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I have two young children, so the sooner that this can pass, and we get back to schools opening, and things like that, and this mitigates things, then yes, by all means. They also want to remind you that a mask is not a replacement for social distancing and sheltering at home. Instead, the mask serves as one more step toward the new normal. This will also help us in the future and also now, as we hope to be able to relax the stayathome order. By then, people will already be in the hablt of wearing Face Coverings. Reporter the order does go into effect tonight but theyre not planning to enforce it until the middle of next week, to give people time to prepare. In San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Thank you. So if you dont have a mask yet, we made it easy for you. Our consumer investigator chris chmura put together this video on how to make one in about five minutes. No sewing required. You can see the diy tutorial at nbc bay area. Com. Well, startling new information out of stanford. It shows there may be 50 times more coronavirus cases than are on record. The results come from the Antibody Test that weve been telling you about that stanford is conducting. Researchers there recruited volunteers on facebook, 3,000 people were tested, for antibodies on april 3rd and 4th. Stanford researchers discovered that about two and a half to 4. 2 of People Living in Santa Clara County carry the antibodies and the virus may have infected between 48,000 and 81,000 people by the beginning of april. Thats a 50 to 85, 50 too 85 times more than the official number of cases during that time period. We have to mention that the study has not been peer reviewed. Peer review is the scrutiny of being accurate by other doctors and those outside the scope of the study. Our major problem skis sincy one is a lack of testing. Pinpoint as we speak is holding his daily briefing. It has been going on for more than 90 minutes now. A live look at the white house in washington, d. C. And now, in a teleconference earlier today, with the White House Task force, democrats argue that opening the economy couldnt proceed without nationwide testing. Now, in President Trumps briefing, which is still happening, he insisted that testing has gone well. However, dr. Anthony fauci acknowledged the problems with testing, in weeks past and says communication and supply chains have improved. If these things are done correctly, and i believe they can, we will have, and there will be enough tests to allow us to take this country safely through phase one. There have been some great partisan voices in the media and politics, who have spread false and misleading information about our testing capacity, totally false and misleading. Dr. Birx says the tests of people, whether people have the virus, are complex, and there will never be enough, so antigen tests which show who has had the virus, and is immune, will be the key focus. Well, here in the bay area, would he have surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases. And in the last 24 hours, almeda county reporting 53 new cases. Santa clara and San Francisco county, adding more than 30. Today, were remembering bun of those lives lost. A lifelong oakland resident who left a lasting mark in the east bay, as a business owner, a grandfather, and almost a 50year member of the oakland rotary club. Garvin thomas shares his story. When g more fun than this, his family certainly cant recall it. That is gene behind the wheel of his beautiful newly purchased 1964 Lincoln Continental convertible in last years fourth of july parade. Gene was a car guy going way back, you see. To hes teenaged days growing up in oakland. He built his first car from scratch. His daughter jacqueline knows the stories well. Salvaging cars. R restoring them. And by the time he was old enough for a license, he had a working car. Reporter as good as gene was in car, he was better in business. Eventually owning five bay area branches of Johnstone Supply store, and good with members and had a special talent dealing with people. It made him a perfect fit for almost 50 years in the rotary club of oakland. Incredibly gregarious. Unbelievably outgoing. Loved being with other people and working with other people. It was in rotary, in fact, that gene met the love of his past 20 years of his life, wendy howard. He had an enormous heart. He loved movies with a happy ending. I dont know how many times we saw pretty woman, he knew it by heart. Gene fell ill with covid19 not long after a trip to the east coast in march. And jacqueline, who had recovered from covid19 herself was allowed to visit him. She spent an hour by his bedside the day before he died, able to give gene a message from his family, and his community. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. We appreciate the story. Recession or depression, either way, our economy is at historic lows. Today Governor Newsom formed a team of business and political heavy weights to help with this economic recovery. This Advisory Team is made up of Silicon Valley leaders and former governors. Some of the big names include apple ceo tim cook and Arnold Schwarzenegger and tom steyer, and bob iger, former disney ceo. They will help with the biggest problem, our unemployment. This is since march 12th, 3. 