Officials caution that those next steps must be Done Gradually thats right and tonight there are nearly 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 280 people have died from the virus. Alameda and Santa Clara County both reported new deaths today. Santa clara continues to lead the bay area with more than 2000 covid19 cases and 107 deaths today, the shelterinplace order that affects most of the bay area was officially extended through may 31st. The new order largely keeps the existing order in place but there are some changes to be aware of kron fours Justine Waltman live for us in the newsroom with the details on what those changes are justine well can the next month of shelter in place is going to look. A little bit different for Santa Clara Alameda contra costa, san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties. Thats because Health Officials are easing some restrictions and letting some businesses return to work most construction will now be allowed as long as physical distancing protocols are kept in place. Certain other Outdoor Activities like fishing and landscaping will also be permitted. Child care and summer camps, some of those settings are allowed under very certain conditions, including watching small groups of kids of essential workers. The new order that will take effect next week is designed to preserve the progress that weve made to continue to prevent a surge in cases and to gradually ease restrictions allowing for a few additional businesses and activities to take place. Officials urged the public to guard against a false sense of security that could lead to a backwara slide. They added considerable progress has been made and stressed the importance of continuing to stay at home, wash your hands wear a mask and practice physical distancing. Santa clara county Public Health officer doctor sara cody added that the spread has slowed Hospital Capacity has been preserved and many deaths have been prevented. Now this new order starts on monday and will last until may 31st you can read all of the new changes on our website kron 4 dot com live in the newsroom. Im Justine Waldman kron 4 news justine thank you the new Stay Home Order will loosen some restrictions on lowerrisk activities in a Statement Released today the San Francisco director of Health Doctor grant colfax said in order for this next phase to be successful quote it is essential that all san franciscans and bay area residents continue to stay home as much as possible practice social distancing. Wear face coverings he adds we will be watching the da very carefully. Do not want to see an erosion of our progress that could reverse everyones hard work and sacrifice. There are several key indicators in the bay areas covid19 fights. Those include is a number of coronavirus patients in the hospital decreasing or staying flat. Do we have enough ppe for Health Care Workers are we expanding our testing capacities, especially for vulnerable populations to we have capacity to investigate every case and conduct Contact Tracing is the total number of cases in San Francisco and across the bay area decreasing were staying flat in San Francisco overall crime is down 23 , but there are some troubling trends which police are tracking chief bill scott says for elderly women have been robbed in the past 11 days, some of the victims were attacked at gunpoint the thieves targeting the victims purse is. Commercial burglaries are also on the rise and police say in 34 of the arrest they have added charges of looting. As for the shelterinplace order. The police chief says voluntary compliance is still a priority by they will in force if necessary chief scott says so far 19 citations have been issued. And 86 warnings have been issued from landscaping to real estate, todays announcement means there are new rules going into effect and some things we are to were not able to do before will now be ok, well get more into the relaxing of those restrictions. Coming up a little bit later tonight the National Death toll from coronavirus has surpassed to 60,000 a number that we once were not predicted to hit until august. And there are more than a million cases overall here in california there are more than 48,000 confirmed cases and it has claimed the lives of more than 1900 people in california. These numbers, according to the Johns Hopkins global. Coronavirus tracker. There are some promising news coming out of the white house today concerning a study for those suffering from coronavirus doctor Anthony Fauci is calling the results significant kron fours theresa has the details including how this ties to a bay area company. The data shows. That run destiny has a clear cut significant positive effect. Diminishing the time to recovery. This is really quite important. Doctor Anthony Fauci the director of the u. S. National institute of allergy and infectious disease. And a key member of the White House Coronavirus task force wednesday on the results from a global trial that began on february 21st data shows. That study has a clear cut significant positive effect. Diminishing the time to recovery. This is really quite important doctor fauci normally very conservative in his approach broke down why this trial is so significant. And the study could be considered a breakthrough. Of the significant if you look at the time to recovery being shorter in the written test of iran it was 11 days. Compared to 15 days thats a p value. The scientists to listening of 0 0, 0, 1, so thats something that although with 31 improvement, doesnt seem like a knockout 100 is very important proof of concept. Gilley had based here