Centers main hall. Its part of the plan to handle the expected onslaught of patients suffering from covid 19. We will separate males and females, adults only. Reporter the Santa Clara County hospital surge planner working with the office of Emergency Services and the California International guards 146th airlift wing out of the channel islands. They are setting up what is a map type of unit for less severe and recovering patients who could be homeless or dont have a safe place to stay until they get better. This mission of the medical station is to ensure hospitals have the capacity to take care of the sickest patients. The medical centers and hospitals have been gearing up for weeks to handle their own expected surge of the critical cases with specialized equipment like ventilators. The patients who are covid 19 positive and are well enough to leave the hospital but dont have otherwise a safe place to return, they could come here for ongoing care. The unit will be staffed with a volunteer corps of doctors, nurses, paramedics, as well as Mental Health and social care workers. They will likely settle in for the lengthy stay. When the patient has tested positive for covid19 they need to remain isolated from at least 14 days. We expect the patients will be here for as many as 23 weeks. The entire stead up here at the Convention Center is being constructed within 12 hours at the start of the 7 00 a. M. Time this morning as they will finish around 7 00 p. M. Tonight. They will move on to another city tomorrow. Eight cities throughout california are being set up with hospitals like this. They are getting ready and are so thanked. The county is deciding whether or not to change the conditions of the shelter in place or possibly extend it. Parks will remain open from now but Health Officials want to remind everyone social distancing is key. Especially with the upcoming easter holiday. This isnt a time to convene for the Easter Egg Hunt or for the family convening out in these parks. I say this because we have had a number of festivals and convenings canceled this year as a result of the attendance restrictions that were put on the public events. Im not so sure its been made clear to people that even family events should be so restricted. Contra costa county is trying to expand its medical treatment capabilities to prepare for a surge in cases. A high school in martinez will serve as a care site to treat patients who do not have coronavirus. These will be people who need care but will be kept out of the hospitals to free up space for coronavirus patients. Beds, medical equipment, and other supplies are scheduled to arrive over the next few days. The entire School Campus will undergo a comprehensive cleaning process. It will be disinfected and sanitized before any students come a teachers, or staff will be allowed on campus. San francisco has its own coronavirus hotspot. Health officials confirmed today that they are scrambling to deal with seven cases at laguna honda hospital. One of the biggest skilled care facilities in the country. That makes this a highrisk zone. One patient and six staffers have tested positive. More cases are expected. We are expanding testing. The focus at the Health Department is to ensure staff and residents , safety is maintained as much as possible. Health officials adding resources to laguna honda to help limit the spread. They have ordered testing of 150 Staff Members into wings. A staffer at Zuckerberg San Francisco general has tested positive. That person worked in patient care in the emergency department. Work is underway to determine who else may have been exposed. Lets look at the latest coronavirus cases in the bay area. As of today there are 1618 cases in total. Thereve been 34 deaths. Santa clara county now has more than 500 cases followed by San Francisco county with 279, san mateo has 239. The governor announced an executive order banning the enforcement of evictions for tenants affected by the coronavirus in california. The order will begin immediately and go through until the end of may. For tenants through may 31st there will be no eviction proceedings, no enforcement as it relates to the inability to pay for covid19 is this doesnt preempt any local ordinances that go deeper or farther but this is an overlay for the state of california. Tenants are required to tell their landlord in writing within seven days if they cant pay their rent on time because of the covid19 pandemic. A live look at the white house this evening were President Trump signed into law a 2 trillion stimulus package to respond to the significant economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. This is the largest spending package in u. S. History. Lawmakers attempted to practice social distancing as they gathered for the unanimous voice vote. The plan is up to 1200, directly to most working americans. It expands Unemployment Insurance, providing hundreds of billions of dollars to businesses big and small and will deliver immediate Financial Relief to hospitals. The president is eager to restart the economy and its said he has looked for ways to get people back to work. It make to a large sections of the country that are seriously affected. We have to start this process soon. New york city has recorded its highest ever number of medical 911 calls overtaking the numbers seen during the september 11 terror attacks. The city received around 6550 medical 911 calls on wednesday. Elise preston joins us live from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in new york city. Thank you from joining us. Reporter thank you juliet. As the virus continues to spread across the country, states everywhere including here in new york have taken drastic measures to get a handle on this deadly disease. Doctors and nurses on the front lines of the Coronavirus Fight say new york City Hospitals have been overwhelmed and look like war zones. Several with makeshift morgues set up outside. We are scared and trying to fight from everyone elses life and fighting for hours as well. We have the highest risk of exposure. In many shifts ive left from ive cried. Reporter this atlanta nurse shared her worries online on facebook. Its so hard to see everyone being scared , going to work scared. Reporter 200 ploys at 200 boston hospitals have tested positive. They expect the cases to peak in a week. The huge Convention Center in manhattan is being converted into a temporary hospital. Its scheduled to open monday. Seven other