Issue . It is better. Bridge. I want to show you that traffic is very light and hopefully it will stay this way for this thursday morning. Something we have to remind you of. It is thursday, and traffic is moving well as you head south. There have been no problems on bay area bridges and it continues to look good for now. It is 4 31. Lets go back to pam. All right, thank you, sal. Topping our news. The irs is advising people to check its stimulus webpage to check the status of their corona virus relief payment. The money has already been direct deposited to 80 million americans. You can find the status of your payment by going to ktvu. Com and then click on web links. But the irs is also warning people about stimulus scams. Be suspicious. If someone calls and asks ifer your Social Security and bank account numbers, do not give that information over the phone. California is now the first state to provide stimulus benefits to give each undocumented adults 500. Undocumented immigrants make up about 10 of the california workforce. Newsome says the plan is estimated at 2. 5 billions and local and state taxes. Many are considered essential workers and Industries Including healthcare and agriculture. Many in mixed status families are having a hard time taking care of their children and taking care of you and your loved ones in Skilled Nursing facilities. On the jobsite making sure your food is being procured and distributed and making sure you have the ability to go to a Grocery Store and have something stocked there. The funds consist from 75 million in state and 50 million in donation. The money will be distributed through community organizations. Undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive federal stimulus payments. Well, Small Businesses, have taken a huge financial hit during this pandemic. Congress approves funding to help them. But as ktvus greg lee reports getting that money to Small Business owners that desperately need it is proving to be a challenge. Nigel jones is doing everything he can. Kingston 11 cut back takeout to three days a week. He applied for emergency loans through the Small Business administration but hasnt received anything yet. We are in a very dire situation right now, and i am not sure how long beyond may that we can sustain ourselves. We are in intense survival mode right now. Nearly 360 billion was set aside for the Economic Injury disaster loans and Paycheck Protection Program or ppp. But a flood of applications is causing delays and now reports the money is running out. Some banks letting applicants know it is likely loans wont be processed because of limited funding. Without the ppe loans or some sort of financial help, our two locations will most likely not be rep oh. No monday yet for boris either. His team shut down two of their four restaurants in San Francisco forcinged to to lay nearly half of Small Business owners have applied. Only 4 have been granted applications. That is a real problem. There is a fight in congress over how to keep funding these programs. Senate democrats want the funding bill to include additional money for the hospitals and states. Republicans said theyll reject anything that goes beyond the loan program. There should not be a red, blue issue. This needs to be an issue of survival and both sides come together. Congress is not scheduled to formally return to washington until may 4th at the earliest. Without remote voting procedures, any bill would take unanimous consent which is unlikely at this point. Greg lee, ktvu, fox 2 news. Time is now 4 35. Happening today in just about an hour from right now, the Labor Department releases the new unemployment reporeconomist million americans filed for unemployment last week. And that is on top of the almost 17 million workers who applied for unemployment over the past three weeks. About 10 of the u. S. Labor force. Now, here in california, 2. 7 Million People filed for Unemployment Benefits in the last four weeks. The state is now increasing its staffing at the Employment Development department and theyll be answering calls seven days a week from 8 00 morning until 8 00 at night. And starting april 28th, california will be able to apply for the new federal unmoment benefits for self employed and gig workers. Time is 4 36. Caltran says it is lifting the Weight Restrictions on trucks to carry essential gods. The department is issuing special permits for trucks goods. The department is lifting. These permits allow trucks to carry 88,000 pounds of goods instead of 80,000. The temporary change applies to ten major routes and that includes interstate 80 and highway 101 here in the bay area. Well, los angeles may es u extend a ban on large gatherings such as live sporting events for at least another year. The city will likely not allow big events for quite some time. A spokesperson says the mayors feelings reflect the guidance from eight health professionals. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered people to wear masks or face coverings in public whenever social distancing is not possible. That order will take effect tomorrow. It applies to public settings including the subway, crowded sidewalks and Grocery Stores. Some people are fiercely resisting orders to avoid large gatherings and stay at home. Reporter takes a look at some of the problems where thousands of people rallied together. Conservatives in michigan created a big visual with their Operation Gridlock making their own traffic jam around the state capitol. Their complaint is that executive orders coming from the democratic governor of michigan are too restrictive, too damaging to business and too arbitrary. They are conscious social distancing. That is going too far. I hope she understands that she is not just going to be able to rule michigan like other politicians rule, you know, china or Something Like that. Although some disregarded directives from the protest organizers about staying in vehicles and social distancing guidelines, 20 are concerned with the health of the demonstrators and others. While she supported the ride to demonstrate. So i think about the demonstrators forked to, and i understand the frustration that people are feeling. I am frustrated, too. None of us wants to be here in this moment, but we are, and we have to do the best that we can. In chicago, mike tillman, fox news. Our time is 4 38. The nations top Infectious Disease expert is supporting pro sports coming back this summer but with rest safe for p they play with no fans