Infections. Nearly 1600 people have died in california there are now over 4600 cases and 94 people have died. Today the u s and asked mercy arrived in the port of los angeles to help ease the burden of hospitals that are trying to treat coronavirus patients. The Navy Hospital ship contains a dozen fully equipped operating rooms and a 1000 hospital beds. It will be used for relocating patients who are undergoing treatments that are unrelated to covid 19. And we had a somber warning from los angeles today as the city there prepares to be the epicenter of coronavirus cases in the United States that saw a significant surge of kelvin 19 cases kron fours kate rooney has the very latest. With 257 new confirmed cases in los anles today and 5 new deaths la is readying for an even greater expected surge in the coming days, yesterdays increase though of over 50 would of course have a doubling rate of less than 2 days. By that measure we would be where new york city is number ofases per capita in los angeles county. 6 days from now la is actively seeking more medical staff and garre said he said the city may even recruit medical students to assist. Meanwhile the us Navy Hospital ship mercy arrived at the port of los angeles today. It will immediately increase available beds by a 3rd and by 2 thirds wants a full capacity every bad not taken in los angeles. By the great work of the men and women here will mean one more bad for the surge that the governor spoke about. Governor gavin wsome lauded adjustments made throughout the Hospital System to meet the gh demand for beds and protective equipment were not only surging our overall capacity in the state to meet the need going forward, but weve been able to reduce the current census within the Hospital System also in preparation to meet this moment. Another la announcement today was an order to close county beacs and hiking trails with county and city park still remaininopen the order is good through april 19th from San Francisco, cape bruny kron 4 news. And today Santa Clara County announced his 20th death from covid 19 and there have been 574 cases overall San Mateo County has 239 cases and 6 people have died, San Francisco county reports 279 cases and 3 deaths. Contra costa county has 147 cases and one death. Alameda county has 204 cases and 4 deaths. There have been 65 coronavirus cases in marine county and one death that was just reported this afternoon. We have learned that the victim was a man in his 70s and was a passenger on the grand princess cruise ship. So on a county has 34 casesonoma county, 50 cases and one death and that the county has 8 cases. And as the number of cases climbs in the bay area, San Francisco now taking steps to slow the spread of the virus with the weekend arriving. Police chief bill scott says that means you will see officers out in forcing the shelterinplace order kron fours and herman joins us now live from marina green in San Francisco with what police will be doing and the changes people can expect to see. Well if you look out at the marina green now not a lot of people those who are here are pretty spread out that last weekend here in dolores park in ocean beach, lots of crowds very little separation and that is exactly what city officials do not want they say the social distancing is the only thing weve got going for us it must continue and police are ready to enforce it if people do not obey. Were going to have to make some changes at a News Conference friday, San Francisco mayor london breed said the bad behavior that occurred last weekend cannot we saw a number of areas in our city that word just jampacked. And we saw people who were playing things like volleyball and basketball. The mayor says social distancing and stay at home orders must be followed to slow the spread of the coronavirus and to that in parking lots at ean beach. The marina green and crissy field east beach have been closed Outdoor Fitness sites are now off limits and so our neighborhood playgrounds. What we want people to do is stay at home. And when they need to go out and get some air walk outside go and to a park within the proximity of your neighborhood. Please dont get in your cars and drive. Police wi be patrolling the overcrowded hot spots and may shift their focus away from education. For those that have been warned repeatedly. There will come a time where we will have of life. E and that is a fact city officials also announced next week they will open mosconi west as a homeless shelter, so existing shelters can be thinned out to allow for social distancing in addition theyve secured 300 hotel rooms and hope to grow that number by 3,000 next week to house Homeless People and those sorrows that need to be isolated. On the medical front several staffers and at least one patient at laguna hoa hospital have tested positive for the coronavirus and an outbreak is expected there. We have begun bringing in additional resources, including staff and expertise on Long Term CareInfection Control and infectious disease. Those kron fours dan kerman reporting for us tonight and the White House Task force held another briefing to bring the nation up to date on what it is doing about the coronavirus kron fours theresa has the very latest. Americas bravely battling this pandemic. Through cutting edge science medical innovation in rational deliberate and determined vigilance no effort will be spared in winning this war we can win the war hopefully well win soon and with as few. Lives as possible last President Donald Trump calling the fight against the coronavirus brutal on friday addressing what the federal government is doing now to fight the coronavirus and its increasing spread in the country. Its very important that we. Get to the bottom line and quickly we will do what we have to do and immediately exercise all available lawful authorities to get the job done. The president also talking about getting companies to help bill necessary supplies by invoking the defense production act. This afternoon i also signed an executive order investing. And very very strongly investing the department of health and Human Services and the department of Homeland Security with the full. Authorities available on to the defense producon act. Also mention schools, the secretary of Education Betsy Devos plumbing teachers in this country as a lean into distance learning. Adding federal tests are now on hold in student Loan Interest also being put on hold delay these tests for a year fast and painless. As of today 47 states have requested the delay or the waiver and 46 have been approved within a 24 hour period. And lastly doctor faa kai talking about where we stand as a country fighting the coronavirus something thats on precedent this is something. That we have never seen before at least in our generation. They sing something maybe like this back a 100 years ago. And we really being challenged. Theresa kron 4 news. Well, stocks lostconsidable ground today but thats not enough to room several days of big games friday. So awfully put a mild and from the dows best week since 1938. Thats due to massive rallies that shot values up over the last 3 days even though the dow lost 4. 