Counties are likely eligible to start offering. In restaurant dining in the coming weeks. Counties have to meet the new criteria and then they can start doing and start opening schools to with modifications yeah, the new criteria would require counties have a stable hospitalization. Rate with no more than 20 covid hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks. Counties also have to have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 residents in the last 2 weeks or less than 8 of testing. Coming back positive in the last 7 days. So theres some pretty strict criteria. Governor newsome though is painting a brighter outlook for june. Expect if we hold the rate. Transmissions we hold the Positivity Rate down we continue to do justice to the hospitalization icu numbers that will be making announcements statewide not just with the regional variances that would for retail not just to be picked up but in store retail to be loosened up. In addition to that sporting events a pro sports. In that first a week or so of june without spectators and modifications and prescriptive also could begin to move forward. But theres another big if if they see the covid cases and hospitalizations rising. Then those areas that opened up have to tighten back up and do more restrictions and for now jims tourism and Entertainment Venues are still closed. Those are all a part of phase 3 which is yet to come by the end of this week all bay area counties will be involved in that phase to reopening process. Here is where that stands this morning contra costa and alameda counties. They have begun curbside retail joining napa Solano Sonoma marin and San Francisco and san mateo counties. So those are all in phase 2. Santa clara county should join the rest of the bay area on friday. Kron fours will tran is stand by live in walnut creek with how businesses will begin to reopen this morning and will youre in one of those hot spots in walnut creek where were expecting potentially a lot of people to come out. A lot of people because this is tailor made for what Governor Newsom is talking about that you dont have to walk in, but you can see what they have to offer for you in terms of window shopping there are sidewalks here. You cant walk in so james dury its like phases inside a phase. So this is a little bit deeper in the face to what you can do now in Contra Costa County which began at 6 oclock in the morning. And by the way also in Alameda County. You can start shopping by your items at non essential stores. Go down to those locations you can walk in they will bring it to you and then you can just leave the scene here. The great newis obviously brings workers back inside the stories who have not been able to work and you get your hands on some items that you probably want to you dont want to buy online you can get it right away. The good news about this is its just another sign of taking one more step closer to closer to getting things as close to normal as we can and whatever the new normal. It provides a sample reveals itself in the months ahead, but the bottom line is even though its getting a little bit more relaxed. Yes still have to be careful in fact, heres the Contra Costa County. Health official talking about what you need to do. In this latest development. Theyre really asking folks this one i union street or the cooperative with that the guidelines not to do mass shaming but to lead by example and and uh you know follow all we use the term Face Coverings because its not always a medical grade mask, but it could be a band and it could be a scarf over your face and we do require at any time youre out in and youre are close to other people. So the malls enclosed malls, theyre not included in this because they dont have sidewalks and you cant just walk up to the location like these shops which are perfect for phase 2 in walnut creek. As far as some of the other ed about at Santa Clara County a little bit later this week remember you cant walk and that is not part of the deal that could happen a little bit later they will monitor the situation but for now you cant do that and employees inside they have to demonstrate to the state that they too are taking every precaution including dissonant disinfecting items as well as wearing the masks they wont have a full staff of employees moving around italy some will be able to return again 2 major counties contra costa and alameda counties. Phase 2. Starts right now back to you. Theyre a good all right, thank you will at 7 05, lets head to the north bay now are Solano Countys requesting the state fast track reopening its churches and Fitness Centers and museums, the countys Health Officer believes that these particular institutions and businesses pose a low risk for continued infection. It houses of worship operate with fewer people are frequent certain was sure its other distancing just galleries and control slow the difference there. The increased risks are u. S. Senate seat this is just its change. For people to conclude that we need to or incite runins with exact same senators. Not being able offer as it makes sense to us will not change change change. Well the doctor went on to clarify that hes not asking to fast track. The reopening of businesses like hair salons and nail shops. He believes those businesses cannot operate without. Physical distancing in the south bay Santa Clara County is joining in phase 2 on friday county doctors say the decision to start relaxing restrictions is based on indications. They have been set by the Bay Area Health officials including a stable