Bay area unite during the coronavirus pandemic. Good morning. We are looking aat you live picture of the bridge there. Partly cloudy. We missed you. The three of us are back together again. Strange time not to be actively working. I wasnt feeling that great. I was in constant check the with my doctor and i told myself, and mike, you and this too, i didnt want to enter the health care system. I didnt want to take a minute of my doctors inperson time. Didnt want to have to take test or even enter that. So i was lucky. It was a virus, not the virus an im back in action. Great to have you back. I was sick three, four weeks ago but that came across my mind. Im like i dont know to go in unless it is really serious right now. Stayed at home. Everything turned out. I was fine. But that definitely popped into my mind. I did not need to take up a bed or any seat in that emergency room during that time. Something new im doing to both of you, im plan ill Birthday Party for my son right now and he has got he is going to turn 10 in just about six days. So ive never done this before because we cant have a big celebration here or go to the park and have friend over. I have avenue been trying to order and the problem im coming across, i think i jumped on this a little too late. Because amazon, theyre like it is not going to get mere here to throw or four weeks. It is a little thing but well get there. Not until next week so well figure it out. Wish him a happy birthday for me, mike. You might be able to get out in this next day or so. Hopefully the weather will stay this way. Lets go to rosemary and talk about todays weather. Yesterday was a little bit cold. Today, it will be warmer. Right. Well warm opportunity. A springtime warmup on the way and for some, it will feel a little bit like summer. Outside our doors at this hour, still struggling way little bit of cloud cover over central and south bay. Here is a look at fso where were mostly cloudy start in San Francisco at 52 degrees. Santa rosa at 54. Enjoying the sunshine there. Oakland and livermore coming in at 54 as well under partly sunny, mostly cloudy skies and san jose at 55. The wind are turning a little bit northwest and that will help to eat up that cloud cover and the fog out there. But for the time being, were still seeing an onshore breeze over areas like oakland, concord, fairfield reporting to 15 Miles Per Hour so not quite as breezy as yesterday afternoon but still a little bit of a breeze out there. I expect for the afternoon today, the breeze will pick up as well. There is a look at Storm Tracker 2 where we are not tracking any rain but you can see some cloud cover there along the central and soh bay. That will continue to burn ofri most of us are enjoying the sunshine and for the afternoon, mostly sunny skies and warmer weather. Low 60s expected for San Francisco today. Mid60s over areas like oakland and low 70s for someone our warmer locations. 70 for napa. 72 for antioch. Upper 60s in san jose. This is nothing compared to what is on the way. Take a look at the extended forecast. Even warmer weather expected for your bay area wednesday. Thursday into friday, looking at this moment to be the warmest day of the week when our inland cities reach into the 80s. Low 80s on thursday. Close to mid80s on friday. Around the bay, widespread 70s and mid to upper 60s expected to our coastline. Into the weekend, temperature dos drop just a bit but still very nice. Well go upper 60s to low 70s around the bay. Upper 70s expected inland and mike, i just had a Birthday Party for my son, an indoor scavenger hunt, a big hit. That is one thing you can do. Big hit. Enjoy the nice weather, guys. Back to you. Thank you. Perfect. Lets swing back to the news here as we know that several states are debating whether or not to reopen soon. As some protester are calling for an toned stay at home policies. This all comes as Health Officials warn about reopening the country too soon and the danger that could pose. Reporter millions remain under stayality home orders as some state and local official begin to ease restricts. Georgia plans to reopen select businesses including gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors beginning friday. Tennessee will end its stay at home order next week while South Carolina plans to open public beaches and some retail stores. Other Officials Say the decisions may be too much too soon. Lets not dream of regretting and pulling the plug too early. We are going to lean in. We are leaning in. Reporter the debate over reopening country comes as folks stage protests over stay at home policies. Health Officials Say states need to increase their ability to provide widespread testing as well as have plenty of supplies to conduct those tests. But demonstrators say it is time for them to get back to work. The Stay Home Order was painted with too broad of a brush. I feel like it is important that we have the ability to work if were healthy. The nations first coronavirus case was confirmed three months ago but states are still battling the outbreak. Massachusetts and kept ken are the latest states seeing a spike in covid19 cases. But Officials Say the weeks of social distancing have taken their toll. The degree with which people are complying with stay at home orders has been remarkable but that is being strained right now and i hear it every day. Reporter Health Officials warn a quick reopening could lead to a new wave of infections and even more economic harm. The number of coronavirus cases continues to climb right here in california. Just this morning, the state is reporting more than 33,000 confirmed cases and more than 1200 people have died here in the state. Many of the cases are down south in Los Angeles County which has become the epicenter of the states outbreak. Here in the bay area, the number of people hospitalized with the virus has gone down over past few weeks. We want to taken a quick peek at stocks here. Wall street really extending its losses being pushed by the historic drop in oil. Some trader actually very close to paying others to take oil off their hands. There is just no demand. The dow joan is down about 2. 