Kron fours Charles Clifford has the story. In front of San Francisco city hall on friday more than 100 protesters were here opposed to the ongoing shelterinplace order that the state has mandated to be extended for at least another month now despite all evidence that social distancing is working and the fact that more than 1900 people have died in california from coronavirus these protesters want the state to reopen i talked to one gentleman who feels the government got it wrong from the beginning. And i think that theres a lot of this virus. It is unmerited a due to those. Mishal models predictions that have now been proven to be so far off the justification for locking this down if it even existed then has has diminished. Also on friday more than 100 vehicles circled city hall in a protest asking that the city and the state relieve rent payments and mortgage payments as People Struggle with coronavirus right now 30 Million People are unemployed. Many of these people are not going to be able to make their rent or their mortgage payments are here today in order to. That people be given relief. When theyre otherwise going to be put into the streets here in california there is already a moratorium on evictions if you cant pay rent your mortgage because of coronavirus related problems. You cannot be evicted however there is not rent relief and it falls to the state to provide that sort of relief unfortunately right now the state legislature is not in session. They are in recess because of the shelterinplace orders and there has been some proposals made but so far nothing has happened on this front but for now in San FranciscoCharles Clifford kron 4 news there is a new survey that shows that a lot of americans dont want other people returning to work. Or to restaurants without more testing. Some of the questions included do you think its a good idea or a bad idea to have people return to work without further testing a good idea 32 . Do you think its a good idea or bad to re open restaurants for people to eat without testing and that case 80 for example saying bad idea and do you think its a good or bad idea to allow large groups of people to attend sporting events. 8 only saying good idea, 91 saying its a bad idea. Governor newsome says that california is getting a lot closer to having major changes to its stay at home order we heard him saying that Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has that story. In his friday update governor Gavin Newsome appealing to californians across the state were getting very close to making really meaningful. Augmentations to that stay at home order. We are you know i said weeks not months about far 5 days ago, i want to say many days not weeks the Development Comes as pressure piles on state leaders as lawsuits are filed against Southern California beach closures coupled with large protests across the state democracy is also alive and well. Passion about participatory democracy democracy is not about just standing still and standing pat its also about Free Expression and so i also applaud that and thank everybody for their lives to do it all has to do it safely the governor acknowledging that hold a nearly 2 month long stay at home order has taken on california mentally emotionally and economically. Californias unemployment numbers hit 3. 9 million friday. The governor says california is making significant progress on supplying personal protective equipment and reached its shortterm goal of testing 25,000 people a day these are key factors state leaders say need to be met before the state reopens californias economy will slowly start up in 4 phases. Newsome reiterating an announcement for phase 2 which includes retail and manufacturing is coming soon were going to be a position as early as monday tuesday hope to make some announcements of new strategies and partnerships that were working on in real time. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Another big story were following the fda has approved a drug on an emergency basis for the treatment of the virus it is called severe it comes from the company right here in the bay area foster city based Gilead Sciences a government funded study says theres evidence that might help people recover more quickly from the virus. President trump talked about it today. Im pleased to announce that gilley at now has an from the fda for them to severe and you know what that is because thats been the hot thing also in need papers and in the media for the last little while an important treatment for hospitalized coronavirus patients. And its something that i spoke with doctor khan and. Doctor fauci as spoke with deborah about it and its a its really a very promising situation. The company says it has enough doses at the moment to treat about 140,000 patients of the virus has killed more than 60,000. Americans as promised the city of San Francisco is continuing to increase testing especially for the most vulnerable beginning next week, the city will require a regular testing of staff and patients at the citys 21 Skilled Nursing facilities and kron fours dan kerman he joins us live his outside laguna honda hospital with more on this dan. Thats right were going to hunt is the largest in the city of San Francisco this one as well as 20 others will start having routine regular testing every couple of weeks, 2500 Staff Members 2500 residents routinely tested for covid19 so the city can get a handle on transmission. Beginning next week, San Francisco will require all staff and residents at laguna honda hospital and the citys 20 other Skilled Nursing facilities to be tested for covid19 on a regular basis. The reason that were doing it now and the reason that were going to be supporting a Skilled Nursing facilities to do that is because of the increasing recognition of how quickly coronavirus can spread in nursing facilities and how deadly it can be and the fact that in about half of the time the people that test positive do not show symptoms San Franciscos Deputy Health officer doctor Susan Phillips says. Initial testing of all 2500 Skilled Nursing residents and 2500 staff, well take a month. But then the goal will be to do it every 2 weeks and she says regular testing and other congregate living facilities could come next. We are also very committed to doing the same type of work. In shelters were people experiencing homelessness are together in single our residents he often see hotels in another setting up breaks and congregate living facilities like laguna honda have become common across the country. Medical experts say testing and then isolating those infected and quarantining those exposed will go a long way. The way to