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Businesses to reopen. It comes as a vacaville woman promises to reopen her hair salon in just a few hours defying those shutdown orders. Start filing for unemployment assistance from the state. The aid applies for people who do not qualify for regular state benefits. Im laura garcia. And im Marcus Washington. A look at traffic coming up in about eight minutes with mike inouye. First, meteorologist kari hall is tracking the forecast, shaping up to be another warm week for us, right, kari . Yes, especially today. Were looking at temperatures that will be in some spots near record highs and ill be watching those numbers in concord where we start out at 60 degrees but already at noon were in the low 80s and well see the highs reaching into the upper 80s later on today and then for the coastal areas were staying in the upper 60s in San Francisco. Low 60s in half moon bay. The valleys, thats where it will be hot. Ill have a look at those numbers and how close well get to a record in some spots coming up in the full micro climate forecast. Thanks, kari. The federal government announcing a plan to help states ramp up coronavirus testing. The problems with the latest batch of Small Business loans. Tracie . Reporter marcus, good morning. Businesses are still having problems getting those loans, california is short about 12,000 test as day that need to be done to be ready to reopen by may 1st. The federal governments new blueprint to help states include setting up more coronavirus test sites and double testing from 1 to 2 . Ensuring we work together, that every client receives the test that is they need. 2 of americans getting tested every month way too little. It would take us four years to test every american. Reporter ten states are starting to reopen against federal guidelines under pressure from Business Owners and unemployed workers. We are going to be broke. The real broke. Reporter as restrictions are eased President Trump predicts schools may be next. They may be ready to open up their School Systems, well see. Thats their choice. The word is safety. Okay . Rapid but safety. Reporter Small Businesses seeking 310 billion in new funding face technical problems and delays. Business leaders and the unemployed need to see some light and have hope that we can move beyond. Reporter as washington promises to work with states, the Justice Department is looking for stay home orders that go too far, violating americans freedoms to be out and about with this virus still spreading. Now Health Experts say that the testing really needs to be done now because states are starting to scale back their restrictions. People will be in close proximity again, and according to the cdc, one in four people with this virus have no symptoms so they can be carrying around the virus, not know it but spreading it to other people. Big changes coming to sfo today. Jetblue is moving into the new terminal. It was postponed because of the pandemic. The airline is requiring something new for passengers. Today in the bays bob redell joins us from sfo this morning to talk about some of the new requirements. Good morning, bob. Reporter good morning, laura. Starting monday, jetblue will become the first major u. S. Airline to require passengers wear facemasks during checkin, during the boarding process, in flight and during the deplaning process. During the entire duration of your flight on the ground and in the air. Jetblue flight attendants have been required to wear facemasks. They have or are about to have the same requirements for flight attendants but theres no passenger requirement in those airlines. Again, this is a first for jet travel being done by jetblue. Jetblue will exempt small children from the new policy. The airline says its following cdc guidelines that recommend people wear them where its difficult to social distance. Jetblues president wrote, this is the new flying etiquette. Onboard, cabin air is well circulated and cleaned through filters every few minutes, but this is a shared space where we have to be considerate of others. We are also asking our customers to follow these cdc guidelines in the airport as well. Back out here live at sfo where the airport has resumed the opening of the next phase, one which were standing in right now which has been delayed because of the covid19 outbreak. You can see there jetblue has just moved its new ticket counter and baggage claim to the terminal. Reporting live for sfo, bob redell, today in the bay. Well look for those changes. Now reportedly on the verge from its 100th coronavirus case. In all the facility has 198 beds. The mercury news reports 99 people have now tested positive including patients and staff. Five parents have died. A big change may be approved when it comes to Spring Semester grades. Theyre planning to vote on a pass no pass grading system. It would only apply for the current semester due to obvious circumstances. Several other districts are doing the same thing this spring including san jose and berkeley unified schools. Another new milestone hit, people not ill with coronavirus. Oakland schools have now just passed the 1 million mark. This is in handing out Food Assistance to those