To join the fight against the pandemic. An innovative way to test for covid19. Tonight how scientists at uc berkeley will be using robots to process a thousand samples a day. Hate crimes rise in the wake of the outbreak. The group of civilians patrolling the streets and their powerful message tonight. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, the urgent call for more medical workers to join the battle against the coronavirus. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Cases here in california have jumped more than a thousand in a single day, bringing the total number to over 7400. But a more telling number, hospitalizations statewide nearly doubled to nearly 1400. And the number of patients in intensive care beds tripled. And tonight the examiner reports a second muni operator has tested positive for covid19. Bay area counties are extending the shelter in place order through at least the end of april to keep the virus from spreading. And tonight, Governor Newsom is calling for all hands on deck to prepare for a surge of patients. Kpix 5s joe vazquez on his new plan to get thousands of Health Care Workers out into the field. Reporter as coronavirus cases continue to increase in california, so does the need for Health Care Workers. Thats why the governor put out an emergency call today. In san franciscos fillmore district, a literal shout out to the front line workers still deemed essential. At precisely 7 00 p. M. , these neighbors came together at a safe distance to cheer the people still going to work every day. Theyre calling it get loud for our heroes. Without Grocery Store clerks and transit workers and Health Care Workers in hospitals, this would be even harder than it is right now. Reporter but will there be enough Health Care Workers . The governor is worried. If youre a Nursing School student, a medical school student, we need you. If you just retired in the last few years, we need you. Reporter trying to prevent the scenario in new york where hospitals are getting overrun with patients, the governor created the California Health core. He says he wants to add 37,000 Health Care Workers during the outbreak. One of the provisions in the order allows some licensing requirements to be waived. We hope it means were able to do what we signed up for, which is to be nurses. Reporter christa is just 6 weeks away from what should be her associates of nursing. The coronavirus interrupted her clinical rotations, so her graduation is up in the air. Still, shes all in. I did sign up as soon as i heard the website. Reporter shes hoping the governors new decree will help her get her degree, but its still unclear. If we cant get licensed this year, it also means that 14,000 of us nursing students wont be able to graduate, and there will be no new nurses for california next year. Reporter as the coronavirus continues to strain the health care system, officials continue to worry, will there be enough front line workers to cheer on . Joe vazquez, kpix 5. A safeway worker in san jose has tested positive for covid19. The employee last worked at the store on branham lane 6 days ago. The person is now receiving medical care, and some coworkers might have to go into quarantine. Tonight there are over 200 confirmed cases in the bay area. Santa clara has 848 case, more than twice than any other bay area county. 28 people there have died. California still waiting on test results for tens of thousands of patients. Commercial labs are swamped. Many taking more than a week to process the test results. Andrea nakano has more on the lab at uc berkeley thats using robots to turn around results in just a matter of hours. Reporter researchers say this is a critical time in our history, and traditional methods of testing wont cut it. Thats why a lab using a robot at uc berkeley may provide the testing needed to get a handle on this pandemic. When the pandemic hit and the range of infections started to go as high as it did, we realized that there is a skill that we have that can be rapidly repurposed for the national good. Reporter that skill was merging the very latest in technology with medical testing. Where the robots come in is really taking the best tools available today and not really relying on whats been traditionally done. Reporter so this pop up laboratory was created, and 860 volunteers stepped up to help. Highly skilled scientists were called on to shift their focus from research to meeting the needs of the medical community in the bay area. Taking 1 patient sample and running through the test is 4 hours. But thats not useful. The question is how fast can you turn around a thousand . Reporter and these scientists believe they have the tans. This lab could be able to complete a thousand tests a day and have results within 24 hours. They feel the only way to get control of the pandemic is to get a full grasp of how prevalent the virus is in our community. Being able to accurately understand who has the virus and who doesnt is critical for the country to frankly get back to as close to normal as we can given whats happened. Reporter they still need to meet strict requirements. They hope it will be online as early as next week. In the east bay, andrea nakano, kpix 5. Federal officials are now assessing the outbreak at san franciscos laguna honda hospital. The hospital has 11 confirmed cases, with more expected. 7 Staff Members and 2 patients have tested positive. Theyve sent nurses to help with cleaning protocols and Infectious Disease doctors to help manage the outbreak. Theyre setting up a field care clinic on the grounds in case theres a need to separate groups of patient. The virus is spurring a rise in hate crimes. A new online reporting center received more than a thousand cases of discrimination related to the coronavirus in a little over a week. Kpix 5s betty yu has more on how people around the bay area are uniting to fight back. Ken, one of those ways includes a new psa featuring prosecutors of different ethnicities, and a warning that people will face criminal consequences. To date were seeing about 100 newly reported cases of discrimination in the u. S. A day, but many more go unreported. This is not a chinese virus. The Santa Clara County das office has a strong warning for those blaming the coronavirus on a particular group. If you hurt or threaten someone because of those things, youll have a lot more to worry