or declining trend in new covid cases and also in hospitalizations and theres more Testing Available to him from supplies of ppe and improve capacity for contract tracing. Were asking everyone in our community to do these 3 things one. Where a Face Covering when in public. And women any business. Continue to practice social distancing and remember 6 feet is a minimum thats a minimum and more is always better. And 3 get tested, get tested if you have symptoms if you have contact with someone who is known to have covid19 or if you work in a setting where you have frequent exposure to the virus or maybe unknowingly putting others at risk if you may be asymptomatic with the virus. Under the new rules for reopening in Santa Clara County businesses have to have sign that indicates theyre in compliance with social distancing protocols. A surprise announcement from President Trump. He has been taking hydrochloric win for 10 days now. This after we know at least 2 members of the extended white house staff have coronavirus yeah joe johns reporting the doctors and Health Experts say this drug. Has not been officially proven effective yet against covid19 and it does carry Serious Health risks for some. A stunning announcement from President Trump saying hes taking daily doses of hydroxychloroquine despite multiple studies concluding it does not help treat the coronavirus and at least one showing it could cause heart problems hydroxychloroquine. When right now a couple weeks ago started take it in. Because i think its kind of heard a lot of good stories and if its not good, ill tell you right, youre not going to get hurt. But trump says he asked his position whether it was a good idea to take the drug as a preventive measure, i asked him what do you think you said well if youd like it and said you had like it i like to take a lot of people are taken overnight the white house doctor sending this memo mentioning trumps personal military ballets positive test earlier this month without explicitly linking it to why the president began taking hydroxychloroquine writing. We concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweigh the relative arrests. Trumps claim hes taking daily doses comes after weeks of promoting the antimalarial drug without proof it works so we know that event. If if things dont go planned its not going to. Kill anybody hydroxychloroquine. If youd like what we have to lose. The president often going against the advice of his own medical experts like deing cdc guidelines in march saying he would continue to shake hands, you cant be a politician and shake hands. Trump refusing to wear a Face Covering even while touring this mask manufacturer in arizona and at a press conference in the rose garden last week as many white house staffers looked on wearing them in the case of me im not a dime not close to anybody hes also mused aloud about other unconventional treatment ideas like using disinfectants that i see the disinfectant. If not yet. And is the way we can do Something Like that. Injection in almost a cleaning. Still President Trump downplaying the lack of evidence hydroxychloroquine works here we go you ready. Heres my evidence i get a lot of positive calls about it. But the fda says the drug carries risk and should not be used outside a hospital or Clinical Trial as the president you can get tested and checked out and get the uk, jesus stuff like that. But what about everybody the the message is very clear dont take this we dont have evidence that it works it could be harmful. That was joe johns reporting House Speaker nancy pelosi also weighed in on the issue of the president s surprise announcement saying that he shouldnt be taking that drug because he does have several risk factors. Hes our president and i would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his shall we say week group had but hes morbidly obese. They say. So i i think that was its not a good idea. Well the white house physician unveiled last year that the president s body mass index was at 30 point for placing him in the obese category that again thats just one of several risk factors, not in his favor. Our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website at kron 4 dot com thats where you always find the very latest on the outbreak. And the various impacts here in the bay areas we are now entering phase 2. This week will be obviously following thats part of the story very carefully get kron 4 dot com. The place to go. Time now 7. 12 were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Not its where we make a life. This memorial day, and every day, we honor those who gave everything to keep our home safe. Lowes. Home unites us. Take a look at this a unique to keep people apart in ocean city, of this for its your idea so they have these bubbles around them and thats how they keep sociallydistant i love this. So we talked about this. This is a bars way of keeping people you know in line you love it, i love it they have to stay in their own bubble and i have a table right near the picture, so i said that they should use this for bart and muni to keep food this is you came up with the picture from that the movie on karate kid to shower the he walked around in his own shower curtain just to just for fun, yeah, but this would be sur isolate himself so i think we all need our own corona bubbles go just for social distancing and protection i like it you and i would use a john will have to because hes been homeless a were kind of hes got mobile. Ouch going on right here. Yeahs walk around with it look nice and