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Into our edd department of Employment Development department now at 9 more than 22 million americans have filed for unemployment as the president lays out guidelines to reopen the country for business. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, todays unemployment numbers are the largest and most dramatic rise in claims on record since the department started tracking back in 1967. The totals though come as no surprise since businesses will remain closed during this pandemic state agencies are having to hire more workers to help overwhelmed the state labor departments some states are expected to run low on money for state Unemployment Benefits as part of the federal Economic Relief package Congress Expanded Unemployment Benefits to include an extra 600 a week the size was given out by the state in california 2. 7 Million People across the state filed for Unemployment Benefits. As kron fours 10 per second tells us many are still waiting for money and some can even get through to the Employment Development department to get help. Its hard to feel like and then have to be starting all over again. And its not a good position to be an especially and the s and p to form a very expensive city nani strides works in the San Francisco Restaurant Industry and lost her job in march because of the coronavirus. She found an Unemployment Insurance claim on march 17th but still hasnt received a single penny didnt get any notification a certified from and benefits and some 20s. A much needed foreign the last 2 weeks of march and. Those situations have sent pending. So i have never seen any money i havent seen any emails and letters in the mail email to certify for the first week april. That was weird because i havent received any money at what he tried to get in touch with a representative at the Employment Development department for help she couldnt get through called. But he told almost every day since since then and there is not a message. Its time for the siren street. I just directed people go online. And theyre just not others wasting their same concerns and frustrations on social media. The edd and governor Gavin Newsome say theyre experiencing historic demand for Unemployment Insurance making it hard to process all the requests in the last 4 weeks 2. 7 million californians have formally filed for unemployment we are in the process right now of dealing with an unprecedented number of people making phone calls into our Employment Development department in response to high call volumes. The edd says theyre opening up a secondary coal mine on monday april 20th. The line will be open from 08 00am to 08 00pm 7 days a week. The edd says theyre also increasing staff to help at the call center and assist with unemployment thy are farm workers have anxiety are fast food workers have anxiety around the delivery of our food and those workers have about their own health we dont want you going to work if youre sick. Californias food, supply workers remain on the front lines of the states response to the coronavirus hundreds of thousands still go to work while the state remains under this indefinite stay at home order. The governor expressed immense gratitude to them today and Union Leaders are praising the governors latest move to help them. His executive order also ramps up the States Health and Safety Standards requiring Food Service Workers to wash their hands every 30 minutes or as needed to sanitize during this pandemic the u. S. Governments emergency Small Business Lending Program is out of money. The billion paycheck protection program. Officially tapped out today. Lawmakers predicted this would happen and unsuccessfully tried to pass an additional 250 billion in funding last week. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and democrats will have to try to Reach Agreement on a package so well immediately increase program funding. Although lawmakers are still split on how about to go about it. After the thoughtful about how to advance the agenda. For families for workers for Small Business and of course shore up those frontline girls are out there every day and i understand after watching another 5 million get unemployed. Speaker pelosi continues to say now. Democrats say theyre willing to compromise if republicans meet them in the middle of the deal is not reached the program will go empty through the weekend. And possibly the rest of the month. Well, some Financial Experts say the vast majority of Small Businesses did miss out on the Small Business loans, steven mayor of st mayor and associates in San Francisco says there were only enough Small Business loans for a million businesses even though he believes there are roughly 30 million businesses across the nation. If you are one of the businesses that applied, but did not receive any money. Mayor outlined some of the reasons you may have missed out. There are a number of did not accept applications. Theres a number of banks whose capital ran out because of a glitch in the system. Theres a number of banks who said we will take a our customers first. And he adds another hurdle, Small Businesses had to jump through was joining the bank before applying for the federal money which he explains is a long process for mom and pop shops. Mayor says he is hopeful that there will be another round of Small Business loans from congress and he recommends when that happens Small Businesses should have their paperwork done and be ready to go forward to apply for those funds. That is not being for the undocumented families actually the most memorable. Teachers in oakland are raising money for undocumented immigrant families within their schools who are not eligible for stimulus checks. They started a web site stimulus pledge dot org days before governor gavin, newsome announced the