Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240713

Mike gives you an early look at the morning commute. You still have a chance to beat the backup because we havent really seen backups aside from major accidents and we dont have any crashes going on right now. Were looking at a live look at the span, the bay bridge, and its moving nicely, very light traffic flowing here and that keeps you from having those metering lights on. On the peninsula, palo alto as well, no problems for the freeways. I do have a change across the bay for work for essential duty coming up in the next report. Back to you. Thanks, mike. The u. S. Just recorded its highest oneday total of deaths from the coronavirus. As the overall number of confirmed cases continues to rise. Right now in the u. S. More than 163,000 confirmed cases. Keep in mind on march 1st there were only 75. And as we enter a critical stage of containing the pandemic Big Companies are pitching in across the world to address the shortage of those splas. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us from her home with a look at the challenges theyre facing. Tracie . Reporter so President Trump is now recommending that we all focus on eradicating this virus, that its our patriotic duty to do so. Also, Corporate America is getting involved focusing and shifting from profits to production. With the coronavirus now expected to peak by easter, Corporate America is ramping up production. Ford and General Electric are working together to make 50,000 ventilators in the next three months. Other companies are converting Assembly Lines to produce masks. By friday i want to be up to 50,000 a day. Reporter hospital gowns. Expect delivering 30,000 to 50,000 gowns per week. Reporter face shields. 10,000 shields in the next four weeks. Reporter on a call governors requested more test kits, but President Trump said he hasnt heard about testing problems in weeks. Hes setting june 1st as a new deadline for recovery. The economy is number two on my list. I think the economy is going to come back very fast. We basically shut down our country. Reporter 30 states have issued stay home orders. We really need to Start Talking about this issue of everybody wearing a mask. Reporter around the country temporary hospitals set up in new yorks central park and the l. A. Convention center. A florida pastor arrested for Holding Services outdoors and anguish. My rent is due this week. Im the only income and how am i going to provide for my child . My grandmother died alone. She died alone. We didnt even get to say bye to her. Reporter americans dealing with the very real impact of this deadly virus. Now there have been more than 3,000 people who have died in this country so far, more than a million tested and now were learning there are hundreds of Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities reporting cases. Marcus . Tracie potts in washington. Infectious disease experts from the cdc are assessing the coronavirus outbreak at San Franciscos laguna honda hospital. They have 11 confirmed cases which includes the staff, cleaning crew and patients but there are growing fears of a much wider outbreak. The cdc plans to advise the staff on how to manage that spread. And mayor london breed is requesting more federal resources including 30 registered nurses and more testing equipment. If youre planning a trip to your local whole foods today you may want to brace for something. Several workers are planning a sickout. They are protesting they dont have adequate protection. Today in the bays bob redell is reporting from his home this morning. He has more on what the workers are really demanding. Bob . Reporter good morning to you, laura. A group called whole worker, a group of whole foods employees, they have a twitter wage were showing you. They are calling for this day of protest after reports that whole foods workers have tested positive for covid19. No bay area employee has tested positive, just fyi. They want amazon to offer paid leave for workers who selfquarantine, Health Care Coverage for parttime employees, and guaranteed hazard pay, and more social distancing. We spoke with shoppers near the s. A. P. Center in san jose where the store is only allowing 55 customers inside at a time. Theyre taking a big risk. We get to work from home. They cant do that and they are interacting with so many people. They should have better coverages and better pay. Reporter a whole foods spokesperson says the company is prioritizing their wellbeing and have extensive measures being taken to keep people safe and cleaning the stores, limiting the number of customers inside the stores. Employees received a 2 per hour raise and increased overtime pay and they can take up to two weeks of paid time off if they test positive or are quarantined. Reporting live here in livermore, bob redell, today in the bay. All right, one well continue to follow there. Thanks so much, bob. Today is your date to perhaps be a hero and help a lot of local businesses along the way. Its american takeout day. Kris sanchez, it may be a good day to take off kitchen duty. Reporter those kids when they are home want to have a snack just about every hour on the hour, am i right . So it would be good to take a break right now. We know our local eateries could use the help. The latest statistics are that 30,000 restaurants could close permanently before this pandemic is over. One week ago was the first Great American takeout day. Restaurants offering deals on meals and even cocktails. The Alcohol Beverage Commission relaxed