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Governor newsome says that means while the curve is bending downward the state still anticipates a surge of coronavirus patients next month. And weve also heard from house. Speaker nancy pelosi, she says more money is coming to help americans through this crisis, well look for congress to start acting hopefully soon on another stimulus bill good morning. Thank you for joining us here on the kron 00 04am morning news. Im James Fletcher and im darya folsom weve got a lot to get to for you today with coronavirus the governor saying that californians. Are doing a good job. But the state still expects to see a surge of coronavirus patients coming up next month. Let me give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california a bending a it is bending, but its also stretching. Governor newsome went on to say that because the curve is stretching in our state because of socialdistancing which folks has been doing a good job at it is now allowing the state to buy some time and also to loan out some of our medical equipment to states that are in more dire need kron fours Ashley Zavala explains. Slow and steady or 2 words governor newsome used to describe the increase of covid19 conditions in california confirmed cases rose 10 tuesday, while the number of patients in intensive care increased by 4 . Let me give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve. In california a venti a it is bending, but its also stretching it. The governor noting the bent and stretched curve is allowing the state to buy time and loan some of its equipment to states in need california tuesday night is set to send off 100 ventilators each to new york, new jersey and illinois, according to newsome another 200 will be distributed between maryland washington d c nevada and delaware, California State Health officials said by may theyre hoping to have them back to help nearly triple californias inventory of ventilators were looking to get somewhere between an additional 1520 more. To reach about 25 to 30,000 ventilators in the state of california. And we know that we dont need that at this moment. Economically with 2. 3 million californians applying for Unemployment Benefits and stimulus checks on the way newsome said the state is considering extending direct payments to undocumented immigrants who werent eligible for the federal payout as californians caring deeply about residents in this to provide support for those individuals as well so the answers yes, all of that is being considered all part of a broader package where will all be making some significant adjustments in this physically socially and financially difficult time for many the state Surgeon General today issued a set of stress response guidelines to help californians co in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Well lets get an update on the latest cases here in the state according to Johns Hopkins university there are more than 17,000 confirmed cases and 450 people dying so far in california of coronavirus closer to home the bay area specifically there are almost 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and heres a list of latest numbers you see the column of total cases by county and also total deaths Santa Clara County still with the most cases and the most deaths theyve hit 43 people now losing their lives so far San Mateo County has 21 deaths. 9 people have died from covid19 in San Francisco. Contra costa county has 7 deaths 15 have died in alameda county. 9 in marin and napa counties and one death so far in sonoma county. The nations Surgeon General says that africanamericans are at higher risk from the coronavirus doctor jerome adams made this announcement after recent data show that African Americans are getting sick and dying. And more than 2 times the rate than anyone else. John lawrence has the details. The covid19 pandemic still has a tight grip on the u. S. Infecting people in all 50 states. But one group of americans is more susceptible to the virus is showing up very strongly in our data. When the African American community. And were doing everything in our power to address this challenge, its tremendous uh. The challenge is terrible in michigan, 14 of the population is black, but they make up 41 of coronavirus deaths. Over in illinois, 15 of the population is africanamerican or black. But they account for about 42 of deaths. Louisiana is 32 black, but they have seen about 70 of the deaths in that state. When you look at the predisposing conditions that lead to a bad outcome coronavirus the things that get people into icy use require intubation and often lead to death. They are just those very comorbidities that unfortunately disproportionately prevalent in the African American population among the victims Jason Hargrove a bus driver from michigan. Who got sick for days after posting this video clip on facebook we are here. As Public Workers game of job trying to make a promise of movements the 50 yearold died last week from covid19. Im John Lawrence reporting. Seen the statistics we reached out to the east congressman barr believe and asked her about the increase impact of covid19 on africanamericans lets hear what she has to say. Its terrific of course the underlying issues around institutional racism and disparities have surface once the underlying issues as it relates to health care and the lack of to health care which has created these Racial Disparities when you look at as the race in my district for example when you look at Heart Disease look at high Blood Pressure when you look at diabetes when you look at all of the