisco will see chance of isolated thunderstorms tomorrow and slight chance this upcoming weekend. Check out the inland valley forecast. By next monday or tuesday we are back up into the low to mid 70s so the sunshine and warmer weather is going to be feel great. G up at 6 00 p. Jeff, thanks for that. Also coming up at 6 00, changing their Business Model in just a couple of days. Just a couple of weeks ago, this operation was making gin. Now its doing something else, what its pumping out now to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. Were going to have that story and more at 6 00. Heres what well do for you. Well monitor if Governor Newsom has his nightly briefing. For now to lester holt and nightly news. Breaking news tonight President Trumps new target for reopening america. The president growing impatient with the virtual shutdown of the economy. I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by easter hes warning of suicides by the thousands if this doesnt end soon but his time line contradicting top Health Officials and state governors as cases surged to over 50,000 in the u. S. Nearly half of all americans under stay at home orders tonight where officials fear the next u. S. Hot spots will be. The desperate battle at hospitals, a
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