The state is also taking Emergency Action to arrange for more policy beds and ventilators. Wilson walker is in daly city with the plan that will keep ce Medical Center open for now. Reporter now we know, it will not close, at least not in the near future, it has been enlisted in the fight against the coronavirus. There will be certain floors, my understanding, that will be designated for those patients. Reporter san mateo supervisor dave has been fighting to save this hospital and now it will be least month tomonth by the state of california to help carry the surge. Reporter and so making sure the area is contained and safe is critical. Reporter they have 357 beds and california very much expects to need them, and more. Tomorrow we will announce the hospital in southern california. That is 750 beds. Those two hospitals combined. We start to stack this. Reporter that will take some stacking, california has 74,000 stocked hospital beds, the governor thinks we will need as many as 20,000 additional beds beyond that capacity. Now, to achieve that, the state is looking at 960 hotels around the state, lease negotiations are underway at some of them. There are the two hospitals, 1300 trailers, the possibility of temporary facilities at places like county fairgrounds and now college campuses. You see in the California State University system, we are working with those systems to identify appropriate dormitories to help us with the surge. Reporter the Lease Agreement here, 5 million for the first month, 2. 7 million for each month beyond that. The supervisor says the next real task is making sure this facility and the staff has the tools it will need to do the task it has been asked to perform. And daly city, wilson walker, kpix 5. San franciscos all but empty hotels may soon be full of exhausted healthcare workers. The Citys Department of Human Services is trying to break your rooms where they can rest and wash up and reduce their risk of spreading the virus. We do not want our healthcare workers who are on the front lines to go home, potentially infect others, be infected in their communities, and not be able to work. Tonight, a Retirement Community in palo alto is taking new protective measures after two residents tested positive for coronavirus. Inpal encouraging all residents to remain in their apartments, all common areas are now closed. Retirement community is also closing to all outside visitors. It is unclear whether others living or working at vi had come into contact with the infected individuals. The pandemic is providing many bay area inmates with a get out of jail free card. To prevent an outbreak behind bars, santa clara, San Francisco, and almena counties are all working on Early Release plans are mostly low level offenders, and others with Underlying Health problems. Nearly 250 inmates have been released from santa rita jail in dublin alone. There were some that were, typically we would not want to release. There were people who had been involved in some assaults and we are doing everything we can on the Public Safety side during times like this, tough decisions have to be made. So far there have not been any cases the santa rita jail but with a high turnover at that facility, that could easily change. What a difference a week makes. We went back to visit star Grocery Store in the clermont neighborhood tonight. Shelves were looking normal again after last weeks panic buying. The Neighborhood Market had plenty of produce and other food available. Check out how into the store was less than a week ago. Last friday, boxes of produce were bare and shelf after shelf, cleared. People are giving each other a lot of room in the store. We are trying to figure out more efficient ways to serve safely. But we have like cut some of our services. Way, we will not be doing sandwiches this week. But we will pick up again on monday, maybe for curbside only. A similar scene tonight at this market in San Franciscos in a richmond district. At this market on california, shelves were looking pretty full. The store had plenty of bread, cheese, produce and other snacks. Thousands of oakland students rely on their schools for at least two meals a day. The district and county food bank are making sure the kids do not go hungry while classes are out. Today, volunteers at Garfield Elementary handed out two breakfasts and two lunches along with a bag of groceries. On monday along, they handed out 4000 meals to 800 families. A number of other berry Area School Districts are also handing out meals. We have a map showing the locations and a schedule on kpix. Com. Clinical trials are underway on a pair of drugs that doctors hope good help treat the coronavirus. Today, President Trump announced two existing medications had been identified as potential covid19 treatments. One is an experimental ebola drug, the other was developed to treat malaria. But, it has been used as an arthritis medicine since the 19 ayare no pefther for the coronavirus. That does not mean that we are not going to do everything we can to make things that have even a hint of efficacy more readily available. But there is no magic drug out there right now. The president says if the treatments are effective, they will be fast tracked for fda approval. Bay area public transit, scrabbling to adjust during the coronavirus outbreak. The drastic changes in Santa Clara County to keep riders and drivers a safe. A number of people are turning to telemedicine right now, why some doctors say they swear by it. Even during normal times. And, all