needy. I want to check in with today in the bays kris sanchez this morning. She has a closer look at the Food Insecurity thats really happening around the bay area. People need these meals. Im glad theyre getting them, too. Reporter absolutely. The surprising thing when oakland unified passed that 1 million mark, they passed it by almost 100,000 meals so clearly a lot of folks looking for a little bit of help during these difficult times. The life line for a lot of families whose children qualified for those free and reduced meals at school and now with schools closed theyre not getting them there. District staff is providing assistance for the families of 14,000 students at oakland unified through the school meals program. The food bank and many different charities. They try to meet that need all around the bay area. There is a 98 increase in demand for feeding america which is made up of about 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries nationwide. The grab and go continues and some districts are providing hygiene items like diapers and baby formula and there are 400 Distribution Sites for food in the ten bay area counties according to stanfords Big Local News project. There is federal funding to provide more Food Assistance which will, of course, be in demand for some time to come. If you are looking for that Food Assistance because you are out of work, that newportal opens up. You can apply. Ill talk more about that at 5 30. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. Theres another Ripple Effect from the shutdown libraries, have seen an uptick in demand for ebooks. The chronicle reports theyve seen a 50 increase in digital checkouts since closing doors last month. Many libraries are purchasing more ebooks and eaudio books to meet that surge in demand which is a great thing. Read away. Sit in a window, read, looking out at the beautiful skies. Of course the weather has been nice, kari. Ive been finding a little bit of time to sit out on the back patio to take in some sun, probably just not able to read because the kids are running around but hopefully youre able to unwind and get some sun. Its going to be very warm today and you may also be calling your friends and family elsewhere across the country. Ive been watching the weather nationwide because weve seen a surge of some very warm weather across parts of the south and even in new york city today where it was very chilly, theyll start to warm up, and the Severe Weather threat is starting to wind down except for a few spots where there will be some storms today. Well get a look at our forecast coming up in a few minutes. Mike has a look at the Early Morning commute. We do have a closure from overnight. Southbound 101 getting out of San Francisco. The shift from yesterday, overnight there was a closure. Well show you that with a shift change, there was some commotion. The progress for that bridge. The rest of the bay, the rest of the san mateo bridge, no problems as we travel on 92. Back to you. Coming up for you the items still hard to find, plus some surprising products experiencing high demand. Ive done the calculations. It turns out gasoline right now is cheaper than when i was in high school and, yes, they did have gasoline then. And we continue to celebrate bay area graduates who are going without an official ceremony. In our great grad segment congratulations to these 12 high school students. Youre moving on to another chapter in your life. Share a candid of your graduate and you might see it on tv. You can find me or marcus both on facebook, laura garcia, Marcus Washington. Come find us. Say hi. Drop a picture there. Youre watching today in the bay. Im fine. Everyone does it. But for me, its harder. I struggle to keep up this brave face and hide my depression symptoms, even on an antidepressant. Is it just me . No, many people taking antidepressants still experience symptoms. When added to an antidepressant, rexulti is proven to reduce depression symptoms 62 more than the antidepressant alone. So you can stay on your Current Treatment and help build on your progress. 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Well talk about that coming up in a few minutes. And good morning to you. A very happy tuesday as well. So a second round of Business Loans got under way yesterday afternoon, and it was pretty much the same old story. Small businesses having real troub trouble, banks were not able to get the applications in. Many Small Businesses were probably disappointed. This is the second version of the Paycheck Protection Program with extra precautions put into place to make sure its really the main street businesses getting the money and not large chains. Were hoping to hear more from the Treasury Department about how the applications were processed. The head of one of americas largest Bank Associations went on twitter to say his member banks are deeply frustrated. Hes raised these issues at the highest level until theyre resolved. The banks wont be able to help Small Business. I know thats not the most scathing twitter message ever but its the head of an American Bank association calling out the government on twitter thats fairly significant. As far as unemployment checks go, theres an