comfortable though, so why not. That just maybe think you know you could easily by for this is there a little small the tubes that member of the kids for swimming for the floating tubes. Yeah, its not quite you need a big one the big internet like they have shown that they had it will be like bumper cars the real life right just to this morning. We definitely have a good day to get outside enjoy some looking nice at the Golden Gate Bridge where youve got sunshine making its way down to bridge this morning weve seen some fog up in the north bay but hasnt been too problematic for most areas. In fact what weve just been saying for most areas is a good dose of sunshine oakland at 59 degrees. Its bergen conquered up 55 right now while the north bay, definitely cooler than the rest of us in the 40s that low pressure area dropped and resulted in unsettled weather the past couple of days is now exiting the region and with a ridge of High PressureBuilding Back in be done increasingly calm skies in the still some snow up in the sierra nevada, although even that ought to calm down now as for the bay area you do see a few showers staying on for the south bay, mostly east of san jose on up 6. 80 in a 80 towards milpitas Fremont Union city where we see these slowmoving showers through the morning. So if youre heading out in these areas give yourself some extra time as we are going to see some slick spots on roadways. The peninsulas also seeing some light showers just south of san bruno on 2. 81 oh one so watch that spot to most of us though like Golden Gate Bridge is under some blue skies right now future cast shows you an increasingly quiet forecast over the next few days now today as were seeing right now in fact a couple the spotty showers for the south bay during the Morning Hours and into the afternoon today watch out for some Thunderstorm Development right along the eastern edge of the Coastal Range is for areas like Solano County and eastern contra costa and alameda counties on into tomorrow skies, nice and dry and im not really comfortable day all in all you dont have to worry so much about any sort of rain potential either so that will be a nice change come wednesday, onward in the forecast todays daytime highs remain comfortable, 60s and 70s as i mentioned watch the skies, especially out towards antioch north towards 80 and Solano County as well and thats where you are most like to see an afternoon thunderstorm and those areas todays daytime highs will eventually rise into the 70s when 60s for most still though tomorrow just a touch, warmer and thursday and friday a little warmer but staying comfortable its the weekend that things really start to get toasty with 80s and even 90s returning for inland areas. Thats your forecast daryn james also to back your way. Very good. Thank you john lets check the roads real quick here starting off with our shot here at the bay bridge toll plaza camera westbound 80 in the San Franciscos moving just fine eastbound, however is a different story on the lower deck about 7 minutes ago word of us big rig. They got itself stuck in the offramp on the Treasure Island it happens from time to time its a pretty sharp turn and sometimes big rigs as big as they are just cant make it they get themselves wedged in there so caltrans a chp theyre out there trying to get it unstuck from here, lets jump over to the san mateo bridge highway 92 volume a little heavier here but youre moving at the limit so no issues, no problems nothing really slowing it down. Amazon and jc penney may be talking about some kind of deal and we are 2 months into the pandemic and some people still have not got job benefits yet. Those are some of the things that are big stories on wall street this morning and were keeping our eye on those as we know theyve been projections that unemployment could reach 25 or even 30 of americans something that is way worse than the even it was during the Great Depression and already weve pumped in more into this economy than we did in the new deal to try to help. So thats a little bit of news for your money this morning were waiting for congress to approve even more help that could be on the way. Time now is 7. 20 and other news that were following th 7. 22 is the time more and more parts of the state are reopening and offering at least Curbside Pickup services but that doesnt work for all businesses and as megan meier reports store owners are just trying to make it work is best they can. Life is slowly returning to Central Coast streets and in carmel by the sea people are out and walking we love the fact that the stores are starting the new Curbside Service so we see people in them the ocean avenue boutique body is doing what they can to still bring in business 2 weeks ago governor Gavin Newsome announced that some businesses including retail could open for Curbside Pickup manager nicholas man grimm says theyve only been open for a few days without taking like window shopping to more of a interactive light type way this display has helped the store partially reopen under current restrictions. The idea is that people can still shop without ever walking beyond the stores entryway brought all of our small items that you dont have to try on for people to see. So its easy for gift items when it comes to clothes store owners are still learning how to make sales from a distance owner of the treadmill down the street says Curbside Pickup has not been effective you want to track goes on they want to feel and see how they look at themselves. We havent seen any requests for shoes or clothing