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What im doing, conducting video conferences and all that stuff. Lets take a look at the toll some buildups later today over the range and south. Plaza of the bay bridge. You can see it is light, and otherwise, clear start. 30s for many and 40s. Cold this morning. Couple of systems will play sometimes even on regular days, into your weather, but main le remember, on fridays we had light days. Over the weekend and early next not this light, obviously. Week. Highs today near average with and if you are driving through marin county, it has been good. 60. We have not seen that this in fact, the entire bay area whole week. Sal is at home. I dont think he has too much to talk about. But theres always a chance commute has been doing well. Something new has developed. Sal . Absolutely not much to talk airports are open. Public transportation still running. Theres plenty of room to do social distancing. About. We do want to remind you that people are going out there. If you do have to go to your now for todays forecast, lets bring steve in. All right, sal, thank you, essential job, its going to be okay. Most of these commutes are sir. Mostly sunny but cold is the people out there. Lets go to highway 24 first. You can see that right now, it big weather word. Then well get some buildups is moving along very nicely as later on today as a low from the sierra backtracks all of the way over towards the bay you drive through lafayette on area. So something to watch for later the way to oakland. Public transportation is today. 36 santa rosa. Moving. They have some service they made it to 35. Reductions, but they are still livermore at 41. San jose at 45. Going. Theres plenty of room for you to practice social distancing. Also, on the richmond bridge, some of the coldest in and out of marin county over the east bay, bridges doing temperatures are to the north. Well, traffic in kelseyville, 31. Kenwood, 33. Directions doing very well. Now, lets go back to the desk. Petaluma, sebastopol at 35. This morning, the entire healdsburg at 33. Mill valley, American Canyon was 39. Couple of observations near state of california is under a vallejo also at 39. The low is get some shelterinplace order. Afternoon heating that, along some 40 Million People are with the dynamics from the low, being told to stay home to it calms down at night when you prevent a dire situation. Ktvus Elissa Harrington is live in san jose with the lose the heating, but as it backtracks, and by that, i mean remarks from the governor about its it will weaken, but it will backtrack this way and just kind of settle right over the historic action in the face of a National Emergency. Us by this afternoon. So that could trigger some elissa. Reporter good morning. Afternoon thunderstorms probably out to the valley or this has never happened before. And the governor made this south. Thats something to watch for announcement last night. Its really concerning to a lot later today, not this morning. Its mostly clear. Of people. A few clouds not a big deal theres no end in sight. We dont know how long this though. 30s and 40s, 35 fairfield, 39 shelter in place is going to novato, walnut creek 39. Low 40s for many. Last. The governor called the some 30s there were some coronavirus outbreak a global towards gilroy a little bit, crisis on a scale that we have but a little breeze maybe picked up. Never seen before. Low 40s around cupertino, saratoga, south san jose at one governor gavin newsom estimates that 56 of the states time was also 38, now 42. So then by tomorrow, our population, thats 25. 5 Million People, will be infected with attention will focus on that system coming in from the west southwest. This will give increasing coronavirus in the eight clouds and wants to track towards central california. But it will be close enough weeks unless extreme measures are taken. People will ask, well, how that it will probably give us some rain by sunday. Another system is on the way will you enforce it . For early next week. As i say, theres a social that will be a colder system. Contract here. People, i think, recognize the and thats going to arrive on tuesday into wednesday. We could get some low snow need to do more and to meet levels around here by the middle of next week. So something to watch. These are not big rain this moment. Producers, although it does people will selfregulate their look like look where the behavior. They will begin to adjust and line is drawn again. We have seen this every system, i think, so far this month. Adapt as they have been quite significantly. We will have social pressure so a couple systems here, no that will encourage people to do the right thing, just a nod miracle march, but at least the and look saying, hey, maybe you should reconsider just being out there on the beach, being beat goes on here with some 22 strong at a park. Its time for all of to us rain in the forecast. Theres actually some into early april. Recognize as individuals and as well take along with snow. 60s on the temps. A community, we need to do more thats a sign of temperatures bumping up a little bit. To meet this moment. They will stay there saturday, reporter in san jose, some inching down sunday, cooling off next week. Bars, clubs and restaurants in the downtown area closed when 7 12. This announcement was made. Millions of people being told Police Officers have been out to shelter in place. Now some experts are predicting a baby boom. Making sure people are coming up, the other item you following the new regulations. Can now add to the list of during the shelter in place, people are ordered to self things that may be harder to isolate, to continue washing hands and using Hand Sanitizer, find. Plus, the worlds biggest cruise operator, cruise ship and, of course, dont go operator, they have an idea to outside if you are sick. You are still allowed to get groceries, go on a walk, get help hospitals struggling to deal with the coronavirus takeout food and put gas in pandemic. How cruise ships could help people who dont have the virus. Your car, nonessential businesses are closed. California also launched a website dedicated to sharing [ no audio ] reporter 75 cases in california. There have been 16 deaths. 448 of the patients are between the ages of 18 to 64. So those people all under the age of 65. The remaining are 65 and older. The governor has also asked for federal assistance to help hospitals prepare for a surge in patients expected over the coming days and weeks. Reporting live in san jose, Elissa Harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Napa officially became the last county to join the shelter inplace order in the bay area. This affects 140,000 People Living in napa county. It went into effect at midnight. County leaders approved it before the governor issued a statewide shelterinplace order last night. So far there are no confirmed cases in napa county. This is day four of the shelterinplace order. People are adjusting to the new normal. The streets of San Francisco and in other cities pretty much have been empty this week. It appears most people are following the order to stay home. There are 460 confirmed cases of the coronavirus here in the bay area. This map shows the breakdown county by county. Every county except for napa is reporting new cases. Santa clara county is up to 189. San mateo bridge is next with 89 cases there followed by 70 in San Francisco. Napa remains the only county with no confirmed cases. At 10 00 a. M. This morning, san joses major sam liccardo is going to be joining the police chief eddie garcia to hold a joint briefing to discuss the citys response to the coronavirus. This comes amid word that a reserve officer tested positive my money should work as hard as i do. So i use my freedom unlimited card for the coronavirus. Chief garcia spoke to that to buy all the latest tech stuff. Officer by phone. Not feeling hot, he says today, im earning on a charger. That it just feels like a bad so, just the charger then . Ummm. Flu, was actually his quote. And im hoping hes on the mend. The officer recently attended a banquet with other officers. Those who came in contact with him are in quarantine at home. They have four days left in yeah sarcastically fantastic. Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy their twoweek incubation window. None shows any signs of with freedom unlimited. Infection. In burlingame, an assisted chase. Make more of whats yours. Living center is on lockdown. Five people tested positive for the coronavirus, and a sixth person is waiting for test results. Ktvus allie rasmus is in burlingame now. You have been out there for a couple of hours. Tell us more about the tougher measures in place to keep the many young adults think virus from spreading. Good morning, allie. They dont have to worry about reporter good morning. This is the atria assisted the coronavirus. However, a new cdc report living facility in burlingame warns, covid19 is affecting behind me on burlingame and myrtle roads right next to people of all ages, not just washington park. This is where five of the residents tested positive for the elderly or with health covid19, according to the the health department. A sixth person is waiting for problems. New information suggested people under the age of 65 have the test results. And now, because of this, none a high risk of infection and of the residents inside can leave this facility. Deliveries are still happening that, out of 508 people here at this assisted living hospitalized in the u. S. For center this morning. We saw a Delivery Driver dropping off what looks like covid19, 17 were between 55 several packages of food. And 64 years old. He didnt know the senior 18 were between 45 and 54 Living Center was essentially on lockdown. He was told to leave the years old. And 20 were between 20 and 44 delivery outside the front years old. Door. At this point, only Staff Members with the facility are allowed to go in and out. Health experts say we all have to take it seriously. Its nothing to take we have seen a couple of them lightly. So the reasons that, one, you could get sick yourself, but, even more importantly, you can heading in this morning. Residents arent leaving rooms even for meals. Nearby residents are sad but spread it to other people who not surprised by the outbreak may have much more devastating since they say this is the type outcomes. Thinking about themselves, not thinking about others. Of facility that could be they say, well, were young and vulnerable. I bet its a loss closer were not going to get it. Thats just not true. Than you think. So if you worry about proximity the experts say the virus is and all that i think all you can do is just take precautions still more dangerous for people that they recommend. Thats what were doing. Now, in a sign on the door, aged 65 and older. The Worlds Largest cruise atria administrators say they company is offering to use are monitoring the situation with official and will take all ships as floating hospitals for patients with illnesses other necessary steps and work with than covid19. This would free up more space at landbased hospitals to treat people infected with the the health department. They are a nationwide chain virus. Carnival cruise line says it with more than 200 across the would still ask authorities to country. None of the residents can even reimburse the cruise line for leave their rooms now that five essential costs while the ship is docked. 