interesting argument about the pay involved whether its actually too much. Remember the new stimulus laws add as much as 600 in extra federal money to the states unemployment payments. It only lasts until july but look at the figures. The average unemployment check is 978 a week. Average american was making 957. So the bad news some say is it could incentivize Business Owners to lay their employees off. The average american is actually getting as much or more money assuming, of course, they can get through to the unemployment office. Other news, several reports say salesforce founder marc benioff has been able to secure 50 Million Masks for hospitals by spending 25 million of his own money. The stock market is moving up but we saw a fourth day of progress on the dow. The rally may not last. Scientists warn states are making a mistake by opening too fast and may end up back. Oil prices are lower than when i was in high school. I filled my first car up for 99 cents through a gallon. I ran that through an inflation calculator. I paid more back when i was listening to duran duran, paid more, than you would now. Hungry like the wolf. And i still listen to duran duran. What ckind of car were you driving . It was a 72 Cadillac Sedan deville. My parents wanted me in the biggest car possible for safety. It was huge no kidding. Big daddy. You said it, not me. Ill see if i can find a picture. Cruising in his cadillac. New this morning, items like toilet paper and paper towels not getting any harder to find during the pandemic but not any easier to find either. The latest Shopping Survey indicates a leveling off of sales of most Grocery Store essentials. Some are still booming including Meat Alternatives which have more than doubled in sales over recent weeks. Also, nondairy milk items and hand sanitizer. Good luck finding a bottle of that anywhere. Im having trouble finding the wipes, the sanitizing wims. Same here. I havent been able to find those. I have a couple stashes of toilet paper. Im good. Im good on that, too. Were going to look back i. All right, 5 18 for you that morning, lets get a look at the forecast for you. Meteorologist kari hall has been working hard this morning. A plain blue shot just to start out. We check out santa rosa. Our forecast for today 86 degrees and thats actually the record high that was set in 2013 in concord and San Francisco. Its going to be warm but i dont think well set a record in those areas. Rching 85 degre. It could hit 90 degrees and then were looking at some low 80s in clear lake today, San Francisco in the upper 60s. A pretty big storm out there. North of the bay area, it will push down cooler air as we head to the next several days. This is the warmest day and then we cool down after this. Still that storm track is right over the Pacific Northwest and were missing out on the rain. The change in the temperatures. Look at the numbers. Were at 88 degrees today but then 78 degrees tomorrow. We have more 70s in the forecast which will feel more like it should for late april, early may as that sunshine once again continues. We do have a disabled vehicle that shows up on the big map at the dumbarton bridge toll plaza. Its out of the roadway. Everything else is green. The change overnight and in the last few minutes, looking here to a live look southbound 101 is closeded. The closure is making good progress. What looks like Swimming Pool blue or green on the left side is, i think, the understructure for the bridge. Theyve moved the next section down and will put new wood and rebar and eventually resurface the whole section that we were looking at from the other angle earlier. Thanks, mike. If youre watching nbc bay area with an antenna we have Important Information for you this morning. Were moving to a new transmitter tomorrow. That means that you have to rescan your tv on or after april 29th, which is wednesday, tomorrow, at 1 00 p. M. Or youre going to lose us over the air. Now you can go to your remote, press menu and go to the channel or antenna menu and then select auto tune or rescan. If you have cable, satellite or nbc bay area apps, you dont have to worry about a thing. We have more information for you on nbcbayarea. Com rescan. 5 21 right now. Coming up next on today in the bay, l. A. County sheriff responds to an emergency but this one has to do with a shortage of masks. The bold, money saving plan unveiled. 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Because the best people to fight for our communities are those within them. So, if youve just bought a volkswagen or were thinking of buying sometime soon, were here to help with the Community Driven promise. Postponement, ohio is holding its president ial primary today. Ohios governor called it a Health Crisis saying that voters at the polls would be too much of a risk. The courts refused to block the move so this time around barring a few exceptions the election is absentee and mailin voting. New this morning l. A. County Sheriffs Department has come around to the idea of reusing n95 facemask. It will save the county about 12 a pop, thats the practice for a medical grade mask these days, more than three times the cost. And with the pandemic still in full force many people are finding ways to keep themselves busy. That includes hollywo chronicli in quarantine on instagram. And a lot of the frequent posts seem to involve alcohol. 