underlying conditions black and brown people have these disproportionately and what is happening in fact is the virus is attacking a communities of color people of color in disproportionate phrase, let me give you one example in milwaukee, wisconsin for example, the African American population is probably about 2829 yet 81 of deaths are African American. And we see this trend taking place around the country and its its horrific. Of 6 perry counties have officially announced the Public School campuses will stay closed for the rest of the school year. That includes alameda contra costa moran, san Mateo Santa Clara and San Francisco counties schools will continue to use at home Distance Learning to teach students but theres still a lot of questions about next year will there be a next year. Doctor Anthony Fauci spoke about that in his most recent Coronavirus Task force press conference. I fully expect though im humble enough to know that i cant accurately predict that by the time we get to the fall that we will have this under control enough that it certainly will not be the way it is now where people are shooting schools. Doctor fauci went on to say the bigger question mark is whether the curve will flatten enough for summer camps to happen which is a much more. A pressing issue for folks that may have summer plans. The good news is the class of 2020 will still be able to graduate yeah, but a lot of those students are still in need of the crucial technology. To complete their coursework with proper taylor per second with a closer look. As bay area schools announced closures for the rest of the school year state superintendent of Public Schools, Tony Thurmond tells parents and students that seniors will still have the opportunity to graduate and move on to college has been flexibility on every front that you can imagine. Our seniors are able to take the a p exams all of our Higher Education institutions have suspended the s a t as a condition for admission into our schools. Our School Districts are providing flexible grady in some cases, a past not pass framework for how students will be created in all of our institutions of Higher Education have accepted that as a part of the conditions for missions into our University Systems all students can still graduate. Ceremonies are up in the air, i know its disappointing. That we cant point to Graduation Ceremony can take place. Thats only because we want you to remain safe and we know that there are many districts that are planning literally planning virtual graduation ceremonies. Many of our districts are planning to have ceremonies after we received the allclear to return. The campus is meanwhile schools and teachers are constantly working to improve the new norm of Distance Learning for the next several weeks the California Department of education, well work with School Districts to provide training on how to provide distancelearning however its proven to be more challenging for some students. Those without access to the internet or online devices for those students teachers are making accommodations with packets of material as the department of education works to secure more devices for the students who need them department of education is working with the governors office. And many in the Technology Sector to get devices and Internet Access to many of our students. Right now the department of education says its moving to provide a 150,000 devices for students so they have the resources to work from home like many of us weve been doing this for the last couple of weeks even then though they say its still not enough and theyre asking for donations. So if youd like to help their encouraging you to go to donate act as cte dot cnn dot gov on taylors sacking important kron 4 news. Happening today, bart is taking even more trains out of service because nobodys writing lot of people are working from james know and thats why we got kron fours will tran out there live at a bart station lafayette to tell riders what they need to know good morning. Well. James if you are hopping on bart this morning, this is a new norm you better plan to add because the trains are not going to pull in the stations has frequently as they did yesterday starting today and for the foreseeable future monday through friday. Trains will be pulling into the stations every 30 minutes. Bart basically is pulling every other train out of that system because like you talked about theres no need and i have numbers to back it up on any given day before the shelter in place before this pandemic 400,000 people ride bart every day. Now its down to 7 of what it normally is and just to give you another number thats less than 40,000 people hopping on board every day obviously essential workers and because theres no need for that part says they dont need as many trains. The good news is this is only monday through friday weekend schedule is the same and if youre asking yourself with fewer trains are more people packed into fewer trains and according to bart the answer is no that theres still plenty of distance on the trains, plenty of space for you to practice social distance which is probably not a good thing that because they only have half their force and yet theres still plenty of room for the riders when this will come back to normal is anyones guess we all know this is such a fluid situation. Bart employees now theres not a lot of pressure on them to show up to work because the system is full and at capacity instead they can use this time to take care of themselves or anybody sick and their families should they come down with coronavirus and the move lets face it everything morals back to money this move saves part about 3 to 7 million every month. James darya. Thank you very much well. 