On a 2 trillion stimulus package to help the economy and americans going without work right now. Governor newsom announcing several major banks will allow californians to miss their mortgage payments but just for now. Andrea joins us now with more on that money will be going. Reporter we are talking about a multipronged plan that has come out of the house. We are awaiting a vote in the senate. Provide 2 trillion worth of relief to both businesses and hardworking americans. And hospitals who desperately need it. Americans wait for the senate to take it a vote on the proposed true 2 trillion still is package. Direct payments of 1200 for taxpayers with incomes up to 99,000 a year. And an extra 500 per child. It helps any way. Obviously for my rent is about a grand it helps in that way. People forget about the small things like gas groceries. Reporter emergency loans for Small Businesses to pledge not to lay off employees. An increase in Unemployment Benefits. We are very pleased with the increase in Unemployment Benefits up to 600 on top of what states are already providing. Reporter that could be helpful to kelly. The proposal for unemployment includes gig workers. I do parttime driving uber. I havent been doing that because of the coronavirus. Reporter the plan includes government bailouts for Distressed Companies with strings attached. And 100 billion for hospitals and Health Systems around the nation. In california the governor has arranged for mortgage relief with major banks and 200 state chartered banks. I am very pleased that wells fargo u. S. Bank city and j. P. Morgan chase have all agreed to 90 day waiver of payments for those that have been impacted by covid19. That is an important point to make. It is significant. That we have some consistency. It is significant we dont have a patchwork one bank to another. Reporter kelly set that could bring relief for his family. It will help for temporary 90 days. Depending on the coronavirus will be taken care of within the next few months. Everything is on surety right now. It could go on for the next half a year. Hopefully everything will get better. Reporter bank of america so how far has only agreed to with the state of california a 30 day moratorium on mortgages. He hopes they will agree to a longer stent like some of the other banks. Of course the government package on the federal level still has to make it to the senate. We have not seen a vote at this point. In fact lets take a live look at capitol hill where the standoff has emerged this afternoon. Threatening to hold up the stimulus bill. Apparently several republican senators who are objecting arguing the way the bill is written now gives incentives for businesses to lay off workers. Is literally incentivizing taking people out of the workforce at a time when we need Critical Infrastructure supply of workers. If this is not a drafting error then it is the worst idea ive seen in a long time. That is saying a lot giving the fact we are in washington. So many people have been thrown out of work. Through no fault of their own. The restaurant closes and the Small Business closes. All of those people will be able to apply quickly and easily for Unemployment Insurance. And most of them will get their full salaries were very close to it next we will continue to monitor that debate. As it unfolds in washington. We will bring you updates as we get them. San francisco trying to prepare for a surge in coronavirus patients. She the mayor is calling for help from state and federal leaders. The city needs 500 thousand more hospital beds. And at least 1500 ventilators. We also know that if people who are out on the streets continued to congregate with one another. Continue to interact with one another. Which increases the spread of this virus. We will not have enough beds enough icu units. Enough ventilators to support the people that we know are going to need them. Schools out until may for most bay area students. Health officers and superintendents for eight counties made the announcement today. Extending School Closures through may 1 to slow the spread of coronavirus. The closures cover alameda contra costa Marin San Francisco san Mateo Santa Clara napa and sonoma counties. Some campus facilities may remain open to staff that are providing essential work. At last check schools in Solano County are said to be back by april 20. San jose Police Investigating claims of an attack related to social distancing. It happened saturday night near crossing the street in the communication skill area. A woman said two people attacked her while she was on a trail after she said she asked her teenage son to stay six feet away from her. The woman said the man coughed on her and hit her with his hat. Another person slapped her on the back of the head. The suspects have not been identified. We are learning several Law Enforcement officers in oakland have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Oakland Police department telling us three of its officers are infected. All three officers are self orenstein. And we are told they are recovering. Any chp officer station in oakland has tested positive for the virus. Officials working to sanitize the building. A second chp officer in sacramento has also been diagnosed with a covid19. Sf mtas and employee tested positive for coronavirus. No further details were released about this individual. The agency said it is in coordination with the department of public health. To keep writer save they are directing high risk or sick employees to stay home. Making sure operators close the security barrier between them and riders providing disinfectant wipes the operators doing additional cleaning of the vehicles. And monitoring capacity to support social distancing. The National Guard is now being deployed in california. One group of soldiers heading to a bay area city to help with what could become a vital humanitarian mission. John ramose has more from fairfield. Reporter we have been hearing the National Guard might be called out to help with the covid19 crisis. The fact the first place there deployed as a food bank is an example of how important these places are going to be in this emergency. Reporter as of the shelter in place began the food bank of contra costa and solano had trouble getting the volunteers they need to operate. Today just like in the movies the calvary arrived. This group from the 223rd military Intelligence Battalion in San Francisco back produce unloaded pallets and filled 1000 boxes in less than three hours time. When you get 30 soldiers together in an Assembly Line you get any deficiency that really flows. Our volunteers are fabulous. The National Guard they are a little faster. The people who work here were pretty