In southern california. Below that, low clouds. Otherss and 60s along the temperatures right now. Sal is here now. We have the springtime blues, not the summertime blues. It has been a tough one here. Whoever requested that, and i appreciate that, maybe is looking forward to summer. Good morning, everyone. Lets go out and fake a look at what we have now. This is a live look at interstate 280 and san jose. That is 280 on the right northbound. And southbound on the left, you can see traffic is move ago long very well. Not really a lot of slow traffic, and we havent had that many incidents right now around the bay. So we are off to a good quiet start on this thursday. Now, at 4 31, lets go back to the headlines. In just a few hours from now, new york city will update numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths. More than 1500 people have died there in the past two days. One researcher says the virus was likely spreading within the city as early as february and broadway theaters are announcing they will stay closed until at least june 7th in accordance to the medical guidelines. Well, Johns Hopkins school of medicine reports that the United States has nearly three times more confirmed cases than any other country in the world. The u. S. Has more than 432,000 cases, second to spain with nearly 150,000. Deaths in the u. S. Likely passed 15,000 later today. Reporting on some of the hardesthit cities and states. The u. S. Remains the hardesthit country worldwide with new york passing its daily death toll for another day. Containment efforts could be working with hospitallyization rates decreeing in new york and louisiana. Officials are warning folks not to let up on social distancing even as the weather gets warmer. What we have done and what we are doing is actually working and making a difference. Meanwhile, other regions are preparing for a surge. Officials in washington d. C. Believe cases could peak there in june or july. With infections gradually rising. Colorado and pennsylvania are also now being viewed as hotspots. Heavily Populated Areas including chicago and los angeles are asking people to wear masks to avoid more devastating outbreaks. Whenever you have a situation, usually a metropolitan area where there are a low level of cases, that is where you really need to intensify the mitigation strategy. Health Officials Say a vaccine for the virus could still be at least a year away. In atlanta, fox news. Back here at home in the east bay. East bay congressman will be on Facebook Live to give people in his district the latest update on the coronavirus outbreak. He will host a question and answer session with the director of the alameda Healthcare Services at 10 30 on this facebook page. Our time is 4 34. Health officials issued a new order requiring everyone in the county to report any stockpiles of personal protective equipment and ventilators by next week. It is aimed at helping the county in case there is a surge in hospitallyizations. And it is a unique situation where the disaster is so widespread that we cant rely afully on our state and federal government and we really have to turn locally to see pa what capacity for inventory exists here in our county. Now, Officials Say if you have more than 5000 pairs of gloves, more than 500 masks or more than a hundred hospital gowns or containers of sanitizers, then you have to get in touch with the county by next week. Our time is 4 35. Dedicated just to treating covid19 patients. Right now, the ward has ten beds, but it can expand the 48 beds if it is necessary. Now, while the hospital is committed 1. 5 million to this new unit, Officials Say it is the result of several hospitals working together. It is definitely a lab are tiff effort. With i pharmacy support. We also have the do minute can hospital in santa ng us with nursing support. Now,1600 hospital beds available in case there is a sudden surge in testing positive cases. Well w fewer cars on the roads, Insurance Companies are giving partial credit or refunds to their customers. We just think it is the right thing to do. Now, Allstate Insurance says it is refunding a 15 Insurance Premium payback for the month of april and may. Geico also said a 15 credit is going when there are car and motorcycle policy holders reany newing their coverage. The announcement by geico was a surprise for customers having a tough time financially. I didnt hear anything about that. I am surprised. I got a payment due on the soth of this month. Many other Insurance Companies are beginning to do the same thing, offering relief to their customers during the pandemic. Well, there is a crackdown on people profiting illegally from the pandemic. Examples of price gouging include eight dollars for a bottle of Hand Sanitizer or 100 for a tenpack of n95 masks. Some of the examples we found. The state defines gouging as raising the price by more than 10 . Officials in Contra Costa County say they are investigating every single complaint to crack down on offenders. So we want to hear from people. We want them to document it. We want them to provide evidence as best as they can if they suspect there is any illegal gouging going on. Protected essential items include cleaning supplies and housing toiletry. And civil lawsuits in criminal penalties of up to a year in jail and up to a 10,000 fine. Well, people layed off because of the pandemic say running is run a new survey clever questioned 1000 people passed say they believer their savings will run out before the end of this month. 22 of homeowners say they dont have enough savorings to cover one months mortgage. Over half say they have less than 500 set aside for emergencies. Google is the Video Conferencing act zoom on their work computers. The company says the app will stop working on Google Computers this week. In a statement, google cites security vulnerability. Google does have the app, and it is a direct competitor of zoom. All right. Our time is 4 38. Bernie sanders, a senator has dropped out of the president ial race clearing the way for joe biden to claim the democratic president ial nomination. A new National Poll is out showing biden leading President Trump by eight points in a head tohead race. 49 of registered voters support joe biden. 