A serious but manageable wave of infections in california is a prediction we brought you last month. And i do think that we will be able to limit the spread. I just dont know where it will stop. Reporter four week pass and couple of steepiest social distances guidelines again, dr. Bonnie maldonado told us disaster was preventable. And we really did think if you kept people apart and did it properly, that would prevent this from spreading. Reporter if you started thinking about the other side of the curve and what an exit strategy might look like for california, now that we know what sort of time frame we seem to be working on . Absolutely. I mean, i think we kind of have that in the back of our minds from the beginning, but we just wanted to see if this would work, and we always thought, well, then how do you peel it back . What if we do that and then the virus reintroduced from somewhere else. Reporter so while we may have accomplished our first goal, we are still a a ways off from where we all want to be. I think were going to have to watch out for a reintroduction, because its pretty clear that there are still going to be people who havent been infected, and we dont want them to start a second wave. Reporter so the big question on the back end of it will be how many people have had it, not just those that are sick and go to the hospital, but people who had mild symptoms and didnt think much about it, or had no symptoms at all, and had no idea they had it. How per vase serve the coronavirus in the population . That is going to take testing, exactly the type they are developing down at stanford, the antibody testing. When you get those kind of answers, then you can start thinking about answering things up again, but until we know a little bit more about things like that, as the governor said today, he is going to keep the foot on the gas pedal. Well, its official, Public Schools across six bay area counties will remain closed for the rest of the academic year. Nearly 1 Million Students affected in alameda, contra costa, San Francisco, marin, san mateo, and santa clara counties. Schools will continue at home and distance learning. Today the governor warned about a secondary Health Crisis that could get worse the longer this stay at home drags on. He is urging all 40 million a cans sheltering in place not to neglect our Mental Health while we are focusing on physical health. Bigger than anything we face. So i know the fear and anxiety we all have, but let us have h. Ss. Onqall, and know we hlinks to some of the states Emotional Health resources and the california Surgeon Generals stress playbook on kpix. Com. Meanwhile, San Francisco has new covid19 data tracker online, showing confirmed cases, lab testing and hospitalization rates across the city. Mayor london breed said it will be updated daily, and you can find a link on the department of public healths website under coronavirus facts. Well, today officials in San Francisco and san jose approved Emergency Paid Sick leave ordinances. But it applies to those who work for a company with 500 employees or more. Theyll be able to use emergency leave if they must be quarantined, they have covid19 symptoms, or theyre caring for children or who sick also ies feral stimulusagch coverage only to employees of smaller companies. The grand princess cruise ship is back in San Francisco. The vessel made headlines when passengers fell ill with coronavirus. John ramos said now the focus is on crew members who are quarantined on board. Reporter the grand princess is back. It arrived in San Francisco this morning, and this time the only ones here to greet the ship were protesters demanding that the workers be allowed to get off. The odyssey of the grand princess continued today as it pulled into pier 35 in San Francisco. For more than a month, the virusinfected cruise ship has been sailing in and out of the bay area as crew members wait in what must feel like an eternal quarantine. Its a corporation that doesnt treat workers as humans reporter they may be isolated, but are not forgotten. A group of protesters were here to demand the crew be bee moved from the ship. The ships that are contaminated need to be decommissioned, disinfected the rightway, and we want cant have the workers on there, because they are at high risk of exposure. Reporter the protesters say they were pushed to action by this video posted in mid march by some workers from india pleading to be taken off the ship. We are feeling very alone. We are waiting to reunite with our families as soon as possible. Reporter but in the middle of the protest, word came that no one would be leaving the ship on this day. Princess cruises said it only docked take on more supplies. On thursday, they said the crew will meet the cdcs definition of recovered. In its statement, the company said it is working on a plan to get its workers back to their home countries, but in the interim, all crew fleetwide will remain on board in the care of princess until which pl be successfully executed. Until that happens, the protesters are demanding that the ship stay right where it is. Princess cruise lines needs to make sure the ship doesnt go anywhere else further jeopardize workers on board. Well, were getting an exclusive look at the close quarters inside San Franciscos shelters. This comes just a day after the mayor asked for additional social distancing for the homeless. Susie steimle shows us thats not