Fog off in the distance there. The fog has returned. 51 to 55 in santa rosa. 51 in san jose. If you are suffering from the allergies, blame those trees. They are from the roof there. Oak and mulberry are the ones to blame. That wind doesnt help anything. That is your system. There it is. There are low clouds and higher clouds trying to flirt with shower. The onshore wind has kicked in that will really cool things out all the way out to the delta. Highs today will be in the 60s and the 70s and that low impacts us for the next few days. We already have an issue on 880, sal. Thats right, steve. We had some Police Activity that started just after midnight and kept going for a long time. They just cleared it up. This is video taken earlier of what was going on. I guess the person was up on this pole here and refused to come down. They had to close 880 at oak street for nearly four hours. This happened overnight. Just ten minutes ago they said had this activity has come to an end and that is good news. Pardon me. I am losing my voice. At 4 02, lets go to dave. San jos firefighters are busy investigating a latenight fire. A familyfour had to run for their lives. This happened about 10 30. It first started in the garage but quickly spread to the attic and other parts of the house. Witnesses heard screams as the family banged on neighbors doors telling them to and be safe. With everything going on, very to stick through it. As longs afternoon is safe, Everything Else is materialistic. Insurance will take care of all of that. The community we are all out. Everyone came in to check on everyone. This is what it is all about. Witnesses said a ball of flames. Time, a new set of guidelines is expected today about how to slowly reopen the economy during this coronavirus pandemic. After the white house conference call, well hear more. Dr. Burke says the number of cases around the country are are going down. She has a warning about people socializing. Always a chance that an asymptomatic person could spread the virus unknowingly. A Laboratory Based in illinois will start shipping a new corona virus test that can confirm if you have the coronavies have. new voice will spot antibodies and let you know if you have covid 19. Even if you no longer have the sump toms. This is different from the nasal swab test that only confirms an active infection. In order to attack the spread of the outbreak, we need to test those exposed previously. The experts say if they know who is already infected, they can better understand the virus. How long antibodies stay inside the body and if they can make a person immune to the virus. Watching for the weekly jobless report that will come in at 5 30. Economists expecting another 5. 5. Now the futures are indicating a slightly higher open. We will see if we get close tore that. Corporate earnings are coming with deep drops compared to the psalm time last year. That is certainly affecting the markets as well. South bay congressman proposing a new stimulus plan that would provide payments of 2000 a month for anyone learning less than 130,000 a year until employment returns to precovid 19 levels. Families with children would receive 500 a month per child. The payments would also cover College Students and disabled adults claimed as dependents. Well, the irs is warning people to be wary of anyone contacting you about your stimulus money claiming to be from the government. But if you do get that call, you know it is a scam. The irs does not reach out to you by text or social media or ask for personal information or banks information. You. If you are a victim of a scam, report it to the irs. Many have already received stimulus money from direct deposit. Paper checks are being sent out by the end of the month. We want to know if the checks will impact your 2020 taxes. It is not taxable income. There will be a there will be something on your 2020 return to make sure you get the right amount. The checks you are getting now are considered an advance. The final determination will be based on 2020 tax situations. And debbie ward is the tax and Research Director with smith and company cpa. Most of us areworking from home now. Many are also wondering if our now Home Office Expenses are deductible such as morgan, insurance. The 2017 tax cut took away employees business expenses. So if we are ployee, you wont anything. But there is a possible work around. The best thing is to talk to your employer. Your employer would be able to get the deduction if they reimburse you. So if you can make that kind of an arrangesment with your employer, that should work for everybody. If they are willing to spend the money. Reporter now, for people out of work and in need of money, the stimulus plan loosened restrictions on withdrawing funds from your retirement account and Small Businesses can get payroll so they can keep their employees even if their business is closed. New claims by u. S. Intelligence agencies that the corona virus may have been created in a lab in wuhan, china. A report delivered to the state department claims china was working on the virus, not a bio weapon to prove to the world they could compete with the u. S. On virus research. Reportedly, a bat that was used in that research infected a lab worker who later went out into the public. The Trump Administration says these reports are being invest gutted. In is a laboratory that contained highly contagious materials. We knew that. We knew they were working on this program. Many countries have programs like this. Two years ago, the u. S. Embassy warned about poor safety features at the wuhan institute. The latest corona virus hospitals coming from Johns Hopkins university. Here in the bay area, 5658 people have tested positive for the virus including 169 who have died. There are 27,000 cases here in california. 