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Stimulus checks are heading to Bank Accounts starting today. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 6 people and infected other another 85 a to nursing home facilities in alameda county. We begin our coverage with that story can see huge outbreak is very concerning kron 4 Sarah Stinson is in San Francisco with the details. You guys very concerning especially i mean can you imagine for the family members you know have someone there at the 2 separate Nursing Homes that have had coronavirus outbreaks still very developing situation over there as the only the county Health Department or to help us staff get through this with resources as well take a look at your screen we put all the details for you on there where you can see the numbers there at least 59 people have tested positive for coronavirus at gateway care and rehab center in hayward 24 Staff Members and 35 residents of the 35 residents 6 have died each then at east bay postacute in Castro Valley 17 employees and 9 residents have tested positive for the virus as well no deaths though have been reported details are very limited of course due to patient privacy, but the Health Department says they are providing support and guidance to control the spread with in the facilitys i knew a lot of people in the community there could worried about this spreading just pouring about them getting it as well but theyre trying to contain it just to the facilities. The Health Department and staff are working together to contain it yesterday we saw trust in head head to toe personal protective equipment walking in facility and trying to you know work through this its unclear right now those you didnt test positive or large showing any signs what theyre doing in terms of quarantine only get 14 at the facility or have staff on home looks their own thats will have to follow up with the Health Department but definitely serious situation over there me the county and uh im sure its going to very difficult for family members were going about their family. So well continue to fall this what you know if we have any updates for now im was ever to scope Sarah Stinson back to you. Answer. And take a look at this latest numbers show more than 4,000 confirmed cases here in the bay area with 46 people having died in Santa Clara County alone 21 people have been reported killed by coronavirus in San Mateo County 10 people have died in San Francisco county 7 deaths reported in Contra Costa County, its 16 in alameda county. 10 deaths in marine county and 2 deaths reported in both napa and solano counties with just one deaths so far reported in Sonoma County because of coronavirus on a statewide level california has almost 19,000 cases of coronavirus with more than 500 reported deaths globally were looking at 1. 4 million cases reported now with the global death count. Topping 88,000. Sonoma State University could become a care site for coronavirus patients if needed the county Health Officials are looking at opening up the gymnasium to coronavirus patients with mild or moderate symptoms and may be using the dorms to house people who have symptoms but have not yet been diagnosed as well as adults with Underlying Health conditions. The plan is just in case area hospitals were to become overwhelmed and run out of room and the former home of the Sacramento Kings could be theyre using it right now theyre transforming it so that it could be a hospital if need be the nit homeless arena is going to be able to fit 400 bed set to open in 2 weeks. So that the hospitals can use that as an overflow if need be. Well happening today, the first wave of stimulus checks will be going out people receiving this first round of payouts are those that have already given the Bank Account Information to the irs as well as Social Security beneficiaries who filed a federal tax return with direct deposit information the next phase of checks will be paid no later than the week of april 20th, the 3rd and final round of checks will be paid through checks and will be mailed at a later date the irs says the best way to make sure that you receive your money quickly is to make sure that your Bank Account Information is on file. Workers at several bay area fast food restaurants are going to strike they want more protection while working during this pandemic kron fours will tran live in hayward with the latest now on what theyre looking for. Well. Theyre looking for gloves disinfectant masks, they say theyre low paying jobs and these days, lets face it chains in duryea its high risk every time they go to work and you can see the lights on right behind me at this mcdonnells often mission boulevard in hayward they will be on strike at 9 oclock this morning. This is an ongoing trend so were seeing it more and more at restaurants across the country. Heres one in san jose we covered it live for you on monday when these workers at the mcdonalds on north first street they walked off the job at 7 oclock in the morning. We were there i spoke to some of the workers and they said yes, they have gloves, they have masks that they had to pay for not mcdonnells and thats why they walked off the job and that followed the similar incident that happened the night before in los angeles said over the past say week or so weve seen it happen in miami tampa orlando, tennessee. And then today more restaurants are joining in with the mcdonalds employees were talking. Hi guys out polio loco many other restaurants in this particular area burger king as well they will walk off the job as far as mcdonalds is concerned they did respond they are saying that they are watching the situation that some of the higher risk locations that theyre sending masks and gloves to those particular restaurants, but obviously these employees are not happy about it as far as the volume or the response or how quickly theyre doing it