and the teams are quarantined in hotels. Major League Baseball is considering a plan to ahave all 30 tames play their games in arizona. He says that would be okay if the players were tested every week. There is a way of doing that. Nobody comes to the stadium. Put them in big hotels, you know, wherever you want to play. Keep them very wellsurveilled. Make sure they dont infect anyone. And among those who is skeptical about this. The 2019 mvp says major League Baseball has to figure out some more details until he goes into quarantine with his team for several months. Certainly has changed everything at this point. A lot of people want to wait until there is a vaccine. Right now, it is 4 39. We check to check in on weather cooling down. By how much . A lot of it. Not just a little bit, but a lot. The onshore breeze kicked in. The fog is back. High clouds are here. Maybe some drizzle. Well get some sun and more ever 0s or low 70s after a day of upper 70s and 80s. Santa rosa in the 80s. Kentfield, 77 and santa cruz at 75. More clouds tomorrow. Cooling colonels. The weekend doesnt look all that bad. It will be cooler with the mix of some low clouds. The best opportunity for any rain looks to be. The onshore breeze is in place. We the north northeast. It is onshore. Davis with a little bit more wind. But travis with a west southwest breeze. That is the onshore. 1 40. That is up at lakeport. A lot of 0s here. 53 sfo. 52. And that system right there will continue to work its way down the coast, but the wind has turned noticeably onshore, so that means 50s or 60s with upper 60s and 70s for inland areas. Any rain . Maybe a little bit through friday. Probably not more down toward lets say santa cruz mountains, south. But the european models insist that sunday night into monday, sit going to juice things up. It looks a little overdone to me but something to watch going forward. The models did back off a little bit on that rain for monday. Well hold on to it for another couple of days. 50s, 60s, 70s coming down from the upper 70s and low to mid 80s. Not anymore. Well take it into the weekend. Time is 4 41. A wouldbe intruder with a ma hettie was detained and released. Up next, the sht bay. Look at this. And why two bay area er doctors their stories and sharing their experiences with the pandemic. Welcome back to mornings on 2. A man carrying a ma hettie was caught on camera running up to a house on two separate occasions. As ktvu tells us that man was detained by police but they let him go because of the coronavirus. This is video showing a stranger running up to a home in brentwood at 2 00 in the morning. The ring doorbell went off. And he rcle early sad as was his wife and daughter. I made a phonecall to the police immediately, and it was a good 15 minutes that he was outside. Officers arrived but the man was gone. He realized that the man had stolen a surveillance camera and slashed the tire of his car. His family couldnt sleep after that. But then at 4 00 a. M. , the same man came back, this time carrying a ma hettie. Perhaps he didnt know that at the time. That was scary. Ss other you see a man stealing a second camera. We came really quick, within five minutes. The police got him but let him go with a citation. The suspect wasnt booked in a jail in part because of coronavirus concerns. The Police Officer explained that it is not because of the covid 19 situation. If not for the situation, he would have been arrested. The Police Officer said their hands are tied up. They cant really do anything because they dont want to spread the virus through the inismates. Police say they didnt find a ma hettie on the suspect. If he had, he could have been booked. Scared that the man could return. It is mindboggling to have to wait for that guy to, you know, break that door and then who knows what he would do with that ma hettie. The Contra Costa County da has a year to decide whether to file channels because the case involves misdemeanors. Ktvu, fox 2 news. Business owners are starting to think about how they will operate when stayat home orders are lifted and social distancing will remain in place. California is livering under a new normal for quite some time. That may include continuing to wear masks. Restaurants, and tables. And in san jose says that could mean it may only be able to sell onethird whenever it is allowed to reopen. If you can imagine, a theater seat. They are right next to each other, in order to actually practice social distancing, you would actually have to skip two seats at least and skip every row. Many local gyms have shifted to online classes and when they open up again, some gym owners say they are considering limiting class size, no partner drills, and sectioning off people into groups. Well, the pandemic has been a learning experience for everyone inclouding the doctors fighting the virus. Ktvu spoke with two local er doctors who say collaborating from others around the country is helping them navigate the crisis. Ucsf health says out of wednesday, there were 52 covid 19 patients in the hospital. 33 acute care and 19 critical care. Nearly all of the cases have been adults. Have actually stayed quite low. I think that is largely in part due to social distancing. Ucfs doctor and medical director of pediatric emergency at sf general hospital. He says the bay areas early stayathome orders have helped ease the burden and bide time for Health Workers on the front lines. There are enough covid 19 tests for now, but masks, glovers, and other personal protective equipment white available are still a concern. We really need our policy to make this prioritize that that really makes the difference in our capacity and ability to serve the community. Doctors nationwide right now are using all schools available to share knowledge about the disease. We are using email listers. We are using conference calls. Any way that we can spread the word and get the word out about a finding in new development. And treatment strategies have evolved over the past month to prevent lung damage. Holding off. Trying to delay that as much as possible. Even using some of the lower pressure settings on our ventilators. Covd 19 has really provided a situation where were flying a plane as we are building it. Dr. Nicholas guam at ucfs Childrens Hospital in mission bay says soon francisco has been able to develop surge plans if stayathome orders are lifted inth coming months and the virus begins to spread again. We essentially reworked or triage and screening process. Reporter dr. Guam says ucfs is also part of a federally funded con scorch Just Launched last fall. The Regional Alliance for pediatric emergency medicine that has an approach that could be critical as communities and healthworkers try to find a way to a new normal. This is not just going to go away in a month or two. Were going to be seeing the effects of this for well past a year. Ktvu, fox 2 news. All right, jana. Thank you. Time is 4 50. Lets go back to pam and steve right now. Good to see you both. You saw clouds. A couple of days of 80s on the temperatures. Those arent showing up any time soon. Maybe in a week or so. But for the forecast, low and high clouds. Some sun. There have been a few 50s near the coast. Golden gate park, overcast, 51. The pressure has gone down though. It was pretty high the last couple of days. That is not the case anymore. San jose cloudy to mostly cloudy. A mix of low clouds and high clouds. 