And san jose extends coveapplie companies with more than 500 employees. Its official students in San Francisco, santa clara, san mateo, alameda, and marin counties will finish the school year at home. The state superintendent said he is working to close the Digital Divide for students who need access to the necessary tech tools. And the governor is urging the 40 million californias sheltering at home to make sure they are looking after their mental health, as well. The states covid19 website has several emotional support resources, or you can reach a counselor through the states crisis textline. There are also dedicated counselors just for healthcare workers. Now our original series project home. Homeless Service Providers have been sounding the alarm that shelters can be a hotbed for coronavirus. And tonight the mayor says some homeless will be moved into hotels. Susie spoke to homeless advocates who say it isnt happening quickly enough. I keen hearing theyre going to do the right thing. I hope they will actually do what they kay they are going to do. Reporter tens of thousands are still unable to do so. Mark ross has been staying in a navigate center along the embarcadero where social distancing is impossible. Then you have your bed theres inches apart. How do you stay six feet away from people . Reporter in a drastic change of direction, the city announced they will now start doing what homeless providers have been asking them to do for weeks now, moatrisk people into hotel rooms. We need think about making changes to avoid having an outbreak for situation in places like moscone west. Reporter it was just last wednesday that the mayor announced plans to move people into moscone west, saying that moving the homes population into hotels was challenging. I know we have thousands of hotel rooms here in San Francisco, and i know people are asking why dont we just open the doors and let everyone who is homeless get access to a hotel room . And i wish it were that easy. They havent even put in barriers. I mean, they havent even done the plastic sheeting between the beds. Reporter jennifer is the executive director of the coalition on homelessness. They are afraid. They feel like the city is killing them. Reporter three newly confirmed cases of covid19 at shelters have only added to the concern that the providers have, that the city has waited until people are sick to move them. I think obviin an ideal setting we would move everyone into private hotel rooms, that would be the best. Reporter the Hotel Industry is stepping up to help, partially because they themselves are struggling. 406 the cities 215 hotels have temporarily closed, and a majority have had to lay off staff, so they have identified 10,000 rooms as places for people who cannot selfisolate. To the admittedly, there are still a lot of questions as to how this will work. What does it mean for the hotel . What does it mean for the employees of the hotel, and then, also, after the quarantine is over, what does that mean . Reporter Public Health experts have also been pushing to see this population tested. I think that that would actually be a very reasonable use of limited testing resources. Reporter mayor london breed has been at odds with the board of supervisors and supervisors on how to fill the hotels. In the rfq obtained by kpix, we get a glimpse into how this las minimum of four months. There will be two categories of hotel guests. People who cannot selfisolate, like the homeless, or people being discharged from the hospital, and First Responders. Hotel staff will care for First Responders as guests, changing their linens daily and cleaning their rooms, but food will not be provided. The city, in turn, will run the rooms meant for isolation. Three daily meals will be provided, but cleaning services will not be. Security guards will also be present at the hotels for the homeless. Do you think mong too ly think its moving way too slowly. Reporter providers say they want to be involved. They are asking the city to let them help run these hotels, which is something the city of oakland has already done. Jennifer said acting quickly here is paramount to saving lives. If we do it in partnership, we can get it done. Its not going to be perfect, but we dont have time for perfection. This is an opportunity to take advantage of what is going on and build a real solution, and its all talk and no action. Reporter the priority population for these hotel rooms are people over the age of 60, and people with Underlying Health conditions. Santa clara county supervisors are also discussing plans to shelter homeless residents. They are considering using moveable homes and rvs on a piece of property. Keep sending your stories and ideas to project home at cbs. Com. San francisco and San Jose City leaders just approved a new Emergency Paid Sick leave ordinance. The measure applies to companies with more than 500 employees, and for workers who are not covered by the federal stimulus package. The package also extends coverage for 14 days to employees of companies between 50 and 500 workers. The new ordinance in san jose and San Francisco broadens the requirements that includes workers who need to take leave in order to care for children or parents. If you have supplies that could help healthcare workers, contra costa wants to be hear from you. The county hosted its second ppe drive today in san ramon. It is accepting boxes, as well as cloth masks. People have been donating badly needed n95 masks. The Chinese Merchants Association of San Francisco have also been hard at work collecting masks and other items. They have raised 28,000 to purchase supplies for local hospitals, police, and fire stations. Nurses are rallying for safer working conditioning during the covid19 pandemic. Dozens held signs and chanted outside of alameda hospital, protesting the lack of personal protective equipment and patient care standards. Protesters are calling on the Alameda County board of supervisors to step up. I would say the main thing were