over the country, people are banding together to lift each others spirits and relieve a little bit of the boredom. Sweet caroline we will show you how a bay area woman launched a global movement. The coronavirus has prompted the state department to issue a global do not travel advisory tonight. According to the warning, if you do travel internationally, your plans may be disrupted. You also could be forced to remain outside of the u. S. For an indefinite amount of time. The state permit also said that it was suspending passport services, except in the case of a life or death emergency. That starts tomorrow. Tonight, italy has become the new epicenter for the coronavirus. The country has surpassed china with the highest number of deaths from the virus, the latest numbers show that more than 3400 people have died in italy. The countries much older population partly accounts for the rapid rise in deaths. Queen mile here in the u. S. , new york is seeing the biggest spike in cases, those coinciding with the huge increase in the states testing capacity. The number of cases doubled overnight in new york city. The mayor is asking the federal government for 15,000 ventilators. 3 million letter in 95 masks and 50 million surgical masks. Governor, urged workers to stay home and announce three months of mortgage relief with no late payment fees. The citys death toll has risen to 26. B. A. R. T. Has made some changes and tonight as a result of the coronavirus, the agency says it has seen a 90 drop in its ridership. So, starting monday, trains will only run between 5 00 a. M. And 9 00 p. M. , instead of until midnight. And, beginning on saturday, march 28th, the trains will run from 8 00 a. M. Until 9 00 p. M. On the weekends. The vta in Santa Clara County, also taking steps to slow the spread of the virus. It will stop collecting fares and require riders to board on the back of the buses, and light rail trains. Passengers who require Priority Seating or will need access to the ramp will be allowed front door boarding, the area around the operator will also be taped off. With so many people, especially seniors, concerned about the coronavirus, some have been two scared to go to the doctors office. But, there is an alternative. Reporter rachel took spoke to a physician who has been practicing telemedicine for the last decade. Hi, how are things going today . Reporter you are watching an example of telemedicine, which is basically using technology to comedic it with patience. Dr. David abrams is a primary care physician who has been utilizing it for over a decade. But because people are now concerned over the spread of coronavirus, he says one form of telemedicine, videoconferencing, is becoming really popular with his patients. For my patients, it has been a huge help. Reporter videoconferencing helps him see, understand, and comedic it with his patients without being in the same room. He just did a videoconference with a woman who thought she had coronavirus. I could see the rate at which she was breathing, so i was immediately reassured and able to reassure her that she does not have the cardinal symptoms of coronavirus. Reporter the doctor and patient can be anywhere for this virtual visit and a can be done on a computer, tablet or phone. Dr. Abrams says you can download various software but he uses zoom because the video connection is secure. During a televisit, dr. Abrams medical assistant helen would take this kit with her to wherever the patient is. It contains all the equipment needed for a full physical examination. To understand how this works, i did a videoconference with dr. Abrams from another room in his office. Helen took my vitals and dr. Abrams was able to see and hear everything on his end. Okay, that is good. I can hear just fine, everything is clear, the heart is normal, the lungs are clear. Reporter he says videoconferencing is especially helpful for seniors who should stay home to avoid getting the virus. He is glad to see that medicare is now expanding coverage for telemedicine nationwide. Telemedicine visit is now a covered benefit under medicare, which is a real plus. A trendy l. A. Eatery is now serving up relief to restaurant workers. Chef Nancy Silverton has transformed the dining room of pizzeria most, into a help center, offering hot meals and Household Goods to industry workers who are now out of work. I am not paying any of my bills, i called everybody today and i said, we got to wait. None of us know when we can open our restaurants again. None of us know if we can open our restaurants again. That is wine behind her on the shelf, but makers mart bourbon donated 50,000 to get the relief effort going. Silverton hopes to keep it going for at least two more weeks. Social distancing and shelter in place orders have quickly given rise to a new hashtag. Sweet caroline good times never seemed so good. Cole valley realtor elana started a Facebook Group called quarantine singalong. It already has nearly 10,000 members across the world. But im with sweet caroline i know that guy, that includes our very own joe vazquez. The group will choose a new song to sing every evening at 7 00. Just what we need. Makes you smile. That is it. You know, if you can sing, that is like the doctor said, i can see her breath rate, she is not with the virus. If youre singing, youre probably okay. If you can belt out a tune, even if it is off key, clad people are finding a way to get some positive out of this. Thats take a look at what is happening weatherwise, radar over the last few