5 . The nasdaq and s p both down more than 3 . Chuck shoulder said they have a deal on a nearly 500 billion economic stimulus package and he does expect that the senate will not vote later this week but actually possibly today. Lets check in with more on this. Reporter good morning, mike. At nearly 500 billion, this fourth relief package would be the second largest coronavirus bill so far and an agreement appears to have been reached. After days of tense negotiations, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says republican and democratic leader and white house officials have agreed on every major issue of the bill. Shoulder says they are assumer says the this still final idessing details but the bill will pass today according to him. There could be a chance to quickly pass the legislation. With this bilker billions of dollars will help hospitalled and also boost testing for the virus. Widespread coronavirus testing is key before governors can lift stay at home orders. So speaker of the house nancy pelosi said testing is where they want the money to go. One Small Business owner said she applied for an emergency loan through a program but hasnt heard back. It is frustrating. Because when i see people that have profit imagine. S in the millions of dollars and theyre asking for money and im like we might not make it past two months. While mcconnell hasnt publicly signed off on it yet, shoulder said mcconnell was involved in Early Morning talks. Now, the senate is expected to vote today and the house said their vote could come later this week. New this morning, firefighters in battling an ear morning fire at a church in richmond. We have ok at all the damage that was left behind. Reporter yes, this fire started around 4 00 this morning. This is at the Bethel TemplePentecostal Church in richmond. We can show you a live picture from the scene. The fire is now out. It has been out if a couple of hours now. Can you still see knotts firefight on the scene keeping an eye out if any hot spots. There is also pg e workers here and we saw them a short time ago removing one of the electrical meter outside the building. Obviously, power it is out here so there is no danger of any live wires here but a lot of work needs to be done. The damage on the outside of the building is pretty evident with the soot around the windows and some gaping holes in the roof of this nearly 100 yearold church. A battalion chief at the scene told us earlier this morning that, after the fire brock out, they called for help from firefighters from el cerrito and continue contra costa county. As many as 33 firefighters could be seen fighting the flames. Buildings alarms did go off. He was at home and got a phone call early this morning to alert him about the fire from the alarm company. He rushed over to see the back area. We had another Smaller Church in the back and along with the offices. And the upstairs, it look like it is burned down. So we have he had a fire here about 12 to 15 years ago with a similar result. The pastor says since the stay at home orders went no effect, no one has gathered at the church for any services. All their services and sunday School Sections have moved online. No one was home at the time or no one was in the building at the time of the fire and no one was injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation. And the pastor says he is trying to maintain a positive outlook. He says he is just glad that no one is hurt. Coming up on mornings on 2, new rid i dont to be released of a deadly officerinvolved shooting n our next half hour, how the family of the man shot at a San Leandro Walmart is reacting and what authority say led up to the shooting. But first, a shift in how 4 crash 4 4 crash 20 is 4 20 is celebrate in the bay area. We live in uncertain times. However, there is one thing you can be certain of. The men and women of the United States postal service. Were here to deliver cards and packages from loved ones and also deliver the peace of mind of knowing that essentials like prescriptions are on their way. Every day, all across america, we deliver for you. And we always will. We are follow a developing story out of north korea. Countrys leader kim jongun is report thely not doing well after heart surgery. Reporter greg palka has the story. Reporter there is a new mystery emerging about the health of one of the world apt most secretive leader. Kim jongun hasnt been seen in public in almost two weeks and there are new reports that say he may be incapacitated following an unspecified surgery. American intelligence Officials Say theyre working to get more information. North korea is a very closed society. There is not a free press there. Were monitoring those developments closely. Reporter speculation surrounding kims health started last week when he missed celebration of his late grandfathers birthday a huge event throughout north korea. The south korea government said they have seen no indications that anyone other than kim is in charge in the north. As a citizen who lives in a day vieded country, this news make me worry about the countrys national security. Reporter fox news has confirmed that the American Government has extensive contingency plans in