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The first u. S. Airline to make that rule. A very good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Mikes working for us. Another warm one for us. The Early Morning time, prime time to let the house cool down, open up the window. Oakland at 58 degrees, its 52 in livermore and 57 in san jose and then our temperatures warming up quickly. There will be a few spots hitting 90 degrees in those interior valleys. Some of us may set some records. Ill have more on that coming up in the full micro climate forecast. Thanks, kari. A vacaville woman will open today despite orders. She just cant wait any longer. Sharon katsuda live for us in vacaville. Sharon, this sounds like a different decision no matter a difficult one no matter how you cut it. Reporter you have to feel for the salon owner but all the millions of people across the country, the state who are following the law and making a lot of sacrifices. The order is through may 17th. Lia rivera opened hairendipity while pregnant with her third child and theres no way shes letting it slip away now. She says shes tried every Financial Assistance Program Available and received nothing. She is ready if the cops come today. Its perfectly within the shelterinplace guidelines to mingle with groups under ten of family and friends. Still part of the law inaying only essential businesses can be open right now. Rivera says anyone who enters the building will have a mask and two stylists in the salon will practice safe distancing when they tend to appointment only clients. But, of course, with clients you have to come close and thats the concern, too, by health officials. Now theres a barbershop nearby planning to reopen friday. The owner says its his constitutional right. I had to doublecheck the interview with the salon owner he here. The current stayathome order i just read online for Solano County says no public gatherings of any number unless youre with immediate family. Reporting live in Solano County, im sharon katsuda, today in the bay. Still, there is the issue with people actually wanting to come to the salon. She has to worry about that as well, sharon. Thank you. Eight citations handed out to businesses. Officials say they have also given out several warnings. The chief of police says overall crime levels are way down during the pandemic. Those selfemployed can start filing through the federal c. A. R. E. S. Act if theyre not working. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live with details on what folks need to know. Kris . Reporter a lot of folks have been waiting to hear about this. We told you a couple weeks ago that this site would go live today and that it would make benefits payments a little bit faster. So the application process goes live at 10 00 this morning, but if experience is any indication this could take a while for you to get through so make sure you have your patience. People have been frustrated by the overwhelmed california department, the edd. Now people who are selfemployed or might not have been eligible under regular state Unemployment Insurance requirements could now get some help. That includes people who had already used benefits up. Were talking about freelancers, gig and contract workers who are either unemployed. The minimum benefit is 167 a week. 450 a week maximum. Their benefits could be retroactive to february when the pandemic began. There is also the additional 600 a week benefit through the c. A. R. E. S. Act. This is a 39week eligibility item ending. Applicants who already have one of the edds debit cards, the way those Unemployment Benefits are paid out, you could see those payments come through within just two days instead of the traditional period. Once you finally get through to the system, you might feel relief within this week. The city of berkeley is stepping up to help Small Business owners to try to make it in the bay during the pandemic. Leaders approved 1. 8 million in grants that will go to more than 400 businesses and art groups. Those grants will be handed out to the Berkeley Relief Fund which the city launched last night. Firefighters and Police Believe a fire at an abandoned building in fremont was like lip set on purpose. It started a little after midnight on fremont boulevard. Firefighters approve actually, arrived at the scene to find a pile of debris on fire in the middle of the building. No one is in custody. 