Government says apparently this is the sharpest quarterly drop since the 2008 financial crisis. Experts say this is probably going to get a lot worse kron fours rob fladeboe tells us about the growing demand for help from local food banks. The California National guard is helping Second Harvest food bank track and distribute thousands of boxes of food to hungry people across and the tail and santa clara counties as the demand for food amid the covid19 pandemic keeps growing every day says Vice President casts then go see for the month of april we think were going to distribute 9 Million Pounds of food. Before this it was about 5 and a half million per month. That kind of need is only going to continue this was the scene today at most Holy Trinity Church in san jose one of more than a 1000 Distribution Sites where and hearing to physical distancing rules is only adding to the challenge to this is taking many different shapes you know before the pandemic we were serving folks. And kind of Farmers Market style distributions but now we have to box nearly everything we distribute and distribute it. The aggies drivethru distributions among Second Harvest partners is Sacred Heart Community services with a number of food boxes going out the door every day is up from 400 to more than 550 spokesman damone carter, its also important to remember that for the undocumented community. Who cannot access Unemployment Benefits or federal stimulus dollars. Services like ours to be very crucial in Sonoma County demanded the Redwood Empire Food Bank is up 50 since covid19 and there is sometimes not enough food to meet the growing demand says ceo david goodman. If we schedule a distribution from 8 to 10 oclock at 8 oclock. We run out of food because of people are already lined up so right when we open up the people move through and were out of food right away between an already high cost of living in the bay area and chronic homelessness the layoffs closed schools and other hardships associated with covid19. Are likely to keep the pressure on food banks for months to come. Even if therordinance for shelter in place was lifted tomorrow. So many of the people were serving are going to need to continue getting support from us while they build their lives back. Rob fladeboe kron 4 news. During a news briefing today governor newsome said that hes going to make it easier for parents to find licensed child care, especially parents who happen to be essential workers. Kron fours dan kerman is live he joins us with the details dan. Well catherine its all about this website. My child care dot ca dot gov its been 2 decades in the making the governor said its because of covid19 that they have pushed along and put it up this is to help as you mentioned parents, especially those who are essential workers find the right child care in their neighborhood. Ive got 4 kids. Many of you watching have children during his daily update thursday, the governor announced the launching of a new website to help parents, especially those who are essential workers find safe and licensed child care providers. We do a lot of the vetting a we do a lot of the research we do an assessment that is dynamic in real time is updated. Visitors to the site can put in their zip code and find child care providers in their neighborhood. Those who take a deeper dive can also find contact information. The age range of children accepted availability and health and safety information. Our whole program is a play based program and so alexis greg runs oaklands diamond Little People academy, one of the child care providers on the list. We had to do things. Like move our sign in and sign out outside and so parents weve limited our traffic to come inside of our facility thats just one of the precautions theyve taken in the wake of covid19 another is to limit capacity to just 12 children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years. Kids are also washing their hands at least 5 times a day and staff is doing a lot of cleaning. Definitely disinfecting counter tops cubbies everything books blocks. Is there something that where its not easy to clean we just dont havent out. And this website is a followup on action earlier in april where the legislature and the governor mark 50 million for child care, vouchers identifying children at risk and children of essential workers who are on low incomes to take the priority. Live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan. Beaches and some state parks across california. Theyre going to remain open with the exception of one county Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. Still perturbed by its packed beaches last weekend governor Gavin Newsome thursday ordered a temporary closure of beaches in Orange County only have to own that and you have to figure that out Orange County area. Republican senator john morlock released a statement saying in part governor newsome just doesnt seem to get it. Residents have been responsible the county hasnt seen the surge in its hospitals and 6 weeks into the shelter in place order the beach may be the best medicine. The announcement comes after a California Police chiefs memo circulated overnight cleaning new sums administration was going to shut down all beaches in state parks, bottom line that was their memo but that moment i got to as relates to the issue. That im grappling with weve been consistent. We have been clear we have been transparent weve been talking about this every day the closure comes after images saturday showed 10s of thousands of beachgoers on newport beach. The governor singling out Orange County while complementing other Southern California areas. For having controlled beaches amid the pandemic in san diego in la and others that. Ive done an outstanding job and we want to just focus on where theres a problem the governor wouldnt say whether this is a warning to other counties with open beaches. He says he hopes the temporary closure is for a very short time in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. And the Governor Also Announced an easing of more Outdoor Activities that include singlet golf. I cant use a cart though you can have picnics with your stay home. Household members only but at least you can have picnics singles badminton is okay singles canoeing they do have a full list on our web site kron 4 dot com. Getting an early start to the new school year is being proposed by the governor he is hoping of course to offset some of the learning time lost because were the pandemic in one east bay school district, teachers and administrators they told kron fours Haaziq Madyun they have concerns about that idea. We are considering the prospect of an