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The south. Eventually the drier air will win out and temperatures warm world. Investors are still watching crude oil futures tumbling up. Tomorrow were warmer then lots sharply. U. S. Treasury bonds are also of sun by thursday and friday. Slipping as investors look for some place stable to put their 42 santa rosa, 51 San Francisco and livermore, still 54 for money. The dow is down by about 1. 5 oakland and san josi. The rain from yesterday is gone. That could be it for april, and the s p down by about 1 sure looks like it. The low clouds can be tough to get out of the picture. The higher clouds, that strong system there is not in our. 67 . Also interesting is our weather and how its changing forecast area anymore. With all those clouds in the temperatures are starting to sky. Creep up to near average or its changing for the better if you want more sunshine. Just a little below. Not quite yet, but there are sal, seems like the rat race is breaks and temperatures back on 880 at least. Yes, kind of artificially continue to move up. The rain ends for now, 62 and created. Its 880 northbound. They are doing road work between 29th avenue and 23rd. That area, they usually dont do it until 7 00. 51 for the city. I guess they figured it was okay because traffic is mostly cloudy at golden gate lighter. Traffic is beginning to ease up. For a while we a world park and 51 degrees. Of hurt, and i havent used that expression in 32 days. The pressure has come way up, northbound 880 is getting so we are seeing that rise better. They have picked up the road meaning High Pressure is coming work there. If you want to avoid any in. As it does, it will start to erode this low cloud deck and slowing, use westbound 580 right now. But traffic is beginning to get send the rain well to the back to whats normal for now, north. 50s to the south, and if you which is lighter than usual. Get some clearing, you could 7 02, now back to you. Lets get straight to breaking news we are following get upper 40s. In the east bay city of sanmateo 52 and belmont 53 richmond, where firefighters degrees. I would say rain is on the way are investigating a threealarm fire at a church. But its not, just for portland it started earlier this morning and seattle, not for us. At Bethel Church on cutting the rain line goes north and i boulevard near carlson boulevard. The flames are out but earlier dont think its coming back in this morning flames were shooting through the roof. April. The twoweek outlook was dry over the bay area. Warmer for most but that will firefighters from neighboring put temperatures near average. Areas are at the scene helping tomorrow they will start to move above. There richmond. We are working on this and 50s and 60s coast and bay, low well have a live report coming 70s inland. We are just near average, still up at 7 30 from that church. A little below. The number of confirmed tomorrow well start to go coronavirus cases in california above and continue that into keeps growing, now reporting but ay. More than 33,000 confirmed a little cooler. Thank you. Coming up, buying a gift for cases. More than 1200 people have expectant mothers can be hard, died. Many cases are in los angeles especially when money is tight. County, now the epicenter of why more people are breaking californias outbreak. Here in the bay area, officials with tradition. Say the number of people after the break, oaklands hospitalized with the virus has mayor joins us live to talk gone down over the past few about how shes responding to weeks. Sanfrancisco Health Officials released a map of coronavirus the covid19 pandemic in oakland. Cases by zip code, and the highest number of cases right now is in the mission district. The west side of San Francisco has the fewest numbers. Health Officials Say the information shows 25 of all covid19 cases in San Francisco involve latinos, even though they make up only 15 of the citys population. Unfortunately, Health Emergencies exploit the inequalities in society. Officials say the contributing factors may include the crowded Living Conditions, and they dont have the ability to cut down the number of trips outside of the home. Also the map shows the south of market neighborhood in San Francisco has a high number of covid19 cases, more than 100 people at one homeless shelter there testing positive. Facebook has created and interactive map to track coronavirus symptoms by county. It uses information from daily surveys of more than 1 million facebook users. Facebooks Ceo Mark Zuckerberg says the goal is to help state officials decide where they need resources like personal protective equipment. Right now the map is reflecting only u. S. Counties but facebook plans to conduct surveys around the world in the coming weeks. The is defending its National Response to the coronavirus pandemic when it comes to the lack of test kits for people who may think they may be sick. Governors have complained about a shortage of tests, the biggest hurdle in the efforts to lift the shelterinplace orders. Vice president pence says there is enough testing now to enter the first phase of americas economic recovery. We have enough Testing Capacity today for every state in america to go to phase one, this virus is testing all of us. If they meet the other criteria. Many Public Safety experts and its testing the people on the front lines say the u. S. Isnt even close of this fight most of all. To conducting enough tests. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, they say the country needs at least half a million tests a delivering the critical results they need. Day by may 1st to safely and until this fight is over, reopen. Happening today, and just we. Will. Never. Quit. This morning, Senate Majority because they never quit. Leader Chuck Schumer says they have a deal on a nearly 500 billion stimulus package. He says he expects to see a vote on the measure today. Well bring in Sara Zendehnam live this morning with more details on this. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Chuck schumer says an agreement has been reached on every major welcome back to mornings on 2. The coronavirus continues to issubillion Coronavirus Relief impact everything nationwide, and here in the bay area package. Schumer says still oakland mayor libby schaaf is joining us now to talk about dotting is and crossing ts but several things, including covid believes the bill will pass. 19 and the covid19 racial Senate Majority leader mitch Disparities Task force. First of all, good morning, mcconnell asked the senate to meet today in a session that mayor. Good to see you. Good to see you, dave. Was not previously scheduled to i hope you and yours are well. Pass the legislation. We are doing well. Trump Administration Officials tell us about this racial and Democratic Leaders wering Disparities Task force. Whos on it and what do you were negotiating past midnight. The Payroll Protection Program expect it to do . The total task force is ran out of money last week. Funds will go itals and information, but the current billions more will boost testing for the virus. This is the second largest of amazing Public Health professional who has a the four Coronavirus Response leadership role at the bills so far. Mcconnell has not signed off on it publicly but schumer says the white house chief of staff california endowment. Mark meadows and treasury supervisor wilma chan, and secretary Steve Mnuchin well be were in close contact congresswoman barbara lee, during the talks. Along with jane garcia, the ceo local Officials Say they hope to pay for Public Health, Homeless Housing and other of la clinica. The idea is to act immediately expenses. We are estimating a loss of to intervene and make sure that about 15 million a month just we are getting information and testing and help to those who in lost revenue. That can be everything from are most vulnerable. Sales tax to money that would we know that the risk factors normally be coming into the of covid19 already have huge disparities, heart and lung health clinics. Reporter the house said a vote could come later this disease, diabetes far overrepresented in the african week, possibly by thursday. American community than other groups for example. So we need to get in front of Sara Zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. That. Longterm, and what excites me time now 7 07. Most about this task force, is we want to take advantage of today at the white house new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo the growing National Attention will meet with President Trump on this problem and propose about the Coronavirus Crisis. Permanent legislative and todays meeting comes as some policy changes so that we dont governors around the country deal with protesters demanding see this impact again. The order be lifted and they be things like in detroit, 70 of the deaths due to covid19 are allowed to go back to work and in the africanamerican school. President trump is advising everybody to obey state orders and stressing they have a right community. That is unacceptable. To protest. Some governors have gone too this is fascinating, this issue. I want to get to some other far. Some of the things that happened are maybe not so things. What are some of the things appropriate. I think in the end its not that you can smile about . Going to matter, because we are starting to open up our states. Money is being raised for oakland schools right now and the Debate Centers on how and when to reopen states while goals have been reached . Yes. Later today well have a Virtual Press conference to balancing both the economic and celebrate 1. 