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Im joined with my great colleagues, gasia mikaelian, sal castaneda, steve paulson. Gasia, its good to see all of you. Its good to see you as i work from home as people all over the country are. Well still doing the work of getting you out the door if you have to go. Steve paulson is tracking the weather. Good morning. We are looking for what looks to be a little better day of sunshine. Still good fog bank out there. 40s, 50s, livermore 46. Everyone else in the 50s. Oakland airport in the low 50s. Partly sunny by noon, a few upper 60s, near 70 today. Activity to the north holding our temperatures in check. Still rain to the north is going to stay there until the weekend. Then it might pay a visit to us with a lot of rain. Well have more in ten minutes. Highs today near average with a little more sun. Heres my good friend, sal, with an update on traffic. Thats right. Now, we do have a tanker truck that spilled fuel in hayward southbound 880 at 92. We are trying to get some pictures for you. Well get them soon. In general, though, the roads are light, as you know, because a lot of people dont have to go, and theyre working from home. Today, ac transit changed its schedule. It reduced service. So if you take ac transit, check with their website. That problem in hayward, well be getting you more information on that coming up soon. Now, lets go back to the desk. Thank you. The National Coronavirus task force is warning this morning, the number of deaths from the virus may escalate within weeks. Needs to be federal guidance so that every state understands that it may look like two cases today that become 20 that become 200 that become 2,000. Now, the doctor predicts between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths in america is a best case scenario. Yesterday at the Task Force Briefing, President Trump said more than 1 million americans have now been tested for the coronavirus. Health departments around the bay area will officially announce that theyre extending the coronavirus stayathome order until at least may 1st. Ktvus allie rasmus is here now working from home with the latest on all of this. Good morning, allie. Reporter good morning. This affects about 7 Million People in 6 bay area counties who versus sheltering in place, limiting trips outside for the past two weeks. Health Officials Say we will have to keep up those social distancing efforts for at least the next month. A current shelterinplace order is expected to be in effect until may 1st according to Public Health official in the various bay area counties. The initial order was set to expire on april 7th. With infections expected to peak midapril, the order is being extended in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. That means people will have to stay at home except for essential business like food or medicine. Its far more effective from a regional approach. The order that will be released tomorrow will be another regional approach going forward. It is essential that we collaborate, share information, and act together to reduce the pandemic spread. For the sake of planning and so that everyone can begin to know that this is going to continue to have an impact, you should definitely plan to stay at home and and and and this processes and what were doing here will continue until at least may 1st. Reporter representatives from all six bay area counties involved in the shared shelter inplace order say they will be releasing more details today or tomorrow, working to finalize the regional plan. We have reached out to them to ask whether there will be any additional restrictions or exemptions in this extension. Meanwhile, statewide, across california, Governor Newsoms stayathome order remains in effect until further notice with no expiration date. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Governor newsom wants to greatly increase the number of healthcare workers in california to treat coronavirus patients. A new program called the California Health corps is where retired doctors, dentists, current medical students and paramedics are asked to sign up to work in california. There are 37,000 people qualified to help. If you are a Nursing School student, a medical school student, we need you. Youve just retired in the last few years . We need you. I think that i was put onto this earth to be a nurse and be there for patients to make a difference. State licensing boards are suspending for the time being some of the rules so these people can be hired fast and paid through state and federal funding like fema. They will also be getting special malpractice insurance. President trump invited Business Leaders to the Task Force Briefing to give updates about their efforts to manufacture equipment thats meant to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. The ceo of honeywell said that his company will be making n95 masks in rhode island and arizona. President trump reiterated that ford will convert an auto parts factory outside detroit to manufacture ventilators. The president also said he hopes to send some of them to hardhit european countries. If we outpace what we need, were going to be sending them to italy, to france, to spain where they have tremendous problems. Gm released photos of their factory in indiana where they are producing thousands of ventilators every month were keeping an eye on wall street. Stocks started the day with st. Paul losses at the opening bell. Right now, we see the three major indexes are down slightly. The nasdaq is ever so slightly on the plus side. Investors are concerned about low productivity as the u. S. And europe are locked down due to the coronavirus. Well keep watching the numbers for you throughout mornings on 2. Meanwhile, this friday, the Labor Department is set to release the jobs report for march, and it is expected to be bleak. Economists expect to see the steepest drop in payroll, possibly worse than during the peak of the great recession. Analysts with the Federal Reserve say the pandemic could ultimately mean the loss of some 47 million jobs here in the United States. That would add up to an Unemployment Rate of 32 . A nonprofit in San Francisco wants to help thousands of people who will not be getting Government Economic stimulus checks. Mission assets fund is raising money for undocumented immigrants, College Students and parttime workers, saying many of those people need any help they can get. Talking about individuals that are still waking up, going to work, ensuring that our supply chain is intact, stocking shelves in Grocery Stores. 4 million has been raised in just one week. That money will provide direct grants of up to 500 with zero interest loans. Renters in several states are vowing to go on a nationwide rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic is over. Renters say they want their rent payments waived during the stayathome orders. Several states, including california, have temporarily banned eviction, but activists are pushing for landlords to cancel rent payments entirely. Critics argue that a rent strike would only further worsen the economy if Property Owners can pay their own bills. Today marin county supervisors will consider giving some 650,000 to homeless rental assistance providers. There are five programs in the county that will be worked with. Each program would receive 75,000. The remaining money would be used to assist the programs as needed for services. The money would come from a 1 million grant the Marin County Community Foundation created just last week. Time now 7 09. A Holland American cruise ship is looking for a port after the mayor of fort lauderdale, florida, turned them away. The van damme cruise ship is carrying eight people who tested positive for coronavirus and more than 100 others have flulike symptoms. And another Holland America cruise ship delivered supplies and carried away passengers who were not sick. That cruise ship is also looking for a port. Dont forget, make sure you download the free ktvu news app. You will get all the latest updates and breaking news sent straight to your mobile devices. Dave and steve, i had my little athome assisted raise the shade on my husbands office. Kind of gray out there, steve. It is, dave and gasia. A lot of low clouds in place end of march, going out very quietly, like a lamb. But maybe a riproaring start to the first weekend in april. Until we get there, though, 46 in livermore under cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. The city, 62 52 today. The records are interesting. 82 in 2000 on the high side, 41 in 2005, the record low for the 31st of march. Quiet until the weekend. So temperatures bumping up a little bit today. They wont go very far over the next couple of days, but we should get more sun today. Pattern is still active to the north of us. Its not going anywhere until the weekend, when it looks like it wants to move south. A little breeze towards travis, westsouthwest at 16. 40s and 50s. Oakland 55. Berkeley 51. Novato in there. Half moon bay, 52. So is san leandro. El cerrito, richmond, kensington, all 50s. Danville and dublin 47. 36 in tahoe. 52 in las vegas. 51 in palm springs. 