even earlier school year as early as late july early august. We dont have the resources to put it simply to Start School Early if we move the start of school out. There will be even more work to do. In even less time this gives you an idea of what the conversation is like regarding the possibility of getting an early start to the next school year the wake of the covid19 pandemic california governor Gavin Newsome started the discussion in an attempt to prevent a lawsuit education continuity. The concern around learning loss. I think we may want to consider getting that school year moved up a little bit however started the school year early presents several challenges for administrators and educators and cash strapped School Districts like west contra costa who say what they need is number one. Definitely more resources right more funding reduction of costs isis materials for teachers that includes masks resources to keep teachers and students safe which we dont have right now then there is this the centers for Disease Control and prevention guidelines for planting of opening schools which includes increasing the space between desk at least 6 feet in california and were arkansas youre hired the national. The National Average and theres not a lot of room to spread out that School Administrators and the Teachers Union both say that employee contracts would also present another obstacle to moving the School Start Date the governor maintains he is just getting the conversation started. So were beginning to socialize that we may know. Decisions definitively in that space Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. Congress just created a new Bipartisan Committee is focused on the pandemic it is designed to try to make sure that money being paid out by congress is not wasted some argue that only a one party seems to be moving forward with this washington correspondent joe khaleel has the story. House democrats are moving forward with their newly formed select committee on the coronavirus to make sure that we have. A bright light shining on the implementation on 2 trillion of taxpayer dollars wednesday to Speaker Pelosi name, 7 House Democrats to the select committee and name south carolinas jim cliburn its chairman i know all of them. Have worked very closely with all of them and i think they will do the country proud to know she did this to the House Republicans voted unanimously against the creation of this committee. They say they see it as another avenue for democrats to attack the president s Coronavirus ResponseHouse Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy has yet to sign any members to the committee which is supposed to be bipartisan Oversight Committee in the cares act. We could use to being in a tease. All of the alabama republican Bradley Byrne says he thinks the committee will be nothing more than a democratic after action attack on the president this is obviously and other parts in there are no after action reviews after action, were still in the action on Speaker Pelosi says the committees work will be forward looking and that it will be the only committee exclusively focused on coronavirus a select committee does just that that is the focus that is where the public will Pay Attention because he says shes expecting republicans to appoint very members soon in washington, im joe khaleel. Well nobody has been watching local developments on the pandemic more carefully than san jose mayor sam liccardo i talked to him today about that. Mayor some relax restrictions are coming to the bay area are you okay with fact did you have a say in this. Well the restrictions actually set by 6 Public Health in 6 separate counties said no i dont, but i am certainly happy to see the construction and landscaping other outdoor occupations are. And now open so a lot of folks who are in desperate get paychecks i can be able to put food on the table for their families. I was happy to be able to work with contractors and unions who are working on. Ways to ensure that they can get back to work safely they relate to the heavy lifting the hard work of figuring out rules and regulations that we sure everyone that they can do it safely and will make sure those those rules are in place. Anything else that you wish they had covered that they had not mayor. Well i think everyone can certainly quibble around the edges. Id love to see more folks get back to work and i would really rather cbs moved from an approach that decides what is or is not an essential a business or essential occupation to an approach that says youre a low risk. Occupations in here highrisk occupations lets focus on getting everyones focused back to work with appropriate safeguards. I think that approach would be want that naval would enable more folks get back to work safely because i think the saudi what is or is not an essential business function. Is a much more difficult and probably a pretty political determination and i think Public Office or better assess risk than they are assessing all those economic and political fact. Mayor, i know youre one of the people really concerned about the Digital Divide about kids who have good wi fi at home and kids who are trying to learn at home and they do not what is the status. Well we still have thousands of throughout the bay area who are not able to. I learn online at a time when obviously thats the only way for schools to be able to engage them. And so we have been working on this problem for 3 or 4 years you know, its a big source of the shoe and he had cut deals with several Telecoms Company said that they would pay us 90 in fees, theyre deploying small cells throughout the city were using some of that now to help get more work. Its connected. Coming up where parks are reopening and some bay area counties. And another big event that usually brings thousands of people into the bay area has been canceled and how we want to bring you the number of cases of coronavirus and the deaths in the bay area Santa Clara County more than 2100 cases, 101 111 deaths, San Mateo County. More than 1148 deaths, San Francisco county just under 1500 cases, 25 deaths Contra Costa County 891 cases, 21 deaths contra costa 27 deaths Alameda County so just over 1660 deaths and the north bay marin county reporting 235 cases, 13 deaths Solano County 263 cases and 13 deaths. Sonoma county 232 with 2 deaths napa county 67 cases and 2 deaths. A life on the streets during the pandemic a particularly dangerous for the homeless these days in alameda the state has donated trailers to house the unsheltered and to try to continue to flatten the curve of infections. Kron fours felipe chagall reports from Alameda Point ahead of moveon