5 million to help our schools and most Vulnerable Health concerns. Several states have planned to families. Reopen. The governor of georgia says i we have had some very generous donors including salesforce, a gyms, hair salons and tattoo whole bunch. We know that we have so many parlors can reopen as early as vulnerable families in oakland, friday. Next week restaurants can undocumented workers that are resume dinein services. Unable to get federal aid, in tennessee, the governor homeless families, and we want plans to let many businesses to get help to them first. Reopen next monday. The School District has done an the governor of colorado says amazing job at keeping food the shelterinplace order there will expire on sunday services and meals going during with a gradual reopening of this crisis. But we now see a big digital some nonessential businesses. Here in to protest divide, as our incredible educators are engaging in distance learning. We have seen that so many families in oakland are not only short on technology tools, but lack that critical Internet Access. And thats going to be the upcoming goal, to really take this moment to close the Digital Divide, not just for our kids, but also for their parents that need Digital Access to get benefits and critical information particularly during the shelter inplace. Im predicting youre going to reach that goal. I know you cant stay on tv with me forever, but i want to ask about the report on the financial future of the city of oakland. It was not promising and the coronavirus is really going to hit oakland hard. You know, we are in good company with other cities across the country. The committed this the Economic Impact of this is something that we have never seen. Its worse than the recession of a little more than a decade ago. In oakland over the next 14 months, we are looking at an 80 million deficit. We have already taken actions to try and address that, but there will be more. There will be hard decisions, and we do not want to reduce services at a time when people together with mayors across the country to urge congress in their next stimulus package to include cities like oakland who are taking a huge hit to our budgets. The last stimulus gave direct allocations to cities with fewer than 500,000 people and oakland just barely missed that cut. So where so we hope this next package will preserve the Critical Services needed now more than ever. Oakland mayor libby schaaf, sending you good thoughts. Thank you for taking the time to be with us on mornings on 2, mayor libby schaaf. Thank you. Be well. You too. Gasia . We have more ng up. Instagram has launched a new feature to help Small Businesses stay financially afloat. Well show you how it works and what the new feature has to offer. Also baseball games havent been played since the coronavirus broke out and fans are now taking action. R. E. O. Speedwagon, beautiful look at the golden gate bridge. Thank you for that request, nice song. Keep on rolling. If you want to request a song, go to our social media platforms and use ktvu on facebook, twitter and instagram. Many parents say theyre nervous about getting gifts for a new baby. While it may feel weird creating a reg city, registry, some suggest parentstobe register for gifts in a broad price range, from pacifiers to cribs. And ask for gift cards so many can chip in for a group gift and the recipient can get what he or she needs.  families are teaming up with San Francisco companies to get a free place to stay. Thanks to the Ronald Mcdonald house, one mother came from arizona to give birth at Childrens Hospital because her daughter needs open heart surgery hours after birth. Shes due next month and her baby was diagnosed with a hole in the diaphragm, requiring surgery. These are the sickest of the sick. They have to come into the bay area to get treated. So to be able to have an option for these families, its really incredible. Extra safety precautions and social distancing measures make bonding time different for the families. The temporary housing provides much needed stability during a time of anxiety and stress. Some students across the country have filed lawsuits against their colleges and universities, saying with instruction shifting to online learning, they are not getting what they paid for. Students at the university of miami say they paid for in person courses, not online instruction. Students in arizona want refunds for housing costs because they are no longer allowed to live in dorm rooms. And fans have filed a Class Action Lawsuit in Southern California, saying baseball has postponed the early games, meaning fans arent getting refunds for games they will likely never attend. The ticket vendors are named along with all baseball teams. An update to the crime rate during shelter in place orders. What the new data has to say. And muni is bringing back added service, and more on what you could see it in action, coming up. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. Good morning. Protecting People Living in Nursing Homes from the coronavirus and why experts say the threat is worse than expected. And a Massive Church Fire in richmond. Well hear from the churchs pastor describing getting the call. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave clark. Good morning, im gasia mikaelian. Lets talk about getting you outside but still saying at least six feet apart from others. Steve paulson is talking about a forecast i think were going to like. If you saw sals last hit there, showing the golden gate bridge, it was sunny. The clouds are clearing here as we go into the next couple days, all the way to about saturday or so. More sunshine today, and looking at 42 and 52 santa rosa to San Francisco. Still cloud cover but looks like breaks in the clouds starting to form. Low clouds reroading as we go from northwest to only be near average. If that system was coming in, i would say, get ready for rain, but its going to portland and seattle, not here. Were above average today and tomorrow. Sal, is 880 finally better and moving . It is. They have picked up the road work and everything is cleared on 880 northbound. We saw the slow traffic here on 880 northbound. Earlier it was jampacked because of the road work near the fruitvale district. Thats finally clear and you can use 880 again. 580 is also doing well if you want to u news on muni, starti service on many lines that were shut down earlier this month. Social distancing will limit the amount of people allowed on each bus. Now back to you. Time now 7 32. The investigation is underway in the city of richmond after an Early Morning fire at a Historic Church there. We were there live as it was happening. Allie rasmus is working from home and has the latest on whats happening. Good morning. Reporter the good news is that fire is out and no one was hurt. This is a live picture of the scene here to show you what it looks like this morning at the Bethel Church in richmond near cutting boulevard and 35th. It started just before 5 00 this morning. The flames are now out and no one was inside and no one was hurt. But the damage to the building itself, which is about 100 years old, its over the windows there. The fire chief said they had to call in help from nearby areas and up to 33 firefighters tackled this fire. The flames could be seen shooting through the roof of the building. The pastor says the building had smoke alarms and they did go off this morning. He was at home and got a phone call, then rushed over to see the damage. The damage, its pretty bad. The back of the church, a lot of damage to our dining hall area. We had a Smaller Church in the back along with the offices. And the upstairs looks like its burnt down. Reporter the pastor says since the shelterinplace orders went into effect last month, no one has gathered at the church for services. He doesnt know what could have sparked the fire, but the cause is officially under investigation. Firefighters are still at the scene keeping an eye out for hot spots. Again, no one was hurt. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. New this morning in santa rosa, police are busy looking for two missing boys. 10yearold Wesley Austin and 12yearold isaac flores were last seen leaving their homes about 6 00 p. M. Last night. They may have been on a small dirt bike and stopped at a 7 eleven store. If you see them, contact police. More welcome workers are demanding better protections against the coronavirus. A group of medical workers in san mateo rallied yesterday for personal protective equipment. They have worked overtime because of Staff Shortages and workers also called on the county itself to provide Health Care Coverage for those with limited incomes who are not on medicaid. The county is telling the nurses and front line staff that they will not have eligibility since the pandemic. This county is not protecting us, should we contract covid 19. We have reached out to the county and not received a response. Time now 7 35. Experts in the nursing home field fear the Coronavirus Crisis at Senior Living centers is worse than the official numbers are suggesting. More than 30 bay area skilled Nursing Homes report coronavirus cases. That number is expected to go even higher. About a third of the infected Nursing Homes are in santa clara county. Alameda county has nine affected Nursing Homes, six in San Francisco, and two reported in san mateo and contra costa counties. What we are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg, and its going to get much, much worse before it gets better. It does not include the real number of illnesses and deaths at facilities, who for business reasons basically dont want to tell regulators just how bad the problem is. The governor wants those numbers to include the 7,000 adult and Senior Care Centers all over the state as well as skilled Nursing Homes. Those homes say they are taking action to try and stop the spread of the virus by banning visitors, screening staff and obeying state and federal guidelines. Happening today, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says an agreement has been reached on the nearly 500 billion economic stimulus package. The legislation includes 75 billion for hospitals and 25 billion to boost testing for the coronavirus. The funding would go to replenishing the Payroll Protection Program that ran out of money. If it passes in the senate today, members of the house could need to rush back to vote in washington tomorrow or thursday, unless the House Speaker nancy pelosi can find an alternate way for the house to vote. Thousands of Small Businesses were not able to get loans through the first round of the governments paycheck protection program. Much of the money set aside went to large chains and by the time Small Business owners could get in an application, the money was gone. Its frustrating because i see people that have Profit Margins in the millions of dollars, and they are asking for money, and im like, we may not make it past two months. La employees from her pet sitting company and applied for an emergency loan through the paycheck protection program. She didnt hear anything back, then heard the program had run out of money. Time now 7 37. Police in san josi were among the bay area Law Enforcement agencies reporting a big drop in the crime rate since the shelterinplace orders began. However, theres been a big jump in one type of crime in san josi. Police report school burglaries are up and incredible 550 from the same time last year. One principal says computer equipment was stolen and hes wondering why thieves are targeting the school, and why now . Is it because they know that schools are closed and vacant at this time . So meaning that schools are more vulnerable. The san josi Police Report that overall crime is down in the city 31 from a year ago, Violent Crimes down 25 and property crimes down 32 . Lets talk about getting outside for a little today, steve. It can make all the difference. It can, and today will be better than yesterday. No sign of any rain for the rest of april. A little sun and warmer for now, 62 and 51 for the city today. Temperatures at Golden Gate Park are close to what they are officially there, north wind at 3 miles an hour starting to erode that cloud deck. Its going down the coast and some clearing is taking place to the north. Some of that cloud deck can be really tough. With a north or northwest wind, thats easier to burn off than the west wind. 42 santa rosa, napa airport 41, 42 in mill valley, petaluma 44. There are a lot more 40s than we saw yesterday. Unless yourself up to the north, theres no rain in the forecast in the next six or seven days. I didnt see any on the overnight model runs out two weeks. So we could be done. Maybe well get something in may. 50s and 60s, inland upper 60s and low 70s. These are slightly below average. Tomorrow theyre ready to warm up, and well continue to see that thursday into friday. Fid looks to be the warmest day, cooler by sunday guys. Thank you. We have told you how to make all sorts of yummy things. Now another popular dish. Find out how to bring ikeas Famous Food Court to your home. And coming up, to become something of a game changer and what the new lab is going to be able to handle. Also as we look ahead to whats coming up on the 9 00, a backlog of unemployment claims. Why many are running into roadblocks and how the right now, staying connected is more important than ever. And fast, reliable, secure internet from xfinity can help. We have plans to fit every budget with speeds up to a gigall at xfinity. Com. Well ship you a selfinstall kit that makes setup quick, safe and easy. No tech visit required. And our simple Digital Tools will help you manage your account online. At xfinity, were committed to keeping you connected. Find great offers and value, today, at xfinity. Com this virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. State lawmakers say they are working hard to close the Digital Divide among students being taught at home instead of going to the classroom. Governor newsom says more than 70,000 students who dont have computers at home will be getting laptops and chromebooks later this week. The donation drive raised the money needed to pay for the devices. That means hundreds of thousands of california students can continue to learn online and become the leaders we know they are meant to be, and that california needs them to be. This is the states latest move to try and bridge the Digital Divide. Governor newsom announced google would provide 100,000 free hot spots to help students get connected. We are going to partner with the San Francisco unified School District to provide daily educational tv programs for the youngest Students Learning at home and out of the classroom. Sf loves learning airs weekdays on cable channel 36 at 2 00 p. M. Its a daily academic lesson for children in preschool through second grade. Any child is welcome to watch weekdays from 2 00 to 3 00 on ktvu plus. We are talking this morning with the head of the San Francisco unified School District about the program. Thats coming up on the 9. 