because thats why they are already plan to walk off the job in 3 hours from now food obviously is a huge concern for a lot of people and if you need obviously some food right now you can see the lights are on at this time you cant come in, but you still have to drive through the location in your car and james and area i dont know if youve done it recently it is high risk because forget about social distance you still have to be right next to them getting the food and in one particular case. I wont name the restaurant, this person didnt even have gloves and a mask when this particular establishment. It gave me what i order so you can imagine their fear on their side and thats why theyre walking off the job. Back to you. All right, thanks a lot. Well 6 07 is the time from producing spirits to now Hand Sanitizers a distillery on mare island is now in the Hand Sanitizer business they converted their entire operation into a factory basically this is a look inside the savage a cook distillery and for the past 2 weeks an Assembly Line has been made of furloughed restaurant bartenders and wait staff theyve been bottling up in packaging Hand Sanitizer the distiller had to close down their tasting room because of the shelterinplace order and so the owner figured well weve got all the equipment on hand needed so why dont we just start manufacturing this. We didnt think too much about it we didnt do a budget or anything we just said look were going to call it making a bet, but weve got to do what we can to help the first stages pretty much the same still alcohol up to up to it required proof. From there and set up putting in a barrel. Were blending it with Vegetable Glycerin and Hydrogen Peroxide i didnt barack site is there to clean up the solution for any bacteria or viruses that might be alcohol taller and just like that. The distillery is now producing 15,000 gallons of this sanitizer each week their goal is to get up to 60,000 a week and that would translate into 2. 4 million of those 4 ounce bottles of fda approved sanitizer each week thats incredible. Theyre giving some of it away to organizations that are helping the homeless and the rest. Theyre selling at a discount to bay area hospitals and police and Fire Departments and post offices. And municipalities in need as well on the packaging thats right now want to make a mistake. We know the symptoms of coronavirus but what does it actually feel like yeah were going to hear a little bit from a bay area woman this spent 4 weeks in the hospital fighting the virus. She spoke exclusively to our justine waltman. I wasnt Healthy Human being. And this virus. Just diminished need to like almost dead finally feeling better after a monthslong battle with coronavirus stacy allegro spoke only with kron 4 news while recovering in isolation in sonoma, its just a day had its fair that when i close my eyes on. Not to wake up. The 58 yearold cancer survivor believe she got covid19 from her husband after he traveled to morocco, they started with that really horrific cough. Its a terrible cough. Its like the worst conflict ever had my fever would come back can spike to that you were between a 10201 and after 9 days of coughing so bad and bruised her body she went to the emergency room and that woke up in an isolation ward wis and some nurses Walking Around and you know all that theres some blue line on the floor. That they cant pass for 7 days, the nurses and doctors cared for her at kaiser in sandra fell she felt her body failing her. The 9 times were so in the hospital because i there and play in their mind. I didnt have my family now out of the hospital and in isolation. The Recovery Process is still cough lingers energy is low, but shes been fever free for 4 days and shes also doing exercises with a breathing machine once an hour to strengthen her longest. And let that go up as high as it can like that. But she is alive and in the end thats all that matters i wish i could bottle this gratitude because i know that some day its going to fade. But right now i dont know that theres another more grateful person on the face of this earth and me. Stacey has so much gratitude for the nurses who cared for her. She says she would not be here without them in the newsroom, im Justine Waldman kron 4 news. Our coverage continues online go to kron 4 dot com for all of the latest headlines and ways to st 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. On the mobile app, weather on the thursday morning and john isnt home yet the morning till dress it up for the big show we appreciate still got the puck now whats different than it was weird if youre wearing a jacket i was the student i of the shirt i works but an for the kind of job. Definitely theres a couple here of the cats get some good use out of it these past few days and definitely i think thats been the same for all of us is the shelterinplace a something thats going to be the same as yesterday the weather or keating factors, temperatures still cool skies. Still pretty cloudy you can see the low clouds that are sitting right above the bay right now most of us are in the 50s so mild start to your morning oakland youve been at 57 through the morning our most mild spot well timber on in saint helene to have consistently been our cooler areas in the upper 40s High Pressure is trying to build back in but that low sitting to our south thats resulted in rain and thunderstorms for southern and central california. Its pretty stubborn still hanging out with the same areas and thats you still have rain fall in the same areas as for the bay area were just sitting too far north to really be in the reach of a lot of that rainfall potential so yet again today were looking at a pretty dry day we do have from that system is the cloud cover from it and youre going to see that hanging out well into the afternoon ahead of us a couple sprinkles here and there from the south