man girma saying optimistic about the opportunity to get some business but knows hell have to keep thinking outside the box that was a learning curve were trying to see how the Community Reacts to it. And how our business can still survive. Well a trial is underway right now in the u k to see if specially trained dogs can actually sniff out the coronavirus early before symptoms even appear like they do for other diseases like parkinsons and malaria now as max foster reports mans best friend might be their best defense to in this pandemic. This stock is being trained to detect prostate cancer. Shes presented with urine samples and rewarded which identifies the correct this dog is able to identify the oda of malaria saw for us. The next mission here is to train dogs to sniff out people infected with covid19. Were going to do that is collecting using face most of the people wearing face masks are a few rounds. Every clip shows. And the other thing were going to do is get people twist my arm so for some of the strange but we know from previous experience. This is a really good way of collecting over his people and such an easy way to do it. The training is successful. One of the first deployments is likely to be what talks already used to sniff out drugs and other contraband. They helped reopen the travel industry that could be the base to international trays that governments everywhere that thats cool stuff. Cnn outside london. Big of a breed that originated in the bay area 33 years ago now closing its todays the last day that she can get something from the popular lunch spot specialty now theyre closing all of the restaurants after 33 years in business kron 4 Sarah Stinson live there. We had a truck that chip cookie last time sarah when we look enough sarah though to keep them in business. I brought you guys this time a cinnamon roll look how beautiful this is its unlike any other single to center all i never had a promise like the tasted so moisten good in just oh my god delicious the its just amazing specialties is a place thats been. In the bay area for 33 years and started here in the financial district and tomorrow it will be no more it super sad to see a lot of bay area residents when they heard the sad news, they scrambled and went to their near specialties in trying to get their favorite fate, good. You may love this place word sandwiches may love it for their giant cookies, those cookies. This is a place that a lot of businesses use for catering for their events so thats may that may have have been how you were introduced to them or you just walk by and this has been your go to spot every the company says they will they will be refunding any orders placed after today it was started by 2 entrepreneurs and dornin, craig saxton they opened up in 1987 rand it expanded it for 27 years before selling it to a mexico based Company Called femsa specialties is now headquartered in pleasanton after starting out right here in and expand locations all over the bay area even to washington in illinois. But its been a difficult time and they say that during these a pandic financial struggles, they will not be able to continue on i talked with a Loyal Customer who i actually had to break the news to and hes not happy that theyre closing. Every morning they have fresh baked stuffed their open at 6 every then they even a day old stuff with a discount the people that want buy a box of cookies faster it works out great. Its pretty sad to hear that this closure will affect 1400 employees us not just from california as i said also from illinois and washington apparently the general manager here at the california street location tell me that he the cut the employees here theyre okay considering theyre feeling upbeat. Theyre trying to have fun with it so last day they truly love working here, i talked to a man who says while the pastries are good people who work here are even better will hear from him next hour and if you want to come by here this california street location, they close at 02 00pm but the line really starts to pick up around 10 in the morning yesterday they ran the senate rules and ran out of just about everything so if you want their last specialties come on down probably now i live in San FranciscoSarah Stinson back to you. Came right said their clothes and shop, thank you sarah on the peninsula, San Mateo County is going in the face to reopening more businesses including florists leicesters flowers in coma is one of the ones that is getting to reopen. I happy that hes were able to continue to make deliveries for them and then they can call us. We could take their orders and ran into their car keys. The flower shop and all the other businesses that are reopening of course has to make sure that they take steps to keep the customers and employees safe. Some Retail Businesses as well are opening up in San Francisco youve seen maybe some Curbside Pickup spots this is a bookstore. Mayor london breed went there to support that local store and the owners say theyre happy to see their customers face to face again even if just for a quick handoff david eiland who owns just for fun in oley valley, they sell puzzles and art supplies tells us what its like. Side is better than when we were just doing Home Delivery because people can come up and ask us for things and we can go and get him. Island and others Business Owners say they dont believe however this is a Sustainable Business model for the long run. They are waiting to have full opening writein customers in their stores and that could be a ways off it could