7 45 now. One local company is helping kids stay connected while at home. America offline is offering video hangout sessions to keep young kids health and engaged. The founder says the program has been a success for dozens of kids who have already signed up. We have helped them develop a little structure, and we have taken time at the start of every day to check in with them, to be sure they can open up if they are going through anything. Most of them are doing pretty well with this. We are also taking time to set goals for them, and we have them come back and serve as accountability partners. The video sessions are all professionally moderated by life coaches who check in on the kids mental health, posting group games and encouraging exercising and good nutrition. We have a link posted at ktvu. Com. Just click on web links at the top of the page. Happening today, many amazon workers say they will not show up to work to bring attention to demands for amazon to improve workplace conditions during the pandemic. They say amazon workers in more than 130 warehouses have contracted the coronavirus. Officials say the company has taken several measures to protect workers, including issuing face masks and checking temperatures of employees. Oil once again is affecting wall street. Pam cook is back now with a look at todays dollars and cents. Reporter good morning. The big concern is the price of oil plummeting to record lows. Thats a true indication of how hard this pandemic and shelter inplace orders are on businesses around the world. The numbers dropped when the opening bell rang this morning, the dow down about almost 600 points. Its coming back a little bit take a look at the big board now that trading has been underway about two hours. The dow still down less than 2 though, and the s p down about 2. 25 , nasdaq down as well. Stocks around the world, oil prices have dropped sharply because of a collapse in Global Demand as people around the world shelter in place and businesses shut down. The concern is that many of those businesses wont return to capacity for some time, if at all. Thats led to a massive amount of oversupply. Producers are struggling to find a place to put all the barges stacking up outside ports around the world. The demand for crude in the u. S. Is not going to pick up until we start seeing people driving and flying. So were going to be in this big oversupply situation many, many months ahead unfortunately. President trump is hinting that the u. S. May take advantage of the low prices and purchase up to 75 Million Barrels for reserves. Consumers have benefited by this as well. You have probably noticed a big drop in gas prices. This morning we found it under 2 a gallon at two stations on clayton road in concord. The most expensive gas locally, San Francisco where the average price is 3. 11. Thats 1. 10 cheaper than it was this time last year. A californiabased company filed a Class Action Lawsuit against wells fargo, accusing the company of unfair actions against Small Businesses trying to get the government loans under the paycheck protection program. The lawsuit claims wells prioritized businesses seeking large loan am a first come first serve basis. According to the suit, wells fargo reshuffled the applications because it would receive millions more dollars in processing fees from those larger loans. Wells fargo has not yet commented on that lawsuit. And sales are souring for Soup Companies. Campbells reports its sales across the country are significantly higher but didnt get specific numbers. They point to the Record Number of people now eating nearly all their meals at home. They say the huge sales at the Grocery Stores have more than offset the recent drop in sales to restaurants. Opposite for cocacola, taking a big economic hit during the pandemic. The Company Reported its sales around the world have dropped sharply since the shelterin place orders were issued. Cocacola blames that on the drop in restaurant orders, and they are hit hard by the fact that we are not holding any big sporting events and concerts. Thats a popular item at those concession stands. Now back to dave. Pam, thank you. Instagram has new features aimed at supporting Small Businesses. They include gift cards, online food orders, and fundraisers. Here in the u. S. And canada, you can tap on gift cards or food orders to buy something through the companys site. And Small Business owners can share fundraisers created by themselves or their supporters. Ikea is revealing its secret recipe for the famous swedish meatballs when youre at home. They say the home cooks need just a minced beef and pork, heavy cream handy and dijon mustard. They recommend serving the meatballs with potatoes. If you eat those without the lingonberry sauce, i dont think it counts. I made an apple brown betty that wasnt as good as yours, but im going to keep trying. I fully support your efforts. Excellent. I support Steve Paulson, being his assistant and checking the weather here. My swedish meatball story. When my mom and dad first started dating in indiana, she made him swedish meatballs. He fell asle on the couch. He did, he fell asleep. My grandfather said, i found him. Oh, my. We have clearing taking place. Morning clouds and warmer for the rest of the week. The fog is out there but i think it will reestablish itself once temps start to get warm. Pressure is going up and up, and even san josi trying to get the breaks in the clouds with 54 degrees. That low cloud deck is on borrowed time here. We are seeing clearing to the north already. The weak system yesterday produced some scattered showers. With that northwest wind, thats much easier to burn off that low cloud deck than the west or southwest we had. 40s and 50s here, starting to bounce off those morning lows. Couple 40s in the east bay temps here, and a lot of low 50s. That system is making a beeline for portland and seattle but not here. Well be warmer tomorrow, just about everybody set to go above average. Well continue that thursday and friday. Saturday is cooler but still nice on sunday. San mateo county is ignoring stayathome orders. Coming up, how warnings have been issued to people who went to the beach. And the nfl draft just two days away. The latest rumors surrounding the 49ers and how they are getting ready for the online draft. And the coronavirus is forcing the cancellation of a massive beer festival in germany. Well tell you the last time oktoberfest was called off, after the break. People used to care. Heck, theyd come all the way out here just for a blurry photo of me. Oh, thats a good one. Wait, whats that . Thats just the lowbattery warning. Oh, alright. Now its all, check out my rv, and, lets go fourwheeling. Maybe theres a little part of me that wanted to be seen. Well, progressive helps people save when they bundle their home with their outdoor vehicles. So theyve got other things to do now, bigfoot. Wait, whatd you just call me . Bigfoot . My name is daryl. In germany, the famous oktoberfest has been called off due to the coronavirus. The annual festival was due to start september 19th and was canceled because germany doesnt expect the fallout from the pandemic to be over soon. Oktoberfest normally runs two weeks in munich, germany, attracting about 6 million visitors every year. Happening today, the santa cruz Animal Shelter will be giving out pet food to owners in need. They will be distributing food 10 00 a. M. To noon for the next week at the location on 7th avenue. They are also accepting pet food donation at the same time. The shelter is offering pet adoptions and some services by appointment only. We wanted to show you a driver that lost control, flew through the air and crashed into a house in Southern California. Police are looking for the driver and passenger who ran away after the crash saturday morning in roland heights, about 23 miles outside los angeles. The Family Living inside that home that was hit by the car was not hurt. A large fire at a bay area church, and we have a closer look at the damage done to the nearly 100yearold structure. Also the number of covid19 cases continues to rise here in the state of california. The one county thats now the epicenter of californias outbreak. And un senators reaching a preliminary deal another stimulus package. Who will benefit from the hundreds of billions of dollars about to be injected into the economy. Good morning, im mike mibach. Good morning, im gasia mikaelian. Blue skies, steve . The clearing is already taking place and it will sweep in for everybody. Today will lot nicer. I think the rain ends for now, more sun and a little warmer for tuesday. Already the sunshine is beginning and low clouds beginning to get chewedup here. 40s and 50s on the temps here, and look for everything to start to clear out as temperatures are on their way up. We are looking for the next system to go well to the north. Best case, we could have a few high clouds and thats about it. Temps are set to go above average starting tomorrow, and were in the 60s and low 70s today. Sal, we had that issue at 880 earlier. Anything new . Nothing new, steve. Right now we have traffic that is moderate. We did mention 880, and thats cleared up northbound and southbound. We had a big backup earlier because of laterunning road work but that cleared up about 7 30. 