happening. Reporter this is San Franciscos Division CircleNavigation Center right now. The beds are still within inches of even other. Theres no soap in the bathrooms, and no towels for people to shower with. Its very dirty. Its unsafe. Reporter jillian hitch is currently staying there. She watched last week as someone near her tested positive for covid19. Do you feel safe there . Not at all. Reporter mayor london breed originally planned to then out the shelter population with mega shelters like moscone west. Would you move your family into that shelter . Of course not. Monday, the maversed course on that, saying Homeless Individuals over the age of 60, and initial with Underlying Health conditions will be prioritized for hotel rooms. Today the board of supervisors introduced an emergency ordinance that goes further and faster than that. It immediately would begin pulling people out of shelters and placing them in hotels. Every single hour that we wait, we are putting people at risk. Reporter the ordinance reallocates 8,250 private hotel rooms secured by the city. 7,000 would go to the homeless. 750 would be for front line workers, and 500 would go to those in need of medical quarantine. Supervisors are demanding people be placed in hotels by april 26th, when the virus is expected to peak in california. Mayor breeze issued this statement which reads in part we are moving forward with getting our vulnerable residents into hotel rooms. The city is moving at an unprecedented pace under crisis circumstances. People like jillian say securing additional rooms cant happen quickly enough. Do you think if you stay there youll get sick . I think theres a good chance overt, yes. Reporter susie steimle, kpix 5. A unique video diary from an emergency room physician. How healthcare workers dealing with the pandemic. Plus property tax deadline coming one but homeowners in two bay area counties will be getting a break. And bay area Small Businesses give getting some major help from silicon valley, the generous grant one big tech is dishing out. After three straight rainy days, the sun returns to the bay area today. Plenty more in store as wege closer to the weekend. Small rain chances still in the forecast tomorrow and thursday. Well talk about that and well have that weekend forecast coming up. And a brandnew episode of the bold and the beautiful airing tonight at 2 12 the best way to predict the future is to create it 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. Abbvie. Here. Now. Tonight an exclusive first look inside a major bay area Emergency Department as it prepares for an expected surge in patients. Allen martin reports the team remains cautiously optimistic. Reporter the military grade triage tents are available from the street. Now its time to meet the healthcare workers who will battle this virus on your behalf. This is where we triage everybody coming into our Emergency Department. Reporter dr. Raven made this video diary and has shared it with kpix 5. I think its important to show what the front line workers are doing. Reporter in the e. R. , special covid carts. Is is full of all of the supplies we need for our persons under investigation, and our covid positive patients. Here are some of the innovative things weve been able to do in the Emergency Department in anxious of a covid surge. Reporter using a sleep apnea mask and a handful of other gear, the doctors constructed a clever alternative to a ventilator. Macgyver would be proud. So it is very mcgave, and i think emergency technicians are used to working under all kinds of situations. Reporter they maximize the use of their ppe, treating so it they can reuse it. We are really all in this together. Just heading through. Reporter ucsf is preparing for a surge. Its not here yet. Were were starting to see a lot more people who are sicker. Reporter the doctor believes what it bay area is doing working. Right now the curve seems like it is flattening, and i think that we will just have to keep monitoring the situation and see how things are going over the next several weeks. Think this is going to be something that is with us for months. Reporter in San Francisco, allen martin, kpix 5. The deadline to pay property taxes in San Francisco and san mateo counties hand been extended due to the coronavirus outbreak. The new dead line is now may 4th, but residents who can pay their property taxes by the regular deadline on friday are encouraged to do so by mail. Residents can also apply for penalty waivers for late payments. Big names in the bay area showing how we are better together. Facebook is helping Small Businesses hit hard by the outbreak. The social media giant announced the bay area will be awarded 15 million in grants for Small Businesses. San francisco, oakland, san jose mayors all say the money will go to support businesses and employees. And twitters ceo ja dos do the coronavirus. 