In santa clara, makeshift hospitals are set up for coronavirus patients. Its one of the measures they are taking to prepare for a surge in cases. A new wave of closures for many bay area parks and beaches to prevent a repeat of last weekends crowds with insufficient social distancing. A lifeline for california renters with a statewide eviction ban and why some worry that is only a bandaid. Its just about 6 00 a. M. On the saturday, march 28. Another weekend morning and that means ive got rain to look at on my doppler radar. There is a pattern. Scattered but occasionally heavy and that is a way to describe what it will be for just about anybody who is out early on this saturday morning. On hidef doppler, there is light rain and heavy rain like devon was talking about, you will have not a lot of yellow but there are some in the east bay and some approaching the peninsula and thats what the radar looks like, more impressive than the rain that is out there and fairly light for most of us. Here is futurecast and rain comes between 9 00 this morning and noon. For that window, late morning, more widespread rain for everybody and into the Late Afternoon, scattered showers and not that heavy or not too many, but just the first round and theres more rain for tomorrow morning and i will talk to you about that with the complete forecast. If you are getting ready to go outside, temperatures are noticeably warmer than yesterday with clouds keeping temperatures from dropping too much and Current Conditions in oakland showed drops of rain and San Francisco and santa rosa are there. Low to mid50s and it will be v forecast in a few minutes. The bay area and the nation are preparing for the surge and coronavirus cases. California cases grew 26 friday with the result of 65,000 tests pending. President donald trump is calling up military units to expand Hospital Capacity and now orders General Motors to make urgently needed ventilators and sign the massive relief bill to send checks to americans and the number of cases in the u. S. Is now 100,000, the most anywhere in the world. Santa clara has transformed the Convention Center to a makeshift hospital and thats an example of how they are getting ready for the coronavirus cases. We have maria medina with the urgent message from officials. Its social distancing, whether you are sick or not sick. Reporter nearly two weeks after the stayathome order went into effect, dr. Jeffrey smith gave the community a b in social distancing. We can always do better, but people are trying hard. Reporter with no vaccine, obeying the order will bring down the rate of affection, as well as save lives and it will give the Health Care System a chance to help the severely ill. They expect an upcoming surge in covid19 cases. It will allow the Health Care System to take care of the really sick people in an efficient way and it will keep less sick people out of the hospitals, at home, quarantine. Reporter lake county just transformed the santa clara Convention Center main hall into a makeshift hospital, bringing in 250 beds for patients with mild symptoms and those recovering. We ensure hospitals have capacity to take care of the sickest patients. Reporter more ventilators are on the way and icus are being added to hospitals, hiring 100 nurses with a request for paramedic and ambulance teams for the homeless. It will be challenging and not pretty. Things will get considerably worse for a while but we will make it through. Reporter the doctors say it takes at least two weeks for social distancing to take effect. In san jose, maria medina, kpix5. In contra costa county, alhambra hospital will be treating patients who do not have the virus and they will free up space to allow hospitals to focus on treating coronavirus patients. Marin county reports the first coronavirus death. The victim had been a passenger on the grand princess cruise ship and was in his 70s and the first marin county resident to contract the virus. He died on friday after being hospitalized nearly three weeks. Two Santa Rosa Police officers have tested positive, now bringing the total to five cases. San Jose State University reports the second case with a patient being a campus employee that is recovering at home. A new wave of bay area parks and beaches are closing this weekend to avoid the crush of crowds that happened last weekend. San mateo county closed all of the parks last weekend. We have Andrea Nakano with what you should know if you are going out for fresh air. Reporter if you come to California State Parks this weekend, you will see signs warning people about closures and this weekend, Governor Newsom brings in the National Guard to hand out flyers to remind people about social distancing. Despite the shelter at home order, californians visited parks and beaches in record numbers last weekend. It was incredibly busy on the streets and it reminded me of a busy saturday. Reporter the state parks in california will close parking lots 498 parks and beaches and local counties are following the lead. The east Bay Regional Park District announced its closing 20 of the most popular parks until april 30 and marin county has the sheriffs department, who tweeted out this message, people should stay at home with all marin county beaches and parks closed with Community Parks open for walking or biking only. If you tell people they cant do something, thats when they will do it. Reporter this inverness resident saw lines of cars last weekend. At my age, nothing bothers me. Im 90. Reporter some neighbors feel that when the state is trying to flatten the curve, people should stay closer to home to protect the most vulnerable communities in our state. This is a part of the world where we have very few hospitals. The hospitals are 40 or 45 minutes away. There is a high population of elders here. Reporter the National Guard is being deployed for informational purposes, but not enforcement. That could change if people if people dont take social distancing seriously. In san rafael, Andrea Nakano, kpix5. President donald trump signed the 2. 