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Getting from the National Guard and the federal government now uh yeah, i mean so we can expect more supplies within the next 48 hours justine and todays announcement also means that the president is covering the cost. The federal government will pay for the National Guard troops that are being sent here President Trump didnt go into specifics much saying that they will be carrying out approved mission so well just have to see what those are exactly because hes going to be leaving each states governor in charge weve seen some troops interstate already helping out food banks for example, and they may also be used to distribute the medical supplies that are being sent our way. California will also see makeshift Medical Centers to treat future covid 19 patients, weve seen 2 naval hospitals that will be anchored on both us coasts one is a ship called mercy that ones going to be sent down to los angeles. And were also going to see 8 Field Hospitals pop up. In order to assist and those approve the state of new yorks request. For a major disaster declaration, something which. Governor cuomos been asking for and which i agree and we had it and done and very rapid fashion the request from the state of washington for a major disaster declaration was approved. Just a little while ago went through the process and we weve done very quickly. The request from the state of california was just received and we will have it approved very quickly. We have large quantities of medical equipment and supplies on the way based on all of this to those states including respirators surgical masks and gowns face shields coveralls and loves with large quantities already delivered to washington and to new york. In addition, a large quantities of supplies. Ive also directed fema to supply. The following 4 large federal medical stations with 1000 beds for new york. A large federal medical stations with 2000 beds for california. And 3 large federal medical stations and 4 small federal medical stations with 1000 beds for the state of washington. Vice president mike pence also said that tomorrow his task force well reveal updated guidelines for First Responders and Law Enforcement agencies on how to deal with possibly infected people live in the studio ellis ago monae and kron 4 news. Thank you so much the stimulus package worth 2 trillion failed to pass in the senate today the procedural vote was evenly split 47 to 47. It needs 60 votes to pass. Democrats argue the proposal favors corporations over workers and say republicans refused to make any changes even after days of negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell was visibly angry on the senate floor, he says democrats are obstructing efforts to help americans and the markets. That we are able to act tomorrow. It will be because of our colleagues on the other side. Continuing to decorate. When the country expects august. The come together and address this problem. This is not a bipartisan proposal. This is a republican only proposal at this point and it creates a slush fund for the big guys and no help for workers and no help for hospitals and i dont see how the democrats can possily support. Now be to be clear todays failed vote does not mean the stimulus package is dead, but it is a sign democrats are insisting on certain changes. Today Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the house is working on its own version of the stimulus package. Senator rand paul has tested positive for coronavirus according to a statement on his twitter account the republican from kentucky is quote feeling fine and is in quarantine his asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events according to pauls deputy chief of staff to senator expects to be back in the senate after his quarantine period ends. He is the first senator and 3rd member of Congress Overall to be diagnosed with covid 19. Senator pauls diagnosis. Also means that senator mitt romney was exposed to the coronavirus the 2 sat next to each other for extended periods of time within the past 14 days, so now the senator from utah is getting tested for the coronavirus and isnt self quarantine at this time romney is not showing any symptoms. But the exposure will keep him off of the senate floor. The number of cases of coronavirus continues to climb. Now napa county has confirmed its first 2 cases, both patients are in quarantine as Public Health officials trace anyone who had direct contact with those patients. It is noteworthy that Officials Say there is no known connection between these 2 cases kron ons gayle ong reports now from napa with the countys response. As napa county faces its first covid 19 cases the county says and theyve been prepared our priority right now is making sure that were ramping up our staffing in a Facebook Live sunday afternoon deputy county executive Molly Rattigan gave this update to napa county about the quickly escalating Coronavirus Spread you should start to see increases in some of the testing them or us as youve been saying in the last few days here in napa county county officials report as of sunday almost a 100 tests have been completed and at least 30 cases are under investigation. The countys first case was reported in the Morning Hours later a second case confirmed Health Officials say both patients have been isolated one a napa city resident, the other isolated in saint helene a there is no known connection officials wont say their age gender or where the virus was contracted, but are working to trace people who have been in direct contact testing for the virus began last week we are ramping up our testing we did a soft launch on wednesday and then operated wednesday thursday and friday a drivethru Testing Center the location of the Testing Center was not disclosed for