What were learning about a Bay Area Police officer who died of the coronavirus. And should you be wearing one . The White House Task force may be changing its stance on masks. What you need to know to protect yourself in public. Good evening everyone. Im janelle wang in the studio. And im Jessica Aguirre in the newsroom. At midnight the second wave of the bay areas shelter at home order takes effect, and this time the guidelines are stricter. Seven bay area counties officially extending the order through may 3rd. Another 4 1 2 weeks. Sonoma county added to the list late this evening. Nbc bay areas ian cull is live in morgan hill. Ian, more things will soon be off limits. Reporter thats right, jessica. You know, many cities have shut down playgrounds already, but now its going to be around the bay area. Maybe looking just like this one in morgan hill. Tape around the entire playground so no one can go on it. Theyre also adding new recreational areas like basketball courts and dog parks. It might already feel like weve been ordered to stay at home for months, but its only been two weeks. And Bay Area Health officers say its not enough, extending the order until at least may 3rd. The new rules are more strict. Sports that use a ball like soccer or baseball can only be played with members of your household. Basketball courts will close. Trying to get a little bit of exercise and get a little bit out of the house. Reporter manuel was playing with gloves as a precaution and wanted to put up a few more shots while he still can. People are dying, so i can see why theyre trying to do whatever it takes to prevent that. And as much as we hate it, i guess its probably the right thing to do. Reporter other recreational areas like tables and barbecues, even dog parks that people share are also shutting down at midnight. Its more safer for my dog to be in dog parks instead of running out into the street. Reporter most residential and commercial construction is prohibited, and social distancing is now mandatory everywhere. Santa clara countys Health Officer says this is not the time to relax restrictions. We all must continue to do our part to slow the spread of disease, to ensure that our essential Services Remain open, most especially our hospitals and health care facilities. Reporter you can still go for walks in some large open space areas like the quicksilver park for now. But the county has said if people dont follow the rules, all parks may close. There are many morgues around the bay area that are closed like in san mateo county, all of them are closed in the county there. Here in the south bay, the d. A. Says he is receiving dozens of calls about companies or businesses that are violating the order. He says they will be investigating those. Live in morgan hill, ian cull, nbc bay area news. Thank you, ian. So what can you do under this new shelter order . Like ian said, we looked through all the details. You can still go walking, hiking, cycling, running without limitation as long as you practice social distancing and most likely in your own neighborhood because many parks and trails might be shutting down. You can attend a funeral as long as there are no more than ten people there. You can move homes if it was already in the works and you can still get a plumber, electrician and exterminator. Home based scare for seniors, children and pets is also allowed under this hour. Californias superintendent of schools says brace for it. Students likely are not be back on campus for the remainder of the year. Thur mon says the state is doing its best to support School Districts with virtual classrooms. State educators are working to make sure students have access to devices for internet learning. Theyre coming up with a plan for seniors to make sure they meet all their graduation requirements. One east bay teacher says she is still worried about her students. It really concerns me about the loss of contact the students are having with their teachers. A lot of these students really depend on that daily consistent figure in the classroom and on the campus. Its part of their world. Thur mon is expected to make an announcement with more detailed guidance for schools tomorrow. Sad news out of the north bay where a santa rosa Police Officer has died from the virus. Marilou armor, a 20 year veteran of the department passed away today leaving behind a husband and stepdaughter. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney is live at the Santa Rosa Police department. Terry, this is a stark reminder of the risks our First Responders face each day. Reporter it is, and Santa Rosa Police department, of course, stunned at the loss of detective armor. You can see outside the Police Department here, youve got some flowers and balloons in tribute to her. It really focuses on the question of how First Responders can do their job without getting sick. They brought flowers and balloons for detective armor, a tribute to the woman who served her community for two decades, most recently on the Domestic Violence Sexual Assault team. Calistoga Police Officer luis pant agura knew the detective. It brings it closer. Were out there, patrolling the streets making sure everybody is safe. Reporter Santa Rosa Police issuing a written statement saying, sadly detective armer was one of our Department Employee whos previously tested positive for covid19 and today succumbed to complications from the illness. Our hearts are with the family and detective armer will be deeply misses. 