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Wednesdays in wednesday, yeah, its anybody needs to halfway through the week we had a good that we had died as a couple pretty good days of rain out of the house about you know, yeah, i did too looks like its beginning to calm down though john. Yes, definitely coming down now guys we saw that rain saturday sunday and monday yesterday got a break from it and today, it looks like even though we will see some cloud cover at times were going to continue to see some drier conditions than what we had seen over the weekend, your view from berkeley this showing clear skies as far as fog is concerned at the moment thats not necessarily going to hold true all day long though some fog is going to push in from the coast and by 06 00am not far from now Half Moon Bay, San Francisco and nevada will see disability falling below bile fog eventually spreading further inland into oakland by 07 00am so watch out for a foggy impact as you step outside that morning walk or jog and if you are an essential workers taking to the roads roadways may be empty, but there could be some low visibility spots by the time we work our way into the afternoon skies, definitely clear we will be seeing showers to our south that was so even though reid right out to the bay area areas like central and Southern California still picking up some of that much needed rainfall you see here in the bay area couple of sprinkles sitting in the above san jose like the blows east of the city then into the ultimate east of livermore couple of sprinkles as well right above stanley enter right now and into the Santa Cruz Mountains aside from that though it is a dry and calm start to this morning showers there at the bottom of your screen south of fresno while the bay area sees a mix of cloud cover at times to a bit of sunshine peeking out here and there will be a pleasant afternoon with our warmest temperatures in the inland north bay by the evening tonight, a couple of brief sprinkles just skirting the bay area mostly while were sleeping that into tomorrow are cloudy us to in cooler stay in your forecast after that skies do generally clear out by friday, some mostly sunny conditions and daytime highs really beginning to climb todays temperatures will mostly be in the 60s but for a few areas like conquered antioch napa and santa rosa further north in the bay up into the low 70s. A word in livermore youll get 67 today with san jose comfortable and seasonable at 69. Tomorrow temperatures, a touch cooler and conditions a little bit cloudier as that low pressure to our south slowly spins to the east as friday we start to see some clearing and by saturday sunday and monday and tuesday of next week, its back to the 70s we go so yeah we have the rain this weekend. Some of those Cool Temperatures this weekend. But this upcoming weekend is going to bring much the opposite warm and sunny conditions. Back to you in the studio. Time now 5. 18 Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco has a unit now dedicated to just covid19 patients, the unit with 8 Critical Care beds for the 6th of the patients is now staffed with volunteers from Saint Francis and dignity healths other to bury hospitals. It was selected after discussions with the San Francisco hospital council. The Mayors Office and the department of Public Health. I think the big advantages is one of them is capacity, we have 40 beers it around you so that if we do see a surge in all of us are waiting to see if the search has that you can spend very quickly within problems the pieces together. Right now there are at least 5 patients, but thats expected to grow which will also increase the need for personal protective equipment. At the hospital. Another outbreak in a bay area senior facility and contra costa counties, the Carlton Senior Living facility and downtown Pleasant Hill for residents there have tested positive for covid19 3 are hospitalized right now and 9 Staff Members have it as well the Health Department says that they are testing others who might have symptoms. Last week an outbreak was reported at a senior care facility in orinda where 49 people tested positive. In alameda California Nurses Association held this rally to demand safer working conditions. Nurses were joined by barry human rights activists, teachers students and families all calling for more adequate preparedness and personal protective equipment for the Health Professionals who are continuing to work the cna says that nurses nursing assistants respiratory therapist positions, and others are critical Members Health teams and theyre putting their own health on the line as they work to save the lives of well the city of oakland open drive through testing site for frontline workers so good news on that front there we spoke with oakland mayor libby shaft about when people should expect to see more sites like this throughout the city. Were hoping that as testing becomes more available and results come out faster were going to be able to expand dramatically we have scoped out some additional drivethru sites. So were ready to expand as soon as the testing availability a meet need. Well mayor chef also went on to say the bay areas doing better than any other part of the state at social distancing. And the fact that we were the first region of the country to have shelterinplace orders in effect is now paying off their just add that up thats 3 and a half weeks going on a foregone on months of feels like much longer but