anyone who may have symptoms a doctors note, any screening by Public Health is requires please take the shelter at home order seriously of napa county issued a shelter at home order at midnight friday march 20th. Until april 7th downtown napa was a ghost town essential businesses remain open restaurants operating take out only diane dillon sheriff county board of supervisors of knowledge to challenges on facebook i know this is difficult its difficult for all of us. The purpose is to slow the spread of the illness so that we do not overwhelmed. Our health care system. Were all in this together. The county is coordinating with local Health Care Providers to increase coronavirus testing capability. Reporting in that by gail ong kron 4 news. Now here is a look at the rest of the cases in the bay area santa clara has the highest number with 302. And now 10 coronavirus related deaths, san mateo has 110 cases and one death, San Francisco, 108 cases Contra Costa County is 51. And one death as well hows adam maida has 65 cases were in county as 38 cases lonna county has 13. Sonoma county has 23 cases and one death and napa county which had 0 now as weve just reported has to. Tomorrow the city of hayward is opening a testing facility for people who may have been exposed to covid 19 hayward fire station number 7 on one avenue has been converted into a coronavirus Testing Center to help relieve pressure on hospitals that will be open every day from 9 oclock in the morning until 6 at night. It is free to the public and open to anyone regardless of where they live. You will not need a reference from a doctor to be tested and the results will be available within 6 to 24 hours. Despite a statewide shelterinplace order people continue to pack San Francisco parks and beaches. Governor gavin, newsome has criticized young people for ignoring the order saying that they need to grow up this meshes message though seems to be falling on deaf ears as people were seen disregarding social distancing like continuing to crowd together. Kron fours dan thorn is live for us now in San Francisco, he joins us with more now on what he saw while out in San Francisco today. Dan. Well jesse we did see people practicing social distancing they were keeping away from other people while they were hanging out at the park, but we did speak with some young people today who felt like they needed to come together and hang out with their friends because theyve been cooped up inside and they felt a little bad about it but wanted to do it even if it was a little selfish. From the park to the beach people continue to congregate during the shelterinplace order meant to help stop the spread of coronavirus many were seen practicing social distancing at Mission Dolores park while others. Not so much. Ive been locked up in the house want to go kick you in my homies out here trying to enjoy life. The 21 yearold david brown and his friends say theyve been wanting to get outside after being cramped up at home. The governor newsome in a saturday night News Conference as this kind of attitude is unacceptable. Those young people theyre still out there on the beaches. Thinking this is a party that time to grow up. You know time to wake up 100 to recognize its not just about the old folks its about your impact on their lives dont be selfish around his friends say they understand its selfish but they needed to get out for their sanity i know it isnt the best decision. And its not what everyone advise is to say, but i love life and its weve been quarantined for almost week now so it is kind of like and they dont morley one lasted an hour my friend, how its a lot of the young population is really taking it seriously people in the bay area and across the state have been told to stay 6 feet away from others not to gather in groups and to wash their hands exercises been encouraged, but it needs to be done safely. The governor says hes expected social pressure not policing to help and forced the shelterinplace order. Some argue this situation is a catch 22, its really difficult. Its hard to stay back and. Enjoy this enjoy the quality of its have a good time now, but you know also being very mindful of. The other things that are going on. Meanwhile Health Officials have been advising people to avoid traveling outside of their communities going to places that that are far away from their home. The governor has also been trying to restrict any nonessential movement in the state of california and he says that right now is a time to make tough decisions. Reporting live in San Francisco. Dan thorn kron 4 news. Thank you dan shutting it down because too many people showed up today the marine county Public Health department made the decision to close all parks. This includes town city and county parks. Also state parks such as mount tam and federal land such as Point Reyes National seashore and muir woods. County Officials Say this will protect vulnerable residents who are put at risk by the large crowds. We saw there this weekend. Visitors may continue to use paved walkways like the areas in mill valley sausalito and corte madera as long as they follow guidelines on social distancing. Time now to talk about our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside and downtown San Francisco, which saw a good amount of rain today. Lets check in with our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez to see of more rain is in store for this week. I just seen yeah were barely going to get a break from all the wet weather so enjoy the dry conditions out there right now for your sunday night, calmer weather blanket of clouds helping to keep us relatively mild after a pretty active day. We did notice daytime heating and a muggy feel were temperatures fall lot warmer than what they actually work. Severe thunderstorms brought hail