People, and we will see an increase in the spread, more than people perhaps think. As of today, more than 2,000 californians have died from the coronavirus. The number of hospitalizations continues to decline. Now to making it in the bay series. A tense afternoon after two women took over a vacant home and protestors gathered to support them. They say they locked into an unlocked door. Protestors from San Francisco came to jane them. They were met with police response. One point, an officer took a woman to the ground. She was arrested. They say they want a safe a place to live in the pandemic. No one has lived there. Its been vacant. I use it to my environment. Is my environment, i needed some place for us to be. Its unsafe for us onhe streets. They were patted down, given a citation and released. Public showed its owned by 455 19th street trust. It might be the largest coordinated rent strike america has ever seen. Millions of people losing their job, tenants are rallying behind the cancelrent. Some Property Owners say a cascade of unpaid rent with sink the economy here. Here is more. Just like we never expected to do interviews by yelling out questions to someone who stories up, andrew yen of oakland wasnt expegging to be two months late on his month until the coronavirus pandemic happened. I have been without income for a month. Reporter he and his partners apartment goes for 2500 a month. Today, they are joining of thousands of ten taants with a t strike. Ter no pay, no rent. Rces to bup that is one of the rallying cries a todays may daycare van that started at the port of oakland and circled its way around downtown oakland. If you are canceling jobs rent should be canceled. Bills should be canceled. Reporter but bills, like property taxes, arent getting canceled. And says the president of the california rental housing association. A rent strike would have a huge cascading effect that could deliver a huge blow to california on top of the blow its seemed. Reporter californias moratorium for eviction ends on may 31st. Well, frustration is mowning and emotions running high there sacramento to orange county. Protestors take to the street. We want too show you San Francisco today. City hall, more than a hundred people carried signs. They claim the shelter at home is unconstitutional and interfering with rights to go to work or go to church. A group of counterprotestors have them show up and ignore the pressure. People have a right to stay home if theyre scared. But with the rest of shus be able to go about our business. Calling for oeching up the economy in a way that is very dangerous and very harmful. And we are here to counterprotest and listen to the sign test. Its worth noting that legal scholars say the Supreme Court has ruled that state and federal governments have the right to shut our businesses in the name of public health. Todays rally and kouncounterra ended peacefully. A rule county, modoc is near oregon. Today, both herbal and nonessential businesses opened their doors. No large gathering allowed. Modoc is one of four counties that has not a single cape of covid19. You might be going to work soon. What are employees doing to go back to the office. And business are about to pick up. And nbc bay area Damian Trujillo spe spoke with the ceo of a cleaning company. Reporter the signs here are set to open. They will make sure the facility is safe to return to. Thousands of office buildings, stores and restaurants are vacant as the nation waits for the green light. In many cases, the Office Managers might think that the Facility Needs to be cleaned and sanitizeded. This is the best time to do a cleanup, a viral or prevental clive up clean up. That is where calex with come in. We are using fog machines, sprays. No that its going going to affect the human beings but they are out of the way. Reporter covid cleanup. And they will reopen, they will look for hundreds of workers to do the job from sack men coe to san diego. We are going start hiring, going through thes. Reporter and once offices open up, techkies might see the work world change. The work spaces might be gone. Work spaces might be partitions off with plexiglas. This is the new norm. Reporter post covid. Damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. Some businesses have the okay to open on monday. That includes retail nurseries, outdoor businesses and golf courses. There be safety protocols in place. Our Jessica Aguirre spoke to the director of an east bay golf club, they are going to make changes on the fairways. Tee times will be up for grabs on monday. Golf is a huge in the bay area. And its a special sport. I talked to the director of golf course who said its going to change a little bit. The model just has cochange. Nigel rouse is the director of golf here at ruby here. 400 of its members will be able to get back in the game. I will be a notouch environment. They are