7 17. Happening today, a News Conference by dock workers at fellow residents, possibly a sixth person, tested positive the port of oakland about their for covid19. San Mateo County Health safety concerns. Department has not disclosed most of those concerns involve the ages of those six people or the grand princess cruise ship that docked at the port of their conditions but says that all of them are hospitalized oakland after 21 people on board tested positive for the right now. Live in burlingame, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Coronavirus. Almost 40 minutes here into that cruise ship is now out in San Francisco bay. Trading today and its already it may dock at a pier south of another wild ride on the stock market. We see the dow jones started the bay bridge. Up, then dipped below level and Union Leaders have been fighting plans to ship now is slightly back on the contaminated waste from the plus side. We can see that investors might docks through oakland to an unknown dump site. Some bay area nurses for be hopeful, but certainly still concerned about the situation kaiser fear for their personal with the National Financial picture. We can see easily safety during this pandemic. Last night, they rallied in vallejo demanding more is ever so slightly below sea protection. The nurses say they dont have level. And the nasdaq is actually seeing a nice bump of about 1 the proper masks to wear or equipment to safely treat full percentage point. Certainly the dow is looking for its first backtoback gains in six weeks. It is very coronavirus patients. Were nurses. We do this all the time. We survived ebola. We survived h1n1, swine flu. But this is different. Officials at kaiser claim they are following cdc guidelines and they are making sure all healthcare workers have the proper equipment. Tesla will shut down its factory on monday afternoon. Earlier thisweek they called for a shelter in place. The tesla factory in fremont stayed open because it considered itself an essential business. 2500 of the 10,000 workers were told to go to work. Several were working in tight quarters, they say. Tesla says basic operations will continue to support Vehicle Service and Battery Charging infrastructure. Time is now 7 19. If you have to get out on the roads, sal, working from home, can tell you whats happening on the roads, how it looks. Good morning, sal. Reporter good morning. Well, you know, it does look good here on the roads. And theres not much going on. So lets go to some of the pictures here. I didnt get this lined up, so i will assume we are going to some of the east bay pictures. You can just tell me that traffic is say in my ear what were looking at here. I see it. You can see traffic is light. One of the things i want to tell you is that Public Transportation systems are going. And i have had a lot of questions saying, hey, is caltrain, muni running, bart running . They are and you can go with little or no delays. If you have to drive as an essential worker, there arent that many crashes. What about the weather . Lets bring steve in with todays weather. Thank you, sir. Well get right to it here. Its not in the cards that we get a miracle march, but there are signs of a pattern staying active into early april. So well make up any ground we can. When youre this far behind for the water year, when phoenix has almost as much rain or more than san jose and san diego and l. A. Have more than San Francisco, oakland and san jose, that tells you we have had a dry year. But it looks promising going forward, but, i mean, we would need a lot of rain to make up ground. Thats probably not going to happen, but there are a couple of signs at least keeping some rain in the forecast. I have seen some projections through early april. A system to the westsouthwest will impact saturday into sunday. That little low will backtrack or retrograde from the sierra over the bay area later today, tonight, which could provide enough lift of some of the moisture there for buildup over the hills and maybe some showers when we start off mostly clear, lots of 30s on the temperatures. Its a cold one this morning under mostly clear skies. San ramon now down to 36. 38 alamo, moraga, danville, closed for others, as well. Pleasanton in there. Even el sobrante is at 40 degrees and fremont 41. 10 up in lake tahoe. 37 ukiah. Maybe well get a reinforcement of that cold next week. Couple systems coming in one to the westsouthwest playing in our weather looks like by sunday. You can see that moving in. But this looks like about San Francisco, oakland south, not north. But then a system coming in from the northwest will really lower snow levels by the middle of next week, tuesday into wednesday. Could get some snow down to around 2,000 feet next wednesday morning. Im getting ahead of myself, but you get the idea, the pattern is even giving us a does keep it going. And thats all were asking for at this stage of the game. 60s on the temperatures here near average for most. Temperatures will stay there into the weekend. And then they really start as to cool down with rain on the way early next week. Coming up, how walmart and dominoes are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Also, safe way, target, other big stores are opening up for seniors only hours to keep them safe. Certainly all shoppers should take precautions to prevent the spread of covid19. Well tell you how to get what you need safely. Dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. 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During the coronavirus pandemic, some parts of the world are seeing a shortage in condoms. The u. S. Is seeing a surge in condom sales, meanwhile, after the first coronavirus cases were diagnosed on the west coast and a shelterinplace order was ordered here in the bay area thats now statewide. Experts expect a baby boom and reports that catastrophic events and natural disasters that force americans to stay inside are usually followed by a jump in birth rates. The World Health Organization is reassuring expectant families that pregnant women are not at higher risk for coronavirus. A study shows there is no evidence that pregnant women are any more susceptible to covid19 than the average healthy adult. Researchers also say it appears that coronavirus cannot be passed from a mother to a baby before or after birth. Grocery stores one of the few businesses that are booming during the coronavirus pandemic. Now a report in the mercury news is offering reminders about shopping safely such as respecting senior hours. Many stores are offering them for those who are at greatest risk of the coronavirus to shop free from large crowds. Only touch items you plan to buy even if you arent sick. Wash your hands before and after you go to the store and leave extra space between yourself and others six feet at least. Social media is playing a role in keep people in touch during social distancing. The next door app is being used to help neighbors. They added a number of features including a help map. Sign up as someone who wants to help a neighbor who needs it. I have seen people offering to walk dogs, to just make phone calls to people who might be feeling lonely, do grocery runs, pharmacy runs. Next door says the recent huge spike in posts is higher following the recent shelterin place orders. Certainly bay area sports teams are helping those in need during this time. Coming up, how the San Francisco 49ers and San Jose Sharks are helping south bay food banks. Also, ensuring longterm Financial Security amid the coronavirus pandemic. Coming up, what Financial Experts are urging people not to do during this time of crisis. Dealing with the economic fallout of the coronavirus, does the entire state of california now ordered to shelter in place. Details on efforts under way in congress to help those during the difficult time. Plus, with more than 8,000 People Living on San Francisco streets, were live in San Francisco to tell you what the Salvation Army is doing to help the homeless among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to friday. Its march 20th. Im dave clark. Im gasia mikaelian. There is some good news in the weather. The rain is coming back. Steve, we have been asking for rain for a month, it seems. It looks like it will continue to the end of march into april. Thats the way its looking. We are not getting a miracle march, but well take whatever we can get to keep things going. There may be a little today, more likely sunday. But its cold this morning. My friend mike norcal weather, coldest morning so far this month at 36 in cordelia. Im not surprised. Theres a lot of 30s showing unfortunately. A little low from the Sierra Nevada will backtrack giving us buildups today with afternoon heating. Another system is on the way for late saturday into sunday from the westsouthwest. Walnut creek 39. Theres a lot of 30s. It looks like after today the patterns is more active. Today sunny in the morning, turning cloudy this afternoon, partly cloudy with highs in the 60s. Sal is at home. He will tell us this time probably not much, but less ask the man. Reporter theres not a lot going on when it comes to crowds. There have been some crashes here and there that have not been serious. Every once in a while something will happen, and were going to let you know if it does. At the bay bridge, it looks very nice. You can see people are definitely going. A lot of the central workers are getting out there. At the oakland commute, i can tell you that the airports are open, all three major bay area airports are open, Public Transportation is still running. Today, President Trumps Economic Team will meet with republican and Democratic Senators on capitol hill to work out a 1 trillion plan to keep the u. S. Economy afloat. The senate plan includes direct Cash Payments of up to 1,200 per individual, 2,400 per couple and 500 per child for people to make 75,000 for singles, 100,000 for couples. The goal is to pass it quickly. The senate is not going anywhere until we take action. The senate bill would also include 300 billion for Small Businesses to keep workers on their payrolls. Time 7 32. New updated numbers on the coronavirus in the u. S. Show there are now more than 14,000 cases of the coronavirus. Thats up 51 from yesterday. 