be at and on. We can get a vaccine out there there are some early results from a Coronavirus Vaccine trial here in the u. S. That is showing at least some encouraging results. Participants who received a cover 19 vaccine by the company. During a have developed antibodies against the virus that appear to be working early data from this phase one Clinical Trial. Which typically involves a small number of people is focused primarily on whether the vaccine is safe and so far it looks like it is. Thousands of people by the way are signing up for vaccine trials. Its part of whats known as a human challenge trial where volunteers are injected with a tential vaccine. And then later theyre exposed to the actual covid19 virus and then we see if they develop the antibodies to fight the infection. The aggressive mess it could get a vaccine for the nation sooner rather than later. This could save months off the time required to evaluate a vaccine. The goal is to do the fastest responsible. Its scientifically valid way of evaluating the vaccine. And despite the risks, 16,000 people for more than a 100 countries have signed up online. To say that they are interested in participating in the trial. Tents are popping up around San Francisco as homeless shelters have cut capacity to make room for social distancing and one of the newest homeless encampments sites is behind them are in a safe way. But neighbors there say this become a Major Health Concern kron 4 sarah sak explains. More and more Homeless People have accumulated here. And you know theyre very aggressive. In fact now if i go to a safe way. It just that short distance side right because im terrified to war and theyre all sprawl over the sidewalk there not 6 feet apart. Their home meeting with each other all the time since the march shelterinplace order San Francisco neighbors on northpoint street se. More people have set up tents behind the marina safeway raising health and safety concerns for neighbors and those living on the street. Its a health issue and especially now with this covid19 parent, your neck. Its even more of a health issue. Im just wondering whats going on at at city hall that they are doing something about this because we keep hearing about spending. You know large sums of money on hotel rooms for these people. Back in april San Francisco failed to secure more than a 1000 hotel rooms for the homeless to self isolate during the pandemic for the nearly 3,000 rooms they did get still many remain vacant city has put in hotels about 1100 people. They have been offered 13,000 hotel rooms. There are. Im a lot more folks out there on the streets that have not and offered anything jennifer freedom bach is the executive director of the coalition on homelessness without the hotel rooms for the mocs as we see more people out on the street because shelters cut capacity for physical distancing and Community Members are handing out tense as a last resort for an house people of course shelteringinplace is really challenging. You have a situation you know shelter beds are no longer available for new folks and so our shelters were sheltering about 2500 people and now its down to a 100,000 as the city works to move more people into hotel rooms theyve since it up safe sleeping areas that are supervised have Services Available including bathrooms freddie mac says that the safe sleeping areas are helpful but they still pose the same health risks and concerns thats because they still have those shared areas which are the bathrooms. Now she says the city needs to move faster on getting people to hotel rooms in San Francisco taylor sackey kron 4 news. Our coverage of the coronavirus with stories like you just saw there and the latest headlines are always there for you on our website at kron 4 dot com right there on the front page. So check in throughout the day as were updating it minute by minute with the latest stories. Time now 7. 37 well tak the trillion heroes act which the u. S. House passed last friday is not likely to pass the senate no but a few key pieces in it may survive, including hazard pay for frontline workers joe khaleel has the latest now from washington. The Grocery Store workers firefighters nurses and doctors all exposed themselves to covid risk every day. Some lawmakers say they should get paid extra for we are asking every day my kids to show up to work. It put their health and their lives and bridges so congresswoman Linda Sanchez and House Democrats included billion for hazard pay in the heroes act the Coronavirus Relief bill passed by the house on friday. We think it obviously to be. But rule there isnt any reason why we shouldnt be supporting our frontline workers is one thing just to say thank you its not easy to back that up with action congressman mike levin says the heroes act goes beyond just a pay raise and it also provides Workplace Safety standards osha standards. That i think are overdue and necessary and theres a lot in the heroes act that republicans say they can not support but when it comes to essential workers getting hazard pay they say there is room to negotiate, im not voting against those things per se because weve got a billion for Health Care Workers and hospitals that was in the cares act republican of arkansas says hes open to hazard pay for essential workers but he says states employers should first work through the funding from the package lets see how its working to get the economy restarted and then we can come back look for gaps and find Solutions Hill says the key to passing any meaningful relief package is to