about than covid19. The powerful psa comes at a time when an Alarming Number of asians and asianamericans are being attacked. It prompted the launch of the stop aapi hate reporting center. It was a lot of attacks againsts asians, even prior to the coronavirus. And you know, its something, were raised around here, we just cant sit back and watch it any longer. Reporter its just sammy helped to find the sfp collective. A group of volunteers made up of civilians and u. S. Veterans patrolling the streets of chinatown. Its to promote awareness, uplift asians, restore asian pride. To let people know were not to be walked on. Reporter the desire to create the official group came before the pandemic. But the heightened Media Attention motivated them to get moving in greater numbers. Coronavirusrelated racism is on the rise around the world. In the united kingdom, a student from singapore whos studying in london told the bbc he was walking down the street when people attacked him. Video shows people violently confronting asianamericans. This one is from new york city. They hope this group will help empower other communities. Were just regular people, and i think thats the message. Anyone can do this in any chinatown usa. Reporter in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. Coming up, our original series project home. Homeowners worried about paying their mortgage in the pandemic. We walk you through all the ways to get help and what you should know first. And a close call for a paddle boarder. The shark attack thats forcing several bay area beaches to close. And today kpix 5 is launching better together. This is our campaign to bring some good stories happening in the bay area during the difficult times. We also want to connect you to people in the community looking tonight in our original series project home, some help for homeowners. Unemployment claims in california are at record highs, which of course makes paying the monthly bills almost impossible for many. Susie steimle spoke to some Industry Experts about what you need to know if you cant make your mortgage payment. Reporter more than 1 million in california have already filed for unemployment. That massive loss of income has many wondering how to pay bills that are due next week. Attorney Daniel Bornstein is watching that trickle up to homeowners. What about those dependent on rent to cover their mortgage, utility bills, what have you. Reporter he represents small landlords in san francisco. Many arent expecting to receive rent payments, meaning they in turn might have to default on their mortgages. Some of the penalties that arise when youre late in paying a mortgage or late in paying property taxes, id like to see that proactivity waived across the board so theres a more understanding of the shared risk involved. Reporter california put in place protections first, but the stimulus package adds to it. It protects your credit. You can defer one payment and request contract modifications for the next 120 days. Theres a grace period on mortgages for up to 180 days on federally backed mortgages. Foreclosures and evictions are off for 60 days. Renters, if your landlord is not paying the mortgage, you cant be asked to leave for 130 days and they cant take legal action against you for nonpayment of rent. But in most case it is relief on the applies if you can prove your Financial Impact is a direct result of covid19. Without a question, dont just stop paying your mortgage. Reporter chris george is the president and ceo of cmg financially. He said your lender is where you need to start. Most questions can be answered online, and if you can prove your finances have changed because of the virus, youll likely qualify. But youll also have to be patient. Be prepared for right now for there to be a significant wait. Reporter property taxes are still due on april 10th. You can apply for a hardship exempt, but determines who applies could take weeks. Its just confusion. Reporter Keith Robertson is the chief Strategy Officer with next realty. Hes been tracking the lockdown impact on the real estate market. He says theres a small Silver Lining for people looking to buy. There will be buyers that were locked out of the market that could find something or have an opportunity in the coming weeks and months. Reporter californias housing shortage largely protects it from the volatility of the market, but things will likely cool off to some degree. There were people looking 10 days ago that are not looking today. There are steelers who were planning on selling 10 days ago that arent today. Reporter as for those struggling to pay, george says theres a Silver Lining there too. The crisis has forced the industry to get creative. The consumer is going to be a lot of options on repaying the payments they didnt pay. It goes from okay, im back at work and can pay the payment all the way to paying it over a series of months or adding it to the end of their mortgage. So theres a lot of options for them to come up with the payment. Reporter as always, documentation is crucial here, so first, before you miss a payment, have documentation as to why you cant pay, and then reach out to the lender and document you did reach out to the lender. That makes it much more likely that any kind of late payment would be forgiven. This is really interesting. You mentioned property taxes, people having it with their regular mortgage payment, and Mortgage Companies pay the taxes, but how will Property Tax Relief actually work . Reporter so thats a little murky. It depends on which city or county and how theyre doing it. One of the best pieces of advice was from contra costa county. Theyre taking a proactive approach and telling people to be delinquent on your taxes, which is probably painful for some to hear, but theyre not opening up a portal on their website until april 11th. And in all cases tell people most likely this is not going to be forgiven. Youll have to pay these things at some point in the future. Reporter right, if you need to pay, do it. At some point, youll have to pay. Thank you for that. And keep sending your stories and ideas to project home. See all the reports on our website. Tonight Vallejo Police are trying to track down a burglar caught on surveillance camera thats seen using a rock to smash the window of an office max on plaza drive. Police say he took off with a laptop last sunday. Hes been identified as 28year old james short. Now, hours earlier, a store nearby apparently called the cops on the same man. Some tough news for retail employees tonight with announcements that 3 Major Companies will have to furlough tens of thousands of workers. Macys, gap, and kohls have been hit hard by the coronavirus. Sales have slumped as the stores were forced to close. The majority of macys work force is set to be furloughed. The company warned an immediate rebound for rehiring is unlikely. A paddle boarder had a close call with a shark off the shore. The shark chomped down on the yellow board. Luckily the paddle boarder wasnt hurt. Authorities closed several beaches in the area through wednesday. Well, wednesday is going to be a sunny day and a happy day. Yes. Right . It wont be march anymore it seems like its lasted for years. But well be springlike through most of the up copping week. A beautiful view of the city from treasure island. 