makeshift hospitals are in the works. This will be weeks and weeks and weeks. Reporter public Health Officials fear los angeles will be hardhit like new york in the coming weeks. They may have to call up reserves to build hospital space and hotspots like michigan and in florida. A cruise ship off the coast of panama carrying two positive passengers and at least 138 sickened others is trying to get to Fort Lauderdale next week, for people have died aboard. The president says he wants to reopen the country as soon as possible. I dont want it to be long but we want to open the country safely. Reporter new yorks mayor said sunday will be a decisive moment when it comes to having enough medical equipment and supplies and healthcare workers. Meanwhile we are hearing more and more from major u. S. Companies saying they are trying to help handle the surge. They have announced plans that they will basically help manufacture protective equipment. We have also heard from dr. Fauci who is on the task force. What did he have to say to update us . He called the pandemic unprecedented. Hes seen a lot of epidemics here in the u. S. And around the world. Hes saluting healthcare workers tonight and calls them heroes. He says they are doing whatever they can to make sure they have protective equipment. All right, in new york Elise Preston thank you. Stocks pulled back following three stays of gains. The dow dropped 900 points, s p shed nearly 89 points. The nasdaq fell over 295 points. All three ended higher for the week after the threeday surge. A live look outside from the San Francisco bay to san jose, a dreary and windy day. Paul is working from home today although working i must say, you expect some rain this weekend. Some much needed rainfall is on the way going into the weekend. Today is the first dry day weve seen with clouds overhead keeping temperatures cool. Rain chances will go up going into the weekend. The big picture pattern showing the system causing that rain getting closer and closer to the coast which will spread to off and on showers into the bay area. Those will linger saturday into sunday. In the short term we are beginning to see the very beginning stages of the rain showing up on the fringe off the northern coast. Looking at that with a look at the radar, you could see west of eureka, some shower activity but its out over the pacific is we dont see any rain across the area right now and wont see any this evening. If the evening walk is on your agenda, layer up a little bit against the wind. A breezy day with the wind off the water which means its been a chilly breeze. The camera right now its shaking around a little bit from Salesforce Tower looking toward the golden gate the wind will relax overnight. It wont be as breezy over the weekend but it will be wet and on the cool side. Looking at when that pattern turns around coming up in your forecast in a few minutes. Still ahead and streaming on cbsn bay area if you hoped to go to the beach this weekend think again. The strategy to prevent huge crowds at parks this weekend, will it work . Why one bay area mom charged in the College Admissions scandal is using the coronavirus as an excuse to evade prison time. Temple sunday services are going virtual. [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. Chopper 5 showing the empty parking lot at the marina green. Its the same story in ocean beach. Gates blocking the parking lot to keep too many people from gathering over the weekend. Katie nielsen explains what will be different this weekend. Katie. Reporter east Bay Regional Parks announcing they are closing 20 of the most popular park sites through april 30. This is one of 73 that will stay open at least from now. Weekends, it gets overrun. Everyone is out at the same time. Mcchrystal reese comes to crown beach from her house in oakland and says that she thinks people are just now starting to understand the concept of social distancing. People are really making the effort to give that radius and theres a learning curve. Reporter thousands of people packed beaches near San Francisco and crowded dolores park in the mission. A clear violation of the shelter in place order. Sadly we saw a number of areas in the city that were just jampacked. We are going to have to make changes, the last thing i want to do is as i said on monday, is to basically close parks. Reporter but thats exactly whats happening at 20 e. Bay Regional Park sites in alameda and contra costa counties. Most of the closures or removing parking from picnic areas and highdensity recreation sites. Reporter in most cases the parking lots are closed to reduce the number of people at the park but the trails themselves are open. They could walk in , we are trying to educate people about behavior, not about not using the parks they love. Reporter the trail at crown beach has become a much needed respite from a lot of people like one alameda resident brian fleming. I and going on the sidewalk once or twice per day. Im trying to catch the sunset at the end of the day. This gives you a little bit of extra pep through your day to get out and get fresh air. Make east Bay Regional Parks are closing the parking lots and picnic areas at some popular sites. Find an entire list on the website. The trails are still open if people want to walk into those parks. They will be monitoring the situation closely if they start to see the parks getting overcrowded in other areas, those may be closing as well in the days and weeks to come. Life in pleasanton, Katie Nielsen for kpix 5. A bay area mother who pleaded guilty in the College Admissions scandal is using the coronavirus as an argument against prison time. She is now asking for at home detention claiming time behind bars would likely expose her to the virus. She and her husband are facing some of the toughest charges for cheating on several standardized tests to get their daughters into universities. They are set to be sentenced next month. San mateo county is considering releasing inmates early because of the coronavirus concerns. The Sheriffs Office is reviewing every individuals age, medical condition, and risk to the public, inmates with a bail of 15,000 or less, or fewer than 60 days remaining on the sentence will be considered. Im here at the live news desk, the coronavirus outbreak is causing a big hit on the airlines including southwest. The carrier is cutting 1500 daily flights because of the recent decline in travel which is more than a third of southwest daily