51, sacramento and ukiah. The lineup for rain stays there for a while northern sonoma county, but thats the extent of it. Active pattern from the gulf of alaska. In the weekend, we swing in a system on saturday and a colder one on sunday. Projections in april is very wet for us which is an eye opener and heavy mountain snow. Well see if they hold on to this or backtrack a little bit. But right now, it looks promising as we go forward into april. So maybe an amazing april is on tap well see. Today, after the fog burns off, 60s and 70s. Slightly cool near thursday. Quiet on friday. Then change for the weekend, you guys. Thank you, steve. Coming up, a pastor in florida arrested for hosting large gatherings at church. Coming up, the charges he is facing even though he says he was enforcing social distancing rules. And another debate on whats considered an essential business. How a local supervisor responds to commercial construction happening during the pandemic. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. And change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Time 7 15. Happening today, a huge Field Hospital in new york citys central park due to open today. A u. S. Navy hospital pulled into a dock in manhattan. The medical crew on the usns comfort will help new york city deal with the surge of patients. New york is the hot spot for the pandemic in the United States, with 40 of the cases in the u. S. And the governor of new york is asking the entire nation for help. I am asking Healthcare Professionals across the country, if you dont have a healthcare crisis in your community, please come help us in new york now. The cdc issued a 14day advisory calling for new york, new jersey and connecticut residents to refrain from any nonessential travel. Happening today, people who have jobs at whole foods are planning to hold a sickout when their stores open. Them amazon, which owns whole foods, to give paid sick leave to people who stay home or are selfquarantined. They also demand hazard pay twice what the normally hourly pay rate is now. They want free coronavirus testing and better protection while theyre on the job. The company says its taking appropriate precautions to keep workers safe. San franciscobased instacart says its operations were not affected by yesterdays strike involving as many as 150,000 workers. Those workers say that instacart isnt giving them enough protection when they go to the Grocery Stores and peoples homes. They want hazard pay of 5 an order. Instacarts president says the Company Announced the covid19 bonus for workers as well as plans to distribute Hand Sanitizer that the company is making itself. 7 16. Two hotels in east oakland opening their doors to house the homeless during the pandemic. The comfort inn and the Radisson Hotel both off hegenberger boulevard are being leased by the state to house the homeless. There are more than 8,000 homeless in alameda county, and homeless advocates say getting people off the streets and into temporary housing will save lives. This is actually really exciting. In a very, very short period of time, we were able to partner with the department of social services, the state department of social services, along with our healthcare partners, the sheriff, our General Services agency, to get two hotels up and running for those who are unsheltered on the street who are either at risk of or who have tested positive for covid 19. Now, the homeless are being referred to the hotels through many different social service agencies, and you have to have a referral from an agency in order to get a room. San francisco is turning a tennis facility into a homeless shelter to stop the spread. Bay club San Francisco has 24 indoor and rooftop tennis courts. The chronicle says the clubs told members the city can commandeer the building under the mayors emergency orders. Property owners then negotiated a deal to house the homeless starting tomorrow. It will eventually be converted into housing and office space, including headquarters for the social media site pinterest. One San Mateo County supervisor wants to crack down on commercial construction during the coronavirus pandemic. The current state lockdown rules allow for the construction of critical projects, such as emergency housing and hospitals. But one supervisor calls many of the projects nonessential and says they violate the spirit of the shelter in place order. Im deeply disturbed. The only construction that should happen is a hospital. We are all to shelter in place. And the reason we need to do that is because were facing a pandemic. The supervisor says he is looking into a proposal that would slap fines on general contractors involved in projects that are not essential to public safety. We all want to find out on the very last day of march what the weather on this tuesday is going to be like. Steve . Very good question. Very good question. It looks quiet. We have a lot of low clouds in place. Looks like they will burn off sooner today. Livermore at 46. Everyone else cloudy to mostly cloudy and 50s. San jose cloudy, 51. Pressure has come down a bit, 32. 3. Im here at 30. 22. Pressure comes down over the weekend. 40s and 50s to start. 50s, low 60s by noon. Then 60 to 68 under mostly sunny skies by later this afternoon. This might be the warmest day of the week. Still a lot of activity to the northern part of the state thats holding our high temperatures from really ratcheting up into the 70s. 40s and 50s on the peninsula. Woodside still 41. Los altos 43. Then 53, though, belmont, san carlos 51, foster city 52. Mendocino county, northward, a lot of rain. Rain in the gulf of alaska wants to take aim at us on saturday and sunday and beyond. Some of the outlooks out to the middle of april are quite wet. In fact, they were rather bullish on that and also with mountain snow. Well see, again, thats out towards fantasyland there, as well. But looking promising from about San Francisco north as we head towards the weekend for rain. 60s on the temperatures, upper 60s. Maybe 70 if you get enough sun for a few. After that, temperatures hold in check. And then a little cooler thursday, quiet friday, then clouds, cooler temperatures and rain for the upcoming weekend. Johnson johnson already working on an experimental vaccine for the coronavirus. Coming up, find out when the Company Plans to test humans and when that vaccine could be available. And the police cracking down on sideshows as hundreds of people gathered despite the shelterinplace order. Well tell you where this happened and whats being done to keep it from happening again. [ music ] good morning. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Song requested by laura from streaming outside the bay area. Hello, laura, you can watch anywhere on ktvu. Com. Good song by miguel. [ music ] send us your requests, by the way, if you have a request for traffic jams. The best way to do it is by our social media platforms. Just use the hashtag ktvu on facebook, twitter and instagram. 7 24. Oaklands Police Continue their crackdown on sideshows even during our states shelterin place order. Police say this past weekend 400 people watched the sideshow. Several arrests were made and cars towed. People defied the stayathome order stay and crowded intersections cheering the sideshows. A pastor of a church in tampa, florida, is facing charges for Holding Church Services Despite restrictions on large gatherings. Pass for ronald howardbrowne held two services at the river church in tampa bay sunday. Hundreds of people were there. Howardbrowne is charged with Unlawful Assembly and violating a Public Health emergency order. Our goal here is not to stop anyone from worshipping but the safety and wellbeing of our Community Must always come first. I remind the good pastor of mark 12 31, which says there is no more important commandment than to Love Thy Neighbor as thyself. It loves them by not exposing them to this deadly virus. The Attorney Says the church is an essential business especially during emergencies. He says the church enforced the sixfoot social distancing between family members used Hand Sanitizer. He is out on bail. California is turning to motorhomes to treat covid19 patients. Los angeles is using rvs in one area to house people under quarantine for the coronavirus. California is in the process of scouting more locations. Governor newsom is also obtaining and distributing 1300 trailers across the state to house the homeless and help limit the spread of the coronavirus. Johnson johnson says that human testing on its vaccine for the coronavirus is set to begin in september. The company stresses that development of the drug is still in its early experimental stages, but Johnson Johnson says the early signs are promising. If approved, the vaccine could be available for some patients by early next year. Coming up, you may notice Something Different at the registers the next time you go to safeway or target. Well explain the new handsoff policy thats just been put in place. Costco change its store hours amid the pandemic. Find out the new shopping time for seniors and the group of people that will be joining them. 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Its good to have steve and sal on board. Steve, i thought of you. We did our afternoon constitutional yesterday, and its definitely warmer than its been in past days. I would agree with that, gasia and dave. The temperatures bumped up a little bit here. We should get that today, although in the words of mr. Clark, i stepped outside and its cool and cloudy. 50s and 40s in the area. There are a few breaks in the clouds. Big fog bank, rain on the weekend. Drizzling for a few. Theres plenty of activity to the north, but its staying there for now. Decent breeze. You get that with some 40s and 50s. 46 walnut creek. 50 in santa rosa. Fairfield at 51. So is san jose. North, yes, a little rain. Not here right now. But it does look like it wants to pay a visit by the weekend. Until then, once the fog burns off, highs will be in the 60s. We are near average, one of the few times thats happened in quite a long time. All right. Lets head over to sal. We had an issue there with a truck or something, sal, or a semi. The hayward crash is cleared. It was a truck that lost a bunch of fuel southbound 880 at 92. We also had a crash on the Golden Gate Bridge at the south end. Now, there was a little bit of slowing. And as they cleared the crash, things are beginning to improve. Remember, there hasnt been much volume, but they were doing a round robin there for a bit and traffic on southbound 101 may be slow. But, again, it is not the levels we see during a morning commute. Well keep track of it for you. Back to the desk. Later today, bay area counties expected to officially tell us that shelterinplace orders will be extended for at least another month. San Francisco Mayor london breed spoke first, announcing the order will be extended until may 1st with more details coming later. Later today, Governor Newsom will tell us about a new initiative for helping older californians stay connected as they shelter in place. California is third among the most cases of coronavirus in the u. S. , with 7400 cases. 146 people have died here in california. Mayor breed also says more people did a better job of social distancing last weekend compared to the weekend before, with fewer groups of people at parks and beaches. San franciscos Public Health director says counties working together can have more effective shelterinplace orders instead of each county having their own rules. It is essential that we collaborate, share information and act together to reduce this pandemic spread. Now, the original shelterin place order was due to expire on april 7th. Happening today, the San Mateo County event center is being converted into a new Emergency Hospital preparing for a surge of coronavirus patients. Ktvus Sara Zendehnam working from home is back now. You have all the details. Good morning, sara. Reporter good morning, dave. San mateo county is actually just one of eight counties in california with one of these makeshift hospitals, and it will hold 250 beds. The San Mateo County event center is being transformed to help a potential medical surge. No patients are staying there yet, but if theres a need, the state is ready for you. County and state official with the help of the National Guard have been setting up the emergency facilities. Supplies and equipment arrive sunday. Once the Field Hospital is finished, the National Guard will leave, and it will be run together by the state and county. San mateo county also made a deal with area hotels for more patients and the homeless, if needed. As of 8 00 a. M. Yesterday, the Health Department reports 309 positive cases of coronavirus in the county and six deaths. In an online meeting, lawmakers talked about the federal response to the pandemic in San Mateo County and how the county is stepping up during then certain time. Were doing everything we can to secure medical supplies of all kinds and, particularly, ventilate. On our website there is opportunity for information as to how individuals can donate extra supplies in their homes. Reporter these are the extra supplies that the county is asking for. If you take a look at your screen, youll see the donations needed. Unused n95 masks. Unopened packages of gloves, Hand Sanitizer and goggles. Drop them off monday 9 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. To the address on your screen, 1800 maple street. If you head over there just follow the donation signs and the list that you just saw, those are the only items being accepted for donation right now. Reporting live, Sara Zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. Students returning to Stanford University who traveled during the spring break, now you have to self quarantine. Anyone who lives on campus has to selfquarantine for 14 days, including students who plan to go into any campus building or office. It requires a student to have a space with an individual bathroom and avoid areas where other students may gather. It is 7 36. Two Grocery Store employees in san jose tested positive for coronavirus. According to the mercury news, a worker at the Safeway Store on branham lane is getting medical treatment after testing positive. Also, an employee of cardenas market on south white road in East San Jose also tested positive. Both stores say they are going to stay open and have undergone enhanced cleaning. Today, Governor Newsom is launching a new initiative to help with vulnerable residents. The governor will announce a program at noon to help older californians stay connected while following the statewide order to stay at home. About a quarter of the people tested positive in california are 65 years or older, and hospitalization rates are much higher among seniors. The governor is working with facebook to help combat the coronavirus. He appeared on a live chat yesterday with Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, a pediatrician. They talked about healthcare workers and the statewide shelterinplace order. We have to get to the end point, and that will be determined on real data once real testing goes into place. That will give us the assessment to say, all right, for all nonessential travel, maybe we can make some adjustments. One Facebook User asked why the state doesnt shut down completely. The governor answered, it would be a logistical nightmare. Farm workers provide food for people in the country. The coronavirus has radically changed hour court tastes work in the state. The state Judicial Council adopted emergency measures resulting in people staying in jail longer as they wait to go to court. For example, arraignments are now within seven days, not two days, of an arrest and instead of 10 days for a preliminary hearing, the timeline is 30 days. Alameda county public defender brendan wood says his clients are suffering. I have poor clients, black and brown clients who are going to be stuck in jail for longer periods of time as they deal with this crisis and emergency. The changes will remain in effect for 90 days after the end of the emergency. Our time is now 7 38. Should be pretty good weather. Hey, gasia, will you be walking again today . Of course, i am. I have met more neighbors. We lived here 15 years, and i am meeting people i have never met before. So you can thank steve paulson. He made it all possible or at least helped to make it possible. Well, you better get out and do something. Get out of the house, for crying out loud. Right. Drive yourself nuts. We do have a lot of low clouds in place, overcast, a little mist out there mainly 50s on the temperatures. But its still cool. 46, though, livermore. Cool 53 at the oakland airport. This morning, partly sunny. Partly cloudy at noon. Mostly sunny this afternoon and a little warmer. Theres a lot going on in the pacific northwest. Its been a month of a lot of activity, but not a lot of rain except down at the monterey peninsula. There are signs well still have active pattern into april. 40s and 50s in the area. The system is going to dig a little bit starting tomorrow. We should start to cool down a couple of degrees and probably keep the fog in the forecast. Then big changes look to be on tap for saturday and then in sunday, as a rather strong system for the first weekend of april moves through. Maybe some impressive mountain. If we get anything like that amount in South Lake Tahoe and truckee, it could be over a foot of snow. Mid60s to upper 60s, cooler next couple of days as the system moves into the north, still dry. Rain for the weekend. Time now 7 40. First it was coachella, then bottlerock, now burning man may be on hold. The hint that could mean another big festival will be postponed or canceled. Enjoy some of the thin mints . Ah while you shelter at home, the girl scouts can get cookies to you and help the military. And walmart is helping to keep coronavirus from being spread at work. On the 9 00, one of the Worlds Largest wine mangers switching gears to help stop the president is of the coronavirus. How the company is helping First Responders and others in need. Well be right back. And change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Abbvie. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Welcome back. The fda could give cigarette makers an extension on their applications for safer products. The agency has given Vape Companies a deadline of may 12th to submit their products for review or take them off the market. Now the fda is asking courts to extend the deadline to september because they dont have the resources to evaluate the product while they focus on the pandemic. Tobacco will be banned in restaurants and bars in japan starting tomorrow. Small establishments can still have smoking or dedicated smoke free rooms to make the city healthier ahead of the summer olympics. The number of coronavirus cases around the world keeps going up. Johns Hopkins University now says there are more than 803,000 confirmed cases of the virus. The United States has more than 164,000 cases, 3100 have died. Italy has at least 101,000 cases, but they have the most deaths at more than 11,000. And spain now has more than 94,000 cases. 