Working from home. The two bay area counties now offering free tests for all adults. Was the Paycheck Protection Program is coming under fire, the program accused of benefiting the big guys over Small Businesses. Good evening, we have raking news on Public Health orders. Lets get right to the live news test. There lifting some restrictions of the stayat home order to align with the state, this comes just hours after the governor released details of phase 2 for reopening the state. Now napa county is saying businesses will be allowed to reopen tomorrow. Retail businesses will need to offer Curbside Pickup unfollow social distancing protocols. Those businesses include bookstores, jewelry, toy, clothing, shoe, home, and furniture furnishing stores. Face coverings must be worn beginning on may 10. Because businesses can reopen on may 8 in napa county with restrictions to align with the states guidelines but as you know, several bay area counties are not lifting the restrictions. Lets take a closer look at Governor Newsom statewide stay athome order, allowing some retailers to reopen for pickup only tomorrow. Hes also allowing some manufacturing and logistics to resume, provided companies have proper employee training, cleaning, and distancing protocols in place. This marks the beginning of phase 2 of a broader reopening plan. Higher risk businesses like the hair salons, the gyms and dining restaurants, that will come later, but the governor says the process will evolve as we go along. It is a dynamic process, this is not etched in stone, we want to continue to work with people across sectors and address unintended, not just intended consequences. The governor said today the First Community spread in the state happened at a nail salon. This whole thing started in the state of california, the First Community spread in a nail salon. I just want to remind you and remind everybody of that. Im very worried about that. The governor didnt say where happened but we do know the first known case of Community Spread was february 26. That date corresponds with a reported case of solano county. Solano county wouldnt release information on the work location of that patient. In the meantime an Industry Group representing california salons and barbers is planning to sue Governor Newsom, demanding to move up the reopening timeline that that. L ntfall under the phase so weome news alaftel conavirus eam. E time se be turning for the little guys just in time for mothers day. Sammy is passionate about his flowers. His arrangements are famous across the country, featured in sunset, harpers, and Martha Stewart living magazines. But when the pandemic hits, business tanked. I mainly do weddings and events all of which have been postponed if not canceled for the foreseeable future obviously. Reporter he sprang into action and applied for a loan through his longtime bank, bank of america. My loan was modest but i couldnt even get my application approved. Reporter after weeks of waiting, he turned to a much smaller lender that a friend told him about, San Francisco based square, a day later, the money was in the bank. Oldschool banks are really chugging along and not serving who they are supposed to be serving but really this tech company that is attempting to help Small Businesses pull through. Reporter coincidentally, his father also got good news, hes an optometrist whose business shut down because of the coronavirus, but he says his bank, wells fargo where he applied for a ppp loan just didnt seem to care. Why should my Small Company be put in a situation where it needs to compete with the shake shack and the ruths chris steakhouse or the lakers. There is no competition, because its apples to oranges. Reporter after waiting for more than a month, he heard about a small lender in idaho and decided to give the little guy a try. He got approved in a day. He said randall, i got you in. The loan was accepted. And i had to sit down, my knees were shaking. My voice was trembling. And i actually broke down in tears of happiness, of joy, i just couldnt believe it. Reporter this is the Small Business associations second round of funding for the payment protection program, according to the latest federal data, this time the money is going to more momandpops, the average loan, 79,000. We saw there were signs of an immediate need that needed to be met. Reporter jackie rhesus offers up the Capital Division offering loans to Small Businesses. She says square has approved more than 50,000 applicants and there is room for more, especially for sole proprietors with no employees like sammy. This is a program that can work for those types of businesses and i hope people look carefully at how to make it happen. Reporter for sammy it has been a lifeline, there are no wedding scheduled for a while, but hes gearing up for the immediate future, mothers day. I havent touched a flower in months so im excited to work. Many of the smaller lenders will only lend to their customers, but randall says try them anyway, even if you are not one of their customers, they can make exceptions. The sba has a list of approved lenders on their website and our consumer watch volunteers compiled a list of useful resources that we posted on our website, kpix5. Com Health Officials announced that any resident in the county of contra costa can visit a testing site even without symptoms. The county stresses that an increase in testing will indicate how far the virus has spread and how to prevent additional infection. The county has been testing about 400 people a day. We encourage anyone who thinks they need to get a test to come and get one, you dont need to have all the symptoms to have the test, but we strongly encourage anyone whos just not feeling themselves much is not feeling well, to come in, and lets get a test. Those wishing to receive a test do not need medical insurance, but must call ahead to make an appointment. Napa county is also offering free coronavirus testing for its residents regardless of whether they have symptoms. The major expansion of