ready to open. Come, play, go, and no post round high fives. Really encourage on them not to gather. Come play golf. You can be very safe playing golf. 300 yards apart from people in your four some. Keep that social distancing. Golf is usually a foursome in a cart. Its a social sport. Followed a by being at the clubhouse and having lunch. What is golf now in the era of covid going to look like starting monday . Its conceivable that someone can walk on the golf course, play 18 holes and not touch anything but their own equipment than their own equipment from the car. Its a very we are trying to make it a safe environment. Do you think thats going to be 100 safe . They are goinging precautions. The clubhouse will remain closed. No lunch after. No rakes no ball washing. If youre a cart, you have to be in a cart with one member of your family, or single car. If you use a cart, they sanitize them after. They will take the steps and tee times have been extended. When i asked him why golf should reopen over other activitieses, he said its about Mental Health, being outside and he said, golf being out on the kourgs course will be safer than standing in line of costco. Its the perfect sport for it. Thank you. Up next, they could havent been more different. That was the beauty of their love. A husband and wife both die froms the coronavirus. Their three children tell us about the special bond they have. And the key to reopening retail . A tech economy says a camera ma can make sure customers arent sick. Im jeff meteorologist jeff ranieri, lots of sunshine today. I will show you the weekend change that will bring you clouds and a chance of brdrizzl in aboutsen minutes. 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Among the 304 coronavirus deaths hereby in the bay area, are a husband and wife. Richard and mercedes, they died just a week apart after 33 years of marriage. Here is nbc bay areas garvin thomas. Reporter they made an excellent team. Each one bringing to the marriage something completely different says their kids. Two ends of the stick. Completely opposite. Reporter both richard and mercedes were immigrants to america. He from the netherlands. He from el valsalvador. Richard struggled with pts. He was never happier than watching his favorite football team. The 49ers. 49ers. Mercedes, she was the outgoing one. With a passion. She loved to sing. Salsa. She loved to go to the jazz festival every year. What richard and mercedes did share was a deep love for their family. Through years of financial and health crises, the focus was given to children what they needed in very different ways. From my mom, i learned how to be empathetic. I learned how to love. Sorry. I learned how to do things in life. Reporter richard and mercedes died of covid19 just a week apart of each other. Neither knowing of each others faith. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. We thank their family for sharing the memories with us. Behind each number is a store entry a family. There are 125 cases in the bay area, 31 cases in alameda county, 30 cases in san mateo. We have more than 50,000 reported cases. When do we reopen for business . We will show you the u. S. The states in the dark green have part isially reopen. That is 24 states, dark green, florida reopen soon. The orange states like us here in california still under a full shelter at home order. You may have heard of contacta way to find out if peo goings businesses try to keep people safe as they start to reopen. Our business and tech reporter scott budman shows us how and where it works. Reporter to if were going to eventually get back to the mall or sporting events or even the office, with we need to find a way to make quick decisions about the health of those coming in, Silicon ValleyTech Companies have a product that is a new normal. With we have retooled our offering and organization to focus on pandemic damage. Reporter its the size of an ipod that can monitor the temperature of small or large groups of people. Kit tell if someone has a fever if they are about to walk in a building, warehou when that per elevated temperature, their we a notification, we are able to send an email, and in that moeshl push or a voice call. Mapping Software Maker can show the best place to put a testing station to not tor the greatest number of people. It can also track who is and isnt social distancing. Similar to understanding where you can have a test facility, you can use the same information to figure out where are people lingering in a stadium. The software is powerful. They say the cameras with tell if someone is wearing glasses or a mask and will find until place on your face to track your temperature. Scott budman, nbc. Tomorrow, santa cruz starts the new weekend plan. A partial close sure of beaches. No one will be allowed on the sand from 11 00 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. You