bay, mostly in the mountains above the south bay like the blows in the Santa Cruz Mountains the rest of us just cloudy and a little on the clear side now this afternoon, a brief period of clearing tomorrow skies will be just a touch clear yet still mostly cloudy though by saturday some morning fog afternoon sunshine can be expected and then into sunday for easter a little bit more her and a little bit clearer cc the trend here growing clear and warmer learning day by day but very small changes from day to day. Daytime highs today in the 60s thats really similar to where we were yesterday conquered, San Jose Mountain view napa and santa rosa all a 67 for high temperatures tomorrow similar to today with some fog in the morning sunshine in the afternoon little clear yet on saturday and we officially get back to the 70s by Easter Sunday were going to spend a lot of next week with sunnier skies and warmer conditions than what weve had this week back to you guys in the studio. Thanks a lot john Small Business owners nationwide are having a lot of problems getting their money emergency loans. Theyve reported problems with computer glitches confusion to delays in this program, pennsylvania, sorry penninsula congresswoman jackie spear says that the demand for Small Business loans nationwide has far exceeded. What congress and the treasury anticipated. Congress is considering adding billions billions more dollars to improve the system and give more assistance to Small Businesses. It to double or triple the amount of money we put in to that fund the folks in the administration are working around the top with the lenders of all sizes to make sure that those issues are resolved. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has asked for 250 billion additional dollars from congress to help Small Businesses and theyre supposed to vote on that request later this morning. A spokesperson for the treasury says the administration is working as fast as they can with lenders and banks to fix the problems with the loan program kron fours rob fladeboe talk with some bay area Business Owners who have been having trouble. Like hundreds of other Small Businesses across the region, san joses plateau builders has shut down. Its 15 employees are out of work and running out of money fast says owner jacob round so he its really hard which is used to produce a and working in. Now we all the stress of making mortgages and rance brown tells me he approached his Longtime Bank wells fargo for a loan under the new federal Paycheck Protection Program. But wasnt even allowed to submit an application was no go wells fargo basically said. Were not sure when its going to get opened up, you know maybe later, but right now were not taking applications is participation in the ppe program has been limited because of sanctions imposed due to past rule breaking. But today the Federal Reserve temporarily lifted those restrictions in a statement wells fargo said it is looking forward to expanding relief to many more Small Businesses and nonprofits again jacob brown im a client will start a former 33 years had this business for many years. And im im just worried about the families that now employ them not able to play right now. And also for myself the Paycheck Protection Program is supposed to be a lifeline for plateau builders and other Small Businesses but the red tape has people like jacob round feeling like theyre being pushed to the back of the line just feel in secure. I just feel horrible. And you know these big institutions. I would assume would be there for us. I mean right now were going to try with different lenders just because of the process not because of being eligible not be being turned down is just not even getting chance to process a lot so san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Well friday is the property tax deadline in california leaving many homeowners affected by covid19 wondering how theyre going to make those payments. So far the state hasnt offered an extension but Tax Collectors and individual counties are offering late payment penalty cancellations San Francisco, san mateo by the way also extending the deadline to may 4th but after that they and the other remaining bay area counties will begin, im basically waiving the late penalties up until june 30th. If you feel you qualify for this tax payers have to fill out a form at the time of payment to include a documentation of covid related financial hardships and that includes anything like a doctors note or letter from your employer, anything that proves your loss of income. Those who feel they qualify for the late payment cancellation should check with their county treasurer or their local Tax Collector to confirm specific instructions for your area. Dealing with the coronavirus can be very scary very unnerving thing of course and if you feel like you need a little help getting through it. If you want somebody to talk to professionals on the other end of this phone number for you its the National Disaster distress helpline its 1, 809 8, 5 5990. Again thats 1, 809 8, 5 5990 there as i said people who can help you de stress and get through this daily if you need to i just give him a call send a text to reach out to him through that tty number at the bottom of your screen. If youre hearing impaired with put all this information on our website at kron 4 dot com. So its there for you. Whenever 6. 