8100 people have died. The experts say the tougher measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic may actually be paying off. Health Officials Say italy and spain should soon be stabilizing. Meanwhile, france has become the fourth nation to pass 3,000 coronavirus deaths. Russia is the latest country moving towards a nationwide lockdown. Major cities already have orders in place. Some people are heading to their Country Homes trying to get away from the virus. There is no need to panic. Were not panicking. Were just minimizing the likelihood of getting affected in a mathematical way. To get down from the numbers, not just stabilize, requires a redoubling of Public Health efforts to push down, not it wont go down by itself. It will be pushed down. And thats what we need countries to focus on. In china, the Manufacturing Industry is picking up as china gradually returns to normal. Authorities are focusing their prevention efforts on asymptomatic patients and sending other countries medical equipment to help them fight the pandemic. Time is 7 46 00. Well, the roller coaster ride on wall street continues as we come to the end of this month and the end of a historymaking quarter. Pam cook is back with dollars sense. Not a good month, not a good quarter. The dow is finishing up the worst quarter since 1987, down 22 so far this year. Now, stocks did head slightly higher on the opening bell this morning. They were up and down. Most of the Retail Stocks headed lure when that bell rang, though, after reporting layoffs and furloughs for thousands of workers. Checking in on the numbers right now, maybe a little buying going on the the dow, nasdaq and s p 500 are all up. The dow and s p up a third of a percent. Tech stocks doing well today. The nasdaq is up 1 back above 7800. Costco is adding hours for seniors. They have been allowing members over the age of 60 to shop on tuesday and thursday between the hours of 8 00 and 9 00 in the morning. But, starting tomorrow, stores will open early on wednesdays, as well, and costco is inviting members with physical impairments to come in during those hours. The stores and the pharmacies are open early, but the food courts and the Business Centers will maintain their regular hours. And costco gas stations are now closing at 7 00 p. M. Some bay area Grocery Stores are no longer bagging your groceries if you bring in those Reusable Bags. Safeway, target, trader joes and albertsons are just some of the stores adopting the new policies. The stores are concerned that those Reusable Bags you bring from home could transmit the coronavirus. Most are offering store provided bags for free during the pandemic or, of course, you can bag your own groceries. Girl scouts are taking their cookie sales online like the rest of us. The organization suspended doortodoor sales and cookie booths because of the spread of covid19. The efforts are part of the girl scout Cookie Care Program for safe home delivery. When you buy a box online, you can also donate a box of cookies to First Responders, volunteers and local causes. And, dave, a nice reminder, people can buy an extra box, maybe have them on hand to give to your mail carrier, your u. P. S. Driver. A lot of people are working extra hours during all this. Good advice. Im going to do that, pam, thank you. Time now 7 49. While some new movies are skipping theaters altogether, they are going straight to on demand, others are being pushed back, hoping for a traditional debut. Sony pictures announced two of its big summer releases, ghostbusters after life ard a marvel movie will come out next year. Wonder woman 1984 is being extended to august. Theme parks around the country are delaying park openings because of the coronavirus pandemic. Six flags said it will be delaying or closing down parks in the u. S. , mexico and canada until at least the middle of may. Six flags ceo says the company is keeping an eye on, closely watching, and following the guidance of federal, state and local officials. Several other theme parks in california have delayed opening or shut down until further notice because of the pandemic. Great america is closed. They are hoping to reopen in the middle of may. The Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk is closed, but they havent given a date of when they might reopen. Disneyland is closed until further notice. Universal studios has extended its closure through april 19th. The organizers of the burning man festival have postponed ticket sales for this years event, which were set to begin on april 8th. The sales are now on hold as organizers consider how the coronavirus pandemic will affect the annual gathering in the nevada desert, which attracts tens of thousands of people. For now, the week long festival is still scheduled to begin august 30th about 100 miles northeast of reno. Happening today, here at home, ac transit is running on a mod fight schedule after a sharp drop in ridership due to the coronavirus pandemic. Transit Officials Say the new schedule will be similar to its regular sunday service. Most of the weekdayonly service will not operate at all. It will operate, though, all Night Service on an hourly basis. All passengers are asked to enter through the rear doors and no fares are being collected at this time. Time now just about 7 52. While gasia and steve are working from home, gasia, i have to ask, steve, would today be a good day to do some barbecuing . Would i be safe to try . No. Ohoh really a bad day to barbecue, dave. Ha ha yeah, go for it, dave a lot of 50s with low clouds. Livermore in the 40s. Low clouds, sun, warmer, not much change tomorrow. Big change looks to be on tap for the weekend. Cloudy, cooler, rain developing and mountain now. We still have some rain Northern California staying there for now. Might dip a little bit through the south tomorrow onshore breeze in place out towards napa airport, travis, also vacaville. 40s, 50s on your temperatures. They havent moved all morning except livermore. Rain in Mendocino County, northern sacramento valleys. A lot of energy off the pacific northwest, some of that digging into our area, next couple of days keeping our temperatures in check. And then it really wants to dig into the weekend, giving us rain, a colder system on sunday. If this materializes, this will be impressive totals. Some of the forecast models out to the middle of april have a wet pattern for us with mountain snow. So maybe things will continue here into april, and it sure looks that way. Today 60s and quiet. Cooler next couple of days, but then things really change by the upcoming weekend, you guys. More and more businesses are shutting down because they cant pay their workers. Coming up in the next hour on mornings on 2, well tell you about a push for a National Rent strike and what critics say it would do to the economy. The changes that could come today to expand the nfl play offs. Details on an Agreement Team owners will vote on after a break. [ music ] good morning. Welcome back to mornings on 2. What is that . Thank you. [ music ] lets go crazy by prince. [ music ] if you have a request for me, hit me up on social media. Use the hashtag ktvu and go to facebook, twitter and instagram. Let me know what you want to hear. [ music ] i want to hear the rest of that song is what i want to hear. I want to be in the position to bring you some good news. I know i cannot be the only one in realizing that sometimes these very difficult times bring out the best in people. People you may be living within a quarter block of that you havent met until now. San franciscos west portal neighborhood is one example where people are asking if they can help anyone. A store is the nerve center of sorts for people who collect necessary items. They call themselves resilient west portal. Monday they collected and boxed up hundreds of masks and goggles and brought them to Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. People everywhere are showing their appreciation for workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Last night, some neighbors in San Francisco did a shoutout, an event theyre calling get loud for heroes. They made noise from windows, porches, balconies, front yards, anywhere. Two minutes were set aside for clapping, cheering, banging and other things to celebrate First Responders and healthcare workers. As awful as this is, the fact that we can have a sense of community as we live day by day hoping to get through this pandemic, its its overwhelming gratitude. The united educators of San Francisco organized last nights event. The union says it hopes that neighborhoods will make this a nightly ritual. A group of medical workers from georgia is now in new york city to help with the pandemic there. A Southwest Airlines employee took this photo of the plane flying to Laguardia Airport yesterday. The doctors, nurses and healthcare workers all made a heart gesture with their hands in a picture that has gone viral. How long will this fabulous last . The death toll continues to climb. Plus, staying at home, life as we to it for another month what officials are expected to say about the stayathome order extension and the reason they are making the call now. Governor newsom launching a new program to help California Healthcare workers treat the growing number of coronavirus patients. Who he is calling on to join the fight. Good morning. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is tuesday, march 31st. Im mike mibach. [ pause ] millions of Californians Working from home but were still working to bring you the weather because so many of us, steve, count on that just half hour block where we run outside in the afternoon and get some fresh air. The low clouds are there. 