1 friday. It finished the week up 12. 8 . One major concern in the battle against coronavirus is a shortage of protective gear for frontline medical workers kron fours when cali got a status report on the supply stockpilefor the person who was in charge of emergency medicine in alameda couny. A severe shortage of equipment such as masks face shields and downs thatswhat doctor john schwar berg Professor Emeritus with u c bekeley school of public health. Says is whats appening at many bay area hospitals with n 95 masks in particular being reserved for the highest risk situations. Meanwhile, m morrissey the Tactical Medical Program director of alameda countys ems ys theyve seen some recent success in procuring those coveted n 95 masks. He says theyve handed out well over 300,000 so far during this crisis and recently not another 700,000 now stored in an undisclosed location ready to be distributed as needed another million plus have been ordered and are in the pipeline along with a half million surgical masks also in the pipeline a request to the state for items that have been harder to come by of late with the National Surge in demand goggles face shields thermometers gloves and gowns of friday, the county says they are in better shape of late in terms of space in their local hospitals with 421 currently empty and available hospital beds, 86 isolation beds and 39 beds in i c u they also have a 141 ventilators ready to go for incoming patients up 44 from thursday, the m s supervisor belies is the effort to keep the streets clear by residents sheltering in place which is helping create the current extra room in local hospitals in alameda county. The ambulance transport rate is down 30 from normal since theyre respnding to fewer things such as car crashes and industrial accidents with more people staying at home and out of harms way. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. Coming up there is a need for hospital beds in the bay area where Officials Say a high school could be transfoed into a medical facility. And traffic is really light around the bay area but there are still a heavy Police Presence well explain why. And President Trump has signed a historic Coronavirus Relief bill. How a trillion aid package meant to rescue the economy and struggling families from the impact of coronavirus finally passed bothchambers of congress but it did not come easy. Joe khaleel reports from washington. Advanced the laest economic recovery package in us history provides immediate Financial Relief to businesses hospitals and struggling families in this bill we give them the tools to do the job and we give families th financial support. They need this is much like in 9. 11 moment. Its up to us today, the package had overwhelming bipartisan support even among those who considered flawed covid 19 didnt kill our economy. Government policies, owever, well intentioned did that california congressman Tom Mcclintock cold the aid package inefficient and wasteful but like many other lawmakers who found some issues with the bill talks as not passing it would have done even more damage to both economy. And to public health. Despite all its flaws passage of this bill is therefore imperative there was drama before the vote. I object on the basis that a quorum is not present congressman Thomas Massie attempted to delay action by requiring an in pers vote that would have forced lawmakers with Health Issues like norma torres to take a flight to washington the motion is adopted. Ultimately the house found there were enough members present and lawmakers moved the historic aid package onto the president in washington. Im joe khaleel. So we continue to hear about the many Individuals Companies and institutions helping to meet the growing demand for face masks and other medical equipment during the pandemic kron fours rob fladeboe shows us how San Jose State University is making some of those badly needed products. If necessity is the mother of invention 3 d printers like these are just what the doctor ordered during this time of need here in the Industrial Design lab at San Jose State University 3 d printers are churning out medical supplies to help fight the coronavirus outbreak via face time i spoke with associate professor josh nelson francine. And plant parks. And so ill be doing that for as long as your resources putting those tied to use. And also get sent to a Health Care Providers that are you know it all and you know the crisis that were in right now the university is all but shut down but working remotely together with alone on site technician students have put their own projects on hold but the learning goes on says professor nelson. Its just i think its its really cool to see if you can some of these technologies, new set to do Good Oral Health 3 d printing can be somewhat slower than traditional manufacturing. But they can operate around the clock and in time a shortage every mask or a ventilator could save a life. He and his students are only too happy to help out says nelson. You can connect to the pressures from home and you know going so but you you know were were all at home doing things differently for the time being to step and and and you know put so store its a great feeling is san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. In the east bay Contra Costa CountyHealth Services is anticipating a surge of vid 19 cases so it is considering, turning a high school into a temporary care facility. High school in martinez would be used to treat people who do not have coronavirus but still need medical attenon this would allow other hospitals to focus on helping covid 19 patients. The county has requested extra beds and equipment to be used at the school. Officials say they would use the gym cafeteria and some other facilities but not the classrooms. Time now to talk about our 4 zone working from home is our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with a look at our weekend forecast. Hey lawrence. Justine certainly looking a bit on the west side is a cold sore going to get the move is tax system coming our way in a release well organized but organized enough likely to bring some rain drops overnight tonight and on and off