in the bay areas not talking publicly about the trial but on its website. The chairman did praise all of the work. The company is doing. Doctor fauci also said that the results open the door for further Promising Research on covid19. Because what it is proven is that a drug can block this virus. Doctor fauci also added this that not only did the drug reduced the length of illness, but also curtail deaths doctor fauci has long put forth that we could be in for several more waves of the virus spreading. And that work on treatments and vaccines are imperative to gaining an upper hand in this pandemic theresa kron 4 news. Stocks stars higher today as investors grew up to misick about that potential coronavirus treatment the doctor fauci was just talking about theres a gilley at the nasdaq climbed 306 points. The dow rose 532 points and the s and p 500 jumped 76 points governor gavin newsom announced today a statewide partnership to help farms wrestling with low demand. And food banks struggling to keep items in stock and will pair the states 41 food banks and a 128 farmers and ranchers to provide 21 Million Pounds of Fresh Produce a month. Connecting california farms farmworkers connecting the cause of our food banks. Getting product and produce that otherwise would literally be thrown away as waste. And now providing a tax credit to the farmers, a 15 farmers, the share have gone through quite a shock wave like all of us have. But theyre working every day to continue to kind of down 2 full nutritious productivity that is a hallmark of california. The Governor Also Announced the federal government is helping california expand its Calfresh Food Stamps Program as of today ebt cardholders can now use their benefits at Online Grocery stores such as walmart and amazon, providing more convenience and safety from covid19 for 2. 2 million california families share some trouble for plan to deliver meals to vulnerable california seniors during this pandemic Governor Newsom announced the first in the nation plan last week but government documents now show money needed to support the plan could run out in less than 2 weeks the federal Emergency Management agency which is a partner in the plan says that it will only fund the program through may the 10th unless the state is granted an extension. The state now says it will review the program before deciding whether or not to seek that extension. I never thought my junior year which is kind of be from my room a Mountain ViewHigh School Junior is adapting to Distance Learning and spending her free time helping those in need during the shelter in place. Daniel shapiro and her friends started a web site and theyre linking volunteers with people in need of help during Grocery Shopping unlike some of the Delivery Service apps this one is free and its local kron fours michelle kingston has more. It was just it was difficult for us that you know everybody out there who is going to a lot of difficult things and so we wont see how we can help. For Daniel Shapiro in her friends it spent difficult to see so many of their neighbors struggling during the coronavirus pandemic in the shelterinplace people over the age of 60 those with Health Problems and nurses and doctors and other Health Care Workers who are having a tough time getting to the Grocery Store me in a couple of friends for my school kind of really help was in a situation where i just kind of sitting at home so they created md helps dot or the web site linking a lowrisk volunteer to someone whos high risk and in need of help anywhere in the south bay and as of right now its going really great when someone volunteers according to really amazing, especially from young people they grocery shop following cdc guidelines and wipe down all products before theyre delivered for no fee tips or donations are sent to one of 3 local charity so listed on their website. I think a lot of people are embarrassed to ask for help in a way and its totally ok, you know of. Heres a new compromise you cant leave your house you should have to put yourself that extra risk when theres some peoplewho are out there willing to help you michelle kingston kron 4 news. Our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues on kronon the 24 hour local news streaming service is free to download right now so you can stay informed and updated on this Health Crisis coming up on kron 4 news at a Meat Processing plants across the country have closed because of coronavirus outbreaks tonight. How the president says he plans to keep the supply chain stable. And the pandemic causing county fair cancellations what that means for High Schoolers who have invested hard work into the future farmers of america certain businesses have the green light to operate under the new Stay Home Orders after the break. Were going hear from San Francisco mayor london breed about the concerns there there they are to ensure Construction Projects with some restrictions can resume on monday as part of the revised shelterinplace order affecting most of the bay area earlier tonight on kron 4 news at 5, San Francisco mayor london breed told us the pandemic is far from over and discuss the next steps before more businesses can reopen when we open businesses. We of course are going to expect that. They will be Wearing Masks and will be wearing gloves and so we want to make sure that. Our Business Community is we just open up and the Construction Industry so ensuring that the guidelines are met and they have sufficient protective equipment so we are not out of the woods yet its going to still take us some to get through this process and to have