can swim or surf but no walks or lounging on the beach. There are a lot of us that find our spirit and soul at the beach. To shut it down as a whole is more of a health risk than the virus. We should add if you dont live in that area, dont go there. The new restrictions will be in place indefinitely. Police officers will be out the in full force. Its not going to be as warm as last weekend but little be a nice weekend with a chance of drizing the up north. Lets go to Jeff A Ranieri from home. The sunshine and blue sky we had today whether be fading just a little for the weekend. We see a storm system moving off to the north. Lets bring in the look at the sky tonight. The east bay, plenty of sunshine. A nice night to have dinner outside, fire up the barbecue a bit. One thaing ha is bothering you s allergies, oak, cedar, pine, in the high category. If you want to head to my twitter page, i have a know the symptoms list. You compare it to the flu and allergies and see where you are on the scale of things. Even just a little drizzle would help with the pollen, just helping to bring it down to the ground and wash it away. I do e see as we move through tomorrow morning, some of the spotty drizzle and cloud cover, and the afternoon, not as sunny, mostly cloudy, and temperatures. Antioch, 72. Tomorrow, a chance or drizzle near the peninsula, i will take a closer look at the pattern and the rain, and we are talking about, raj and janelle, major heat next week. 90s coming n take tomorrow to enjoy the cool breeze. It will be heating up soon. Okay, thanks, jeff. Thanks. We will see you later on in the show. Up next, getting thumbs up from the fda. The drug that fights off coronavirus. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. That could mean an increase byin 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. Im Jessica Aguirre working from my home studio in pleasanton. Kids are doing social distancinging and dogs are on doom visiting kids and the elderly to bring them a little canine comfort. They have taken the canine Comfort Program online. Its 200 handlers that are certified and trains and they are doing Video Conference calls with individuals as part of on the paws to read program. Getting kids that may be bored with home school work excited about reading. And a furry friend on zoom. They are doing virtual visits with people in assisted living facilities and those of us who are sheltering at home with our pets, the director says we need to worry about loneliness in animals when the rest of us go back to work. The best advice go for a drive, go for a walk. Without the dog, believe it or not. Because one day, we are going to back to living a normal life. Kit be a transition if they get used to you always been home. Here, here is luc an a. Today he is up set with us being home. And isabella, said he decided he wasnt going to walk anymore, and she actually had to carry him home. And the cats, they annoyed we are home. Valley humane. Org. You can look a the vidt the vid the kids reading. They have a lot of animals without being fostered. Luca needs dinner. The face is so cute. Thank you. He is tired of that too. Up next, from doctor to patient. A bay area surgeon tells us about his battle with covid19 and his experience with the drug remdesivir. He joins us next. The lessons the bay area learned after it had mistakenly thinking it had the 1918 spanish flu under control. Right now at 6 30, the first drug shown to help fight covid19 was developed right here in the bay area. Today, President Trump fast tracked that drug for use in hospitals. They were in the oval office today meeting with president. They were granted emergency use status for the treatment. It allows the use of remdesivir on the most seriously ill patients. It showed that patients who received the medicine were discharged four days earlier than those given a placebo. We have to plan for success. That had is just the way we operate. Im proud to work for a company like that. The drug is permitted for emergency use and there are several on going trials to assure its expectativeness. A surgeon at ucsf went from doctor to patient. He had coronavirus and was part of the remdesivir trial. He was ree covered and he is with us tonight. Lets bring in him. Doctor, thanks for your time. I will turn the tables on you. How you are feeling . I feel great. I cant wait to get back to work. Can you tell us any guidance for anyone of us who mate get infected in the future . From a patient perspective, kit be scary, i have are to say. Have seen a lot of things in my career. When youre the patient, you sort of i tend to minimize thing. For the first five or seven days, it was already. I had a dry cough. Like, all right, this is no big deal. And it really hit. And his cris cuomo said, on cnn, the beast comes on at night. I started having fevers and chills, and shaking. Its shaking and baking. The muscle