testing is a collaboration of the verily Life Sciences research organization, the test will confirm if someone actively has the virus. The drive in testing site will run monday through saturday by appointment only. Richmond police say they have arrested eight gang members wanted for a string of crimes throughout Contra Costa County, investigators believe the socalled jet life street gang wasnt responsible for attempted murders, carjackings, robberies, home invasions and shootings in areas where members of other gangs live. Richmond police teamed up with the fdi and the Contra Costa CountyDistrict Attorneys Office on the case in february. During this difficult time and dealing with the health pandemic, the last thing we wanted to do was have to deal with the gang terrorizing our community. However, the jet life street gang continued to wreak havoc not only on our community here in richmond but in the greater bay area. The suspects range in age from 16 to 20 years old and now facing violent felony charges, one adult we are told is still on the loose. New video shows the damage after a vta bus caught fire in san jose. Firefighters got the call about 10 30 this morning. When crews arrived they didnt find anyone on the bus and but no word yet how it caught lars pg e with the nearly 2 billion fine for the utilities role in catastrophic wildfires in 2017 and 2018, it is the largest penalty ever assessed by the Public Utilities commission, and a key step for pg e to emerge from bankruptcy, however regulators also suspended a 200 million fine to preserve Funds Available for wildfire victims. In a statement, pg e says it remains deeply sorry about the role its equipment played in the fires adding that their most important responsibility remains the safety of their customers and the communities they serve. They say they are committed to doing right by the communities impacted by wildfires. Google apparently cracking down on employee expenses, keeping a close eye on little things, with jims close, no free food from the office, google employees have been trying to find ways to use their abundance of Company Covered expenses but thats no longer being allowed. Google told employees they need to stop expensing while working from home in an effort to tighten the budget ahead of what google characterized as a difficult second quarter. We did reach out to google for a response on this crackdown but we have not heard back. This airline was slammed for charging passengers to socially distance, the revised middle c policy. A special surprise for seniors who cant walk across the stage this year. As if 2020 couldnt like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. And accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. A live look were future flights on Frontier Airlines will look a little different. The coen to keep the middle seat open. The airline plan to charge travelers 39 to keep the middle seat next to them open. Lawmakers lashed out at using the airline of trying to profit from the pandemic. Frontiers ceo reversed the decision and said they were simply trying to provide customers with an option for more space. Some future graduates in any i got a big surprise today. Look at the balloons. They got a drivethrough celebration outside Deer Valley High School today. When they went to pick up their caps and gowns they were probably thinking whats the point . They were greeted with balloons, music and a whole lot of cheer. This is important because many of our students have not had the typical opportunity to celebrate and congregate and do awesome things, they missed out on their senior ball, the typical graduation ceremony. Even though its Teacher Appreciation week, a lot of the school staff showed up to celebrate the students today. Speaking of students, time to give a shout out to the class of 2020. Kpix 5 is honoring graduates of all ages , stephanie england is a senior in santa rosa, she will attend Santa Rosa Junior College in the fall and wants to transfer to cowl to study graphic design. The server is graduating from the university of washington with a bachelors degree in informatics. And kruger will graduate from nativity in menlo park where he was the center on the basketball team, he will go to Menlo Atherton high school in the fall. We want to see pictures of your graduates as well, you can email 2020grads cbs. Com or share them on social media using the hashtag kpix, include their name and where theyre headed next and no professional photos, please. You might see them on tv. Coming up, after being slammed for security breaches, zoom is going one step further than partnering with a Security Firm, its buying one. Plus how the Supreme Court most of us would be happy to leave the house right now but if you really want to get away, heres your chance. Maybe your purpose on this planet isnt on this planet. The Newest Branch of the u. S. Military releasing its first recruitment ad and the first hints of what the space force will be doing. Space force officially began recruiting this month starting with activeduty air force members. Zoom is buying a Security Firm in an effort to protect users during virtual meetings, key base will be zooms first acquisition, the company will help implement end to end encryption that will eventually give zoom access to the contents of encrypted data. They plan to publish the details of the design later this month but they have been working to improve its security after many users reported hackers popping into the meetings. Just last month a man who happened to be not wearing any clothes hacked into a Berkeley High school class session prompting School Officials to suspend all online video classes. Even the Supreme Court conducting business remotely these days but as justices we are hearing arguments over the phone yesterday, someone was conducting a different kind of business. The subject matter of call ranges. Its the sound of a toilet flushing in the background, no one claimed responsibility but no one said anything about it either and the arguments