looking for is strong leadership from the executive team. We havent even hit the surge, and we dont have what we need. And so we know its just going to get worse. Protesters also held a moment of silence for those who have died from covid19. In San Francisco, a different kind of blood drive. It was hosted by state senator scott wiemer, and called quote give for a gay blood drive. We are here today to call attention to the dramatic need to donate blood, because we have a severe blood shortage, due to the covid19 emergency. Now besides helping in the crisis, he senator used the event to raise awareness of fda rules that prevent gay men from donating blood, so the senator encouraged others to donate in their place. San Francisco Mayor london breed was among those who answered in the call. Antioch students are getting something to help them study from home. Wearing masks and gloves for protection, school staff handed out laptops through curbside pickup. So here is your i. D. , and this is your laptop. Here is the mouse that you requested. And inside we have provided instructions, all the information on how to log in, all of the information is here. Theres a help line number if you have any problems. It is internet ready and accessible. Thank you. The laptops went to middle school and High School Students in the district. Up next, the fight to keep First Responders healthy on the front lines. We show you the new tool being used to protect south by a deputies from the invisible threat lurking around them. Plus making that grocery trip a bit less nerveracking. We have a step by step guide on how to keep yourself safe while shopping. Coming up at 6 00, the people on the front lines of this pandemic. A unique look inside ucsfs emergency room from a doctors perspective, and how they are mrs. Walker. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. And change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. First responders in Santa Clara County are getting a new safeguard against coronavirus. Len ramirez reports its a time 0 to quickly decontaminate for workers. Reporter the Santa Clara Countys office has seen a dozen of its members infected with the coronavirus, ask thats a big reason why the sheriff set up this decontamination station here to protect her deputies as well as all First Responders in the county. First responders who might be exposed to the coronavirus will park in the yellow tape secure weapons, and then meet up with a deputy like this. Once their weapon is safe, theyre going to step into our decontamination tent area. Reporter they call it a decon staging area, set up at the sheriffs training yard. The cleansing process begins at the bottom. Responders will step ich antefih into bags. Next, theyre given Spray Bottles to decontaminate their gear, and then its on to a threestep process of stripping down, showering, and then redressing in clean clothes, all in separate stalls. This is a muchneeded critical asset. Reporter although emergency First Responders are now Wearing Masks and gloves as protection, the nature of their work means theyre in close systems physical contact with the public, and that puts them at risk. We respond, we respond quickly, and we really never know what were walking into. Reporter sheriff lori smith ought to know. A dozen of her personnel have theory create the unit. 12 in one unit is a large number. Its a painless process, and it can provide a lot of security and peace of mind. Reporter the decon unit will be open 24 7. A live look at downtown San Francisco. Recent air quality surveys put the city in the number 2 spot for the cleanest air in the world. Thats according to numbers from iq air yesterday, and number 1 may surprise you. Its los angeles. The epa also recently reported that l. A. Is experiencing the longest consecutive number of good air days since 1980. The explanation . Well, with so many people e,ewercars are on the roaanfewe planes are in the skies. Up next, our Furry Friends more important than ever during passover begins tomorrow at sundown, and while the holiday is normally celebrated with big group gatherings, that is obviously not possible this year, so havad of San Francisco offering the next best thing, seder to go. Has pack up aboume li home. S food, all of the seder plate items, and the textbook to go along with it, the instructions and the blessing. And we have a zoom virtual seder where we went through a model seder, went through the seder on zoom so people will know how to conduct their own private seder. About 100 elderly members of the congregation were provided their seder in a box for free. With most people stuck at home during the shelter in place, we want to see your four legged companions keeping you company. Here is a look at some of your dogs and cats loving having you home during this time, of course. Lots of people using the time for longer walks and extra belly rubs. I even got in on the fun, showing off my kitty at home, co anchor maggie, who likes to see just u the hash tag kpix. Paul heggen joining us. Your dog is saying not another walk, police [ laughter ] after the 7 00 news . No, theyre going for another walk. About 50 of the time one of the dogs is sitting just off camera right at my feet. This is not one of those 50 of the times. We have the overview, and then well get into details. Partly cloudy skies tonight like this morning. We could see dense fog, especially in the valleys by early tomorrow morning. Mix of clouds and sunshine tomorrow, and a bit warmer. Then more cloud cover on thursday. I cant rule out a shower tomorrow or thursday for inland, east bay, and south bay locations, but it looks mostly dry, and then warmer by the weekend. Inland spots will reach into the 70s by sunday and monday. Today we reached up to the 60s. Everybody topped out at or above 60 degrees. 61 in the city. 