place in the event of kims death. The main concerns, the possibility of a massive humanitarian crisis in north korea that would include millions of people facing starvation. And a mass exodus for north korea refugees into china. We have a great Intelligence Community making sure that america is safe whether it is from the virus or from adversaries abroad. Reporter if kim jongun were to pass, some experts believe that his sister could take over as leader. Happening today, the San Francisco board of supervisors will discuss a proposed plan to prevent rent hikes during the covid19 health crisis. If approved, the emergency ordinance would retroactively apply to rent increases as of april 7th. The city her has a moratorium on evicts in place to prevent renters who cant make rent because of the coronavirus and shelter in place order. You today the Richmond City council would consider emergency orders. They first tenants would cant pay their rent because of coronavirus related reasons. It calls to establish a city service to help Small Businesses and left side file for government assistance. Many californians who have been laid off all because of the coronavirus, say they are still having a difficult time getting through to the Employment Development department to file for unemployment insurance. Edd says it has trained hundreds of employees from within the department and from other agencies to help process claims. One woman says she actually called 375 times in four hours and still was not able to complete a claim. I got through to the Automated System only 13 times to go through the prompts and try to get a representative and each time i was disconnected with them either saying that system was unavailable on the Automated System or that there were too many calls for them to handle on the Automated System so i never spoke to anybody. While some people have been able it file online, others have issues they need to resolve which requires talking to an edd representative. Hundred of row tester rallied at the State Capitol in sacramento protesting governor Gavin Newsoms shelter in place order. This was the scene outside the state capital yesterday afternoon. Many of the protesters werent wearing mask and were ignoring social distancing guidelines. Demonstrators say the or is too extreme and it is destroying our states economy. Everybody in in my family is fine. Nobodys got it. So i keep hearing about all this. I dont see it. Is it any worse than the regular flu. The governor says he shares the protester desire to restart the economy but strongly believes the shelter in place order is a wise move for now. Governor newsom expected to soon reveal a new time line for east e. Easing our states shelter in place restrictions. What a difference a year makes. Up official celebration of marijuana 4 20 typically find maybe people heighting up at hippy hill. On the left, you see last years celebration. On the right was the scene yesterday. Fencing was set up. Police and park rangers were ready to cite anyone who tried to enter that closed area. And like many events canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, 4 20 marijuana celebration went virtual this year. People used smokeouts on zoom and social media instead of gathering in person. The holiday coupled with stay at home orders are helping dispensaries in the area stay in business. We rode along with one of those delivery companies. This would be something to go after the kids go to bed. Cannabis for coping. The industry says sales have never been stronger than during shelter in place. Delivery at a social distance, of course. This mother of two like her mommy mints, very low dose thc. Looking for something that will help me take the emoff a little bit an help me stay focused. I dont need to be too mellow. I like to be a little bit energized so i like the mints. Pot isnt pot like it used to be. I want to feel energetickism want to feel like i want to go to bed. Reporter they have seen business more than double in san rafael with marins stay at home order. They say at first, it was panic buying o. If the first week of shelter in place, you had people stock up as if the apocalypse was happening. Reporter now, it is customer would dont hike the lines at sunshine eyed pickup at dispensaries and are giving delivery a try. A very stressful time especially in a health way where youre scared to touch a doorknob. Condition business can help you relax and enjoy life with we are all in this pandemic. More customers have been hired as customers clamor for help with agitey and insomnia. Some, thinking about their lungs are trying new products. He orders flower and he said imle nervous i would like to move on to something edible. Nothing going into my lungs other than fresh air now. Reporter as a father and business owner, this customer calls life at home crazy. It certainly helps. It is stress and relaxation and just calm, everything that is going on in the world. These crazy wild times seems like we are living a Science Fiction movie. I think we are all as moms especially parents under a great amount of stress right now. Staying safe, staying home, staying mill owe with women 7 on of on as sales the brown bag seems to be one antidote to the cabin fever some people are saying. I have to walk away and take deep breath occasion landlord i. I keep my mint close by ramp test more people for the coronavirus. A testing site in berkeley that kaiser permanenteee is building an how many people it could be expected to process. Traffic on interstate 880 is flow smoothly right now after an earlier backup give us a glimpse of precovid19 commutes. This is like its the most traffic weve seen in more than a