state would spend 75 million to create a Disaster Relief fund for undocumented immigrants. Many Oakland Unified School district educators are now donating their stimulus checks to the families of their students who dont qualified for federal aid including stimulus checks and unemployment and so far theyve received 300 pledges from Teachers Principals and Community Members kron fours michelle kingston shows us how you can help. We saw how much they want are suffering the families were really need any diverse and camello is the principal at Bridges Academy at melrose in oakland and saw firsthand how many of her students families who are undocumented immigrants were unable to afford rent pay their bills and buy essential items because of the shelterinplace these families are not eligible to receive the federal stimulus checks or to file for unemployment i teach shares are calling. Families every day. And sow we are hearing directly from my students and their families and what theyre going to iverson camello says she first asked a few of her teachers that they be interested in giving their stimulus checks to the undocumented immigrant families within their school. Then iverson camello asked other principles within the Oakland Unified School district soon enough they had 300 pledges from educators and Community Members as well as close to 100 donations, it makes me feel good it makes me feel like im just im ce up sad and angry but whats happening inside and macys is something that i can do thats within mice. We are of control and influence. If youre interested in learning more donating or pledging your stimulus check head to stimulus pledge dot org. In the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Help for undocumented workers in california announced today Governor Newsom says that they will receive 500 per adult with a cap of 1000 per household doors longtime well known that an ex activist tweeted today thanking Governor Newsome adding undocumented workers are most disproportionately impacted during this crisis President Trump has now unveiled guidelines to when the u. S. Economy, yeah, it is a 3 phase plan and the president says it will be up to each governor to determine when a state goes to the next phase Camila Bernal has the latest. The decision to reopen the country will not come from the president is going to be up to the governors will work with them were going to help them. But its going to be up to the governors the white house issuing guidelines to help but the states will not be forced to follow that our approach outlines 3 phases and restoring our economic life. We are not opening for once. But one careful step at a time that on light switch on and off is the exact opposite. What you see here which is a gradual read asian in america can then make at the Center New York Governor Andrew Cuomo saying theyre not ready to reopen ready to open tomorrow because were afraid the infection rate will go on. Hospitalizations are down but the state is seeing about 2000 new cases a day and are setting their sights on another major concern weve been watching the Nursing Homes is Nursing Homes in many ways are ground 0 for this situation across the country. Los angeles county facing their highest number of deaths reported in a single day so far after reporting high totals a bside yesterday and the day before. And it really reflects a devastating power of covid19 derby flip President Trump says governors in states with less cases. Well be able to order people back to work soon. Some states will be able to open up sooner than others some states. Not in the kind of trouble that others are in. Im Camila Bernal reporting. But i do want to extend just in Broad Strokes appreciation for what i heard from the president as it relates to recognizing the differentiation that exist and persist in terms of and counties not just in states. Across this nation. As Governor Newsoms reaction shortly after his phone call with the president and Vice President before the guidelines for released publicly the guidelines to reopen the country are laid out in 3 parts are no Times Associated to these guidelines. You can read the full guidelines on our website kron 4 dot com. Here in the bay area there are now 185 deaths and more than 5800 confirmed cases of covid19 on your screen you can see how the numbers break down county by county Santa Clara County still leading the bay area with 69 deaths and more than 1800 cases you can find a complete breakdown of the cases by city on our website kron 4 dot com. A troubling trend of some bay areas Safeway Stores, a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables on the show this may be linked to a coronavirus related deaths at one of the safeway Major Distribution Centers kron 4 dan thorn talk with shoppers who are know to see those empty shelves. He reports from Pleasant Hill. Fruits and vegetables have been a hard fined for shoppers at Safeway Stores across the bay area shelves that should be filled with avocados peppers and romaine lettuce say limit one, but there was not it was. Nothing man never and i was looking for bell peppers strategy, less they couldnt find anything. And about 4 montae was surprised to find even the prepackaged veggies were gun at the store in Pleasant Hill pretty limited selection of what you can get say please local produce shortage may be connected to a coronavirus outbreak at the grocery chains tracy Distribution Center. The Company Announced one of the warehouses employees died from covid19 related complications on monday, a spokesperson for safeway confirmed the warehouse has been short on staff but only said it was for quote a variety of reasons, however, the company also confirmed 51 of its 1700 associates at the Distribution Center have tested positive for covid19 in the meantime shoppers like tame may have to