205 people have died from the virus here in the u. S. Now, new york has the most coronavirus cases in the country, more than half of the 5700 cases are in new york city. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that rise in number is due to more testing and has no plans to issued a statewide shelterinplace order like we have here in california. But he did order businesses to keep at least 75 of their employees at home. The state department is warning americans, avoid all International Travel during this pandemic period in countries where commercial flights are still available, americans are urged to come home immediately or risk being stranded overseas for an indefinite period. The president s Coronavirus Task force has not ruled out banning all air travel domestic and international. There are 460 people infected in california. Santa clara the most with 189. Today San Jose City leaders will discuss their efforts on trying to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Meantime, a reserve San Jose Police officer is recovering after getting infected. He says it feels like a bad flu. Napa county remains the only county with no confirmed covid 19 cases. Happening now, an effort to help the homeless in San Francisco who are among those most vulnerable to the spread of the coronavirus. More than 8,000 People Living on the streets of San Francisco. Frank mallicoat is there live with how the Salvation Army, frank, is changing what it does to meet their needs. Reporter well, they are helping out in a big way. Good morning. Like they always do the Salvation Army always steps up with those in need. Here they go again. They pass meals to over 200 people here on Church Street and despite the fact that the coronavirus is spreading and prevalent, the Salvation Army is still doing their good work, although there will be some safety precautions today taken. Instead of the needy bagging up their own food, they do have volunteers to take care of that good work. The volunteers, of course, will keep their space from one another. Over 200 meals will be passed out today beginning around 8 15 at the Salvation Armys croft center. It is a very difficult time for everybody. But the rewards are many. For some, we are the only source of food or, you know, friendly smile or hello especially now when were all told to shelter in place. Its really nice to be able to see a friendly face and have someone say, thank you, good morning, how are you . We also want to keep a little of safe human interaction. Reporter on the menu this morning, rice, beans, veggies, fruit and protein. They will be handed out in a halfhour. Kudos to the Marin Food Bank for donating the food this morning. Even in these difficult times, it warms your heart a lot to know that Salvation Army is still hard at work. Thats the latest live on Church Street in the city. Im frank mallicoat, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you, frank. Time 7 36. The 49ers are helping south bay nonprofit groups affected by the pandemic. Their budgets are made up by fundraisers and donations, and much of that has dried up because of the shelterinplace order combined with fears of recession. Now the 49ers are donating 500,000 during the coming months to food banks. This will start immediately with 49,000 to support a newly created fund for nonprofit organizations in santa clara and san mateo counties addressing this crisis. Comcast is also donating 50,000 to the same fund. They are also providing unlimited data and two months of Free Internet service to low income individuals as well as families. And the San Jose Sharks are donating 300,000 to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. The san jose nonprofit says that money will help provide more than 600,000 meals for those in need. And aramark, the food provider for the s. A. P. Center, is donating thousands of pounds of food. Members of the democratic socialists of america say they are trying to call attention to the plight of the homeless during this coronavirus pandemic. The group says it will hand out more than 100 sets of tents, sleeping bags and mats by the end of the month. San Francisco City leaders are making progress on sheltering the homeless to limit exposure to the coronavirus. The citys Human Services Department Says people who are homeless and test positive for coronavirus but dont need hospitalization are being isolated at a local hotel. The city says it hopes to eventually secure 3500 hotel rooms to house people who are homeless. Time is now 7 38. Sal is at home still watching your commute for you to make sure everything is okay. Hows it look . Looks okay. We have looked at the entire bay area commute. I want to fill up the mat here. Its very rare that we see all the roads open like this. A lot of people are doing what im doing working from home. And you can see that as we go to some of these pictures, lets go to highway 24 and show you there that traffic is moving along relatively well. In fact, not relatively well. Very well. But there are still people out there. If you have to go, you will see other people out there, as well. Richmond bridge traffic is moving along nicely. The weather has not been a factor in the commute. We see pretty good visibility as you can see on some of these pictures. Speaking of the weather, heres the other side of the battery. Its mr. Steve paulson. Thank you, mr. Sal castaneda. Appreciate that from his castle there. Cold this morning. Molesly sunny. A few areas of fog. Gary in calistoga, good morning. Sounds like wind machines i hear. Thats the second report from the napa valley as the wind machines are in the upper napa valley, lots of 30s there so im not surprised. 33 kenwood. Kelseyville low 30s. Lots of 30s in the area. Even American Canyon, one observation, napa 38. I wouldnt be surprised north napa maybe 34 or 35 or somethsystems here, one today is coming in off the sierra. It will backtrack a little bit. And its going to provide some weak dynamics but enough as it drifts back this way it. Will provide some lift this afternoon. So if you see buildups, thats where its coming from. Otherwise, its mostly clear, a little fog around cotati. Its patchy fog. 30s are the story. Low 30s for many. Woodside in there. Los altos was along with menlo park. Now in the low 40s. But even low 40s san mateo, healdsburg, a lot of cool temperatures. That system to the west will move in saturday with rain sunday. And another system comes down from the northwest, next week we could very low snow levels by the middle of the week. Getting a little ahead of myself. But if you notice a trend, its been favoring areas san jose or south more so than north. Look at that forecast models say a repeat is on the way. Not much rain in santa rosa but good rain around san jose. Thats a flipflop from the usual. 60s on the temps here. This is the warmest day of the week into saturday. Cloudy sunday, rain, then colder next week. Many people might feel a little itchy throat, runny nose and you think, oh, no, is this the coronavirus . Right. Might it be the flu . Could it just be allergies . Coming up, well break down the symptoms and tell you how you can tell the difference. Plus, some undocumented immigrants are afraid to get medical help if they feel sick. What they fear and the message to them from Health Officials. Back to the newsroom. Good morning to mike mibach as you look ahead to the next hour. Gas yeah, dave, good morning to you both. Shelter in place is impacting millions of catholics around the state. Coming up in the next hour, im going to be speaking with the archbishop of the San Francisco diocese, salvador cordileone. His message to catholics as easter approaches. On the 9 00 well hear from President Trump with his task force with an update on the coronavirus pandemic and whats being done to limit the spread of covid19. Were back after after. The future is to create it and change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin Just Announced the income tax filing deadline is being moved from april 15th to july 15th. The secretary tweeted that all taxpayers and businesses will have this additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties. The Trump Administration has announced earlier in the week that it would be delaying the payments a move the secretary said would leave 300 billion in the economy at this critical time. Time now 7 45. People who work with immigrants say the fear of being deported could make immigrants afraid to get medical help if they develop symptoms of the coronavirus. California Health Officials are reassuring people it is safe for anyone who is sick to get medical help. Not going to be asked of any documentation. They will be protected. Health Officials Say if immigrants dont get the medical care think need, that could spread the coronavirus even more. Americans are getting some extra time to file their taxes. And how about some good news to tell you from some of the biggest retailers . Pam cook is back in the studio now with todays dollars sense. Really . Trying to find some good news. Getting that official word that the taxes we now have until july 15th to file them. Very good news. Very helpful for people and businesses severely impacted by the coronavirus. That filing date is now moved from april to july 15th. That includes estimated quarterly tax payments for corporations and individuals. So relief there. Changes like that to provide some relief to people and businesses. Definitely helping a rally this morning on wall street. Stocks going up with the opening bell. Perhaps for the last time for a little bit as we know it, because the floor will be closed starting monday morning. Electronic trading only. So not sure how that opening bell will be running, but well be here for that on monday. Heres a live look. Dow jones industrial average up. 75 . S p 500, up about a half percent. The nasdaq up 1. 