299. That is our system right now coming down. What is that doing . That is increasing onshore wind. That mixes in a few high clouds. There is your breeze. Oakland, concord, fairfield, 25 Miles Per Hour at the west southwest. The onshore breeze is in place. It is from sfo, hayward 50s on temperatures. Lakeport at 49. 59 at napa airport. Low clouds and fog. That system. That is a good signature. It rotates, generates a little bit of energy to going down the coast. It is not expected to move inland here, but maybe in southern california. Any rain, well, there could be some drizzle. So halfmoon bay, San Francisco. It does try to generate a little shower activity around morgan hill. Well take an eye on san jose. Could be splash and dash showers in 24 to 36 hours. The better opportunity will be late sunday and into monday. The temperatures will continue to cool off into the weekend. Time is 4 51. New reports that suggest covid 19 was developed in a lab in china. This is a laboratory that contains highly contagious materials. Still ahead, well tell you about a white house investigation now into where the deadly coronavirus came from. Plus the latest tool using Innovative Technology to track covid 19 patients in San Francisco. Plus were onboard the u. S. S. Here in alameda. Veterans tell me why it is so important to be able to reopen this museum. Wow im original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute. Better than you wherever drama pops off pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. 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. Good job there, too. And thank you for your request. The viewers have pretty good music. Volunteers are working to keep it open and alameda. Living history that you cant find anyplace else the uss one alameda is a tangible piece of american history, the Aircraft Carrier survived world war ii in the vietnam war and now is a museum, it hopes to survive the challenges brought on by the covid19 pandemic. Its kind of forlorn right now to look around and see inanimate objects. Normally these Navy Veterans would be bringing life to the warships history teaching visitors about the Aircraft Carrier. You get an amazing amount of amazement at all the things people can touch, feel and learn about. During the vietnam more mike and check served as officers on sister ships to the uss hornet. In some ways its kind of like wiping 50 or so years away a sort of back in the environment you are in when you were 22 or 23 years old. The connection to the pasco bringing it to the present to make sure everyone understands sacrifice and commitment. The museums executive director says the ship is a reminder of the young sacrifice during the war past the country has a footprint of achievement. This marks the first steps Neil Armstrong took when they were on the Aircraft Carrier after returning from space. Reporter and airstream trailer that warranting the astronauts make sure theyre not caring any contaminants back from space. Now they are eager to welcome back visitors. Hopefully when they reopen we can get cracking. I was a bridge officer and i served up there while we were at sea. Karen is making videos to help with fundraising and says the museum relies on ticket admissions and no federal dollars to private event and donation, staff has been furloughed. You can watch a movie about history or a lecture about history but here you get to feel and sense and even smell history on this ship. He has applied for a Small Business loan in order to do the work necessary to reopen the museum. The Aircraft Carrier is one of the few places large enough to host 2000 people with social distancing. On the uss hornet, amber lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Hear that sound . Happening today got trains across the United States will blow their horns, honoring transit workers starting this afternoon, amtrak trains and regional partner trains will pass their horns twice, honoring transit workers who are considered essential workers. The bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Just announced they are giving an extra 150 million in Grant Funding to help fight the coronavirus outbreak that money will go towards testing, therapies and vaccines. Do you know someone whos making a difference or providing hope in your community . Ktvu want you to nominate a local hero. Email your story and send photos or video of the person in action to my hero foxtv. Com we will highlight some of those stories. The battle continues but the data suggest that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases. Optimism from the white house, that the latest numbers indicate covid19 infections may have hit a peak what to expect later today about new guidelines about reopening the economy. Federal economic stimulus checks are arriving, details on how the emergency money will affect the 2020 taxes, and a warning from the irs about scam artists trying to steal your money. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning and thank you for joining us on mornings on 2, im pam cook. Good morning im dave clark, thursday morning, april 16, its always good to see you, cook stir. Its always good to see Steve Paulson talking about the forecast for the day. Mike mccarron is a really good guy, really good to us i run into him on occasion. Yes. We have a big cooldown with the drizzle out there and the temperatures are on their way down. Fog of drizzle, clouds, some sun but its more likes 60s or low 70s, lots of fog students slowing up and
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