head elsewhere to get their greens. Theres also desire safeway will meet the need while keeping their employees safe. I really hope and pray that they something does happen sen has a lot of people you know who need their fruits and vegetables sold. Thats what i did. A lot of people happy about this speech is in parts of reopened in Santa Cruz County the temporary closures were aimed at discouraging people from going to town over the Easter Holiday weekend. But as kron fours rob fladeboe tells us there are still some restrictions in place. The shelterinplace order that last week closed beaches and parks lapsed at midnight and a handful of servers were back in the water here along west cliff drive this morning. Most parks are open again to although parking may be limited says county spokesman jason happen so for example you know, which is a very popular surf spot here in Santa Cruz County. That parking lot we noticed prior to the parts of beach closure was very popular so in the day or 2 people or that our beach closer and the fact we actually put out ward air years. We kind of blocked off every other spot and that is so that when people get out of their cars. Theyre not rubbing up against each other we dont want that to happen the popular seacliff skate park will stay closed along with dog parks and park restrooms are still closed for the most part. The restrictions were eased in part because Santa Cruz County has a relatively low level of infection compared with other counties statewide and because surfing visiting parks and other forms of recreation is considered essential at locals what is not a har. Were concerned is traveling several counties over for recreation. So were really trying to discourage people from coming out of the county to Santa Cruz County. There is not the story we can tell an essential need to depending on cooperation Officials Say restrictions on outdoor construction golf landscaping and other gatherings of 10 or fewer people may also be relaxed tune. But to those thinking of heading to santa cruz to hang out are reminded that several visitors from fremont last weekend were fined a 1000 each were doing just that we are still in forcing the shelterinplace order and physical distancing. We are given out i believe its over a 100 tickets at this point people who were not doing and so that means stay 6 feet apart from one another its not a vacation. I realize a lot of people are out of work and school but its not the time to cover the beads just to hang out if you want a war because thats free to bring your neighbors. But we will be in force you to shelter in place order. Rob fladeboe kron 4 news. The city of fremont issued an executive order today requiring the use of Face Coverings at any and all essential businesses that order is Effective Immediately we talked with the freeman mayor lillie mae tonight on why the city decided to issue this order. Well there isnt a push for us to do is now but i think its the right thing to do because the fact that we have so many essential workers and yet men and women out there every day trying to serve our communities and these critical times and the most that we can do is to also show that seems out of courtesy and respect by covering their faces and that has been something thats been updated also with the cdc and were not saying use and 95 or surgical mask but were using Face Coverings so could be anything from people making their own homemade masks to using bandanas are sparse but isnt. Just went way for us to help protect all of our central workers. Workers at all essential businesses must cover their nose and mouth while they work, employers are required to provide Face Coverings to their employees and businesses have the power to refuse service to anybody who is not wearing a Face Covering earlier this week you might remember we told you Sonoma County issued a similar ordinance requiring the use of Face Coverings in public. Officers in fremont meantime also arrested a man was stolen medical supplies this was from last night police say brian show man burglarized unitech college and stole medical masks sanitizing wipes and protective gloves Officials Say approximately 1095 surgical cloth masks were recovered from shulman. He was cited and released for felony burglary. A new report from the Associated Press suggests that top chinese officials might have known the potential scope of the coronavirus threat. 6 days before alerting the public. Heres what we know of what china knew and when going back to december 8 the wuhan government disclose the first patients symptoms of the van unknown virus. Almost a month later january 3rd wuhan a Health Official stressed there is no obvious human to human transmission. And on that same day china notified the u. S. Of the virus. On january 7th president xi jinpings first Public Awareness is made known and he ordered actions to be taken a week after that on january 14th during that teleconference on the 14th government Officials Say there was a sober understanding us understanding of the situation adding that a cluster of cases may have been transmitted by human to human contact. Here is a concern publicly as late as january 19th the Wuhan Health Commission said that the outbreak was controllable and preventable and not contagious. The next day a very different narrative leading Health Officials acknowledge that cases of human to human transmission and even they stress that medical personnel had become infected. 3 days later wuhan went on lockdown now in response to past questions over transparency. China has repeatedly maintained that it has been open and forthcoming in its handling of this outbreak well tonight there are more than 2. 