those rules. This is all in an effort to help keep employees on the job. You might be worried about takeout safety. The fda at this point says they have no evidence of someone getting coronavirus from food or food packaging. Use curbside pick yum or request a no contact delivery. Take off all of the packaging, throw it away. Use your own dishes and reheat the warm even if its warm. Theyre asking for help and giving help at the same time this is a nice twist. The restaurant is using go fund me donations to make meals for First Responders. The Senior Center and essential workers along with the Ravenswood Foundation and the owner reached out to peninsula boys and girls club which said it was in an interesting position because it had food but didnt have Trained Personnel to get the food out to students. With the help of some of that crowd funding that particular restaurant was able to hire four of its fulltime employees to work with the boys and girls clubs in the peninsula and help make sure the food gets out to the students as well. Creative thinking. It is a great takeout night in america and if you could use a break from your kitchen it would be for a very good cause. And the evidence right now is its pretty safe to do that. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thank you, kris. Yes, the kids do want to eat like every hour throughout the day. Youre right about that. Lets get a look at whats happening with our weather, tracking rain very close to the bay area. In fact, its just to our north. As we go into this afternoon, well see that possibly clipping spots like ukiah very far to the north along the coast as well. The bay area will have a dry day. A few more clouds moving in especially early in the day but clearing out for this afternoon. For most of us its going to be really nice but still tracking some nearby rain. Were going to enjoy a little bit of it all going into the next few days. Its dry now. Well see rain returning for the week. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. As we head over to mike right now, youre tracking the morning commute and its been very light because only essential workers are allowed on the roads, right . Thats right, kari. Weve seen the volume keeping us pretty much at speed, and thats what we see overall right now. Its also had a major effect on these transit agencies. The latest update comes from ac transit where theyre talking about reducing their service, modifying to a sunday schedule but there are some slight changes. Important to note they do still have transbay service crossing the bay. Again, that will be minimized because of the loss of big numbers there. Well track that. Meanwhile, a live look shows you how light the traffic flow is, no major problems. We dont have any delays through the trivalley. Thanks, mike. A nurse shares her experiences on the front lines fighting the coronavirus. Up next here on today in the bay the new yorkers heartbreaking message to her children. Reporter today is march 31st. That makes it the last day of the First Quarter, and what a terrible quarter it was. Ill go over the numbers coming up. And as we head into break, check out what Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco looks like. The popular tourist spot is usually packed with tourists, but as you can see barely a soul in sight in whats become our new normal. This is today in the bay. Theres no place like home. Especially when xfinity has you covered with fast, reliable internet. With advanced security to help keep you secure online. And with the most tv shows, movies and streaming apps all in one place. With simple Digital Tools you can get the help you need or even trouble shoot your services on your own. Download the xfinity my account app or just say help into your xfinity voice remote. We are working to make things a little easier on everyone. Download the xfinity my account app today. Right now at 5 13 if you suffer from tree pollen right now youre closing the windows and also limiting your time outside. Well talk about more dry weather in the forecast and whats ahead as we warm up coming up in a few minutes. And a smooth drive around the bay. The freeways are moving well getting to your essential business across the san mateo bridge, either direction away from us. Westbound toward hayward moving slow. Well check back with you. Today is march 31st. The final day of the First Quarter. And a terrible quarter it has been, scott. Reporter it is. Its the worst quarter, the worst First Quarter, in fact, since the 2008 housing crisis. And ill be honest with you, the Second Quarter that starts tomorrow not looking that great. Markets actually rose monday. The fourth positive day out of the last five. But that wont be enough to save the quarter. Ironically a year ago exact ly e were having the best First Quarter in years. President trump says it will be june 1st before the economy gets itself back together. Theres obviously no real way of knowing when that will be, but i will note youve heard of those Companies Like ford and what not promising to have a certain number of products out into the pipeline in the next 100 days. 100 days is july 9th. Washington says its willing to give money to the airlines so they can make payroll but those applications have to come in by the end of the week. And those airlines may not lay off workers. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushing for more stimulus including mortgage relief. Well talk more about that as we talk politics in 30 minutes. And a San Francisco Organization Called the internet archives have created what its calling an emergency library. You can go online and you can look at books for free. They actually scan these books, so youre looking at the physical books themselves. A lot of authors are telling the New York Times they do not like this idea at all because regular libraries have electronic books as well, but they actually pay the authors. You can check it out yourself nonetheless. I have the advantage, marcus and laura, im one of those people and i know theres a japanese word but i cant come up with what it is buying more books than i read. I see a book, i have to own it so i read it and i have a whole stack right over there. Im ready to go. Quite the library. Youll be able to read it especially now. Oh, yeah, yeah, for sure. We could start a book club, i think, at this point, right . Thanks, scott. Were always looking for some good news and we found some for you. This is really cool. There is a modesto winery stepping up as weve seen a lot of companies do to help out with a growing need for hand sanitizer. They are now producing the product and businesses recently actually delivered dozens of cases to the office of emergency services. Theyre trying to help out all the First Responders and others in need there, so repurposing their product. Its cool to see that. Were seeing that all across the country. Many children across the country, i know theyre missing out on having their friends over, the birthday parties, you know what im talking about here. Right. The triplets birthday is coming up and theyre like, what kind of party are we going to have . A party at home with the family. Nothing better than that. Social distancing is not stopping some families from finding ways to celebrate. Take a look. Look at that. Robin iovino posted this. They were helping her daughter celebrate with a big parade. Even a lot of Community Members got in on the fun there. The trend is taking off and facebook pages helping parents plan special birthday surprises. I love how the Community Comes together and finds some fun. If youre selfisolating, why not add a twist to that with mans best friend. So busch beer is offering a threemonth supply of its beer to 500 people. All you have to do is adopt or foster a dog from midwest Animal Rescue in minnesota. I mean, really this seems like a winwin if you like beer for everyone involved. I know, laura, you have a rescue dog yourself. I do. So this is a loving thing people could do. Right now im starting to get that itch for a pet but, you know. The pets are like what is going on . Everybody is home all the time, and theyre loving it. So many more walks. Its great. And you have to take all those walks if youre going to be having that much beer. Youre going to need to. Dont want to add on too many pounds. All right, 5 18 for you this morning. Meteorologist kari hall taking her work home with her. But before we get there, what is this, kari, a live look at san jose. Beautiful. It is a nice shot this morning. Just shows you what it looks like in san joses willow glen neighborhood. And we have some mild weather for today. Even though we start out in the 50s we are going to have a beautiful afternoon and i know that makes it really hard to stay inside. Maybe just those little dog walks or getting out in the backyard will help you out as well as opening up the windows. We have a high amount of tree pollen. Lets get a look at our forecast. We start out at 51 degrees for the south bay. Its in the upper 40s right now in the north bay. Heres a look at our high temperatures for this afternoon as we reach up to 63 degrees in San Francisco. Well see a high of 66 in san jose, even up to 70 degrees in antioch. So parts of the east bay will also have some very warm temperatures. Now weve been talking about what it feels like elsewhere. Where weve seen the very warm weather a lot of people across the country have to shelter in place. Were seeing highs in parts of the midwest in the 40s and 50s. So a lot cooler there. New york city today will only reach 47 degrees, but compare that to miami today where the high will reach 93 degrees and also in texas and dallas looking at highs in the upper 60s. Nice weather once again as we are seeing it in parts of the midwest and the south over the next few days. Were going to enjoy more sunshine and comfortable temperatures. Makes it nice not to have to turn on the heater or the air conditioner but we are going to see some showers moving in by the weekend. Saturday and sunday were going to see a new storm system arriving and thats going to bring in a decent amount of rain and some sierra snow. So looking at our forecast, we are going to see highs today as well as tomorrow reaching up to about 70 degrees. Upper 60s by the end of the week, but then as we look at the weekend we are going to see some cooler air moving in as well some scattered showers that will be with us in through monday. Heading out on the roads this morning, mike, any issues for those drivers . Actually, kari, we just got this in from chp. We have reports of a crash southbound 880. As you make the 92 interchange. Hang on here for a second. It says theres a gas tank that was punctured through the vehicle, so that is a concern and ill follow that and let you know if its going to be extended cleanup or if theres any other issues. South 880 approaching 92. Now lets get a look at the roadways. The rest of our view is moving smoothly. A live look out here and show you how things shape up for dublin and 580 heading towards 680 with those headlights. No problems through the trivalley. We have no metering lights, no problems, and in the north bay the same thing over there moving very smoothly. Back to you. Thanks, mike. 5 21 this morning. Helping fill the need. The Southern California Company Using modern technology to protect Health Care Workers. But first on the today show bravo host andy cohen speaks out nearly two weeks after becoming infected. 