40s to 50s across the board, and they wont drop much. Only decreasing to the mid to upper 40s and low 50s. Really only dropping a few more degrees around the bay itself. More likely to hit the mid to upper 40s as you head farther inland. But pretty close to normal for late march. Temperatures tomorrow also very close to normal. Within a degree or 2 on each side, likely to reach the exact average high temperatures in san jose and concord. A little cooler closer to the bay, but again normal for march. We fly you around the region. Mid to upper 60s farther inland. Only the 50s along the coast. Cool spots as usual. Inland locations warm up into the upper half of the 60s, and close to 70 near fairfield, and around 60 degrees as you look around the city and just slightly warmer for the east bay. Also slightly warmer for the north bay, and then cooler temperatures farther north as well. But typical march temperatures. And the next chance of rain is still pretty far down the line. Were talking limited rain chances, other than maybe a sprinkle for the north bay early tomorrow morning, no rain at all throughout the rest of the week. Ask we still need the rain. Weve only received about 50 percent of what we should have. The next good chance heads our way saturday and sunday. The percentages go up in terms of the total rainfall amounts, this is an estimate from the long range forecast model taking us through the weekend. Quarter inch to half inch of rain. Not a lot, but beggars cant be choosers, and well take every drop of rain. The rest of the week, near normal temperatures. Up close to 70 inland. Low to mid60s near the bay with 50s along the coast. And the rain chance could linger into early next week as well. Been asking for you to share your kids pictures, artwork, whatever theyre working on at home. Which for the case of samar from cupertino is learning a little about viruses and even has a pretty good rendering of the covid19 virus. So doesnt have to be coronavirusthemed, just share your pictures of what your kids are working on at home and well share them during the newscast. Thank you for that, paul. Still ahead, school may be out, but thats not stopping this teacher from inspiring her we made usaa insurance for members like kate. A former army medic, made of the flexibility to handle whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. So when her car got hit, she didnt worry. She simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said. I got this. Usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it easy. She can even pick her payment plan so its easy on her budget and her life. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa all right, with schools closed, some teachers are coming up with pretty creative ways to continue the learning. Woke up this morning missing my students. I grab my keys and computer and went to the school. Thats adam johnson, a 4th grade teacher in mount airy, north carolina. He raps, sings, and distances to inspire his students. His students call him mr. J. Delay of the baseball season, but can it actually help the giants make the playoffs . A local writer thinks so. And it was 33 years ago tonight that a the ncaa approved an extra year of eligibility for all spring athletes after their seasons were canceled by the coronavirus. The as were supposed to host the Houston Astros tonight at the coliseum. Assuming the season will start later this summer, one idea floated is to increase the number of teams in the playoffs. John shea of the chronicle takes it one step further. You know what . I say put them all in and have a bunch of best of 3s, have pool play like the world baseball classic. Im smiling because giants fans would actually agree with that plan first year playoff manager, who had have thought . Bonus playoff bonus john has a book coming out as you can see. March 30th, 1999, jimbo cole led the warriors to win, but that didnt crack the top 5 moments on this day from sports history. Number 5, 1986, texas women knocked off the women to cap off a perfect season and win their only national title. Number 4, Michael Phelps set the new world record in the 200meter fly at the age 15. A record he held until 2019. Virginia, down 2. 5 seconds left, the pass sends the game to overtime. Uva beat purdue to reach the finalfour. They won it a week later. 2007, Michael Ruffin steals the pass, throws it in the air to run out the clock, but it landed in time for moore to hit the game time three. What goes up must come down. Even better, it was the only shot he made in the entire game, and at number 1. 1987. Smart takes the shot 3 seconds that was keith smart with one of the tournaments iconic moments. We made usaa insurance for members like kate. A former army medic, made of the flexibility to handle whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. So when her car got hit, she didnt worry. She simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said. I got this. Usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it easy. She can even pick her payment plan so its easy on her budget and her life. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa late show with Stephen Colber upbeat music [announcer] the following is a paid advertisement for krill omega 50 , brought to you by purity products. We wanna welcome our audience to the nutrition edition by purity products. Im your host, steve summers. And we have a really fascinating show for you today