were going through and were going through it. And while these drivethru test sites for covid19 may seem like a quick way to get answers as to whether or not you have the virus or not doctors are warning that may not necessarily provide the best results. At an Infectious Disease society of America Press event Health Experts say that clinicians providing the test may actually lack sufficient experience and therefore not be able to get the best specimen from you to be tested. Another issue is that some people may not be far enough along in the illness to get a quality result. Dealing with the coronavirus by the way can be course very unnerving if you feel like youre becoming more anxious with each passing day and youd like to talk to somebody about that. This resource has been set up for you its the National Disaster distress helpline the number of the screen. There is 1, 809 8, 5 5990. Again thats 1, 809 8, 5, 5990 if you need any help there are professional health. Experts on the other end who can guide you through this you can text if youre more comfortable doing that tty number there at the bottom of the screen. If youre hearing impaired will have all this on our website crawford dot coms if you dont have a chance to jot it down now, but you need it later on in the day again just go to kron 4 dot com. And well have it for you well be ri mrs. Walker. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. 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Congress is working on another Coronavirus Relief package for Small Businesses and Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the house is ready to move on at this week. President trump is asking for billion for Small Business loans. Democrats want to include protections for renters and minority Business Owners there specific demands are not clear yet. But Speaker Pelosi says its always been evident that and other relief package would be needed. We were very proud to be able to pass bipartisan legislation, we know from the month of march, but it was clear reconnecting past the last bill. It would not be enough it would not be enough. For our states its for hospitals and other how 30 institutions that would not be enough from next how the for education, but it wasnt giant first step. One be enough for renters like us james, either weve talked about that right they figure out how to give homeowners a break with their mortgages but a lot of people 40 million renters across the country would like a little some relief as well the speaker says that she believes there is a path to getting more direct payments to americans to money in your pocket would help yeah. Well, california lawmakers have adopted a statewide emergency order suspending all evictions its meant to ease the problems in the court system because of the coronavirus outbreak so this emergency order is one of 11 temporary rules that have been adopted by the Judicial Council and it delays all of shun cases from moving forward not just those related to people who cant pay because of coronavirus the courts have been operating with the reduced workforce, due to shelter in place. Restrictions. Food will be distributed in south San Francisco today through a tries im Jo Ann Jenkins with aarp. The coronavirus continues to affect us all, and we are here, actively supporting you and your community. Every day, were providing trusted information from top Health Experts. Sharing tools to help protect families from fraud. And creating resources to support family caregivers everywhere. As always, you can count on aarp to advocate for you and your family. Join us and stay connected at aarp. Org coronavirus i mean i right now and today, the city of south San Francisco is opening up a new drivethru food bank for those who need kron 4 Sarah Stinson this morning with the very latest on that good morning sara. Good morning and good news for families in need theres going to be food drive in south San Francisco starting this morning at 10 oclock super easy you just pull up and they will hand you a care package full suits that could use and its going to be very nice because you will have to get your car and you can stay safe and those who are full of cheering they can stay safe as well take a look at your screen we put the information for you on your screen with saw the address as well its at 2 o one west orange avenue in the boys and girls parking lot of the girls and boys club parking this food drive is mainly for families in need in south San Francisco, san bruno first thing you know a lot of people are struggling right now during this pandemic after being laid off after being out of work in helping to you know kids at home, so this is going to be very helpful several organizations such as Hope Ministry Second Harvest flying ca and others are joining forces to provide care packages ready to go for people to to grab it must take hold until noon today you can stop by the boys and girls club starting at 10. Im sure theres going to be a line of cars out there so might want to get there early and of the guys and 10 until noon to a lot of west orange avenue in south San Francisco. And one San Francisco also back to the studio. Thanks a lot sarah. To Santa Clara County now where Health Officials are crediting social distancing for helping to flatten the curve of covid19 infections. The countys midmarch shelter in place order is also being credited with preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed. Kron fours rob fladeboe takes a closer look. The models together provide a projection of possible outcomes that todays virtual board of supervisors meeting Santa Clara County Public Health officer doctor sara cody cited research that shows what might have happened. If the public were not abiding by the order the county issued on march 16th calling on people to stay home. This model suggests that had we not done anything or case counts would be somewhere in the 50,000 range but with what we have in place we anticipate that our case counts by may one. Well range somewhere between. 