Confirmed cases of coronavirus in the bay area, a full third of them this Santa Clara County alone. 48 patients have died. Today, Santa Cruz County announced its first fatal case. A man in his 70s with Underlying Health issues. Kiet do tells us they will be used to shelter the homeless as part of a broader effort to curtail the number of coronavirus cases. Reporter if you are homeless and test positive for the coronavirus, theres a good chance this is where you will end up. Youre looking at 15 trailers given to Santa Clara County from the state of california. Theyre relatively new and look to be in good shape, but need a little bit of work on the inside. These trailers are the latest weapon to flatten the curve and prepare for a wave of coronavirus patients, in particular those who are rolls. Its important for those who think you have the virus or if you do have the virus that youre doing self isolating. Reporter oftentimes in homeless shelters, residents are in close quarters, within arms reach of each other and sleeping side by side. The county is opening up gateway hall to take people out of the shelters. Provide access to services from a safe distance. In San Francisco, the homeless were placed in hotels and motels. And Santa Clara County is doing the same here. We want to make sure the virus doesnt run rampant through any communities, whether thats a Skilled Nursing facility, a Single Family home or an encampment. Reporter this is the first time cindy can remember the fairgrounds being used for humanitarian relief. Its also a place we gather to support each other. Reporter theyre the first of dozens to come online over the next few weeks. If and when the coronavirus is behind us, theyll be reused to help the homeless crisis. The state is cracking down after people gathered at parks for a second weekend in a row. Now all 280 state parks are closed to vehicles. Health officials hope its going to cut down on the crowds and force people to keep their distance from each other. Reporter were here at the south gate of mount diablo state park. The gates here are locked. Theres a sign that shows hikers and bikers are still allowed on the trails, but no cars are being let in. Groups of bikers are going over lockedgates. Ses under thno but despite the signs, drivers are still coming up and being forced to turn around. Just trying to do something to pass the time. Reporter all 280 state parks are now closed to vehicles, meaning plenty of empty parking lots and blocked roads. Its all in an effort to stop people from overcrowding the parks from a shelter in place order. Marin head lands and ocean beach, plus delegislatores park in San Francisco. Ive never seen so many people on the mountain before. Reporter hes been riding on mount diablo for 20 years. He says people were not following social distancing recommendations. He understands why the state parks are making it harder for people to use the trails. I have plenty of choice words for those people. For the most part, the people weve walked by. Teter family say theyre being selective in where they walk anaying off the narrower trails. Were limiting where were going to paths like this that, you know, allow us to keep our distance. Reporter state park rangers will be out monitoring conditions at all the state parks and say if closing the parks to cars doesnt do enough to cut down on the number of people inside the parks, they could end up closing off more Services Like trails and the bathrooms. At mount diablo, knicks 5. We are learning the u. S. Has the most confirmed cases in the world. Comments tonight from the worlds leading expert on Infectious Diseases underscore how far we may be from the peak of the outbreak. Generally, the reality is somewhere in the middle. Looking at what were seeing now, i would say between 100 and 200,000 cases. But i dont wanttobe to that because its excuse me, deaths. I mean, were going to have millions of cases. In light of dr. Faucis projection, today President Trump said he would extend a nationwide social distancing 30 days to april 30th. His original 15 day guidelines were set to expire tomorrow. Mean while this evening, cases are accelerating in many parts of the country. Louisiana has more than 100 deaths reported so far. In maryland, authorities are struggling with an outbreak at a nursing home. And a travel advisory tonight that was issued by the cdc. The reason we have more cases than anybody is because were finding more people. We have a serious problem in new york. We have a serious problem in new orleans. And were g tobe developing serious other areacuently has the most cases. Nearly 59,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. But the big apple is getting assist. Stephon marbury is helping get masks at belowmarket costs. And back here in the bay area, there are 9 confirmed cases of covid19 at laguna hospital. Tested positive, 7 Staff Members are also infected. Including 5 who provide patient care. All of said to be in Good Condition tonight. The hospital is under a protective quarantine order until at least april 7th. And new at 5 00, the city of Mountain View has passed an 800,000 aid package. It comes on the heels of a 500,000 relief package approved earlier this month. It includes 400,000 for small businesses, 100,000 for loans in small complex owners and money to start a program that will help people pay for their trash and utility bills. A counseledwide ban on e vacations for renters struggling because of covid19 impacts. A lot 6 bay area transit agencies are cutting back on Services Starting tomorrow. Reporter it seems like a mass transit agencies are making changes every day to the schedules because of lower ridership and to accommodate essential workers that still need to commute. I want to get you updated on agencies with the latest news here for cal train, b. A. R. T. , muni and mta. They are cutting their service by 40 . 