enough resources to start to open back up variout industries. Mayor breed also discussed the Homeless Population in the city, including the hurdles to try to get them into hotel rooms youll hear that and more on kron 4 news at 9 oclock tonight, the mayor also opened up about her feelings of isolation while sheltering in place. You can hear her advice to others on how to stay positive. That is on our website kron 4 dot com. Sailors started returning to the uss Theodore Roosevelt oday for the first time they were moved to shore because of a coronavirus outbreak on board. The navy says they can return after completing a period of quarantine and testing negative for the virus twice those who remained on the ship will now move ashore and wait at least 14 days to make sure they test negative for the coronavirus once all of that happens the navy hopes to send the ship back out to sea. The handling of the outbreak led to the firing you might remember of captain Brett Crozier the ships Commanding Officer and a santa rosa native there have been calls by some in the Navy Leadership to reinstate crozier to his position. The Navy Announced today it is launching a broader inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the virus outbreak. The use of personal protective equipment such as masks is still an important step and keeping covid19 from spreading and right now the ppe is still in high demand today and Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. Health officials with contra costa and solano counties sponsored a free ppe giveaway for employees who work at longterm care facilities. Packaging included face masks, gloves and Hand Sanitizer today was the second time officials in the east bay have held a giveaway like this one. Organizers say they would like to give a more equipment at future events. The coronavirus pandemic is having an effect on bay area, ranchers and Dairy Farmers and their children 15 yearold rhys were just learned shes not going to able to show her prize cattle at the county fairs and santa rosa or petaluma the summer because those fares have been canceled like Many High School members of the future farmers of america ffa shes put in a lot of hard work to get her animals ready for the competition. Right now looks like you have to show her cattle online. Virtual shows you just take a video and you can all you first you have a leg set up and you take a video mocking a and submit it and theres an actual judge and the judge the show and if he was to get reich premium money under banners so leaves and for the sky and the couple of their shares and where waiting on the results i see down twice a day. Headquarters at the barn and under fans all day so that their hair grows hair is like a really important part because you kind of get tricked sculpt it when youre sharing every day high rates are washer or if theyre very very light once the rest every day assure their lives today and timed out later that its lot of work for a 15 yearold the winners of fair competition softened get top dollar from bidders. That means the students are now doing a lot of hustling looking at new ways of getting their prize livestock to market good luck. Reese. Not our 4 zone forecast for the live picture of the Golden Gate Bridge with some fog up near the tops of the towers, pam a little bit cooler today certainly compared to yesterday joining us from home our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow hello. Lawrence hey there guys certainly those temperatures dropping quite around the coastline and inside the bay, a cool off a little bit of the valleys but still warm there, but boy that sea breeze is really kicking in this evening, lets take you live in outside right now the sfo you see the bush there in the foreground boy blown around a bit weve seen some gusts of 30 miles an hour plus at sfo. You see the fog racing on shore right now thats certainly something were going to see overnight. So that these temperatures taken a hit. As much as 15 degrees cooler in love more today than 24 hours ago, but all around the bay area, these temperatures taking a drop still warm in atlanta 78 degrees in concord 73 in livermore 79 that was the warm spot in santa rosa lot of 60s and 70s inside the the showing up around the bay area today but noticeably cooler especially up toward the beaches. That fog beginning to gather outside right now we cold front actually moving in overhead to bring in some mid to high level clouds across our skies but the winds. They continue to how you can see there are 30 miles an hour still the sfo now 30 Miles Per Hour mill valley, 17 of benicia and also the fairfield 14 and a whopping 12 in the san jose. So certainly some significant winds out there right now were going to see the breeze i think its tomorrow afternoon as well maybe not as strong as today, but still Strong Enough to keep it cool lets do the coastline and just inside the bay temperatures right now weve got some 50s and some 60s much cooler out toward the beach and that fog already sitting there and wow its looking great out there right now reports of some drizzle out near the coastline to and well see some more clouds tomorrow morning. But i think by the afternoon actually little more sunshine. It will be breezy cooling trend though will continue into the weekend with the nice slight chance of a shower, one cold front moves through that ones going to fall apart and i leave behind the breezy conditions that another one is going to move up in the Pacific Northwest that will help to come in and around uploads of the fog once again here and some showers up to our friends for