day. Sewage gas electricity, running water, a couch table and a bed more than some of us have ever had soon these 4 trailers parked at Alameda Point in alameda will provide shelter for up to 8 Homeless People out of time who up until now have avoided an infection from covid19 and keep people who are at risk of them. Covid19 virus an opportunity to be safe Staff Members from the building the knee and the futures have identified the first group of people to move in to residents per trailer until there eventually transition into permanent housing others will then take their place only those 60 years of age or older with Underlying Health issues without covid19 symptoms. Will be allowed to live in the mobile home see folks in our community the folks are hopes that. You know we could have known then what the way is going to people are unemployed, this could be right so having that mindset in dealing with cuts and i think you get a different perspective that taking care of each community. The city will provide daily meals and weekly Laundry ServicesHomeless Outreach team members will check in every day and a paramedic will conduct a Wellness Check on each person 4 days a week. Earlier this month, the state of california donated the trailers to alameda. They were used by fema in the past we really want to check out the trailer, so folks would to move in ready for now the city says theres enough funding to keep the trailers at Alameda Point for 9 months in alameda felipe should all kron 4 news. There is a new poll of says that at least 75 of californians support ongoing shelterinplace orders. They say those order should continue as long as needed despite the impact on the economy. That was the finding across age income race demographics among african and asian californians for example, 86 support continuing the policy roughly 11 of people disagree they want the shelterinplace orders to amped San Mateo County is getting ready to reopen trials and more than half its parks. Kron fours Maureen Kelly explains whats being done to encourage visitors to stay safe while getting some fresh air and exercise. Starting monday, the locks will be coming off the gates keeping people out of over a dozen San Mateo County parks San Bruno Mountain was one of the countys 23 parks that was shut down in late march after too many people likely feeling cooped up from shelterinplace showed up when the weather got warmer, but now the county Parks Department has decided to reopen just over half of their parks, including San Bruno Mountain for trail use and the distinction for that is that we wont have any other services. With the exception of some parking lots and restrooms but Everything Else we typically have open and available to visitors like Visitor Centers like playgrounds and picnic areas. Well and so were really focusing im getting people out on the trails and were excited about you know being able to welcome them back on those trails again they chose the parks close to residential areas as the ones to open back up marrow trails have been turned essentially into oneway streets for hikers single direction trails which allows people to hike in the parks on the trails. In a single line you can search judge thats 6 feet of distancing. Visitors have been asked to maintain social distance hike single file know gathering with people outside your household and bring a Face Covering the crystal springs, regional trail was straws 650,000 people a year is one of the parks that will be back open to visitors but only to those on foot. Bicyclists will have to wait a little longer a full list of what parks are reopening and which remain closed can be found on our website kron 4 dot com. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. Cover strange story, a sweeter city has dropped more than a ton of chicken droppings in new york. In a park partly to keep people from gathering there. The mayor of london sweden. She says that parks obviously attract a lot of people theres a risk of spreading the virus so dumping the chicken droppings as the citys way of making sure people keep their distance sweden has banned gatherings of more than 50 people. The mayor says that he knows the park will smell pretty bad for a while, but claims it was also done to help fertilize the area and get the lawn ready for summer. Still ahead armed groups and michigan at the State Capitol there protesting shelterinplace orders and the bay area economy its about to take another pretty big hit sales force says it is not going to hold its annual dreamforce conference in San Francisco this year that conference sovereigns thousands of people into the city kron 4 Sarah Stinson has details. And here is a must go nice entered San Francisco, this is where sales force throws their annual tech Conference Call dream for small this year. Its not happening due to the pandemic this is going to be a huge hit to our economy as it usually delivers over million to our economy and severed cisco it reinforces one of the conferences in the world it brings over 171,000 people from a 120 Different Countries says San Francisco over a fourday period. Usually we complain about the traffic it causes. But now our city will miss the economic value. It brings killing of thousands of rooms in over 100 hotels attendees been money at our restaurants and bars, but now the november event is no more. The event supports over 44,000 jobs in the companys announcement, it said the rest of its events including dreamforce well be re imagined in new in virtual ways, sales force is already held one event world tour sydney virtually. And apparently it was a success so theyre looking forward to planning dreamforce online sales force of course would rather do it in person but canceling is all to protect employees partners in communities from the spread of the coronavirus. Some might think its jumping the gun canceling an event from november 9 to november 12 since its so far away. But sales force is really just trying to be ahead of the curve and you know protect people as we continue to go through this pandemic obviously its going to be huge hit to our economy locally though. In San FranciscoSarah Stinson kron 4 news. Coming up next on employment numbers continue to go up as lawmakers battle over another round of stimulus funding. Also how some some student athletes could get paid for the use of their images. And after the break the bay area congresswoman in daly city today, congresswoman jackie spear was helping to hand out food at a food bank. The event attracted thousands of people kron fours Charles Clifford has details. Well here in daly city on thursday Second Harvest food Bank Sponsored a Food Distribution event here at