42 trains will be running during the weekday. Also for b. A. R. T. , Service Changes will be in effect as untithe platform at least by infree lim place buses for passengers and employees as well. Also there are buses for the inner east bay b. A. R. T. Stations from nine p. M. To midnight. As for muni, just a heads up, there are changes here as well. Starting on monday, muni Metro Service will be replaced by b. A. R. T. Service. Stations will be closed except for stations that serve b. A. R. T. And vta bus trips that start after 9 00 p. M. Will be canceled with the exception of route 22, express 181 will still match b. A. R. T. s reduced schedule. As for vta right rail service, that has been suspended. Make sure you check that schedule before you head out the door and well have plenty of this information on our website at kpix. Com. And from traffic to weather, this is a live view from our st. Louis sales force cameras. Some places are wet while others drying out. Hi, darren. Were not done with this just yet from looking at the view from sales force east. Look at the clouds over the east bay. Those are pretty good cumulus looking clouds for us. There is still rain to track. You see theres far less of it now than this morning. The best of the rain came through about 8 00 in the morning and noon today. Now what we have are a few stragglers like this one making its way toward conoccurred. If you look at the last 45 minutes, this is drifting out toward 54. Right where the two come together. If we look at the street grid here, you see the rain, not all that impressive. Lets come out for the wide view and show you what happens next. Theres one minor left over opportunity for rain. Its only going to be for the far north bay and its for tomorrow afternoon. An entirely separate weak storm is going to come in on the heels of this one. Maybe light showers for far northmost Sonoma County. Its going to get foggy tomorrow morning. Im going to talk to you about that in the complete forecast. Brian, back over to you. A convicted serial murderer who became known as the grim sleeper has died. Officials say Lonnie Franklin jr. Was found unresponsive in his cell at San Quentin State Prison last night and 20 minutes later was pronounced today. He was accused of preying on your women and girls for two decades. Detectives think he might have killed as many as 25 women. Franklin was on death row and police are still trying to figure out why he died. So far they say there are no signs of foul play. Franklin was 67 years old. Coming up, the Bay Area Group helping to nourish the heroic workersot front lines and how you can help. Plus. Have you lost your mind what are you doing in quarantine . Thats the question a bay area musician posed to fans and still ahead how it inspired a unique new music video. Staying home will slow the spread of covid19 and, will without a doubt, save lives. Critical things like food, pharmacies, laundromats and more remain available. Those who work in health, food supply and Law Enforcement will continue to perform their jobs. And others will also still continue. If you do leave home, keep six feet between you and others. We are all in this together. Learn more at covid19. Ca. Gov. According to the howell family auntias long as they want. Erveim according to the census it doesnt matter if youre related or not, everyone living in your home on april 1st counts. Because this count helps inform funding on how billions get spent every year. And where there are more people, there are more needs. Complete the census online, by phone, or by mail. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. Gov many of the bay area cities, oakland has become somewhat of a ghost town. You see what oakland looks like via the drone. You know, its interesting to see and its happening everywhere. My drive into work took about 30 minutes, what normally can take an hour 10. I think were all experiencing that. A littleery, but its the way it is. To all of you staying home, thank you. And well continue doing the news as well. Also a group created a gofundme page called east bay feed er. Their goal is to order from local restaurants and deliver two meals per day to the emergency and icu departments at 5 different hospitals. Several restaurants are participating, including oaklands hop scotch, the wolf. So far the group has raised more than 80,000. It seems just about everywhere you go, statutories are out of toilet paper. Its become one of our favorite topics. One woman has found a way to survive the shortage. Shes been making what she claims is reusable toilet paper. The 31 year old is theres a happy thought. Shes sewing together hypoallergenic cloth and putting it on rolls. When youre done, you just put it in the washing machine. Shes using the money to pay for her brothers medical bills. Have you lost your mind . Yes, we have. No, we havent. The bay areas fantastic asked around the world how theyre staying sane during these challenging times. From milan, to sydney to oakland and all the places in between, this is what fansse in. His latest video for the chocolate samurai. You see people dancing, working out. We are, yes, we are, in this together. Darren, from that to weather, and cheer us up. Ill do my best. Theres a lot of 70s coming our way toward the end of this coming week. Were getting a mix of everything. We have light rain this weekend, a little more tomorrow for the north bay and then were going to start to warm up. Lets talk about how much rain weve gotten so far today. These totals are just for sunday. Were not taking into account saturdays rain, which was a little bit higher. San francisco the winner today,. 