month. Three lanes in the northbound direction were closed near 29th avenue for roadwork. Overnight construction stretched into the Morning Hours bringing 880 to i stand still. This got a lot of traction on social media as people wondered if everyone was back to work and no one told them. The roads were cleared by 7 30. Fran Health Officials have reeast a map of coronavirus cases specifically by zip code. San franciscos director of Public Health says the highest number of cases is currently in the Mission District while the west side of the city, the richmond and the sunset has the fewest number of cases. Health Officials Say their data shows 25 of all covid19 cases in San Francisco involve latinos despite the december graphic making up only 15 of the citys population. Health emergencies exploit the inequalities in society. Health Officials Say contributing factors could be crowd living conditioned and the inability to reduce the number of trips outside the home. The map also shows the south of market neighborhood way high number of covid19 cases. More than 100 people at a homeless shelter in that zip code did test positive. Kaiser permanenteee is build a new test site that could process upwards of 70,000 tests a week. The lab is being built at Second Street where an existing kaiser warehouse was sitting unused for months. Because of the state of emergency, the permitting process was streamlined to just five days. Doctors say this new lab will be crucial in helping us all turn a corner. We know that more testing needs to be available so that people can be healthy and begin to return to more of what is, quote, up quote a normal life on. We can get our patients tested rapidly, get the answers back to our clinician sews they can make the decisions on treatments that is needed for our patients. The facility is expected to be completed by june 1st and will have 12 to 20 staffers testing kaiser patients for covid19 as well as other illss. Ice are says the medical testing facility will stay open even after the coronavirus pandemic passes. Coming up in a minute on mornings on 2, College Students unhappy with the education he have this a received so far and theyre taking action. Lawsuits being filed across country after universities made the shift to Online Learning only. Bringing hope it fans across the bay area n i minute, how the 49ers are helping the community move for word during the coronavirus pandemic. Today, the senate is expected to pass another economic stimulus package worth about 500 billion. Meantime, President Trump says he will suspend immigration into the United States to slow down the spread of covid19. Caroline shively has details from washington. Reporter in a late night tweet, President Trump said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the u. S. To protect jobs and fight off the coronavirus. Similar to the restrictions on travel from china that he implemented back on january 29th at the very utah set of this Public Health crisis. We think that that those restrictions saved thousands or tens of thousands of american lives. Critic point out the u. S. Is the worlds hot spot for covid 19 right now and people are unlikely to immigrate to find a job while unemployment here is skyrocketing. Senator Kamala Harris tweeting in part, he is shamelessly politicizing this pandemic to double down on his antiimgrant agenda. Enough, mr. President. The American People are fed occupy. Domestically. Sent minority leader Chuck Schumer says the administration and senate have reached agreement on the 500 billioned a package for Small Businesses. Republicans are also on board. Now, the paycheck protection plan, which has proven immensely popular, it is the different between life an death for millions of Small Businesses across country. We are any dire situation apted i think we have to realize it is a a big problem that will require a big solution because to not step up with more money i think ultimately costs us all far more than even this really big price tag. The goal also has money for hospitals and a National Coronavirus testing plan. Welcome news for Health Care Workers on the front lines. Like these registered nurses who held a protest in front of the white house tuesday morning. The senate is in session tuesday affect but the House Majority leader indicates it cook thursday before the house votes. In washington, care line shively, ktvu, fox 2 news. Thousands of maul business owns were not able to secure i loan through the first round of the governments paycheck protection program. Much of the 349 million in that dole went to large restaurants an hotel chains i built the sometime some Small Business owns were able to get an application in, the money was gone. Mom an pops out there, they need it today and they are the ones being shut out. Shawl business advocacy groups are pushing lawmakers to add specific guidelines to the next round of Payroll Protection Program loans. For example, prior tieing companies with fewer than 50 employees. Oakland mayor says a task force is still being put together to really examine rye some minority especially africanamericans are hit harder by the coronavirus compared to others. We want to take advantage of the growing National Attention on this problem and propose permanent legislative and policy changes so that we dont see these disparate impacts again. The mayor talked about Racial Disparity earlier on mornings on 2 when she also announced she would be hold a Virtual Press conference to announce that the city has received 1. 