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Sh she shared a note she wants her kids to have that reads in part, quote, i want them to know mommy tried really hard to do her job. She used the getmeppe which they are use to go demand proper protective gear. I want to you take a look at this video from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. This is for a food bank, miles and miles of cars there. So many people showing up. Traffic patterns had to be changed. The line of cars stretched for miles as you can see. Volunteers handed out nearly 2,000 boxes of food weighing 50 pounds. People need help right now. We have some good news for you that morning. Helping overcome the shortage of protective equipment for those Health Care Workers. Look at what theyre doing in san diego. Using 3d printers to make hundreds of face shields. The printers work around the clock to create the headbands for the shields. The volunteers attach the plastic cover over it. So far the group has given over 300 face shields to hospitals across the country. Really nice to see. 5 27 for you that morning. Up next the top stories were following today including mounting toll of the coronavirus and the new shelter in place extension coming to the bay area. But first tonight nbc news will have an hour of prime time coverage on the coronavirus pandemic hosted by Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. When we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. 5 30 on this tuesday morning. Hello to everyone. Thanks for joining us here on today in the bay. Im Marcus Washington. And im laura garcia reporting from my makeshift studio right here in our home as well as kari and mike reporting as well. Were all covering this coronavirus pandemic that is affecting us all. I want to get you up to date on the numbers from overnight. Across the country there are now over 164,000 cases, more than 3,000 people have now died. Yesterday was the deadliest day yet in the countrys Coronavirus Crisis and experts warn the worst is yet to come. The u. S. Has now tested 1 million for the coronavirus. The cases has topped 2,200. Santa clara has the most. 55 people have died in the bay area. Live Team Coverage ahead for you. First, want to get a look at the forecast from followings kari hall who has taken her work home with her. I know you have a new tool to help us get a better look at those temperatures today. Yes. We have a green screen set up here at home so we can show you the graphics full screen just like we do in the studio. Isnt technology Pretty Amazing . As we look at where were beginning this morning, were seeing that our temperatures for parts of the south bay as well as the peninsula start out in the low 50s. Going to the north bay were down to 49 degrees in santa rosa but it is a little bit milder in some spots. A look at our high temperatures for today as we reach into the mid60s. Its going to be a nice one. Ill be tracking another warmup in the forecast as our dry weather continues. Well look ahead to a wetter weekend as well. Mike, youre tracking the morning commute and its dry and not too chilly out there. Im admiring your use of that. As we look at the san mateo bridge talking about access getting there on southbound 880 right there near the transition to 92 reports of a crash involving a big rig and thats the vehicle with a punctured fuel tank that may be an issue as you head down 880, the nimitz. You see the bridge itself does not have a problem on there. Crews there for chp, our crew may arrive shortly. Meanwhile, the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive. Well send it right back to you. All right. I want you to take a look at this. New drone video of San Francisco really saying it all. People are heeding the warning to stay home. Get ready to shelter in place for another month. That announcement is expected today. Today in the bays Sharon Katsuda is live in San Francisco this morning. Mayor london breed is already giving her city the headsup. Sharon . Reporter thats right, laura. Mayor london breed thinks the shelter in place is helping to flatten the curve but theres much more work to be done. Thats why she says the bay area will see an extension of shelter in place or stayathome orders until may 1st. Health Officials Say this will give time to see if the social distancing and shelter in place which has emptied the streets are working in the bay area and throughout the country. Many Business Owners and residents in San Francisco say theyre doing their best to hang on. My household depends on two incomes. If my income isnt coming in, it is a little bit harder on us. The United States is leading the world in cases of coronavirus. Hopefully it has to curve down sooner or later, right . Reporter many businesses have shortened hours and some restaurants are still doing takeout. With spring break here or just around the corner for Many School Districts city and Health Experts want to remind everyone to please stay at home and from what i see im trying to go out and support the restaurants offering takeout. Please, im asking Restaurant Owners, to have employees handle money separately and then another employee hand out the food and the handling of the food, the preparation separately. Thats what im seeing out there. Im sure youre seeing a lot of stuff. That could help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, possibly having one person handling the Cash Register and a separate employee the preparation and handing out the food. Back to you. All right, Sharon Katsuda, thank you for reporting this morning. 