the north but otherwise were going to see those clouds gather along the coastline tonight then going away as we head toward tomorrow afternoon only to make return as we head in toward friday morning, so temperatures for tomorrow, lets plan on some cooler numbers, but still comfortable still warm in santa rosa, maybe about 7975 in san jose 69 degrees and oakland in San Francisco bundle up if youre going to be in San Francisco will be about 63 degrees but those winds will be blowing. Some left fog out there to you know how it feels those temperatures to feel pretty chilly up there near the coast that list forecast guys back to you. Thank you lauren. Still ahead tonight at 8 with most americans forced to stay home there has been a spike in disturbing crimes against children next to date a look behind closed doors a California Campaign for victims in need and after the break some loving support during the Stay Home Order since seniors have stayinplace lucky ones ranch a key ones ranch in vacaville took some animals to the pacific a Senior Living facility sheep and goats blind and dogs llamas and some tortoises to all greeting the People Living in the nursing home and they did so from a safe distance. A couple of weeks before hand and we are exposed to come back not everything down. How it got canceled and so we decided have wanted to come back and national email that. Invited us to come back and actually it but for u. S. Back you in this is the restrictions they were able to go inside id love to have them brush and ashley feel the animals and interact with him or before. Those animals are pretty talkative to what to cover this must be tale lay was a cofounder of lucky ones red says walkie talkies were used to maintain social distance encouraging signs were also made to hold up to the window by the children in addition to running their ranch lay and her husband work in Law Enforcement in walnut creek and Contra Costa County they need to be crowned for heroes. Theyre great love it all right a brand new temporary program called pantry at home is helping feed low income seniors is taking place at the San Franciscomarin food bank selfdriving cars pull up to the food bank collecting food to be distributed. There are 12,000 low income seniors who rely on the food bank for groceries every week. Volunteers and business partners, including amazon uber eats and doordash deliver directly to nearly all pantry participants, 65 years old or older. So the most vulnerable participants can receive groceries without having to leave home. Kron 4 news at 8 making improvements how some people are spending their extra time at home during this pandemic he returned to work just days ago after a bout with covid19 tonight, the british Prime Minister making a. Well coming announcement and Meat Processing plant have been ordered to either stay open or reopen by a president ial executive order. But tonight we President Trump signed an executive order that invokes the defense production act to force meat processors to remain open. The Administration Says the step is critical for the supply chain however, workers Say Something important is missing from that executive order, our washington correspondent alexandra le mon reports the Union Representing the workers has serious concerns for their safety. The covid19 outbreak closed Meat Processing plants around the country. Now an executive order from President Trump is forcing klatts to stay open and preventing more widespread closures. It was a a bottleneck caused by this home. Pandemic the order to close the facilities essential infrastructure something senator mike rounds of south dakota says will ensure the Food Supply Chain remains stable round says close processing plants mean a lot of sub goes to be past the point where they can be harvested and cut out the right time and will probably have to be euthanized. The executive order also protects companies from lawsuits if employees get sick the Big Companies and youve been reading about the not so thrilled was so happy. Theyre all gone how we solve their problems but the Union Representing the plant workers says there are problems are not solved and theyre concerned about the shortage is a personal protective equipment, so we need to have now is. Proper ppe layered on top of layers on top of layers of p g is properly do this job safely. We have to have testing they didnt mention anything about how were going to Start Testing the united food and commercial Workers Union says 21 meat packing employees have died from coronavirus and more than 5,000 are sick ufcw adds that if workers are healthy. The Food Supply Chain will be impacted anyway in washington. Alexandra le mon. For the first time in almost 6 years the u. S. Economy suffered a quarterly contraction that came as the coronavirus pandemic but world economies in something of a chokehold the federal government reported today that americas 1st quarter Gross Domestic Product shrank at a 4. 8 percent annualized rate the largest contributor to the u. S. Gdp consumer spending. It declined at a 7. 