County are all following suit and basically what they are saying is yes if you have to go out of the house for essential needs and when i say that im talking about going to the pharmacy or going to the Grocery StoreSomething Like that they think it is a good idea to have facial coverings on your face what type of facial covering news, well they are not saying and 95 masks and they are not saying surgical mask. Theyre talking more about cloth masks and bandanas that is what theyre talking about at this point that is now the recommendation both from the California Department of Health Services and for several counties in the bay area we expect the other counties in the bay area to join suit on this in the next several days but the governor made it clear during his News Conference today that he wants to make sure that people realize that this is not a substitute for social distancing staying home and washing your hands. Some bay area counties are changing the recommendation around covering up your face when you have to leave the house. Contra costa Health Officials have posted this to social media and San Mateo CountyHealth Officials are recommending residents cover their nose and mouth with cloth when leaving home for essential travel such as doctors appointments, Grocery Shopping or pharmacy visits. Health officials do not recommend that the public use medical mass and 95 or surgical masks which are in limited supply. And instead suggest bandanas and fabric mass. State Health Officials caution clock face coverings are not a substitute for physical distancing and washing hands and staying home when ill. But they may be helpful when combined with these primary interventions. If individuals. I want to have face coverings that that is a good thing any preferable thing in addition to the physical distancing and the stay at home order and we put out guidelines of what that looks like the concern that we have about mandating it is referenced and my comments just a moment ago. We are still trying to protect our health care workers. Provide them the appropriate. Night and 95 masks and surgical masks and gowns and coveralls the Testing Capacity in the state is also impacted by a masks and personal protective gear and as a consequence we want to make sure that thats prioritized in the state of california. That live in San Francisco. So once again. The new recommendation is and again this is not a mandate as the governor said, but the recommendation from several Bay Area Health authorities as well as the California Department of Health Services. If you have to leave your house for essential things like Grocery Shopping or pharmacy. But some sort of a cloth covering over your nose and mouth again, this will likely not prevent you from getting the virus. But if you have the virus and you are asymptomatic meaning you show no symptoms it will prevent you from transferring it to someone else live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news and and this is cap and a big switch really because only about a month ago officials are basically saying. You know let Health Workers have the masks you dont need them dont bother with them so this is kind of a u turn. Well its a u turn to some degree but not really because theyve made it clear in this guidance that n 95 masks and surgical masks are not to be warm for this purpose and they dont want to see the public running around wearing these what theyre talking about our cloth masks as well as bandanas thats what theyre talking about in this recommendation. Right yeah, they were initially kind of dismissive of any mass so thats good thank you very much. Stan herman. A worldwide coronavirus cases have topped 1 million weve got the number of bay area cases as of 5 oclock Santa Clara County. 1019 36 deaths, San Mateo County 453 10 deaths, San Francisco county 450 Contra Costa County 250 alameda county. 396 with 9 deaths in moran, 108 cases now Solano County 54 1 death, a Sonoma County 91 cases and napa county, 18. In National News as of 05 00pm there are more than 240,000 confirmed cases in the country more than 5,000 people have died. The shortage of hospital beds and ventilators that has a plague hospitals and a lot of places around the country. But so far it has not really materialized here in the bay area kron fours rob fladeboe is live with details on new information being shared with people in the south bay from. Thats right catherine despite having the most coronavirus cases in the bay area by far there are still plenty of hospital beds available here. In Santa Clara County also a more than enough ventilators to go around so far anyway. Today also the county out with some new numbers about testing lets take a look. We want you to know that search beds i the additional beds that are not normally used in the hospital system. Deputies Santa Clara County executive david campos on thursday said the county currently has about 200 covid19 patients hospitalized county wide. As the number of people testing positive continues to rise hospitals have been planning for a possible surge in demand for socalled surge beds. They do not know if or when that surge might occur, but for now there is no shortage of beds or ventilators says campos as of march 31st. There were 936 available acute hospital beds in the county. There were 92. I see you beds. 1456 search beds and 392 ventilators that work where available in the county the Santa Clara Convention center has been converted into a temporary surge center with 250 beds available. In addition to adding beds the county is working to secure enough personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves and adding staff says Surge Capacity chief doctor jennifer tong, each hospital is working on plans how they can creatively restructure care teams to of volunteers from the community. Theyre also working on ways to expedite hiring practices to bring in new staff to their care teams. The county says as of april first 8,246 residents have been tested for covid19 with 956 testing positive not quite 12 . Testing in Hospital Capacity information is now being posted and updated regularly online via a new public dashboard here and. So if you go on as cc ph d dot org. I am back slash coronavirus youll see each of these dashboards one that explains all the new cases that were getting. One that explains how many people are passing one medic that shows you what we know about testing and we dont have all the information yet but were going to keep them. Updating those databases and one that reflects what our needs are for the hospital. Doctor tong says the numbers seem to indicate a Close Association between the social distancing order and the measurement of hospitalization across the county. Reporting live rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you rob. The Economic Impact payments. I previously said this would take us 3 weeks, im pleased to report that within 2 weeks, the first payments will be direct deposit into taxpayers account. A record 6. 