hours, showing the few showers we had out there just kind of dissipating. A lot of ground clutter, that is the green stuff that does not live. The few showers we had this evening, the green stuff that is moving but just falling the st e night. Dr beautiful view of the city and the bay bridge, to butchers dropping off into the 40s in about half of our locations right now, just below 50, concord. Livermore, 44. Santa rosa, you will be initially spots by tomorrow morning but still about 50 degrees around the bay itself and overnight, low temperatures will show the same pattern. A little warmer around the way, chillier further north in the belly locations to collect the cold air. Upper 30s around santa rosa and napa. Everybody else in the 40s which is pretty close to normal for this time of year. Tomorrow, finally backup to normal temperatures after a long stretch of below advertise. It will be a normal day. At least weatherwise, i do not know when we will be able to say that otherwise, but at least the temperatures back to where they are supposed to be for the middle of march. That purchase into the low to mid 60s again, just a little bit cooler along the coast. Upper 50s to near 60 degrees while the warm spots in the south bay further inland, up into the mid60s, maybe even a couple spots making it into the upper half of the 60s. Low to mid 60s around the bay itself, then slightly cooler further north. But making progress. We are going to see the warmer weather building as we head into the first half of the weekend and the first half of the weekend looks dry. Just the outside chance of a sprinkler two tomorrow, a little blip on the radar simulation hear from futurecast. That is about the extent of the reign we will see tomorrow. It is not going to be anything to really worry about. Dry weather in store for us on saturday, just a mix of clouds and sunshine overhead. Sunday brings the next chance of rain. But not to start the day, we will just the increasing clouds through sunday morning and then a chance of showers beginning to build an as we head into the afternoon. But that will be hit or miss activity, the best chance of more widespread and heavy rain, headed our way by late sunday afternoon into the evening and overnight hours. That system will kind of linger in place as we had through monday, tuesday and wednesday. With temperatures backing off, after it will be kind of warm over the weekend, at least close to 70 further inland. Tonight, a pair of falcons perched high above the bay area are helping people pass the time during quarantine. We will show you. Dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. Can we go get some ice cream . Alright, we gotta stop here first. From smarter atms, to after hours video tellers comcast business is connecting thousands of banks to technology that turns everyday transactions into extraordinary experiences. Hi there. How are you . Do you have any lollipops in there . laughing no, sorry. 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And frankly, it is making a little g in the bay area. We investigate, next. Iinspiration in nature. And also find answers. Our search to transform. Farm waste into renewable natural gas led chevron to partner with california bioenergy. Working to provide an alternative source of power. For a cleaner way forward. The giants president says no players have tested positive for covid19, but when or if the season starts, they will have one less pitcher there to count on. Taylor beatty will undergo tommy john tomorrow. The 26yearold had an unearned average over five last year but had the inside track to be the team, fifth starter this season. His elbow tightened up, they will be out at least one year. A novell, the 49ers really starting guard mark person, best remembered for this picture behind me, San Francisco is set to size veteran tom compton to replace person. The rams are releasing star running back todd gurley, just two seasons after they made him the highestpaid deck and nfl history with 45 million guaranteed. Early lead l. A. To the super bowl into the house in 18 his production dipped after a knee injury. He took the news in stride, tweeting i got fire on my day off. Hashtag quarantine and chill. This morning you could still find two golf courses in the bay area to play. That change quickly. Reporter the coronavirus has already forced postponement of the pga championship. A cost fans virtually every sport out there. Vallinnotoopen the front nine of its course. With restrictions. And contact free. Everybody has to make time in advance. You do not have to grab the fly, you dont take a ball out of the cup. You pot and hit the cup, it bounces off, you pick it up, you move on. Cant sit with my late wife that one. Got to get away. Love you, kathleen. If you feel it is unsafe one but, just shut it down medially. In the case of both courses, the show pretty much over. Even before governor newsoms order to stay at home. About 100 golfers were ordered off the course by police. In violation of the shelter in place guideline. In the newsroom, kpix 5. 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. Breaking news tonight, everybody. In the Hollywood Squares land. Indian valley, the course that vern did the story on, really a statement tonight, they closed as well. Yeah, okay. So, you cannot play golf in the bay area right now. Social distancing. It is brady bunch like, but stay safe out there. Thank you for watching the news. We will see you tomorrow. 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