1 million cases around the world of this virus and according to the Johns Hopkins university tracker today was the deadliest day in the United States and 24 hours there were more than 4,591 reported death. Tonight in total there are more than 33,000 deaths in the u. S. China is reporting more than 83,000 cases in the u. S. There are more than 671,000 cases around the globe. There are more than 144,000 reported deaths related to covid19. And there is a bit of good news Johns Hopkins university is reporting more than 3. 4 Million People have recovered from covid19 stocks rose today with the heaviest lifting coming from amazon and health care stocks. The s and p rose after a government report showed 5. 2 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week that is a weally bad number but. Market experts say theyre expecting even worse numbers, momentum picked up in the very last few minutes of trading after the white house released guidelines outlining a phased approach to reopening american businesses. This city this experience is stressful its different and its disruptive. Its a big change. Coming up i talk with californias first Surgeon General about how we can all deal with the stress and fallout from this covid19 pandemic with particular attention on the communities which are most vulnerable and families are flocking to food banks around the bay area during this pandemic we check in on the Second Harvest food bank in san jose to see how it is dealing with the increase in demand. Plus how is the Alameda County Health Department handling the dire situation at our wow im original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute. Better than you wherever drama pops off pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. The army county Health Department has issued a new order for longterm care facilities and Nursing Homes. Most of the guidelines were already in place has recommendations but as case numbers and deaths continue to rise of these facilities. Health Officials Say a mandate was necessary. Well first of all bellow joins us now live from the newsroom with more on the story noel thats right kent weve been monitoring how covid19 is affecting our local Nursing Homes. And longterm care facilities gateway care and rehab center and hayward is now being investigated by the Alameda County da as of today, 13 residents have died there due to covid19 doctor eric upon with the Alameda County Health Department says they have visited gateway and other facilities in midmarch to help implement guidance. But now its clear they needed to go a step further to slow the spread. We you know like were getting on average. But clearly it wasnt enough so and also we were hearing and seeing. Some signs that were not falling is recommendations some of others and we were hearing even met and eye canceling their group dining and and things like that. Because of all that decided to issue more of a mandate in order about everything and make sure everyone in the building at some time and temperature screening and other universe asking of covering your face to the building. Making sure theyre notifying. And theyre transferring a patient to a hospital or another facility that they notified a and b how the convention peace and we do that new tonight to chair says up to the very highest priority and we really hospitals and clinics also heard actually doing doing ok right now which is great and its surreal because reza aslan knees side times the size of the top of the list for any reason for it. The Health Department does have the authority to enforce the new orders with a misdemeanor or a fine if a facility is found to be noncompliant. Doctor palm says she was disappointed in gateway after hearing patients tpfamilies had not received wor about the presence of covid19 in the facility. The Health Department has given each facility a template letter to help them out when discussing the situation with patients family members back to you. Thank you know out. And tests that can tell whether youre safe to leave the house next on kron 4 where the u. S. Stands on anybody testing. And we are separating facts from it one of which saves you could use a coffee filter has a face mask against the coronavirus we crack that minutes later in the newscast. Along a san jose fans and what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. A pandemic has provoked a spike in demand for help from food banks from san jose to santa rosa people are working around the clock to feed those in need. Kron 4 visited food banks across the bay area to get an up close look at the work being done. In this saturday, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and san jose is in need of volunteers and financial donation kron fours gayle ong joins us now live with details. Ken and pam a Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, and they need volunteers at their Distribution Centers where they passed out. The food and they also need Financial Support to help better serve those in need during this difficult time. The food bank serves santa clara and san mateo counties, the challenges theyre facing is not a shortage of food ceo of Second Harvest leslie bought show says the facility has received an abundance of produce thanks to restaurants. That are closed, but the food bank is not accepting personal donations at this time were looking for financial donations because really we can stretch your dollar so much farther were paying the trucking for all of this donated produce we are are purchasing products provided by the truckload in trying to negotiate the best deal possible. So the best thing to do right now is to provide Financial Support just like the Grocery Store items like pasta and rice are hard to find and the food bank has to pay more for those items we have this beautiful Farmers Market sort of model where clients can come and choose what they want to completely change that so that again more boxing everything here creating a mix box of produce