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. Yesterdays High Temperature in San Francisco was 51, tieing the record for the coldest High Temperature on april 6th. So a big jump today, all the way close to 70 degrees for santa rosa, and upper 70s for concord, as well. Temperatures right now 10 to 15 degrees warmer across the board in most locations. Even 17 degrees warmer than where we were yesterday in concord and around fairfield. So we got that much needed rainfall over the past few days, and now a few dry days to enjoy the return of the sunshine. Temperatures tonight dropping down to the 40s area wide. I dont think well see any 30s on the map. Tomorrow reaching up into the 60s, except right along the coast, where you will be in the upper 50s. Upper 60s farther inland, and even warmer temperatures are in store by the weekend. As far as those rain chance dont get your hopes up. A few little radar freckles showing up from futurecast, but mainly just that intermittent clouds and sunshine pattern we saw today, and well see tomorrow, and again on thursday. A chance of a few showers over the south bay, but otherwise the moisture will be pretty sparse through at least the middle of next week. As we look at the longrange outlook, this takes us through next friday. Theyre calling for a significant chance of below average precipitation, and probably zero for most of the west coast, along with that, a significant chance of above average temperatures. Well, the whole middle of the country will be kind of into the deep freeze for the middle of april. Our temperatures will continue going up. The next few days pretty similar. Low 60s near the bay, but then into the mid60s by the bay over the weekend. Lowtomid 70s farther inland, and that pattern is going to stick around into the first half of next week, at least, maybe even warmer than that by the time next wednesday and thursday roll around. Coming up at 6 00, well share more of the kids arts submissions weve, getting on social media. Its worth sticking around for. Well see you then. Thanks, paul. Property tax deadlines are coming up, but do you need to pay them . The answerer is kind of. Well explain. Plus . Because of the actions all of you have taken more good news from the governor today, what everyone in california is trying to do is working. So can we Start Talking about an exit strategy for all of this . We will put that question to an expert at stanford who got a lot of this right about four weeks ago. And a look at the close quarters inside San Franciscos homeless shelters. The necessity to stay safe during the pandemic nowhere to be found. Should you disinfect your mrs. Walker. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. The challenges of getting groceries during the pandemic extend well beyond what is on the shelfs and whats not. We go through some best practices for safe shopping. Reporter so here we are, week four of the lockdown, and the gippeddance on safe Grocery StoreShopping Tips continues to evolve. Here are some of the best tips weve heard so far. First off, bring your own disinfectant, just in case they dont have any here, and you only have to disinfect the handle, experts are telling us. First off, bring in as little as possible. Which means put away your phone and use a paper chick list you can toss afterwards. Once inside, practice social distancing guidelines, staying six feet away from other shoppers. As for gloves, if theyre not medical grade quality, they might give you go false sense of security. Its important to put gloves on correctly and take them off correctly. The other thing that people might not always understand is there could be microcopping holes in gloves. You might not be able to see them. Reporter annmarie pettis says only touch what you intend to buy. If you have it, then use a contactless Payment System and avoid paying with cash, and, yes, wipe down and disinfect that pin pad before touching it. Once you get home, drop off those groceries in an isolated spot and wash them off with soap and water. My family used bleach, but she said that soap and water works just fine. Probably out of an abundance of caution to clean down the items. Unfortunately some people may be infected that are at the Grocery Store, and some people may be touching things and then put them back. Sandy of fremont is not taking any chances. After a costco run this morning, she is washing and rinsing everything down. Why arent you using more of the wipes . Wipes are expensive. Reporter finally, dont forget to disinfect the table, and your trunk. Thats it for the news at 5 00. Kpix 5 news at 6 00 begins right now with ken bastida and elizabeth cook. Now at 6 00, cautious optimism from californias top health officials. The curve is flattening. Why that means we may have to wait longer for the peak. Im john ramos in San Francisco. Well, the grand princess is back, but the workers are still trapped on board. And the unique look inside ucsfs emergency unit. A doctors perspective as everyone prepares for a surge of covid patients. Our top story on kpix 5 and streaming on kobe bay area, optimistic news from the governor and top health professionals. The curve is showing signs of flattening. But even if we are avoiding the worstcase scenario, we are still far from where we want to be. Kpix 5 indianapolis Wilson Walker is live with that story. Reporter liz, for weeks, the governor was telling us the hospitals getting overrun and being short on supplies. Tonight, there are people on the east coast who are going to get ventilators that california does not think we are going to need. That is obviously a great development. Now does this mean we are any closer to the end of all of this and rebooting our society so to speak . Not necessarily. Our modeling shows that were not at peak in a week or two, that we are seeing a slow and steady increase, but its moderate. Reporter even better news, its not just the governors models, multiple projections now show californias curve flattened and heading towards what you might call a soft surge next month. It means our peak comes down, but it also goes further out. So our thinking around may, and late may in particular. Reporter in this scenario,