6 annualized rate its deepest decline since 1980. In march she economy came to a screeching halt when businesses shut down and stay at home orders were put in place across the country that was enough to offset the Economic Activity in january and february. Lyft is laying off nearly a 1000 employees and furloughing nearly 300 others as it tries to reduce costs because of the plummeting demand for rides. The layoffs, equal 17 of the rideshare companys workforce in a statement lyft ceo logan green said the covid19 pandemic its going to have broad implications for the economy and they want to quote emerge from this crisis in the strongest possible position to achieve the companys mission. Lyft is also cutting salaries by at least 10 for all employees for 3 months starting in may. Executives and Vice President s will take higher percentage cuts made cuts are coming at boeing. The Company Announced it will drop about 16,000 jobs and scale back production after posting a massive 1st quarter loss thats about 10 of boeings workforce. The company lost billion from its core operations. Demand for air travel pretty much evaporated during the opcoronavirus pandemic promptin airlines to cancel and delay orders for new planes as americans cancel their travel plans. And boeing continues to reel from the 7. 37 max grounding. Boeing also said it will drastically scale back production of 2 widebody passenger jets. The ongoing pandemic and extended shelter in place order is leading people to consider alternatives to relying on local Grocery Stores for produce or landscapers to maintain their yards. Bills ace hardware in Pleasant Hill says its experiencing a a spike in sales while customers rush for supplies. So this and a lot of painting people been on the outside of their house inside the house just step that they usually dont have time to do because they work so much natos are really popular terms. Basically everything you can eat. Seeds apparently are selling fast. Today says store says it is constantly restocking its shelves murrah the garden ragas also experienced a spike in plant and seed sales bay area landscapers will soon be able to return to work it is part of the revise the shelter in place restrictions announced earlier today that is good news for a San Francisco based Landscaping Company kron fours Haaziq Madyun has the story. Perhaps no one likes to work outdoors as much as landscapers but those who work in that industry had to stay indoors as landscaping was not deemed an essential business during the bay areas shelterinplace order that is until now believe its are very excited. The coalition of 6 bay area counties decided to relax some of their shelter in place restrictions allowing landscape is like janet lawyer and Michael Hofmann jenna moyer landscaping to return to work. They were closed down due to covid19 for over a month which they say force them to lay off half of their employees in certain years of business weve never had to lay off some employees because a lot of work so when we had to lay off thousands voice that was. Over 10 years and so like family. They both say theyre looking forward to getting back to transforming backyards in San Francisco where they have close to 250 clients and just go. 2 guards saying the generally involves stairs and retaining wall of course and look beautiful plants and flowers their landscaping Business Model will change to accommodate safe working conditions. Hofman says they will do whatever it takes just as long as they can return to their passion to take away what people ought to do is very difficult mose. Landscaping companies are in business because they love what they do. And they love being in the outside and making the outside you all for their clients. The new Health Officer order goes into effect barry a light on monday may 4th 2020. Has it made you cry on for news, not our 4 zone forecast usually we see at least one or 2 planes taxiing to the shot of not taking off. But these days pretty quiet and you can see the fog rolling across the airport pam ken and fall cooling things down lawrence how long is it going to stay with us. Yeah i think the fog is going to kind of on and through the morning tomorrow that i think by the afternoon. Well break out some sunshine along the coastline, but it will be cooler around the bay are the temperatures dropping off over the next few days probably into the weekend out toward the Golden Gate Bridge, some of that low cloud deck of begin to move back on short and i were sees reports of some drizzle out theres a little damp out toward the coastal areas as well now as we have a weak cold front sliding by were still seeing some mid to high level clouds islam behind that weve got yet another cold front, so yeah kind of a double shot a double whammy get the clouds going here tonight patchy fog are going to see that tomorrow morning when you wake up and becoming mostly sunny by the middle of day and by the afternoon these temperatures well not bad also the wall and lot of 70s, theyre showing up in many of the valleys but cool by the coastline, most temperatures only going to me in the 50s and it will be very breezy out toward the beaches, 2 guys back to you. Thank you are and still ahead tonight in a starbucks solution, how the coffee giant plans to get business back up and running real estate has been hit hard by the covid19 pandemic how the industry is expected to benefit from the new shelter in place changes and after the break pushups to push through how a 73 yearold covid19 i admire this guy pushups to push through a 73 yearold man who overcame the coronavirus is behind a fun challenge thats gone viral. Weeks after being sent to the hospital and put on a ventilator as he battled covid19. Harold washington is now on the road to recovery before the virus. Russian was known for his pushup challenge is during a nightly video chat his family discuss taking that challenge to social media in honor of harold. He would do about 50 pushups a day. And every time the kids and come over he he challenged him to a pushup contest. He would challenge to us, lets challenge everybody isnt he amazing he lives in santa fe and from firefighters in new