50s on most of the temperatures. Some 40s. 40s and 50s to start, partly sunny by noon, mostly sunny and warmer upper 60s for a few as we get the fog to retreat later. But i dont think its going very far. It will probably be back over the next couple of mornings. If we didnt have this system to the north, our temperatures would be rocketing up. Onshore breeze, cool and rain to the north. So 40s, 50s to start. Well end up with 60s on the temps and then it looks like some rain is on tap for the weekend. More on that in about ten minutes. There wont be too much until then. There could be a little bit about santa rosa north. But the weekend is showing a much bigger change. Highs today in the 60s, upper 60s. All right . Sal is here now. I know we had something. Theres not the volume there, sal. But on the golden gate, is that okay now . Yeah. The Golden Gate Bridge is okay. But we had a problem in hayward. We got some video of it. It happened about 5 00 this morning. A big rig hit debris in the road that punctured the gas tank. Some of the fuel went into the storm drains. So they had to call the department of fish game to mitigate that spill. The truck was pulled to the side but there were several lanes closed in the video. You can see that. Also, the traffic was a little bit slow, although things have improved now that they have opened it. Again this video is not live but it was taken a little while ago when it was happening. The volume is light and traffic is recovering. Lets go back to the desk. Health experts with the National Coronavirus task force are warning that the number of people who die from this virus from covid19 will dramatically escalate in the coming weeks. Needs to be federal guidance so every state no, sir that it may look like two cases today that become 2,000. Cases. Now, the doctor predicts between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths in america is a best case scenario. Yesterday at the Task Force Briefing, President Trump said more than 1 million americans have now been tested for the coronavirus. Health departments around the bay area will officially announce that theyre extending the coronavirus stayathome order until at least may 1st. Ktvus allie rasmus is here now working from home with the latest on all of this. Good morning, allie. Reporter good morning. Public Health Officials announced schools are closed through may 1st so everyone else is on that list, as well. For the next month you have to limit trips to essential business. This shelterinplace order is going to remain in effect through may 1st, and that means you should only be going out to get things like food and medicine and only essential businesses remain open. The current shelterinplace order is in effect and will be in effect for the next month for San Francisco, san mateo, contra costa, alameda, the city of berkeley, marin and santa clara counties. We reached out to napta, solano and sonoma counties to find out if they will be extending it. We are waiting to hear back from this. This initial shelterinplace order enacted two weeks ago affecting 7 Million People across the bay area is set to expire on april 7. But with infections reaching a peak in midapril, this order is being extended in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. We may not realize the impacts of this until this is all over. But, eventually, we will learn, im sure, that because of what we have done and how we have all participated in complying with social distancing, it truly has saved lives. Reporter representatives from the county Health Department involved in this shared shelterinplace order say they will be releasing more details about it either today or tomorrow. They say they are still working to finalize the regional plan. We have reached out to them to find out if theres going to be any additional restrictions or exemptions for this extended period. We are waiting to hear back from them. But, meanwhile, statewide across california the governors stayathome order has no expiration date. So thats in effect until further notice. Live in oakland, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Governor newsom wants to greatly increase the number of healthcare workers in california to treat coronavirus patients. A new program called the California Health corps is where retired doctors, dentists, current medical students and paramedics are asked to sign up to work in california. There are 37,000 people qualified to help. If you are a Nursing School student, a medical school student, we need you. Youve just retired in the last few years . We need you. I think that i was put onto this earth to be a nurse and be there for patients to make a difference. State licensing boards are suspending for the time being some of the rules so these people can be hired fast and paid through state and federal funding like fema. They will also be getting special malpractice insurance. President trump invited Business Leaders to the Task Force Briefing to give updates about their efforts to manufacture equipment thats meant to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. The ceo of honeywell said that his company will be making n95 masks in rhode island and arizona. President trump reiterated that ford will convert an auto parts factory outside detroit to manufacture ventilators. The president also said he hopes to send some of them to hardhit european countries. If we outpace what we need, were going to be sending them to italy, to france, to spain where they have tremendous problems. Gm released photos of their factory in indiana where they are producing thousands of ventilators every month stocks are drifting in trading this morning a rare calm day on what is likely to be wall streets worst quarter of performance since the 2008 financial crisis. We started off with some small losses at the opening bell. We see right now that stocks are in that narrow range still. Meanwhile, this friday, the Labor Department is set to release the jobs report for march, and it is expected to be bleak. Economists expect to see the steepest drop in payroll, possibly worse than during the peak of the great recession. Analysts with the Federal Reserve say the pandemic could ultimately mean the loss of some 47 million jobs here in the United States. That would add up to an Unemployment Rate of 32 . A nonprofit in San Francisco wants to help thousands of people who will not be getting Government Economic stimulus checks. Mission assets fund is raising money for undocumented immigrants, College Students and parttime workers, saying many of those people need any help they can get. Talking about individuals that are still waking up, going to work, ensuring that our supply chain is intact, stocking shelves in Grocery Stores. 4 million has been raised in just one week. That money will provide direct grants of up to 500 with zero interest loans. Renters in several states are vowing to go on a nationwide rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic is over. Renters say they want their rent payments waived during the stayathome orders. Several states, including california, have temporarily banned eviction, but activists are pushing for landlords to cancel rent payments entirely. Critics argue that a rent strike would only further worsen the economy if Property Owners can pay their own bills. Thats if Property Owners cannot pay their own bills. Today marin county supervisors will consider giving some 650,000 to homeless rental assistance providers. There are five programs in the county that will be worked with. Each program would receive 75,000. The remaining money would be used to assist the programs as needed for services. The money would come from a 1 million grant the Marin County Community Foundation created just last week. A new day has gotten under way here as we check back in with steve paulson, and a lot of blue sky out there, steve. If you have some, youre lucky. Theres a lot of overcast. Okay. We have it here. You got it . Youre good to go, then. I know a day we can get outside because it looks like things are changing for the weekend. Today, though, most locations stay cloudy. Thats a low cloud deck at sfo. 40s and 50s in the area. Records are interesting on this date. 82 on the record high for 2000. And 41 for 2000 in 2005 for march 31st. Night and morning low clouds, partly sunny, highs bumping up today. If you have sun, thats a bonus because a lot of locations are overcast. Rain to the north, an onshore breeze. A lot of low 50s on your temps. 50 fresno. 52 ukiah, sacramento. Northern Mendocino County, lake county northward, thats a lot of energy off the pacific northwest, and its going to dig in the next couple of days with a slight cooldown coming in on the weekend. First system comes in saturday. Then a colder one sweeps in for sunday. A lot of the global models, thats a suite of models and even the operational models, are very wet through the middle of april. Thats a lot of mountain snow if that verifies. San francisco north will be a lot of rain for us. Well see if they back off. Today, sunny, warmer. 60s on the temperatures. Well continue to cool down slightly but still dry into friday. Then clouds and rain move in for the weekend. A pastor arrested for hosting large Church Gatherings in the state of florida. 