aches were really unbelievable. They are very painful, hard to relief, i would jump in the shower, hot bath, and really have trouble relieving it for a little while. The first thing i would say, contact your doctor at the first on set of symptoms and Pay Attention to your body. I tend to be a minimizer and i have a lot of physician colleagues giving me advice. There were a lot of cooks in the kitchen. You can tell us about can you tell us about remdesivir. Did you have the actual drug . Were you part of the placebo . I am part of the trial. I dont know if i got remdesivir or the drug. I had a 50 50 chance of getting it. I probably will never known if i got it. You said after day eight or nine, it kicked in then. How many days after i would say after being hospitalized for two or three day, which is day 15 14 to 15, i finally start toad feel better. No terms of remdesivir, are you encouraged as some of your colleagues at ucsf this might the be working for people . Well, i think for specific people, it does work to some degree, this is the beginning. Only effect is to reduce it from 15 to 11 days, and it opens the door for that drug, and those that are the sickest there covid 1. What is your plan now . Are you going to get back to work . It looks like youre ready to go. What is that for you . Tomorrow or next week . Today. Today is my first day at work. I had to get two negative covid19 swabs before they could let me get back to work. And that happened earlier this week. So i am back in the saddle. You surprised were going through all this in terms of all your years practicing and med school and studies, where we are as a society now . Im not surprised. Maybe a little disappointed we were not as prepared as we could have been, based on everything that our epidemiologists and neuroologists told us about. I guess that late is better than never. We need to be ready for the next one, the next wave. As a society, and a country, we really suffered from this virus but hopefully we learned a lot so that if and when the next wave with or pandemic comes, we will be better prepared fshlg the last question, are you concerned about your colleagues there, that are treating covid19 patients, their own Mental Health . I worry about everybody involved including those especially in sites like new york or detroit, other places where the resources are really thin. They have been really hammered by cases. I worry not only for patients and the patients ap families b also the care givers. Thank you for your time. Glad youre feeling bet interback to work there at ucsf. Thanks a lot. So glad the doctor is doing better. Thanks. Well, dozens of registered nurses put on their masks to certain a maternity ward. They say they are closing the Womens Services department, not its a budget issue. They say that patients can easily be accommodated elsewhere. But nurses are doctors say it puts low income mothers and infants in east the san jose in risk. If the mom is bleeding, were concerned that the what they take from here, over 45 minutes to an hour. It might be problems for mom and the baby. Nurses and some local leaders are counting on the block for the closure at least until after the coronavirus threats have passed. There are experiences with with covid19 pandemic and the 1918 spanish flue outbreak. Researchers are looking to history for lessons. This is San Franciscos response in 1918 can tell us today. The flickers images of a 1918 San Francisco parade sell braying the end of world war i. Amid the backdrop of the spanish influenza outbreak, you can see plan in masks. And lessons might aplay to the covid19 pandemic. They closed places of public amusement. And indoor public gathers. Reporter alex navarro at the university of michigan, has studied San Franciscos response to the spanish fluf that killed 3,000 in the city and as many as 50 million worldwide. In denver and seattle, sacramento, oakland, San Francisco, the use of face masks while out in public was mandatory. Reporter San Francisco residents grew weary of the masks and sparked an antimask league. At least 2,000, maybe over people in an auditorium, none of them wearing masks. Reporter so when world war i ended, and celebrations were taking place, people let their guard down. With city officials reluctant to close, it sparked again. They recon great gated and there was not round of disease and death. Reporter he says its a rush tro to try to return to normal. When you have social distancing measures and the bans are lifting, its difficult to reimplement them if necessary. Reporter nbc bay area news. Up next here at 6 00, from star wars to harry potter. Take a look. And bay area mother and daughter making the most of their time together in isolation. And tonight on dateline, details surrounding the mysterious disappearance of two idaho children. Exclusive interviews tonight at 9 00. Ngood honoring those on the front