mexico all the way to south africa. This pushups to push through has taken off. Im tired already british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson and his fiance kerry simons welcomed a baby boy this morning, the child is born at a london hospital. The happy news follows johnsons return to work monday after he became ill with coronavirus the 55 yearold Prime Minister spent 3 nights in intensive care in early april before his condition eventually improved simons who is 32 previously said she had suffered coronavirus symptoms. The couple announced in february of this year that they were engaged to be married. Next saturday with children forced to stay home for weeks all across the country disturbing crimes against them are on the rise. Tonight how a California Campaign is taking a look behind the closed door and ahead in sports giants ceo larry baer provides the latest millions of americans remain under stay at home orders say can be an especially tough time for children away from school not able to connect with friends and pretty much isolated at home but sadly home may not be a safe place for many of them National Child advocacy groups are warning about a spike in calls for help from children who say their abusers nadia romero has more on resources which are available. The more you hold it in the more it. Poisons you adult survivors of child abuse remember the pain of their trauma happens all the time and no one talks about it advocacy groups like the rape abuse and Incest National network or rainn say abuse increases during times of Economic Hardship theres now an increase of miners coming to our online hotline and the descriptions of abuse that theyre enduring arent those increasing in frequency and severity Camille Cooper says in march they started tracking covid19 related calls. She says 79 of kids whove reached out to rain see their quarantine with their abusers one out of every 5 of these miners that come to our hotline or asking her how and staff to connect them directly with. The 911 dispatcher in Law Enforcement. Cooper says some kids can use their Online Learning portal says send a private message to their teachers and theyre being delivered homework packets and home they can slip a note in that homework packet to their teacher and delivery back to the teacher to let the teacher know that im not safe and being harmed in all social workers Law Enforcement and advocacy groups are still functioning during the pandemic Los Angeles City and county just launch the behind closed Doors Campaign about child abuse and intimate crimes be aware be alert encouraging everyone during stay at home orders to look out for young neighbors, the way the victim marks or if the victim appears to be in distress and trying to tell you something. Go had reported be their voice. In washington, im nadia romero. Good news for starbucks fans, the Company Announced plans today to start reopening its stores next week, the goal is to have 90 of company own stores in the United States up and running by june. At the moment roughly half of the coffee giants us locations a temporarily closed because of the pandemic the phased reopening will start with shorter operating hours on modified operations and that includes drivethrus modify for greater efficiency as well as a new entryway handoff solution. Additional Curbside Service is also being looked at. Health officials in the bay area now said when the shelterinplace orders are extended next week they will loosen some restrictions that includes adjusting the rules around a Major Business sector here in the bay area, real estate kron fours Maureen Kelly talked with local realtors about what will be different for buyers and sellers. Ok so were just going to take a little walk inside here on sunday to meyer conducted an open house be assume a Single Family house for sale in San Franciscos anns of this to neighborhood. Its how she and other local realtors are going to have to keep doing business for now they had several people joined throughout the they were able to ask questions along the way which is very helpful. And by the end of the more normal both to me and to the buyers. So were just going to learn and were going to keep doing this until were allowed to have traditional open houses while Virtual Tours are still recommended the new shelter in place order going into effect next week create some wiggle room for buyers to get a firsthand look inside but with major restrictions in place. So in person showings are going to be allowed to resume it looks in occupied and vacant properties. It will have to be as long as it is occupied the occupant is not present. It will also have to be with me one Real Estate Agent and no more than 2 clients or buyers. And all social distancing protocols will need to be served us. Well another Big Development for future sales. The new order allows for construction. To ramp up again allowing construction to resume is going to help the overall housing picture here in the San Francisco bay area even before the covid19 crisis weve been experiencing you know significant challenges related to housing opportunities throughout the bay area. And one clear solution to those challenges is creating new housing the president of the San Francisco association of realtors says that. Since midmarch when those first shutdown orders went into effect they had just over 200 homes going to contract. Thats a little less than half what they would see normally he and other realtors are hoping to see home sales pick up as buyers and sellers get use to the new way of doing business. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. Time now so we would be a month into the Major League Baseball season, but instead for the last few weeks weve only heard ideas and how the season could start there is still no firm plan in place, however optimism is building for the 2020 campaign giants ceo larry baer talked with kron 4 this evening provided an update on how majorly executives could bring bank games. He says theres yet to be a finalize proposal but multiple reports emerged this week saying the year could begin in either late june or july and Something Else thats been floated is a completely altered format where teams are split up into groups of 10 based on regional locations, a number of possibilities are out there but health and safety are the driving forces behind all of it there is hope for the season will begin. It is also not ruling out the possibility of playing at oracle park. Is to wait for gays this year is inconsistent. Thats the goal. And Public Health will i do and the questions about it with a with fans are not fans. Is possibly other brands where Diana Willett airlines, a swell place else where we want to get aids to the fans and its only word its in the mall all better. Theyre also discussed the teams guidelines to reimburse Ticket Holders for games miss the franchises providing options Ticket Holders can either receive a refund or credit for games through march april and may with an additional 5 bonus the as have also presented guidelines where fans can be refunded or season Ticket Holders can be credited for those 3 months of games and see a 5 discount on future memberships. Elsewhere in the world of baseball this years hall of fame induction ceremony has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic the hall was scheduled to welcome its newest class to cooperstown, this july, but instead it will be moved to next year and they will honor the classes of 2020 2021. Finally developments in College Sports that paved the way for student athletes to receive compensation and governing body of the nc double a announced today, it supports a plan that allows athletes to get paid for the use of their name image and likeness players will be able to receive money through endorsement contracts appearances. And theyll also be able to profit from their own businesses. This plan would have to go 3 final vote and if approved it would go into effect in 2021 that is a look at sports back to you can have all right, thank you very much. Next today volunteers in the north bay serving up a Community Service what theyre we want to shine the spotlight on volunteers helping to feed a need in the north bay the sandra fell elks kitchen cares project. Is providing free meals to the local community. 3 to 4 mile in tears are cooking and prepping the males to be served monday through thursday at the Saint Vincent de paul society of moraine county the project is currently funded to provide 2500 lunches with the help of an Elks NationalFoundation Grant and the Elks Lodge Trustee finds if you would like to make a donation you can find more information on our website kron 4 dot com and thanks to the volunteers of this very special cares project and you can spot spotlight somebody making a difference in your community we have a new section on our website is called from for heroes all you have to do is fill out a short form to let us know about your hero and you can find the page at kron 4 dot com. Kron fours also saluting the class of 2020 our senior of the night is roy leave roy is graduating from Freedom High School in oakley says he plans to attend Contra Costa College in the fall where hell be playing football. Congratulations roy we also want to acknowledge a mistake we made last saturday when we air the wrong a picture of graduating senior grace acres. This is grace. She is graduating from doherty Valley High School in san ramon where she played varsity basketball. She is staying here in california when she goes to school she is heading the Chapman University in Orange County to study Corporate Communications congratulations to grace. You can submit a graduate by going to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 under the news tab and send us a picture of your grad and let us know which High School Graduate attended and whats next for him or her and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight, a full hour of news is coming up as bay area counties ease restrictions in a new shelter in place order. A local Business Owner is disappointed saying hair salons are not among the business is allowed to reopen how shes coping with the extended orders to stay close plus the suicide of a top emergency room doctor in new york is turning the spotlight to the pandemics toll on front line workers an expert weighs in on the Mental Health effect on health care professionals. Stay with kron 4 news at 9 is next. Youre watching kron 4 news. With light no certainty and is obviously year just so scary and sad. Now at 9 while some bay area businesses get the green light to reopen other businesses continue to stay closed during the stay at home order. Good evening, im ken wayne and im pam moore, the new shelter in place order for 6 bay area counties was officially released today, it reveals some restrictions will be eased the new order will go into effect on may 4th and last through may 31st for everyone living or working in the counties of alameda contra costa marin San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara. Construction, real estate childcare outdoor businesses and recreational facilities can now reopened with some restrictions. You can fight a more details on all