lightning pop up thunderstorms and also a cold air funnel cloud for those of you in san jose with some quick heavy downpours as well san jose you got slightly less than a quarter of an inch of rain but santa rosa and even those of you in sunnyvale saw about a 3rd of an inch of rain or less within the last couple of hours because of those quick and heavy downpours but as you can see drier and calmer weather out there right now stormtracker 4 not tracking any rain right now and temperatures still relatively warm in the low to mid 50s and overnight lows will be mild with widespread 40s but those of you in San Francisco oakland, an antioch only cooling down into the low 50s so enjoy tonights warmer overnight lows because tomorrows daytime highs not really going to warm up all that much were going to be about 5 to 10 degrees cooler tomorrow compared to today because of that storm leaving behind a cold air mass 10 degree drop for downtown San Francisco, only warming up to 57 degrees tomorrow and as this storm exits another one will arrive as early as monday night and this one could actually bring us some snow drought, the highest peaks in the north bay mountains details on this storm and how much rain were expected to get in a few minutes to see him back to you. Thank you so much much more ahead here on kron 4 news at 10 coming up at 1030 how local restaurants are coming together to support health care professionals. Were on the front lines of this pandemic. Plus all house state universities have postponed their Spring Commencement ceremonies. What this means for students at san jose state. And the state of new york has become one of the biggest at the centers for the coronavirus in the worl the bestt 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. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Abbvie. Organic at this price. Is this for real . Not exactly thats bargain bliss setting in youre basking in the glow of orangic produce at shockingly low prices. I guess the choir isnt real either . Oh no, their real. Their here every sunday afternoon. Grocery outlet jingle Grocery Outlet reprise now become the worlds biggest coronavirus hot spot is over 15,000 confirmed cases thats more than france or south korea and there have been more deaths from the coronavirus that in Washington State which was the initial epicenter of the outbreak here in the United States. And today, new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo said that the federal government needs to do more to combat the rising number of cases. Theres no reason why you should have hospitals across this country. Not having masks and downs, i mean this is not what were supposed to be battling were supposed to be battling the virus. Im not masks and gowns and a test to us. So i think the federal the president should step it up. Today President Trump approved the state of new yorks request for a major disaster declaration. Similar declarations rosser proof or california and Washington State. Globally there are now more than 340,000 confirmed cases of covid 19 and more than 14,000 deaths. The United States there are more than 35,000 cases with 471 deaths and in california there are more than 1400 cases of coronavirus and 27 people have died so far in comparison in new york theyre more than 15,000 confirmed cases and more than 60 confirmed related deaths. This is according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus tracker map. Meanwhile the Us Agriculture secretary sonny perdue says americans should not panic. While the store shelves might be bear right now there is plenty of food available and once the panic buying slows down. Truckers can get more products into the stores. But as our washington correspondent Raquel Martin shows us there are some other food problems on the horizon. Thats a good news, we have plenty of food supply and our Food Supply Chain Us Agriculture secretary sonny perdue says americans dont need to panic about getting their next meal and should stop hoarding food thats thats just the common courtesy by leaving something there for our fellow neighbors perdue says us farmers are working diligently to keep up with demand. But farmers are also concerned last 2 weeks we lost about 0. 60 on a corner when he dropped 50 or 0. 60 that would just blow the cost of production thats very very unnerving tim seifert and illinois corn and soybean farmer says the pandemic is a threat to farmers already struggling to rebound after nearly 2 years a trade fight with china theres a lot of concern about the future. He says farmers are committed to being the world but says that the pandemic continues to harvest. They could be in real trouble thats kind of scary, you know what lies ahead is a is unknown right now, lets just hope and pray it doesnt get to that the American Farm Bureau Federation says got significant challenges lie ahead for the ag industry. Theyre now calling on the administration to help so they can continue supplying food i can assure you sta. Under the leadership of President Trump and comey looking out for farmers produce as the administration is considering extending farmer benefits created during the trade war that were. Again communicating with congress over the needs that we have what we need to do is respond iowa. Senator joni ernst says congress is working on a stimulus package to help all americans. In washington Raquel Martin. North Bay School District is offering free meals for children under the age of 18 starting tomorrow could totty wanted park unified School District will provide free drivethru meal service at numerous locations from 11 in the morning until one in the afternoon. This will happen all week, San Francisco and oakland School Districts are also offering free meals to students. You can find a complete list of the districts offering free