2512,000 doctor cody emphasized the models are only estimates but the Research Suggests the shelterinplace order has not only prevented deaths. But prevented hospitalizations and bought crucial time for hospitals to prepare if you focus. On that blue line which is very much at the bottom thats the projected hospital bed use. And the take home here is that even projecting out to the end of may. You see it like it may cross the gray line, but its not crossing the black line and so that is and very a positive sign. And that is the result of every Single Person sent in our county doing their very best to comply with shelterinplace supervisors were told that the county still lacks adequate testing and thats robust Contact Tracing must continue. To slow the spread of covid19 uncertainty a bone says doctor cody, but physical distancing staying home is working the take home is that the trend is exactly what we want to see that were lengthening the doubling time. We are slowing things down. And as weve been able to do because our community has come together and you know reducing their contacts and interactions with each other to the grid. Greatest extent possible. Is san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Law enforcement and First Responders are not and you into a coronavirus but still they have to go on the front lines and help others so far the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office has 12 Staff Members have tested positive for covid19 3 our deputies of the 12 to have recovered and return to work at a News Conference in Santa Clara County. The sheriff says that thats all the more reason the department has created a decontamination site. This decontamination site is open to all Law Enforcement all First Responders and essential medical personnel within the county of santa clara. You can see its a 10 to the Sheriffs Office Training Center in san jose. And a Virus Response Team is standing by there around the clock. They have you sterilize those her with the department for stay sterilize their boots. They step in a bleach solution for that and then the second bucket has water and then they take off their gear and uniforms chemicals are available to disinfect the stuff and the birds are close are bagged up to be washed on site or later at home of the First Responders can then take a shower and dress into clean clothes, right there and that site will remain open indefinitely. Well with the need for ventilators at a critical point in places like new york city with u c berkeley engineers and doctors at ucsf getting creative in order to provide them with something fact theyre making ventilators out of machines that have been typically used for people with snow at lee pappy a theyve determined to just a few parts are needed to connect a c pap or a bipap machine to oxygen masks or tracheal tube. And when put together they can be used to help lessen the strain on that the virus is putting on the current supply of ventilators theyve tested the machines and theyve launched a web site for people who want to donate their sleep apnea machines that arent being used right now. Theres about 10 million it in the United States and most people dont like them and they put them in the closet, we have the devices operating in the laboratories out and cal theyre being tested. Theyre simple parts. We have bills as materials were now trying to work with Logistic Companies to get those parts and these devices to the hospitals. So if you have a c pap or a bipap machine that you are using and youd like to donate it. You can find a link to that registry at our website at kron 4 dot com. A massive order of those and 95 masks may not arrive in time to help fight the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic the department of Human Health Services has ordered 600 Million Masks for national use to put in the stockpile one supplier wont even begin production though until september another can only deliver 3 Million Masks every 90 days. The order is separate from a deal to President Trump announced with 3 m to import more than 55 Million Masks from foreign factories. Before the coronavirus outbreak. The National Stockpile had about 30 Million Masks. The lawyers who negotiated a 30 million settlement for victims of the wildfires caused by pg and e say that they doubt the utility is going to be able to pay up because of covid19 the economy has been hit hard. And some believe that were headed towards a recession. I dont know who believe so hot and the red flag raised in Court Documents threatens to derail pg es plan to emerge from bankruptcy this summer problems triggered by the coronavirus have dramatically shifted the financial landscape. Pg e agreed to a 13 and a half billion Dollar Settlement with wildfire victims. And december. But that was before the economy started to get wiped out. Coming up on the kron 00 04am morning news, the teenager behind bars after threatening to intentionally spread coronavirus. And most sports leagues have ceased operations there are no major sports going on right now but what about baseball. Theyre exploring a plan to have the season underway next month. 