5 34. Three weeks into the bay areas shelter at home order and theres still at least many more weeks that we still have ahead of us. Health leaders say that social distancing is the best way to slow down the spread and ease the pressure on hospitals. Today in the bays kris sanchez is live for us from home this morning. How well are we doing with the guidelines . Reporter its hard to tell when we are staying put and seeing the same four walls day in and day out. As we look out from our cameras and social media we are seeing a number of different responses. Hiking trails and local beaches even when theyre supposed to be closed, but youve seen images like the ones weve been posting, walking the neighborhood with the kids and the dogs. And riding bikes, learning at home like karis little guy and also cooking in our own spaces. Weve seen your images that are very similar as well. You might be wondering how were doing overall in terms of social distancing and theres a map for that. Creating an interactive map with grades by county. Eight of our nine bay area counties get an a for staying put. They saw a decrease of more than 60 in distance travel. Solano county had the roughest time with a 37 decrease in distance travel. Overall in california urban counties are faring better. Rural counties seem to be having a bit tougher time with a little bit more movement, which you might expect in a rural setting. Folks have to travel a little bit further. Its interesting to see the report card and we know our Health Experts and government leaders are saying social distancing is the best way to slow the spread of Coronavirus Infection and protect our Health Care Systems stow the r s so wh to go to the hospital the resources are there to treat them. Its so important. Thanks so much, kris. 5 37 right now. Among the three newest cases in Sonoma County two Santa Rosa Police officers and, according to the press democrat a mail carrier. Among the newest cases in San Francisco the examiner reports a second muni operator has also tested positive for covid19. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for medical volunteers as the deaths in the state rose about 20 yesterday. A new Field Hospital in the citys central park opens this morning. It comes with word of the first child there dying. Their age not given, but doctors say there were prior health problems. Statewide the number of deaths in new york is more than 1,300. A new central park facility will have 68 beds. Cuomo calls the situation dire and while the president believes that new york Health Workers are getting enough supplies, some say the president is focusing too much on snipping and letting politics get in the way. Somethings going on and you ought to look into it as reporters. Where are the masks going . Are they going out the back door . Were at war. There is no politics. There is no red and blue. Its red, white and blue. So lets get over it and lead by example. New york city mayor bill de blasio will attend todays opening in central park. The city is turning its National Tennis center into a 350bed hospital for noncoronavirus patients. Its amazing to see all the changes taking place because of it. 5 38 right now. We know this news can get heavy which is why its nice to get outside and get some fresh air. We are going to have some beautiful weather for this afternoon, more sunshine later on today and a lot of the rain will be holding off for many of our micro climates as we check out our live look in the south bay lets see whats flying through the air. We have quite a bit of some tree pollen today so thats high on the pollen count. A headsup limiting your time as we are already doing from being outside but also closing those windows and doors if necessary. As we check out where were heading in concord were going to start out with temperatures in the low 50s and low 60s by early this afternoon. And well talk more about this coming up. Mike has a look at your Early Morning commute. I do, kari. Some folks might think you commuted back to the office but you did not. Shes at home, folks, in front of that cool wall. A lot fewer folks traveling to work. Let me give you the new numbers from inrix, one of our traffic partners. Nationwide the traffic has dropped even more than last week. Down 41 . Statewide down 42 . Thats for california. Bay area wide were down 46 . Were only at 46 of our usual traffic, less than half the cars on the roadway. A live look to show you it is moving smoothly. The big rig is over on the shoulder. No slowing shows up because traffic is light. Watch for that on the right side as you approach the transition to the san mateo bridge. Back to you. Thank you, mike. 5 40 this morning and working on the front lines to help save lives. Still ahead on today in the bay, the all new preventative measures being taken by one Northern California fire department. Reporter it appears that shelter at home works so theres new pressure to institute a nationwide program. The latest from washington. But first, Health Care Workers are heading out to help in new york city. The epicenter of the pandemic. Southwest airlines tweeting out this photo of