6 million americans filed new unemployment claims last week thats on top of the 3. 3 million who filed the week before every game beating the need for action, the current by and moving and that community cannot in a phone call thursday speaker of the house nancy pelosi said the Money Congress already approved to provide relief. Is not enough and that democrats are working on a 4th stimulus bill were brought there water happened with Community Health centers and pelosi says the new aid package should put people back to work. By rebuilding americas roads and bridges but House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy thinks democrats need to pump the streak. Mccarthy says the trillions of dollars in aid Congress Already approved to expand Unemployment Benefits and set up grants and forgivable loans for Small Businesses is just starting to be used and needs time to work i think the focus from the house be right now i want him to come in make sure we get it right, but earlier this week, some republicans and President Trump expressed support for a 4th relief package, focused on infrastructure in washington. Alexandra le mon. California is trying to balance the battle to curb coronavirus cases with. Keeping the economy afloat Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. With many businesses closed in california is out of work. Governor Gavin Newsome thursday urged Small Businesses to take action california is now offering Small Business loans up to 50,000 with no penalty interest or sales tax for a year the governor also urging owners to apply for 2 new federal loans and grants programs which are first come first serve you need to be able to get the federal dollars. Into the state of california, which means we need to get people to apply for these federal supports that were recently announced. As of wednesday about 1. 9 million californians had applied for unemployment, lately the state is averaging about 111,000 claims a day the economic consequences. Our profound newsome said the state has shuffled around a number of employees to help with the surge of applications. To help those out of work it into a job the governor announced a new website onward ca dot org for those looking for work in california newsome noting there are now more than 70,000 gross are Jobs Available as the state tries to analyze how will spend its money moving forward newsome said his proposed budget from january is no longer operable the world is radically changed since the january budget was proposed so everything is on the table thats an honest and sober a reflection of that reality in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Starting this week essential businesses places like Grocery Stores theyve got to follow new guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus kron fours Charles Clifford has details. What the end of march a state of california along with all the counties here in the bay area extended the shelter in place. Restrictions that have been in place for all of march we now have to stay sheltered in place until at least may first and part of that to a new shelter in place order is adjustments to the rules under which essential businesses operate places like Grocery Stores. Now its called the social distance protocol, and the stores are supposed to respect these new rules and they include limiting the number of customers who can go into a store at any one time a customers need to stay about 6 feet apart for social distancing stores also have to post an employee at the door to enforce this they can let someone in when someone else leaves and maintain the number of people in the store stores also need to put up signs with instructions and explanations for what is happening here. Stores also will now limit the number of popular items that can go to any one customer Something Like toilet paper selling out and you want some you are limited to how much you can get up her visit. Also a stores need to place tape on the floor to help people understand and respect social distancing, so they know how far apart to stand others no longer any selfserve food allowed you cant go up and get things like samples, yourself employees have to give them to you also you can no longer take cups or lives inside you have to take cups are lives that are given by the staff you can no longer have any both items that are self service you can no longer take in Reusable Bags mugs or other items. And also they are encouraging all stores to convert if they havent already to a payless system things like apple pay or you dont have to touch a credit card or a keypad or hand cast anyone you can just wave your phone and pay for it that way and finally all stores are now being required to maintain cleanliness places like Grocery Stores have to disinfect their carts keep common areas, clean and just really work on making sure that conditions are as clean as possible. But for now in south San FranciscoCharles Clifford kron 4 news. Coming up teachers in the east bay able to see a visit there students from the and. And just being made at the dmv again came to fighting the sp more changes are coming to the dmv in order to help fight the spread of the coronavirus kron 4 Sarah Stinson has that story. During the coronavirus pandemic the dmv is giving a break to drivers 70 and older who need to renew their drivers license, this usually needs to be done in person so theyre giving them a 120 day extension that way they can stay home and be safe. This is specifically for seniors in that age bracket who need to renew their drivers license that expired from march first to may 31st of this year ensuring that this Vulnerable Group can avoid a visit to a dmv office during the pandemic eligible drivers will receive a paper license extension in the mail beginning in the next 2 weeks with an Expiration Date of 120 days around 860,000 seniors visit dmv offices every year for the required in person license renewal so this