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Happening today, a huge Field Hospital in new york citys central park due to open today. A u. S. Navy hospital pulled into a dock in manhattan. The medical crew on the usns comfort will help new york city deal with the surge of patients. New york is the hot spot for the pandemic in the United States, with 40 of the cases in the u. S. And the governor of new york is asking the entire nation for help. I am asking Healthcare Professionals across the country, if you dont have a healthcare crisis in your community, please come help us in new york now. The cdc issued a 14day advisory calling for new york, new jersey and connecticut residents to refrain from any nonessential travel. Happening today, people who have jobs at whole foods are planning to hold a sickout when their stores open. They want and some, which owns whole foods, to give paid sick leave to people who stay home or are selfquarantined. They also demand hazard pay twice what the normally hourly pay rate is now. They want free coronavirus testing and better protection while theyre on the job. The company says its taking appropriate precautions to keep workers safe. San franciscobased instacart says its operations were not affected by yesterdays strike involving as many as 150,000 workers. Those workers say that instacart isnt giving them enough protection when they go to the Grocery Stores and peoples homes. They want hazard pay of 5 an order. Instacarts president says the Company Announced the covid19 bonus for workers as well as plans to distribute Hand Sanitizer that the company is making itself. Two hotels in east oakland opening their doors to house the homeless during the pandemic. The comfort inn and the Radisson Hotel both off hegenberger boulevard are being leased by the state to house the homeless. There are more than 8,000 homeless in alameda county, and homeless advocates say getting people off the streets and into temporary housing will save lives. This is actually really exciting. San francisco is turning a tennis facility into a homeless shelter to stop the spread. Bay club San Francisco has 24 indoor and rooftop tennis courts. The chronicle says the clubs told members the city can commandeer the building under the mayors emergency orders. Property owners then negotiated a deal to house the homeless starting tomorrow. It will eventually be converted into housing and office space, including headquarters for the social media site pinterest. One San Mateo County supervisor wants to crack down on commercial construction during the coronavirus pandemic. The current state lockdown rules allow for the construction of critical projects, such as emergency housing and hospitals. But one supervisor calls many of the projects nonessential and says they violate the spirit of the shelter in place order. Im deeply disturbed. The only construction that should happen is a hospital. We are all to shelter in place. And the reason we need to do that is because were facing a pandemic. The supervisor says he is looking into a proposal that would slap fines on general contractors involved in projects that are not essential to public safety. The data company that collects cell phone information is showing us how the state is responding to social distancing mandates. They rank local counties when it comes to residents decreasing their average distance traveled. San francisco county topped the list with a 65 drop followed by san mateo and santa clara counties. At the bottom of the list, sonoma county, with a 41 decrease and Solano County which saw a 37 decrease. Just like that, it is the last day of march. Steve, i know we had some precipitation, but definitely not enough as we move into april. Mike, gasia, there are signs that we did not have a miracle march. We might get an amazing april. Its late in the game in the season, but it looks active in the middle of april unless the forecast models are missing it. I dont think so. Theyre almost all together. 40s and 50s in the area. Low clouds, some areas of sun, napa airport and mike mibach says they have some sun. Most location are cloudy. End of the day mostly sunny skies and temperatures bumping up a little bit, not much change tomorrow. Maybe a smidge cooler. Sure looks like the weekend cloudy up and cooler and rain develops, not only that but mountain snow, there is a little bit of rain still to the north now. Some of the low cloud deck an onshore breeze keeping 40s and 50s, cool, maybe a mist there next couple mornings. 40s on the temperatures. 47 in walnut creek. 49 brentwood. Santa rosa 50. San jose at the low 50s, as well. Mendocino county, lake county north, thats a lot of energy for the end of march going into april. All the projections say, you know what . Were going to bring some rain in for you. Well bring some in on saturday and swing into a colder system on sunday and maybe keep the beat going well into the middle of april. Well see if that holds. But for right now, the projections are solid. Doesnt look like anything until the weekend. That would be a lot of snow for april if that verifies. Look to be golden gate, San Francisco north. 60s today. Sunny, more than yesterday. Cooldown and more fog thursday into friday. Then the changes develop over the weekend. Thank you. Its now 8 20. Johnson johnson already working on an experimental vaccine for the coronavirus. Coming up, find out when the Company Plans to test humans and when that vaccine could be available. And the police cracking down on sideshows as hundreds of people gathered despite the shelterinplace order. Well tell you where this happened and whats being done to keep it from happening again. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. 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People were arrest and and decide. 12 cars were towed. People defied the stayathome order stay and crowded intersections cheering the sideshows. Police say the weekend enforcement will continue. A pastor of a church in tampa, florida, is facing charges for Holding Church Services Despite restrictions on large gatherings. Pastor ronald howardbrowne held two services at the river at Tampa Bay Church on sunday. Hundreds of people were there. Howardbrowne is charged with Unlawful Assembly and violating a Public Health emergency order. Our goal here is not to stop anyone from worshipping but the safety and wellbeing of our Community Must always come first. I remind the good pastor of of mark 12 31, which says there is no more important commandment than to Love Thy Neighbor as thyself. It loves them by not exposing them to this deadly virus. The Attorney Says the church is an essential business especially during emergencies. He says the church enforced the sixfoot social distancing between family members used Hand Sanitizer. And they had all church Staff Members wearing gloves. Howardbrowne is out of jail this morning on 500 bail. California is turning to motorhomes to treat covid19 patients. Dockweiler state beach in los angeles is one of the places the state is using rvs to house people under quarantine for the virus. California is in the process of scouting more locations. Governor newsom is also obtaining and distributing 1300 trailers across the state to house the homeless and help limit the spread of the coronavirus. Johnson johnson says that human testing on its vaccine for the coronavirus is set to begin in september. The company stresses that development of the drug is still in its early experimental stages, but Johnson Johnson says the early signs are promising. If approved, the vaccine could be available for some patients by early next year. Researchers at ft. 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Whats being done to an event center to help combat covid19. Well tell you whats being done that may result in people staying in jail a little longer. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is a tuesday as we wrap up the month of march [ music ] its an Early Morning tuesday in march. We have a decent amount of rain but not the rain we have been hoping for. Thats true. It was not a miracle but we had a lot happening. Maybe things will pick up in april. Today, if you dont have the overcast, youre lucky because theres a lot of fog and low clouds. Temperatures mainly in the 50s. You can see the overcast over sfo. There are a few breaks in there. But San Francisco has been stuck at 52 and san jose 51 all morning long. Downtown oakland is 53. It will be quiet until the weekend and cooler with more fog as we go to thursday and friday. But today slightly warmer high temperatures. Might push a few upper 60s if you get that fog to disappear soon enough. But theres still plenty there. That system has pushed into the northern part of the state. We have an onshore breeze, so thats really going to hold us in check here. But it will still be okay as we see that fog lift a little later. Rain stays to the north, but it looks like big changes for the weekend. Well have more on that in ten minutes. Highs today will be in the 60s. Near average but maybe just slightly below. All right. Go to sal now. Sal, i know, what is it, 880 hayward . Are you still focusing on that a little bit . Yeah. Well, we did have a truck accident there where a truck had a punctured gas tank and ruptured that gas tank and some of the fuel going into 880 at 92. But they have cleared a lot of problems. Traffic is going to be very light in many areas today. Essential workers still going. Ac transit changed its schedule reduceing times. Lets go back those lines. We know later today, bay area counties expected to officially tell us that shelter in place orders will be extended for at least another month. San Francisco Mayor london breed spoke first, announcing the order will be extended until may 1st with more details coming later. Later today, Governor Newsom will tell us about a new initiative for helping older californians stay connected as they shelter in place. California is third among the most cases of coronavirus in the u. S. , with 7400 cases. 