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Have all the latest on the coronavirus this morning, theres a lot of news to get to yes and uh its wearing on i admit it 3 and a half weeks and still staying home we just come out of our little box here in our own little bubble, well right back home and maybe every now and then go out for a little walk with the dog or something he actually today probably a pretty good day for that john because were not seeing any rain we saw earlier in the week. Yeah, not looking at the rainfall anymore guys things really cleared out since this weekend which is obviously its got a little there was no reason to get outside of most you absolutely had to now those blocks are going to be a bit more enjoyable but of course social distance you can see outside from the east bay here there is some cloud cover and fog out in the distance, but its not blocking your view for berkeley just yet San Francisco in Half Moon Bay f is a bill officially sings ability falling below a mile down nevado you also see that come the next hour ahead a bus and drifts further inland means obscuring the oakland and berkeley be used by the time we work toward 07 30am later on today fog and cloud cover for that matter will clear out at times with a few passing clouds and the afternoon but a much calmer situation here in the bay than areas further south and state are looking at as rainfall continues to be seen in a way out into the sierra ah some snowfall is being seen but heres the bay area. Thats just pretty quiet. We do have a couple of sprinkles right above san jose and that blows you can see the showing up the radar here we had a few on the ultimate earlier this morning but even those have since cleared out now so passing clouds mixed with sunshine at times thats the way its going to go today staying seasonable a very seasonable april day ahead of us tomorrow little cooler with a few sprinkles well you sleep during overnight hours tonight after that though skies tomorrow just on the gray side little bit on the cooler side to pur your thursday friday will be increasingly clear and increasingly bore setting us up for what will be a much clearer and drier weekend or out or. Todays daytime highs in the 60s for most of us, although conquered napa and santa rosa will rise and the low 70s, a word at 67 oakland 65 will San Francisco at 63. Tomorrow a little cooler cloud years i noted, but friday we start to clear out a bit more by saturday sunday and monday and tuesday of next week, its back to sunshine and 70s in your forecast search trading in that rain that we had last week with some much clear and much more enjoyable weather still to come. Back to you in the studio, thanks a lot john its 5. 45 and rural areas and the u. S. Have been mostly spared from major outbreaks, but lawmakers are worried. That could change and overwhelm small hospitals washington correspondent joe cut khaleel has the story. So my hospitals long have you know. 4050 beds, congressman doug lamalfa says it wouldnt take many coronavirus cases to overwhelm Hospital Systems in rural california. You dont need very ripple of the virus coming through a Small Community to that out office as fema provided additional bets but that doesnt fix the shortage of medical equipment and especially medical professionals in many rural areas we dont have a great about a medical staff we have have the influx doctors lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say the shortage of medical supplies and doctors in rural parts of the country. Was a problem even before the coronavirus outbreak. They say the virus simply put a spotlight on it this crisis is a reminder. That we should have been tested in our public help health care system. Decades ago. Josh carter says the coronavirus prompted him to push for more telehealth access tailored for rural areas like his Central Valley district thats a good mechanism for a lot of valley congressman jim costa proposed a more longterm fix to promote rural access to care how we need costa says regions with medical schools and doctor training typically attract and retain more doctors, its the ability to provide a quick response. That is ultimately going to protect the health of individuals, costa hopes rural areas get the support from the federal government they need as the battle against the virus continues in washington, im joe khaleel. An 18 yearold texas woman faces charges because she threatened to spread covid19 intent Shelley Lorraine maradiaga said in a series of videos on snapchat that she was positive for the virus and then she said that she would purposely spread it. Authorities charge her with making a terroristic threat thats a felony she turned herself into authorities and changed her story saying that she does really have coronavirus a judge has set her bond at 20,000 and ordered her to quarantine for 21 days after she is released from jail. Well wisconsin held its primary election in the middle of this pandemic despite the health risk. You can see a lot of people did show up they came out to cast their vote now the states democratic governor wanted to postpone the vote but Wisconsin Supreme Court and his Republican Legislature blocked. Governor tony evers a bid to try to at least delay until june. The u. S. Supreme court also stepped in to reverse a lower courts ruling that would have given voters at least 6 extra days to return their ballots by mail. Every other state with an april election has been successfully able to push it back to at least a june or at least which it too bymail voting only. But wisconsin was insistent that people show up. Acting Navy Secretary thomas, modly is out of a job just one day after