With two california universities that aims to streamline and speed up the testing process. We specifically have a new partnership with uc davis, and uc san diego to create a minimum of 57 hubs where we have high input, where we will work with different vendors, not be prescriptive on the exact type of testing. But working with these hubs to significantly increase our Testing Capacity and our collaborative spirit. Within those hubs. California is nearing 13,000 cases and 288 deaths in the bay area. There are more than 3000 cases and 87 deaths. The majority in santa clara, and more than 1000 or with more than 1000 deaths in that county as well. Governor newsom also responded to a suggestion from a President Trump that the nfl start is regularseason with fans in the stands in august or september. Today Governor Newsom said that likely will not happen here in california. And said the resumption of sporting events that large would be based on data. Newsom said that would also apply to College Games as well. There are nearly 1. 2 million cases of the coronavirus worldwide, and there are 300,000 here in the united states. New york is the epicenter with more than one third of the cases. Today, President Trump says he is sending 1000 military personnel to that state to help mitigate the outbreak. We have more from new york. Reporter the nationwide battle with the coronavirus is expected to get worse before it gets better. New york governor, andrew cuomo, expects his peak of cases to arrive in about a week. We are at the battle at the mountain top, that is what it will be. Itll be the number one point of engagement of the enemy. Reporter an Emergency Alert going out friday requesting urgent help from licensed healthcare workers. The governor also ordering medical schools to let some students start practicing now. York citys mayor echoing the cdcs newest advice friday that americans should start covering their face while out in public. We are advising new yorkers to wear a Face Covering when you go outside, and will be near other people. Reporter some say they are confused by the mixed messaging. In the beginning they said masks were ineffective, now all of a sudden, you have to wear the mask. We highly advise you to wear a bandanna or what ever you can wear. I thought it was only for sick people so i never bought one and now im in the wrong and i shouldve had one. Reporter despite the change in guidance, the cdc says covering your face is not a substitute for social distancing. And washing your hands, and avoid touching your face i still a good idea. In new york, aisha hosni, fox news. The italianate Army Air Force is airlifting patients who have reached capacity at the hospitals. From bergamo in the north to the south. There were 681 reported deaths today, the lowest daily death toll in 10 days. Confirmed cases went up slightly. Italy has extended the nationwide lockdown until at least april 13th. More than 14,000 people have died in italy, the highest death toll in the world. The federal government is investigating what happened to nearly 40 million surgical masks that were supposed to go to hospitals. The Healthcare Workers Union announced that it worked out a deal for the purchase of highly coveted n95 masks. They would go to hospitals such as kaiser, government agencies. But a week later, no masks. The Los Angeles Times reports that federal investigators are looking into the matter but say there are no indications that the union is a target in all this. The High School Campus in the east bay will no longer be turned into a temporary hospital for noncritically ill covid19 patients. The humber high school, and martinez were initially chosen due to its proximity to the contra costa Regional Medical center. But now there were a number of complexities in transforming the School Buildings to provide medical treatment. Many under americans are turning to an alltime war hobby, planting Victory Gardens. Reporter we have had a large increase in customers buying vegetable starts, fruit trees, vegetable seed. Kevin with arranging Garden Supply has been busy with both old, and new customers. Preparing home gardens during the covid19 pandemic. Many are starting Victory Gardens at a time when the economy is struggling and Food Security is uncertain. I think people are hungering down and beginning to wonder about the food supply. Coupled with the fact that they are come hunkered down and they wanted to have something to do at home and gardening is the perfect activity for the family. Reporter Victory Gardens came about during world war i and again during world war two. The government encouraged the public to grow food at home to feed their families. These are some examples of propaganda during that time, known as the war garden movement. Kevin says gardening is a satisfying both physically and mentally. I think this is an opportunity for people to really reconnect with the earth, and with this deep rooted instinct that we all have inside of us. Reporter even if you dont have a green thumb, or a big backyard, you can still have a successful garden. Kevin