creating box of other shelf stable items and distributing that at our sites theyre not the typical helpers at the food bank that they are much needed after Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and san jose saw a dramatic drop in volunteers after shelterinplace orders last month, 40 of our workforce consisted of volunteers. And that almost went away completely for us before that we have about 200 volunteers a day in this location we were seeing maybe 17 people come meet the need with that many volunteers so called in the National Guard and they responded yes, the food bank has they trained us and we basically folded into their fulltime staffer here everyday money for it. Helping out. The National Guard will stay there until they are needed today. More than 5,000 boxes of food was package that is the daily call. Reporting live gayle ong kron 4 news. The covid19 pandemic is having serious effects on our Public Transit systems around the bay area. Heres a closer look at the decline santa clara valley, the vta is showing in 82 decline in ridership that means some loss about a 126,000 in revenue a day, barts ridership down 94 thats about 10 million last. Caltrain down 95 thats one and a half Million Dollars in revenue last. Senator jim beall who represents part of the south bay says without additional funding Public Transit systems could face deep permanent reductions affecting hundreds of thousands who rely on those Services Facebook says it wants to notify users if they have liked or commented on posts related to the pandemic that turned out to be a hoax. The social Media Company hopes that this new policy will help stop the spread of misinformation on the covid19 outbreak as of today Facebook Says it has already put more than 40 million warning labels on posts which have false or misleading information google and twitter have also issued similar policies. Facebook says that users may start seeing the alerts on posts in the coming weeks, how reliable are and body test for covid19 its a fingerprick blood test that can determine if your blood carries see any bodies of coronavirus at all the tests are not always what they may same as drew griffin reports it is a test being touted by dozens of companies. It is the one test that could tell you whether youre safe to leave the house the Antibody Test a fingerprick test for people without symptoms to determine if your blood carries the antibodies of covid19 meaning youve been exposed to the virus at some point and now potentially immune. How immune. We just dont know we still have a lot to learn about. What having antibodies means doesnt mean that youre in you can people be re injected how long will it unity last at least 70 Antibody Tests have been developed by companies or hospitals taking advantage of relaxed fda rules during the Coronavirus Crisis but without the fda certifying to test. Theres no way to know which ones work leading companies to use lists of fine print including positive results may be due to past or present infection with other viruses. One sign of the confusion doctor allison fox but 200 tests for practice in new jersey only to be told by the new jersey Health Department do not offer any covid19 test your patience, its incredibly frustrating, its doesnt make and ill the fda is now trying to straighten the mess that has been what one testing official called the wild wild west of antibody marketed tests. The National Cancer institute and its testing lab has been drafted to determine which test work which do not that is key says new weinberg who heads up the Testing Program at new yorks mount sinai hospital which was just given emergency use authorization to incredibly important as we learn more and use these tests. 2. Develop our plans and policies to reopen society that we can rely on the results were being given the fda has given emergency use authorization to 4 Antibody Tests but the very First Company to get it hasnt been able to get its test into the United States. Selex telling cnn chinese export rules have prevented them from shipping their Antibody Test of the u. S. So far but they hope and expect that this issue will be resolved very soon why so important to have widespread Antibody Testing and make sure they work 2 big reasons says harvard epidemiologist Caroline Buckee so the first thing is just to work out how many people have been infected whether were close to the epidemic pico whether we have a long way to go and the second involves whats known as herd immunity if having the virus and recovering means we wont get it again and enough of us have had the coronavirus and now carry that immunity in a large percentage of us of the herd wont be able to spread it we dont need everybody in the population to be immune to the virus. We just need enough people to be immune that the virus can start to spread again and take off exponentially thats why its so important for this next batch of testing to be widely available easily reportable and above all accurate. Drew griffin cnn atlanta. In the next week lab Officials Say the results will be reported back to the fda and cdc which can then evaluate. Whether any of the 70 or so 70 or so Antibody Tests our reliable enough to get emergency use authorizations or perhaps even better. A test. The fda says its good enough for actual approval. And one of the Best High School basketball players in the nation has been putting on when you need it, jack delivers order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub. Is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. And green is the top High School Basketball prospect in the country. Kron fours been following day lunds journey this season as a senior at prolific prep in napa. Well today made a big decision as to what his next move is in basketball. Kron fours jason dumas has the story. The quarantine