prevent it is to really get on top of that to understand is infected is not infected. Able to separate people who are infected and not injected. And i think that program is a huge step in the right direction. Now ultimately the city wants to offer universal access to testing testing on demand at this point they still dont have the capacity to that but they are trying to move in that direction as capacity increases live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan. We have the latest numbers on cases and deaths of the virus in the bay area you see them on your screen. Santa clara county still has the most more than 210113 deaths and San Mateo CountySan Francisco county contra costa county. More than 900 deaths and 907 cases, 28 deaths, Alameda County more than 1600 cases and more in county 237 cases, 13 deaths Solano County 266 cases, 5 deaths Sonoma County 244 cases and 2 deaths and napa county still reporting of the least 68 cases, 2 deaths. Happening today and oakland crews are going to close 5 more miles of street to this is part of the citys slow streets program. This was launched last month to trying to make it easier for people to stay physically distanced when theyre outside the new and closures include parts of 16th street 34th avenue 59th street alice street colby street wayne avenue but we have a complete list on our website kron 4 dot com. If anybody is thinking of heading to the beach this santa cruz maybe rethink a probably not worth the trouble, new restrictions are designed to prevent a repeat of what happened last weekend, hundreds of people were pitching the blankets in the sand way too close together putting themselves and others at risk kron fours rob fladeboe joins us now live to break down the new rules rob. Thats right catherine now you may recall that after unfounded reports circulated earlier this week that governor newson would be closing all of the beaches in california. We now know that its just those in Orange County that have been closed completely in santa cruz, the beaches are open. But there are new restrictions about when you can go. And what you can bring with you lets take a look. This was the main beach on friday afternoon here in santa cruz, it was more or less deserted. Warning signs about covid19 tell the tale, lots of room to physical distance here at the harbor beach too designed to keep the number of visitors down this weekend all beaches will be closed between 11 00am and 05 00pm says the countys jason hoppin thats a hard water and sand youre still allowed to speak water sports history. But you will be not be allowed to sit on the sand, you know a lot of students and a top of year every hours last weekend far too many people fail to abide by physical distancing protocols. There were large groups picnicking and sunbathing to prevent that the new rules also restrict what you can bring with you to the beach are also being news on coolers the sheriffs things like that we dont see a return to what we had last week judging from the beach traffic on highway 17 last weekend is thought many visitors were from out of town. But the new rules apply to locals as well and patrols are being stepped up to enforce those rules says sheriff jim hart by phone with more officers are sure a lot of discretion evaluate. The circumstances space or so. Education a further reason to encourage out of towners to recreate closer to home parking near the beaches will be scarce. And thats one parking ticket you will want to avoid. Fines about a 1000. Its not that expensive and weve given out several 100 of those already some were not sharp. But it could be an expensive trip to the beach more consistent time. Now its important to keep in mind restrictions on beaches very from beach to beach indeed from county to county some beaches are run by cities of this pike county still others by the state of california in San Mateo County for example visitors are required to live within 10 miles of the beach elsewhere in the bay area most beaches remain open. But many cases, the parking lots are closed. So if you cant walk or bike to the beach you might want to find Something Else to do. In santa cruz, these new rules take Effect Tomorrow and remain in effect for 3 weeks, reporting live rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you rob coming up a group of bay area businesses joining forces. Theyre helping to supply essential workers with protective gear. And lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are angry about china will give you the details and we finally hear from joe biden regarding it is not true. Im saying unequivocally it never never happened. Joe biden strongly denying today that he sexually assaulted a staff are back in 1993. This was the first time he has publicly addressed the accusations that he assaulted terror ricci was a senate aide at that time i talked to our political analyst today about whether they think this ongoing story. Well heart bidens president ial campaign. But first i got their reaction to what they heard. All right gentlemen today we heard joe biden saying it never happened denying that he sexually assaulted tara reid in 1993, she was a staffer at the time. This was a tough interview, what do you think. Well, i thought it was a tough interview, she asked a lot of hard questions he never smiled once given the sober topic i would have liked her to ask about comma her as 4 9 2019 statement that she believes joe bidens accusers. But by and large the interview was strong the you had joe biden answer pretty directly that he says this didnt happen. The real question is whether that closes the issue and because he equivocated on whether or not he actually no sir and wont let us see certain documentation i dont think it closes the issue plus of course is sunday shes doing a big interview on fox so i dont see this going away any time soon well i i think that by and has a tough job and threading the needle between. Youre israels right to made these allegations and again saying that she has a right and and should be given the benefit the doubt but also youre defending his own right to due process and the veracity of his claim which he made very there was nothing to it, but i think that you know what is what is going to be interesting is that this is as high as how its going to be weaponized by the president and his campaign into some kind of false equivalence between what this one allegation by ms. Reid is rusty 2 dozen and counting so far against the president all right in the ongoing effort to unify the Democratic Party against president trump. How much does this hurt. Lets lets call this what it is this is at this point now this has been