890 people have died. In the u. S. , at least 640,000 cases are reported. 31,000 poem have died. Well, San Francisco is rolling out a new system of Contract Tracing to track the spread of the coronavirus. Ktvu shows us how the new system utilizes the citys medical and technical expertise. San francisco is working to tackle the difficult problem of tracking corona virus as it moves through the population, also known as Contact Tracing. So that we can do more outreach to not only find out exactly who that patient has been in contact with but we can check on them. Reporter City Employees are working sidebyside with medical staff to monitor covid 19 positive patients and notify anyone they came in contact with. San francisco as the mayor mentioned is creating a first of its kind program to identify bay area resident who is have been exposed to the corona virus and give them access to the testing and resources they need to keep themselves and their families and communities as safe as possible. Going forward, the new Contact Tracing program will incorporate an app that people livering and working in San Francisco can download. The app will allow people to keep track of their symptoms and to check in with people who are monitoring their conditions, and also to determine whether or not they should or should not be tested. Reporter being able to trace the spread of the virus in realtime will be a critical tool to help the city and region. This capacity will enable us to move forward as a state. Now and after the shelter in place order is lifted. Reporter San Francisco says reopening the city has to be part of a broader effort to reopen the entire bay area. They want to share this Contact Tracing system with other cities and counties throughout the bay area, and they eventually hope to have thousands of people monitoring those covid 19 cases around the region. In season francisco, ktvu, fox 2 news. All right, thank you. Tomb is now 4 11. We have pam, we have steve, and i can tell you both coming in this morning, i saw those clouds that steve was talking about. They are out there. They started to alouver yesterday, and theyll still be with us today. It will be cooler. Were out of to cool down, and a little bit of fog made an appearance. Low 60s and 70s. Yesterday was another warm one. Gilroy, 84678980ers for livermore. Santa cruz with a Beautiful Day there at 75 today. You can see all the low clouds. 50s on the temperatures. Santa rosa at 51. Very foggy conditions associated with that system wes oakland. 25 at travis. 50s on the temperatures here. I dont see any 40s. That system is going to generate a little shower activity. You can see the argueflow is now west, not north or northeast. That is is a huge difference. It tries to generate a little bit of rain. Look what happens we go forward. So fog returns. Clouds and sun. 50s and 60s and 70s. Temperatures are on their way you down and theyll continue to do that. Still ahead, the growing strain and stress caused by the corona virus on the funeral industry. Plus, will you be able to go into major Sports Events and concerts. Well tell you why the wait could go well into next year. When you need it, jack delivers order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub. Is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Charles tested positive for the corona virus. A third of the 2000 sailor on that ship. 31 of those are being treated in the hospital. One crew members are quarantine a military base. Um. Worldwide, there are almost 2. 1 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. 137,000 people have died. More than a half million more have recovered. And the death toll from the coronavirus is really putting stress and strain on the funeral industry. Funeral directors who are used to handle 50 to 60 funerals a month. And they are seeing increases of 25 a day because of the coronavirus. It just, you know, it makes the whole process so much more difficult. Funeral homes are limiting how many people can go to the funeral service. They are enforcing social distancing and they are even Holding Virtual funerals. And happening today, one of the largest cargo ships in the world will come into the port of oakland. The msc an ma that is 1300 feet and can transfer nearly 19,020 foot containers. We have been on a social special assignment collecting a backlog of empty containers in southern california. In oakland, it is scheduled to spend 24 hours discharging imports, containers, and loading exports. Also today the Oakland School district will deliver meals and School Supplies to families in need during the pandemic. The district from the redwood city to deliver meals. Drivers will start prepping the meals at 8 00 at Hoover Elementary School in oakland. They will deliver supplies to families later this morning. Time is 4 17. Steve, will we see much sunshine today . A little bit. It there for this time of year. Not a lot of low clouds and fog. I will mention a passing shower. I think the at moss fore is a little dry. It is showing up on radar. A lot of fog looking towards the city there. 