5 million in donations to help serve meals and provide more Internet Access and computers to oaklands underprivileged children. Nursing home expert say they fear the coronavirus threat in Senior Living facilities is much worse than the official numbers suggest. More than 30 bay area Skilled Nursing homes are reporting coronavirus cases and that number is only expected to climb. About a third of the infected Nursing Homes are in santa clara county. Almeida county reports nine affects Nursing Homes. There are six in San Francisco, two in san mateo and two in contra costa county. What we are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg and it is 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 are not wanting to tell regulators just how bad the problem is. Governor newsom says he wants to update the number to include the 7,000 adults in senior care renter statewide as well as skilledded Nursing Homes. More Health Care Workers are demanding better protections against the coronavirus. A group of news is an other medical worker at San Mateo Medical Center rallied at the hospital yesterday for additional personal protective equipment. The group says they have had to work overtime because of Staff Shortages at the facility. They called on San Mateo County to provide Health Care Coverage for those with limited incomes who are not on medicaid. The country is telling the nurses and grant line staff that they will not have President Donald Trump unify eligibility during this coronavirus pandemic. This county is not protecting us should we contract covid19. We did reach out to the county. We have for the yet received a response. This morning, Santa Rosa Police say they are looking for two missing boys. Officers say 10yearold wesley auten and 12yearold isaac mother he is were last seen last night around 6 00 leave their home near barnes road and dennis lane. They may have left on a small dirt bike an stopped at a nearby seven eleven. Anyone with information about their with abouts is asked to call police in santa rose a. Police in san leandro plan to release body cam video of a deadly officerinvolved shooting. The shooting happened saturday inside of a walmart. Cell phone video shows officers confronting 33yearold Steven Taylor he was hole ailing baseball bat. Police say officers used a taser first and then an officer fired a gun when taylor advanced toward them. The familys Attorney Says taylor was manially ill and the shooting 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 shots. We believe those were taser shots. San lee and row police say they will release the body camera video by the end of the y2k. The District Attorneys Office is also investigating the shooting. San jose police are among the barrier agencies report ago big drop in overcall crime ever since shelter in place orders went into effect. However, there has been a big jump in one type of crime in the bay areas largest city, which is san jose. Police have report that school burglaries are up 550 from the same time period last year. Both police and some School Prince approximatelys say they are not sure why. Is it because they know that schools are closed and vacant at this time and so meaning thatmore vulnerable . San jose Police Report overall crime in the city has dropped 31 from one euro ago. Violent crime are down 25 . Property crimes are down 32 . Some students across the country have sued their colleges and universities after instruction shifted to online saying they arent getting what they paid for. Students at the university of miami filed a Class Action Lawsuit claiming they paid for inperson courses, not online instruction. Some students in arizona are asking for refunds for their housing costs since they are no longer allowed to live in their dorms. And two fans want their money back from major league baseball. An Online Ticket vendors too. The fans have filed a Class Action Lawsuit in Southern California federal court. They say baseball has postponed the soaps early games meaning fans are not getting refunds for games they will likely never attend. The lawsuit names the giants, as and the 28 other teams in baseball along with ticket vendors such as stub hub and ticket master. It is a difficult time. But were all in this together. We know it is not easy. Lets get through this together, bay area. Hashtag pay area unite. This video has been buzzing out there on social media. Local celebrities including 49ers star tight end george kiddal and Kyle Shanahan encouraging fans to stay strong and that we will overcome this pandemic together. Joining us this morning to talk about the 49ers organization, and what they are doing jenny lu Vice President of Community Impact for the San Francisco 49ers. Good morning to you. Good morning. Hi. So just on i personal note, here i am, broadcasting from home for last few weeks of course hows that been for you . Honestly, im doing pretty well. Im fortunate that i have a great spot to live. I live in the los gatos community, im healthy, safe and fortunate i get to stay at home and be well. At the same time, you are still doing what you do and that is helping community out there along with all of you there at the San Francisco 49ers organization. Look, i got your back. That has been a big motto, big slogan for the 49ers over the year how is too many taking this motto and reaching out to fans during the time of the pandemic here . Yeah. Well, so definitely i got your back is a motto for the team for years and our staff certainly works with that as well. So we thought it would be a great idea to create an i got your back page on 49ers. Com so that we can take what we do on a regular basis at the stadium and when we have games and in the community and put that online so that people have a resource. There is amazing programming up there from a variety of different sources. There is