580 is also a good option. New ating a threealarm fire that happened at a church. The flames broke out this morning at Bethel Church on cutting boulevard near carlson boulevard. The flames are out but earlier this morning they were shooting through the roof. Firefighters from neighboring areas also helped at the scene. Well have a live report coming up at 8 30. California is now reporting more than 33,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 1,200 people have died in the state. Many cases are in los angeles county, now considered the epicenter of the crisis here in california. Specifically in the bay area, public Health Officials say the number of people hospitalized with the virus has gone down over the past few weeks. Sanfrancisco Health Officials released a map of the cases based on zip codes. The director of Public Health says the highest number of cases is currently in the mission district. Health Officials Say data shows 25 of all covid19 cases in the city of San Francisco involve latinos. Despite that demographic, they make up only 15 of the citys population. Unfortunately Health Emergencies exploit the inequalities in society. Health Officials Say contributing factors could be crowded Living Conditions and the inability to reduce the number of trips outside the home. The map also shows south of market there are a higher number of covid19 cases. More than 100 people at one homeless shelter in that zip code have tested positive. Facebook has created and interactive map to track coronavirus symptoms by county. The map uses data from daily surveys of more than 1 million facebook users. Mark zuckerberg says the idea is to help state officials decide where they need to direct resources such as personal protective equipment. Currently the map reflects only u. S. Counties but Facebook Says they will start working globally in the coming weeks. Happening this morning, Chuck Schumer says lawmakers have a deal on a nearly 500 billion economic stewardship. Stimulus package. Sara zendehnam has details for us. Reporter this morning Chuck Schumer says an agreement was reached on every major issue of the nearly 500 billion bill. Schumer says they are still finalizing details but believes the bill will pass today. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell asked the senate to meet today in a new session that was not previously scheduled, which could be the chance to quickly pass the legislation. With this bill, billions of dollars will help hospitals and also boost testing for the virus. Testing was a major sticking point. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says testing is one of the places they want the language to be as good as they can agree to. Widespread coronavirus testing is key before governors can lift stayathome orders. Of the money, more than 300 billion would go to the Small Business Payroll Protection Program, which ran out of money last week. Struggling Small Business owners say they need all the help they can get. Just really hard to plan for anything when its kind of like a moving target. You know, at this point, my family, we are living off of savings. Reporter while Mitch Mcconnell hasnt publicly signed off yet, schumer says mcconnell was involved in the Early Morning talks. If passed, it would be the second largest of the four Coronavirus Response bills so far. While the senate is expected to vote today, the house has a vote coming later or andrew cuomo is scheduled to meet with President Trump at the white house today to discuss the shelterinplace orders and other developments all tied to the current pandemic. Todays meeting comes as governors across the country are seeing a rise in protests, with people demanding to go back to work and school. President trump is publicly advising all americans to abide state orders while stressing they have a right to demonstrate. Some governors have gone too far. Some of the things that happened are maybe not so appropriate. I think nit end its not going to matter because we are starting to open up our states. The Debate Centers on balancing economic and Public Health concerns. Several states have announced plans to reopen. The governor of georgia says businesses like gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors can open up as early as friday. Next week restaurants can resume dinein service. Tennessees governor plans to let many businesses reopen as soon as monday, and colorados governor says the shelterin place orders there will expire sunday with the gradual reopening of nonessential businesses. Here in california, hundreds of protesters rallied at the State Capitol in sacramento, protesting governor newsoms shelterinplace order. This was the scene outside the State Capitol yesterday afternoon, protesters not Wearing Masks and ignoring social distancing guidelines. Some say the order is too extreme and destroying the states economy. Everybody in my family is fine. Nobodys got it. So i keep hearing about all this. I dont see it. Is it anything worse the governor strongly believes the shelterinplace order is a wise move for now. There will be a new timeline for easing the shelterinplace restrictions according to the governor. Lets take a look at wall street, all three major u. S. Indices down again sharply this morning. Around the world investors are watching crude oil futures continue to tumble. U. S. Treasury bonds are slipping as investors look for someplace stable to put their money. The dow is suffering another sharp loss of about 2. 25 and s p down by almost 3 full points. The nasdaq is down by about three and a half almost. Happening today, the board of supervisors will look at an ordinance that would apply to rent increases. The city has a mor tour moratorium in place to protect renters who have lost income due to the coronavirus and shelterinplace orders. An emergency measure could suspend rent and mortgage payments for the rest of the stayathome order. The new proposal also calls for establishing a city service to help Small Businesses and landlords file for government assistance. We were talking about sunshine and i took a peek outside, and we have gray skies in my area, steve. Dont you worry, its on its way. We have sunshine here and it will get there. It will just take a little longer. Well see the cloud deck, more sun. Warmer and mostly sunny as we head into thursday and friday. 62 and 51 for the city. Already some clearing taking place over the golden gate bridge, so we are seeing that develop northnorthwest. Golden gate park 51 degrees, and the pressure is going way up. Low clouds continue to march down the coast and well get clearing there. More sunshine today, and a lot of moisture in place from that system yesterday. That could be it for april. Nothing showing up unless theres a hiccup in the models for the rest of the month. Temperatures will begin to warm up a little today. That system is tracking towards portland and seattle, and looks good. But its not heading this way. 50s, 60s, low 70s inland. Just a little below average, and tomorrow they will go a little above. We are not looking for high temperatures but just a little above average and they will be nice for the weekend, gasia. Thank you for that. Coming up, buying a gift for expecting mothers can be difficult for those facing economic hardships during the pandemic. Why more people are breaking with tradition. And after the break, a Coronavirus Lab being built in the east bay. Why its expected to become a gamechanger in the battle against covid19. South korean Officials Say theres no unusual activity in north korea today following reports kim jongun is in fragile Health Condition following surgery. South koreas president ial office says kim appears to be handling state affairs as usual. Speculation often surfaces about north koreas leaders and missing celebrations of important events. This week and possibly as soon as today, President Trump could sign and executive order halting nearly all immigration into the united states. The administration is currently drafting this order with reportedly the rationale of preventing the coronavirus. Last night the president tweeted in light of the invisible enemy as well as the need to protect the jobs of our Great American citizens, i will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states. Today immigration supporters want to combat the coronavirus in californias deception centers. Detention centers. Immigration groups have been seeking release of detainees on the grounds their age and medical conditions make them vulnerable to infection. The performanceenhancing drugs is defending its response to the coronavirus. Both democratic and republican governors have complained about a shortage of tests, which is i efforts to lift tests to enter first phase of eraeconom recov we have enough Testing Capacity today for every state in america to go to phase one, if they meet the other criteria. Many Public Safety experts say the u. S. Isnt even close to conducting enough tests, saying the country needs at least a half million tests a day by may 1st to safely reopen. Kaiser is building a new covid19 testing site in the city of berkeley that could process upwards of 70,000 tests in just one week. The 14,000,000. 