5 36 and something good for you this morning. From one young student who is holding fast to his morning routine. I pledge allegiance to the fl flag. Every morning c. J. Says the pledge of allegiance and sings my country tis of thee. Hes become a really big hit. People everywhere are joining him on zoom. Even the new York City Fire Department Health care workers. Routine is good for kids. It is. Especially during this time. Anytime is good. What do we normally do . We head to weather. Were keeping that very normal. Helping everyone get ready for the morning commute. Our essential workers are heading out the door at this point getting ready for a cool start but it will be a warm day. A look at our temperature trend starting out with mid50s. Then you can see the trend going straight up by late morning as we continue to make it into the upper 70s and eventually into the low 80s here. Some spots in the upper 80s. This will be the warmest day of the week especially for those valleys before it cools off going into the next several days. As we go into our temperature trend at noon were at 78 degrees in parts of the trivalley while in san jose were at 78. Well see some low 80s up around Solano County and going into the afternoon reaching near 90 in a few spots. The good news is that we will be cooling off. I will show you those numbers. Whats going on right now, mike . We have the closure and it continues for southbound 101, actually both directions are closed at 280. Southbound should open one lane similar to as we had yesterday but well follow that as they make progress. The rest of the bay shows a smooth drive on the roadways so you see green all over the map. Lets take a look at whats going on. The sports facilities around the country are closed. Making a lot of athletes check out kris sanchezs daughters who are swimmers. Izy found a way to get back in the water. Great form. Im sure that pool will be set for car mens turn in the octapool. Bill shared this. You see sutro tower. His husband greg doing what i call thai chi tennis. He can approach peacefully from the balcony. Look at that. And check this out from the atp tour, official instagram, these pros in italy took it up a notch and a few floors opting for a rooftop rally going from one building to the other over some fencing. Folks, i love sharing these e m examples how youre making life happen despite the circumstances were in. Keep sharing them with me because thats one of my favorite things, the creativity. You have to be a good player to do that or that ball will fall. You go get it. Thanks, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay and all new this morning students sue. Were going to tell you what theyre demanding. Was a key witnessed bully . What those investigators and prosecutors on the case are saying this morning. In washington the president seems to be changing up the way he gives his coronavirus briefings. Well take a look at that. You know that music. We queue it up for the graduates who are going without an official ceremony this year. This morning in our great grads segment a congratulations to the 12 Elementary School students. You might see your graduate on tv. You know our names, laura garcia, Marcus Washington nbc bay area. A lot more news is ahead. Its 5 41. Teammates help each other find a way to win, just like covered california helps you find Health Insurance you can afford. Theyre the only place you can get Financial Assistance to help pay for Health Coverage. Plus, this year, the state is providing more help than ever before. And because a new law requires californians to have Health Coverage or pay a penalty, covered california has made it easier to get financial help, but times limited. Visit coveredca. Com or call to enroll today. They re not getting their money s worth attending classes online. Attorneys have filed lawsuits against both School Systems. Demanding refunds on right now at 5 44 lets check out our temperature trend in mountain view. Our temperatures will be in the mid50s through the next couple hours but rising into the mid70s but early in the afternoon. We are going to have a nice day here but really warm in the inland valleys. More in the forecast in a few minutes. Uc and cal state students are among the latest groups to claim theyre not getting their moneys worthwhile attending classes online. Attorneys have filed lawsuits against both School Systems demanding refunds on student fees. The lawsuits argue because students are away from campus theyre unable to utilize many of the things student fees pay for. Neither uc or csu is commenting. We have new details in the College Admissions cheating scandal. Prosecutors and a key witness are shooting down bullying allegations. Agents have been accused of bullying rick singer into lying to entrap defendants. They call the allegations serious and disturbing not to mention untrue. And in a recent filing the fbi says singer agrees investigators did not engage in misconduct. Decision 2020 and several new polls show joe biden leading President Trump ahead of the november election. A new poll shows biden edging out trump by six percentage points. That same poll says biden would beat trump in key battleground states including pennsylvania, wisconsin, florida, michigan and arizona. President trump still leads in north carolina. A recent gallop poll shows 54 disapprove of President Trumps handling of the pandemic. 