lines. Today is medical Team Appreciation day. And First Responders made sure that those at the General Hospital knew they are appreciated hospital staff was greeted with aflaus and cheers in the morning shift change. One nurse said seeing the support bhoet vats us to go to work every day. Im an emotional person. I get tearful. But to its really heart warming and it makes us proud to go to work every day. Im proud to be here as a nurse, supporting the community, and having them support us. We have seen tributes at hospitals across the bay area. Its always very emotional and heart warming to see, and we are so grateful for the health care workers. It never gets old. How do you pass the time. A san jose mother and daughter getting a fashion sense. It started with friends and family and knew gia carr, and they dress up. Harry potter, to easter, safari night. Its a different theme each time. Getting a lot of love on social 3450ed ya. Its special when people reach out on social needmedia st makes them happy. We got world resess. Ha is dad there in the background. We dont know which one is the daughter or mother here. Truth be told, they are no strangers to high fashion. Both have experience as models. They are trying to make people smile there will will make you smile. A message of grace in the complicated time. Amazing grace how sweet the sound oh, that beautiful. Members of Stanford Universitys a Cappella Group are home this quarter so they individually recorded their parts that were pieced together for this video. You want to hear whole song, googlezing grace. Its an uplifting three minutes. Lets bring in jeff ranieri. The backyard shot is beautiful as we roll in the weekend. Take it away, jeff. Oh, i know. Its just been amazing outside. We have a little bit of the ocean breeze begins to kick in here across the east bay, and with us sheltering at home, i will take you on a quick trip across california, three destinations, out of the bay area here for a second, and the forecast and changes in eight minutes. Millions have people have tickets for ticketmaster for shows that are off. We have a new pathway to potentially get you your money back. That is next. Some Companies Still have hr stuck between employees and their data. Entering data. Changing data. More and more sensitive, personal data. And it doesnt just drag hr down. It drags the entire business down with inefficiency, errors and waste. Its ridiculous. So ridiculous. With paycom, employees enter and manage their own data in a single, easy to use software. Visit paycom. Com, and schedule your demo today. Okay, we have been telling you a lot of peoples problems getting refunds from ticketmaster since so many concerts and shows have brn called off, postponed, canceled, whatever. Lets bring in chris chmura who promised with all date. If i have a rollings stones ticket, what happens . 23s a mess. Today, ticketmaster updated its website. And we made a flowchart. Ourselves, the information we saw to help ourselves understand it and you. Who gets a credit and refund. Ticket holders like abby in santa rosa have been waiting for clarity. We asked if it helped her with her dojourney concert. No. Who knows if we will be able to make the postponement day. Here is what todays ticketmaster does. It divides people in one of three categories, postponed events, rescheduled event ss an canceled events. E events that are officially canceled means you will get a refund. Most events have not been officially canceled. Many are just postponed. That means a performer or promoter hasnt decided what to do yet. And ticketmaster is keeping your money until a new date is announced or its canceled. Todays update doesnt announce how long that can go on. Stay tuned. Finally, lets talk about rescheduled events. Here is where we see potential options. In clarity, if a show is rescheduled, you can keep your ticket and go to the show if you want, new date and time. If you dont want to, its up to the promotor to offer credit or refund. Should you be notify bied by em. You have to take action. You have 20 30 days from the date they announce a show date. If you take a credit. Your credit, its 100 of the base valley, i will be only be valid at the same venue and it will expire in october of 2022. We have posted the flowchart on nbc bay area. Com. Quick he will respond from the main menu. It looks like an s. A. T. Test there. I know. Thanks, chris. The weekend, lets go to the forecast with jeff ranieri. A bit of a change for tomorrow . Are you ready to go on a travel . Lets do it, go somewhere. Coming up in a couple minutes, we are going to take you on a trip for free across three spots in northern california. Really cool sky cam. We have the sun out. A lot of families outside having dinner tonight. And a little bit of a breeze beginning to pick up. And really is gorgeous. But as we move through tomorrow, we are going to see changes that