doctors and nurses on their way. In the meantime bailey planning to drive to new york city every weekend on her own dime just to help out. My mindset is that they need my help. I am able to help. I have the skills and i need to be there. Each of us has a purpose. We are destined to do something meaningful. What do you think a private, christian, education looks like . Gcu offers over 175 high quality online programs. Find your purpose at grand canyon university. Visit gcu. Edu. Right now at 5 44 lets go to los gatos for a look at our temperature trend that starts out in the low 50s. Well see some sunshine today and warming up into the upper 60s by this afternoon. More on this and some weekend rain in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. All right. Well look forward to that. Thanks so much, kari. In l. A. County they are widening their closures to include farmers markets. Theres been such a great concern of this pandemic spreading there. In fact, Health Leaders yesterday confirmed 342 new cases and seven more deaths bringing the number of people who have died in l. A. County to 44. Some fear another recent move by Health Authorities there may be the death knell for struggling restaurants. Theyre closing some Popup Grocery operations started by some eateries. Typically they provide just a few staples like milk, eggs, toilet paper. One Restaurant Owner says its the only thing keeping him alive. Its an opportunity to keep our doors open, a lot of our staff hired. And continuing to get muchneeded supplies to the neighborhood. He says 10 of his business is from takeout. The other 90 from grocery sales. The Restaurant Association is now in talks with the Health Department to try to reach a compromise for those folks. More states including those surrounding washington, d. C. , have gone into lockdown. Thats right. Scott mcgrew, theres a new push to bring that stayathome order to all 50 states. Reporter thats right. We all remember that video we saw of the spring breakers in florida who, no doubt, some of them were bringing covid19 coronavirus back to their parents, their grandparents, their schools all over the nation. Now that part of florida is actually now shut down. And an editorial in the Washington Post this morning praises President Trump for his new approach on the virus extending out the dates for the federal guidelines. He says he doesnt think we will be back to normal until june. Virginia and maryland have full restrictions. They went into shelter at home orders yesterday. Yellow states are only partial. Texas, only the big cities. In utah only salt lake city, and that only started yesterday. So President Trump under some pressure this morning to create a national lockdown. He thought that was unlikely but said stricter restrictions may be coming. We may add a few more but the guidelines will be as they are, maybe toughened up, but theyre having a tremendous impact and were starting to see it. Thats the key were starting to see the impact theyre having. Reporter house Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, pushing for a fourth coronavirus bill, getting some support from across the aisle. That next bill could include more support for mortgages. Pelosi is down playing the need for members of congress to vote in new ways, for instance, by phone. She said, quote, lets not spend time talking about that. Now there would be a lot of changes that would need to be made in order to get a quorum. You have to have a quorum present and they mean in congress itself. This is video last week of Speaker Pelosi signing the stimulus bill and over her right shoulder on the left of your screen is representative Nydia Velazquez of new york. She says she has been diagnosed with a probable case of covid19. Were watching everything thats happening in washington. You can follow us on twitter, of course. Im scottmcgrew. 5 48. The ongoing shelter in place order is having a major impact on businesses and wineries. Maggie curry is the marketing director for kendalljackson. Thanks for joining us this morning. When you think about wine here in the u. S. , you think about the bay area. So talk to me. How has this shelter in place affected your business . Good morning. We know the Wine Industry is a big part of californias story and with social distancing came the closure of our tasting rooms and so we got to thinking why dont we bring virtual wine tasting to fans at home. We launched something called at home with kendalljackson. We are looking to push that out sundays at 4 00 on our social channels and just bring a little joy. Were all trying to do our best to continue so how does this work . You can find us on facebook or instagram. Our handle is kjwines and sundays at 4 00 well post a new virtual wine tasting with our wine master who has been with us for, gosh, more than 25 years and youll see things like pairing with smores at home. Hell sit by his fireplace and talk about pairing with chocolate smores or about our new rose, another will be about cabernets that he wants to cover. Its doing our best. We think in person is always best to experience wine, but if we come out of this looking at everything glass half full, were learning to interact with wine fans virtually. So many people go online and use video chats. Now they can incorporate wine tasting but we tell people drink responsibly. Its tough for a lot of people right now. Were hoping with everything so heavy to continue to interact with our fans. I think people are looking for positivity. Thank you so much for joining us this