5 . Almost as much as the dow to 7268. The founder of spanx undergarments offering to help bridestobe who cant shop for a wedding dress. She is offering to lend her wedding dress, cute, theres a photo of it. She says the dress is a big hit. Two other brides have already borrowed it, and her offer has inspired other women to offer up their gowns, as well. U. S. Automakers could aid in the fight against this global pandemic. Ford, General Motors and tesla are among the Companies Offering to manufacture medical equipment, in particular ventilators. Teslas ceo, elon musk, says they will help, as well. Health experts predict the u. S. Could need as many as 1 million ventilators. But there are only about 200,000 machines right now. Patients must rely on ventilator to pump air in and out of their longs so the automatic is stepping up to make those. To combat the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, one of the largest retailers is trying to jumpstart of the economy. Walmart says it will hire 150,000 workers at its stores, clubs and distribution centers. The retail giant says it will also give special cash bonuses to its hourly employees. Walmart has seen a surge in shoppers during this shelter in place. The bonus comes out to about 300 for each fulltime worker, costing walmart more than a half billion dollars. Dominos pizza, business is booming. Expecting to hire 10,000 workers across the country in response to the pandemic. The company now looking for Delivery Drivers, pizza makers, managers and Truck Drivers because of a boom in business with so many people staying home. Dominoes has already made changes to cut out nearly all facetoface contact between its drivers and its customers. And i do encourage you, if you can, check in on your local businesses. The websites there, um, we ended up checking in on a couple of our local favorite restaurants and we dropped by for a little pickup order and, boy, they were very appreciative of getting that little bit of business when they try to make it through this. Thats a look at your dollars sense. Thank you. The historic drop in the stock market has people checking their shrinking Retirement Funds but most Financial Experts say dont touch your 401 k accounts during this current crisis. They advise everyone to resist the temptation of grabbing their cash now instead of investing for the future. They do say if you are thinking about retiring in the next five years, you should seek professional advice. The rapidly spreading coronavirus also has a growing number of people worried that they have been infected. A lot of people. The experts say the early stages of colds, influences and the coronavirus can be real similar. And cases of some coronavirus and flu can be so mild, they dont raise any red flags. Thats why they say you have to pay attention. See if your symptoms persist, especially if you are in an at risk group. The virus can cause symptoms like pneumonia. People who get sick reported a dry cough, a fever and problems breathing. So just good information there. I know a lot of us get sort of panicked at any sign of is it . No. Out the door, Sal Castaneda tracking the new normal. Sal . Reporter thats right. And i just got word of a new crash here. They are reporting a new crash on northbound 17 at the summit. Three cars there involved. Could be some delays as you drive northbound over the hill into the valley, which is clear. Lets go and take a look at these pictures. You can see the that the bridges are doing very well here, Golden Gate Bridge traffic moving along very nicely. Bay bridge toll plaza also nice. So the commutes are not heavy, but if something does happen, you may see traffic slow down. And, unfortunately, in these times, people are going quicker, the accidents tend to be more severe. It they are high speed accidents and tend to be injury crashes. So be careful out there. Now its time for the weather with steve paulson. Thank you, Sal Castaneda. Well get right to it here. A little fog showing up, lots of 30s. Clear in santa rosa but fog starts in rohnert park and continues over the cotati grade. Thats beautiful. A beautiful morning in petaluma. Its also cold. Kenwood, 32. Rohnert park 38. Petaluma 34. Sebastopol, 32. 30s in many communities. Marin canyon 39. We have three systems over the next five days. One today is coming in off the sierra. Really . Yes, really. It will backtrack providing a little oomph to the atmosphere, a little dynamics to give us buildups and a few showers i would think along the diablo range south, the best opportunity. If you see clouds building up, that will be the source. That will be over us into saturday morning. 30sin the temperatures or 40s. Then another system to the west southwest. You can see that coming up right there. That will give us increasing clouds saturday. It will spin in rain on sunday, mainly south of San Francisco, oakland. Heaviest south, far less to the north. Then well focus our attention on a system dropping in from the northwest which could drop snow levels down to 2,000 feet by next wednesday. So very cold air. This will be good for the sierra. Well take anything we can get at this stage of the game. We are running out of time. Were so far behind. But at least the pattern does look active into early april. 60s on the temperatures today. And partly sunny, partly cloudy today. Then clouds increase saturday. Rain develops sunday. Then another system early next week, you guys. Thank you. A big change in production for a distillery during the coronavirus pandemic. Coming up in the next hour, of the supply shortage they are filling and it has nothing to do with whiskey or vodka. Plus, small restaurants have been a tough time keeping their doors open during the statewide shelterinplace order. What one restaurant is giving to their out of work employees to help them out during this tough time. But first, in china, the coronavirus pandemic is slowing down. After the break, well tell you how Health Officials in china are trying to help the rest of the world. Hey there, california residents on medicare. It may come as a surprise but medicare doesnt pay for everything. 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So, call or click to connect with unitedhealthcare today do you recall, not long ago we would walk on the sidewalk all around the wind blows we would only hold on to let go blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun all we needed somebody to lean on all we need is someone to lean on is worldwide, more than 246,000 people are infected with the coronavirus china still last the most cases at more than 81,000. Italy has more than 41,000 cases. They have surpassed china in the number of deaths at more than 3400. Iran is reporting more than 19,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths. The United States has more than 14,000 cases and 205 deaths. Italys Healthcare System has been strained to the breaking point by the coronavirus. This video shows the Italian Military taking some of the coffins of victims awhat from a small city north of milan where they have been over weld in the morgues. Thousands have been affected in the city the size of vallejo. Healthcare workers are working around the clock countless hours to fight this incredible situation. Health Officials Say one reason for the high death toll in italy is that it has such a Large Population of elderly. They have the worlds second oldest population behind only japan. 87 of the fatalities in italy have been in people over the age of 70. Now, coronavirus pandemic is slowing in china, that nation is trying to help the world. Cases of the coronavirus peaked there in february and held steady since. China is sending doctors, respirators and thing to italy. President trump blames the spread to the chinese government. Youre up to 141 countries. It could have been stopped in its tracks. Unfortunately, they didnt decide to make it public. But the whole world is suffering because of it. Studies confirmed if china had acted sooner, it would have significantly slowed the spread of the virus in that country. That research is being used to slow the spread of coronavirus in other countries. Here at home, the Alameda County Sheriffs Department has released more than 300 inmates to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The sheriff announced yesterday 247 inmates from the santa rita jail in dublin were approved for early release. Another 67 were released after signing a promise to appear in court. All were low level offenders, most with 45 days or less to serve in jail. So far, no one in the Alameda County jail has tested positive for the virus. The Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department is trying to determine if the virus is responsible for a death at the elmwood correctional facility in milpitas. They say a 58yearold man was found dead in his cell yesterday morning after suffering some type of severe illness. Its unclear if his death was tied to the pandemic. The unnamed inmate was booked into the jail on monday for a violation of a court order and drug charges. As we have been reporting, theres a lot of fresh snow up in the sierra and a lot of skiers and snowboarders might be tempted to head there this weekend. But there is a warning not to. Truckee is advising visitors to stay away as the coronavirus continues to spread. The organization, visit truckee, says that while businesses could certainly use the financial boost, the local hospitals are small and the consequences of covid19 spreading could be devastating to the community. The town reported its first positive case earlier this week. We are live in san jose as all californians are faced with the same shelterinplace order in the bay area for close to a week. Five people tested positive for coad at a Senior Living facility on the peninsula. Whats being done to keep everyone safe. A new report warns people of all ages are contracting covid19 not just older people or those who have Underlying Health conditions. Well break down the numbers. Good morning. Its friday, march 20. Im mike mibach. Im gasia mikaelian. Outdoors is still open. Very much so. We start off with mostly sunny skies this morning. Low clouds drifting around. You can see some at sfo. Also some around oakland up into marin county. 