100,000 will go to Americas Food Fund to provide meals for people impacted by the pandemic. And remember that we are better together. During this pandemic, we have nobody. To see human kindness stories, or if you want to find a way to help, we have resources online at kpix. Com together. The storm system that brought this rain the past few days is dropping farther down the coast, bringing plenty of rain to southern california, but the bay area saw the sunshine reemerging today. Lets look at the big picture perspective. Well dive in for a look at our limited rain chances around here in a second, but that area of low pressure that is the heart of this storm system is going to actually make its way inland as we head into the end of the workweek, and high pressure, that means calm weather, is going to build in and keep us dry for the foreseeable future. An outside chance of a come of showers trying to make their way into the east by a locations early tomorrow morning. You can see them falling apart adams they move in. Were looking at calm conditions with a mix of clouds and sunshine overhead. Its not good morning completely sunny, but there will that nice mix of clouds and sunshine like we saw today, and just a couple of sprinkles, and light showers potentially developing over some of the higher terrains, specifically over the diablo range and maybe a little over the santa cruz mountains, and then things fall apart tomorrow. A small rain chance on thursday. But other than that, things are looking dry. Mid60s farther inland. Concord looking good, 66 degrees. More and more sunshine the farther north you go, just because youre farther away from the heart of that storm system. Temperatures quite a bit warmer than they were at this point yesterday. We will drop off tonight, especially with clear skies overhead. Some locally dense fog developing in the valleys, with temperatures bottoming out in the 40s. Tomorrow well be in the lowto mid 60s around the bay, midto upper 60s farther inland, and thats about where we should be on the 8th day of april. Temperatures warmest approaching 70 degrees, but i think everybody stays in the 60s along the coast, youll just be in the upper 50s. That onshore breed breeze will keep things cooler. Towards the weekend is when our temperatures will rise up into the 70s for inland locations, but heading farther north, lake county, approaching 0 degrees tomorrow. Pollen count is going to remain in the mediumhigh category for the next several days without any additional rainfall to wash that stuff out of the air, so be prepared to sniffle and sneeze a little bit. Temperatures are going to be warmer over the weekend. There are those 70s for inland locations. Looking pretty good, but we begin could use some more rain. There just isnt any in site over the next 7 days. I like this bit of positivity from jemia. From the east bay, she is 8 years old, and expressing her enthusiasm for a world of joy. Hopefumeis we can all celebrate. You are encouraged to share your kids artwork with the kpix hash tag on any social media platform. Well have another one coming up at 7 00. Still ahead in sports, in the face over times that are bad, who can afford to buy an island . Ill tell you who. And are they saying bubbles at this price . Is this for real . Oh. Its real. Believe me. I mean, this is unexpected. You would say, remarkable . Absolutely. A remarkable deal thanks, i get that all the time. Wait what . grocrey outlet jingle wow. I th oh. Baseball up top. Chew on this one until it lose is its flavor. Major League Baseball is kicking around a plan to have all 30 teams report to arizona besethe witht now erben couple of fighters here, dana white, the ultimate fighting championship president , is going to have greater lengths to keep his sport going. White is close to buying a private island that could host fights over the next few months, and allow them to include international fighters. Lets get wet. Second time in three days a north Bay High School got a senior theme shoutout on espn Sports Center. Last night was the High School Girls swim team. And lets close in mill valley california, with the girls of tam aas, hoping to add some swimming hardware to the trophy case. Spring sports was canceled, so their last memory will have to be the red tailed hawks giving it to the rivals from redwood, which according to an alumn i know out there aint all bad. Youve got that right. While the seniors wont get a chance to compete for the championship, it wcoach camumade the pitch to espn. Well, message received. There was a time when if you made the New York Times cross word puzzle, you had really made it. Now all you have to do is make Sports Center however about that . I know. Its crazy. Its really exciting for the girls. We really wanted to do something nice for the girls. And on this date 10 years ago in minnesota, don nelson became the winningest coach in nba history be a record he still holds today. Really, this is just kind of a reason for us to rerack this 2019 exchange with nelly. Turn your head around. I want people to see the ponytail. Look at this. Look at that look at that man, you are thanks for watching tonight 6 00. The news continues streaming on cbsn bay area, and the cbs evening news is up next. Well be back here on the kpix 5 news at captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell breaking news tonight death toll triples. Staggering numbers across america tonight. In one week alone, the number of deaths from coronavirus has more than tripled. New york suffers its deadliest day. But, there are signs of hope. Is the empire state beginning to flatten the curve . Spiking in the south. New cases explode in louisiana. Texas tries roadblocks to stop the spread. Well look at why the south is seeing such a dramatic uptick in cases, and the most common underlying conditions in coronavirus deaths. Desperate for benefits. Hundreds risk exposure to coronavirus to file for unemployment. My just for an application. Odonne