morning, maggie. Yeah, thanks. Everybody trying to get creative out there. Several other local wineries are offering Virtual Tours online. You can find more information on nbcbayarea. Com. Something else good to talk about this morning, everyone has an artistic streak, laura, you included, and tapping into that with a new challenge. Thats right. Take a look at what the museum is doing. Theyre challenging people to come up with creative ideas. Sq asking people to recreate works of art. One family put a twist on the painting of baby jesus and mother using unicorn headbands. Theres even a painting of madonna and child turned into a woman and her french bulldog. Even a spotted horse was recreated with a pile of blankets. Recreating a lot of things. Kari hall has set up a green screen. I thought we had some pictures of that. There we go. There you have it. Recreating our studio, kari, doing your best to make this all seamless for people, this transition were going through right now. Really youre making it easy for a lot of people to keep track of whats going on with the weather and nice setup, too. I have the green screen here at home and just trying to make it easy to see and keep it as normal as possible even though we know were not in normal times. As we check out our Weather Forecast were starting out with a live look outside in walnut creek. We do have some clouds overhead. We will see some clearing going into this afternoon. A Beautiful Day ahead as we reach into the upper 60s, even low 70s in the east bay with sunshine and some upper 60s in parts of the north bay. Partly cloudy skies and tracking rain very close to the bay area. It looks like it will stay to the north, it may move into ukiah but areas south of there will not see a whole lot of rain. We are going to continue on with dry weather, sunshine, slightly above normal temperatures for many of us, but this week it will cool off as a new system comes in and will bring in lower temperatures for saturday and sunday. A look at the sevenday forecast because we will see the rain moving in saturday and sunday, looking at the possibility of about a half inch of rain for the north bay up to a little bit more for areas further to the north. An inch of rain in you ki yukia decent snows coming down there. The possibility of a couple feet of snow. Lets head over to mike now with an update on the commute, getting you to work for essential drivers. Im going to have to clear more space in our bedroom, i guess. Looking to the sensors, first transit. The big note for transit agencies as we look at our grid talking about muni. The subway no longer functioning. They will use only the buses because ridership is down so much as well as other agencies reducing their numbers. Getting out there for the live look we see traffic moving smoothly without any major problems. A disabled big rig with a punctured fuel tank. Well send it right back to you. Happening now pg e will not use money from a new campfire victims fund to pay a 4 million criminal fine. The utility pleaded guilty to 84 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting the fire that ripped through butte county. They will use a different fund designed to pay insurance companies. 5 54 right now. Coming up next nbc bay area responds. Reporter what if you cant pay your credit card or make your car payment . Im consumer investigator chris chmura. 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Lets start with car loans because a lot of us pay monthly and owe a ton. Ally, one of the countrys largest lenders, says its currently letting drivers defer car payments up to 120 days. If you just signed a loan for a new car they can delay your first payment 90 days. Ally says youve got to call in to activate these offers and thats true of every bank we contacted. If youre having an income crunch, get out in front of it. Reporter what about credit cards . The fed says we owe another 1 trillion on our plastic. But its possible youll be able to defer Monthly Payments and interest during the pandemic. Several banks and Credit Unions are offering assistance like no interest and payment pauses. Again, though, its not automatic. You must call in. If you prefer to speak with someone in person you can. Banks are considered essential services. Check their hours. Some have scaled back operations and branch hours might be shorter than normal. Were taking virus questions. Click the main menu and then respond or call us 888996tips. A very good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im Marcus Washington here at the studio. Bay area cases top 2,200. Santa clara county saw another big jump yesterday bringing the total to 848 confirm cases. 65 people have died in the bay area so far. Happening today bay area Health Leaders are expected to officially extend the stayathome order to at least may 1st. In the meantime there are now over 801,000 cases worldwide with more than 38,000 deaths. In the u. S. More than 3,000 people have now died from the coronavirus. Its 6 00 right now. Well continue our coverage this morning. First want to get you up to speed when it comes to the forecast as well. Lets check in with meteorologist kari hall. Good morning. Well have a Beautiful Day today looking at a mix of sun and clouds and the rain staying to the north. As we look at walnut creek we are going to see our temperatures starting out in the low 50s, feeling milder as you head out the door but reaching the low 60s by early this afternoon. Eventually reaching into the upper 60s today. More weather like this in the forecast in a few minutes