Alejo and petaluma. Today still scattered showers and fog being reported. A little bit of activity continue to rotate back in from the valley and it was yesterday at petaluma with lightning strikes, 30s and 40s as cool as it will get and fog being reported, fairfield 38 and napa 36 and activity rotates around the low and over the sierra back towards us that will keep the threat of scattered showers today as the low takes a slow track to central Southern California but we are not done yet. Below average on the temperatures but they are creeping upwards now thats go over to Sal Castaneda to see if theres anything going on. Sometimes at this early hour there is. Steve there is some boot scoot and boogie. Good morning everyone. Lets take a look at the commute now and the traffic will be a little bit busy in some areas but not at the richmond and san rafael bridge. It is absolutely light right now and the places it might be busy would be the areas where there is construction work going on so be careful. Construction does continue on the roads and if youre driving on any of the bay area bridges so far it does look okay. Lets go back to the headlines. Sometime this morning the us is expected to report 11,000 coronavirus staffs and the states of new jersey and new york have combined for nearly 6000 deaths. Here in california we are approaching 400. Governor newsome says he expects the outbreak will peak in midmay but as there are already indications that hospitalization rate is slowing down nearly 20,000 people in the United States have recovered from the virus. Now saving facilities shutting down during this Health Crisis and that includes seton local center a daily center or daily city. Spent we worked to secure seat hospital which was a hospital no longer operating as it once was, 220 beds specifically now available at seton. Governor newsome said other facilities that could be turned into hospitals could be sleep train arena the former home of the Sacramento KingsBasketball Team and this arena could handle overflow hospital patients. The governor has proposed reopening at California Pacific Medical Center building on San Franciscos buchanan street which was closed last year. Now a new immunity test from Stanford University could be released as soon as this week and that test for antibodies and can identify those immune to the coronavirus it hopes this test can help determine who can return to work and when, the test relies on a blood sample usually with a finger polk. The governor is acknowledging california has work to do when it comes to creating widespread access to testing for covid 19 ktvus Cristina Rendon own has details on the new test site opening in San Francisco and oakland. Reporter the city of oakland is operating a drivethrough testing site at the kaiser conventions are parking lot on 10th street only fopeople who work in direct care jobs, and Homeless Outreach workers with symptoms of covid 19 must schedule an appointment and provide proof of insurance for the test and it is not open to the general public. We recognize testing is a limited commodity and we hope that will change any minute now. But while it is still so limited we have to be strategic about who we offer these limited tests to. Oakland mayor libby schaaf says the site can conduct 240 test today with the wait time of 2 to 5 days for results and in San Francisco a similar story as mayor london breed the city test sf is a new drive in walkthrough testing site at peer 30 and peer 32. Paramedics and firefighters quarantined with symptoms will get coverage and they will expand testing to other front line workers in the future. They are taking care of us and it is important we take care of them in the most basic thing we can do is ensure we have access to testing. Access to testing is challenging across the state and data from the tracking projects is california ranks among the tent state as lowest testing. The testing space has been challengingover the we force that aims to increase testing fivefold by the end of the month by adding testing locations and for now local agencies are doing what they can to test as many people as possible. We believe widespread testing is critical now to our efforts to contain this pandemic. The latest data from the California Department of Public Health shows more than 100 102 three, 000 test seven conducted a processing with 14,000 test results pending. Some hope this morning from new york the epicenter of coronavirus here in the us. There are signs in efforts to stop the spread of the virus new york state which may be working and almost 3500 people have died in new york city alone. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says new reports show the states staggering death toll and the hospitalization rates have started to stabilize. The total number of hospitalizations are down, icu admissions are down in daily activations are down. Hospitals across new york state are at their limit and he is urging everybody to keep practicing social distancing and more to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. Today congress now has of the ability to conduct its business electronically peered House Speaker nancy pelosi says house members can submit bills and resolutions through a secure email system until april 19. Congress is supposed to be back in session on april 20 despite the coronavirus pandemic. Today the president ial primary election in wisconsin is taking place despite our current shelter in place orders ktvus greg lee reports after the highest court overruled the decision by the governor to postpone the election. Reporter wisconsins residential primary election will take place on tuesday and the state Supreme Court order came hours after democratic governor tony e verse moved to postpone the election until june because of coronavirus. Theres no shame in changing course to keep people safe and save lives and our allegiance cannot be to party or ideology but it must be to the people of wisconsin. Republicans and the legislature called his move the constitutional overreach and the court agreed thing the governor lacked the authority to move the election on his own and the reversal has 70 hours of lawsuits and mounting pressure from local mayors and a shortage of poll workers. In milwaukee for example only five of the usual 180 polling locations were scheduled to be open. There are fewer places to serve the voters and you have larger numbers that those sites, numbers that will easily strain the system. The democratic governor and Republicanled Legislature failed to agree on any changes prompting a federal judge ruling to allow absentee ballots to be delivered through april 13. Republicans appeal that decision and on monday the us Supreme Court blocked the extension requiring