flights altogether. The airline is looking at adjusting their service to hawaii. A very popular route from the bay area. A new report says air travel is down by nearly 85 . Compared to this time last year, its a sign of the time. At the live news desk back to you. Chief meteorologist paul heggen is joining from now with some rain over the weekend. Those rain chances could be pretty high for saturday and sunday then they go down a lot going into next week. Theres a Little Something from everyone in the forecast. We see increasing clouds overnight with rain showers becoming more likely going through saturday, continuing into saturday night into sunday. The dry and warm weather pattern is on the way by next week. Temperatures go into the 70s farther away from the bay. In the 60s near the bay is not too bad either. Right now a nice view from the Salesforce Tower camera. Looking toward the east bay. Some clouds are rather stubborn with temperatures right now in the mid to upper 50s. 55 degrees in the city, 57 in concord and oakland. Everyone is remaining below 60 degrees. Its been breezy throughout the day. Around 20 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco. 1020 mileperhour wind across the board and write off the water. Thats definitely a chilly direction. Looking at the low temperatures tonight they will not be as cold as they were over the past couple of nights without any frost advisory is in effect. Talking about lows across the board into the 40s. Low to mid 40s away from the bay, not much of a warm up and store for tomorrow because the clouds and off and on rain showers. They warm up in the mid to upper 50s. Even with the rain showers on sunday, we see more a form of for the second half of the weekend. Getting into the details of when the rain arrives, it will start to knock on our doorstep on saturday. We will see a better chance of showers headed our way into saturday afternoon and continuing into saturday evening. Some of the heaviest rain we could see spreading out on the rater simulation on saturday. I take you through sunday on future cast coming up during the 5 30 half hour. It wont rain everywhere all the time. They will be dry breaks here and there. This forecast model estimates the best transfer catching those dry brakes will be on saturday evening for a few hours with more rain on the ray on sunday. Chances of rain saturday and sunday. Talking about putting a dent in the rainfall deficit. Not a lot but we take what we can get with the forecast model indicating the potential for three quarters of an inch of rain wherever the heaviest downpours decide to set up. Thats always the hardest part to pin down. Exactly where that will happen, everyone will get some rain going into the weekend. A dry stretcher weather from most of next week, there are lingering showers with clouds on monday and the slightest transfer showers over the north bay. Temperatures warm up in the mid 60s for the bay, from tuesday on what all the way through the end of the next workweek. Temperatures farther inland climb up into the 70s. That isnt bad at all as we finish off march going into the first couple of days of april. The weather looks cooperative. We hope that the news will be more cooperative as well. All right paul, thank you. Coming up the the british Prime Minister has tested positive for the coronavirus. He is the first world leader known to have contracted covid 19. Now to the news on twitter, he said he only has mild symptoms and says he will continue to lead the countrys fight against the virus from his home in downing street. There is no doubt i can continue to communicate with my top team to lead the national fight against coronavirus. He remains isolated from his fiancc months pregnant with their first child. There are now nearly 15,000 cases in the uk. Apple has joined the fight against coronavirus releasing a covid19 app and website. Using the screening tool the users are asked questions and given advice as to whether to self isolate or go to the hospital. The company developed the tool in collaboration with the cdc, fema, and White House Coronavirus task force. Tesla will donate hundreds of ventilators to help with the expected surge in demand in hospitals fighting the pandemic. The new york mayor confirming the news in a tweet saying that he is deeply grateful stating that we need every ventilator we can get our hands on. A curfew for residence in the city of miami of begins tonight. Medical personnel and restaurant workers are excluded which will end at 5 00 a. M. Coming up, we hear from a bay area couple unable to return home for weeks. The two are stuck in peru while the pandemic worsens. They share their story coming up. Have you been a little annoyed when strangers get too close . The San Francisco mayor says its been happening to her. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. You are watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, stuck abroad during the coronavirus pandemic. We are talking to the bay area couple trying to get home from peru. Im juliette goodrich. And im alan martin. A look at the top stories here at 5 30. The Santa Clara County transform their center into a hspital as they prepare for covid19 patients. It will be used for less severe coronavirus patients. They have 174 confirmed cases which is the most in the bay area. One high school serve as a care site to treat patients who dont have coronavirus. These will be people who need care but will be kept out of hospitals to free up space for coronavirus patients. Beds, medical equipment and other supplies are scheduled to arrive over the next few days. Today the president signed into law a two point one high school serve as a care site to treat patients who dont have coronavirus. These will be people who need care but will be kept out of hospitals to free up space for coronavirus patients. Beds, medical equipment and other supplies are scheduled to arrive over the next few days. Today the president signed into law a 2. 2 trillion stimulus package today in response to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic the plan gives up to 1200 to most working americans. It expands Unemployment Insurance and provides relief to the hospitals. The governor is trying to protect renters to be protected from the pandemic. He signed an order that bans lawyers and courts from taking out evictions. The rent due on april 1 applies to tenants who arent already
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