continued on. Maybe somewhat ironically the case had to do with telephone Consumer Protection act. Im just going to leave it right there. Paul is joining us now. It could be a whole lot worse. Just think of the scene and the naked gun. Just make sure your doors are closed at home. Ke a lookth weather of whe into ex w days, the same pattern for one more day which means very warm and even hot temperatures further inland and warm around the day they. A little bit of the marine layer trying to sneak into the city where temperatures have dropped into the upper 60s but look at these highs, 96 degrees in fairfield, the city made it up to 76 degrees tying for the warmest day so far in 2020, we reached up to 76 all the way back in late february and we will be in the same territory again tomorrow, maybe even a career to warmer, 70 degrees at sfo 75 degrees at the Oakland Airport and i will show you the current temperatures in the downtown coming up at 6 00, still very warm further inland, at or above 90 degrees, temperatures tonight will back off once the sun goes down we will end up in the 50s so open up the windows and get some free air conditioning into the house, the winds tonight and tomorrow will remain fairly calm for the first half of the day starting off almost dead calm and not picking up even though its going to be an onshore direction until the afternoon, so even around the bay, near the coast, temperatures are still going to have a chance to warm up to the upper 60s to around 70 degrees with temperatures in the bay area in the mid to upper 70s and into the 90s further inland. 70 degree readings even possible along the coast, 1020 degrees above average across the board. 90 degrees for san jose with temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s for the south bay, mostly low and mid 90s for the east bay, we go around the bay itself talking about temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, the coast right around 70 degrees and warmer as we go further inland. Were talking about rain chances down the line but not yet for mothers day, temperatures will be a little cooler with e ofand chances peak monday especially monday night into tuesday, i will show riyohe atth mihalfco extended forecast shows cooler temperatures to go with the rain chances monday and tuesday and then a slow warmup by the middle of next week. One Northern California county defiantly reopens its businesses despite the state guidelines, why it feels the shutdown is unnecessary for its corner of the state, plus the governor unveiled new plans today to open up some retail in california, but Santa Clara County is saying hold on, how the rules could be different depending on where you live. What your commute to work may look like when businesses start to reopen. A very special thank you to nurse listen who are risking their lives during this pandemic. How some notes from strangers are providing a muchneeded lift. Its kind of hard to be a nurse, youre not always getting praises for what you do so its kiof a gene is in intensive care nurse one of 3. 1 million nurses in the United States who take care of all of us every day. This is gina, a junior at seneca high school, she started notes for support, an amazing way to think nurses like janine for their work. I have a program set up so that anyone can submit a letter of encouragement to covid19 patients or healthcare workers. Gina constructed this webpage that takes your letter, prepares it in the correct format and ensures agosta nurses nationwide. Thousands of kind notes are spreading across the country. Nurses noticed and they are touched. Hi, gina, this is jazmin from Jefferson Hospital and i wanted to take a moment to say thank you so much for the generous notes for our ts and h so heartfelt and sweet, i especially love some of the pictures. Here we have nurses in our operating room and just very nice sweet messages of thanks paid reporter some folks are sending more than just notes, the Burlingame Sutter hospital received 60 handmade quilts, all going to nurses in a raffle later this week, but whether its quilts, cards or just thanks, we all appreciate our nurses. Its very challenging but im very proud to be a nue. Saying thank you is pretty powerful stuff. If you want to write your own letter to a nurse you can go to notesforsupport. Org or kpix5. Com and now at 6 00, much of the bay area will not follow the governors reopening guidelines just yet, what entering phase 2 will look like locally. Not content to wait for the governors plan, they have their own plan here, what life is like in the tiny corner of california that has decided to go their own route and yes, you can stop by the diner and have a bite to eat. When people finally do head back to work, have a commute will change because of the pandemic. Our top story on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the governor gave the green light to reopen certain businesses beginning tomorrow, but thats not happening in most places around the bay area. Starting tomorrow, Retail Stores can open if they provide Curbside Pickup or delivery, and they must have handsfree payment for manufacturers and warehouses. Increase space between workers and openair break rooms, what will be open now, but possibly soon our offices, seated restaurants, shopping malls and outdoor museums, but thats not happening anytime soon for Santa Clara County. Reporter santa clare county officials were not happy with the governors announcement today because they say infections in many parts of the state are still on the rise, so this county is more strict with shelter in place orders not being modified with these renewed reopenings. This is focused on not just the business opportunity. Reporter Governor Newsom said his plan for phase 2 reopening of some retail and other businesses in california is based on science, data, and Public Health, but watching with a keen eye on the Economic Impacts was john pratt who san jose photography business has been all but shuttered for the past seven weeks. I think its a step in the