13inch of rain. Since then, things have quieted down. Theres really not a whole lot left to see on here, just a few spotty showers. Were going to skip ahead now, put it into the future cast, clear 2 out, were done with that storm. Look up for tomorrow. Theres a chance tomorrow in the afternoon for maybe a light shower in the far north bay. If you look at totals, santa rosa doesnt even get a measure from this. Ukiah, you could get. 01 of an inch of rain from this. The other thing is visibility tomorrow. Weve gotten a lot of or at least enough rain over the past 48 hours, things have gotten damp. It will get cold enough. Look at the low up there in santa rosa, 41. The more likely youll see the fog development. Thats why its going to be up in the sheltered valleys in Sonoma County and Mendocino County where we can see fog develop tomorrow morning. Count on a little bit of fog if you have reason to be on the roadway tomorrow morning. Other than that, daytime highs tomorrow, start the warm up gradually. Were going to make 2 in the mid60s for highs tomorrow. As far as the warm up coming our way for much of this week, while its still there, it does not look as impressive as it did just yesterday. If you were with us yesterday, it was one of the highlights we were going to see a big warm up for the inland locations, now its just a warm up. Not quite as drastic as it looked like it might have been just yesterday. Thats where things stand in the weather department. Lets get a look at sports. All right, darren. One member of the San Francisco giants releases his own version of a march madness bracket and why my wife will be taking social distancing to the extreme the next time we go fishing. Coming up. Well, tonights sportscast under normal circumstances would have led with two ams punching their ticket to the final 4. Instead, the top 5 moments in this state in sports history. Give it to me. Number 5, 1984, the colts utrucks in the middle of the night and move friday baltimore to indianapolis. 1998, the tennessee won their Third Straight national title. 1993, indiana beat michigan to cap off a perfect season of their own. The hoosiers are still the last mens team to finish undefeated. 1987, a slam heard around the world. Hulk hogan body slammed andre the giant. And at number one, 1982, a legend is born, a freshman named Michael Jordan drilled the gamewinning shot that led North Carolina to the national championship. Mean while, giants shortstop randy has been active on social media to keep himself busy during this time. The pleasanton native grew up a giants fan. He knows what hes talking about with this latest post. Crawford tweeted out the be craw bracket. First round winners will be revealed tonight. But i think we give buster posey and his match up with aj. One thing this week has taught me my wife and i have no future in Fishing Tournaments together. Check out what happened wednesday night in a commercial break right before our sportscast. Hold it over there and fish see if you can bring in the big one. I did it. I think i caught one. Bring it in im going to lose my script. Ill take the fish. Get ready to bring him in. Itrying my cable. Theres another line out there ill handle this. You handle your show, ill handle the fish. Get him right around here. Oh, in. Oh, oh, hes a nice fish. The fish got off, i lost the script. We lost the script, we lost the fish, we lost everything. Heres somebody who actually did catch something. That is a huge fish. And our catch of the day goes to phil makin junior who pulled in not one, not two, but three but 4 large mouth bass at clear lake last week. Send us your fishing pictures to catchofofday kpix. Com. Not only did my wife let the fish get away, it was her birthday. So i went out to the store and pleaded with the guy to give me the best gift available. Check it out. A 12pack of toilet paper. Just for my wife. There better be a little bit of jewelry or something in there. Dennis, i good reporter gets two sides to the story. Id like to hear from rashell later on. Thats the final word. Well be right back. At 6 00. Yes, okay. You can still get a taste of adventure right from the comfort of your living room. Many popular tour spots are offering a virtual experience of their main attractions. Families can go just about anywhere from the monterey bay to the opera. If you have the itch to do traveling and see some thrills, you have choices to see the sights, bond with the family thats it for us at captioning sponsored by cbs dunbar breaking news tonight we get a new warning from the nations top Infectious Disease official. Millions of americans face being infected as the death toll from the coronavirus now doubles in two days. Critics taking aim at President Trump. As the president fiddles, people are dying. Dunbar this as the president backs away from his federal quarantine idea for new york. Also tonight, new york scrambling for medical supplies, with all hands on deck, and help arriving soon. And, new hot spots in other cities begin to appear. Plus, survivor story. The 90yearold great grandmother who beat the odds. I wanted them to know that i ddved him and enjoyed him
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