will be notable. What we have happening is the storm track begins to move a little more to the south. And its going to move over northern kra krar. That is actually going to bring late season rain from reading to points northward and for us, the bottom edge of it for drizzle and morning fog. You will see as we head through tomorrow morning, its going to be cloudier than we have used to with a chance of spotty drizzle near the peninsula and the bay. As we move through the afternoon, the north bay likely could stay in more of an overcast skri and we should get sun for the peninsula, the south bay and the east bay as well. And off to north, this weekend with, trace amounts of a quarter inch for the northern coastline, and a changeup here for may. Temperatures in the low 50s to start and were going down to 51 for the east bay, and the north bay at 48. I really think the best time to e get the fresh air tomorrow is going to be from a 1 00 to 7 00. That is when we will see blue sky, some of you starting to break out. Notice the temperature drop, 10 degrees cooler, 73 in morgan hill. East bay instead of 80. And earlier this week, we had the couple 90 degree readings, and palo alto, 71 and a colder drop. 62 in baycy city and that continues in San Francisco. And north bay, and 69 in napa and 66 in santa rosa. We keep with 60s all the way throughout the next several days and then eventually we go up to 70 by thursdays forecast. And the inland valleys, a bit of morning clouds for sunday and increased sunshine and e we will rise it up to 90 by next thursday and friday. You are in it. Lets bring you out to a sky cam. We have squaw valley in lake tahoe. We have yosemite, half dome, and majestic shot there, and here is healdsburg, the vineyards in the background. Maybe a cool beverage and fire side. That would be good this afternoon. What do you pick . I think i like yosemite. But skiing, hiking, wine tasting. Vicinity been to yosemite in ten years. Thank you for doing that. It gets us out of our norm here. We get to see great spots we used to visit all the time. Makes me feel at peace. You got it. Thank you, jeff. Up next, nothing to cheer for now. They have are the energy to good use. The earthquake superfans doing and fast, reliable, secure internet from xfinity can help. We have plans to fit every budget with speeds up to a gigall at xfinity. Com. Well ship you a selfinstall kit that makes setup quick, safe and easy. No tech visit required. And our simple Digital Tools will help you manage your account online. At xfinity, were committed to keeping you connected. Find great offers and value, today, at xfinity. Com i do motivational speakingld. In addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. Man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. If you have ever been to an earthquakes game, you notice a big group of fans called the ultras. They are very cloud. They using their voice to support front line workers. Here is anthony flores. Reporter you see them at every earthquakes home game and today, the san jose ultras are cheering for a different team. Health care workers in Santa Clara Valley medical center. They cheered and thanks the nurses, doctors and medical personnel in the hospitals biggest shift change of the day. They also treated more than 1,000 front line workers to lunch. The earthquakes fan club raised 4,000 and the quake foundation matched it. There is a lot of negativity. A lot of fingerpointinging. We decided to focus on the positivity and do something small and positive. I think its awesome what they are doing, what the quakes are doing. Give back any way we can. Im really impressed with all this. It makes me emotional too. Because they care for us. It really boosts morale. Coming in for a shift and knowing that youre you have free food and everybody is cheering you on. It makes you feel appreciated. They say this is more than a show of support. This is a sign of respect for those risking their lives to save ours. They deserve so much more. Its a gesture of appreciation. I hope that everybody can make a difference. Renting food trucks help Small Businesses that are struggling to survive in this pandemic. Showing support is what the ultras are known for. On the pitch, and now in the community. In san jose, anthony flores, b nbc bay area. We always like to end with Something Else good. Celebrating our graduates. We love seeing their smiles. Congrats to the class of 2020. 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. Welcome to access hollywood. Im mario lopez and here is what is trending with three in 30. Rihanna is bringing the heat this summer, modeling the new lingerie line from her collection. Mariah careys twins are celebrating their ninth birthday wearing matching hats. Shirts and partying over zoom. Gigi hidid did, in fact, confirm that shes pregnant on fallon. 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