2 trillion stimulus package and the goal is to soften the significant economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and the president is looking for ways to get people back to work. We may take large sections of the country that arent seriously affected and we may do it that way but weve got to start the process pretty soon. The plan gives up to 1200 for most working americans, expands Unemployment Insurance and provides money to businesses and delivers Financial Relief to hospitals. Those stimulus relief checks could come to americans within three weeks. Restaurants call on the governor for help. The Restaurant Association of california warns that as many as 30,000 restaurants, a third of the states total could close permanently because of the shelterinplace order. The california governor, gavin newsom, signed an executive order to protect renters from being evicted and it covers people who lost work because of coronavirus. Those who need to take care of kids who are home from school or family members with the illness, and they would eventually have to make up all the money theyve owed. More from kpix5 with betty you. Reporter practicing social distancing, with residents circling city hall with their cars. The renter protection is related to covid19. Organizers say renters make up more than half of Mountain View residents and they wanted 180 day grace period for missed rent payments instead of the 120 days from the county. My biggest fear is that the most vulnerable in Mountain View, whether Senior Citizens on a fixed income or low income workers propping up the local economy, that they will find themselves on the street and that will make the Public Health crisis bigger. Reporter governor gavin newsom announced an executive order banning the enforcement of evictions for tenants affected by the coronavirus in california. May 31, there will be no eviction proceedings until then as relates to inability to pay due to covid19 but doesnt preempt local ordinance that go deeper or farther. Tenants are required to tell their tenants with in writing within seven days 19andemic and state senators applauded the work during the pandemic, scott wiener said the new order doesnt go far enough. Unfortunately, the executive order simply says if you dont pay your rent, they can move to evict you right now but they cant actually enforce that eviction until the emergency is over. In a few months, when the emergency is over, you could be evicted. State senator scott weiner introduced legislation to put a full moratorium on evictions and would give renters one year after the end of the state of emergency to pay back the rent in installments. The legislature is in recess because of the virus right now. A frightening reality with Domestic Violence calls skyrocketing and some victims are forced to stay in one spot with their abusers. A shelter has been overwhelmed with calls. Reporter a stayathome order wont stop tonya brown from coming to work. After enduring an abusive relationship for 11 years, brown is a survivor turned savor, working at the community for peace, helping victims break the cycle. In the last weeks, shes answered an overwhelming number of Domestic Violence calls. It puts the abusers in the home with the family, more frequently than usual. The abusers are not going to work or the victim doesnt have the opportunity to work on the children our home. The income is cut and its a pressure cooker. Reporter i called resources that victims depend on and some are stretched thin or not open. The Business Office is closed until further notice. If the Response Time is longer than normal, we ask for your patience and understanding. Reporter there were scare tactics posted for abusers using, some holding Hand Sanitizer and threatening to cancel insurance to control victims. One caller said they were physically abused. Imagine being on the front line with nowhere to go and no one to turn to but you have to stay there knowing you will be attacked at any moment. Reporter she comes to work every day because this is not just a job, she knows firsthand it is a lifeline. Of course, we all want to be here. Its my daily life and why i do what i do. Advocates for victims say its a time for neighbors to step up and look for signs of stress and abuse next door. New coronavirus hotspots have emerged in the u. S. Chicago, detroit, new orleans and louisiana see rapid increases in cases. New york is the national epicenter with cases climbing above 26,000. One Convention Center is being converted to a hospital and finds may go out for violating social distancing rules. Governor andrew cuomo said the state is almost two weeks away from hitting the peak number of cases. Public Health Officials fear los angeles will be as hardhit as new york. The Naval Hospital ship mercy docked in port last night to offer relief to area hospitals. Another coronavirus stricken cruise ship is in limbo. The zen dam ship for holland america, 138 have complained of symptoms and four have died. Its anchored off panama and other vessels are transferring things to it. The reverend Joseph Lowery, a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement died at the age of 98. 