communication from out player an coaches an lots of great ways to get involved. I think this is probably manage well keep up. It is capturing things weve been doing all along. Yeah, two things that caught my eye. You have two Big Community programs aimed at children here in the bay area. 49ers prep. What exactly is that. Well start with that one and how are you tweaking it to give it an online twist, guess . Sure. Well, 49ers prep as i program that we have been running for what it is is a combination of football programming and physical activity for kids, small kids up through flag football through age 146789 we do a lot of coaching resources as well as different skill drills, thing like that. And the way weve been able to take that online is by video and keeching through short video clips how do you do drills that prepare you for football, drills that will help you gain cardiovascular and strength. A left resources and videos up on our website under the moniker of 49ers prep that are around that. That is great. The other ones 49ers edu, is that right . Yeah, it is a program weve been running since 2014. Weve served over 300,000 kids. We have about railroad we have four classrooms in the stadium where we serve nearly 60,000 participants a year. Weve been able to take that programming and while we cant bring people into the stadium, weve taken that programming and made it digital. We have a playbook that is basically the curriculum that we use for our field trips and taking it online and really the edu programs are stem, steam really so science, technology, engineering, arts and math. We use football as a framework to inspire kids to understand these concepts. It is really fun. There is great lessons in there about physics and football flight and just kind of maurying football with the science. It is really pretty incredible. No pandemic is stopping the 49ers organizations from helping community especially the children out there. Real quick before you go, thursday is a big day f you are the gm, who do you pick in the first round, jenny . Oh, my goodness. You dont need to ask me. We have agot so many newhart people on our tomorrow that are focused on this. We are really excited for have the 13th pick in the draft anti know that well use it well. So hopefully, you say you some video of john lynchs whole set High Pressure up, his war room at his house. It was great on twitter if you havent seen it yet. It is pretty incredible. We are well prepared and excited about t i will leave it to the great football minds on the 49ers to make that prediction. If anything, its live event that involves sports so i think it will be went watched not just here in the area but across the country. We are thrilled. Thank you. Appreciate it. Stay well. Okay. We are paying less at the pump. Most of the us arent even filling up because we are staying at home. In minutes, well describe the drop in gas price we are seeing here in the bay area and across the nation. Also, helping students learn while staying at home. Well talk live with the head of the San FranciscoUnified School District by partnership with ktvu that is helping thousands of students learn at home. Stay connected and have some fun. Checking in on stocks, it looks like the Dow Jones Industrial average is down more than 600 point, in fact, 665 point to be exact. Nasdaq and s p are also down. Nasdaq is down 3. 86 . S p 500 is down 3 3 4 percent. Oil prices have weakened sharply because after combination of oversupply and a collapse in Global Demand due to the key cheap in Economic Activity caused by lockdown measures. Producers are even struggling to find a place to put it all and barge are stacking up outside ports around the world. Demand for crude in the the u. S. Is not going to pick up until we start seeing people driving and flying. So were going to be were going to be in this big oversupply situation for many, many months ahead, unfortunately. President trump is hinting the u. S. Might take advantage of the low price and purchase as much as 75 millionbarrels for reserves. Gas prices continue to drop around country and here locally. Take a look at. This this morning, we found that regular gas is less than 2 a gallon at two gas stations other clinton road in concord. According to aaa, the most expensive gas locally is in San Francisco with the average of 3. 11 a gallon. Around the country, many amazon workers say they will not be showing up for work today to bring attention to their demands for amazon to improve workplace conditions during the pandemic. The workers rights group united for respect says amazon workers at more than 10 ware hows have contracted the coronavirus. Amazon Officials Say the company has taken several measures to protect workers including irving face masks an checking the temperature of all of its employees. State lawmaker are trying to close the Digital Divide among california students during this pandemic. Governor newsom says more than 70,000 students who not have compute are at home will receive laptops, chromebooks or tablets later this week. Californias first partner led the donation drive to raise the money needed to pay for the compute jurors that means hundreds of thousands of california students can continue to learn online and become the lead are we know they are meant to be and that california needs them to be. This is the states latest move to try to bridge that Digital Divide. Three week ago, Governor Newsom announced google will provide 100,000 free hot spots to help students get connected. As part of the effort to reach all students in San Francisco, the San FranciscoUnified School District is partnering up with ktvu fox 220 provide an hour long