43 approve. President trump has skipped another Coronavirus Press conference. Thats right. In the end he was still out there before the cameras. Lets check in with scott mcgrew. Good morning. Weve been talking about how theres been this problem with the briefings. Theyve been avoiding the briefings after that disasterous situation on thursday. There had been one scheduled for yesterday but the white house canceled it. Instead the president met publicly with Business Executives in the rose garden, spent time talking about the victims of the coronavirus. This after the Washington Post criticized him for not talking about human loss. We continue to mourn with thousands of families whose loved ones have been stolen from us by the invisible enemy am we grieve as one family, a Great American family, and we do grieve. We stand in solidarity with the thousands of americans who are ill and waging a brave fight against the virus. Were doing everything in our power to heal the sick. This comes after the Washington Post counted up the amount of time President Trump has been speaking about coronavirus in the 13 hours hes spoken at the briefings. He mentioned the death of americans for a total of 4 and a half minutes. Hair salons opening up. Some are opening up a bit including iowa which medically speaking is still in crisis. In georgia there the governor was criticized by the president for opening the state too early so these messages are very mixed. President trump says monday he thought some schools should reopen this month. That goes against what medical experts are saying. He criticized kemp in georgia and bill barr says the federal government may get involved if states are too restrictive. The white house says it is now working to double the number of americans that are tested from coronavirus for 1 to 2 very different from the numbers we were getting from the white house. The Vice President promised by the end of last month that there would be millions of tests. He said his numbers are it technically correct. There are the tests. We dont have any way to finish checking them all. Im scott mcgrew on twitter. Thank you very much, scott. One machine used to disinfect Research Facilities may help reopen the country called the halo fogger. Its a dry vapor mist receiving approval from the epa for emergency use against coronavirus. The inventor says his disinfectant spray is different than all others. Theres no residue. Its a safe disinfectant. We touch every surface in the room, behind the blinds, under the table, areas that would be difficult to reach otherwise. Pretty interesting. He calls the device instrumental. You can decide for yourself later this morning. The today show will have an indepth look at how its making a difference at 7 00 a. M. The nhl is still on hold as well, but there is some good news for s. A. P. Center employees. The sharks create add relief fund for more than 1,800 of its parttime staff. The sharks front office, players and staff, pledged 200,000 to launch the fund. The team is also asking anyone who can to make a donation by july 25th. The sharks ownership has continued to pay its fulltime staff throughout the stayathome order. That is really nice to see. Well, heres something good for a san diego couple. Their engagement story spanning two pandemics. A san diego musician recently popped the question to his girlfriend with an Engagement Ring given to his grandmother back in 1918. Who knows the history here . Well, the world was enduring a similar situation at the time undergoing the spanish flu pandemic. Something he says made his proposal all the morespecial. When i found out the significance of it obviously with what happened in the past, okay, this might actually be even a more persuasion. It work out nicely. He got down on a knee while the couple took a walk to the park. Friends were waiting nearby with champagne, a blanket, wipes and hand sanitizer. Thats really interesting, though. Im glad they see it as something positive. It depends on the next person who gets the ring. Okay, will you fake marry me right now . Congratulations to them. 5 51 this morning. And we want to get you set with what you can expect. Meteorologist kari hall tracking the temperatures. Here we go. Yeah, here we go. We are going to start out with a beautiful sun rise as we take a live look outside in walnut creek. In the east bay those are the numbers ill be watching where we could have some of the warmest temperatures across the bay area. Heres a look at our highs as we reach up to 85 in livermore. We could see a high of 89 in antioch and there will be a few spots like brent wood and fairfield where we could hit 90 degrees today but most of us are looking at some 80s, still well above normal. But then you compare that to oakland where it will be 77 and some upper 60s in San Francisco, lower 60s in half moon bay. If youre in a spot like gilroy you may want to enjoy a little bit of that time outside but not too much. If youre going to be grilling out today its a great way to spend time with the family but you may want to grab that plate and take it inside. Its still going to be in the mid80s around dinner time at 6 00. Here is a look at our weather pattern as weve seen it looks like theres a big storm out there but were going to miss out on this as it stays to the north. It continues to move across the Pacific Northwest, but it will have some impact on the bay area as it pushes down some cooler air moving in especially starting tomorrow and then a little bit more going into the end of the week. The Climate Prediction Center putting out their outlook for the next couple of weeks and saying temperature wise here in the bay area we are going to be well above