107 members of the santa rosa p. D. , armer was one of seven who tested positive. Eight results are still pending. They work closely together. They have events together, trainings, these sort of things. So there had been a lot of exposure amongst people even after they were ill. Reporter congressman Mike Thompson represents Sonoma County and is asking everyone to learn from the frontline bravery of First Responders. Honor their sacrifice by doing the responsible thing. Stay at home. Stay away from people. Lets get through this pandemic. Reporter Santa Rosa Police say theyre going to have much more tomorrow on the detective and her life. Also a gofundme page has been set up to help her family. Live in santa rosa, Terry Mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. It is sad. Thank you, terry. Lets take a look at the latest numbers in the bay area. Tonight the total number of cases now approaching 2,400. 890 of those are in Santa Clara County. 63 people in the bay area have died from covid19. New numbers tonight show just how quickly the virus has spread across the nation. Take a look at this graph. On march 1st, we had just 89 cases. By the last day of the month, we now have more than 186,000. Take a look at how much the death toll has climbed this month. Tonight more than 3,800 deaths. Nearly 1,000 more lives lost compared to 9 11. The White House Task force predicts the death toll could grow between 100,000 and 240,000. Its absolutely critical for the American People to follow the guidelines for the next 30 days. Its a matter of life and death frankly. The nations Top Health Officials say without strict social distancing, as many as 2 million americans could die. The spotlight in the fight against the virus landed on california today. The white house held up our state as a shining example for the rest of the country. They brought together their communities and their health providers, and they put in strong mitigation methods and testing. And you can see what the result in Washington State and california is. California is at nearly flat blue line at the bottom of the graph. Now, compared to fourrdhit sta. The top two lines are new york and new jersey which has seen huge spikes in cases. Health Officials Say social distancing is working to slow the spread but we cant stop yet because were still in a critical period where the virus could spread rapidly. For weeks weve been telling you if youre not sick you dont need to be the person to wear a mask. Today, though, the president s Coronavirus Task force says that could be changing. You might need a mask. Nbc bay areas jean elle is live in San Francisco with more and really here the big thing is the type of mask that you need. You dont need that n95 mask unless you really work at a hospital. Reporter thats what experts say, and experts are telling me tonight as coronavirus spreads, there are more people around us who have it and they dont know it. So if we all wear a mask, we all keep our germs to ourselves. Tonight federal officials are saying they want to make sure medical workers have the supplies they need before they encourage us to get them. Some people are Wearing Masks in public, and some are not. Until now, public Health Officials have said its not necessary for people to cover their nose and mouth unless they are sick. But thats changing. When we get in a situation where we have enough masks, i believe there will be some very serious consideration about more broadening this recommendation of using masks. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci says it may be time to encourage people to cover up. But he wants to make sure Health Care Workers have the supplies they need first. This bay area doctor agrees. It might be worth wearing something thats covering your nose and mouth area for the short term until theres enough masks for everyone. Reporter the doctor says the guidance is changing because there are more people in our communities who are asymptomatic but still spreading the virus. So theres just more coronavirus around. So a mask might make more sense now than it did three weeks ago. Reporter if you dont have a mask, she recommends covering up with a scarf when heading to the grocery store, where its hard to stay six feet away from other people. In San Francisco, people say any will wear them if they can get them. I think it makes sense. I mean anything that we can do to kind of make sure people are just even a little bit safer. I guess the question would just be like where to get them. Reporter masks are hard to find, but you can use a scarf or a bandanna. Whatever you use, when you get home, be sure and wash it. Reporting live in San Francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. We are on till midnight. Ahead, waiting for your stimulus check. In the mail, or are you unsure if youre getting one . Were going to show you how the process works. Plus cheap gas, cheap airline tickets, much more. The bargain prices people are seeing during this pandemic. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Well show you how warm it gets tomorrow and how much sunshine, and well take a look at that rain outlook coming up in about six minutes. Developing at this hour, a 6. 