23 is the time over the weekend a 66 yearold woman living at a nursing home died at a hospital in michigan from coronavirus as susan samples reports the woman sister. Is now sharing recordings the show she repeatedly asked alexa. For help dealing with the pain. In the final days, lou gramm deggans only connection to her sister came through an amazon device in her room at met ron of cedar springs. But it wasnt until after the 66 yearold died on saturday that penny dagan realized that same device had reported her sisters pleas for help. Penney played us the recordings from behind her front door in sparta 40 pleas to alexa over the rams final 3 or 4 days of life. And the at one point she asked for law enforcement. I knew she was in pain because a doctor here several times a day. Penney also knew that met ron was already giving her sister something for her pain i just kept on there wasnt anything i penny said her sister was having a hard time breathing but met ron said she didnt have a temperature. It wasnt until her oxygen levels and Blood Pressure dropped saturday morning that met ron sent her to saint marys emergency, where she died soon after arrival, they asked me about. Giving her cpr and for her stepped in i said no she didnt want that. There are stopped and that was it. Lou and taken had long struggled with diabetes and hypertension she had a stroke nearly a decade ago and had been it met ron sense. She was such a talented girl. Lou and played piano organ guitar even tried her hand as a ventriloquist her sense of humor showed in this selfie she took at met ron she just wishes to that she could have been with her at the end, im sorry. The syrian creamy help you more. Few feet away that you have been given now any rain so shes pain free and shes even shes in my yeah isnt that hard i. Its hard to hear but yet like ive been seeking out and looking for. Whos dying because i he just reporting these numbers you know it doesnt its not as meaningful as seen whats going people are probably get more more these profiles coming through as for the healthcare facility. She was in a said they follow the guidelines she did show a temperature but once her. Condition did progress. Thats when the center the hospital but as weve been seeing story after story people go to the hospital in some cases a day or 2 later. You know they cant recover and more and more the stats are showing more and more people are dying and help because youre not supposed to go to the hospital or you can go to the hospital are so many reasons that you dont wind up in the hospital or you dont want to wind up their well take a quick break more news coming up sarah. What are you working on. Well james about a group of 9 a Northern California for the princess cruise ships are filing a and a quick check of the markets, heres were moments away from the ringing of the opening actually there go so trading now officially underway on wall street and it looks as though were off to a positive start with dow extending their game this morning, some optimism that perhaps maybe congress will a push through that expected second. Financial stimulus package for Small Businesses so well see what happens with that we did get another round of on data from the Unemployment Benefits for last week another 6. 6 Million People filed for unemployment. Thats also factoring in to the Financial News today. And the first way by the way of those stimulus checks are going out people receiving the first round of payouts are those who have already given their Bank Account Information to the irs and also Social Security beneficiaries who filed a federal tax return with direct deposit information. The next wave of checks will be paid out no later than the week of april 20th and then the 3rd and final round of payouts will be paid through physical checks. Those will have to be mailed out though at a later date. The irs is the best way to make sure that you receive your money as quickly as possible is to have your Bank Account Information on file with them. And heres a quick breakdown of the type of money thats going out individuals will be getting up to 1200 couples will get up to 2400 and then theres an additional 500 per child now that im out actually goes down as your income goes up so anything over 75,000. Youll see your benefit begin to decrease and then anything over 99,000. You dont get any of the stimulus money at all and the threshold is double for couples who file jointly so keep that in mind. New this morning passengers who were on board the grand princess cruise ship had the beginning of the outbreak are now filing a lawsuit against the cruise line got kron 4 Sarah Stinson now with more on that sarah. James starting to group of 9 passengers all from Northern California and they filed class action injury lawsuit and a federal court in San Francisco yesterday so they are alleging that this cruise line had major negligence before they before all the whole outbreak even happened to these people are claiming that the cruise line were aware of one person who had symptoms and that is why there are filing this lawsuit. They allege that they were exposed to the coronavirus as result of gross negligence by the companies. That own and operate the ship the complaint notes that before the trip from San Francisco to why at least one person on the princess was reporting symptoms of coronavirus and despite knowing this lawsuit says the company continued on with the voyage later on march on march 5th it was discovered that 19 crew members and 2 passengers tested positive for coronavirus on the grand princess since then as we know over a 100 people have tested positive to passengers and one crew member has died from this. In a statement, the attorney representing the passenger said carnival and Princess Cruise Lines negligently put thousands of passengers at risk at risk of serious harm which risk will continue for some time now the lawsuit seeks compensation for the plaintiffs and other that have been harmed from this ordeal. This isnt the only lawsuit thats going on right now in regards to this grand princess cruise ship there are over a dozen other ones, most of them filed in los angeles so its going to be interesting to follow this no statements so far from the cruise line ship about a lawsuit for announced and ones sysco will send it back to you all right, thanks a lot sir. Time now 6. 