770 14,000,000. 770000 square foot lab will be crush in turning a corner. We know more testing needs to be available so people can be healthy and begin to return to more normal life. The facility is expected to be completed june 1st and will test for covid19 and other illnesses. The facility will stay open even after the pandemic. Oakland mayor libby schaaf says a task force is being assembled to examine why some minorities are being harder hit by the coronavirus than others. We want to take advantage of the growing National Attention on this problem and propose permanent and legislative policy changes so we dont see the disparate impacts again. Mayor libby schaaf talked about an hour ago here on mornings on 2. African americans account for a third of coronavirus cases in michigan and more than 40 of the deaths. In other news today, the mayor will hold a Virtual Press conference to announce the city has received 1. 5 million in donations to help serve meals and provide more Internet Access and computers to children in oakland who need them. Authorities along the san mateo coast were very busy this weekend enforcing the regions shelterinplace order. The San Mateo County Sheriffs Office says officers ordered some 275 swimmers and surfers off the beach in pacifica, and issued warnings to 650 gathered coastline, violating the shelterinplace orders. Those are pretty big numbers. As we get warmer this week, i know its enticing, but we could see more people along the coast even though were not supposed to. At least six feet apart. Stay at home unless youre going out for medicine, groceries, essentials. Its okay to go outside, right . Thats the way it is. Well have Better Weather for sure. Its already starting to burn off that low cloud deck. Temperatures will start to make a move up here. 54 in san josi with a west northwest wind at 3 miles an hour. The pressure is on its way up and its still going to go up, probably to about thursday or so. Thats how it looks. The low cloud deck, you have the sun and temperatures cooler this morning in the 40s. Some have 50s. Something going onat with the oakland airport. Its always warmer than everybody else. 40s to the north, but that breeze is picking up out of the northwest. Some low clouds havent burned off yet but they will. High pressure is lifting this out of the area and building in. Morning clouds and more sun, already seeing that. 50s and 60s coast and bay, upper 60s and lope and low 70s inland. Tomorrow looks better, even 80s thursday and friday. Well be cooler for the weekend but still nice, probably some coastal fog coming back. But it looks dry, guys. Baseball games havent been played since the coronavirus epidemic broke out, and some fans are taking action. We have details on the Class Action Lawsuit filed against all mlb teams. Plus the latest rumors on the 2020 nfl draft, and how the 49ers are preparing for the online only event. Good morning and welcome back. If you have a song to request, you know, i keep a list going. If you dont get it in today, i could pull from the list another day. Use ktvu on facebook, instagram and twitter. Fans say they want money back from Major League Baseball and filed a lawsuit in Southern California federal court. They say baseball postponed the early games, so fans arent getting refunds for games they will likely never attend. The theres a report this morning that Major League Baseball is considering a plan to play games in three states only, when and wherever the season starts. They would have teams in texas, florida and arizona. Teams would reportedly be assigned to major and northern Minor League Parks in arlington, texas, st. Petersburg, florida, and phoenix, arizona. The 2020 nfl draft will tame on thursday. The 49ers gm spoke about participating in the practice draft yesterday. Executives and coaches are confined to homes because of shelterinplace orders. Problems included a lack of bandwidth and background noise because some were forgetting to hit the mute button. This is a critical draft for the organization with the 13th and 31st picks in the draft. Can you find two more foundational players later on . I dont think you pass up on a guy you think is a different maker at those spots. Were going to be prepared in both instances. Espn is reporting the 49ers are telling other teams they could be interested and willing to trade those picks to get more selections later on in the draft. Many expectant mothers say this is an awkward time to receive baby gifts from loved ones who could be concerned about their own financial security. Experts say thats a natural reaction, and while it may feel awkward to create a registry, it could give people a way to give a gift thats meaningful and practical. Register for gifts in a broad price range, from pacifiers to cribs, and ask for gift cards so many people can still ahead on mornings on 2, an upsouth bay crime rates during the stayat home orders. What the new data is telling police departments. And muni is bringing back some routes reduced earlier this month. Details on the service and when it will happen, coming up. Stay with us. Step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. All across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses. Protecting people in bay area Nursing Homes from the coronavirus. The latest numbers and why experts say the threat is worse than expected. And a Massive Church Fire in richmond early this morning. Well hear from the pastor who describes getting the call. 8 29 this tuesday morning. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning, everyone. Im mike mibach. Hope youre having a great tuesday out there. Well check with sal in a bit. Back to steve we go, and i guess we can say goodbye to that spring rain here . Sure looks like it, no more this month. Maybe in april. With a dry season like we have had, its tough to get rain in may. Its happened before after a dry february, so well keep an eye it. On it. 40s and 50s here, and we had a weak system yesterday that produced some rain. Low clouds are still in place but with a northwest breeze instead of a west southwest. That system is driving northward. You can see the High Pressure building in and allowing temperatures to get near average today. Then tomorrow they will go above. Take a look at the traffic, see if theres anything new going on. Good morning, sal. Good morning to you. We have traffic thats recovered after a couple of earlier road work projects. Get right to 280 in downtown san josi, looking good here northbound and southbound. We have not had a lot of traditional slow traffic, but a couple unexpected delays this morning that caught a lot of attention. Muni will start up service on many lines that were shut down earlier this month. 