throughout the weekend so out there right now weve got some partly cloudy skies all around the bay area, those clouds will be thickening up overnight tonight dont now beautiful shot out toward the golden gate bridge, not many people out there on friday of course on folks you sitting right now waiting for the virus the past but we are seeing some changes coming our way this weekend. We got those clouds are getting double it up parts of northern california. Even a couple raindrops begin to pop up just the coastline. There a couple snow showers over the shasta area over one see more of that. You can see its just kind of a mass of clouds nothing really well organized not a real cold front sitting there so were going to see those showers begin to pop up overnight tonight and then in samarra right now though it is staying dry with just a few passing clouds a little bit on the cool side a little breeze out there as well some of those winds kind of kicking up around the bay area as much as a 10 plus Miles Per Hour and 20 mile an hour winds now of the west in the napa valley12 in the san jose and 12 in the San Francisco certainly a pretty good evening breeze out there tonight so were going to see changes as we head throughout the night tonight, increasing clouds the chance of showers specially after midnight tonight and then tomorrow, mostly cloudy will see some sunny breaks in between these clouds over lucky we might get to see couple rainbows to but theyll be some cold showers on and off and then sunday i think it really probably though large part of the rain doesnt come through on sunday morning. Thats when we could see some really interesting weather maybe even some thunderstorms popping up around the bay area. Temperatures right now really in the 50s all around it is cooling off it is going to be a cooler night but not really cold outside as were not seeing that real cold air settling in so certainly chilly but not as cold or not to see those freezing temperatures like weve had the past couple of nights storm system approaching the coastline you can see just a trough out there really not an organized system rolling in toward the bay area will bring with it that rain overnight tonight its tomorrow looks like its going to stick around through sunday to i think thats when the main moisture is going to come on shore to bring us that heavier amounts of rain you see that too as were going to have to the night side on this forecast model you see that as those clouds continue to roll on in the showers begin to pick up especially after midnight tonight, its tomorrow morning and then the middle of the day tomorrow looks like it will become more so and theyll reach some more rain on the way on and off throughout the day but sunday when the bigger part of that system comes through that will bring with it may be some intense downpours as a system swings on by some thunderstorms, a real possibility on sunday morning tapered off the showers by sunday afternoon. And then well start to dry things a little bit after that happened in between now and then looks like things are going to stay unsettled wet this weekend just being looks like a good weekend just to stay inside may do little cooking some Binge Watching your favorite shows. And just enjoys that cold storm starts to work its way through that list forecast from right here chernoff was back to you in the studio and cleaning have been too much cleaning. Lets stay at home just just doesnt stand a chance in my house and everywhere everything looks so nice. Thanks lawrence going up the us has the most cases of the coronavirus t to other countries are not that far behind we have the. Latest date on the global spread. Plus despite a stay at home order people in the bay area still seem tobe in a hurry. What its a small finger. A worm like, a dagger . A tiny sword . Bread. Breadstick . A matchstick a lamppost coin slot no . Uhhh. 10 seconds. A stick a Walking Stick eiffel tower, Mount Kilimanjaro ding time sorry, its a tandem bicycle. What . What . as long as sloths are slow, you can count on geico saving folks money. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. The wheel of a car lately certainly notice. There has a lot less traffic in the bay area. And fortunately some drivers are seeing that as a green light to speed which is now led to an increase in speeding tickets. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun has the story. Speeding citations are on the rise on bay area freeways. Residents sheltering in place the virtually no draft. California Highway Patrol officer branded korea says it appears that drivers are taking advantage of the cold in thinking that were not out there with this high thats the best thats completely false and there at high speeds of around a lot of citations still a lot of force that he says if you are pulled over for speeding one particular excuses not going to work for you theres no. Im in a restive for essential services for is is that were also not stopping people. Just because we think are court to stay at home. Were not enforcing out. The area drivers use to experience a bumper to bumper trafic are now seeing wide open roads in however offir korea lords to avoid the temptation to drive at excessive speeds as yeah ayers he is you do get a crash. The likelihood of a injury or fatalities last time he describes what it is like for chp officers enforcing traffic aws while simultaneously doing their best practice socialdistancing work week social justice saying the cdcs recommendation us plenty of assets eyes are. And thats what weve done for a long time they with what we do a lot of people whether youre. You know taking some of that jail you put your hands on the of crash that weve done that for a while has the lead you from 40. Still ahead the moves made to close off parks and beaches and keep people from crowding bay area outdoor spaces this weekend. And here in the bay area we are hearing about having a plan in casof earthquake. The now experts are warning families to have a 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 world news deaths surged in italy and spain today it only recorded in single biggest jump in deaths with more than 969 more victims. Spain seeing a similar jump of more than 750 deaths today, the death toll in spain is now nearly 5,000 thats the worlds second highest total after italy. There are more than 64,000 cases overall in spain today, the Spanish Government expanded a ban on layoffs meaning Business Owners there cannot fire employees strictly because of the coronavirus and china is temporarily closing its borders to all foreign nationals, holding visas are residence permits. The ban will begin tomorrow and