33 we have documents showing the National Stockpile is nearly out of those and 95 masks surgical masks face shields all the supplies are desperately needed now to protect medical front line workers that are treating coronavirus patients. According to the documents released by the House Oversight committee about 90 of all personal protective equipment in the stockpile has already been distributed to state and local governments the remaining 10 is being held in reserve for federal workers. House democrats say the Trump Administration is leaving states now to fend for themselves and competing with each other for these short supplies. Santa clara county is the hardest hit part of the bay area from covid19 and officials there have issued a new order requiring entities and individuals to report if they have large inventories of ppe personal protective equipment. Things like Hand Sanitizer gloves and 95 masks surgical masks. The county the only wants to hear from people who are carrying this equipment in large quantities were talking hundreds or even thousands of items in your stockpile all reporting will be done via an online survey. Its a onetime disclosure that will help the countys public Health Department understand what supplies currently exist in the community and to plan for any potential hospital search. Our Health Care Workers and First Responders have been battling this crisis for more than 2 months now. We owe them a debt of gratitude. We owe them the equipment needed. To work safely to protect us. This order is another opportunity for the business community. The public and the county to come together. The new orders comes as the county reports the shelterinplace order is showing some signs of success in slowing the spread of covid19 which is providing additional time now for the Health Care System to prepare for any potential surge in cases. Time now 6. 35 california has a new plan to equip the state Health Care Workers with what they need including n 95 mask, weve got Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala now explaining that the state is planning on receiving hundreds of millions of masks in the near future. California set to spend about one billion to open up a massive flow of personal protective equipment into the state the governor confirming 200 Million Masks most of which are and 95 is will come from several sources in vendors but will be shipped from china do so in a way that secant a secure um the anxiety that many of us have not the Health Care Workers in the state of california within the Hospital Systems in our Community Clinics and our Skilled Nursing facilities adult day care centers. But also our grocery workers are dmv the front line employees the money paying for this comes from californias Disaster Assistance account. Hello. Yes director Mark Ghilarducci says counties with the highest concentrations of coronavirus will get equipment immediately and that doesnt mean that the rest of our counties in the state are not going to get pp. That means that as as as through the process of the National Program through that deleveraging of these pharmaceutical corporations. Hospitals that normally procure through those those particular entities will be able to get pp asked about reports of fema seizing equipment from other states state leaders say the federal government was part of californias new supply chain effort weve just simply had. A really outstanding relationship with fema. And we havent had those issues that said always cautious about what were reading and what were seen. The state is also set to start using new fda approved technology that will sterilize and clean 80,000 used n 95 masks a day to make them reusable the director of cal oh yes says the machines are expected to be in california next week in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. The university of california, San Francisco is jumping in on the effort to protect Health Care Workers to. They started making face shields with their 3 d printers they have a team there this making about 300 face shields every day and theyre hoping to ramp up production by partnering with manufacturing facilities that have printers that can run 24 hours a day. In the east bay there are new cases of coronavirus at the santa rita jail in alameda county. 11 inmates there have covid19 an investigation is underway right now to identify staff who had close contact with them the santa rita jail says its been reducing the number of inmates at the jail. Since the outbreak started to try to prevent the further spread. Because of the outbreak derek alamein a is going to be let out of jail. He is a bit in the go ship warehouse fire trial as you know the District Attorneys Office is looking for a specific order that he will have no contact with the families of the victims of the fire or any witnesses. He will be ordered our and monitor that is by officials almena and max harris were charged with 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter for the deaths of all of the people in that warehouse fire in oakland. Harris was acquitted last month. But the judge declared a mistrial and al manus case. His trial date remain set on july 6th. The virus cases in the u. S. Continue to rise, but the exact models are very yes, and theyre adjusting a bit which is good news for some cities, others though could develop into the next hot spots. We have nick watts now to explain. A glimmer of hope a model used by the white has now predicts the nationwide death toll is down about 20,000 largely due to social distancing. But. Today is todays state of new york with. Very mixed emotions because day after day the state is still seeing a rise in reported deaths. And the number of deaths will can continue to rise. As those hospitalized for longer period of time. Passed away was very sobering to see the increase in gas, its going to be a bad week for dance. And about 60,000 americans are still