weaponized by fox news and others joined distract from the fact that. The news of this week is the fact that the president received more than a dozen briefings and is it doesnt reports in his daily briefings that stressed the threat in the seriousness. The coronavirus and its in its ability to create a pandemic in this country look joe biden has the worst enthusiasm rating according to the abc Washington Post poll theyve ever had. Discussions about. Sexual harassment or wherever you want to call what is going on or in inappropriate touching and given that the gravity of this its worse than not discussions about that in the middle campaign can never be good for a candidate and its not good from joe biden right now and its causing. Division within the Democrat Party and they dont need that right now no party would. And were going to hear more from a tom and from michael in their pod casts on. Kron on tonight, tom hosts politics in perspective at 07 00pm michael hosts the political a smart ask. Hell follow at 7 05 of the kron on app is free available in the app store. The white house reportedly is blocking doctor Anthony Fauci from testifying on capitol hill next week this is according to the House AppropriationsCommittee Spokesman fauci is the nations top Infectious Disease expert. The committee wanted him to be a witness at a hearing next week. But they say theyve been essentially blocked by the White House White house deputy press person says members of the task force should not participate in hearings when the focus is on safely opening up the country. North korean state media is saying that the leader kim jongun has made her first public appearance, although were not seeing any photos yet this is sense rumors about his Health Reports claim that he attended a ceremony marking the completion of a fertilizer factory, this is a file video from earlier and they say that he was with senior officials including his sister. There have been a lot of rumors and unconfirmed reports that kim was an her health after a medical procedure, possibly in a coma, possibly, dead, south korean Officials Say though they have not detected any unusual activity in the north. Today hundreds of families got free groceries from the Second Harvest food bank of Silicon Valley, the groceries or given away in a new spot and the demand for help that keeps growing kron fours Haaziq Madyun reports. On friday, the Second Harvest food bank of Silicon Valley at the sierra monte center daly city to its growing list of emergency drivethru Food Distribution sites pre pandemic we only had 3 of these drive thru distributions but now we have more than 90 trial trees across and clear account, the ceo of the Second Harvest food bank leslie, but joe says this effect is the drivethru Food Distribution was open to the public blasted the scheduled 2 hours and provided food to hundreds of families in need. We served on 750 households today and distribution pre pandemic we were already serving over a quarter Million People every month and now were serving an additional a 100,000 people continue to see is often times a 25 increase from 10 to 50 increase. Week to week as more people find themselves in need it. She says she has been a part of the bay areas Food Bank Community for over 20 years, it has responded to several events where emergency food was needed but nothing quite of this scale nothing like this absolutely never seen anything like this to have this single moment in time so many people find themselves out of work and just feeling quite anxious and desperate to be able secure enough food for their families. Its kind of rapid increase in need is really unprecedented drivers in each vehicle received a pair of 20 pound boxes filled with big produce refrigerated items canned goods and poultry. She says volunteers are always welcome monetary donations are needed now more than ever the best thing to do is to go to our website and then you can see how to donate funds you can see how to volunteer and you if you need assistance you can also find out where to find a local distribution. Zeke that you kron 4 news. Still ahead something extra youre going to need if youre taking a flight any time soon and how one north bay facility were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. A group of sausalito maritime businesses have banded together to help supply essential workers with protective gear. Now they say theyve managed to increase production. Kron fours Maureen Kelly explains that a big donation has helped. After hearing about the severe shortage of ppe among frontline medical workers, a collective of maritime businesses here in the marine ship area of sausalito got together and start making face shields to give away to doctors and nurses, both here and across the country. But they quickly ran into a problem with supply that changed when they got a donation from coca cola a role of the same kind of plastic. They make bottles out of it when i say rules of classic nba, almost 2 tons of plastic a Sonar Company has put a laser cutter to work anothers using whats called a water cover just a shame was stopped. And those guys actually come through an insurance or how of materials. So certainly our production went from a couple 100 to about 1000 a day. Meeting room to disinfect dry sort and ship the face shields volunteers have taken over the u. S. Army corps of engineers a model for their production line. Yeah we sent out was 6,000 patients nationwide. But its not just. Medical senators, its Navajo Nation and nursing homes, some of those entities that your start in that supply chain and really should be we want to make sure that they have protected gear as well and theyre setting a few 100 aside for the sausalito chamber. So when local businesses here get ready to open up their workers will have protection available soon they will be launching a maid in marine ship website where people can buy ready to wear masks or dui mask making kits. Both with industrialgrade fabric but they say is comparable to end 95, theres a lot of people who are going online right now to buy masks and you cant because theyre sold out its designs to be a local resource so how can we provide for our community. Directly right now those pitching in with this effort say their theme is neighbors, helping neighbors. Maureen kelly kron 4 nays. Coming up next lawmakers on both sides of the aisle they want to hold china accountable for its role in the pandemic and how apple is making it easier to use your iphone if youre wearing a face mask. And when we come back more than 30 states several apps some social distancing re some businesses will be getting back to work by tomorrow, this is