meals on our website kron 4 dot com. State universities across the state will postpone their Spring Commencement ceremonies systemwide because of the coronavirus in the bay area that includes San Jose State University Spring Commencement was scheduled for me 20th through the 22th talks are currently underway to figure out arrangements with students who are set to graduate, san jose state is also coordinating with students on refunds for services, the university cannot deliver during this pandemic. And happening tomorrow, bart is temporarily cutting back on Service Hours after a dramatic drop in ridership bart says ridership has declined by 90 during the pandemic starting on monday Weekday Service will be from 05 00am until 09 00pm and starting next saturday, the 28th Weekend Service will be from 08 00am until 09 00pm. Nurses who work at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in oakland say they will hold a candlelight vigil tomorrow night to demand more adequate protection gear. This comes after the California Nurses Association said that the state needs to do more to get nurses more protective equipment to treat the incoming positive cases. The nurses group says the cdcs response of having nurses were scarves or bandanas of a mask runs out is unacceptable. And the situation is so dire you see San Francisco is accepting donations of critical supplies for their frontline care providers here is what theyre asking for you can see in their tweet here. They want masks disposable gloves. Also sanitation items and a lot more so theyve set up donation sites at 3 different locations ucsf mount zion Medical Center and the ucsf Mission Center building in San Francisco and also the ucsf many off Childrens Hospital in oakland now these sites will be open tomorrow from 8 until 5. We have more details on our website about this if you want to donate. You can find it all on our website kron 4 dot com. Lets take a live look outside right now at San Franciscos embarcadero very quiet on the sunday night, some rain hit the city today but is more rain on the way for this. Not really work not really school week. People are going to try to get outside and get some fresh air thats for sure and greece uh yeah theyre going to want to see the timing of this storm because we are going to notice some widespread light rain making its way into the bay area dry for now as we start to notice calmer and Clear Conditions after this active weather that impacted mainly those of you in the north bay and south bay with popup thunderstorms but fortunately with this upcoming storm it is going to have a cold core so much more stable atmosphere and a cooler air mass that that its going to arrive tuesday all the way through thursday and most of the bay areas going to get about half an inch of rain or less with our highest peaks getting upwards of about an inch of rain or less so we are going to notice the peak of the rain tuesday night through wednesday morning but snow levels will drop on wednesday as low as 2500 feet mainly along the north bay mountains and hills. With fresh dusting of snow for the north bay mountains so lets take a look at the timing of this storm still out of the woods just yet for light scattered showers for your monday. So just keep your umbrella handy, especially those of you in the south bay and the interior valleys of the east bay for your monday morning and afternoon but then another storm set to arrive by tuesday night. So we are going to notice some rain arriving as early as Tuesday Morning light bands of rain and even the light dusting of snow for the north bay mountains and hills with the peak of the rain arriving tuesday night through wednesday morning and then scattered showers on wednesday as that storm starts to exit during the overnight hours very early thursday morning, so rain totals. It is going to be on the light side but not tracking any popup thunderstorms. So thats a good thing anywhere from about half an inch of rain or less with the highest amounts for those of you in the south bay in todays daytime highs well above average even warming up into the 70s for those of you in concord in santa rosa, but tomorrow were going to be 5 to 10 degrees cooler from today. So we are going to notice temperatures out there right now things are that blanket of storm cloud cover helping to keep us relatively mild in the low to mid 50s only cooling down into the 50s with low 50s for those of you in San Francisco and oakland and tomorrows daytime highs below average not just along the coast of widespread upper 50s to low 60s as you make your way inland and then drying out and also warming up on thursday and that drying and warming trend will continue by the end of the week and even into next weekend with the rain returning to the bay area by the end of march so that storm door remains open justine. Even as we head into april back to you. Thank you so much and coming up the fate of the 2020 olympics hangs in the air. At 1031 olympic organizers say it is possible for this years summer games. And last week was one of the worst on wall street in recent memory so this coming week is it a good time to consider starting to in and wall street for all 3 major stock since october 2008. The dow closed down 913 points lower dropping 17 on friday. The index has now raised all the games that were made during the trump administration. As the markets continue this downward trend as coronavirus fears impact investing. One Wealth Management partner says for some people this could be the time to buy spear Wealth Management don paul says he thinks the markets could continue to fall over the next couple of weeks. If youre not prepared to wait a while for markets to stabilize you might want to consider selling but the Energy Sector and blue chip stocks might be worth a longterm