ballots be postmarked by april 7 to be counted. A huge number of people have requested a vote by mail ballots and there has been no time to process them and those people will not be able to weigh in unless they want to risk their safety and unless they want to risk their health by going to the polling place. Law professor Jessica Levinson said what is happening in wisconsin is a good lesson for other states not only for the remaining primaries before the general election and now is the time to prepare for more vote by mail and early voting an additional Polling Centers spin you look at the medical experts there is every reason to believe there will be another wave in the fall and if you look at the election experts there is every reason to believe that you need every moment possible to plan for election. E verse previously said he could not respond election by itself as it would violate state law and monday he said circumstances had changed. Greg lee ktvu fox 2 news. Lets check back with pam and steve working from home and pam you were impressed with the weather we had yesterday and it was pretty impressive. There was a lot of rain and we got at the walk in with the dog before it came down. And it really came down in the afternoon over sonoma at vallejo and petaluma which was primetime at five or six. Todays forecast still has scattered showers and not nearly the amount or intensity of yesterday. 40s on the temperatures, livermore at 40, near petaluma and sfo and mill valley half an inch of rain, hayward and novato almost half an inch now for San Francisco, san jose and oakland about one quarter of an inch. The better dynamics are moving south but the rotation around that is counterclockwise in essence bands of moisture with 30s and 40s on the temperatures and 30s on the peninsula was will hold up yesterday the cloud cover and the rain in the morning but foster city is a 39 in atherton is 37 and menlo park and palo alto with light snow showers in the sierra. That puts it in the forecast with us again today. Sudden clouds and the possibility of showers, it is still cold. You get 30s in the higher elevations. Rainfall oakland has 1 10 of an inch, i think the forecast model is missing it for fremont and san jose. 50s and 60s on the temperatures, some clouds and some showers, we will keep a lot of cloud cover and decrease showers but it is cloud cover thursday and friday and then it looks better for the weekend you guys. Major League Baseball could be back sooner than we thought. Still ahead we will talk about a plan being considered that could have baseball games starting as early as next month. Until we stop having to not wash her hands as much we will probably be doing with this. Washing your hands a lot causing another problem as we try to stay healthy during this pandemic. Next the advice from a dermatologist. And we have a live look at traffic this morning and the golden gate bridge. All by itself right now, a few lights are in the distance. We have Sal Castaneda watching the traffic and he will be back with this one is editions of traffic jams coming up right here on mornings on 2. Valspar signatures exclusive stainresisting technology is a snap to clean. Making even the most common stains, history. Visit lowes. Com today for color inspiration. Welcome back, would you have more data this morning that appears to show the coronavirus is more deadly men than women in Santa Clara County 52 of the confirmed cases are men and 40 are women but 67 of the people who have died were men. Data from china, italy and spain tell the same story, a professor of Infectious Disease at uc berkeley says behavior could be a factor because men tend to smoke and drink more than women. That can contribute to different types of cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular disease themselves are associated with that outcome with coronavirus infection. Doctor riley says studies also show that men tend to wait longer than women to go to the doctor and by the time they get help it may be too late. Today two San Jose City council and to introduce an emergency resolution to waive rent for at least 90 days. California currently has a moratorium on evictions through may but tenants rights advocates says more needs to be done to protect people who lost their jobs san jose is one of the most expensive rental markets in the country and the two councilmembers say that tenants need more help. We know many of our families will not be able to come up with the thousands of dollars needed to pay back rent which will accumulate by the end of moratorium. Efforts to freeze residential rent is also underway in other parts of the country. The coronavirus is affecting the rebuilding efforts in the north bay. More than 1400 homes were lost during the cubs fire hundreds of homes are still in the rebuilding process, but a series of complications driven by the virus or fear of it have slowed work down all other construction not in the fire rebuilding zones are on indefinite hold adding to many contractor problems, many workers and supply deliveries are staying home. We did have cancellations from glass companies, they decided not to come and give estimates. I would say there are a few subs out there that are not working at all and their shutting doors down. Contractors said trying to maintain social distancing on the job is slowing things down, official Building Code inspections around the state are causing more delays and now some contractors they work stoppage and lack of inspections could lead to layoffs. There is a quirky bookstore in San Francisco holding its first online event tonight as it tries to cope with the statewide shutdown green apple books opened up on clement street in the richmond neighborhood in 1967 but like many others the store is now closed and most of the staff has been laid off all of the sales have shifted to the website which the coowner says has increased substantially but the margins for profit is slim. The bookstore will host an online event tonight via zoom with an author has released a new book in the coowner says he is optimistic he will be able to reopen the store once the shelter in place order is lifted any questions how many people will come into the store to buy books once it is over. You know i was just talking about this yesterday, all of the extra washing and sanitizing of your hands these days is also causing new problems bay area dermatologists say they are seeing severe cases of dermatitis is the skins natural oils are being scrubbed away. We talked to a doctor about remedies that you can try at home. Reporter burning and itching and cracking hands, this mom and daughter are hurting. Clean har defense against covid 19 but before the crisis most washed 3 to 5 times a day. Now the situation where you are at 10 or 20 times a day to get skin very dry and dehydrated. When natural oils are stripped the skin turns red and scaly, it burns and itches and then cracks and develops open source, very painful. What we are seeing is a lot of hand dermatitis. This mill valley dermatologist says that is worse for people who already have eczema or psoriasis and they are prone to irritation and also susceptible are those in healthcare, mothers with small children and laborers who work with their hands and anyone in public has to sanitize surfaces constantly. Since the alcohol and sanitizer is especially drying it helps the lean more on soap and water. Moisturizer is a good idea. They are cracking and bleeding and dry. Even when i put lotion on they are still dry. Dermatologists they look for one containing ceramides which is a fatty acid that replenishes the skin. Relief may not last as long as it would if we were not washing and drying incessantly with no end in sight. Until the crisis stops and we dont have to wash our hands as much you will probably have to deal with this. The time is at 4 50 am and we want to check back with Steve Paulson on the weather. Certainly a lot of rain yesterday and thunder and lightning and a little more today. A little bit of rain and i would be surprised at thunder and lightning, it is a possibility but not as good as yesterday the ingredients were definitely there but it took a lot of fire them up yet they did. Scattered showers today and livermore right at 40 and everyone is close, Golden Gate Park is 44 and activity lit up over petaluma yesterday and from sonoma, and sonoma had hail and good thunderstorm activity and near petaluma adobe creek to thirds of an inch, sfo, redwood city, novato at 4 10 or two thirds. It is moving slow this low and it will continue to send in bands and at the paulson county castle it is 36, palo alto 37 and montero is at 40. Snow showers in this era and the moisture wraps back around, back towards late county and napa county and therein lies will happen today as you get sent breaks and it will cloud up and you will get rain, 46 around monterey and the main core of the lowest Southern California or Central California but aiming their. Moisture moves back in and will be snow up around tahoe and 1 10 of an inch looks about right, santa cruz at 19 in fresno with three quarters of an inch that low will be slow to move out further north after today a better opportunity to get more sunshine cloud cover around and hang out wednesday and thursday looks better friday and into the weekend. If you ride muni in San Francisco more disruptions are coming. Up next the services being shut down over the next 48 hours. Also an update from the uk on Prime MinisterBoris Johnson and his condition, he was admitted to a hospital with coronavirus symptoms getting worse. We will talk about how bay area athletes are readjusting their workouts as they get ready for the 2020 olympics now scheduled for the summer of 2021. 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. 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. Welcome back to mornings on 2. And the magic carpet ride, steppenwolf. Judging by the requests i am thinking people who get up early like music from the 60s and 70s. That is just what ive come up with good if you do have a request use the hashtag ktvu on twitter, facebook or instagram. Major League Baseball hopes to play ball again as soon as next month. They are proposing that all teams play games that spring training complexes in the phoenix arizona area and no finance would be there at the games. Players, coaches and Training Staff will stay in hotels and they would only leave to play the games and they would also be tested regularly for the coronavirus. This proposed plan would allow this season to start while health and government workers determine if it is safe to resume baseball play regular season ballparks. And the masters Golf Tournament has been rescheduled for november the annual tournament in augusta georgia was supposed to be played this week but because of the coronavirus it is postponed until november 12 through the 15th. The pga also an francisco now moved to august but it will be this years first major event. U. S. Open will be held in september in new york. It is now 4 57 am and olympic athletes are trying to readjust their training schedule with the summer Olympic Games postponed until next year. Ktvus scott reese caught up with some of the bay area athletes and a coach to find out how they are dealing with this new timeline. Not long ago bay area olympians were going into the stretch run of their training regimen. I was on the right path and ready to go. But then covid 19 and uncertainty over the su gand as it goes day by day here it is not taking trajectory of Getting Better but worse and i think the athletes were feeling that it was nice that ioc was able to get all the information they needed to pull the trigger on that date. And now we will be going towards a 15 month Training Cycle to prepare for the olympics. That new timeframe puts athletes on a very sudden and dramatic pause. Spin i have been eating things i dont usually let myself eat and i have been draining chocolate chip cookies and ice cream and on the physical side giving my body a break. It is not just water sports that are shut up, stanford graduate here is a silver fencer who cannot fence the spin i do not have access to an equivalent and i cannot fence because clubs are closed and that is the unfortunate reality and i do not know when i will be in the club next or when i will be able to step up to practice or compete for that matter. But allison the entire Olympic Community understand what is at stake and they are doing the right thing and not just out of necessity but out of moral responsibility. I view this is a pretty minor inconvenience compared with the medical community is going through and i think everyone at this time is making some sort of sacrifice. For me it would be naove to think that my sacrifice was greater than their spirit purely from a competitor standpoint it is tough because we were ready to rock and we were going to be really good this summer but that doesnt mean we cannot be good next summer. I was excited to compete this summer in tokyo and the fact it wasnt canceled at all it remains that my dream is still there but just one year later. The growing need for life saving medical equipment such as ventilators and what is being offered in exchange for new, used and broken ventilators. If you ride francisco are being cut today and tomorrow as muni moves ahead with reducing service downs only essential roots. Not the intensity they saw the last couple days and over the weekend but still, scattered showers for us are still in