36, though, santa rosa, livermore at 40. Couple of systems play into the weather. One off the sierra, another one over the weekend to the west southwest and a very cold system is on the way it looks like starting monday, tuesday into wednesday. That low will retrograde back and it could provide enough lift or dynamics to the atmosphere to get some buildups later today. 30s and 40s to 50s on the temps. Tomorrow we start to increase the clouds. Looks like rain sunday south and early next week. Highs in the 60s today. Sal is at home. I dont think theres much to talk about, but you never know. So lets ask him. Reporter yeah, well, theres not much to talk about. Theres a crash. Im going to put up the map of the general bay area. I want to let you know that theres a crash northbound 17 at the summit. They pulled an injury accident off to the side. People are definitely going over the bridges, not heavy because people are working from home or some people arent going to jobs. People have been laid off, which is unfortunate, but for whatever reason, we dont see a lot of people on the road for a variety of reasons. We are also looking at the richmond bridge. Weather is not an issue here. You can see traffic is moving well in both directions. Some 40 million californians are waking up to the firstever state stayat home order something the bay area has been under for a week. Elissa harrington in san jose. How the governor took this step to prevent a dire situation. Reporter thats right. Theres no end in sight. The governor said that this will stay in effect until further notice. Californians should brace to make some major adjustmentsthe governor called the coronavirus outbreak a Global Crisis on a scale that we have never seen before. Governor gavin newsom estimates that 56 of the states population, thats 25. 5 Million People, will be infected with coronavirus in the next eight weeks unless extreme measures are taken. People will ask, well, how will you enforce it . A state as large as ours, a nation state, many parts. Be at the earned of the day, were one body. Theres a mutualuality and a recognition of our in reporter during the shelter in place people are ordered to selfisolate, wash hands, use Hand Sanitizer and dont go out if you are sick. You are still allowed to get groceries, go on a walk, get takeout food and put gas in your car, nonessential businesses are closed. The goff has asked for federal assistance to help hospitals in the bay area. Doctors are bracing for a surge in patients over the coming weeks. Reporting live in san jose, Elissa Harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Napa officially began the became the napa officially became the last county to join the shelter inplace order in the bay area. This affects 140,000 People Living in napa county. It went into effect at midnight. County leaders approved it before the governor issued a statewide shelterinplace order last night. So far there are no confirmed cases in napa county. This is day four of the shelterinplace order. A growing number of people are slowly getting familiar with the routine for this new normal in the bay area. The streets of San Francisco and in other cities pretty much have been empty this week. It appears most people are following the order to stay home. Contra costa county is announcing its first coronavirus death. At this point the victim is only being described as a person in their 70s with a pre existing Health Condition and history of overseas travel. Theres to be a News Conference by the county health Services Department at 10 00 a. M. There are at least 460 confirmed coronavirus cases in the bay area. This map shows the breakdown county by county. Every county except for napa is reporting new cases. Santa clara has the most with at least 189 people infected. Napa remains the only county with no confirmed cases. Also at 10 00 this morning, san joses mayor sam liccardo and the police chief eddie garcia will hold a News Conference to decisionle citys response to the coronavirus. This comes amid word that a reserve officer tested positive for the coronavirus. Chief garcia spoke to that officer by phone. Not feeling hot, he says that it just feels like a bad flu, was actually his quote. And im hoping hes on the mend. The officer recently attended a banquet with other officers. Those who came in contact with him are in quarantine at home. They have four days left in their twoweek incubation window. None shows any signs of infection. In burlingame, an assisted Living Center is on lockdown. Five people tested positive for the coronavirus, and a sixth person is waiting for test results. Ktvus allie rasmus is in burlingame now. Tell us more about the tougher measures in place to keep the virus from spreading. Good morning, allie. Reporter good morning. This is the atria assisted living facility in burlingame behind me on burlingame and myrtle roads right next to washington park. This is where five of the residents tested positive for covid19, according to the the health department. A sixth person is waiting for the test results. And now, because of this, none of the residents inside can leave this facility. Staff members can come and go and we have seen some of them leave the facility after the overnight shift. They walked out in regular clothes and shoes wager every wearing surge cag masks. One worker was going to the bus to take the bus home. Deliveries are still happening here at this assisted Living Center this morning. We saw a Delivery Driver dropping off what looks like several packages of food. He didnt know the senior Living Center was essentially on lockdown. He was told to leave the delivery outside the front door. At this point, only Staff Members with the facility are allowed to go in and out. Residents arent leaving rooms even for meals. Nearby residents are sad but not surprised by the outbreak since they say this is the type of facility that could be vulnerable. I bet its a lot closer than you think. So if you worry about proximity and all that i think all you can do is just take precautions that they recommend. Thats what were doing. Reporter now, in a statement written and posted on the door, atria administrators say they are monitoring the situation with official and will take all necessary steps and work with the health department. They are a nationwide chain with more than 200 across the country. Again, for now, none of the residents can even leave their rooms now that five fellow residents, possibly a sixth person, tested positive for covid19. A sixth resident is also waiting those test results. San Mateo County Health department has not disclosed the ages of those six people or their conditions but says that all of them are hospitalized right now. Live in burlingame, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Assisted living facilities in San Francisco are locking down their residents because of the virus. One man living in one of those facilities says he missed his grandsons birthday, cant go on his daily walks and cant ride the bus as usual. He says these precautions are making this time very lonely since they cant have visitors. Only family i have left. Its hard to get along without them. At a time look this, you want to be with your loved ones. I would love to have them around, or at least be able to lay eyes on them. Johnson made it clear, he has no complaints with how the facility is caring for him under these difficult circumstances. But his life is very different now, and he has to make adjustments until it passes. Another wild ride on the stock market. We are significantly higher than we were the last time we checked. The dow is up by more than 1. 5 adding 337 or more points. The dow was up at the opening bell, fell about 15 minutes later and here we are climbing or backto back gains. You have to take these numbers in the totality of what we have seen in the past three weeks. Find more coverage. Coronavirus pandemic at coronavirusnow. Com. We have articles there as well as videos from around the country. We also have a daily live stream and live digital broadcast for you every weekday that begins at 10 00 a. M. If you have to leave us here, you can take us with you in the form of the free ktvu news app. You will get the latest updates and breaking news sent to your mobile device. You can also find information about school closures, options for parents, or you can pick up lunch if thats something you depend on when you used to send your children to school every day. Traffic in the bay area, well, there isnt any. In fact, sal, i mean, in totality here, the entire week, i dont think i have experienced traffic like this. Reporter certainly people are going to their essential jobs, conducting business. You will see people out there. In lafayette, almost every picture you see, you will see people out there. A lot of people are working from home. I havent seen any backups since the state of california stayathome order. Public transportation is running. And theres plenty of room to practice social distancing. Airports are all open. Lets get todays weather. Its shaping up to be a nice day. At least in the morning. Afternoon will will be buildiums. Its cold this morning. A lot of 30s this morning. The trend here for march has been more rain to the south than to the north. And thats what bill is telling us in pebble beach. Trust me, hes there. Bill is down in pebble beach. Maybe. Maybe not. We have a problem . Ah well. Yes, we do there we are. Okay, thank you. No march miracle yet. We have already picked up up over 6 of rain with more on the way. Thats true. 50s in the area. 40s also in the area. Lots of 40s. Watsonville 46 with a lot of rain this month. That looks to be the way things are going for the next system. We get a system coming in off the sierra. See that low . You get the afternoon heating, it really fires up. Snow showers on the lee side. Some activity on the valley. But it is starting to retrograde a bit. As it does, it will head back this way giving us good buildups today. So that would be the source of that if it does investment i think it will. Mostly clear this morning. Some low clouds around. Mostly clear and cold with 30s on the temperatures here. The computer is stuck. 