investment. Might be better in a week or 2 weeks or 3 weeks from now but we would still say that right now it is a good time to be. Mind a little bit. Now paul says one stock thats doing pretty well right now is walmart market trading begins at 6 30 tomorrow morning. Next until now Gamestop Stores have remained open arguing that they are essential business. The company is now changing its plans. And tracking cooler and drier weather for your microclimate monday forecast [car engine failing to start] [clicking of ignition] uh wha woof eeh woof wuh [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] dramatic opera music swells from radio [howling continues] now saying it will not send athletes to the 2020 olympics in tokyo that he made the announcement on twitter this also applies to paralympic athletes. Olympic organizers for the 2020 summer games say theyre debating a postponement of the games but not a cancellation one consideration is the availability of tokyo venues at a later date. Organizers are are also looking into whether or not the olympics can start in july as planned. But with a modified operational strategy. But they want to be fair to the athletes who spent years training for the games and to Ticket Holders who have already paid for their trips. Japans Prime Minister says postponement of the Tokyo Olympics would be unavoidable if it cannot he held in a complete way. Restaurants in the bay area are finding new ways to stay in business by also giving back to local Health Care Workers to see is at the stanford barn in palo alto is now providing meals for local hospitals through an event called corners kron 4 silver sackey has the story. First day was 7 and a half years to request. Youre the last is really to see the Community Report not to score nella owns tutsis of the stanford a barn in palo alto when he was forced to close his other restaurant. He get hooked. Hes open for takeout and delivery to support local Health Care Workers through the communitys help he recently started something called corners to our guest 3 child were very sad that we were you know and this is in on the left is the only thing that can really and at the berry and buddy of people Something Like you know what. And something that people the word quickly spread through palo alto in customers like Brian Omalley build in the help he decided to work sponsor first week of meals for 5050 people for breakfast and lunch. Its really exciting to see people not just jumping on it and why its important to seize. But also trying to do something similar far in their own area. With the help of omalley and the rest of the community that hes already has over 2000 meal orders to feed ares a nice use at stanford hospital and Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital, stanford next week because of the orders scored ellis says hes now been able to bring a few employees back to work i i think youre and down that ends our imports and specials on it. And you know its a place for them to carter just sad to see people getting laid off losing her job and i think you know al 20 its really i was expecting some orders but not 2002 and this you know one stop and reverse situation where caretakers on Taylor Bisacky reporting kron 4 news. Turning now to weather as we talk about our 4 zone forecast take a look at this video of lightning. From the north bay today there was the flash this was taken above santa rosa by a crime for our viewer named austin thank you for sending that to us austin yeah, those storms rolled through today and not everyone got wet, but a lot of people did our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here now with a look at our forecast him agree some pages, cnn, yes santa rosa actually got a 3rd of an inch of rain or less for most of the north bay remain relatively dry and were noticing that drying trend out there right now for a golden gate bridge. So it is a safer commute out there this evening than it was earlier today we saw pop up thunderstorms not just in the south bay, but the north bay as well and were noticing right now fairly dry calm weather but just to our south in Monterey County line of Severe Weather with light to moderate downpours impacting monterey but we are bone dry for us here in the bay area even the south bay as well so unique microclimate forecast out there right now temperatures on the mild side so widespread mid to upper 50s even 48 degrees for those of you in santa rosa. The coolest location but noticeable warm up as well this evening, thanks for that blanket of storm cloud cover only cooling down into the low 40s for you everyone else in the mid to upper 40s to low 50s for downtown San Francisco oakland and antioch the daytime highs, not really going to warm up all that much after a warm overnight lows in fact tomorrow were going to be 5 to 10 degrees cooler than worry were today downtown San Francisco warming up to 57 degrees about 5 degrees below average Half Moon Bay also in the upper 50s when speeds light in breeze around 20 Miles Per Hour or less brisbane and south San Francisco 53 degrees but mid 50s for those of you in Burlingame San Mateo also in the midfifties with low 50s for those of you in palo alto and widespread low to mid 60s for the south bay with san jose only warming up to 63 degrees livermore in the low 60s as is hayward a little bit cooler from oakland and into richmond upper 50s there. But as you make your way inland into the east bay like conquered warming up to 61 degrees low 60s as well for napa and santa rosa 62 degrees at todays very warm 70 degree forecast. So we are noticing as we take a look ahead at the extended outlook. Rain returning tuesday for wednesday not expected to bring us any popup thunderstorms but we are going to notice about half an inch of rain or less for most of the bay area starting