threw a wrench in jailing greens plans to announce where he would play basketball next year, so he took to instagram to tell the nation. Every Major College had offered him a full ride, but he took a route less traveled enough and hes going nba also for and engage using legs. No college straight to the pros, its a new Program Designed by the nba that will pay a League Prospects up to 500,000 and provide a one year developmental a reason for the disease. So as those who have covered the g league for some time believe this will become a trend continue to take top prospects away from the nc double a reporting in napa im jason dumas score on for news. Plus the San Francisco 49 ers announced today they will have a Virtual Draft Party on thursday april 20th which is the first night of the 2020 nfl draft. The Virtual Party will feature interviews messages from fans, current players and draft prospects. You can watch it on the fortyniners website or app. Most of the talk about covid19 deals with tests and treatments social distancing and the government response but tonight i talked with california is a Surgeon General about the stress anxiety seems to be running high among americans as the Coronavirus Crisis has up and it everyday life. A new report says prescriptions for anti anxiety medications, were up 34 midmarch the timing roughly coincides with state starting to impose stricter stay at home orders. Health leaders in california are focusing on testing tracking in checking with hospitals medical staff dealing with covid19 but i talked with californias firstever Surgeon General today who says another major concern is stress. She says people are less likely to talk about behavioral and Mental Health challenges and thats why she has created some resources to deal with exactly that particularly for vulnerable communities. What we are seeing is in crete to increase rates of. Intimate Partner Violence and Family Violence increase raised of people having mental and Emotional Distress substance dependence, what i would say is that im number one if you feel like youre struggling. And frankly. You dont have to be. You know feeling like youre fired on now is a wonderful time to be reaching out for Mental Health care. Even though the pandemic doesnt discriminate and the impacts are greater for low income communities, communities of color and vulnerable communities like individuals with disabilities are unhoused. Individuals its really important. Right now our community institutions, our trusted institutions are carrying the backbone of serving our vulnerable communities in our communities of color. So supporting those institutions is critically important and making sure those connections access so that people can get access to the resources. They need. The Surgeon General recommends 6 stress busters what she calls evidencebased interventions documented to help during stressful times like these they deal with nutrition Mental Health relationships, mindfulness physical activity and sleep and you can find this information and a lot more including hotline numbers where you can speak directly with counselors if you need specific help just go online to covid19 dot see a dot gov and search managing stress. Coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 10 a talk with the Surgeon General about managing stress with kids. Sometimes the weather can be stressful. Lets take a look outside and see how its shaping up on this thursday night pretty quiet on the embarcadero yeah joining us now from home our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow so large cooler but any rain coming. We might see some rain but i think that didnt come until late in the weekend early next week for now though weve been feeling the effects of the cool down that sea breeze really kick in the onshore flow on that ball was low clouds and fog were seeing that again tonight and drizzle even showed up along the coastline already were going to see more of those clouds throughout the night tonight little swirl off the coastline. Look at that thats a smaller of low pressure kind of spin around out there right now actually just enough brother instability spark a few thunderstorms in the afternoon. Tonight, though its more about the cloud cover you see that across most of the bay area now plenty of clouds rolling on through that sea breeze continuing and thats whats bringing low clouds and fog on shore as well all the way to 22 Miles Per Hour in fairfield right now so certainly a strong push in the marine air were going to see the fog in place early tomorrow morning you know somebody afternoon or low early afternoon. We start start to see a little bit of a southerly component the winds that will keep that cool onshore breeze. That means to keep those temperatures down the napa valley and around much of the bay area by tomorrow afternoon. 50s outside for most of us right now 15 some drizzle in pacifica 53 in the San Francisco, 54 in dublin, 54 and flail and 52 degrees and petaluma at this hour overnight tonight we will see the cloudy skies, the coastal drizzle tomorrow morning clouds then partly cloudy by the afternoon. And then heres a story weve got this kind of spinning out in the Southern California will fade away to be replaced by yet another one that will keep the low cloud and the cooler air in our area of course we get to the weekend cooler temperatures looks like a chance of rain late sunday night and into monday guys back to you all animal shelters, nationwide are reporting surges and adoptions. During this pandemic of course as good news kron fours kate rooney checked in with some local shelters to see how their animals are fairing as we shelter in place. If theres a Silver Lining to staying at home indefinitely its the bay area animals are being well taken care of most major shelters are closed to the