impressive how fast we were going. Honestly it was pretty fun. Reporter fund may be but the mission is serious. The boxes are labeled supplemental because they are meant to fill a demand the food bank hasnt seen before. With so many people being out of work there is a growing concern about the ability to get people the food their families may need. Food banks have suddenly become Mission Critical in maintaining social stability. We knew that would be a critical point because as soon as people dont get the commodities they need it will create more problems. We want to get in front. No one knows how much more food will be required when people who have never needed help before come calling. This is happening when panic buying is taxing the food banks normal supply sources. Food bank ceo said they need a huge influx of cash. Fast. We are doing everything we can to bring more food into the communities. What that is going to look like as we move forward as far as probably inventory supply is my greatest concern. Can we purchase enough to keep up with demand . Those enough lucky enough to still be working will help support those who are not. It is places like this where that help is going to be most important. Food bank say they still need the public to volunteer. The guards efforts are to increase the food supply beyond the 180,000 people the food bank already serves. A live look outside of San Francisco and downtown san jose right now. We have seen scattered showers across the bay area. What is happening right now on doppler . We do have scattered showers. These will fade out when the sun goes down. That is a couple hours away. Grab the umbrella with a rain jacket before you head out the door. Northeastern Sonoma County the northern half of napa county. The rain that has a better chance of holding on a little longer after the sun goes down. Elsewhere spotty showers are not going to amount to a lot. A lonely shower in the middle of contra costa county. Sprinkles further to the west toward the bay. Southern santa clara county. This activity will fall apart after the sun goes down this evening. The rest of the night after the rain ends the cold temperatures. Some frosted visors in effect the north bay. We talk about that coming up. Still ahead streaming on cbsn bay area even the royals are not immune to the outbreak. Prince charles test positive for coronavirus. The heir to the throne came into contact with before his diagnosis. Is a vaccine on the horizon . A look inside the labs going full speed ahead to fight the virus in even seeing results. Light efforts to give workers relief during the pandemic could be leaving hundreds of thousands of [sfx doorbell] hello, i saw you move in, and i wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood with some homemade biscuits oh, thats so nice and a little tip, geico could help you save on homeowners insurance. Hmm cookies uhh, biscuits. Mmmm, is there a little nutmeg in there . Oh its my mums secret recipe. You can tell me. Its a secret. Is it cinnamon . Its my mums secret recipe. Call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. Ill come back for the plate. The coronavirus has now spread to the British Royal family. Prince charles has tested positive for covid19. The 71yearold reportedly has mild symptoms but is otherwise in good health and good spirits. Right now he is isolating at his home in scotland with his wife camilla has tested negative. It is a reminder that even though he is a ends and in such a particular position everyone is vulnerable to this. Prince charles has been to several public and private meetings over the past few weeks including taking part in the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey with the entire royal family. The palace said 93yearold Queen Elizabeth is in good health and is following appropriate medical advice. More than 420 people have died from the coronavirus in the uk and more than 8000 have tested positive. A shelter in place order is in effect. Scientists around the world are committing entire labs to creating a vaccine. Just last week researchers in Washington State conducted their first human vexing tests. Another vaccine being developed in maryland is showing positive results after a few weeks of trial. Inside these test tubes and beakers could be a big step forward in the fight against the coronavirus. Doctor Gregory Glenn is the head of research and development for pharma tech lab nova backs. He has team spent weeks developing a vaccine. Vaccines have traditionally had an 8 to 10 year time frame for development. That is not a scenario that is acceptable here. We are going to try to compress the timeline if at all possible. Researchers are sharing information with one another picking and plugging away at data the sciences think will help fasttrack a vaccine. Doctor glenn is close to a potential solution. A spike protein that will be used to block the virus from attaching to a host. A vaccine is want to have to have a high level of immune responses to block that. If it is going to be extremely hard to interrupt the binding. That will keep you from getting sick. Reporter scientists in Houston Texas say they are building off a vaccine they created to fight another type of coronavirus. Middle east respiratory syndrome. If you learn how to make a vaccine for mers should have 75 of the knowledge you need to get to the next a vaccine. That is how come we were how we were able to do it. That quickly. Reporter the path to a treatment is complicated but he is cautiously optimistic. Lets take a live look outside. Loading gate bridge. A little bit of everything in the weather today. The clouds just looking spectacular. Paul hagan joining us. We are getting a break from the showers. Around the city things are nice. It is breezy. You had a little ways away from the bay and e shower right now. Doppler shows the showers scattered on the map with the heaviest rain further inland over the north bay. Lets take a look at this full screen. Heavier downpours northeastern Sonoma County. The northern half of napa county. To the north of napa itself. Heavy downpours. We dont see any child to ground lightning at this point. I havent seen any throughout the afternoon. Some good rainfall rates and even small hail embedded within the stronger showers that we have on the radar right now. This activity is still going to be out here the next couple hours. The sun goes down 7 20 pm. After that this activity even the heavier downpours should fade off the radar further into this evening. It gets chilly overnight. We talk about the rain and in the colder temperatures. A limited pattern on the radar by 11 pm. A couple passing sprinkles possible enter early tomorrow morning. Those will be few and far between. A chance for showers tomorrow. Starting to bubble up on the radar by noon. The best chance will be further inland over some the higher terrain. That is where it would develop the showers just around into the afternoon. Grab the umbrella just in case if you will be out and about or trying to go for a walk. Once again everything fades off the radar by tomorrow evening. A dryer pattern takes hold on friday. The next round of rain is already on the way by saturday. I will show you that coming up at 5 30 pm. Right now cliff house is looking nice along the coast temperatures well below average for late march. 