51 lines throughout the city were shut down after a 90 drop in ridership. There will be limited service on several lines including the early bird shuttle beginning on saturday. Social distancing will limit the amount of people allowed on each bus. Back to you. An investigation is underway after an Early Morning fire at a Historic Church in richmond. Allie rasmus has more. Reporter the good news is no one was hurt and the fire is now out. You can see some of the damage done to the Bethel Church at 35th and cutting boulevard in richmond. It was around 5 30 a. M. That firefighters first got the call about this. No one was inside and no one was hurt but the damage to the church is pretty clear. The chief at the scene told us earlier this morning after the fire broke out they called for help from firefighters in surrounding areas. Up to 33 firefighters tackled that fire with flames shooting through the roof of the nearly 100yearold buildings. The pastor says the buildings smoke alarms did go off. He was at home and got a call about the fire, so he rushed over to take a look this morning. The damage, its pretty bad. The back of the church, theres a lot of damage to the dining hall area. We had another Smaller Church in the back along with the offices. And the upstairs looks like its burnt down. The pastor says since the stayathome orders went into effect last month, no one has gathered at the church for services, which have been moved online. He didnt know what could have sparked the fire and the cause there is under investigation. Firefighters recently left that scene after watching the hot spots. The pastor says hes trying to maintain a positive perspective and hes glad no one was injured in this. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Santa rosa police are currently looking for two missing boys. Officers say 10yearold wesley otten and 12yearold isaac flores were last seen leaving their homes last night and may have stopped at a nearby 7 eleven. If you have information on the two, call police. More Health Care Workers are demanding better protection against the coronavirus. A group of medical workers at San Mateo Medical Center rallied at the hospital yesterday, asking for additional personal protective equipment. The group says they have had to work overtime because of Staff Shortages at the facility, and called on San Mateo County itself to provide Health Care Coverage for those with limited incomes who the county is telli nurses ant front line staff that they will not have presumptive eligibility during this covid19 pandemic. This county is not protecting us, should we contract covid 19. We did reach out to the county but havent yet received a response. Medical officials fear that the coronavirus threat in Senior Living facilities is actually a lot worse than official numbers suggest. More than 30 bay area skilled Nursing Homes are reporting coronavirus cases and the numbers are expected to go up. About a third of the affected Nursing Homes are in santa clara county. What we are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg, and its going to get much, much worse before it gets better. It does not include the real number of illnfor business reasons basically, are not wanting to tell regulators just how bad the problem is. Governor newsom says he wants to update the numbers to include the 7,000 adult and Senior Care Centers statewide as well as skilled Nursing Homes. The homes they say are taking action to stop the spread of the virus like stopping visitors, screening staff, and following state and federal guidelines. This morning Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says an agreement has been reached on another stimulus package of 500 billion. The legislation includings 75 billion for hospitals, 25 billion for testing, and funding the Payroll Protection Program, which ran out of money. If the legislation passes today in the senate, members of the house may need to rush back to washington to vote tomorrow or thursday, unless House Speaker nancy pelosi is able to find another way for house members to vote. Thousands of Small Businesses including many in the bay area were not able to secure loans through the first round of the governments paycheck protection program. Much of that 349 billion went to large restaurants and hotel chains. By the time Small Business owners could get in applications, the money was all gone. Its frustrating because when i see people that have Profit Margins in the millions of dollars, and theyre asking for money, and im like, we may not make it past two months. Amy had to lay off 12 employees from her pet sitting company and she applied for a loan through the paycheck protection program. She didnt hear anything back from the government, then heard the program had run out of money. Many bay area Law Enforcement agencies are reporting a big drop in crime since the shelterinplace orders went into effect. There has been a recent jump in one type of crime in the bay area. Police report school burglaries are up 550 from this time last year. One principal says computer equipment has been taken and wonders why thieves are targeting the school. Is it because they know schools are closed and vacant at this time . Schools are more vulnerable. San josi Police Report overall crime in the city is down 31 from a year ago. Violent crimes are down 25 and property crimes are down 32 . Police will be releasing body camera video after a deadly officerinvolved shooting inside a Walmart Store over the weekend. Video shows officers confronting 33yearold Steven Taylor while he was holding a baseball bat on thursday. Officers used a taser first, then taylor advanced toward officers and one officer fired. The family says it was an excessive use of force. At that point it was their job to surround him and get him help. Instead they administered two more taser shots. Police say they will release the body camera video by the end of the week. The Alameda County District Attorneys Office is also investigating the shooting. Lets check back in with Steve Paulson and hopefully everyone can see the blue sky later today. I would think so. Its already starting. It will eventually make it to the south. All signs are pointing towards High Pressure kicking in. More sun, and it will be a little warmer. Golden gate park, north northeast at 7 miles an hour there and pressure continues to rise. Sanjosi still mostly cloudy but the north wind will help there. No doubt, the system from yesterday may be the last of the month. Theres just not much coming in, at least showing up on ecas we have High Pressure building in and temps warming up. Santarosa still seeing the 40s, a lot of low to mid50s out there. The next system looks good to portland and seattle, but not us. Theres nothing showing up here for us all the way through sunday. I saw about 14 days out and nothing there. Once you get to may, unless its el nino year, probably nothing. Near 80 for thursday and friday, and still good for the weekend but a little cooler guys. Sounds great. Still to come on mornings on 2, running into roadblocks while trying to get you to file for unemployment. When you can expect to see changes. And another company dishing out details on how to make its most popular dishes. Find out how to bring ikeas Famous Food Court right into your home. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. The running of the bulls in spain has been canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. It was scheduled for july and people all over the world attend the dangerous event every summer. Spain currently has the second most confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 21,000 people in the country have died. German officials have called off the annual oktoberfest. It was scheduled to begin september 19th. Germany does not expect fallout from the coronavirus pandemic to end any time soon. It runs two weeks in munich and draws about 6 million visitors per year. Officials say they were worried about visitors from around the world gathering in a small area. The celebration of marijuana on 4 20 found many people celebrating at home. On the left, last years celebration. On the right, yesterday. Fencing was set up and police were there ready to cite anyone who tried to enter closed areas of Golden Gate Park. The cancellation of the annual 4 20 celebration at Golden Gate Park helped create another busy day for companies that deliver marijuana here in the bay area. Companies report they have been doing recordbreaking business since the shelterinplace orders took effect. Delivery drivers practice social distancing as well. Im looking for something to help me take the edge off a little bit. I dont like to be too mellow. I like to be a little energized. Its a stressful time, especially in a health way, where youre scared to touch a doorknob. Cannabis can help you relax and enjoy life when we are all in this pandemic. The dispensary owners say there was panik buying during the early days shutdown but sales have remained strong since then. Many amazon workers will not show up for work today to bring attention to their demands for amazon to improve workplace conditions during the pandemic. The workers right group says amazon workers at more than 130 warehouses have contracted the coronavirus. Officials say the company has taken measures to protect workers including issuing face masks and checking temperatures of all of its employees. The combination of businesses closed and people out of work really lend to a huge drop in demand not only for oil but also gas, playing a role on wall street today. Lets check in with pam cook for dollars and cents. Reporter its been a historic selloff for oil around the world as businesses shut down and consumers stop driving. Analysts worry it will take quite some time to recover. That affected stocks right from the opening bell this morning. The dow dropped 500 points right off the bat, then came back in the last hour. Now its down even further. But the Stock Exchange is honoring Companies Making a difference, and today its lowes for donating gloves to essential workers. They are thanking Companies Making a difference. Take a look at the big board, dow jones now has crossed the 700 mark, back below 23,000 at this point. Its coming back a little bit but fluctuating there. The s p down about 3. 