do it in a bipartisan way in washington im joe khaleel. A new report finds the majority of a billion fund take about the Coronavirus Crisis has yet to home. Its not just where we live. Its where we make a life. This memorial day, and every day, we honor those who gave everything to keep our home safe. Lowes. Home unites us. Well check this out we saw it live yesterday and heres more video of its snow falling in the sierra over the last storm system we had rolled through here past couple days what look at the fact that the cause when asked some folks had a little trouble getting through it. But there you have it some fresh snow several inches of it up in this year which will happily take because we need him in the reservoirs and Everything Else to get us through the summer weird. Weird to see it. Yeah, i mean i get makes the like give the hopeful for next year because vail issued a credit for you if you bought passes what do they call those passes you know for all those veil on the for the hall resort, yeah, theyd still like a portion, whatever because you only got to see how many days 3, 4, 5, days and then we clear no matter the snow they shut down. So you get a credit for next year next year yeah about next year hopefully it past the home is called the efficacy hopefully i will have that snow next to just it gets so much of it this year aside from you know what we just saw her past couple days here, john. Yeah just wrong timing snow. So yeah, it less were living up there and maybe have some skis on the go yesterday i dont think too many people were on that snow a look at outside the bay area we have korea still clear skies for a lot of us. So much for just everyone looking outside of berkeley you can see how nice im right it is and temperatures are beginning to climb for a few spots oakland, youre back to 61 degrees now with 50s and even a few 40s are made elsewhere so get the jackets ready to go this morning as youre stepping outside the forecast will be increasingly common as the low pressure area that brought us our unsettled weather the past few days continues to make its way out of the region allow High Pressure to build back in behind it were already seeing quieter conditions up in the sierra after yesterday snowfall karin quiet compared to all the blue you saw there yesterday weve seen some light showers along the Central Coast this morning and even some right along the southern edge of the bay area well zoom on san jose on up to union city where these pockets of rainfall do still exist union city dumbarton bridge on over towards newark and down towards san jose are areas where you are looking at light to moderate rainfall these are some slow moving showers so not to be resulting in some slick spots on roadways traveling in that part of the bay area continue to see isolated spots of rainfall in the south bay through the morning but starting to work their way further and further south gradually through the day by the afternoon we switch things up and your best chance of rain is actually right along Solano County down to eastern contra costa and Alameda County out towards the Central Valley where you could see some isolated thunderstorms developing later today. Now aside from that the rest of the bay area. It does look to be dry and pretty quiet with a lot of sunshine and pleasant temperatures this afternoon, something will hold on to tomorrow as well so temperatures going to be nice and comfortable 60s and 70s for your eyes which is what than average blanco and san jose at 70 degrees, san jose at 66 well conquered antioch in santa rosa will eventually rise to 72. Tomorrow and thursday nice and comfortable as will be friday as well after that though is when things really start to warm up and by the weekend and the start of next week our inland areas are back to the 80s and low 90s so get ready for some hot weather to come definitely no snow anywhere in sight for the bay area east at this forecast back to you guys. All right, thank you very much john quick check of the bay area roads Richmond Center fell bridge west bound 5. 80 moving well hardly any traffic here heading towards the toll plaza itself, no issues on the span either and the Golden Gate Bridge also looking good for you this morning with nice easy conditions here either southbound or northbound doesnt really matter the only problem we are still dealing with this morning as the bay bridge dont forget there is a sig alert issued for the lower deck. A big rig on itself wedged into the offramp there Treasure Island so thats gumming up the works as youre trying to make your way from San Francisco out towards oakland, give yourself extra time theres no atm when that will be open. The nation has surpassed new york now as the countrys worsening fec to the coronavirus case. But the nation which spans parts of arizona, utah and new mexico is sparsely populated asked so whats behind these infections with sarah side are now finding out. The beauty of the Navajo Nation masks the vengeance coronavirus has exacted on its people even in the most remote places in this household i dont know way came about and just what through a solicitor jones is one of 5 people in her family who is contracted the virus that takes your breath away a practice i dont want to go to the hospital how afraid were you when you realized that your mom had it that your sisters had it and then you had to own an ally. I need my kids behind. For them. All to does the 9 to us. She didnt want to go to the hospital because too many people she knows never made it back home alive this is one of the hospitals were members of another edition i would be brought if they needed to be in the icu for example, the nations now reporting nearly 4,000 covid19 cases in a population of 175,000 which means they surpassed new york and now have the highest infection rate per capita in the u. S. This is partly because the Navajo Nation says its tested more people than any other state. 