5 earthquake which rattled idaho, it happened right before 6 00 this evening. About 73 miles northeast of meridian, which is near boise. So far no reports of injury or damage. However, it is the most powerful earthquake to hit the state since 1983. New at 11 00, too little, too late. Mexico has started taking tougher measures to stop the spread of covid19, but experts say it should have been done weeks ago. Only yesterday did mexico ban nonessential work and large gatherings. And the call to stay home is still voluntary. Today mexico reported more than 1,000 confirmed cases and 28 deaths. Its getting ready to happen. Washington preparing to issue 1,200 stimulus payments to millions of people across the u. S. Weve just gotten more information about how exactly its going to work. Consumer investigator chris chmura found several Unanswered Questions too. A lot of this remains under construction. We still dont know exactly when youre going to get your stimulus payment. Heres what we do know about the process. The irs will use info it has on file, and the vast majority of people do not need to take any action. The irs will calculate and automatically send the Economic Impact payment to those eligible. It seems paper checks are possible. If you prefer detective drop but havent given uncle sam your account number yet, the irs says in the coming weeks, treasury plans to develop a webbased portal for individuals to providing this banking information. One initial unknown was about people who dont ordinarily file tax returns like many elderly Social Security recipients. Do they have to take action . The irs now says yes. People who typically do not file a tax return will need to file a simple tax return to receive an Economic Impact payment. How do you do that . The process is still tba. The irs says its working on a system where you file a simple but necessary return. Please stay tuned for details. In the meantime, you can go to our website and estimate your payment amount. Go to nbcbayarea. Com. Click responds from the main menu. Our team embedded a calculator inside the stimulus story thats featured up front. Thanks, chris. The tough times continue on wall street. The dow posted its worst First Quarter performance ever thanks to steep losses in march from the coronavirus crisis. Falling another 410 points today as well. And the s p down 42. The nasdaq losing 74. New at 11 00, with so much financial turmoil, you can actually get some good deals during this pandemic. Theyre out there from cars to flights to food. But is that a good thing or a bad thing . Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd talked with a local economist about whats going on. Cheryl . Reporter well, restaurants, gas stations all trying to keep their heads above water during this pandemic. But as you can see, the airport is empty even though theres a lot of flight deals out there. The big question is how long will the deals last . Its an eerie sight here at Oakland International airport. The coronavirus is keeping everyone grounded at home even though flying these days is very cheap. I like the price, but i understand the circumstances that were in. Reporter this pandemic is forcing airlines to drop some of their prices. The real price discounts are being offered by industries that have been hard hit by the virus. Travel, tourism. These companies are doing what they can to maintain some sort of revenue flow, and thats why youre seeing the deals. Reporter the deals are everywhere. Car dealerships are offering Online Shopping with zero financing. Restaurants are working to lure people in with discounts when drivethrough and walkup menus are the only thing available. The covid19 scare is pushing down gas prices. It wasnt hard to find fuel for under 3 a gallon, a deal but people arent buying. A lot of it has to do with the fact that demand has cratered. People are staying in their homes. Theyre not driving as much as they used to. Reporter so how long will the deals last . Those deals will be withdrawn as business picks up a bit. So theyre out there when we can use them least. Reporter in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Staying at home but not staying quiet. A San Francisco neighborhood getting through this difficult time with some pipes. Yes, as in bagpipes. That is professional bagpiper hal wilkes. He lives in the castro. He plays a song from his rooftop every night at sundown to entertain, console, and soothe his neighbors during the coronavirus crisis. People tell me they look forward to it every night. I look out over the hills and i see dozens if not hundreds of people waving from the windows. Its kind of cool. Wilkes is part of the oldest pipe band west of the mississippi. He says he was inspired by the viral videos of italians on lockdown playing music for each other from their balconies. That is really a sweet sound to hear, right . Its very soothing. So much. Very nice to see people all over the country and world doing things like that. Our jeff ranieri is working from home, and he has some great news about our weather this week. Its really going to be shaping up nice as we head through tomorrow. Plenty of blue sky on the way. Well take you outside to our live highdefinition Sky Camera Network right now. We do have a few clouds rolling into san jose, but as we continue through the next couple of hours, well see those clouds move in and then move out. Notice by 6 00 a. M. , starting off mostly clear, and well be down to an average of about 50 degrees. But notice once we hit those morning lows around 7 00, 7 30 in the morning, well be a lot cooler here through the bay area with plenty of 40s from the north bay over to the east bay, down to the south bay. Chilliest temperatures right up to santa rosa at 41 degrees at napa at also 41. Cloud cover again, not going to be really hanging around at all tomorrow. We have some of it well offshore but notice right there over the bay area, we are beginning mostly sunny from the north bay all the way down to the south bay. Its going to shape up to be not only good for the morning if you have to get outside for a little bit or youre just stepping out the back door