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America lost a civil rights icon. The reverend Joseph Lowery died in atlanta after a brief battle with an undisclosed illness. He helped Martin Luther king jr. Found the Leadership Conference. In 2009, he was awarded the president ial medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor. The reverend Joseph Lowery, known as the dean of the Civil Rights Movement, was 98. Two no food and Drug Administration trials will test whether the antimalarial drugs will help to prevent or treat coronavirus. The drug is hydroxychloroquine and there is anecdotal evidence that it works against the new coronavirus, but there is scant hard data. Specialists in minnesota hope to answer the question as to whether or not its effective. The data in humans is limited and there are stories about Getting Better but there is little data. Some people tolerated the medicine well, but there is no clinical benefit to people that is really known. The doctor looks virus but w exsed to someone that tested ve screen. A pause on productiwhere candy will not be shipped for the safety of some employees and customers. Bart will provide Transportation Service on sunday, even though the ridership plunged 92 and they are looking at scenarios for cutting costs and services to save the operating budget. Turning to weather, weve got rain for both days this weekend, saturday and sunday and both will see the rain in the morning. Sunday will be more rainy than today. But, weve already gotten good rain today. I will show you on hidef doppler and specifically in the east baypicked up. 1 inches of rain this morning in oakland and san leandro with a big band of green coming to the bay area. Its not equal, but for the most part, light showers, sprinkles on the windshield. Looking at the radar in detail, you pick up the spots with yellow and orange and it is much more noticeable with the windshield wipers going at a good clip. In the east bay and oakland and san leandro, you picked up. 1 inches in the last hour. Streets will be wet and there was decent rain coming down. With the wider view, we have this band crossing over the peninsula right now im going over the mountains and just about to go through 280, 101 and san mateo with the rain picking up. San francisco has a band of rain moving in from the coast. The timing for both days is the morning. Saturday morning, this is the rain and we will put it in futurecast to bring this forward and that gets us late into the 8 00 hour, about 9 00 a. M. With better bands of rain coming on. It will be between 9 00 in the morning and noon with the best chance for widespread rain. It wont be a lot, but something and past noon, its spotty showers and for much of the afternoon, and likely wont even rain. It wont ic but there is a chance for an afternoon shower. The bulk of it will be in the morning. Lets switch focus because heres how it feels out there with current numbers, mid50s for some of us. Oakland is 54 and dam. San francisco, 53 and damp. Santa rosa, 43 and that is 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. If you were up early friday morning and you were up early today and about to go out for your Early Morning jog, it will feel warmer but will be more dam. The daytime highs, it wont be a lot warmer than now with temperatures in the upper 50s. Sunday, for the timing, there is a timestamp of late morning and the best of the rain will come through widespread and into the afternoon, it will break up and turn to spotty showers Late Afternoon on sunday and we will probably pick up twice as much on sunday as what we get today and that doesnt say a lot because we might pick up. 1 inches to. 2 inches or. 4 inches tomorrow and these are the only two days with rain. The other headline is warm and sunny, sunny and midto upper 70s much of next week. Enjoy the rain this weekend because it will turn off by next week. So, back to 75 for inland spots by the middle of the week. I know it was just psychological and we need the rain, but when there is sunshine, it makes staying in or going for a walk that much better. Good point on that and we will get a mix of all of that. With the coronavirus, closing zoos and aquariums across the u. S. Means the animals can enjoy new experiences. Heres a look at tortoises out for a leisurely stroll in the butterfly garden in chattanooga. It allowed employees time to do cleaning in their usual exhibit. Coming up, the economic hit japan will take with the a quick sports update with Major League Baseball players and the association agreeing not to start the season until there are no bands on Mass Gatherings due to the Coronavirus Crisis. There is a possibility