25 , and the nasdaq with the biggest loss right now, down almost 4 there. One big reason for the losses, that huge drop in the price of crude oil. Oil prices have dropped sharply because of a drop in Global Demand as people around the world shelter in place and businesses shut down. The concern is that many of those wont return to for a long time, between supply demand. The oversupply means producers are even struggling to find a place to put barges stacking up outside ports around the world. The demand for crude in the u. S. Is not going to pick up until we start seeing people driving and flying. So were going to be in this big oversupply situation for many months ahead unfortunately. Reporter President Trump is hinting the u. S. May take advantage of the low prices and purchase up to 75 Million Barrels for reserves. Consumers have benefited because prices are down significantly at the gas pump. This morning we found less than 2 a gallon at two stations on clayton road in concord. According to aaa, the most expensive gas locally is, as a gallon. Thats still 1. 10 cheaper than this time last year. And a class suit has been filed against wells fargo, accused of unfair action against Small Businesses that tried to get the government sponsored loan under the paycheck protection program. The lawsuit claims wells fargo prioritized businesses seeking large loan amounts instead of processing the applications on a first come first serve basis. According to the suit, wells fargo reshuffled the applications because it would receive millions more dollars in processing fees from the larger loans. Wells fargo has not commented on the lawsuit. Sales are up for americas Soup Companies during the shelterin place orders. Campbells soup Company Reported sales across the didn numbers, but the Company Points to a Record Number of people now eating nearly all their meals at home. The company says huge sales at the Grocery Stores have more than offset the recent drop in restaurant sales. Its the opposite for coca cola, taking a big economic hit during the pandemic. The Company Reports sales around the world have dropped sharply since the rs were issue they blame it on a drop in restaurant orders, and they are also hurt by the fact that sports and concerts have shut down. Coke certainly does well in the concessions there. Thats a look at your dollars and cents. Back to mike. Thousands of events canceled this year, pam. Thank you. Ikea is revealing its recipe for the swede meatballs you get at the cafe there, saying you can now make them at home during the shelterin place orders. Cooks really need just a few ingredients to make the classic dish and sauce, including minced beef and pork, heavy cream, onion and dijon mustard. We have the link at ktvu. Com, and mike, we have probably three or four jars of lingonberry sauce that we use on crepes for breakfast, but i might give that a try. Ikea, ive never been there. I dont know if i ever will. Steve . One time, and i got lost and it was traumatic. I couldnt find my way out. That was years ago. Morning clouds are burning off for some, and there will be lots of sunshine. It will get there. The low clouds will be chewed up during the next few days. Still over sfo, though, 46 santa rosa and everywhere else is in the 50s. That low cloud deck is starting to work its way down the coast. The low cloud deck is on borrowed time because of the High Pressure building in. Its way up, that pressure. 40s and 50s here, the low cloud deck keeping everyone consistent. If you get the sun, temperatures are near average. That next system goes up and visits portland and seattle, which looks like it for not only the week but the month. Yesterdays system could have been it for some as far as the rain goes. Warmer temps kick in today and tomorrow, then we get the 80s. No record highs but thursday and friday look warm inland. Nice on saturday, little cooler on sunday. Still to come on the 9, how the 49ers are helping the community move forward during the coronavirus pandemic. And instagram has launched a new feature to help Small Businesses stay afloat. How it works and what it has to offer, coming up. 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. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Instagram has launched new features to drive support to maul businesses, including gift cards, online food orders and fundraisers. Users in the u. S. And canada can tap on gift cards or food orders to make purchases through the companys site. Small Business Owners can share fundraisers created by themselves or supporters as well. State lawmakers are working to close the Digital Divide that exists among many california students amid the coronavirus pandemic. Governor newsom says more than 70,000 students who dont have computers at home will get laptops or tablets later this week. The donation drive raised the money to pay for the new devices. That means hundreds of thousands of california students can continue to learn online and become the leaders we know they are meant to be, and that california needs them to be. This is a move to bridge the Digital Divide. The governor announced google would provide more than 3,000 hot spots to help keep kids connected. And there are daily Educational Programs for those learning at home. Sf loves learning airs weekdays at 2 00 p. M. On cable channel 36. Its a daily academic lesson for those preschool through second grade. Any child in San Francisco or far beyond is welcome to watch weekdays 2 00 to 3 00 on ktvu plus. Coming up on the 9, talk live w superintendent of the San Francisco unified School District about the program. One company is helping children stay connected while they are at home. America offline is offering video hangout sessions to help keep young people engaged and healthy. The founders of the program say its been a success for dozens of children already signed up. We have helped them develop a little structure as well. We want to check with them and make sure they can open up if they are going through anything. Most are doing well. We are also taking time to set goals for them, and then we have them come back and serve as accountability partners. All sessions are professionally moderated by life coaches who check on a childs mental health, post group games and encourage exercise and good nutrition. We have a link to the website at ktvu. Com. Just click web links there on the top of the page. A group of workers at pennsylvania is home after working 28 days in a row. 40 workers decided to eat, sleep and work around the clock to make n95 masks, hospital gowns and other personal protective equipment for Health Care Workers. The team worked in alternating 12hour shifts. Were honored to give to people well never meet. First responders, all the people on the front lines, we thank you. Thats what makes our job easy to do. They will be given a week off before coming back to work and received a welldeserved raise. Flames break out at a church in richmond. Well tell you about the damage done to the building, show to you as well and describe the investigation into what started this fire. A backlog of unemployment claims. Why many californians are running into roadblocks and how the edd aims to streamline the process. This rid i dont get ago lot of attention on social media. How the 49ers