suggest using potted plants on decks or rooftops, and try a variety of vegetables. Just about anything you can grow in the ground you can grow in a pot. Tomatoes, lettuce, greens, herbs, parsley, and of course powers flowers which bring the pollinators. So you can even compost in an apartment with a worm done. Reporter elissa harrington, ktvu fox2 news. Zack smith avenue says it will furlough a significant number of its employees. They sent a letter to customers is saying that its employees will retain health benefits. The stores have been closed since march 17th. The company has not said how many employees are affected, or how long the furlough will last. Several other Big Department stores, including macys, have announced significant furloughs and layoffs. Amazon is pushing its annual prime day event back until at least august. The ecommerce dominant giant projected a shortfall from amazon devices, they likely will have to sell them at a discount. This event usually takes place in july, but at least pushed back until august. Amazon locker last year sales exceeded its previous black friday and cyber monday events combined. The company said shoppers purchased more than 175 million items during the 48 hour window. While most bay area businesses and industries are currently shut down, the port of oakland says the activity there is stabilizing. Shipping lines cut 20 voyages to open between february and april but the port says looking ahead it has not been notified of similar cancellations the spring. Administrators note there are indications that shipping between europe and asia has slowed significantly, which could extend to west coast ports in the coming months. The bay area continues to be one of the hardest hit areas of the state dealing with this pandemic now. Local cities were also some of the first to ask when it comes to mitigation efforts like shelter and place orders. Our political reporter, greg lee, held a forum with the mayors of San Francisco, oakland, san jose, and berkeley about their ongoing response to the covid19 issues, and and efforts to protect the community. The mayor spoke about a range of issues like protecting the homeless, economic recovery, and giving First Responders what they need. You can watch our Digital Forum in its entirety sunday night during the 10 00 news. San joses police chief, eddie garcia, took to social media tweeting a video of support for his community. We got you, we got you, but you san jose. We got you. We got you. Santa clara county has been hit particularly hard on the coronavirus outbreak. It has the highest number of cases and deaths here in the bay area. Danger on the job for a crewmember aboard a cargo ship in San Francisco bay. Next, the incident that led to the coast guard lending a helicopter to help. The entire incident about ukraine, the bidens, and President Trump just reared its ugly head. Bay area weather, the stormtrack making a comeback. Periods of rain across portions of the bay area, not everywhere, but the stronger storm moves in tomorrow. Well have your updated forecast, we come back. Lately, ive discovered that while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. 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He played a key role in the ukraine controversy, which ultimately led to President Trumps impeachment trial. We have more from washington. Reporter this is a big friday night firing because Michael Atkinson was the first to Tell Congress about the whistleblower complaint and that decision ultimately led to President Trumps impeachment. Atkinson received a lot of criticism for his handling of that complaint and for refusing to identify the whistleblower. As we reported in january he was being reported by gop members. President trump nominated atkinson a 16 year veteran to be the chief watchdog of the nations five agencies in 2017. But last night the president formally notified lawmakers that he plans to fire atkinson. He did not offer much in terms of an explanation other than saying it is vital i have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspector General. That is no longer the case with regard to this Inspector General. Democrats immediately blasted the move with adam schiff calling get another blatant attempt by the president to get to the independence of the Intelligence Community, and retaliate against those who dared to expose president ial wrongdoing. Atkinsons removal comes as a part of a larger shakeup, including the president removing former director joe maguire and replacing him in the short term with u. S. Ambassador to germany rick burnout, a staunch ally of the president. Another strong ally, congressman john roulac radcliffe as the permanent replacement. Michael horwitz praised him, his record, and his handling of the whistleblower complaint. In washington, i am gary kenny, fox news. Back to the battle against covid19 and the men and women on the front lines. Drivethrough Coffee CompanyDutch Brothers is giving some of them a boost, we are learning. The oregonbased company donating 100 of its profits to the organization First Responders first. The initiative provides a First Responder healthcare workers with the physical, and psychological resources they need as they serve their communities during this pandemic. Earlier this week Dutch Brothers also donated 1 million to help those impacted by the virus. Dutch girl cleaners in walnut creek also showing its appreciation to First Responders. The business is providing free uniform cleaning and sanitation to First Responders and healthcare workers. For now, this will happen from now until the end of the month. Doing good things in the community for the First Responders on the front lines. Yes, they are. And the home depot is donating all of its n95 masks to the citys police department. Earlier this week the company said that they issued a stop sale order to all of the stores and websites and began redirecting the masks to workers on the front lines of the pandemic. In a statement earlier this week home depot is reading millions of dollars in personal protective equipment to hospitals, healthcare providers, and First Responders. A party honoring the Golden Gate Parks 150th anniversary has forced organizers to rearrange plans last minute. Reporter Golden Gate Park has so much history, and there is a lot to celebrate. Nothing was going to cause this event to be canceled, plans just had to be changed a little bit. From in person to online, the delivery is different, but the message is the same. hey everybody it is lars ulrich hitting you here on behalf of everyone in the metallic organization. I want to wish the Golden Gate Park a happy 150th birthday. Reporter a big event to celebrate Golden Gate Parks 150th birthday switched to a Virtual Party after the shelter in place order went into effect. We thought it was important to still kick off the celebration, which will last all year long. It will remain virtual, as long as we all need to be enjoying the park from home. Reporter Golden Gate Park 150 online brings the party to your home with virtual concerts. You can also take a tour, and see penguins at the California Academy of science, check out beautiful flowers around the mechanical garden Botanical Garden get a history lesson, listen to podcasts, read books and much more. We do our best to celebrate this park. It is important. Reporter the virtual background behind San Francisco recreation and parks general manager Phil Ginsberg is the ferris wheel brought in for the event. The shell sits in the purse but ginsberg says when the shelter in place is lifted itll be built so you can get a birds eye view. The park will hold will throw one of a party. Reporter in contra costa county, ktvu fox2 news. Singer songwriter marianne faithful has tested positive and is now hospitalized in london. The 73yearold artist is a cancer survivor and suffers from Chronic Health conditions. She shot to fame as a singer in the 1960s and famously dated mick jagger. Her manager says that she is stable and responding to treatment. Bay area weather, the rainfall making a comeback. As you can see a lot of raindrops back here in San Francisco. The rainfall rates have been picking up. Some picking up over an inch of rain already. Take a look at the numbers. Can fit over an inch. Santa rosa. 47, napa just over a quarter of an inch, just a few hundreds of an inch for livermore. San jose not on this map, not any rainfall just yet but it has been a dry day for a good portion of the south based we have another system, this will likely be stronger. We are expecting period of rain. Rainfall amounts could be a quarter of an inch to over an inch and it will be windy, just under criteria for a wind advisory but winds could be 20 30 miles per hour. Here is the forecast model showing you a bunch of numbers. They are adding up kind of high showing you these numbers closer to morgan hill, san jose. Those numbers, at least the forecast models tried to suggest we could be talking about heavier downpours and portions of the south bay. Especially the Santa Cruz Mountains. We will see how that verifies. Our next system is lining up offshore. The Current System is right overhead, the cloud and the rain bands. Then we have the circulation developing. This will be colder and that could provide enough instability to produce thunderstorms and that will deftly ramp up the snowfall rate in the sierra. A warning storm in place right now until about 1 00 monday morning. Snowfall can be on the order of 13 feet in the sierra. Here is a look at our radar pattern over the last few hours. The clouds and the rain chances moving across portions of the bay area. You see the rainfall scattered around portions of the east bay. We have a heavier sell right now in the antioch area for your saturday evening, closer to antioch. And they portions of the east bay right now, some coverage for hayward. Also to union city. A darker green links up to a steady rainfall rate. And then back closer to santa clara valley, not nearly as much coverage but still some development here in the hills. Looks like we have some rainfall to talk about closer to Santa Cruz County and also out toward saratoga and los gatos. As far as the wind speeds right now it is blustery out there. Winds are nine or 14 miles per hour. San jose southerly wind at 12 and Half Moon Bay gusting to 80 miles an hour. Heres our live camera towards the golden gate bridge, slick roadways and current numbers in the 50s. The next system moves in tomorrow and that abuse of the rainfall rates, rain likely and it will be windy. Here is the plan later on todays talking about scattered rain showers. Here is the next system coming on board t thing sunday morning. Sliding to the south and the focus could be the Santa Cruz Mountains possibly in the south bay. Maybe a break by sunday afternoon. Then as we take this forecast model into monday, some off and on showers. Throughout this period tomorrow, want to get into monday we could be tracking thunderstorms as well. Highs for tomorrow will be in the 50s to write about 60 degrees. Keep the umbrella nearby for your sunday, possibly some heavy rainfall at times. Often on showers and your monday. It looks like a warmer weather pattern stepping up my tuesday into wednesday. First one today, x1 will be stronger as we head into your sunday. Just as well because we have the shelter in place, it may as well rain now. Alcohol sales shot up nationwide. 55 during the first or the third week of march compared to the same time last year. And lasko shows us how people are trying to pass the time with virtual happy hour at home. Reporter buying booze, they are lined up. And the stayathome order brings a thumbsup to drink at home. Im just getting my normal beer. And i have a corona. And, a lot of people are drinking a little bit more beer because there is nothing to do. Reporter rod is a musician who would normally be playing in all the bars and clubs that are dark and closed. Nightlife that is moved from the streets right into your own a lot more now among people i know. His neiganstuff people are staying home a lot more. Reporter here, some buy as much as they can carry carrie. We have a little more sales on alcohol, which, you know people are drinking more at home. It has been kind of crazy. Reporter he says it is almost like the christmas buying season, one of the busiest times of the year for alcohol sales. The only difference is the stay athome drinkers have a taste for everything. All of it, hard booze, tequila, vodka, beer. Reporter just like the old days, drinking in the bars, this new trend of drinking at home comes with the very same warning and concerns. Moderate use of alcohol may in fact be for some people appropriate for others, it is not. Other people may need to reach out to find better ways to cope with anxiety and depression. Reporter she is talking about alcoholism and addiction as being a big concern. Law enforcement has always talked about drinking at home as a way to cut down on the deadly dui crashes we have seen time and time again out here on the roads. For now we are in studio city. Fox news. The widow of kobe bryant reacting to his election into the Basketball Hall of fame. Reports are circulating that the nba is considering the idea of canceling it season. Joe fonzi is up next with sports. What we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. Al. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Good evening everyone. Here is what is happening tonight until sports. It was already going to be an all time hall of fame basketball class, and now it has even more meetings. The late kobe bryant headlines a class that includes two other nba most bible players. Valuable players. It was just back into january, the bryant, any other people, including his daughter were killed in a helicopter crash. Bryants wife, vanessa, has an incredible voice. Describing that her husband lost, and what he is meant to the game. Obviously, we wish he was here with us to celebrate. But, it is definitely the peak of his nba career. Anat he had as an athlete was a steppingstone to be here. We are incredibly proud of him. Among the rest of the class are fellow nba most valuable players tim duncan and evan garnet. Also our twotime nba champion rudy and fourtime College Coach of the year eddie sutton and wnba star and fourtime olympic gold medicine Gold Medalist tamika catchings. The first elite to shut down to do the coronavirus is now considering canceling the season rather than postponing it. The nba is having financial talks about player salaries, not in regards to resuming the season, but what to do with the leak starts up again next year. We will leave you tonight with something that we hope will keep you smiling as we check out some things on a saturday evening. When it comes to baseball, there is something always regarded a good trait for hitters. It is called back control. This guy is certainly someone you would have to say has bat control. His name is alex ziegler. Not only is his nose and mouth covered but also his eyes. That is definitely bat control. Thank you for that report. Thank you all for joining us tonight for our 6 00 news. We hope to see you back here tonight at 10 00. 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