to get some fresh air, youll see that sunshine will continue right through the afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow, i got a great forecast for you. Were going up a couple of degrees. This will put us in the upper 60s to about 70. So at least the weather is going to be a bright spot for us here in all of this shelter in place. When we get that sunshine, we get that blue skies, and temperatures like this, you just cant beat it. Some classic california weather coming our way. And i tell you, you want to enjoy it and get some of that fresh air right now because we do have a storm system on the way by this weekend. So as a lot of us are trying to take a break from home schooling the kids or doing work from home, here comes another system on saturday and sunday. Colder temperatures and that chance of rain. So if anything, its going to keep us californians inside and following those shelter in place orders and, well, there will be more sun to come next week as well. So well talk all about that storm system and how much rain well get. Ill have that for you all in about 25 minutes. Thank you very much, jeff. Hockey season looks to be frozen longer. How much further back the nhl is pushing its quarantine period. Sports is coming up next. Happening now, San Francisco will pay 369,000 to freelance journalist brian car moddy. The settlement is the result of a police raid of his home and office last year. Officers handcuffed car moddy and seized his computers, cameras and phone. They were searching for the confidential source of a leaked report into the death of the citys former public defender jeff adachi. The best way to predict the future is to create it and change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. They are the Unsung Heroes risking their own lives to treat patients. 58 million latinos live in the united states. If we all participate in the 2020 census, we can ensure fair funding for our schools, libraries, hospitals, and other public services. The census is safe, its confidential, and our community is counting on us to do our part. We know who we are and how vibrant our community is. Lets make sure our nation knows it too. For more information, visit getcounted. Com, and to participate, go to census. Gov. The nhl says it will remain on ice for at least two more weeks. The league has extended its selfquarantine period for players and staff until at least april 15th. The nhl suspended play on march 12th amid growing concerns about the spread of the virus. League Officials Say the prolonged mandate plus local isolation guidelines make it almost impossible to reopen team facilities. Two players on the Ottawa Senators and two on the Colorado Avalanche have tested positive for covid19. No ice, no problem. A former sharks star finds a way to stay in shape while sheltering at home with his family. Patrick marleau skating on roller blades down the hallway with his son running behind him. Marleau was traded to the pittsburgh penguins. Many venues are now being converted into temporary hospitals. That includes the Billie Jean King National Tennis center, which is home of the u. S. Open in flushing meadows new york. To make room for the overwhelming number of patients infected with covid19 at nearby hospitals. 350 temporary beds will be set up for nonicu patients in the indoor courts. And the countdown to the summer games in tokyo back on, albeit extended. The clock in front of tokyo station now shows 479 days until the opening ceremony. The rescheduled Olympic Games will now take place july 23rd but in 2021. The games will still be called tokyo 2020 even though theyll be held a year later. Still coming up in our second half hour, new statistics show californias shelter in place is working, but oaklands mayor cautions dont get too comfortable. And a new line of defense being called in to fight against coronavirus. Two Group Hospitals turning to help in this fight. The goal is to decrease to the greatest extent possible the average number of contacts that each of us has with each other. Right now at 11 30, stricter and longer. Its just 30 minutes an updated stayathome order goes into effect across most of the bay area. Were talking seven counties in all. Sonoma just added to the list late this evening. And that order now runs through may 3rd. Thats another 4 1 2 weeks, and when you wake up in the morning, there are more places you cant go and more things you cant do. Nbc bay areas ian cull joins us live from morgan hill. Ian, the message, stay at home to flatten the curve. Reporter yeah, exactly. If youre trying to get outside to get some exercise or go to a playground like this one in diana park in morgan hill, youre going to start noticing some more changes starting tomorrow. This playground, for example, has been completely taped off so nobody can go on it. You also might start noticing basketball courts, benches, or tables shut down. Keep in mind these new rules are bay areawide now. The order states that sports that use a ball like soccer or baseball can only be played with members of your household. Other recreational areas and even dog parks that people might share are also shutting down at midnight. Most residential and commercial construction is also prohibited. And social distancing is now mandatory everywhere. People are dying, so i can see why theyre trying to do whatever it takes to prevent that. And as much as we hate it, i guess its probably the right thing to do. Reporter you can still go out for walks in some large open space areas in Santa Clara County parks like the alma d
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