Tuesday Morning through wednesday night and then warming up and drying out with above average temperatures next weekend with showers to an out the month of march back to justin. Thank you so much now, hundreds of Gamestop Stores across the us are temporarily closing until now some of the Video Game Stores locations for staying open. Even in states that ordered nonessential retail to close gamestop argued it is essential because it sells computer equipment to help people who are working from home. However employees say such equipment is only sold in select stores. The Company Announced it will now shift to online sales and Curbside Pickup orders only. Running out of ideas for home schooling their kids are getting some help from a familiar childrens education website and this will be happening for free. A nurse volunteering in italy is describing her experience on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic up next my money should work as hard as i do. So i use my freedom unlimited card to buy all the latest tech stuff. Today, im earning on a charger. So, just the charger then . Ummm. Yeah sarcastically fantastic. Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. Chase. Make more of whats yours. The girl is now in selfquarantine her doctor who gave her a vaccination on friday has tested positive for the virus merkel is taking a different approach than other western european nations, germany has implemented a contact ban rather than a full nationwide lockdown merkel explained that germany will ban gatherings of more than 2 people in an effort to quote when time to curb the spread of the virus. This contact ban which will be in place for the next couple of weeks. The Italian Military isnt forcing a lockdown in that country as the coronavirus pandemic stretches medical resources basically to the breaking point an american nurse is volunteering there and she says what shes seeing in italy should be a warning to americans reporter julie wilson has her message. We hear the sirens from the ambulance with picks up the patients and brings them to the hospital. All day all night. Constantly. Right now samaritans purse has an emergency Field Hospital set up in the parking lot of cremona hospital thats near milan. She says that the hospital has 600 beds all aside from 100 have been converted for covid 19 patients, the rest us are for children and pregnant women 2 of those 500 patients 100 our medical staff that once worked inside the hospital now battling the disease. The tent, she works and has 68 were definitely going to fill up if you could speak to the american to those spring breakers in florida who refuse to leave the cias what would you say to those people. Are you really dont want to see whats happening here happening in the United States. And it can happen and happen very quickly it literally was 3 weeks before italy. From day one to where were at it how its been about 3 and a half weeks and it happened very fast and it multiplies. Do restrictions are not placed on the United States out of panic or hysteria its a Public Health strategy for volunteers working tirelessly to push back against the pandemic. Nurse sites ask for your prayers and gosh do the right things back at home and helps us to be able to come home and take care of our families its hard to leave a disaster to come to a disaster. That was julie wilson reporting now kelly has been a nurse for about 20 years and shes fought Infectious Diseases around the world. But she says shes never seen anything quite like covid 19. Kron 4 news at 10 the harry potter franchise is one of the biggest in the world. Now its become a new tool for teachers to use well their students are stuck at home. And for many churchgoers sunday service was just not the same today, how some as hard as i do. Thats why i use my freedom unlimited card to buy heavier weights online. Got them its go time. groaning with freedom unlimited, youre always earning. I shouldve purchased lighter weights well take a look at this a brazilian churches placing photos of the faithful in their pews so far they have received more than 170,000 pictures. Parishioners say they want to be part of the church even when they have to practice social distancing. And the priest say they dont feel so alone when they celebrate mass now. So how do you exactly hold the Church Service during a pandemic while some bear congregations have moved their Services Online. But every place has the technology to be able to do that reporter doug johnson takes us to a church in sacramento. That was able to keep the faith today while practicing social distancing. At Unity Missionary Baptist Church in oak park there are a lot of prayers surrounding the covid governor for the president for everybody this is not a time for our nation to divide in this tough time for us to come together as a cohesive unit and help and pray for each other while hundreds of other congregations have Cancel Services pastor tillman way junior did not we did use a lot of precautions to see the ravine pastor wade says only 14 people came to sunday service. We did incur and social distancing. No one outside household sitting next to each other most were in their own rose well here at smaller churches it may be easier to maintain social distance seen at larger congregations to trying something that allows people. To stay at home. The churches like base a church in midtown what theyre doing their Services Online and tv complete with a chat room and online bible. Were urging deacons theyre encouraged the congregation to stay to the site. The pastor wade says thats not so easy for his congregation. The things we want to set up to do that maybe needs be best to wait says before him his father was pastor here since the early 1960s. Theres great grandfather also preaching louisiana during the spanish flu