1 million have filed for unemployment insurance. A few weeks back, i was giving a state of the state, talking about the fact that we had just entered into the 119th month of consecutive job growth. Governor newsom was also on the ellen show a little while ago. You might have seen the program before our newscast. That story in a few minutes. And on our 6 00 newscast, we will be joined by tom steyer. We have been telling you that social distancing is really the key to all of this. So lets look at the impact of social distancing, and what it has done when it comes to the number of doctor visits. The map that youre looking at is the number of outpatient visits to doctors, for all flulike illnesses including covid19. So not hospitalizations, but people actually going to the doctor, it is for the week that ended march 21st. The dark, dark area, the red, a lot of doctor visits. You can see it here, on the map, as well. Okay, jumping two weeks ahead, you can see cases going down nationwide. A lot of the states then go into this kind of green range, right . California going from orange to yellow instead, and new york also moving down one level, from purple to red up here. Last week, the number of visits dropped everywhere. California now also in the green level. Along with a majority of the country. New york and new jersey going lighter with a much lighter shade of red. Now, the drop is slower there, than in the rest of the country, so their hope of course is to move into a yellow and green zone as well. Well, theres a promising drug made by a Bay Area Company that could be the first approved treatment for covid19. Its not a new drug necessarily but being repurposed so to speak. Lets bring in janelle wang with has the details. Janelle . Yes, raj, weve heard a lot about this drug by gileaz sciences which is headquartered in foster city, it is originally used in tests to treat ebola but now proving to be pretty effectively against the coronavirus. I speak to dr. Joseph fare an nbc news science contribute ber, it and he says the drug went through two clinical trial, the study was done in chicago and in china. The one in chicago that just wrapped up 125 patients were treated with redvesavir and most recovered so well, they were discharged in a week, but two patient disdie. Even though this drug shows great promise, he doesnt believe all shelter at home restrictions will be lifted at all this year. I think for the foreseeable future, were going to, you know, be in this new normal, under the postcovid19 world, as it is. And i think, you know, until we get a vaccine in place, or we develop some type of herden immunity, meaning most of us have gotten the virus and survived it and we have some kind of immunity to it, were probably going to meet in the middle as far as time line goes for that. But i think this is going to be the new normal for at least six to nine months. At the very minimum. The doctor also mentioned another treatment showing great promise, serum made from the blood of patients who have survived covid19 and developed antibodies and the serum is infused into sick patients. Ucsf is one of hospitals testing the treatments. A lot of things in the works. These two treatments proving to be most effective right now, but a lot of testing still needs to be done. Raj, jessica . Thank you, janelle. Well, paying it forward, some people in the south bay spending their stimulus checks by actually giving it away. The Gonzalez Family of san jose donated most of their money to the sigh create Heart Community services agency. The agency has seen a 25 surge in need, at the same time seeing a drop in donations and volunteers. People need food, housing, and money, and the Gonzalez Family says the word need was at the heart of their decision. We really dont need it. I mean we could use it. But we dont really need it. Others need it more than we did. Isnt that wonderful . The Gonzalez Family says they challenged friends on facebook to do the same and a lot of friends responded. Sacred heart says it appreciates the generosity during what it calls cataclysmic times. Up next, here at 5 00, the produce section of your grocery store, have you noticed, it might be a little bare. The outbreak at a Distribution Center that is impacting our food supply. And the good news, were getting bart to the south bay, the decision by vta that may speed things up. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking the cooler weather and our chances of rain, and when things eventually will warm back up. Im see you in about seven minutes. My new bitesized, crispy popcorn chicken is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. We have new details about the deadly stabbing in pleasanton, involving a 19yearold. Jackson buckler was killed in the parking lot of the Hyatt House Hotel on wednesday night. Police believe he was staying at the hotel and met up with some people in the parking lot. They say a fight started and butler was stabbed several times. He was taken to a local hospital where he died. Police are now looking for two suspects between the ages of 16 and 20 years old. Anyone with information is urged to call pleasanton police. Another major change for vtas plans to bring bart to downtown san jose and santa clara. The agency just dropped the proposal to bore the Worlds Largest subway tunnel. Instead, it is reopening the design process. The tunnel plan was both risky and expensive. The latest change pushes the project though further into the future. Vta is already nearly two years late in delivering stations in milpitas and san jose neighborhoods. The produce shelves at your local Safeway Stores are a little bit bare. Safeway confirms that its linked to an outbreak at a major Distribution Center. Nbc bay area reports San Joaquin Valley is trying to determine whether it is an isolated outbreak. Reporter all employees and visitors at safeways Northern California Distribution Center are now required to undergo temperature checks after 3 of its workers, about 50 people, tested positive for covid19. At least one employee also died from covid19 complications. Safeway confirming the outbreak and death, after noticeable shortages in produce and other select items became apparent at Stores Across Northern California. Safeway director of Public Affairs wendy gutchow also says all workers at the tracy center now have to wear masks, stagger breaks for social distancing, and she says the company also instituted a number of new sanitizing efforts. Meanwhile, San Joaquin County Public Health services sent out a memo to neighboring Distribution Centers, and other businesses, across the county, asking them to report covid19 outbreaks. The memo says if there are three or more Lab Confirmed cases, it is considered an outbreak at a workplace. A spokesperson for the agency says so far, she does not know of any other outbreaks that have been reported since the memo went out. Safeway also said, according to the food and drug administration, there is no reason to believe the virus could be transferred through any of its products or packages. Its full statement is on our web site at nbcbayarea. Com. In tracy thom jensen, nbc bay area news. Thank you. And still a good reminder, we have been talking about it the last several week, wipe down all of the packages and jeff, you talked about it at length, whether it is amazon delivery or grocery store, just wipe it down before you bring it in the house. And the produce especially, you know, you almost seem kind of crazy, how much youre washing it down, but really cannot be too safe at this time. Coming up here in just a little bit, i wasnt planning on doing this immediately after this story, i didnt know that story was airing but we did just get some seeds here at home, i know were like a lot of folks, were trying to begin to plant our own vegetables, just because there are some food short ages. So i will show you whats best here to plant in the bay area, in just a couple of minutes. Lets bring you outside right now, to our satellite and radar picture, we do have a system just offshore, and that is helping to bring in some fog, as you move through tomorrow morning, and it is a little bit breezy out there, winds 10 to 25 miles an hour. And no rainfall. A lot of it stayed off to the south but certainly a huge, huge change from what we experienced earlier this week with those 80s. You can see some of the top gusts right now in napa, at 22 to 27 miles an hour. And 10 to 20 out there, across contra costa county, and almeda counties. Now, our forecast, for tomorrow morning, it does keep the cloud cover, some spotty drizzle near the coastline, it might help you to sleep in a little bit tomorrow morning, and a lot of us have been stressed out and hard to get that sleep and maybe those clouds will help you in the morning. By the afternoon, well get some gradual Sunshine Building in. So i think weve got a pretty good day shaping up for us tomorrow. Well begin with upper 40s and low 50s, down as low as 48 in the trivalley and another cool spot will be the north bay at 47. So we have that overcast to begin, some sun breaking out, once we hit the afternoon, as the temperatures will drop a couple more degree, and that will put us down to 63 in gilroy and 65 in san jose. And right over to the east bay, 68 in concord, and back to hayward, and 63, it will remain breezy tomorrow, five to 15 miles an hour for most spots, and so when that wind kicks up, it will make it feel even a little bit chillier. 63 in san mateo. San francisco, the gustiest winds out of the southwest at 14, and 5 a in the marina. 