50s at sfo and oakland airport. The area were watching is west southwest and another one to the north. Look at that coming up. It wants to go more towards about Santa Cruz Mountains, san jose south. Look at the projection going out into even next week. San jose within an inch and a quarter. Santa rosa a third. Monterey and inch and a half. So i think down towards pebble, monterey, Santa Cruz Mountains, san jose, more rain is in your near future. 60s today on the temps. Warmest day of the week. No doubt about it. Clouds start to roll in saturday. Clouding up sunday. Cold system next week. Millions of people being told to shelter in place. Now some experts are predicting a baby boom. Coming up, what item is now running at a shortage and how that may affect the population rate. Plus, the worlds biggest cruise operator is helping hospitals with help deal with the pandemic. How cruise ships could help people without the virus. Dad, im scared. Its only human to care for those we love. And also help light their way. Its why last year chevron invested over 10 billion to bring affordable, reliable, ever cleaner energy to america. New this morning, the white house is expected to announce new restrictions on the southern border as it tries to the spread of the coronabeen working on plans to would stop most crossborder travel without disrupting trade. The plan would likely look like restrictions already announced on all but essential travel and trade between the United States and canada. A new cdc report warns covid19 is sickening people of all ages, not just those who are older or have Underlying Health conditions. New data from the cdc suggests people younger than 65 face a high risk of infection. The cdc record found that, out of 508 people hospitalized in the u. S. For covid19, 17 were between 55 and 64 years old. 18 were between 45 and 54 years old. And 20 were between 20 and 44 years old. Health Officials Say everyone should take the new data seriously. Its nothing to take lightly. So the reasons that, one, you could get sick yourself, but, even more importantly, you can spread it to other people who may have much more devastating outcomes. Thinking about themselves, not thinking about others. They say, well, were young and were not going to get it. Thats just not true. The experts say the virus is still more dangerous for people aged 65 and older. The Worlds Largest Cruise Company is offering to use ships as floating hospitals for patients with illnesses other than covid19. This would free up more space at landbased hospitals to treat people infected with the virus. Carnival cruise line says it would still ask authorities to reimburse the cruise line for essential costs while the ship is docked. Dock workers at the port of oakland about their safety concerns. Most of those concerns involve the grand princess cruise ship that docked at the port of oakland after 21 people on board tested positive for the coronavirus. That cruise ship is now out in San Francisco bay. Union leaders have been fighting to stop shipment of contaminated waste to an undisclosed dump site. Some bay area nurses for kaiser fear for their personal safety during this pandemic. Last night, they rallied in vallejo demanding more protection. The nurses say were nurses. We do this all the time. We survived ebola. We survived h1n1, swine flu. But this is different. Officials at kaiser claim they are following cdc guidelines and they are making sure all healthcare workers have the proper equipment. Out the door, Sal Castaneda is working from home as many people are now. Youre tracking a very light friday commute. Very light friday commute. Theres a report of a fire near the freeway just came in. Im looking at my chp computer. Its eastbound 80 in the vicinity of the mcdonalds off ramp, smoke in the bushes. The Fire Department is on the way. So it doesnt its not to be traffic is very light. Golden gate bridge, traffic is moving along pretty well heading from Sonoma County all the through marin and heading down to this very toll plaza. Beautiful shot here. If only it were a normal day and we could get out there. We long for normal days. Lets go to the other side of the bay. The Silicon Valley was the first place to send employees to work from home. A lot of tech campuses are closed with employees working from home. Just like im doing today. Steve paulson, the weather seems like im just looking out my window now as the sun came and its a nice day so far. It will be nice for you, sal. A little fog, cold, 30s for some. Santa rosa 36. 40s for the rest. Livermore at 40. San jose 45. A miracle march probably is not in the cards. We are getting a little long in the tooth on the season here. Were by behind but we make up some ground through early april. A low coming back to the bay area providing a little dynamic and buildups. Some of the cloud cover is heading to southern california. They are still getting rain down there, as well as las vegas. They are doing better on rain than we are up here. San diego and also l. A. But rain returns sunday from that system to the west southwest and a cold system is on tap. Looks like it wants to drop in monday, tuesday into wednesday. If theres any available moisture, we could get snow down to 2,000 feet on wednesday morning. So temperatures are bumping up for a few days and going back down as we head towards early next week. 60s on the highs today, about where we some rain that looks like a cold of movi week. A quick reminder if you havent already, download our ktvu weather app for your smartphone or tablet. It has radar, hourly updates, sevenday forecast and an easy feature to upload your weather photos and video. 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With more than 8,000 People Living on the streets of San Francisco, what the Salvation Army is doing to help them. 30 on a friday. Thank you for joining us eye. Gasia mikaelian. Im mike mibach. Theres some breaking news crossing the wires right now. First california now the state of New York New York governor orders all employers to keep workers at home except essential services, banning gatherings of any size. So cni yesterday, now Governor Cuomo in the state of new york making that order. With that well turn it over to steve paulson. Busy four or five days. Coming up after today. More rain is in the near future. Not so much today. Could be a few popup showers later. Cold this morning in the 30s and 40s. 60 48 for the city. Low coming off the sierra. Maybe triggers some thunderstorms later. More likely buildups then another system on the way for saturday. Theres your system coming in off the sierra. But highs today will be in the upper 40s low to mid60s. 30s and 50s and 50s right now. One system to the west southwest will be here for late saturday, sunday. Then a cold system on the way for early next week. Highs today 60s near average warmest day of the week. Sal is at home. And he hasnt had much to say but maybe he does this time. Lets ask him. Well, the problem we have in the Santa Cruz Mountains is cleared up. You heard me talking about that. There was a little bit of a backup for a while, but thats gone. So when accidents happen and lanes are taken away, there are backups. But once they clear, they go away rather quickly because the volume is so light. Lets go out and take a look at the toll plaza. And you can see that theres not much. I mean, you can definitely see people are going. A lot of people perform essential services, first responders, people who work in stores, that kind of thing. Most people are doing what im doing working from home. 880 in oakland looks good in both directions. Really, you have a smooth shot to any of the bay area airports. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordering the shelter in place place for the state of new york. He said only essential businesses will be allowed to operate. This comes as the latest numbers in the coronavirus in the u. S. So there are more than 14,000 cases of the virus. Thats a 51 increase from yesterday. 205 people have died from the virus in the United States. New york has the most coronavirus cases in the u. S. With more than half of the 5700 cases in new york city. Today President Trumps Economic Team will meet with republican and Democratic Senators on capitol hill to work out a 1 trillion plan to keep the u. S. Economy afloat. The senate plan includes direct Cash Payments of up to 1,200 per individual, 2,400 per couple and 500 per child for people who make less than 75,000 a year or 150,000 per couple. The goal is to pass it quickly. The senate is not going anywhere until we take action. The senate bill would also include 300 billion for Small Businesses to keep workers on their payrolls. The state department is warning americans to avoid all International Travel during the pandemic. In countries where the commercial flights are still available, americans are urged to come home immediately or risk being stranded overseas for an indefinite period. The president s Coronavirus Task force has not ruled out banning all air travel domestic and international. Here in the bay area, as we mentioned at the beginning of the newscast, Contra Costa County is reporting its first coronavirus death. The person is only being described as being in their 70s with a preexisting Health Condition and a recent history of traveling overseas. There are now at least 460 coronavirus cases in the bay area. Santa clara county has the most with 189, including six deaths. In about 90 minutes from now, San Jose City leaders will discuss their efforts as they try to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Meantime, a reserve San Jose Police officer is recovering after getting infected. He says it feels like a bad flu. Happening now, an effort to help the homeless in San Francisco who are among those most vulnerable to the spread of the coronavirus. More than 8,000 People Living on the streets of San Francisco. Frank mallicoat is there live with how the Salvation Army, frank, is changing what it does to meet their needs. Reporter well, they are helping out in a big way. Good morning. We are in front of the headquarters for the Salvation Army. The Marin Food Bank and the Salvation Army are all coming together today to feed over 200 people and those people are beginning to line up as we speak. Some of the less fortunate about to get a square meal. Meaning are homeless with the threat of the coronavirus, food and a bag of groceries is a welcome sight. Earlier this morning, volunteers bagged freeways and veggies, beans, rice, milk and a little protein. Its automatic part of the weekly meal giveaway, which they have continued despite virus concerns and the shelter inplace orders here in the city and in california. Food is an essential need, and these folks are forever grateful. Getting a meal is a big deal because of the coronavirus going around. I think its a good idea that the community is helping out the people that really need it. Are you staying safe . Yes. Reporter how about a meal and some groceries . Meal and groceries are very nice. It would help out. Reporter they are very, very grateful here. They have been handing out meals or they are about to hand out meals here just any minute now. That will continue until about 10 00. As i said, over 200 people will be fed this morning here in the tenderloin. Some very difficult times for all of us. But especially those folks in need. And it does warm your heart a lot to know that Salvation Army is still out there doing their good work. Thats the very latest. Live in San Francisco, im frank mallicoat, ktvu fox 2 news ktvu fox 2 news. Political activists will give tenths to the homeless. Socialists are trying to call attention to the homeless in the coronavirus pandemic. They will hand out tents and sleeping bags. San francisco leaders are making progress on sheltering the homeless. The Human Services Department Says homeless who test positive for the virus but do not need hospitalization are being isolate in hotels. They hope to eventually secure 3500 hotel rooms to house people who are homeless. The executives of gamestop contend their company should be considered and essential business during this health crisis. They have reportedly told their managers to keep the stores open despite the local lockdowns. Gamestop is known for selling video games and Home Entertainment systems. But the company says it also has several products that can help people work at home and connect with their coworkers. Tesla will shut down in fremont end of the damond after meeting with city officials yesterday. Earlier this week, Alameda County joined other bay area counties in calling for a shelterinplace. But the tesla factory was open because tesla considered itself an essential business. 2500 of the companys 10,000 employees were told they should still show up to work. Several of them told us they were working in tight quarters. Tesla says that basic operations will continue to support Vehicle Service and Battery Charging infrastructure. The shelterinplace order is hitting some bay area workers harder than others. One works as a hairdresser in san leandro. She has been taking her children to work this week after the school closed. She says the order creates a stressful new challenge every day. I have to bring them with me to work. [ child crying ] i dont know. Its going to be difficult. Like now. I want to go back to school because you miss so much learning and how you learn how to be better in life. She is just one of many bay area Service Industry employees where working at home is not an option. Stanford university has moved to online learning. The president of the University Says all campus courses will be online for the spring quarter. This is in response to the coronavirus. The start of the quarter will also be delayed one week and start on april 6th. The universitys president also announced that students should not expect this years Commencement Ceremonies to be in its traditional form. Should mention that we are going to have the archbishop of San Francisco join us for a live interview but due to technical issues, we are not able to connect with him now. Well bring you that interview another time. Lets talk to the people heading out. Sal castaneda working from home as many people are. Traffic is very light. It is very light. And the only thing that changes that is that sometimes you have wrecks and, unfortunately, some people are driving faster. Those wrecks tend to be injury crashes. Right now, were still doing very well. If you are driving on to highway 24, lafayette, it looks good. Nice shot of the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Its one of the prettiest shots here. You can see the traffic is moving along very nicely. Weather has not been an issue for the commute. Remember, Public Transportation systems are open. That plenty of room to practice social distancing even though some services have reduced the amount of trains and buses because the volume isnt there. Time for steve to come in with todays weather. All right, sal. Thank you. Yes, we do have some low clouds over us, maybe some buildups later today as the low backtracks, comes in off the Sierra Nevada retrogrades. We can show you theres no miracle march in the cards for us, folks. Its too little too late. There are positive signs the rest of the month into early april, but we would have to get a lot of rain. When san diego has more rain than San Francisco, you know we have had a tough year. 6048 for the city. Average is 6249. 78, 1915 the record high. Couple of systems here, theres actually three, one coming off the sierra today, weakening on the weekend as another system to the westsouthwest you can see that coming in. A lot of the high clouds heading towards southern california, where they are still getting a little rain. Then that will play into our weather on sunday. That low wants to pack its bags. I think ill come off the mountain and head to the bay area. That might provide some buildiums later today. 30s, 40s, 50s. Half moon bay now 50. Look at the projected rainfall, shows not much for santa rosa. Again, thats been the theme this entire month with a lot heavier amounts san jose and monterey. Thats the way everything is looking now. Could get some low snow levels around here next tuesday night, wednesday. So things are changing. At least we have some rain in the forecast.  highs today 60s. But after tomorrow, they are on the way down again. I know its spring, but it will feel like winter next week. As the coronavirus outbreak spreads, anxiety is now increasing across the country. How u. C. Davis Medical Center is trying to help patients with medical help from afar. And coming up what Financial Experts are urging people not to do during this time of crisis. The wait is over. Try my new tiny tacos. 15 for 3 bucks or loaded for 4 bucks. Try my new tiny tacos. 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Health Officials Say if immigrants dont get the medical care they need, that could spread the coronavirus even further. There is some good news to tell you about this morning involving jobs and taxes. Lets hear it lets bring in pam cook to explore in dollars sense. Well take it. The announcement came this morning. We have now until july 15th to file our taxes. That could be very helpful for people and businesses severely impacted by the coronavirus. The filing day moved from april to july 15th including estimated quarterly taxes for corporations and individuals. Changes are providing some relief to the people and businesses helping fuel a rally on wall street this morning but the numbers are not Holding Steady to the gains at the opening bell. The Dow Jones Industrial turnin negative a short time ago. The s p 500 also down, back below 2400. Some of this coming in right after new yorks governor made the announcement that 100 of nonessential businesses are going to be working from home, that affecting a lot of people in new york. The nasdaq hanging on to a little bit of a gain right now. U. S. Automakers could aid in the fight against this global pandemic. Ford, General Motors and tesla are among the Companies Offering to manufacture medical equipment and, in particular, ventilators. Now, teslas ceo elon musk could help. There is a shortage of ventilators. Coronavirus patients must rely on a ventilator to pump air in and out of their lungs. Walmart is seeing a huge surge in business as people shelter in place and they need more workers. Walmart will hire 150,000 people at its stores, clubs and distribution centers. Its also giving special cash bonuses to hourly employees. 300 for fulltime employees, 150 for part time. The bonuses will cost walmart more than a half billion dollars. Dominos pizza also seeing a boom in business, plans to hire 10,000 workers across the country in response to the pandemic. The company now looking for Delivery Drivers, pizza makers, managers and Truck Drivers because of the boom in business with so many people staying home. Dominos has already made changes to cut out nearly all facetoface contact between its drivers and its customers. And that historic drop in the stock market, we have seen this week, has many people checking their Retirement Funds, most Financial Experts are urging people, dont it up your 401 k during this current crisis. They will advising everyone to resist the temptation of selling and grabbing your cash now instead of waiting, investing for the future. Most money magers are going to be looking for bargains right now to get those returns back up. Now, if you are thinking about retiring, though, within the next five years, you should seek professional advice. You should look at what kinds of funds your accounts are invested in, how aggressive or conservative they are. Time to check, but try to avoid looking at the totals. They are not great right now. Thats a look at your dollars sense. Lets go back to mike and gasia. The San Francisco 49ers are helping south bay nonprofits affected by the pandemic. Much of their donations have dried up because of the shelter inplace order combined with fears of a recession. Now the 49ers are donating 500,000 during the coming months to food banks. This will start immediately with 49,000 to support a newly created fund for nonprofit organizations in santa clara and san mateo counties addressing this crisis. Comcast is also donating 50,000 to the same fund. They are also providing unlimited data and two months of Free Internet service to low income individuals as well as families. And the San Jose Sharks are donating 300,000 to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. The san jose nonprofit says that money will help provide more than 600,000 meals for those in need. And aramark, the food provider for the s. A. P. Center, is donating thousands of pounds of food. We have been through a dry winter but there is fresh snow in the sierra. Truckee is asking visit he is to stay away as the pandemic spreads. The organization visit truckee says that while business could certainly use the financial boost, local hospitals are small and the consequences of covid19 would be devastating to the community. The counsel reported its first positive case earlier this week. California is heading deeper in a drought despite the rain and snow we saw this month. The u. S. Drought monitor released its latest map showing drought conditions. Most of the state is now in moderate drought. Climate experts say that is only going to get worse. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say its harder to recover from low rain in january and february. Still waiting for President Trump to address the media for the daily briefing. As soon as he steps up to the microphone, well bring it to you live. Well send it over to sal for one last check of traffi. Reporter good morning. We are doing very well in the Silicon Valley, where all the working from home started a couple of weeks back. Seems like everyone has the hang of it. We had an earlier crash on 17. You may have heard me talking about it. Its been cleared. We are about to hear from the president with that Coronavirus Task force update. Well listen in together. Working on various elements. Deal. The democrats are very much wanting something to happen, and the republicans are likewise wanting something to happen. And i think it will. I spoke with mitch mcconnell. Theres tremendous spirit to get something done. Well see what happens. But my conversation was very good with senator schumer. I thank you all for joining yours. Id like to begin by providing an update on what we are doing to minimize the impact of the chinese virus on our nations students. With many schools closed due to the virus, the department of education will not enforce standardized testing requirements, very importantly, for students in elementary through high school for the current year. They have been through a lot. They have been going back and forth. Schools open, schools not open. Its been all standardized testing and, you know, its were not going to be enforcing that. So i think you can let the people know. I think probably a lot of the  students will be extremely happy, some probably not. The ones that work hard, maybe not. Its one of those things. We have temporarily waived all interest on federally held Student Loans. Today the secretary will allow borrowers to suspend their Student Loans and loan payments without penalty. We may extend that for a period of time. Borrowers should contact their lenders. We have given them very strong instructions so we have temporarily waived all interest on federally held Student Loans. We have more good news for students, this morning the Treasury Department also announced that were moving tax day from april 15th to july 15th. So were moving it out to july 15th. So that people will have time and people will be able to hopefully by that time will have people getting back to their lives. We are getting rid of interest and penalties. But if you have refunds or credits you would like to claim, you ma i still file. In other words, you can file early if you are owed money by the irs. Other than that, were moving it all the way out to july 15, no penalties. No interest. Today our team will also provide an update on continuing effort to prevent the transmission of virus across americas borders, and i watched whats been happening in california with Governor Newsom and this morning, with Governor Cuomo. And i applaud them for taking very strong bold stems. Applaud them. Were all working very closely together, including those two governors. But i would say based on the call, the media was there, i think we can say that with respect to with respect to virtually every governor on the call, i think every governor, we had almost all of them if not all of them, and i would say that you could see for yourselves that the level of respect and esprit do corps working together was ex there was nobody angry, nobody upset. We want to help. We are doing things that a lot of people wouldnt be able to do. The relationship with governors and states is extraordinary under the circumstances where this came upon us. We are working with canada and mexico to spread of the virus across north america. Secretary of state mike pompeo will be making a statement in a little while having to do with mexico and the border and chad, likewise. Chad wolf will be making a statement. Theres a joint comprehensive effort in collaboration with our neighbors. The measure and all of those measures that were putting in place will protect the health of all three nations and reduce the incentive for a mass global migration that would badly deplete the Healthcare Resources needed for our people. So we are working very closely with mexico, very, very closely with canada. The relationship has never been better. Were all working toward the same goal. Our nations Top Healthcare officials the grave Public Health consequences of mass uncontrolled crossborder movement. Tly during this global pandemic. Every week, our Border Agents encounter thousands of unscreened, unvetted and unauthorized entries in dozens of countries. And weve had this problem for decades, for decades. You know the story. But now its a National Emergency and all of the other things that weve declared. We can actually do something about it. Were taking a very stronghold of that. And we have before, but this is now at a level that nobody has ever approached. In normal times, these mass inflows place a vast burden on our Healthcare System. But during a global pandemic, they threaten to create a perfect storm that would spread the infection to our Border Agents, migrants and to the public at large. Left unchecked, this would cripple our immigration system, overwhelm our Healthcare System and severely damage our national security. Were not going to let that happen. So we have a lot of information, and they will be discussing that in a moment. To confront these Public Health degrees, the centers for Disease Control and prevention has decided to exercise its authority under the title 42 of the u. S. Code to give customs and Border Protection the tools they need to prevent the transmission of the virus coming through both the northern and the southern borders. So were treating the borders equally. The northern border and the southern border. Its been treated they are both being treated equally. A lot of people say theyre not treated equally. Well, they are. Were working with canada to suspend nonessential travel at our ports of entry. It wont impede lawful trade and commerce. Furthermore, mexico has taken action to secure our own southern border and suspend air travel from europe. So were coordinating very closely the air travel going to mexico and then trying to come into the United States. The acts were taking, together with our north american partners, will save countless lives. At the conclusion of my remarks, secretary azar, secretary pompeo, secretary wolf, were going to be also taking some questions with tony and debora who you have gotten to know very well. But they will be discussing certain things and i think youll find them of great interest. Were going to be providing tremendous amounts of detail over the coming days, but a lot of it will be provided right now if you would like to find out about it. This has been a week of resolute action, tremendous action, tremendous relaalong, people that didnt like each other. Theyre now the working together, and maybe even in some cases learning about each other and liking each other. Its a nice thing. I invoked the defense production act, and last night we put it into gear. We moved the National Response Coordination Center to the highest level of activists. If you take a look at what we did, the level of activation has been increased to a grade one level, which is the highest level. Were providing historic support to Small Businesses and to the states. The states need support. Normally they would do this so were he we have. We are helping the states a lot. Thats why the governors, i think in every case have been nice. Guaranteed paid sick leave for workers at no cost to employers. I think its important so they get paid sick leave at no cost to employers. Were accelerating the use of new drug treatments. They are leap rallying together. We see true greatness and we are seeing that. A lot of people are talking about it. 141 countries is what theyre telling me. Theyre working very unifiealmo good number of them. Doctors and nurses are working nonstop to