146 people have died here in california. Mayor breed also says more people did a better job of social distancing last weekend compared to the weekend before, with fewer groups of people at parks and beaches. San franciscos Public Health director says counties working together can have more effective shelterinplace orders instead of each county having their own rules. It is essential that we collaborate, share information and act together to reduce this pandemic spread. Now, the original shelterin place order was due to expire on april 7th. Students returning to Stanford University who traveled during the spring break, now you have to self quarantine. Anyone who lives on campus has to selfquarantine for 14 days, including students who plan to go into any campus building or office. It requires a student to have a space with an individual bathroom and avoid areas where other students may gather. The San Mateo County event center is turning into an Emergency Hospital in preparation for a spike in covid19 cases. Ktvus Sara Zendehnam joins us live in morning with more. Reporter good morning cameras are not allowed inside the makeshift hospital as its being set up. But we did get some video of the outside of the building. You can see the event center. You can see signs drinking people to stay in their cars with windows up. There are no patients there yet. Its being set up in case theres a medical storm surge and hospitals in the county are overwhelmed by patients. San mateo county just one of eight counties in california with a Field Hospital. County the help of the National Guard, have been setting up the emergency facilities that will have 250 beds. Supplies and equipment arrive sunday. San mateo county also made a deal with area hotels for more patients and the homeless, if needed. As of 8 00 a. M. Yesterday, the Health Department reports 309 positive cases of coronavirus in the county and six deaths. In an online meeting, peninsula lawmakers talked about the federal response to the pandemic in San Mateo County and how effective the countys stayathome order has been. Our efforts are working. Theres a Company Called unical that tracks global phone data. And based on that analysis, it shows that San Mateo County ranked fourth in the state in reducing mobility. So were very proud of that. Reporter the county needs your help to stock the event center. Look at your screen and see the donations needed. Unused n95 masks, gloves, Hand Sanitizer, disinfectants and goggles. Drop them off monday through friday from 9 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. At the maple street correctional facility in redwood city. If you take a look at your screen here, that address is there. 1800 maple street. Now, if you do head over there, just follow the donation signs. It is important to note, all the things that you just saw on your screen, those are the only donations being accepted right enough to. Reporting live, Sara Zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. Two employees at Grocery Stores in san jose have now tested positive for coronavirus. According to the mercury news, a worker at a Safeway Store on branham lane is receiving medical treatment after testing possible. Also, an employee of cardenas market in East San Jose is testing positive. Both stores will remain open and have undergone enhanced cleaning. Happening today, Governor Newsom is launching a new initiative to help with vulnerable residents. The governor will announce a program at noon to help older californians stay connected while following the statewide order to stay at home. About a quarter of the people tested positive in california are 65 years or older, and hospitalization rates are much higher among seniors. The governor is working with facebook to help combat the coronavirus. He appeared on a live chat yesterday with Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, dr. Priscilla chan, who is a pediatrician. They talked about the need to protect healthcare workers and the governors statewide shelterinplace order. We have to get to the end point, and that will be determined on real data once real testing goes into place. That will give us the assessment to say, all right, for all nonessential travel, maybe we can make some adjustments. One Facebook User asked why the state doesnt shut down completely. The governor answered, it would be a logistical nightmare. For example, farm workers provide food for people in the country. The coronavirus has radically changed hour court cases work in the state. The state Judicial Council adopted emergency measures resulting in people staying in jail longer as they wait to go to court. For example, arraignments are now within seven days, not two days, of an arrest and instead of 10 days for a preliminary hearing, the timeline is 30 days. Alameda county public defender brendan wood says his clients are suffering. I have poor clients, black and brown clients who are going to be stuck in jail for longer periods of time as they deal with this crisis and emergency. The changes will remain in effect for 90 days after the end of the emergency. [ no audio ] the possibility of an active april is out there. It sure looks like it, mike and gasia. Now, i have looked at all the forecast models, and they are pretty bullish to april 15th with rain and snow. There are projections that a lot of feet of snow over tahoe. Well see what happens. We are getting long in the season here, but thats the way its looking right now. Almost all 50s except livermore at 40s. 40s and 50s, mainly low clouds, mostly cloudy with some sun breaks there. Mostly to partly sunny today, temperatures bumping up a bit. This might be one of the warmest days of the week because theres just too much going on to the north. It keeps the active pattern going, including light rain at South Lake Tahoe airport, maybe snow flurries up there. Well keep this going even though march is going out quietly. Theres a lot of breeze and low clouds in place. 48 trifecta, walnut creek, riverside and brentwood. Novato 51. 52, ukiah, sacramento and monterey. 38 lake county. Rain as far as anything to the north of us is in Mendocino County and lake county. Also up into the sierra nevada. But theres a lot going on in the pacific northwest. Thats a really active jet stream, and it looks like it wants to get a little more oomph and dig southward putting us in the window for rain saturday into sunday and maybe beyond. Some of the projections here now are rather impressive as we go into april, not too much until the weekend. Look at that. You get liquid inches, a quarter there at truckee, youre talking about 16 inches of snow. Well see how that materializes. 60s on the temperatures here. Again, you know, mainly mid60s and upper 60s. Well start to cool down wednesday into thursday. Dry friday, and then looks like the first weekend of april will be wet. Coming up, one of the Worlds Largest winemakers is switching gears to help battle the coronavirus. Still to come on the 9 00, how the company is helping First Responders as well as people in need. Plus, costco temporarily changing its store hours amid the coronavirus pandemic. Find out the new shopping times for seniors and the group of people who can join them. New this morning, the Trump Administration is rolling back mileage standards for cars and gutting one of the United Statess biggest efforts to slow climate change. The Obama Administration set the standards to encourage production of electric cars and more efficient gas and diesel vehicles. The Trump Administration argues relaxing mileage standards will save automakers the cost of new Emissions Technology and make vehicles less expensive to buy. Opponents claim that americans will spend far more on fuel than they would save on purchase costs. The fda could give ecigarette extensions on application for safer products. The agency had given Vape Companies until april 12tofor review or take them off the market. Now they are asking to extend the deadline because they dont have the resources to evaluate the products while the fda is focused on the coronavirus. The number of coronavirus cases around the world keeps going up. Johns Hopkins University now says there are more than 803,000 confirmed cases of the virus. The United States has more than 164,000 cases, 3100 have died. Italy has at least 101,000 cases, but they have the most deaths at more than 11,000. And spain now has more than 94,000 cases. 8100 people have died. The experts say the tougher measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic may actually be paying off. Health Officials Say italy and spain should soon be stabilizing. Meanwhile, france has become the fourth nation to pass 3,000 coronavirus deaths. Russia is the latest country moving towards a nationwide lockdown. Major cities already have orders in place. Some people are heading to their Country Homes trying to get away from the virus. There is no need to panic. Were not panicking. Were just minimizing the likelihood of getting affected in a mathematical way. To get down from the numbers, not just stabilize, requires a redoubling of Public Health efforts to push down, not it wont go down by itself. It will be pushed down. And thats what we need countries to focus on. In china, the Manufacturing Industry is picking up as china gradually returns to normal. Authorities are focusing their prevention efforts on asymptomatic patients and sending other countries medical equipment to help them fight the pandemic. One of the Worlds Largest airlines is asking the federal government for 12 billion in order to get it through the next 6 to 12 months. American Airlines Says it doesnt want to cut employee pay or benefits, and it would not furlough any workers the next few months if it gets the money. They hope to resume its full flight schedule by the end of september. The airline says it cut back the number of flights it currently offers because passenger demand has dropped sharply. Retail stocks are down this morning. But local Tech Companies are getting a boost. Lets check in with ktvus pam cook with this mornings dollars sense. Good morning. Yeah. Gap and macys two of the latest retailers announcing they are furloughing thousands of employees as their stores are closed. Online operations are still in order, but not enough to make up the difference. When that opening bell rang this morning, tech stocks did get a boost from encouraging news that china manufacturing is getting back up and running. The european markets just closed higher with the close regarding china and they finished with the worst quarter for decades. The dow jones is set to close for the worst quarter performance since 1987. Its down about 22 on the quarter. You can see the nasdaq and the s p 500, though, doing well, with the nasdaq up. 75 . Costco is expanding shopping hours for seniors and adding another category of people to participate. They have been allowing members over the age of 60 to shop on tuesday and thursday between the hours of 8 00 and 9 00 in the morning. But, starting tomorrow, stores will open early on wednesdays, as well, and costco is inviting members with physical impairments to come in during those hours. The stores and the pharmacies are open early, but the food courts and the Business Centers will maintain their regular hours. And costco gas stations are now closing at 7 00 p. M. Some bay area Grocery Stores are no longer bagging your groceries if you bring in those Reusable Bags. Safeway, target, trader joes and albertsons are just some of the stores adopting the new policies. The stores are concerned that those Reusable Bags you bring from home could transmit the coronavirus. Some are offering store provided bags for free during the pandemic and, of course, you can always bag your own groceries. Walmart is increasing the Safety Measures for its stores in the next three weeks. Walmart will extend infrared thermometers to all locations. Every worker will have temperatures checked when they show up. Anyone with 100 degrees or higher will be sent home. They will be paid but they cant return until they are feverfree for three days. They are offering face masks for anyone who wants one on the job. Back to you. Thank you. Some new movies are skipping theaters altogether and heading to on demand platforms. Others are pushed back kind of hoping for more of a traditional debut. Sony pictures announced two of its big summer releases, ghostbusters afterlife and a marvel production, are being pushed back. Theme parks are delaying the opening of the parks due to the pandemic. Six flags did announce that it will be delaying or closing down parks in the United States, mexico and canada until at least midmay. Six flags ceo says the company is monitoring and following guidance of federal, state and local officials. Several other theme parks in california have delayed opening or shut down until further notice because of the pandemic. Great america is closed. They are hoping to reopen in the middle of may. The Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk is closed, but they havent given a date of when they might reopen. Disneyland is closed until further notice. Universal studios has extended its closure through april 19th. The organizers of the burning man festival have postponed ticket sales for this years event, which were set to begin on april 8th. The sales are now on hold as organizers consider how the coronavirus pandemic will affect the annual gathering in the nevada desert, which attracts tens of thousands of people. For now, the week long festival is still scheduled to begin august 30th about 100 miles northeast of reno. Happening today, here at home, ac transit is running on a mod fight schedule after a sharp drop in ridership due to the coronavirus pandemic. Transit Officials Say the new schedule will be similar to its regular sunday service. Most of the weekdayonly service will not operate at all. It will operate, though, all Night Service on an hourly basis. All passengers are asked to all passengers are asked to all passengers are asked to enter through the rear doors and no fares are being collected at this time. One last check now with steve paulson. How are we going to wrap up this month of march . Temperatures in the 50s and 40s, most location, cloudy, low cloud deck. There are a few sun breaks. I think well get there, sfo cloudy and, except for livermore, everyone is in the 50s. Its quiet end of march, quiet until the weekend, when it looks like some rain is on the way, not just a little bit, but warmer high temperatures today by a few degrees. We got some of that clearing yesterday, bumped up into the mid60s for some. I think well get a little warmer. Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, light rain. So there could be a few little splash and dash showers there. Everyone is very close. Rain stays north. Ill tell you that low cloud deck has no problem forming when its this kinds of a pattern. There are signs that its going to dig a little bit over the next couple of days. That will cool down. And then really make an appearance on weekends. Looks like saturday afternoon, evening, the first system, and then a cold system getting ready to move through on sunday. Things to change. Thats a wet scenario for the first weekend in april. 60s on the temperatures here, some low 60s, mid60s, but temperatures, they might peak today. Cooler into wednesday, thursday. Friday looks okay. Then changes on your upcoming weekend, the first weekend of april, you guys. Its 8 52. Dozens infected with covid19 on board a Nuclear Aircraft carrier. Still to come on the nine, the sick sailors on the ship. Plus, showing appreciation on food. How low companies are supporting bay area healthcare workers and First Responders. Rand fast, reliable, secured internet from xfinity can help. We have plans to fit every budget with speeds up to a gigall at xfinity. Com. Well ship you a selfinstall kit that makes setup quick, safe and easy. No tech visit required. And our simple Digital Tools will help you manage your account online. At xfinity, were committed to keeping you connected. Find great offers and value, today, at xfinity. Com welcome back to mornings on 2. Hit me with your best shot. Thank you. Nice song. You can send a request. Every day of the week as we work from home. When we get to the studio we will do it again on fridays. Send me a request. 8 56 am. Soccer star lionel says he and his teammates are willing to take a pay cut to help with the pandemic. They said they would take a cut and make contributions so others can keep their jobs. He is 32. He was on the forbes richest list in 2017. The nfl playoffs will be expanded for the 2020 season. They are expected to ratify. It will add one playoff game. There will be 14 games. Only the team with the best record will get a bye week. Girl scouts are taking the cookie sales online. They suspended doortodoor because of the spread of the coronavirus. The Cookie Care Program for save him delivery. When you buy online you can donate to First Responders, volunteers. This company is doing their part to deliver free meals to hospital workers in San Francisco. They will bring a weeks worth of prepared meals to doctors, nurses. They plan to do this for the foreseeable future. This is a piece. Everything that goes with the meal. Sending wishes. Knowing they are thinking of us when we are going through this. They had been in high demand. They made 700 deliveries per week. They are accommodating 700 deliveries a week. Sometimes difficult situations bring out the best. Including people you have lived in ear and never met faceto face. It was the case in this neighborhood. People are asking they can help. The Hardware Store has been the center where people collect necessary items. A group started with a dozen members. They have masks, safety goggles and brought them to Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. This is an essential part of the community. People come in to buy supplies to make personal protective equipment for hospitals. Donating time, money. It is overwhelming. There are 100 volunteers to get Community Members there needs. Showing appreciation for the workers. Neighbors did a shout out. Get loud for here is. Noise from windows, balconies, front yards. They spent two minutes clapping, banging on pots and pans to celebrate healthcare workers. As awful as it is. The fact that we can have a sense of community as we live day by day hoping to get through the pandemic. I guess it is overwhelming gratitude. The united educators of San Francisco organized last nights event. Order to shelter in place for one month. The reason bay area leaders are extending plans for people to stay home. Olympic dreams put on hold. We talked to an athlete since games have been postponed. They are known for being a large winemaker. They are switching gears to battle the coronavirus. How they are helping First Responders and others in need. Looking at the Golden Gate Bridge on the last day of march. In like a lion and out like a lamb. How about april showers that are going