pandemic in 1918 this people got sick. In the church became a hospital and brought people in nurse tell your people back to help. Well people get back on their feet thats the type of service passed away, wants to continue to offer his congregation during this pandemic trying to get people to know maybe next week we will be shut in now in response to the crime iras pandemic jk rowling is encouraging teachers to post videos of themself reading the harry potter books rowling and her publishing agents say theyre relaxing regular copyright permissions and granting an open license for teachers kids around the world are at home right now because schools are closed. So they can to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus and to help educators can now upload videos of them reading the text from the 7 harry potter books on to school secure networks. Until the end of the school year. And maybe youve seen the commercials for abc mouse, thats the company that makes Educational Software and games for kids. Well now its offering programs for free at a time when many students are forced to learn from home and parents are really frustrated with having to home school rich demuro has the story. No doubt youre familiar with the name abc mouse watching the childrens programming and youre sure to see one of their commercials. Parent company age of learning creates Educational Software in the form of games books and videos for kids that engagement factors, extremely important in a childs learning doug during founded the company more than a decade ago, there are very specific curriculum objectives for every single activity in any of our products now at a time when kids are forced to learn at home during is giving free access to his products over 400,000 schools affected by Coronavirus Closures providing quality educational resources, specifically in this crucial time to kids is very important during gave me a tour of a sprawling facility just north of los angeles. Were a team of hundreds work on creating content games and challenges under the watchful eye of former educators everything that theyre kids theyre exploring come from people who know what theyre talking about and had spent time in the classroom understand what it means to teach kids from. Understand how they learn theyre making 3 products abc mouse geared towards 2 to 8 year olds. Multiplayer game Adventure Academy for kids 8 to 13 think fortnight minus the fighting and reading i q a Virtual Library that tests reading levels and surfaces appropriate books we think really hard about the learning objectives that underlie everything that we do what shes explaining is how you make the word the move the Software Works in a variety of platforms from phones and tablets to computers and although its still screen time it feels good to know your kids are learning every step of the way the learning outcomes very strong so parents love them, teachers love them, and theyre just tremendous resources. Next at 10 1 restaurant in los angeles has found a creative way to sell the rest of its food during this pandemic wh angeles every night can be taco night now thanks to one restaurant guerrilla tacos was told that they had to close so the staff came up with the plan. To sell its remaining food, they made this. Emergency taco kits which includes 5 pounds of roasted chicken 5 pounds of carne asada salsa tortillas rice and beans and the kicker here toilet paper yes, you get 4 rolls of toilet paper and 30 eggs. Each kit, the restaurant pulled stock from its bathrooms for the toilet paper, not the eggs since toilet paper is in such short supply for many places, dozens of the 150 kits were sold this week and that money is helping the Restaurant Owners continue to pay for Health Insurance for its employees. During the pandemic thats really the basic necessities right there carne asada salsa. Toilet paper we can tackle the coronavirus at that. Just like your emergency supply kit. Throwing a bottle of Hand Sanitizer and i could last for weeks. Yeah there you go thats all we need great marketing and thinking just seen i like that lets take a final check at your 4 zone forecast tomorrows daytime highs noticeably cooler 5 to 10 degrees tomorrow compared to a slight chance of showers for those of you in the south bay, not only for your monday morning but monday afternoon and then rain returns once again as another quarter storm sweeps through the bay area starting Tuesday Morning even dropping snow levels for north bay mountains and hills as low as 2500 feet by tuesday into your wednesday as well light scattered showers by wednesday but then drying out and clearing out by around thursday during the overnight hours and rain totals about half an inch of rain or less highest amounts for those of you in the south bay lower rain totals for those of you in the north bay taking a look ahead at the extended 10 at 10 outlook were going to warm up and dry out and clear out after thursday continuing through the next weekend and then slight chance of showers returning as we end up march and even starting april as well so that storm door continues to remain open just enough. Well that march miracles in place and we hope everyone has a good week ahead remember to stay home wash your hands and watch us here at kron 401. [male announcer] the following program is sponsored by food for the poor. cinematic guitar music [girl speaker] when we dont find food to eat, i feel like fainting. [woman speaker] today i have nothing. I have no idea what im going to feed them. [boy speaker] i feel like my head is turning. I dont feel good at all. [woman speaker] many people here have seen their children die. I do not want this to happen to my children. [woman speaker] we put ourselves on our knees and ask god that peoples hearts will be touched, and they will help us