of some games played at neutral sites and the season wont begin until there are no travel restrictions in the u. S. And canada. Was summer olympics postponed for a year, athletes are doing all they can to keep in shape during the coronavirus stayathome order and we have more from a local athlete. Reporter these athletes are bay area natives and must wait until 2021 for the Tokyo Olympics because of the spread of coronavirus. This eighthgrader has time for her first olympic games. She turns 14 in april and was one of the 70 of u. S. Athletes who voted to postpone the games. Stay safe and wash your hands. There are unknowns. Some young people are getting sick and the ages are going lower and lower. Reporter in the meantime, to stay in shape, there is no stress. I have a treadmill in the house. I tried to run 2 miles. I have a skate park back here and i can skate. That report was from vern glenn. Japan is preparing for the impact of the games because of the coronavirus pandemic. By some estimates, it could cost the equivalent of tens of billions of u. S. 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The theme with todays rain, most of us in the first half of the day will have that rain. By 12 30, the same heavy band of rain coming across and when we get into the Late Afternoon, by 3 00 or 4 00, it will break and charles will turn off before they come back on sunday. Sunday, the rain will be more widespread with most of that in the morning, as well. As far as how it looks out there, you can see how slick it is at sfo with a wet tarmac and temperatures are from the mid 40s to the mid50s and it feels relatively nice, 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. That is one benefit and the daytime highs dont get a lot warmer, upper 50s and i will be back with more in a few minutes. A nursing home in San Francisco is a new focus of coronavirus concerns. Kpix5 has Wilson Walker from laguna honda hospital. There are six Staff Members and one patient testing positive for coronavirus. Reporter contact investigations are under way including testing and those units have been quarantined. The city quarantine and laguna honda hopes to keep coronavirus away from the 750 residents inside and now all residents and Staff Members are being tested to determine who else might be infected. We begun bringing additional resources, including staff and expertise on longterm care Infection Control and infectious disease. Reporter the city is also investigating a positive test at San Francisco general hospital, the er worker. Health officials are not sure how they contracted the virus. This person provides patient care in the Emergency Department and now is self isolating with a thorough contact investigation. Protecting those Frontline Health care workers from exposure has been a chief concern with officials hoping the case will be isolated and the situation at laguna honda is expected to worsen. Im sad to say that we do expect an outbreak. That was Wilson Walker reporting and all of those patients are said to be in good condition. Contra costa county is expanding medical treatment capabilities to prepare for a surge in cases. Alhambra hospital will treat patients who do not have the virus and there will be patients who need care, but they will free up space for coronavirus patients. Beds, medical equipment and supplies will arrive in the next few days. Authorities say they will be disinfecting and sanitizing before students, teachers or staff are allowed back on the state campus. Coronavirus is in the bay area, as of friday, 1618 cases, total with 34 deaths. Santa clara county has more than 500 cases in San Francisco and san mateo are under 300 but they are smaller and have as many per capita as santa clara county. A bay area pioneer in biotechnology is entering the fight against the growing pandemic. Genentech launches a global Clinical Trial for patients hospitalized with severe coronavirus. This is an invisible beast. There are confirmed cases of covid19. Ive not seen anything like this. 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Cbs news, washington. The rain may keep you indoors more today and we will get rain both days this weekend. The theme is the same, most noticeable in the morning and since it is saturday morning, weve got rain with the hidef doppler showing a good band of green and its much more noticeable in the east bay where weve already gotten over. 1 inches, close to. 2 inches in places like oakland and san leandro. In the east bay, working through 880, there is rain and more is coming over the peninsula and its going up over the santa cruz mountains. Rainy on 84 between Half Moon Bay and san mateo with a good band of rain and the rain is working into town. San mateo and hillsboro and redwood city, its good rain, not light mist. When you get to areas like that, there is decent rain coming down and that is the way it will stay for the first half of the day on saturday. In futurecast, through 2 00, you can see the back edge as the rain clears out into the Late Afternoon and early evening. Into sunday, the next round of rain will get here and we have temperatures for saturday morning. Its wet out there and you can see the reflection on the runways with sfo reporting rain. Daytime highs, it doesnt get a lot warmer than now, only mid to