projected to die by early august right now were not even a quarter of the way to that grim total and every number is a person a story. So no be a shepherds daughter layla knee just died. Age 27 my husband, and i both for in the room. You and and then who is. I was in the home are being for last time. A b. The new modeling also highlight some regional disparities project to deaths in new jersey more than doubled to over 5200 deaths in california down from about 6100 to about 1600 were looking very carefully at california and washington to really understand how theyve been able as a community of americans to mitigate so well. A new cnn poll shows the majority of americans now think the federal government has done a poor job in preventing Coronavirus Spread its 55 up 8 points in about a week a story about 2 weeks ago the president said this. Im also hopeful to have americans working. They again by that easter that beautiful easter day. Instead easter could now be and the deer saturday projected to see our peak need for beds and ventilators Easter Sunday reported deaths projected to peak nationally. And more than 2200. People say well well get to picks and word on not remind people are getting to picks a little bit like going up everest once you get to picture still need to come down the administration also still watching hot spots popping up. Around the country. We are concerned about the metro area of washington and baltimore and were concerned right now about the philadelphia area. And still were told theres not enough testing going on. Other Lab Directors could look in their laboratories if they havent and abbott and 2000. If they could get that up and running we could double the number of tests that were doing per day right now about 80 of them are idled over a million test kits sitting ready to be right well, i hope that the federal government is doing more than you know speaking this at the press conference this is the key to opening us back up getting these tests so our antibody tests the white house says theyll be ready inside 2 weeks that is going to be the bridge from where we are today. To the new economy people who have. Been exposed in now are better those of the people who go to work but for now still this. Must be our normal. We have to recognize the progress is because people are doing the right thing youre watching from jersey. Please stay home. As nic was reporting the models that experts are using the forecast. This infection are based on people continuing social distancing through may. Our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic will continue on our website dont forget you can always turn to kron 4 dot com any time a day to find out the very latest on the outbreak and articles on how to stay safe again you can find this coronavirus section under the news tab. Kron 4 dot com we 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. 6. 45 right now and were looking at another good day to get out maybe just grab a jacket i was safe for walking the dog salute last get the word in a john good morning. The guys yet definitely another jacket where the day today a lot like we have been seeing so far this week weve seen a lot of cloud cover some Cool Temperatures are going to keep that going today, but this is ahead of some changes next week that will eventually offer us some 70s them play more sunshine. This morning skies. Clear sparse pog goes but you do have cloud cover sitting over head not walking up the view were central workers who are sticking to roads if you are just stepping outside for a walk this morning conditions are mild temperatures in the 50s currently with timber honor only spot remaining in the 40s at 49 degrees low pressure to the south having resulted in rain and thunderstorms over the past few days does continue that stabber low really hasnt moved much gradually sliding to the east but still resulting in rain from the Central Valley down through la and san diego and was snow fall up in the Sierra Nevada words desperately still needed as for the bay area sitting too far north to see any of this rain its all quiet on the radar here but we do see that cloud cover and thats going to be hanging out well through the day today some peeks of sunshine later on but not a whole lot of it you will see a couple sprinkles in the mountains above the south bay like santa cruz and diablo range is well a couple of sprinkles could make their way down into san jose and other south bay cities tomorrow, generally a clear day than today is about to still going to be partly to mostly cloudy. But you will have more sunshine to be seen. Saturday and sunday continuously a bit more clear with sunday being the nicest and the weekend for easter itself. Todays daytime highs in the 60s Napa Santa Rosa conquered, san jose in Mountain View all a 67 while San Francisco in mill valley at 64 oakland and i 65 degrees today. Looking ahead into the weekend skies remain cloudy to start the by sunday after some fog during Morning Hours sunshine should reappear person back 30 story coming monday tuesday and wednesday mid 70s, lots of sunshine. So whenever we next week and certainly a clear week as compared to this week which has been called in pretty cloudy. Back to you guys all right, thank you john 6. 