calling the former commander of the uss Theodore Roosevelt stupid. He made the comment while addressing the ships crew. And it didnt go over well kaptur brick hosiery may remember from santa rosa. His public letter pleading for the navy to help his sailors infected with coronavirus earned him. Yes, the scorn of his superiors but the praise of those under his command in fact his crew gave him a standing ovation on his last day before being transferred. Many of those sailors yelled back at the acting Navy Secretary when he called their former commander stupid for writing that letter. The secretary of the under secretary of the army. Hes now taking over the role of acting Navy Secretary. Is it too soon for baseball apparently not for planning at least baseball executives are starting to talk about the mlb season. And they say it could happen in a matter of weeks this is a real story first reported on espn. The league has been working with federal public Health Officials creating a framework that would allow play to began. In a controlled and safe environment. The current plan would send all 30 teams to phoenix arizona to play games at spring Training Facilities and other venues know fans will be allowed. Or even be in the area. The league would enforce strict isolation and social distancing guidelines. Teams would be living at hotels and the only time they would leave is to go to and from the stadium for the games with the league did acknowledge that this plan is underway, but they stress they first need a green light. From federal state and local official saying quote the health and safety of our employees players fans and the public. Our apparel mon and we are not ready at this time to endorse any particular format for staging games and the Public Health situation. This is a story it was first on espn, the league has been working. So well see i mean everythings changing james, we know its day to theyre desperate everybody everybodys esper how video games can you hand in 1980 world series are you know, theyre showing us the best of super bowls of highlight reels. Yeah, i dont really itself. I mean this is the sacrifice worth making all their Health Professionals out there actually front lines just saying stay home i everybodys dying to get back to their normal jobs. Their normal sports. But i will entertain a and see if it really happened. Sam will keep sticking it through that will it or fast it does yeah and so you want to stay connected all day throughout the weve got that coronavirus pandemic section on our website just under the news tab, there. On the front page of kron 4 dot com give it a look at any new updates throughout the day between our broadcast well make sure to post their city got all the latest information you need. 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Donations of personal Protection Equipment for Healthcare Providers and Contra Costa County are being made here at the parking lot of the civic center of the city of san ramon, the donation effort is open to the public i mean were just amazed by the outpouring and the showing from public Tricia Johnson of contra costa Health Services is in charge of the ppe donation drive and even though we were both at the same location we practice socialdistancing using face time for the interview johnson seated here while i asked questions from inside my vehicle, so especially when accepting. Masks. A social i protection such as goggles and glasses. Weve also received some face shields as well also accepting gloves and disinfecting wipes she says the supplies will be distributed on it as needed bases local hospitals and contra costa, including county hospitals Kaiser Permanente southern delta and Skilled Nursing facilities, were hoping that the stockpile of pp theyll asked so far will be able to help that help that out it makes the set. They start laying off spies and the that contra costa Health Services Officials Say they are also accepting holy clock mass like this one you see here and these in 95 masks that are in short supply Health Officials say they will accept the in 95 mask, even if the box is opened just as long as the mask reviews if you would like to help out the next donation drive will be held on tuesday april 14 at the San Pablo Library in the city of san pablo. In san ramon haaziq kron 4 news. And a quick reminder you can nominate a person in your community thats doing good sayings for the folks around them go to kron 4 dot com slash features slash kron 4 heroes. We look forward to hearing from you and were excited about the possibility of highlighting and recognizing a local hero in your community. All right coming up in the next hour, the kron 4 morning news, a look at the startling numbers showing how much worse the coronavirus is impacting africanamericans and the variety and factors causing it and then more changes to the bar schedule as ridership continues to drop well issues around institutional racism and have surface once again. Congresswoman barbara lee calling out the federal government saying it has failed to protect the African American and Hispanic Community during this pandemic. Were actively engaging on the problem of increased impacts theres a real problem. And its showing up very strongly in our data. When the African American community. And were doing everything in our power to address this challenge, its tremendous uh the challenge is terrible. The president acknowledges that minorities are being more affected and he pledges to do something about it. Give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california a venting a it is bending, but its also stretch