58 the best we can do in concorde. The waves are rolling on shore. He strong winds. Keeping temperatures cool. Low to middle 50s for most of us. We should be well into the 60s this time of year. 2 degrees below average. Tomorrow will be another below average states virtualize. Sustained winds how strong the wind is is you walking out the door. 23 Miles Per Hour for the city. 22 oakland. Right now it is calm around fairfield. That wont last too long. Breezy conditions everywhere. The wince to relax further into tonight. The lack of wind means temperatures will drop off quickly. The cold air settling into some valley locations. Over the north bay. Down to freezing santa rosa just above it. Around napa. A frost advisory in effect for inland locations of marin county into Sonoma County and napa county. Even a freeze warning for lake county. Further to the north closer to the water. Temperatures stay in the low 40s which is below normal. But safely above freezing. It wont be a warm day tomorrow. Maybe a degree or two warmer than today. Upper 50s to around 60 degrees. Shower should be fewer and further between. We bring the rain chances back to the forecast saturday. The latest data indicates shower chances will linger into the second half of the weekend as well. Pretty good chance around 5050 both days. We will keep you updated as the weekend gets closer. A warming trend some dry weather early next week. Temperatures warm into the upper half of the 60s around the bay. Well into the 70s further inland especially by tuesday and wednesday of next week. Warmer weather is on the way as we finish march and head into april. The city of San Francisco has shut down a road party that was looking to profit off the pending to the attorneys that the event promoter set San Francisco had been selling tickets to a party this friday. Flyer state was going to happen at a private venue on 16th and rhode island street. A website was still selling tickets this morning. Just hours ago it was updated to say the party had been canceled. In a press release today to the attorney said putting 200 people together in a club is the exact wrong thing to do right now. It would create a powder cake for this virus to explode across our communities. We are not about to let that happen. Parking lots are closed along Pacific Coast state beach. It became necessary after the area so an influx of visitors last weekend. People were still trying to get around the restrictions today. One surface that he parked in the taco bell lots next to the beach lot that he usually uses. He said Public Officials have been sending mixed messages about whether it is okay to go outside. Ive heard they are saying to go outside and take some hikes. It is healthy for mental health. As long as you are staying away from people and not coming out in the big group. Those lot closures took effect at 12 01 pm 12 01 am. Beach rangers and Pacifica Police will be out to enforce them. Pacifica is not the only state beach in San Mateo County that was close. Ray will cove Half Moon Bay montero and pescadero are also on the list. Some folks safely enjoyed free barbecue this afternoon in oakland. Horn barbecue on mandela parkway offered pulled pork and barbecue chicken. The owner and volunteers put the food in styrofoam containers on the table while trying to maintain the healthy social distancing. People stopping by say they really appreciate the gesture. I think it is really nice and generous just to kind of get the boredom out the house and have some of the foods that you typically wont make it home. Is a lot of fear. A lot of uncertainty going on. I think it is important for us to come together as a community and show love and express it. Restaurant owner hopes to set up more free barbecues in the coming days. People in berkeley stepped outside to take part in a music circus. They performed renditions of take me out to the ballgame. The organizer a berkeley resident has chosen a different song for each wednesday afternoon. Through the end of april. Participants get the lyrics and music online. Didnt have a week to practice with their voices and musical instruments. Just come out and sing. Stay six feet apart. Love your neighbors from a distance and have a good time for a few minutes. Lisa bullwinkle is an event producer and chair of the berkeley art commission. She has chosen dont worry be happy for the upcoming song next wednesday. Coming up while congress did sit out over the stimulus bill one major group of workers beers it wont help them at all. Why over half 1 million workers may not even qualify for muchneeded stimulus checks. With the outbreak skyrocketing in new york some say california is on track for the same fate. We hear from the bay area experts saying not when we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. Right now on kpix five back streaming on cbsn bay area. Santa clara county continues to be to see the biggest coronavirus outbreak across the bay area. Health officials announced an additional 84 new cases and what is the countys largest single day spike. The total number of reported cases is 459. With 17 depths. Good evening. Heres a look at coronavirus headlines at 5 30 pm. The National Guard has been deployed to a food bank in fairfield. The troops are helping to back produce unload the pallets and pillboxes. With some people out of work there is a growing concern about the ability to get people the food their families may need. In washington a 2 trillion stimulus bill has run into a hitch. Senate and white house negotiators announced a deal earlier today. Several republican senators are threatening to hold up the bill. They object to an expansion of Unemployment Benefits. At least 1 million californians have filed for unemployment in the last two weeks. Today the governor discussed how the new stimulus package will help those struggling. We provide on a weekly basis Unemployment Insurance grants from anywhere from 40 to as much as 450. This package would provide for an additional 600 on top of that. For over 1000 a week. For many californians
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