48 right now and the pandemic is being compared to the 1918 flu known as the spanish flu. Jane yet historians in the bay area are finding some similarities. To what life was like back in 1918 compared to now on kron fours michelle kingston takes a look. These are letters from 1918 mary rhodes wrote to her husband who was away on business in washington d c telling him what life was like in berkeley during the flu pandemic newspapers wrote about who was sick who had died and who was recovering a bit different than what is being reported today is the commuting a smaller and so they knew more that people um but there was a lot privacy issues all kinds of things are front in the newspaper back in those about everyones everyday life that you dont see today. You dont out today were seen the number of people while the case is that we dont know who they are. 1918 newspaper clipping show as makeshift hospitals were created in some people were arrested for not Wearing Masks in public in berkeley businesses were shut down when cities like oakland and San Francisco you know started doing these measures that really helped prevent some. Deaths so. So that some or what whats happening now 2 once we started thinking about. Im having im you know protections and keeping our distance from each other that in our numbers have gone down Lisa Guerrero with the Contra Costa County Historical Society found an urgency ordinance from the town of walnut creek. In 1918 during the pandemic it was unlawful to go anywhere without a mask, they were to consist of no less than the thickness of 4 pieces of medical cause she also found this Public Service announcement that circulated in martinez that reads coughs and sneezes spread diseases says dangerous as poison gas shells, they didnt believe that this was serious. At the beginning then just like today where people didnt believe it was. It was serious, it was just the flu, everyone, you know no big deal and it turned into being a big deal just like this is turned into a big deal photos from a family in berkeley in 1918 similar to what were seeing today with the coronavirus pandemic people doing what they can to flatten the curve in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. 6. 50 is the time and tyler perry is helping out Senior Citizens are in this time of need the actor producer picked up the tab for everybody during senior hour at 2 Grocery Store chains in georgia and louisiana, im one of the manager says that it was heartwarming to say the least. It was amazing to see their reactions are some people cried im which of course are very emotional. Now so made me tear up. Some people were just like. Happen and happen this be happening. This is just quality do this. Alive because hes just that kind of nice guy he was from new orleans originally he lives in atlanta. 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Youve got something up your sleeve what you didnt know was you were surprising your fatherinlaw steve the best part of wakin up is folgers in your cup and were back inside a 6. 54 the covid19 quarantine has affected all aspects of the Entertainment Industry clue, broadway which is had to close all Stage Productions through june 7th, but as Rick Damigella reports a couple has created a show to support those in the industry. That is on stage off stage for the camera the camera as the saying goes the show must go on with covid19 shuttering live theater production around the globe, the actors fund is raising money and awareness for those affected stars in the house is featuring stars of stage and screen entertaining audiences at the traditional certain times of 02 08pm, eastern on you to life wednesdays guests will be the original broadway cast of spring awakening. German american musical duo Sophie Tucker has made instagram their lives stage for more than 3 weeks now spinning dj sets daily at 01 00pm eastern with the performances archived for later viewing on their facebook page. Rufus wainwright is also doing daily life sets wainwright scoring tunes finds the singer songwriter performing a variety of songs afternoon his bathrobe at various times daily on facebook the enemy reports wainwright has postponed the april 24th release of his new album and follow the rules due to the coronavirus pandemic streaming in hollywood, im Rick Damigella. Have you was sought out james any of that not yeah, but no, but my wife to shine here chuckling his fathers to cool clip of this or that or so busy with the mainstream stuff on netflix and hbo and but yeah i got to go back to that stuff and dont forget. And the big concert on Easter Sunday right from the dall mall with under the shelling. Yes, so you can check that out at 10 00am our time on his Youtube Channel service i love and art the art great theyre all just doing stuff for free online as pretty fine and you find those every now and then like an easter feed i really take a quick break it is 6. 56 still ahead california getting praise for taking early action to try to flatten the curve looks like its working well talk more about that. Plus an outbreak of coronavirus at a nursing home that lead to lead to a handful of deaths and dozens of infections to rent a closer look at that story as well. And fast food workers. On strike now in the east bay, they say theyre now in a highrisk job and theyre demanding more for that risk demanding more for that risk will explain. Mrs. Walker. Demanding more for that risk will explain. 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. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. That the mitigation that we have been doing is having a positive effect. What you dont see it until weeks later. Stay the course because staying at home is working. But despite the progress that we are making there is a new outbreak into Nursing Homes in the bay area will tell you where and it was Just Announced 16 million americans are out of work and help is on the way the first round of stimulus checks goes out starting today, good morning, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher Officials Say california is early action against coronavirus may have actually saved thousands of lives and that includes everything from the fact that we shut down schools to order people to work from home if possible and shutting down all non essential businesses. Dan simon has the details. As states across the country scramble to increase their supply of n 95 masks, california, the worlds 5th largest economy made a striking move. Governor newsome announcing the state put