public but adoptions by appointment and animal fostering are ongoing. Were finding that a lot of people are coming to us because they may be always wanted to adopt an animal or maybe now theyre realizing that something is missing in their life and an animal companion my out still that way that the are actually experiencing right now. Peninsula Humane Society and spca has seen an increase in adoptions while other local shelters have found foster homes for nearly all of their animals. Berkeley alameda and Contra Costa County place most of their animals in foster homes in the first few days of shelter in place. Oakland Animal Services has seen the numbers of animals being fostered double and San Francisco spca says more than 5,000 people have expressed interest in fostering we know that animals are great companions especially for people who are sheltering in place right now they ease loneliness state the stress state nice and tidy many bay area shelters are also offering support to those whose ability to take care of their pets has been compromised due to covid19 were actually operating a pet food bank. For people who need pet food at this time either through Financial Difficulties or that they actually cannot safely leave their homes right now shelters, encourage pet owners to have a plan in place in the event that they become sick are financially unable to care for their pet. Reporting in San Francisco k rooney kron 4 news and coming up tonight at 10 oclock my find tales report i rescue 2 dogs, us is little gayle. From the Central Valley and this is cheddar right here bring them back to the bay area where they get medical help and potentially some new home son. How we did it while keeping social distancing. Thats coming up at 10. Can you use a coffee filter can you use a coffee filter as a wow im original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute. Better than you wherever drama pops off pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Powhaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. While Many Americans are being forced to stay home myths about coronavirus continue to spread a certainly do States Frazier breaks down another myth for us tonight, this one claims that you can use a coffee filter as an effective mask against the virus. Its come back again and again swaddled wrapping paper like a badly regift that item. Such is the case about one myth regarding Face Coverings which has been brewing for a while now heres the myth that you can use a coffee fielder as an effective mask to keep the covid19 at bay this myth got wide play the other night on stephen go bears a late show at home when guest Matthew Mcconnell he demonstrated his homemade Face Coverings. On your favorite band and im told and then 01 00am really a black so grab a hose. After that segment air and i was contacted by a clinical researcher who specializes in viruses who was aghast that coffee field is would be suggested as a material for Face Coverings now previously we want to against using paper towels as a homemade Face Covering because they dont effectively block the virus. The researchers said that coffee filters like all Paper Products attract moisture and thats dangerous because you want to avoid anything that grabs or absorbs a liquid. The cdc says that homemade Face Coverings a supposed to help stop virus filled droplets from reaching new month a coffee field or other paper product will absorb moisture bringing most droplets closer to your mouth defeating the purpose of the Face Covering. Now molina a coffee filter comuany warns on its website against using coffee fielder a coronavirus is smaller than the pores in its filters and they do not provide the protection required. The cdc and others say that several layers of cloth folded up on the most effective makeshift Face Covering, but they should only be used once then washed in hot soapy water to remove any contamination before using again so vo this coffee filter myth has been percolating on the internet for a while you need to get rid of it the same way you would with used coffee grounds working for you, im consumer investigator desperation. For he is so a farmer have really appreciate his because it they should have the cloth you know that the cloth works but a lot of people would assume that the filters would work as a filter kind of looks that way doesnt it but its only good for coffee, yeah, that wraps up kron 4 news at 9 yes, but here we are tracking whats coming up on kron 4 news tonight at 10 the final call on opening states economy is up to the governors that is the message from the president will unveil guidelines for getting the economy up and running today what the plan says about when schools gyms and more could reopen. And empty produce shelves at Safeway Stores, its aside shoppers are seeing across the bay area. The food comes from a Distribution Center hit by dozens of covid19 infections, but safe way is saying tonight about their food supply plus from teens even babies children of all ages may feel an exhibit stress during this pandemic we talked to the california Surgeon General about what you can do to ease the burden on the young kron youre watching kron 4 news. Need to remain close. We will allow them to do that and if they believe it is time to reopen we will provide them the freedom and guidance to accomplish that task and very very quickly. President trump says hes putting governors in charge of deciding when to reopen their states amid the pandemic there is new National Guidance tonight. And how to ease the reopening of america. Thanks for joining u. S. Attorney and on this thursday night, im ken why im pam moore of the new guidelines offer a threephase approach to help determine when covid19 cases are declining enough. To loosen the social distancing orders Camilla Bernal reports from washington dc