41 support President Trump. Now, biden also leads in key voting blocks including independence as well as women and African American voters. Well, hours after senator sanders announced the end of his president ial campaign, senator Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at a virtual fundraiser for joe biden. Senator harris appeared on video from washington introducing the former Vice President where biden then praised senator harris saying, together, they can make a great deal of progress. Now, se runningmate for biden, and biden is publicly said he is going to pick a woman as his runningmate. Well, while the white house deals with the pandemic right now, a reporter asked President Trump if he would pardon the man known as joe exotic from the netflix docuseries, tiger king. Would you recommend a pardon . I am not weighing in on that. I dont think we would. Go ahead. Do you have a question . Ill take a look. Now, a reporter from the New York Post asked that question yesterday and quickly was criticized by other members of the media and by activist groups. The reporter said he asked the question because President Trumps son, donald trump, jr. , posted about it on social media. Joe exotic is serving a 22year prison sentence for o straiting a murder for hire plot targeting Animal Rights activist carole baskin. All right. Time now is 4 40. Time to check in with Steve Paulson again. How is it . It is not as cold as the last couple of mornings. That is for sure. 51. A couple of days ago, it was 31 or 32. We dont have to worry about the critical. That is the stubborn fog bank which keeps the lows up. It keeps the high temperatures from getting to near average here. Cloudy to mostly cloudy for everybody including san jose at 54. Up above, moisture continues to rotate around the low coming back in from nevada. There are higher clouds there, and then underneath that you get the low clouds and fog coming in from the west. A little bit of snow still continuing as that moisture comes off the least side. South lake tahoe, kirkwood, the forecast between now and friday. Friday night three to four inches of snow. There is still a little bit going on. Southwest or a west southwest wind. You can see that at the Oakland Berkeley hills or to the delta. An onshore breeze. That sends low clouds all the way out to travis. 50s now on most of the temperatures but they have come way up as well. The lows simply just it opportunity have anything to bump it along so it is really slow to move. It is making the move now. You see the circulation starting to make the move inland. The moisture continues to wrap back around there. The rain line looks to be holster. Ill mention morgan hill. North of that, there is a low cloud deck. I dont think that low cloud deck is going anywhere. Low and high clouds with some sun. 50s and 60s on the temperatures here. Like a mini summertime pattern here except the inland temperatures are certainly not that warm. Not much change into friday. High pressure thoses in as we go into the weekend and early next week. Time is 4 42. Next, some frustration among he open. Coming up, why officials didnt act fast enough. As basketball fans wait for the nba to come back. Steph curry checking in on local heroes. Hear what he said to nurses in oakland. 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. They should have shut down all transit. I know it sounds extreme, but i dont think there is anything extreme about one persons life. Muny bus drivers are concerned about working conditions during the corona virus pandemic. Muny is now only operating 17 essential bus lines in all of San Francisco, but as Investigative Reporter found out, reduced service is just one of the things bus drivers have been requesting for weeks. Every muny operator we spoke with told us the same thing. They dont feel safe. They dont feel prepared or protected and they are afraid to speak up. While new precautions are being taken now, they are calling them minimal. So i went ahead and created my own sign, and posted them up all around the bus. There for weeks, muny is taking matters into their own hands putting up their homemade signs creating signs marked with an x and using bungee cables to keep people back. The Transit Workers Union president says some glove gloves and sanitizing lights just arent cutting it. We dont have the equipment, the Safety Measures set in mace. Many operators are bringing their own personal protective equipment. Despite the daily deep cleanings and protective glass, Bus Operators feel they are still at risk. The buses need to be cleaned not just daily, but at each terminal. Muny workers shared these photos of trash left behind. Crowded conditions, and even carts crammed in with bags of cans. And to me, that is unacceptable because at any moment, any of us, anyone touching that is potentially somebody with the virus and that is passing it on to anyone else who comes along and touches it. Drivers fearful of retaliation spoke to us anonymously. And we really are playing russian roulette with your life. You really are. So far, there have been five muny employees whether or not have tested positive for covid19. I think they could have acted earlier. That was the voice of one of them. He wishes routes were reduced and precautions taken sooner. I feel like i was one of the numbers that actually helped them to move forward more drastically. The union pressured to send their most vulnerable drivers home with full pay and reduced service schedules. A lifelong advocate of transit and the director of the sfmta, i never thought i would say this, but please if you have any other options for getting around, please do not ride muny. Wednesday was the First Official day of roughly 40 of routes were eliminated. It comes 24 days since stanford has put out a shelter in place order. And to walk out to a bus, youre walking to a bus that is potentially. I dont have a card. It is my only option. Passengers found some drivers covered cash fair boxes. They encourage courage physical distancing. Some essential workers depend on muny for transportation. As. These operate Internal Revenue service are still vulnerable. You masks to frontline workers. The city is requiring people wear masks you outside. There say shortage of gloves. Time is 4 49 this morning. Light rail trains will be back up and running. Light rail service was suspend Police Department by the bta two weeks ago after been deep dopecleaning trains. Light rail will resume. Stef curry surprised some nurses in oakland. Shelby delany got a facetime call from the threetime nba champ. Delaney and theyre fellow and tribute to the staff who performed lifesaving work since the coronavirus outbreak began. Just the sacrifice that everybody is coming together. Thanker are thank you so much, for, just what you do, your heart and did what you provide for everybody. Now, as you can tell, miss delaney is a big warriors fan. She wrote on facebook, steph curry offered some advice on how to be positive and be kind during tough times. Wow. 4 51 is the time. There are so many Great Stories out there. I mean something that this has taught us is people are willing to step in and help each other as much as we can. Indeed. Lets check in with Steve Paulson on the weather this morning. It is chilly, but certainly not as chilly as you said it has been. That is correct, pam and dave. We were much colder earlier in the week. We had a lot of 30s. Now we are seeing 50s because there is a combination of low clouds, high clouds. They dont want to give way. Mostly cloudy golden gate park. Temperature 51. A couple of days ago, it was down to 41. We come way up on these temperatures. That cold water. 52. That is really cold. And you get an onshore breeze at the surface, and then an offshore up above with that big low sending in cloud cover from the sierra back across the Sacramento Valley and over us as well. The combination of those two are making it tough for temperatures to warm up. The onshore breeze in the delta. The temperatures are in the 50s. I dont know about oakland airport. And san jose is at 54. And i mean talk about brentwood to pittsburg to freemont. Everyone is pretty close around 52, 53, 54. I dont think those will change. Too much low cloud deck. 44 in tahoe. The low is finally kicking along. It is taking its sweet time. You can see the circulation. It is about ready to move into the desert but the cloud cover still rotates around. This is a big system for this time of year. The rain line looks to be morgan hill south. Well mention it for others, but really rrow. The low clouds will be persistent. So in and that will gradually w us up as we head into the weekend and early next week, you guys. Time is 4 53. A nursing home hit hard by the coronavirus. Well tell you about an investigationunderway after several of the residents there died and dozens more became infected. It feels like world war ii. Everybody has to help. The test kits being developed right here in the bay area in an effort to increase the testing capabilities. Dog adoptions are way up during this crisis. Well show you the new guidelines that are in place for potential doctors. Welcome back here to mornings on 2. Our time is 5 55. Animal rescue is seeing a jump in adoption. With so many people staying home, many think now is the perfect time to get a new pet. Amber lee tells us about a bay area Dog Rescue Group. A couple of them seeing a surge in interest. He is really really nice on a leash. From her backyard, sherry franklin, founder of mutville, a senior Dog Rescue Group in San Francisco is using her phone to show ziggy, an eight yearold chihuahua to a person interested in adopting a dog. If you are looking for a smaller dog. Reporter all meet and greets are done via facetime and zoom since are chosed. Applications for people who want to foster or adopt a dog have flooded the nonprofit. Normally 20 to 25 applications a week. That number jumped to 120 the first week of the stayathome order. I have been involved with Animal Rescue for 25 years, and i have never seen anything like this. In the bay view, family dog rescue is also plenty busy. Walkins are no longer allowed. People want to adopt have to fill out an application and make an appointment. The first available slot is next month. The cohen family came for their appointment. They already have one dog, jack. Everyones home working or attending school remotely. The dog is just bringing such comfort, so we thought this was a great time to bring another one into our home. Reporter family dog rescues executive director says the number of adoptions has nearly doubled in march compared to february. Before the pandemic, there would be plenty of people stopping by just to look. Now, it is like i saw a dog. I liked the dog. I would like to meet the dog, so we rom me later. It is like i am actually going to adopt the dog today. Do you know if he has separation anxiety or anything like that . Back at mutville, franklin says despite the surge in adoptions, there are still plenty of dogs that need loving homes. I wish this was like this every single day. Not just during a pandemic when people really realize that a dog with bring so much joy. Reporter rescue groups are seeing how many people want to adopt dogs now but are advising people to have a plan in place on how to care for their new pet once the shelter in place order is listed. In San Francisco, amber lee, ktvu, fox 2 news. All right, amber, another great story. Time is 4 58. All around the bay area, communities are doing great things, and stepping up during these uncertain times. This morning, we are highlighting a celebration in nappa. You see this. A special surprise on monday for sophia. She turned ten years old. The Community Came together for this driveby birthday parade. Signs with balloons. Dozens of cars making so fee i cant feel special even while social distancing. Do you know someone who is making a dish or providing hope in your community . Well, ktvu wants you to nominate your local hero. Email your story along with photos or vet are video of that person in action from my hero at foxtv. Com. Well highlight some of those stories. Something i wish we had been made aware of. Several deaths and dozens more infected with the coronavirus at a nursing home in hayward. Now families are demanding answers as the staff tries to contain the outbreak. Plus. 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