upper 50s and we are relatively warm for the morning those. We are 10 degrees warmer than yesterday and then we dont warm up a lot from where we are right now. Sunday, the range should be a little more impressive, more widespread and heavier, at times. It comes through the first half of the day and in the 8 00 hour of sunday morning, widespread rain with a similar pattern. By 3 00, there is a back edge moving east and for the second half of sunday, we night and we might not be completely rain free but we will see far less rain than through sunday morning. It shows up in the sevenday forecast with daytime highs inland, and barely into the lower 60s. The real headline is sunny and warm for much of the rest of the week. Talking about rain for the weekend, that is happening now, but we will turn our attention to the fact that when the weekend is over, it will be full spring, sunny and warm. That is the forecast and where things stand for now. I will take sunshine later in the week, gladly. It will be nice to get the storms, but for now, we turn them off. If you need a diversion this weekend, the oakland zoo set up a grizzly bear camera that you can watch grizzlies y wantn the zoo website. Inexico, a 12dayold bengal tiger named covid is being shown. The zoo is dedicated to rescuing animals from circuses and exotic private collections. The cubs 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. 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I couldnt sit back with Climate Change. Reporter the program started in 2010 and back then, it helped 100 marin county households organized into 20 Climate Action teams, lose 500,000 pounds of carbon output. Since then, resilient neighborhoods helped teams reduce annual area Carbon Emissions by more than 9 million pounds. Five meetings over 10 weeks and they report what theyve done. Reporter the team members are given scores of actions to choose from and that is just the beginning. Other team members like lisa our composting, shopping at farmers markets and using alternative methods of transportation like electric bicycles. Her work is more important than ever. Reporter planning for emergencies as part of the lesson plan. More have responded because they are feeling it. People are wearing face masks. Reporter the covid19 pandemic has a group that was supposed to graduate soon, but they wont meet in person for the foreseeable future but they are hopeful. We have to be resilient. Reporter for empowering others to make a positive change for the environment, the jefferson award in the bay area goes to tamera peters. Fogradua they are hopeful they its 6 55. The top stories are, the santa clara Convention Center is set up as a temporary over fro hospital, and his permanent hospitals are too is crowded with coronavirus patients. The Convention Center facility would take care of patients who dont have the virus. People flocked to parks last parks last weekend, in violation of social distancing. More bay area parking lots will be close, including parts of the Regional Park district and all 23 sites run by the San Mateo County department of parks. Governor gavin newsom signed an executive order to protect renters from being evicted that covers people who have lost work because of coronavirus and those who need to care for children because schools are closed and it protects people and families that are sick with the virus. President donald trump signed the 2. 2 trillion stimulus package aimed at providing Economic Relief to americans affected by the fallout from the outbreak. Shortly before the signing, the bill was passed by the house of representatives. Civil rights icon, Joseph Lowery has died. He past away in atlanta after a brief battle with an undisclosed illness and helped mlk jr. Establish the southern christian Leadership Conference and lead the organization for two decades. The reverend Joseph Lowery was 98. The forecast has dark gray clouds that are dropping rain. Close to. 2 inches of rain in the east bay and it is wet at sfo. Expect the roads to look like this and it will stay this way through the morning. On the radar, a good band of widespread green moving through and the focus is on the east bay and in the peninsula. And, along the west coast, as well, the rain will be fairly steady with the city about to see a good band of rain come through. It will be rainy through the first half of saturday and then a break for the second half and sunday, same thing. The first half of sunday, more impressive rain sunday morning into early afternoon and then a break into sunday afternoon, where it will be spotty showers. By monday, we are doand then we get to the real story, which is much of next week, sunny and warm and back to the mid70s and it will feel very much like spring after this somewhat soggy weekend. We need the rain and we will take it. Its not like we have anywhere we need to be. There you have it. All right. A little rain and sunshine later in the week. Thank you. Time for us to call it a morning and thank you for watching kpix news. We will be back here wild thing, you make my heart sing. You make everything. Groovy. Done yet . Yeah, yeah, sorry, sorry. You sure . Hmm. Mmm. Come on, come on, wild thing. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. 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