50s. 51 to 55. Everything is now going bonners. It is those trees and mulberry with grasses. They shot up after the rain from the first woke in april. That is our little system. The delta was rocking and rolling. That was north almost the entire 48 hours. Now, it is south or southwest. That is a no doubt about it onshore wind. Way to the sacramento valley. Berkeley, 52. Redwood city, 53. There is our system. It produces some high and mid level clouds. They will be with us today probably into tomorrow. You can see the wind is now turning westerly, so that is onshore. They started to cool down yesterday. What about rain . Probably not much through friday or saturday, but then the european model just goes bonkers as we go into sunday night and monday. Well finetune they can change on a dime. But something to watch going into the latter half of the weekend and into early next week. 50s and 60s and 70s today and temperatures coming down. Theyll continue that friday. Cooler temperatures. All right, thank you, steve. It is 4 19. Communities feeling the Economic Impact of social distancing are now calling on governors to reopen their state. Still ahead, protesters ignore stayathome orders and apply some pressure on lawmakers. 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And i think he suggested to me this was a drinking song. Tom . God bless you, sir. I. Garth brooks, friends in low places. I have heard this song a dozen times, times ten in my life. Thank you, tom. The viewers always have great songs. Go ahead and hit me up with a song if you have one. Facebook, twitter, and instagram and use the ktvu. I have a feeling pam loves this song, too. I didnt recognize it until the corr russ kicked in and oh, yeah. All right. Whats going to make you smile this morning. Thank you, sal. 4 22 is the time right now. There are special efforts to make sure low income seniors get the groceries they need in San Francisco during this pandemic. Rob ross shows us how a neighborhood operation has grown in the past few weeks. In San Franciscos sunset district, these two people are loading a bag of groceries wednesday. There is enough here for some 60 elderly immuno you compromised people who shouldnt be going to supermarkets. It is impossible for seniors to go out and shop for themselves. We thought that would be. This would be the safest for them. A barista layed off a month ago because of the coronavirus. I was finding what to do with myself. Me and my friend figured this is the best way to serve the community and stay sane during these times. When the crisis started, it was just kind of a natural extension to just continue checking in on our neighbors and that kind of more everred into trying to provide services for them. The deliveries took them to a list of other neighborhoods including the western edition on north beach. It began a months ayou ago with a request to buy groceries for people in need. The shop delivers to five times that many people now that there are enough groceries. We try to make these as healthy as possible. There are a lot of seniors who are not helped by existing nonprofits that otherwise would be falling through the cracks. Jumping, sorting, and delivery to ever 0 people is a massive undertaking for two people, but they say there is an added benefit to those on the receiving end. A lot of times what we are seeing is that people want to sit on their stoop and chat for a couple of minutes. We just noticed a lot of people want to see a human face for a little bit. They will keep delivering for as long as the crisis last and the Community Support keeps coming in. Vu, fox 2 news. All right, rob. Time is 425 tim fair and impartial. Starting tonight at midnight, sanoma county says everybody has to wear face masks. Grocery stores and many other indoor facilities. Youll also have to wear a face mask outdoors if you cant stay six feet away from others. Face coverings can include fabric or cloth that cover your those and mouth. Ac transit is limiting how many passengers are allowed on buses to encourage social distancing. Only six pass senniers will be allowed on the smallest buses. 24 passengers on the bigger double decker buses. Ap transit says once the bus reaches its limit, the driver will just go past stops until some of the passengers get off. A contraction transit is also asking its passengers wear a cloth face mask while you are on the bus. The golden gate transit and the prairie is imposing several safety procedures limiting their bus capacity to just 8 to 10 riders. Ferries will be limiting the number of passengers bigged on the size of the boat to allow for proper distancing. Time now is 4 26. And stimulus checks are being distributed. They cant replace a lost job. Coming up, the latest proposal that calls for thousands of dollars every month. Plus, what the nations leading immunologist is saying about the return of baseball and reaction from players. Is its only human to find inspiration in nature. And also find answers. Our search to transform. Farm waste into renewable natural gas led chevron to partner with california bioenergy. Working to provide an alternative source of power. For a cleaner way forward. Regardless of your status documented or undocumented, there are people in need. Help for undocksmented immigrants and who is paying for it. From ktvu fox 2 news u. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave clark. Good morning. Im pam cook. It is thursday, april 16th. Starting to cool down a little bit. And we want to choke in on the rain. Cooler air is on the way. It started yesterday afternoon for some. It swept in overnight. Low and high clouds. 60s and 70s. You can see the fog out off in the distance. 51. 55. Livermore, 51. Golden gate park of cast. 51. A west southwest at 53. The pressure has gone way down. For every couple of days ago it was 30, 23. That will give us a mix of low clouds and a pretty good little breeze for the delta. Look for 50s and 60s. Could be a few little hit and miss showers. Tomorrow is a better opportunity thanked today. So highs. They have been way above and guess what . They are coming right back down which are a few near average. Livermore and san