will be a huge help to them during this time when even getting groceries is a struggle. Governor gavin newsom also signed an executive order waiving in person renewals for eligible drivers and id cards for the next 60 days the agency is also working on programming that would allow some people to complete the renewal online or by mail starting april 8th the dmv already have Services Online for those who just need to duplicate license after losing theirs and starting today deemed these Virtual Field Office will be open online where you can process title transfers and registrations that would usually have to be done in the office. Not only does this extension and those online changes help drivers across california. But also helps dmv officials because they can use this time disinfect their offices prepare for the influx of people. What the stay at home order is over. Im Sarah Stinson reporting in San Francisco back to you. Thanks sarah. Grocery stores are adding another twist to their special hours we keep hearing about now special shopping hours. Just for First Responders kron ons will tran is in san jose with the latest. First responders will finally be first in line theyve been so busy taking care of us that they have not been able to take care of themselves. So they started talking with the leader of lucky food max and save mart theyre owned by the same corporation in in those discussions. The owner of this corporation realize wait a minute we need to take care of them and say thank you so moving forward if you are First Responder throughout california and northern california. Northern nevada you can come 205 stores throughout that region, one hour before the stores open in one hour after because they work unusual hours and by the time they get there they cant wait in those long lines are a lot of the items are long gone which is why theyre doing this tale you dont have to be a front line First Responder ive got a lot of tweets and a lot of people reaching out on social media asking. Im dispatch am i covered the bottom line is if you show your credential that you are a First Responder youre good to go. And its for every day of the week. Lucky and all the other stories that i mentioned they adjusted their hours a couple of weeks ago to help there. Senior citizens of Society Giving them 2 hours of a head start every tuesday and thursday to go inside and we saw that this morning south. They are getting used to the new norm and thats just the way it is now to try to. Calm the fears of everybody and to say thank you not only that just to First Responders if you are and the medical field doctors and nurses, obviously we owe a huge gratitude to you youre also covered by this new great policy back to you. The fda says that the public should know theres no evidence of the virus spreading through food or food packaging. Even if a person working in a food facility tested positive. The fda does not expect there would be a need for huge recall, theres also no widespread food shortages, theyre reminding people. But Agency Leaders say there is Unprecedented Demand for some things of course manufacturers and retailers still trying to fill empty store shelves. People are being urged to get groceries for just a week or 2 at a time. Time for a check on the forecast were joined by meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez some debris sighted spend warming up. Yeah warming up but were going to cool down catherine right ahead of 2 storm set to make its way into the bay area this weekend but from now until then enjoy that sunshine and dry weather live look right now out of the south bay in san jose temperatures there 66 degrees. Santa rosa degree warmer at 67 with hayward in the low 60s and downtown San Francisco. Currently at 59 degrees and we are noticing, pretty breezy wind speeds out there right now sustained winds at 25 Miles Per Hour for downtown San Francisco. And 20 mile per hour winds in parts of the north bay like novato in napa with hayward in the east bay currently seeing sustained winds also in that 20 mile per hour range but wakeup planner forecast is going to show a slightly cooler forecast to end your friday afternoon because of this approaching storm set to make its way into the bay area but from now until then dry weather but were going to have 2 storms the first one arriving saturday mainly bringing about half an inch of rain or less to the north bay and for the rest of the bay area about a 3rd of an inch of rain or less but the second stronger storm on sunday is going to linger into early next week bringing us not only gusty wind speeds but widespread rain with the threat of possible popup thunderstorms and hail as well tracking both of those storms hour by hour in my full forecast in just a few minutes catherine back to you thank you members so talk to you again in a few minutes. 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Country and Gregory GardensElementary School in Pleasant Hill is no different one of the hardest things about this is that missing that relationship peace and that Community Peace im having to a staple of the schools teachers and support staff took their lessons on the road a straight through the neighborhood streets reading the students and parents they miss the parade is just an opportunity for us to be able to see them from a fun and safe katie kuhn says she wants the community to know that all those students will be returning to classrooms until the fall they have not been forgotten, its pretty incredible. The parents have been really on board the kids are excited. Its its really energizing refreshing to see that we all can come together and make this work. Lasting more than an hour family stood curbside smiling and dancing. From the deadly like taught at because they like so much pressure on the parents and kids. So i think that could really nice of them to do that. Like to have them less stressed about that the tea tent camp for us to they felt good time i could here and some key chain at least fire away and thankful spring break is over students will continue to meet with their teachers virtually at least 3 times a week through the end of the school year. I3 Pleasant Hill deleted all kron 4 coming up next trying to stomp out some of the myths surrounding the coronavirus well have another example. And when we come back some advice on staying safe both at home and lately, ive discovered that while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery