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To mornings on 2 it is a rainy can see that rain is creeping saturday, march 28 it is good to have you on board, frank into the sacramento valley. Mallicoat here and claudine the sierra is going to get and rosemary both working from anywhere from 36 inches of home, good morning ladies. Rainfall. Snow levels will be climbing. Good morning. Good morning to about 3000 feet early on. You. And thank yofor waking up with us this saturday we will see the snow continued morning. A little wet where you are and rosemary how is it to climb. Looking . It will be soggy and now sunday, it will begin to by the way guys i am wearing green today so when was the taper off but it will not go away completely. More rain in the forecast last time i could wear agreed tomorrow morning. We will have details on what to expect for the rest of the afternoon, we will look at the to work . Highs and the extended forecast mostly cloudy outdoors and scattered showers falling over coming up. The bay area which will continue to be the case on and off today and were giving you thank you, rosemary. A look at Storm Tracker two and coming up, what information it is fairly widespread at the moment and even pockets of is being made available to moderate rain over the bay area. Into the areas over the sierra still dry but the snow will people regarding screening. Restaurants are struggling start to fall there eventually, to survive. One Business Owner describes what needs to happen to keep light showers over areas of santa rosa and petaluma and restaurants afloat. Novato stretching over to around American Canyon and napa and in the central bay fairly widespread as well. A moderate pocket of rain off the coastline right around ocean beach one more shift as we go into the south bay with light rain falling across san jose, gilroy and over towards the Santa Cruz Mountains and the santa cruz coastline. So this is what it looks like today, it will remain a bit soggy going into sunday as well and this is i look at your saturday, on and off all day long and more widespread tomorrow morning then drying out, more on this on the extended forecast coming up. Thank you rosemary. Marin county is reporting its first coronavirus death and this is a man in his 70s who sailed on the grand princess to mexico this year. This past day the bay area has reported 200 new cases raising the total to more than 1600 map county by county and Santa Clara County is up 32 cases to 574 and other areas thing a doubledigit increase which are San Francisco, alameda, contra Michael Vasquez come over here. Costa and san mateo counties ive heard such good things about you, your company. And this is a critical time in the fight against covid 19, Santa Clara County set when doctors began detecting the well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Spread of the Community Virus it had probably been without this place. Circ since 80 of the people with the disease experience very this is for you. Mild symptoms it went michael, you didnt have to. Undetected until the people at and, were going to need some help with the rest. Risk started getting seriously ill and the counties that it is youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Imperative the public follow perhaps its time to partner with someone social distancing standards. Who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. Right now it is really not important if you want to stay healthy to be counting numbers and trying to look at curves and projections, what is really important is to stay at home and stay away from other people. The county points to the example of wuhan china where the epicenter of the outbreak was put under lockdown and the number of cases finally began to decline. Now lets talk about san jose state as it closes the Student Union the next week which is through spring break with after the second person on that campus was diagnosed with covid 19, the University Employee is recovering at home but since this person was in the Student Union this week the area has been shut down Effective Immediately for extra cleaning and sanitizing the school is reaching out to those who came into contact with that person and san jose states first confirmed covid 19 case occurred earlier last week and instruction is only done online right now you will need to find a spot closer to home to get your exercise this week and that is falling the very latest wave of park and beach closures here in the bay area which is part of the growing effort to slow the spread of coronavirus happy saturday folks. And Sara Zendehnam joins us we will continue with soggy live from home for more on weather this weekend in the bay that, good morning. Reporter good morning frank, area. This is the second week of the state home order and officials we had light rain move through are hoping that people actually this morning. More to come though with off stay home or stay close to and on scattered showers home. Expected all day. Here is a look at sfo where it state parks and beaches all over the bay area are either is a wet one out there. Close to the public or limiting access to this is a look at some areas are already accumulating just a bit. Walkaway beach at pacifica and the north has all parking lots dublin and san jose are are closed officials a parks and beaches in San Mateo County reporting. 01 inches. Had a Record Number of visitors oakland is coming in at. 10 last weekend which made it impossible to have people follow social distancing rules and so 23 parks in the county and a lot of beach parking lots in Half Moon Bay and pacifica inches. More to come though. Are closed with east bay not only today but tomorrow, another wave will move in. And anywhere from one quarter to half an inch of rain is expected over the bay area. Regional is closing 20 of its 73 parks and parking your picnic areas until at least april 30. Trails will be open to walk or this is a view from storm bike on and also county parks tracker 2. All the way into monterey we are seeing this. The sierras not picking up just yet but will just a bit later is alano and land trust public today. The rainfall is beginning to taper off over the bodega bay Access Properties are closed and in San Francisco parking lots at the marina green, baker and ocean beaches and fort and inverness. As you get into the valley clemson are closed. You can still get out of your areas it is still fairly widespread. House and exercise but the idea petaluma has a bit of dry is if you have to drive weather but the leo and off to somewhere to do that you have gone too far get your fresh air and walk your dogs but do not get in your cars and drive to specific locations to play the east they have light rain. Volleyball with your friends or have picnics or wine parties. Along the coastline and the beaches all the way through Half Moon Bay, there is rain. If you get to an area and you and the peninsula is very slick. Over toward San Francisco and see it is grouted the best the bay bridge, there is scattered shower activity and light rain is continuing. This goes down to gilroy and advice from officials is to turn around and go somewhere else reporting live sara san jose. Zendehnam ktvu fox 2 news at the inner east bay, we do have a few breaks in the valley did today President Trump locations are still reporting will travel to virginia and see the u. S. Navy hospital ship comfort as it sets sail to new york city and this visit comes widespread light rain. Highway 6 80, 580, highway one day after the president signed a 2 trillion four, it is going to take a few coronavirus recovery bill and more hours before it works its he invoked the defense way into the foothills over production act which allows General Motors to start producing the muchneeded lake tahoe. The futucast, as we get into the evening hours, it will wind doi do expect us to remain with ventilators. This invocation of the dpa should demonstrate clearly to all that we will not hesitate to use the full authority of the federal some drizzle. It looks like it will come early on. So when you join us tomorrow government. The president also announced the next 100 days the government will morning on ktvu fox2 news you will notice the rain with us as produce or by 100,000 ventilators needed for the most sick patients and will increase testing as well well. It will dry out by late former oil supertanker the became the u. S. Navys largest tomorrow and then we will have dry weather in the extended forecast. A quarter inch or a halfinch is expected there. As you know, floating hospital has docked at the port of la this morning and governor gavin newsom was among those on and when the usns mercy sailed into port yesterday following his trip from san diego and the governor says the Naval Hospital ship we are still in a deficit. Can treat as many as 1000 can morning temperatures for you, upper 40s and low 50s. For the afternoon, it will be treat as many as 1009 coronavirus patients which will cool and mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Free up the los angeles 56 in San Francisco. Hospitals to handle the expected surge in the virus and there is a look at the extended forecast. Getting into the back end of the weekend, temperatures will cases. We are in the process not change much. I think late in the afternoon now of having secured roughly we will began to say the rain move out and it will be dry for 4000 beds of some type to the evening hours. Upper 60s and near 70 degrees for the start of the week. Prepare for this surge which thank you, rosemary. Believe will start taking shape in the next our modeling. Up next, we finally have some answers about the nfl draft and with the league plans to do the usns mercy has 1000 beds next month. And we will hear from john lynch on how and where he is and 12 operating rooms and a staff of 800 doctors, nurses preparing for the big event. Stay with us. And other navy medical workers. The first patients could arrive at the ship as early as today. Governor gavin newsom also issued an executive order that puts an Eviction Moratorium in place for renters affected by the coronavirus outbreak but that stays in effect through may 31. Tenants are required to give landlords a written request to defer payment within seven days of when the rent is due and the governor said rent is still owed and it must be paid in a timely manner this builds on his previous executive order that authorizes local governments to hold evictions for renters impacted by the pandemic. Mountain view residents rallied yesterday for stronger renter protections after they feel the countys emergency plan fell short protesters drove around city hall at the same time the city council was meeting and they want to know how long people have to pay back rent which the Eviction Moratorium is lifted and Santa Clara County set it at 120 days but residents are asking the city to centers around 180 days. We are looking at the City Councils Current Program for rent relief which would be a way for residents to be able to apply for some kind of monetary assistance to make the next months rent. Members of the Mountain View Housing Justice Coalition are calling for the city to protect mobile home residence since the countys emergency ordinance did not include them are over 1100 mobile homes within the city limits. The Oakland City Council has unanimously decided to take its Eviction Moratorium one step further than the governor. The citys resolution not only protects renters from evictions but also protects businesses as well on the City Council President Rebecca Kaplan said the boat was important and she said people are scared as they have been laid off and they are being served with eviction notices, while Small Businesses are trying to figure out if they will even survive the crisis. You know now we have a check of the weather and i know my commutes was a little bit wet and my guess is you two had a better commute than me. Reporter yes so far so good. It was not bad but i know you guys think im a little nuts and i thought about getting up and going for a ride but it was too wet. Oh rosemary. I know. Outside right now it is pretty wet and widespread look at sfo, a very slick roadway they are and we will continue on and off local restaurants are with the wet weather for today. Warning the impact of coronavirus could be but into the temperatures with unprecedented. The california restaurant all of this cloud cover and association sent a letter to Governor Newsom that 30,000 humidity up, we are several degrees warmer mysterious this restaurants could close in morning, santa rosa 43, san california. That is one in three francisco at 47 and oakland 51 restaurants in america. A lobbying group wants the and livermore at 48 and san state to do more to help jose also 48. Look how much restaurants, bars and Small Businesses. Warmer, up by 70 over oakland this morning and in the north the Group California food resilience is calling on the bay up by 11 and the south bay governor to offer more support 90 warmer in san jose. And has started a petition. Light wind the hills but overcast conditions. We will continue with scattered showers there and you can see there is this is joyce. How widespread they are at the she owns a pastry business. Moment and into the north bay it is generally light, over towards novato and east towards about a week and a half ago we found out that one state was napa and vallejo we have some there and shifting into the central bay it is widespread being written in new york so we from areas over ocean beach along the coastline, a pocket of moderate rain and light rain falling across the bay into the started a grassroots effort inner east bay and far south with a couple of friends and we bay locations over areas of san jose you see light rain falling. Im picking up on this shade of started our very own letter and pink that is snow level at 3000 that started a fire. Feet which is expected to rise now we have about 380 about 5000 but with that said it will impact the passes later Restaurant Owners around the today in the way of snow over i bay area from coffee shops to breweries, gm makers and 80 as well as highway 50, no advisories for travel but something to be aware of if youre going that direction and have to be traveling through Restaurant Owners. We are basically just doing the sierra for the weekend. Everything we can to get the word out and get more support around what the government can future cast shows anywhere from 1 4 inch to half an inch of rainfall expected between now and the end of the weekend. Do when the coronavirus goes we have more rain on the way for the bay area sunday and ill have a look at the away. Is it a specific ask . Afternoon highs in the extended forecast which includes warmer there are a bunch of weather coming up. Thank you, coming up San Francisco is specific asks. And many have been answered. Normally with a Bustling Hotel that includes interestfree scene but it is all quiet now loans and grants from the and when we come back on the city is working with hotels to government. What we are actually not or get people affected by the coronavirus quarantine into a room. Plus people one San Francisco neighborhood found a way to have not addressed a, that is spread some cheer all while practicing social distancing. We will be right back. The rate abatement for restaurants as well as employees. We also need to talk about how maybe we can help bring down some of the fees to give some of these restaurants instant more than ever, your home is your sanctuary. Thats why lincoln offers complimentary pickup cash flow. We are also talking about and delivery servicing. Insurance. So maybe getting Insurance Companies to recognize the interruption and recognize that well pick up your vehicle a pandemic counts is something and leave you with a lincoln loaner that goes into business and the peace of mind that helps you focus interruption. On what matters most. Right now all businesses are thats the power of sanctuary. Getting their his nest interruption claims denied and that is a big deal. And for a little extra help, the Thomas Keller group has you can now purchase a new lincoln remotely, been fighting this on the and defer payment for up to 120 days. Behalf of the restaurant but that is one of the big things that we are looking at. That will help us all in the long term there. So we are looking at shortterm and longterm asks. We are excited to see a lot of the stimulus packages addressing these things but there is still a long way to go. You know what, it would be such a heartbreak for every Business Owner and the community to lose this many restaurants that are struggling. Tell me about your restaurant. What are you doing . I have seen so much innovation with local restaurants trying to stay afloat and do what you can to keep everyone in business. I went from baking for local coffee shops to turn my business upside down and delivering pastries to whoever will buy them and delivering them to hospitals, local Law Enforcement and firefighters to move some of the extra inventory that we have as well as trying to help those on the front line. So we really have brought things back to life with a catering contract for a local San Francisco leaders are trying to lease more hotels for people affected by the senior home. So we are cooking 600 meals for seniors over the next two weeks. So we have moved quickly to coronavirus been the city is beginning the first phase of the project placing those under a mandatory quarantine to have survive and meet the needs of no place to go at a hotel in the community. And that is what business looks like today. Joyce, you are in you are the city hopes to find lodging for healthcare workers, First Responders, seniors in the homeless years of the coronavirus and shelter in place orders are devastating an incredibly talented person. The citys tourism and travel industry, labor unions and city leaders want to repurpose the we wish you the very best and empty rooms. There are only we appreciate the efforts that you are doing on behalf of were business. Three there are only 3 to 5 thank you so much and best of of rooms occupied in San Francisco which means tens of luck to you. Thousands of empty rooms right now. Ive worked in hotels, thank you and best of luck to you there. The cuts have been deep and we see closures occurring on a daily basis but well over 80 . It is great to see you. Labor unions say of hotels frank and rosemary lets talk about this as we move open for Coronavirus Response forward and our first show with all of us doing this remote the work would be on a work that bringing mornings on volunteer basis at regular pay and members want Safety Training and they want to wear 2 to folks at home anyway we protective gear San Franciscos Emergency Operations center and can with our social distance a Human Services agency are now between us. This is just amazing. Negotiating with hotels on room costs. And effort is underway in technology is amazing. Great job and we will do it again tomorrow ladies. Sounds good. Take care everybody. We will see you back here San Francisco to bring neighbors together while still complying with social tomorrow morning. announcer who can you always rely on to be there distancing rules. Amber lee has more on how people put a unique twist on what would have been a busy night out. When you need immediate help . Any time of the day or night, reporter imagine a friday night gathering with social even when youre hundreds of miles away from home, distancing and this is what it looks like on shotwell street always giving you and your family peace of mind in San Franciscos mission with people, benefits, and services always there for you to make your life a little easier . Neighborhood. A company you know is always with you. A singalong, those who live with each other huddled close aaa, a Company Built by and for members. While keeping a distance from their neighbors yet still sentimental music hi there, im jeff thisted. Chances are you know about aaas coming together. There will legendary roadside service, always be a community here and we will be connected somehow. But you might be surprised at what you dont know about aaa. So come along and discover how aaa even if it is just waving and this is what this is about. Not only gives you peace of mind, many working from home missing the social interaction their jobs bring i have not hung out with a friend or touched another person in over a week. One neighbor tells me that must friday evenings she would be at happy hour for a drink at a restaurant. This gathering even from a distance brings some sense of normalcy. I get to see my neighbors a little bit and have some fresh air come a little break from the computer. A time to meet neighbors and find common ground. We are all isolated but it is a nice reminder there is a lot of community. Definitely embracing the. This moment a respite from the challenges they face. Hopefully we will be okay for the time being but will have to wait and see and i have not looked or worried that far ahead. Finding strength and solidarity. We were giving each other the thumbsup or mouthing okay or shouting how are you doing . Back and forth. We live in this beautiful place and have so much and we are learning to appreciate it. Neighbors said they enjoy this event so much they plan to do it again and the organizers says he hopes to inspire other communities to find ways to connect while keeping a safe distance San Francisco amber lee ktvu fox 2 news. It looks like we all have a view in and around the bay area and from where i am sitting i can look outside, rosemary, and i see it is a little damp and it is one of those mornings where you want to snuggle in bed a little longer. You are right. It will be a soggy one. We are off to a wet start this morning and it will be on and off throughout the course of the day. So a good book or a good movie is definitely a good idea. Look at what is going on outside of our doors where we do have a lot of light rain falling across the bay area. This will move through and do not expected to be widespread the entire day in fact we are looking at on and off scattered showers throughout the day and at the moment you can see from the coast as well as inland we have it from areas over around portray as in and towards napa stretching to fairfield along i 80 and into the central bay we dont have to spend a lot of time here because you can see it is widespread from the coast well inland, past livermore into the east bay and into antioch and brentwood along highway four s. Bay we have widespread rain from san jose past gilroy towards the Santa Cruz Mountains and the shade of pink over the diablo range of Mount Hamilton indicating a little bit of rain and snow mix at the moment. Snow levels will rise about 5000 feet over the course of the weekend and look at what we expect. Notice we get into the early afternoon is scattered showers are there and cloudy skies into the second part of the afternoon may be pulling back a little bit in the way of tapering off but it doesnt go away this is a at sunday morning, widespread wayne or rain once again and it looks a little bit heavier in the second part of the afternoon it winds down and it is out of here and we are dry for the week ahead anywhere from one quarter of an inch to half an inch of rainfall expected with this weekend system which is great news because look at the deficit 40 of average in oakland for the season and santa rosa reporting 52 . Into the sierra wego, no advisory for the travel but you will need snow tires or chains if you need to travel over the passes. Were looking at anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of new no fall expected. Temperatures in the low 40s to low 50s which is a cool start and it is also a foggy and cloudy start but we are warmer because of the rainfall and the cloud cover. Now a look at the afternoon highs as temperatures remained below average, mid to upper 50s in the forecast and the extended forecast shows temperatures will warm up into the days ahead as we dry out by tuesday with mostly sunny skies and 70. Back to you. Thank you rosemary, a little bit wet out but we need the rain. Coming up next, this coronavirus spreads rapidly in europe and we show you the unique way that france is treating patients now that the hospitals are full. There are less traffic on the roads and some people are traveling recklessly, the spike in bay area speeding tickets, more on that when we come back. Two more Police Officers with the Santa Rosa Police department have tested positive for the coronavirus and this is in addition to three Police Officers the police chief reported that the virus on tuesday Police Officials havent disclosed the condition of the officers who were sick. Officers still on the job will work on an adjusted schedule to limit contact with each other and the public. San franciscos chief of police say his officers have been working to educate the public about social distancing while still enforcing the laws San Francisco officers have been patrolling the city amid the rowing coronavirus pandemic and the chief says his officers will address drug dealers who gather in groups around the city. Those individuals who are out selling drugs and causing gatherings to be worse as people are gathering to buy drugs, that is a Public Health problem. We still have room in our jails for those kind of individuals. The chief said the officers have the power to arrest those who repeatedly violate the citys estate home order. Meanwhile the california Highway Patrol says it has seen a jump in speeding drivers on bay area freeways and the stay at home order have all but eliminated the bay area daily traffic jams but police say just because there are fewer cars on the road doesnt mean you can ignore traffic laws. Earlier this week chp officers in Castro Valley stopped seven cars in one day for going more than 100 mph been one driver was clocked, you will see it, 117 mph on westbound 580. Over 100 Miles Per Hour is way too fast no matter how light the traffic. It is definitely unacceptable. Police have been getting the message across online thing that safety doesnt shelter in place officers are enforcing the speed limit but determining whether people are going somewhere essential. We have learned more information about a deadly shooting one week ago in berkeley. Documents show a road rage incident led to this shooting. 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Bracing from a covid 19 patients with a look at how Health Officials the self they are transforming the Santa Clara Convention center into a makeshift hospital. Plus solutions states are coming up with now that a half dozen primary elections have been postponed. From ktvu fox 2 news this is Sara Zendehnam and mornings on 2. Welcome back to mornings on two this saturday, rain and the bay area and clouds in the sierra will check in with rosemary in a moment. We have snow up there and most of the ski resorts are shut down and affect all of them are right now in the brave new world we live in a tabby with us is saturday, march 28 i am Frank Mallicoat and my coanchor and our weather gal are enjoying a short commute this morning, good morning ladies. Good morning. Good morning. Yes it was shorter and rosemary i know you wanted to go for a run today because your hard work but i was looking outside at my backyard and i think you wouldve had to bundle up and im glad you stayed home but you can run after the shot i put on my tennis shoes and open the door but was already wet out as i stepped back in good money to both of you, the foggy weather will continue through the bay area saturday with on and off light showers expected today but it is not going away we will continue with this as well for the better part of your sunday but now this is what is going on right now, we go to the north bay where it is fairly widespread from the north edge of Sonoma County and all the way down to marin and right around the American Canyon area and far inland to the space rushing past livermore and highway for past brentwood and towing west covered over areas of the coast and south bay it is widespread here as well we will continue for the wet weather today but tomorrow morning that rain is also expected followed by drying out the second part of the afternoon with an extended forecast looking dry and warmer in addition to the rainfall here at home we will get crs and i have details on that coming up. You will need to find a spot closer to home to get your exercise over the weekend following the latest wave of park and beach closers around the bay area which is part of the growing effort to slow the spread of covid 19. Ktvus Sara Zendehnam joins us live from home and good morning. Reporter good morning frank and i am sure you remember all of the videos and photos of last weekend or so many people crowded the popular outdoor destinations here in the bay area. Officials want to avoid the same thing happening this weekend which is why state parks and beaches all over the bay area are closed to the public or limiting access. This is a video of Rockaway Beach and pacifica and the north and south parking lot are closed and caution tape and barriers are keeping people out and parks and beaches in San Mateo County had a Record Number of visitors last weekend which made it impossible for people to follow social distancing rules so 23 parks in that county and a lot of beach parking lots at Half Moon Bay and pacifica are closed, east bay regional is closing 20 of its 73 parks and parking your picnic areas until at least april 30 trails will be open to walk or bike on land trust public Access Properties are closed and solano at in San Francisco marina green, baker and ocean beaches and fort clemson are all closed. You can still get out of your house and exercise but the idea is you have to drive somewhere to do that you have gone too far. If the park is grounded or the parking lot is full go home as people are dying all over the United States of this virus and Everybody Needs to do their part. We do have a list of some of these closures on ktvu. Com and click on the coronavirus tab for that information. Thank you sarah did the city of santa clara is now transform the Convention Center there into a temporary hospital in response to this coronavirus pandemic. Yesterday members of the California National guard began setting up dozens of beds at the Santa Clara Convention center and the big building will soon serve as a temporary hospital for as many as 250 coronavirus patients. What you are seeing here is one side where you have either males or females and in between the rows we would have nursing stations. Patients who are covid 19 positive well enough to leave the hospital but do not have otherwise a safe place to return and come here for ongoing care. The goal is to free up hospital beds for the expected surge in virus patients in Santa Clara County and Health Experts say that could begin as early as next week. Health agencies in the east bay are preparing a high school is another temporary shelter for coronavirus patients that they chose the campus of Alhambra High School because it is close to the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in part and medical workers at the school site would treat those patients not critically ill and beds and medical equipment and other supplies are set to arrive in a few days it and in San Francisco three new sites are set to open next week and they will be located in the outer districts like outer sunset, chinatown and near oracle parking will be open to the public but those who want to be tested only to have a doctors referral, and First Responders will be given priority at all three sites. San francisco leaders will open must county center west to help house and isolate the citys Homeless Population during this pandemic and the city is expected to start relocating some Homeless People from Navigation Centers and shelters as early as next week. There will be access to restrooms and showers and maintaining 6 feet of distance from one another. We will use mosconi wes as a place to thin out the shelters so we can have laces where people who are living in complicated settings like shelters can be spread out a lot more. So this will play an Important Role for that. Housing at the center will be on a referral basis only and it will not be a Dropin Center and officials also have contracts with hotels in the city to provide 300 rooms for the homeless and it is in negotiation for some 3000 more good meanwhile governor gavin newsom is granted clemency to 26 california inmates, the governor pardoned five inmates and commuted the sentences of 21 others and Governor Newsom said the claimant these were been processed before the coronavirus outbreak but he says he did consider the Public Health impact when making those decisions each inmates health, job plans and housing arrangements were all taken into consideration. June 2 is the election calendar half a dozen states who have postponed their primaries to that day, it is looking like it could be the next big super tuesday. Ktvus greg lee shows us how a vote by mail can play a huge role and much bigger role in both june and november. Reporter the primary election calendar grinding to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic spin it is an unprecedented time where we are facing so many unknowns that we are having to start from scratch and think about how to run elections. Spirit states that havent voted scrabbling to come up with solutions and june 2 is a significant date because six states of delaware, pennsylvania, connecticut, indiana, maryland and rhode island postpone primaries joining five others already scheduled. We will see frankly a triage approach, i have hybrid approach , for these remain primaries where we will see hopefully an increase outreach and actually production of a vote by mail and probably and hopefully a longer timeframe for early voting Jessica Levinson at Loyola Law School said we are likely to see a range of solutions and some of the states and counties have proposed expanding vote by mail or moving to all vote by mail of the voter Rights Groups said without a choice some are in danger of being disenfranchised there is a fairly significant portion of people who need assistance and so the ability to be able to go someplace to cast a ballot is important. These voting Rights Groups welcome expanding vote by mail but want to see more time for early voting and ensuring polling worker and voter safety and a senate bill proposal calls for 3 million to help states do just this. The National Vote at Home Institute works with legislators to enhance vote by mail but supports options for all voters we know how this will work and just making sure that Election Officials have what they need as early as possible to be able to have the most options available to them. While the immediate focus is on the primaries many believe it is time to Start Talking about possible solutions for the november general election. This is the moment for county registrars and state Election Administrators to talk to each other as much as possible and talk to those who already have the infrastructure in place. And adopt some sort of hybrid. We understand that californias secretary of state is already made with election experts to discuss how to handle the november general election, wrigley ktvu fox 2 news. Lets check in with claudine and rosemary, a good day for a hike but i guess you will get wet is that right . Yeah. You know rosemary i think people want to see the sunshine but it does help. If you get out, like i went for a long walk yesterday, and it breaks up this monotony of sitting in the house all day long. Right sunshine the best medicine although we will not see much sunshine today although it will return. Outside of our doors at this hour there are very wet conditions and wet on and off today youll get an opportunity to get outside but as far as sunshine not accepting a whole lot today. Now this is a look at sfo where the rain is falling and there is wet pavement, temperatures in the 40s and 50s this morning, a lot warmer than where we were yesterday my because of the cloud cover. 43 at santa rosa and 47 in San Francisco, oakland with 50 and upper 40s in livermore san jose, 110 warmer in concord and in the northbay santa rosa and novato waking up 110 warmer light when and calm at Half Moon Bay, southerly or southeasterly breeze at 7 mph or so it a bit breezy in the hills but for the most part generally light and call for most of the urban areas now there is a view of the widespread rain into the north they were continues to fall, bodega bay getting a little bit of a break but widespread from Santa Rosa Petaluma and novato over towards napa and alejo. Central bay is widespread in areas over Half Moon Bay, pacifica and all the way inland to the east bay and we have some of the south bay covered. And there is a little bit of pink indicating a rain and snow mix elevation excited around 3000 feet this morning but it will be rising to about 5000 feet in the afternoon and it will remain. The sierra will get snow eventually come down to about 5000 feet which means lake tahoe with the new snow by tomorrow. As far as rainfall amounts anywhere from one quarter an inch to half an inch expected by the end of tomorrow night. Now by the end of tomorrow night we are drying out and warming it up for the days ahead, better details on the numbers for the afternoon today and into that extended forecast coming up. Coming up next it is not surprising that stayathome is changing peoples spending habits and when we come back we will tell you how one business is seeing a boom in their sales. More on that and also details on a new app developed in conjunction with the cdc that will help you check for coronavirus symptoms while at home. Stay right there. An emergency donation drive organized by ucsf students resumes this morning and marin county and it is taking place in the parking lot of the shopping center. They have collected 5000 masks, 5000 pairs of gloves and other medical supplies. Such greater than will go to doctors and nurses raising a very dangerous situation treating coronavirus patients. Apple is releasing new covid 19 website and an apple in conjunction with the cdc and they feature a screening tool and waste until people protect themselves from illness users can learn about being on guard against certain risk factors, exposures and symptoms but there are also cdc recommendations including whether or not a test is recommended and this app is available right now in the app store. President trump goes to virginia today to set up the hospital ship which will arrive in new york on monday to help with coronavirus relief. There are currently 27,000 confirmed cases in the city with 450 deaths but the army corps of engineers and the National Guard are converting buildings into temporary hospitals, and there will be 2100 beds divided into 10 x 10 cubicles and there will be showers and nurses stations as well. There is no way we can build hospitals within three weeks and so we have to take an existing facility with a standard design. This is a rescue mission that you are on and the mission is to save lives that is what you are doing. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the city has 53,000 hospital beds but it does need 140,000 within three weeks time when the outbreak is projected to be at its worst temporary hospitals are being set up at colleges and future sites could be at the aqueduct horse racing track in new york. And officials with Holland America says their ship has more than 100 people sick on board and four passengers have died, it is unclear how many cases have been performed to be coronavirus and officials are reporting passengers do have flulike symptoms. Several ports have denied permission for the ship to dock and right now the ship is headed to florida but does not have permission to dock there either and it is currently off the coast of panama and looking for classes to sell through the panama canal but gas prices around the country have been coming down and according to aaa gas prices have fallen . 35 a gallon around the bay area this past month we have a picture showing that gas is selling for 2. 59 in livermore yesterday, pump prices continue to decline and oil prices have decreased significantly because of the covid 19 crisis and the crude price oil war between russia and saudi arabia. Bay area retailers say they have noticed a difference in customer spending habits. The businesses we should say that are still open and Hardware Stores are one of those stores considered essential and the owner of an Ace Hardware Store said it is difficult to restock items because the supply chain is overwhelmed by hoarding and the personnel need to fill those orders. Not only are the vendors dealing with their own supply chain issues, they are also dealing with the possibility that their workers will become ill. The Ace Hardware Store owner says some of his federal agencies competing with other federal agencies for the same products and things like disinfectants. I never thought i would say this rosemary but i want to go out shopping but i cannot but even if i could i would probably get wet, right . Reporter yes you would be. People with needing an item for the Grocery Store just have your umbrella as it is a wet one and it will continue to be the case into the afternoon, tonight and tomorrow. Weve often on rain expected which is widespread over the bay area at this moment as you can see on the Storm Tracker and is we go to the north we have light rain around napa, vallejo, novato, petaluma and over the San Pablo Bay stretching east towards fairfield along i 80. The central bay is covered as well, San Francisco bay stretching west all the way along the coastline and you can see their pacific and ocean beach and Half Moon Bay and as we go and to the other direction east we have 680, 580 and highway four, everybody think i like mine at this moment and into the south they we do have rain and the diablo range picking up a bit of rain and stomachs snow levels are around 3000 feet right now and will rise to 5000 feet into the afternoon and remain there for tomorrow. The sierra not seeing snow yet but will eventually come anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of snow expected. Look at the forecast models getting into the second part of the afternoon we remain with cloudy conditions and with a chance of scattered showers through the course of the second part of your day. This is closer to the dinner hour where it does tend to wind down but it is not going away. The next ve comes tomorrow morning and then it moves through lunch time, with scattered showers which will continue and tapering off by the second part of the day, and we might get clearing for folks desperate to get out and stretch their legs with dry conditions. As far as rainfall amounts for this season we could use more to get to the second part of march and into early april, chances of rain will of course the deteriorate with a 40 average over areas around oakland right now and 49 of average in San Francisco. In this era the snow levels will rise for today but do expect the passes to be covered as well as areas around lake tahoe if youre traveling no advisory for travel but you will need snow tires or chains this is a look at temperatures outside right now were waking up several degrees warmer this morning, in the south bay 48 and afternoon highs below average the time of year with upper 50s expected around san mateo and 57 for hayward and 56 expected in the north bay of napa. Into the extended forecast these showers move out by sunday evening and then dry going into monday through wednesday and warmer with temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70 expected for the better part of the start of your week. Thank you. Coming up we finally have answers about the nfl draft and what the league plans to do. We will hear from the 49ers general manager on how and where he is repairing for the big event next month. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. Busy theme parks and us will remain closed indefinitely. Walt Disney Company had originally planned to reopen the parks at the beginning of april that the Company Announced yesterday the theme parks will remain closed until further notice but employees have been paid during the shutdown and the plan is to continue paying tens of thousands of workers at least until april 18. Lyft is offering bay area workers for health right to it from work and now until april 30 essential healthcare workers can enroll in this emergency program. It will include a free 30 dale bay wheels membership with a limited 45 minute trips on petal bikes and ebooks and bay wills offers in berkeley, oakland, san jose, San Francisco and emeryville. An annual High School Fundraiser in fremont will go online this year because of the coronavirus crisis. Normally the 24 hour walkathon and to raise money for the American Cancer Society is held on the Mission San Jose campus but this will is closed and organizers for the relay for life is inviting people to take part at home with online games and contests. The virtual relay for life live stream is set for saturday, april 25. We are looking for positive source to highlight during this pandemic and do you know someone making a difference or providing hope in your community . Ktvu wants you to nominate your local hero in this is how it works. Email your story along with pictures or video of the hero in action to myhero foxtv. Com and will highlight. Tom hanks and rita wilson have returned after being quarantined for weeks and they were spotted driving around los angeles yesterday and he can and she contracted coronavirus while filming a bio on elvis presley. And the utah jazz was given an all clear by the Utah Department of health and you make recall that rudy colbert tested positive for the coronavirus more than two weeks ago setting off a chain of events that led to the cancellation of sports basically and he had his teammate have been clear by the Utah Department of health after completing their periods of isolation and quarantine. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed the draft will happen next month and the draft will take place april 23 through the 25th. It was originally supposed to be this massive event in las vegas but that will not be happening obviously. Now teams will have to prepare their draft without the benefit of in person visits and workouts with potential college draftees the 49ers general manager john lynch is getting set up for the draft in the comfort of his own home. I am thankful for the terrific work that our entire staff, from our scouts and coaches, our it and video, to get ready for this draft and this is an absolutely huge thing for us so there is no excuses are asked donations, we have got to get our work done. Make the best of the situation and we appreciate your support, always faithful, go 49ers, stay at home and stay safe. I have got your back. No word yet on the plans of the draft for the teams other than it will be offsite with a limited number of people. The nhl regular season will be winding down the next few weeks but instead we wait for them as well and while nhl stars on pause the league this a Conference Call entitled nhl stars on top and he was asked which teammate you would most and least want to be quarantined with. I dont know how john is surviving. If you cannot go to the rink he has lost it spent 100 true. I think he and i have the most in common. Players also took the time to talk about how they are training at home. Marin county suffers its first fatality from the coronavirus and more on the victim and the latest number of cases now here in the bay area. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Im Frank Mallicoat. Rosemary, i was thinking, remember the time when all we were doing was counting the rain drops and we were glad it rained at any point . Yes. And now we still need the rain but the sun is also that lifts your spirit in these troubled times. Yes. Sunshine is the best medicine. Not going to see much sunshine today. We are going to remain mostly cloudy and a bit soggy. Outside our doors at this hour, widespread, light rain falling across the bay area. Theres a live look there at the Golden Gate Bridge where it is a lonely one. We will remain with wet pavement not only for areas over the Golden Gate Bridge but take a look at stormtracker 2 where it remains in place. Moving through the bay area, the north bay, take a look at where we are seeing some of this rain. Bodega bay, santa rosa getting a bit of a break. Widespread through vallejo, east through fairfield as well as the San Francisco bay. Light rain along highway 4, 101, 280, along the peninsula, and down into the south bay. Over towards santa cruz, Santa Cruz Mountains as well as the coastline. Little bit of rain snow mix over the diablo range, snow level about 3000 feet. If you look east, lake tahoe dry at the moment, but lake tahoe is going to get snow later today and into the evening hours. For today we are calling for on andoff rain. By sunday night drying out and warming up with the days ahead with a lot more sunshine in place. Details on your weekend plus the extended forecast in a little bit. Marin county is reporting its first coronavirus death. A man in his 70s who sailed on the grand princess this year. He went to mexico. Now, in the past day the bay area reported 200 new cases raising the total to more than 1600. I will show you a map that shows a breakdown county by county. Santa clara county is up 32 cases to 574. Other areas seeing a double digit double digit increase south bay leaders are calling this a critical period in the fight against covid19. When doctors detected the spread of the virus, it had probably already been circulating for some time. Since 80 of people with the disease experience very mild symptoms, it went undetected until people at risk started getting seriously ill. The county says it is imperative that the public follow social distancing standards. Right now its really not important if you want to stay healthy to be counting numbers and trying to look at curves and looking at projections. Whats really, really important is to stay at home, stay away from other people. The county points to the example of wuhan, china where the epicenter of the outbreak was put under lockdown and the number of cases finally began to decline. San jose state closing its Student Union through next week, through spring break after a second person tested positive for the coronavirus. The University Employee is now or actually it is not a second student. Second person. Now recovering at home. Since this person was in the Student Union this week, the area has been shut down Effective Immediately so they can do extra cleaning and sanitizing. The school says its reaching out to anyone who came in contact with that person. San jose states first covid19 case occurred earlier last week. Instruction right now is only done online. They defined a spot closer to home to get your exercise over the weekend. Thats following the latest wave of park and beach closures here in the bay area, all part of the growing effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. And ktvus Sara Zendehnam joins us live at home with more on that. Reporter good morning. Some counties in the bay area are being more strict than others but every single county has at least some rules in place to encourage people to practice social distancing. San mateo county is one thats not taking any chances after what happened last weekend. Officials say parks and beaches in that county had a Record Number of visitors, which made it impossible for people to follow social distancing rules. So 23 parks in the county and a lot of beach parking lots in Half Moon Bay and pacifica are closed. That includes Rockaway Beach in pacifica. This video is from this morning in the north and south parking lots are closed. You can see barriers and tape up to keep people out. Other state parks and beaches all over the bay area are either closed to the public or limiting access. East bay regional is closing 20 of its 73 parks and parking lots near picnic areas until at least april 30th. Trails, though, will be open to walk or bike on. All Solano County parks and Solano Land Trust public Access Properties are closed. And in San Francisco parking lots at the marina green, baker and ocean beaches and fort hunston are closed. She hopes the closures will. By closing this area off to cars, that people will start to get the message of why we are pushing folks to really try and stay get your fresh air, walk your dog, but dont get in your cars and drive to specific locations to play volleyball with your friends, to have picnics, to have wine parties. We have a list of closures on our website, ktvu. Com, just click on the coronavirus tab. Reporting live, Sara Zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. Today President Trump will travel to virginia to see the u. S. Naval hospital ship comfort as it set sails up north for new york city. Visit comes a day after the president signed that 2 trillion coronavirus recovery bill. And he also invoked the defense production act. That will allow Companies Like General Motors to start producing muchneeded ventilators. This invocation of the dpa should demonstrate clearly to all that we will not hesitate to use the full authority of the federal government. The president also announced in the next 100 days the government will produce or buy 100,000 ventilators needed for the most sick patients and will increase testing here in the u. S. Former oil super tanker that became the u. S. Navys largest floating hospital docked at the port of los angeles this morning. Governor newsom was among those on hand when the usns mercy sailed into port yesterday following its trip to san diego. The Navy Hospital ship will be able to treat as many as 1000 noncoronavirus patients so that will free upl hospitals to handle the expected surge in virus cases. We are in the process now of having secured roughly 4,000  beds of some type to prepare for the surge, which we believe will start taking shape in the next week or two based upon our modeling. The usns mercy has 0 beds, 1200 office rooms. The first patients could arrive at the ship as early as today. Governor newsom also issued an executive order that puts in place an Eviction Moratorium for renters affected by the coronavirus and thats through may 31st. Now, tenants are required to submit in writing a request to landlords to defer payment. Thats within seven days of when that rent is actually due. Now, the governor says rent is still owed and must be paid in a timely manner. But this builds on newsoms previous executive order authorizing local governments to halt eviction for renters impacted by the pandemic. Mountain view residents rallied yesterday for stronger protections after they fell the emergency plan fell short. Protesters drove around city hall at the same time council was meeting. They want to know how long people will have to pay back rent once the evacuation moratorium is lifted. Residents in Mountain View are asking the city to set theirs at around 180 days. We are also looking at the City Councils Current Program for rent relief, which would be a way for residents to be able to apply for some kind of monetary assistance to make the next months rent. Members of the Mountain View Housing Justice Coalition are calling for the city to help protect mobile home residents since the countys emergency ordinance did not include them. There are over 1100 mobile homes within city limits. A check of weather. I commuted in and it got wet. Rosemary said you poked your head out of the door and maybe ill go for a run, or maybe not, right . I was looking at the time thinking i could use a fresh cup of coffee. Isnt this when i do a coffee run for everybody around the studio . It is. Im missing you guys. Miss you too. Latte coming up. Ill have it delivered. Outside our doors at this hour it is a wet one and perhaps you are sipping on a nice warm cup of coffee or perhaps tea. A wet start to the day and it is widespread. This light shower activity will be on and off not only for your bay area saturday but a next level will come in and bring us rainfall for sunday. Right now temperatures in the mid40s in and around areas like santa rosa, will call for 44. 47 in San Francisco, 50 in oakland, 47 in livermore and 48 san jose. Temperatures are warmer this morning with that added humidity, and the cloud cover. 15 degrees warmer in napa. Oakland youre up by five, san jose up by seven. Looking at some of the rainfall amounts. We have actually started to accumulate some rain in the last just six hours or so. Oakland reporting 0. 1 inch so far. Calm at Half Moon Bay, calm in livermore as well as heyward. You can see that rainfall we are talking about, into the north bay getting a little bit of a break but still areas like guerneville as well as petaluma, novato, around American Canyon, vallejo, napa, san helena as well as our bridges from the richmond, san rafael to the golden gate, bay bridge, all under green right now. San jose, morgan hill, gilroy, highway 101 is a wet commute as well as over towards the Santa Cruz Mountains as well as the coastline. Sierra, tahoe still dry at the moment but the sierra will pick up on snow a little bit later today, snow levels will be dropping. As far as rainfall amounts for us, by the end of the weekend, anywhere from quarter inch to half inch of rainfall. We do dry out tomorrow and then we are dry for the week ahead. Better details on what you can expect as we head into your afternoon with temperatures and that warmup coming our way coming up in just a little bit. Sounds good, rosemary, thanks. Coming up, local governments in the bay area in and around the country are bracing for an influx of covid 19 patients. How city leaders in santa clara are trying to boost hospital capacity. We will tell you about a fundraiser underway to buy powered air purified respirators for healthcare workers in the east bay who are working on the front lines in the fight against coronavirus. Mornings on 2 will be right back. A number of hospitals and a number could be facing a shortage of critical supplies. In fact, we know those shortages are in place right now. So you got nurses at Highland Hospital in oakland who have organized a fundraiser to raise money to buy powered air purifying respirators which are essential in handling severe cases of coronavirus. The director says it is welcoming any and all donations. Joining us now is hannah culbert, a registered nurse at Highland Hospital. Thank you so much for joining us and thank you for all that you are doing on the front lines there keeping everyone safe and treating the patients at risk and who are suffering. Thanks for joining us. How are you guys holding up . Since we have had all these donations, it helped a lot with our anxiety here. I feel like everybody has come together, especially as a community. We feel so much love, its helped with anxiety. Yeah, tell us the situation. Paint us the picture of really whats happening. Because we have seen stories of the shortages and homemade masks and people doing whatever they can to protect themselves, healthcare workers specifically as they are trying to help other people. Can you tell us what its like at work at the hospital . Its very theres a lot of anxiety because we werent quite prepared, like all the hospitals in the bay area, we werent prepared with a lot of tappers that you need for intubation, and in other places they are doing intubations so you need to have a tapper. It caused a lot of anxiety. And right now the hospital is the census is low because people are staying home, but we all know that the surge is coming. Its only a matter of time. Exactly. Tell us how these you know, for people who dont work in healthcare, how these powered air purified respirators work. How expensive they are. How many did you have on hand, how many will you need to make sure you feel like i dont think anyone can be prepared enough and i think even in new york they are saying, you know, we havent hit our peak in terms of the apex of what we know that is coming, that determines supply. But tell us how it works, why this intubation is so dangerous and how many you really want to be able to purchase or have on ha so if you come into the hospital and you cant breathe and you need a ventilator to help you breathe, when we stick the tube down your throat, it lets out in the air the virus, which spreads on your skin, it goes into your lungs. Definitely a lot of ways it can be transmitted. And with the tapper, it provides a shield over our face and it also pushes in air, so therefore we are not getting exposed to any of the outside environment. And so basically during the procedure. Now, how many are available in terms of right now . We dont have the surge yet and obviously the concern is when the surge of patients comes, there wouldnt be enough. How many are you guys trying to purchase and tell me about the gofundme and the idea to set it up and its been pretty well received. Yes. One of our lovely coworkers, her sister was concerned about how many papers that we had into the hospital and she started this gofundme that nobody knew until we saw it and everybody was thankful that somebody was reaching out for us to help us. So because of that, it spread so it wasnt even started by a nurse, right . It was started by a friend who just said, im seeing what you guys are going through and i really want to help . One of the residents sister was concerned. Liz miller was concerned and she started the gofundme for us. How much does each one of these cost . Anywhere between 1800 to 2000. Wow. But you also have how did it spread . Through social media was a big thing, and just people sending it to their family who sent it to their friends and it quickly overone day went up to 12, 13,000, quickly. Thats amazing. Keep in mind, they are a couple thousand dollars, you know it still doesnt buy probably as many as you would like. We have been really lucky. Its moved up to 40,000, which is way beyond our goal, so we were able to get 15 papers for the emergency room, which is huge. Thats amazing. Are you going to continue this fundraiser . Do you keep upping the total . As you need more and as the need continues to grow, are you and one last question before i let you go, are you worried that there is not enough out there now that you have the money to buy them . Are you going to be able to get them . We had a lot of nurses got together and did a lot of research to find out who was still providing them, so we have 15 on our way. What we have come up with is 40,000, which i feel like is way enough to help us get to where we need, so we are going to continue to get them and wipes that we need to keep clean. Our goal is to keep us safe and keep the people that clean our rooms, keep the nurses and doctors safe and rt safe so we can go home and not spread it to our families as well. Absolutely. Absolutely. Im so glad that you got the i know so many people and we are grateful of the work that you do every single day and putting yourself at risk in order to help people. So hannah, thank you so much for joining us. A highland nurse. And thank you for everything that you and your coworkers and all the healthcare workers out there are doing. Again, thank you for everybody thats contributed. We appreciate the love that we received so much. Its such a blessing. Thank you. Such great news. Always great to hear. San franciscos normally Bustling Hotels, they are quiet. Coming up we will tell you how the cities are working with the hotels to get people affected by the coronavirus quarantined into a room. Good morning to you. Happy soggy saturday. We do have mostly cloudy skies outside our doors and the light rain is already falling, picking up anywhere from a few standpoint 01inch to a 10th of an inch. It is cloudy and soggy as well. Giving you a look over the widespread rain, north bay, east bay, down through the south bay and over towards the peninsula as well as the coastline, even with a little bit of rain snow mix here, that shade of pink over the diablo range and Mount Hamilton seeing some of this. As we roll through your bay area saturday, you can expect the scattered showers to continue on and off throughout the course of the day, in addition to rain here at home, we are going to see some sierra snow. Levels expected to rise over the next 24 hours or a little bit over Mount Hamilton this morning. 5000 feet by tomorrow. Still a good elevation for lake tahoe to pick up some snow. So hopefully some live cameras tomorrow morning will show us that snowfall, anywhere from 3 to 6 inches expected over the sierra. No advisories for travel but be prepared if you are heading up over those passes, they will be impacted by snow. As far as for us here at home, you can see that widespread rain this morning. As we get into your lunch hour, mostly cloudy, onandoff sprinkles expected throughout the course of the day. If youre thinking about stepping out for a walk around the block, into your back yard, we are going to be mostly cloudy, a little bit soggy but not as widespread with the rain as we are seeing this morning. It doesnt go away. It tapers off. Heres the next round come sunday morning. Widespread rain once again, as we get into the afternoon, it winds down, starts to look at sunset where you can see we are going to get clearing, and then we are dry for the rest of the evening and we are dry for the days ahead. Temperatures outside right now under overcast skies, we have 47 degrees in novato, 51 in San Francisco, upper 40s over areas of walnut creek. The winds not bad, a little breezy in our hills but generally light around the region at this time. Afternoon highs are going to remain below average. 56 in San Francisco for today, upper 50s expected in concord. Now into the extended forecast where we are looking at dry weather and warmer weather, getting into monday, tuesday, wednesday, upper 60s to near 70 degrees. Back to you. Thank you, rosemary. Time now is 8 26. San francisco leaders are trying to lease more hotels for people that have been affected by the coronavirus. The city is beginning the first phase of the project placing those under a mandatory quarantine who have no place to go at a hotel. City hopes to also find lodging for healthcare workers, First Responders, seniors and the homeless. Fears of the coronavirus and shelterinplace orders are devastating the citys tourism and travel cities. Labor unions and city leaders want to repurpose those empty rooms. Theres only 3 to 5 of the rooms are occupied in San Francisco, which means tens of thousands of empty rooms right now. 9000 of our members work in hotels and the cuts have been deep. We see closures occurring almost on a daily basis. So well over 80 of our members in hotels are currently available. Labor unions say if hotels open for Coronavirus Response, the work would be on a volunteer basis at the regular pay. Members want Safety Training and they want to wear protective gear as well. Up next, governor gavin newsom has granted clemency to 26 inmates. When we come back, how the coronavirus outbreak impacted those decisions. But first San Francisco is working to help protect the homeless during the coronavirus outbreak. The space they are converting to help some of the more vulnerable, coming up. Bracing for more covid19 patients. A look at how Health Officials in the south bay are transforming the Santa Clara Convention center into a make shift hospital. And looking at for the Homeless Population. The plan from San Francisco city leaders to keep the virus away from encampments. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Welcome back on this saturday morning. Good to have you on board here on mornings on 2 as our sky cam up there at lake tahoe takes a peek at the sierra and the beautiful lake. Lots of snow, but no resorts open. The timing on all of that not so hot. A tough year for skiers but still a beautiful picture nonetheless. Im Frank Mallicoat here on this saturday. Ive got Claudine Wong and Rosemary Orozco at home, sweet home. How does it feel to be at home . It feels pretty good. Its amazing, i think, how we have transitioned, dont you think, rosemary . And i dont know if you ever imagined you would be doing weather from home, but youre giving us a great look at really what we can expect this weekend. Yeah. Hats off to our engineers and everybody involved getting this together in such short order. Yes, i agree, sometimes i sit here and think, never in a million years would i have thought i would be doing this. Here we are. Outside our doors this morning, perhaps a good day to stay indoors. We have got soggy weather. Of course, there are a lot of people that enjoy the rains, splashing around in the puddles. You may want to get out and walk around the block or go for that cup of coffee to go. As we continue to see the light rainfall throughout the bay area, and at the moment its fairly widespread. Theres a look into the east bay. Another perspective for you here, stormtracker 2 showing you north bay, east bay, south bay, peninsula and coastline. We are all involved in this this morning. Heres a look at the widespread rain over areas of the north bay, moving into the central bay. Dont have to spend a whole lot of time around because you can see almost everybody getting some light rain this morning. That is some good news. We will continue to see this on and off throughout the day. I think you will get an opportunity to get outdoors under some dry weather, but we are likely to be mostly cloudy and its not going to go away completely. Even a little bit of rain snow mix being picked up over areas of the diablo range and for the sierra later today and into tomorrow we have got snow expected for you there. Our headlines for today, the cloudy skies, temperatures below average, scattered showers continuing. We will begin to wind down tonight, but another wave moving through tomorrow. We will start out with morning rain once again, afternoon showers before we finally dry out. It looks like by the evening hours and then we have a dry extended forecast with warmer weather on the way. Details on your weekend and beyond coming up in just a little bit. Its always fun to play in the rain or sing in the rain and not a bad idea to do that. And you will need to find a spot close to home to get in your exercise this weekend. Thats following the latest wave of closures that is affecting parks and beaches in the bay area as this ongoing effort continues to stop the spread or at least slow it down of coronavirus. We have got ktvus Sara Zendehnam joining us live with details. I get it, i have done the same hike and the same walk over and over again, and it would be nice to go other places, but i think we need to kind of just take what we got close to us and appreciate that, right . Reporter of course. This is a tough time for everyone. But even if youre getting outside, right outside of your house, its better than staying inside. Just avoid those crowds. Officials are really encouraging people to explore their own communities rather than try to visit other places in the bay area. The idea is that if you have to drive somewhere to exercise, you are really going too far. Many closures were announced for this weekend in San Francisco, marin, san mateo and sonoma counties and the east bay. While some are more strict than others, every bay area county has at least some rules in place to practice social distancing at their parks and beaches. Officials in San Mateo County are putting their foot down because of the turnout they saw last weekend. Officials say parks and beaches in that county had a Record Number of visitors, which, of course, defeats the purpose of social distancing. So 23 parks in the county and a lot of beach parking lots in Half Moon Bay and pacifica are closed. That includes Rockaway Beach in pacifica. This video is from this morning. The north and south parking lots are closed. You can see barriers and tapes to keep people out. As of 5 00 p. M. Last night, all Solano County parks and Solano Land Trust public Access Properties closed. In San Francisco parking lots at the marina green, field, baker and ocean beaches and fort clemson are also closed. East bay regional closed 23 of its 73 parks and parking lots near picnic areas until at least april 30th. For now trails are open to walk or bike on. Officials hope the rules will help but they are prepared to shut down more areas to make sure people take their message seriously. We hope that that will happen. We may be able to relax some of those rules, but right now we are looking in the opposite where we may have to even increase closures. We are talking to the Health Agencies every day. Reporter we have a list of some of these closures on our website, ktvu. Com, just click on the coronavirus tab. Reporting live, Sara Zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. Sara, thanks. City of santa clara now transforming its Convention Center into a temporary hospital in response to the pandemic. Yesterday members of the California National guard began setting up dozens of beds at Santa Clara Convention center. The big building will soon serve as a temporary hospital for as many as 250 coronavirus patients. Youre seeing here is one side where we would have either males or females and in between the major roads here, we would have nursing stations. Patients who are covid positive who are well enough to leave the hospital but dont have otherwise a safe place to return can come here for ongoing care. The goal is to free patients Santa Clara County. Health experts say that could begin as early as next week. And in San Francisco three new Virus Testing sites have been set up. They will open next week. Those sites would be located in the citys outer sunset district, china town and near oracle park. They will be open to the public for people who want to be tested. You need a doctors referral, though. And First Responders will be given priority at all three of those San Francisco sites. San Francisco City leaders are going to open Moscone Center west to help house and isolate the citys Homeless Population during this coronavirus pandemic. The city is expected to start relocating some of the Homeless People from Navigation Centers and shelters to Moscone Center as early as next week. There they will have access to rest rooms, showers and they will be able to maintain six feet of distance from one another. We are going to use moscone west as a place to thin out our shelters so that we can start to have places so that people who are again living in congregant settings like our shelters can be spread out a lot more so moscone west is going to play an Important Role for that. Housing at moscone west will be on a referral basis only so it is not going to be a Dropin Center. Officials also have contracts with hotels in the city to provide 300 rooms for the homeless and it is in negotiations for 3,000 more. Governor gavin newsom granted clemency to 26 california inmates. The governor pardoned five inmates and commuted the sentences of 21 others. Newsom says the clemencies were already being processed before the coronavirus outbreak but he says he did consider the Public Health impact when making his decisions. Each inmates health, job plan and housing arrangements were taken into consideration. A lot of people across the country cooped up, want to get outside, maybe take a hike, make take a walk with their loved ones, keep that social distancing, but if youre here in the bay area, rosemary, its going to be wet, right . It is going to be a soggy one. Claudine, if either getting out today, make sure you have the umbrella handy. We are looking at i will have it. I will have it. Yes. Good idea. Good idea. And the rain boots for the little ones. If youre going to take that walk around the block, we do have soggy conditions in place. Light rain started falling early this morning and heres a look at all that overcast sky. With the overcast conditions, temperatures are actually a little bit warmer. The humidity helps as well. Sfo is a wet one. You can see the tarmac there is slick. San francisco right now coming in at 47 degrees. 44 in santa rosa. Upper 40s oakland, livermore and san jose, so pretty uniform with the temperatures this morning. 15 degrees warmer in napa, up by 5 over oakland as well as palo alto. Getting into the afternoon, our temperatures will remain below average for this time of year. More on that coming up in just a moment. Lets check in on the winds, generally light around the area. Little breezy in our hills but not bad for our urban spots. And heres a look at that rainfall. North bay, east bay, along the peninsula, down through the south bay, it just continues. Santa rosa, petaluma, novato, along highway 101 and stretching over towards the napa valley as well as sonoma, into areas along i80, vallejo, fairfield covered in it this morning. The west coast all the way inland we have got rain from ocean beach into discovery bay. If we shift south just a bit, its widespread here as well, over areas of the south bay, little bit of rain snow mix over the diablo range, Mount Hamilton area. Moving it back for you, you can see this is moving ashore so sierra not seeing it yet but the sierra is going to get fresh snow. That is some great news there. Later today and into tomorrow, snow levels will be climbing, though, starting out right about 30,000 feet this morning to about 5,000 feet as we get into tonight and into tomorrow morning. Still low enough to impact our passes, i80, as well as highway 50 and bring snow to lake tahoe. As far as the rainfall amounts expected for us, anywhere from quarter inch to half inch by tomorrow night. Tomorrow night is when we finally dry out. Ill have a timeline of your weekend as well as the extended forecast coming up in just a little bit. Sounds good, rosemary. Thank you. Coming up next, the hayward coronaVirus Testing site is opening soon for another day of testing. The changes being made to prevent the center from being overwhelmed. And some hope for nonprofits that have had their fundraisers and auctions all canceled. Up next, a bay area auctioneer shows us how hes bringing Charity Auctions online. Its coming up next. Auctioneer Steve Haworth out of danville has been raising money for nonprofits, raising over 200 million. However, all the galas and charity functions have all been canceled as we navigate the coronavirus. Lots of good dollars lost, but steve has come up with an idea that he hopes will once again fund those worthy causes. Its called Charity Auction solutions. Com, an Online Auction that has the potential to reach infinitely more people and make even more money in our everchanging world by bringing the event into your home. Lets say hi to steve. An old friend from junior high, just a few years ago, steve. Good morning. Good morning. How are you, frank . Im great. This is such a great idea. First of all, lets talk about some of the organizations that you work with. They must be devastated because this is really their big budget, what they kind of live to work with. Yes. For most of these organizations, the actual galas are the large bridge to not only enable the organizations really across the world to maintain their current levels of services but also to expand those services to those in need. There is no stock gap funding to come in to, unfortunately, make Funds Available when these types of gala events have to be canceled. So we were all devastated to hear that they were all going to be shut down across the country and more than likely the world as well. So out of that devastation arose an idea to the extent that i was able to collaborate with a group to come up with a platform under the guise of if we cant bring the people to the event, lets do our best to bring the event to the people, to give them an opportunity in the comfort and the safety of their own homes to once again participate, to help schools and many other organizations that need support during these times without the need for actually venturing out beyohave basically, is a platform for doing both silent auctions and live auctions and their own home setting in an exciting way. In addition to that, i have reached out to some of my friends, particularly jim douglas of prime Time Entertainment who is going to, with me, collaborate with many musicians and artists throughout not only the bay area, but california as well, and perhaps beyond, to bring some exciting, fun, upbeat, rock n roll, partyatmosphere to these brings that we are going to be via Live Streaming video in folks homes. If my organization is out there, my gala was in april, its been canceled. We have got these great items up for bid. How do they contact you . How does it work . So what they would need to do, simply is to reach out to my website, charityauctionllc. Com, or they can contact me via email, steve. Haworth steve. Haworth outlook. Com. Or in addition to that they can call on my phone, 925389 7714. I have the early samples of my discussing this program with a multitude of nonprofits, is that this is going to really, really be this is really exciting news for them and i hope that not only myself, but all of my fellow auctioneers out there in and around the bay area and the United States can use this platform to take this into the homes of their clients as well. So this is not only for me, but its also for a number of other auctioneers. Maybe you can explain quickly, steve, so even if youre not part of an organization, say its for the rotary club, somewhere in the east bay, and youre in elko, nevada and you say, boy, i would love to get that Klay Thompson jersey. You can go online and bid on it as well. So youre going to reach a much bigger audience by doing this Live Streaming, right . Yes. Typically we would have lets take schools, for example, it would generally just be the parents and perhaps some of the teachers that will attend the live gala. In this particular case the platform is going to enable us and some other collaboration visavis social marketing and advertising thats going to allow us to reach out to people across the nation and, frankly, all they are going to have to do is go online, register for the event, and they will be able to participate from their homes as well. So we are really going to expand the reach of who can participate in these events. All right, steve. I know when does it kick off . Pretty quick, right . Yeah. In the next week, we are getting our arms around everything, getting everybody lined up and what we really need is for people to reach out to us as soon as possible to get on our schedule so we can get their events booked online and ready to roll to make some money. I have emceed a lot of events. I know you have raised a lot of money. This is a great idea. By the way, pro bono to start as well. Which is awesome youre doing it. All the best. Good luck with everything. Thank you so much for having me on. Have a great rest of the day. I will. Good to have you on too. If you would like to have more information, go to our website, hit the web links tab and we will send you over to steve so you can get set up. Very good. Onto weather now. Lets check in with rosemary on the home front with our weather in the bay area. Spring showers falling over the bay area, not only today but into your bay area sunday. We do begin to dry out tomorrow night and then we are going to dry it out and warm it up, getting into the days ahead. Giving you a view here over the Golden Gate Bridge. Overcast skies, the rain continues to fall over most of the bay area this morning. We will get breaks a little bit later today and into the evening hours. It will be on and off giving you an opportunity to get outdoors and get a little bit of fresh air. Heres a look at some of the rainfall so far this morning. Of course, we are just getting started. Areas over oakland reporting a 10th of an inch already. Getting into the weekend, anywhere from a quarterinch to halfinch of rainfall expected all said and done. We will take it because as you know, we are way below average for this time of year. And theres a view of all that light rain falling over the bay area. Getting into the north bay, most areas covered in the green, bodega bay is getting a bit of a break as well as inverness and point reyes. The Sonoma Valley seeing a lot of light showers this morning. The activity is along the coastline, the peninsula, east bay, inner east bay, and shifting south. We have got some widespread rain from santa rosa all the way past gilroy, santa cruz involved in that. Snow levels around 3500 feet or so and will continue to climb for today with snow in the sierra expected. Theres a look at what we can expect, we will call it about lunchtime, early afternoon, 1 00 or so, mostly cloudy skies and a lot of scattered shower activity. Into the evening hours we are now right around the dinnertime, mostly cloudy skies and a few sprinkles possible. With all the cloud cover in place, i imagine we will have drizzle. And then as we get into tomorrow morning, more rain, a second wave moving through. It looks like by the afternoon it begins to taper off and then right around sunset we will be drying out and we will be dry for the days ahead. Temperatures this morning, in the low 40s to low 50s into the afternoon. Mid to upper 50s. So not really going to warm up. We will remain below average for this time of year. The extended forecast shows you, though, more like spring as we move into monday, tuesday, with the temperatures in the upper 60s under dry conditions. Frank. Rosemary, i will take it. Thank you very much. Coming up next, San Franciscos normally Bustling Hotel scene, they are quiet. When we come back, how the city is working hotels to get people affected by the coronavirus quarantined into a room. And how a new movie is giving a more authentic look at People Living with mental illness. The movie streaming online this weekend, coming up. A movie that aims to give an authentic portrayal of Mental Health is available to stream right now. Its called inside the rain. You may remember that i got a chance to speak with fischer on mornings on 2 several weeks ago just as they were announcing the launch of this movie. We have got reporter Ashley Dvorkin talking about this movie. Im actually literally bipolar. Reporter about a College Student about bipolar disorder facing expulsion after a misunderstanding. So he makes a movie about it to try to stay in school. Im making the movie. Reporter its based on aaron fischers experiences living with bipolar disorder but at first it was just about telling a story. Its about this guy ben who happens to be bipolar and his Love Interest and taylor who happens to be a sex worker. I tried to show them, you know, as fully human as possible. Aaron is glad the film has led to a bigger conversation about Mental Health. Many people have come up to me at festivals, some people have come up to me sobbing and they are like, this story is so important for me. Its so important to get this story out entertainment. This movie explores that in a wonderful, likable, acceptable way thats not like taking medicine. And its truly fun to watch. And to be bipolar is not to be on the outside as much as we think it might be. Thats what attracted me, is the fact its not really a disorder. Its a condition. And we can all deal with it properly. I need to prove my innocence. Reporter and aaron adds movies can be a way to help rid stigmas. Any voice that is not out there, you know, movies are good for that. Reporter in hollywood, Ashley Dvorkin, fox news. Restrictions on tightening for people who are looking to get out and go to parks and beaches. Ahead at 9 00, what people need to know if they want to go outside and get some of that fresh air. And helping others in a time of need. Coming up, how people are pitching in to find essential medical equipment for healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus. When we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. An update on the coronavirus case in the bay area. And white officials in the south bay are calling this a critical period in the fight against covid19. The Student Union at San Diego State is closing. And the steps that are being taken to disinfect. Recreation areas around the bay area are being closed for social distancing. Good morning san jose you have a bit of a marine lay layer over you. A bit of rain today and tomorrow. Happy saturday one and all. It is good to have you back here at 9 00 a. M. I am all by my lonesome in oakland. But rosemary is not that far away at home. You are never alone frank. Rosemary, was thinking, this was a galoshes and stomp around some puddles or just stand in the rain. Sunshine can be been and but so can the rain. It is a good morning to slosh around in the puddles. We have accumulation going on all ready as the system moves through the bay area. One round today and one tomorrow. Snow in the sierras. Taking a look at the Storm Tracker 2, north bay and the coastline as well as south bay and the peninsula, all of us are involved. This will not be the case the entire day. But again, this is just the start of it. If you look to the east, you can see the sierras are not quite seeing that snow just yet. The snow will be impacting the passes as we are looking at snow levels right around 3500 feet this morning and up to about 5000 feet later today. We have scattered showers in fo tomorrow morning another round of rain. Then we have dry conditions for the days ahead. We will have a detailed look at what you can expect the rest of the weekend and next week. The first case of coronavirus death has been reported in marin county. A total of 200 new cases have been reported in the bay. This is a breakdown county by county. Santa clara county is up by 200 cases. Also, San Francisco, alameda, contra costa and sonoma. It Santa Clara County says when doctors begin detecting Community Spread of the virus, it had probably been circulating for quite some time. 80 of the people with the disease experience mild symptoms. So it went undetected until people at risk started getting seriously ill. They say it is imperative that the public follow social distancing guidelines. Right now it is really important if you want to stay healthy to stay at home and stay away from other people. The county pointing to the example of china where the cases started to decline after the city was put on lockdown. At san jose state is closing the Student Union because a second person on campus has been diagnosed with covid19. So they are trying to address that. The University Employee is recovering at home. Since this person was in the Student Union this week, the area has been shut down Effective Immediately. That is so they can do some extra cleaning and sanitizing. The school says they are reaching out to everyone that came into contact with that person. The first case of covid19 was diagnosed last week. The hayward coronaVirus Testing site just opened this morning. It is offering testing to people that qualify. Some changes are being instituted at the direction of the Alameda Health department. Testing will be limited to people with a fever of at least 100 degrees. And this is a live look at the situation in haywood right now and you can see people outside of their protective equipment on. We watched earlier that you drive in they make sure that you fit the captioning requirements and if you do they send you to another area for testing. The screening is at the hayward f. Y. E. Fire Department Near tennyson park. So far a number of people that have been tested were positive for the virus. Bay area officials are encouraging people to avoid the beach and parks. It is all part of the stepped up efforts to slow down the spread of coronavirus. Lets go to sierra at home with more. Reporter we all know how tough it is to stay at home but Officials Say that is really the only way that we can spread the slow of coronavirus. They are putting more regulations in place. Major closures of beaches were announced this weekend. In addition to those counties got every other bay area county has some rules in place to practice social distancing at their parks and beaches. Last weekend San Mateo County had a Record Number of visitors and that defeats the purpose of social distancing. The 23 parks in the area at Half Moon Bay and pacifica are closed. We stop by Rockaway Beach in pacifica this morning. We did see some people stop by even though those beaches are closes. Also llano county parks have closed. Christie field, ocean beaches and several others are closed as well. East bay regional closed 20 of its 73 parks and picnic areas until april 30. For now, trails are open to walk and bike on but people do still have concerns. I think when i ask people to give me 6 feet they are shocked but they are very friendly. And when i go to one side of the road i expect people to go to the other. Reporter we do have a list of some of these closures on our website, ktvu. Com. Just click on the coronavirus tab. Reporting live i am Sara Zendehnam for ktvu fox 2 news. Today President Donald Trump will travel to virginia to see the u. S. Navy hospital ship comfort. It has set sail for new york city. The visit comes one day after the president signed a 2 trillion recovery bill. He also invoked the defense production act that allows Companies Like gm to produce ventilators. This should demonstrate to all that we will not hesitate to use the full authority of the federal government. He also announced that they will purchase ventilators for the most sick patients and increase testing. A former oil supertanker that has become the largest floating hospital is docked at port angeles this morning. The uss mercy came into port yesterday. It will be able to treat as many as 1009 coronavirus patients to free up los angeles hospitals to handle the expected surge in coronavirus cases. We are in the process now of having roughly 4000 beds of some type freed up to prepare for the surge, which we believe will start taking shape in the next week or two based upon our modeling. Reporter the uss mercy has 1200 beds and a full staff of medical workers. The first patients could start arriving at that ship later today. Governor newsom now has an Eviction Moratorium in place. That moratorium will be in place through may 31. Now, tenants will still be required to give landlords a written request to defer payments within seven days of when rent is due. And rent is still going to be how. It must also be paid in a timely manner. This builds on the previous executive order allowing governments to halt tax payments. A city resolution is protecting people in oakland from eviction and businesses as well. The City Council President says the vote was important. People are scared about being laid off and receiving eviction notices. While Small Businesses are wondering if they will even survive the crisis. It is 9 11 am. Now, claudine you like to hike with your family. And i know rosemary you like to run. If you do either, you are going to get a little wet today. Make sure that your outside gear is waterproof. Rain is falling across the bay area. North bay, central bay and south bay are seeing rain. And then it will be off and on throughout the entire day. Tomorrow, more of the same. Lets take a look out here. It is a soggy one on the tarmac. Overcast skies, visibility is not too bad. Temperatures are warmer with cloud cover in place and humidity is up. Upper 40s in San Francisco, oakland, livermore and san jose. Pretty uniform temperatures. And a bit warmer over the the northbay than yesterday. A little cooler along the peninsula. Sfo and pella are also reporting just a degree or two. So although we do not have sunshine this morning, rains are generally light. It is call over livermore. Most of the urban areas. This is a view of the light rain over the entire day. We are not seeing snow in the mountains yet. Mill valley, sausalito, richmond, east over towards fairfield we have some there. The coastline, the peninsula, it looks like San Francisco is getting a bit of a break but we may have some drizzle falling below the radar. The bay bridge is a slick when this morning but they may see a break there just before too long. This is a look at the south bay. We have light rain falling over the Santa Cruz Mountains and a bit more pink early on with snow levels climbing to about 5000 feet today. Mount hamilton had a bit of a rain and snow mix. Later today the sierras will start to see the snow and snow levels rising to about 5000 feet and impacting the passes including i80 and i50. By the end of the weekend, between a quarter of an inch up to half and make it of rainfall. We are below average for this time of year so that is good news. Over the northbay, 52 of average over santa rosa and 44 in san jose. When we come back we will have a timeline of the wet weather and as we get into the days ahead we will dry out and warm up. Thank you, rosemary. The coronavirus has thrown a wrench in the president ial primaries. How a number of states are trying to come up with solutions. And how people in one San Francisco neighborhood are spreading good cheer while practicing social distancing. We will be right back. More than ever, your home is your sanctuary. Thats why lincoln offers complimentary pickup and delivery servicing. Well pick up your vehicle and leave you with a lincoln loaner and the peace of mind that helps you focus on what matters most. Thats the power of sanctuary. And for a little extra help, you can now purchase a new lincoln remotely, and defer payment for up to 120 days. Welcome back. It is 9 17 am. Hotel leaders are trying to lease hotels to help those impacted by coronavirus. They are beginning the first phase of that. The city hopes to find lodging for healthcare workers, First Responders, seniors and the homeless. Fears of coronavirus and shelter in place orders are devastating the city tourism and travel industries. Labor unions and city leaders would like to repurpose those empty rooms. There is only 35 of the rooms occupied in San Francisco so there are tens of thousands of empty rooms. I have family members working at hotels. The cuts are deep. Closures happening on a daily basis. So well over 80 of hotel rooms are empty. The work would be on a volunteer basis at these facilities. Members do need Safety Training and they will get to where protective gear. Human Service Agencies are negotiating Hotel Room Costs with the city. An effort is