55 in the maria. My extended forecast shows that chance of rain, remaining once we hit monday. But i lowered the totals. Only. 05 to. 15 of an inch. And a warmer 68 in San Francisco by next friday. Across the inland valleys, well go down as cool as 64 on monday, with that chance of some spotty showers. Then we go up, up, up. By next friday, 82, that will bring us about 10 degrees above average, and that would make day 39 inside with covid19, and with covid19, we know a lot of us are still trying to order food, it is taking a week or longer to get some deliveries. A cool thing to look at, cucumber, basil, tomatoes, squash, and lemon trees, those are excellent things to plant here, in the bay area, with our microclimate, in april, and raj and jess, as i just mentioned, we did score some basil, some summer squash and also some tomato seeds. Now, a lot of these are getting sold out online. But i dont know, folks at home, if youve been thinking about it, maybe head online and check it out, because what else better to do with our time than maybe get down on our hands and knees and start a garden, right . Youre right, jeff. And tomatoes, usually it is right before mothers day, we plant them. So were right in that zone. Getting in on the tomatoes. And ill probably need some coaches back here at home. And darryl will be helping me out with that and well see how that goes and try to up date you. Thanks, jeff. Coming up, hailing heroes. Janelle will show us some of the great ways the bay area is thanking our first responders. Janelle wang working from home and we want to continue to hail our heroes. This picture sent to me by kathy loga, she wanted to give a shoutout to paramedics and emts, this is a picture of rebecca and nick, she says they go home and they cant even hug their kids and spouses, because they dont want to infect them, if they probably got exposed while on the job. And you can see signs like this everywhere. This is at the state park, we love essential workers, thank you from the concord community. This picture sent to me by caroline, and she says similar banners are all over the city of concord. So week five of the shelter at home order. My young toddler, well i shouldnt say toddler, preschooler, turned four is, going a little bit stir crazy. She has not left the house, and i found her this morning talking to siri. What about the coronavirus. Sorry, im not sure about that. Siri, listen to me. I dont have the coronavirus. Go home. Aye, aye, aye. So she says she doesnt have the coronavirus and she should be allowed out of the house and go play and unfortunately i told her if you go out all of your Favorite Places are still shut down so sorry youre stuck at home with me and your friend siri. I echo her aye, aye, aye, i think its true indeed. Siri could never understand that. Thanks, janelle. You might have seen him on ellen today, right before our newscast. Governor newsom talked about how our lives with siri or not will look in the coming months. The new normal may look like every establishment you go to, youve got a mask on, your temperature is taken. When you walk into that establishment, it has half the number of aisles that it used to have. If its a restaurant or a bar, half as many seats that it used to have. Your waiter may come over with gloves. And this might be how we phase in to a new normal. The governor doesnt think there could be a full reopening of our state until there is a herd immunity or a vaccine. And their wedding had to be postponed but that didnt stop a south bay couple from celebrating their love. They got a surprise on what would have been their wedding day. We will show you next. Everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. Coming up tonight at 6 00, wear your Face Covering for one store across the street and you dont have to for another. The confusion of different counties with different orders. Well have that story and more coming up tonight at 6 00. And as we like to do, we like to end on something good. What they say in showbiz, the show must go on, also in tv news, the newscast must go on and for the weddings, the weddings must go on a beautiful picture here, san jose teacher Marjorie Hazel and her fiance tyler krause were scheduled to get married on march 28 and obviously the plans had to be rescheduled but that didnt stop them from having their own makeshift celebration. It was so, to me, tiny and pure and a real celebration of our love. It wasnt what we thought it was going to be, and we call it the almost wedding. But it was still pretty special. Good prep for married life, right . You got to expect the unexpected. Yes. And their neighbors joined in and celebrated from a distance, as you can see, and one even pulled out all the stops and started playing the bag dspipes there on the front yard. We wish them eternal happiness, for sure. Thanks for joining us. Lester holt is next. We will see you back here at 6 00. Tonight, the battle over reopening america as the u. S. Death toll surges to over 36,000 President Trump tweeting a call to quote liberate several states encouraging protesters the day after saying governors would call the shots on lifting their own restrictions a number of states extending their orders, others already easing them. In florida some beaches cleared to open. Also, the nightmare at nursing homes. Severe staffing and equipment shortages. Families not even told when their loved one has died. The potential breakthrough, an experimental treatment. With all the medicine, i believe i wont even see my father again