normal, even more so for parts of southern california. And then as we look at our chances of precipitation, unfortunately in the same spots weve seen the drought developing, we are also going to see well below average rainfall over the next couple of weeks. And this is pretty much in line with what weve seen recently, so it looks like this pattern continues of warm temperatures and not much rain. Our sevenday forecast at least cools it down for us so we go from the upper 80s today to the 70s going into the end of the week and the weekend. Still a lot of sunshine here over the next week. Heading over to you, mike, youve been tracking the commute. Whats going on for drivers . We have a similar pattern developing in the trivalley tuesday through thursday last week as well. Today is tuesday. As we look at the maps, you see green sensors almost everywhere. Ive seen this pop up over the last 20 minutes. Its northbound 680 getting up to sunol boulevard. Last week the construction crews stayed there until just after 7 00 and that may be the case this morning as well. At times down to one lane. Well watch that slower equipment through the area and just be careful as you head north into pleasanton. Heading south on 101 its still closed at 280. A live look out there at the webcam, again, that 101 alemany project, made great progress over the weekend. This is the southern portion coming toward us now rebuilding that bridge deck and looks like theyre doing good, good work here. They should open that one lane probably 6 00, maybe a couple minutes after and, of course, were watching. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Happening now restoration is starting again at Notre Dame Cathedral in paris after work was halted for weeks by the pandemic and the lockdown. Workers had to take off a month and a half. A massive fire a year ago. You may remember heavily damaged the 850yearold building. But the rebuilding project is still on track to meet the governments fiveyear deadline. Coming up next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. Reporter lots of people who want their stimulus check are getting an error message. You might want to check again, though. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Well explain why next. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. Eveso we can stillg a answer your calls. Now. 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. Good morning. Coming up on today, supply chain shortages. You still cant find disinfectant wipes or sprays. What about flour and yeast. Where are all the baby diapers . The best times to shop are wednesdays and thursdays before 10 00. Well have a lot more strategies ahead and well tell you what you can use in place of the hardtofind items including diapers. You dont want to miss that. Thats this morning on today. 5 58 and nbc bay area is responding to many viewers who havent gotten their federal stimulus payments. Of course theyre counting on their money. So many people need it and turning to chris chmura and his team to help them track it down. Reporter good morning. Here is the message so many people tell us they are seeing, payment status not available. Petra in san jose wrote us last week and said i am so frustrated with this. I have tried calling the irs, i get there, theres no one available. You are redirected to the website. The website is worthless. The irs website has been a work in progress. Over the weekend it says it upgraded the site. They say theyve enhanced their new payment locator which is called get my payment. The web address is irs. Gov getmypayment. The irs says if youve gotten the payment status unavailable message, do this again. Visit it here. Some back end changes may give you a different result. Now im happy to report after the weekend update petra says she was able to get her payment status and now expects to be paid. There are so many different family scenarios weve seen with the stimulus payment. Now the irs is trying to address many of the more common ones and this new page has 32 questions and answer that is might help you figure out what to do and where your money is. Weve posted a link to both pages at nbcbayarea. Com. Just click responds from the main menu. Right now at 6 00, order extended. Six bay area counties are pushing out the shelterathome order to june 1st. It was originally set to expire on sunday. The decision comes with more than 7,600 cases confirmed in the bay area. 264 people have died. Today governor gavin newsom says hell clarify what is needed for businesses to reopen. It comes as a vacaville woman promises to reopen her hair salon in a few hours defying those shutdown orders. And starting this morning people who are selfemployed can start filing for unemployment assistance from the state. The aid applies to people who dont qualify for regular state benefits. And a good tuesday morning. Thank you for joining us on today in the bay. Im Marcus Washington. And im laura garcia, still sheltering at home right now. Well have a look at the morning commute if there is any out there with mike who is also sheltering at home, as well as meteorologist kari hall who has a look at how this day is shaping up. It should be a good one ahead. A nice day but very warmn