underway to bring neighbors together while still complying with social distancing. Amberly has more on how neighbors are putting a unique twist on what would have been a busy night out. Reporter imagine a friday night gathering with social distancing and this is what it looks like on shotwell street in the mission neighborhood. A singalong. Those that live with each other huddle close while keeping a distance from their neighbors while still coming together. We are always going to be connected somehow. And even if it is just waving. And that is what this is about. Reporter many working from home are missing the interaction their jobs bring. I have not touched another person in over a week. Reporter one person says she would usually be at happy hour for a drink at a restaurant on a friday night. This gave the ring gathering brings some sense of normalcy. It is a break from the computer and i get to see my neighbors. Reporter a time to meet neighbors and find common ground. Even though we are isolated, its a good way to remember there is still quite a community here. We are embracing that. Reporter this moment is a respite from the challenges they now face. We will just have to wait and see. I have not thought that far ahead. Or worried that far ahead just yet. Reporter finding strength in solidarity. We were giving each other the thumbsup or okay. Or even shouting, how are you doing . We live in such a beautiful place and we have so much and we are learning to appreciate it. Reporter neighbors say they enjoyed this so much they plan to do it again. The Organizer Says he hopes to  inspire other communities to find ways to conduct while keeping a safe distance. In San Francisco i am a amber lee for ktvu fox2 news. Lets check the weather. Nothing like a guitar to make you feel just a little bit better. The rain has the same influence i think. I suppose. Maybe. But music is good for the soul. And on a rainy day, i think you can just snuggle up by a window, put on some great music and have a cup of coffee. Maybe do a zoom call with somebody you have not talked with for a while. How often have i said that if you can be hanging out on the coziness of the couch on a rainy day, thats a good thing to do. We do have soggy conditions out there this morning and it is going to remain that way. We will get to try weather and warm up. We have a bit of rain on our lens right now. And so far, we are just getting started. Loman, douglas and san jose are all reporting. 01 inches. Oakland is leading the pack at. 10 inches. You can see the rain is widespread. As you get into the northbay, a bit of rain out there. There are still many areas that stretch into the valley locations that are seeing rain. It looks like the golden gate and close to the bay bridge we have a few scattered showers there. The san mateo bridge, there is rain over your area at the moment. We have san jose to morgan hill and a wet commute there. We have seen this taper off. There is a god of pink. Snow levels are climbing to about 5000 feet by the afternoon. It will still impact the passes but you can see the sierra is still waiting on some of that moisture. For this weekend, into tahoe, do expect a bit of snow here. Anywhere from 36 inches expected over the higher elevations. The lake levels right around 6000 feet or so. Hopefully tomorrow morning we will have some fresh snow over lake tahoe. We had home are going to see scattered showers off and on. Here is a look at the Late Afternoon and into about sunset where we will remain partly will wind down but lets take a look at what comes tomorrow morning. Another wave. Widespread. Light and moderate rain falling into the afternoon and then the same drill. We will start to taper off and then by the Late Afternoon and evening hours we will be drying out and then drive for the days ahead. Temperatures this morning are warmer than where we started yesterday. Mid 40s and mid 50s at this time. For the afternoon it is going to be cloudy and below average. Head and upper 50s. So a cool day in store. That begins to change as we get into monday. Mid and upper 60s in the forecast with partly cloudy skies and 70 degrees by tuesday. Talk to you. Raise your hands if you are looking forward to tuesday. Im guilty. Nice job ladies. Coming up, restaurants are warning that up to one third of them could close permanently because of the virus. What Restaurant Owners say they need to stay in business. There is less traffic on the roads but some people are driving recklessly. That coming up one mornings on 2 continues. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. Welcome back. The california Highway Patrol says they have seen more speeding drivers on the bay area freeways. The stayathome order has all but ended the traffic jams but you still have to obey traffic laws. Seven cars were stopped in one day for going more than 100 mile per hour one day. This driver was clocked going 117 Miles Per Hour westbound on 580. It is way too fast no matter how light the traffic is. It is definitely unacceptable. And the police have been getting the message across and say that safety does not shelter in place. They say they will be working with people that are headed somewhere essential. It is taking place in the parking lot of the marin county shopping center. They are collecting masks and ppe to take out to doctors and First Responders to that need them. Expect we are fast running out of supplies. There are companies pumping this out as fast as they can but they are still running out of masks. We need this equipment or we will all be sick and nobody to care for everybody. The donation drive is set to resume at 10 00 a. M. And it will continue until 3 00 p. M. This afternoon. Up next, governor gavin newsom has granted clemency to 26 inmates. When we come back, how the coronavirus impacted his decision. San francisco is working to protect the homeless during the coronavirus outbreak. The space that they are converting to help some of the more Vulnerable People out there. Stay with us. Download the new fox 2 weather app. A bracing for more covid19 patients. We take a look at how the south bay is converting one location into a hospital. And solutions states are coming up with now that primary elections have been postponed in several states. From ktvu fox 2 studio, this is mornings on fox 2 news weekend. I think we have had our fill of rain in march. That is a nice little cloud cover over the east bay and i think it is going to be that way most of the week. It is good to have you with us. I am in studio. Say good morning to Claudine Wong and rosemary orozca from home. Good morning everyone. I know you want to go on your run rosemary. As long as you take an umbrella, you can do that. It will be a nice change actually to run in the rain. But for the weekend we are going to remain with the wet weather in place. We started out with white scattered showers this morning. We are starting to see a break on the backside there. Along the coastline from the bay down to the san mateo coastline. We will remind remain with showers off and on throughout the day and a few areas are picking up one hundredth of an inch. You can see how the storm is just coming ashore. We will continue with the light off and on stuff throughout the day. Another round tomorrow. When all is said and done we could receive anywhere from a quarter of an inch up to half an inch of rainfall. The sierras are going to see some fresh snow. Details on the full forecast coming up. The Global Impact of coronavirus is staggering. We talked about the latest numbers that we have roughly 602,000 people that have been impacted worldwide. We have over 27,000 people that have died because of covid19. Boris johnson , the Prime Minister of the uk has announced that he has coronavirus. And in france, trains are being used as hospitals. The death toll death toll is the highest in the country. 44 healthcare workers have died and more than 5000 are infected. The shortage of personal protective equipment is one of the biggest threats to our collective ability to save lives. That is not the only problem. Across the world there are thousands of american tourists who are stranded. That happened after flights were canceled and borders were closed. The state Department Says 50,000 people have requested assistance so far. On the other side of the world, the epicenter of the coronavirus began lifting its locked down today. We are talking about wuhan, china. The outbreak in wuhan began in december. The Central Government shut off the region in january. Today they announced 54 new cases but those all involved infected people that reentered the country. You will need a spot closer to home to get your exercise this weekend. That follows a closure of a number of parks and beaches. All in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. Lets go to Sara Zendehnam at home for more. Officials really are not taking any chances. Major beach and park closures were announced this week and in San Francisco, marin, sonoma counties and in the east bay. In addition to those, every other has some plan to practice social distancing. We stopped by Rockaway Beach and other beaches this morning. Most are closed but we still saw some people stop by. Last weekend San Mateo County had a Record Number of visitors. A lot of beach parking lots in Half Moon Bay and pacifica are closed. Also, Solano County parks and Access Properties are closed. East bay regional closed 27 parks until march 30. In San Francisco, parking lots at marina green, baker and ocean beaches as where well as fort sumter in are closed. People are strongly being encouraged to keep their distance, us rationally after experiencing a lack of social distancing herself. I was walking in a narrow area and they still ran close next to me. We are in this for the long haul. There is no need for any of us to be in a hurry. Reporter we do have a list of some of the closures on our website, just go to ktvu. Com and click on the coronavirus tab. Reporting live for ktvu fox2 news i am Sara Zendehnam. Right now work is being done to isolate the Homeless Population during this pandemic. Some people have been relocated to the Moscone Center from other locations. We are going to use moscone west for shelters so that we can start to have places so that people who are living in congregated settings like shelters can be spread out a lot more. So moscone west will play an Important Role for that. Housing at Moscone Center will be on a referral basis. There are also contracts with hotels in the city to provide 300 rooms for the homeless and they are in negotiation for another 3000. Governhas rented clemency to a number of inmates. They commuted the sentences of a number of others. He says those were already being released soon. They said housing arrangements were taken into consideration. June 2 is the next date circled on the primary calendar. Half a dozen locations have postponed we are show you how mailin ballots could have an impact. Reporter the primary election have granted to a halt. It is an unprecedented time where we are facing so many unknowns that we are having to start from scratch and think about how to run elections. June 2 is now a significant date because six states, pennsylvania, delaware, connecticut, rhode island and several others have postponed primaries that day. I think we are going to see a hybrid approach that will be frankly kind of a triage approach. We are going to hopefully see an increase in outreach and then probably, hopefully a longer period of time for early voting. Reporter Jessica Levinson at Loyola Law School says we are likely to see a range of solutions. Some of the states and counties have increased vote by mail or they have moved to all vote by mail. There is a fairly significant portion of people that need assistance so the ability to go someplace to cast a ballot is reporter these Rights Groups want to see more time for early voting and ensuring poll worker and voter safety. A proposal calls for 3 million to help states do this. The National Vote at Home Institute works with legislators to enhance vote by mail but also supports options for all voters. We know how this can work and work well. So we want to make sure that Election Officials have what they need as soon as possible to be able to have the most options available to them. Reporter the immediate focus is on the primaries but many believe it is time to talk about possible solutions for the november general election. This is a moment for county registers, state Election Administrators administrators to talk to each other as much as possible and talk to those that have the infrastructure in place and offer a a hybrid. Reporter the secretary of state is already meeting with election experts to discuss how to handle the election. Greg lee for ktvu fox2 news. In the last couple of weeks, about 80 of our employees are working at home. How we are pulling it off is kind of mind blowing. Here you are at home broadcasting live. That is right. And it is a ghost town inside that newsroom because social distancing can be hard. But we are getting it done. Rosemary, this is not something that we anticipated that it is nice to be able to Team Together using Tech Knowledge he to bring people what they need to know. You are right. Many of us are reluctant, including me. I was like, dont send me out of the building likewise got to both of you. I miss you and cant wait to see you again. Outside the doors that this hour, it is a saudi and cloudy one. Light showers continue to fall over the bay area. First, lets take a look over the east bay where overcast skies and wet weather can be seen. Into oakland i have a view here of the oakland skyline where we have plenty of gray. Widespread 40s outside our doors. Most areas in the mid and upper 40s. There is higher humidity and santa rosa is at 49. Oakland is 49 and livermore as well. Most areas are a bit warmer, especially the north bay like napa. Half moon bay is up by a couple of degrees. So we are beginning to see a flip without the sunshine. After a warmer start we are looking at temperatures remaining below on a bit