11 of its population. But unlike new york just getting to a hospital with these kinds of resources can take hours its really hard for them to get the care they need and that if they need to be in to be theyve got to have. Someone transport them from a facility like albuquerque, phoenix, its where were starting to send people because i see his own events the Navajo Nation spans 27,000 square miles there are no short distances here which is one of the difficulties with getting resources to all of its people with the exception of here, im standing in the 4 corners. Were with one step you can walk into 4 different states but with the vast distances selfdistancing might seem easy. It isnt because mostly everyone shops at the same stores there are a lot of People Living here the president of the Navajo Nation says infrastructure and resources long ago promised by the federal government were never realized and now theres a perfect scenario for the virus to spread 3040 of our citizens here on in our nation. Dont have. Luxury of turning on a faucet they dont have running water, they dont have running water. Also generations of families often live in one home, so if someone gets the virus isolation is often impossible nevermind frequent hand washing and we can change that with the help of the federal government for now hes placed the strictest of measures on his people 08 00pm curfews on weekdays and on weekends, a 57 hour lockdown not even the gas stations are open and their lucrative tourism in an entire gaming industry are closed down until further notice were talking more than 10s of millions, not just the marks the gaming, not just amongst the tourism. But also all of our other enterprises throughout the Navajo Nation the covid19 battle native americans are facing is just like the rest of the nation except on their tribal lands, the suffering is more acute 40 of families here already live below the poverty line. So when the tribal government reversed their nation handing out healthy food bottled water water why is this important from e e. And my family, the line seemed endless. Were gathering items to help others survive like felicity jones. Still selfquarantining after a bout with covid how are you feeling now ryan, o i feel great. Well that was sarah sider reporting according to the Navajo Nation president experts believe the outbreak is at its peak right now covid19 has claimed at least a 140 that the whole lives. Our coverage of the coronavirus including stories like that and others is found on our website kron 4 dot com any time of day were costly updating its and make sure you check back often, 7. 52 is the time well were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. For continues to salute the grads of 2020 and this morning, its High School Senior kyle overall sir, yes, kyle is graduating from doherty valley high school. Out in san ramon. He says he plans to attend last to see this college in livermore and then transfer to use the school to pursue a career in Computer Science best of luck to you kyle and congratulations to all of the graduating seniors here throughout the day has been fun telling your stories and well tell your story if you posted on kron 4 all you have to do is post a picture tell us about where you went to high school what your plans are. For the future and well talk about yeah right here on the kron 00 04am morning news we will also talk about heroes in our Community People that you think are making a difference in the pandemic in today. Its daniel out from from danville hes been raising money to buy ipads and donating those 2 Nursing Homes around the bay daniel is a student to at Monta Vista High School and he was inspired to do this because nurses at his grandparents, Nursing Homes, they use their personal fell cell phones. To let daniel face time with his grandparents so he wants to pay it back and pay it forward and thats what hes doing you can spotlight, someone making a difference by going to kron 4 dot com. Coming up in the next hour. We have more bay area counties entering phase 2 of the states reopening guidelines and today, well have a live report on what you can expect. Plus theres new coronavirus testing site in the east bay, well tell you where. Were a little bit deeper into phase 2 its getting relax which means you can shot now you can come here, but you cant come in ill explain coming up in a live report. Specialties cafe and bakery a decades old favorite place in the bay area is closing down for good due to the pandemic will have details coming up in a live report. These are president and i would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientist, especially in his age group and in his shall we say we could head but hes morbidly obese is next. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responding to President Trumps revelation that hes been taking hydroxychloroquine despite an fda warning about the drugs effectiveness. Good morning, thanks for joining us on this tuesday may 19th im James Fletcher and im darya folsom and the big story california is relaxing rules now for the majority of counties. In the state starting to reopen parts of the economy and busines