program of Distance Learning every afternoon. It is called sf loves learning. So happy on welcome back dr. Vincent matthews head of the San Francisco union fight School District. Thank you for being with us. Good morning. Glad to be here. Good morning. Im be honest. Imat parent of two little boys. My husband is handling the lions share of the Distance Learning that is happening in our home. And ill tell you, we dont have enough laptops and phones and compute are to go around. So the fact that through this program, parents can just turn on the tv for a solid hour to get their children the information they need, to me, that is priceless. Right. Weve been working with a sense of urgency and cry ativity to find ways to connect ortunity w School Buildings are closed. We are really excite to be able to assist your husband in teaching at home. We believe that the show is able to teach and reach students during this time just like in the previous segment as they talked about the Digital Divide. We are just continually looking for and looking to increase ways to reach students and we believe sf loves learning is one of those opportunities. Lets really dive into what we can all watch, not just San Francisco residents every seven from two to he three. There is a focus on academics and also on the well being of the child and family. Absolutely. Were providing access to academic and social, Emotional Learning opportunities from our teachers. Well have special guests on trend at for our youngest students. It is aimed at k through 2 students who many time these are student ts. I know a lot of parents have eased up greatly on screen time and ill raise my hand to be in that group. Is this an hour that ideally parents should still watch alongside their little ones . Absolutely. When the learning is going on during that hour, we also are giving cues an clues for what to do when the hour is over. So we hope at that point, parents will then be able to either take their students an start doing some of those activities or older brother or older sister can continue to learn but we definitely think you should sit down alongside them as the learning is going an continue some of those activity after the hour is up. This remind me of a show, one of the few shows my parents let me watch when i was little and that was reading rainbow. It remeans me of a Library Story time i used to take my two little boys to when they were just toddlers. There was finger play, counting, miss tina at the library would say and children would respond. Is it interactive this that sense as well . Absolutely. Every one ever episodes will have an opening, a daily lesson. There will be wiggles an dance and a read aloud, music. I actually have a magic show. I think they said theyll show it every monday. So there is also absolute activities for every student to interact with what is going on. When i was young, it was a show called romper room on channel 2. It was the same type where you interacted with what is going on on the screen. That is the way sf loves elevenning has been set up. Romper, romper, stomper boo. It is a pleasure to have you o i know that San Francisco joins every other public School District in trying to do its best for students and parents who find themselves in a very, very difficult time. Thank you for joining us. We thank ktvu for this opportunity. Of course. It is our honor. And as the superintendent said, dont have to live in San Francisco to watch. Lets pop up some information on the screen to help you get informed, educated and have some fun. Can you watch sf loves elevenning on k tv. On ktvu plus right now through june 2nd. South coming up revolt a soak rhett recipe. Well explain how to make ikeas swedish meatballs. And plus, end of an empire. When you can catch the last episode of empire right here on ktvu. 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. New this morning the annual running of the bulls in spain has been caneled amid the coronavirus pandemic. The event had been cede culled for july. People from all over world head to pain to participate or just to watch the dangerous event every summer. But stain spain has the second most confirmed coronavirus cases, more than 200,000 individuals and at least 21,000 people have died. In germany, the famous oktoberfest has been called off because of coronavirus. The annual festival was scheduled to start september 19th and canceling it is a sign germany does not expect fallout from the pandemic to end soon. Oktoberfest normally runs for two weeks in munich and attracts six million visitors each year. This is not first time a Global Crisis has canceled oktoberfest. It was not held during either world war or during cholera outbreakses in the 1800s. Ike eas now revealing its recipe for its famous swede under meatballs you can only buy in the cafe. I think you can why them freezen too but lets make it together. You only need just a few ingredients including minced beef and pork, onion, heavy cream, dijon mustard and the recipe comes with the statement sort of illustrations that the store uses for its instructions on assembling furniture. We posted the recipe at the recipe section of ktvu. Com. Can you also check it out on the ktvu instagram and facebook pages. Soy the empire drama has all led up to one final episode. Tonight, the sixings and final season of empire comes to an end. Reporter Ashley Dvorkin has a look at what is in store and reflects back on the series with the stars of the show. You gave me empire. Six soaps of foxs hit musical drama empire wrap up april 21st. The final episode center around the fight for empire and the relationship at thent center of it all. Back in january, taraji p. Henson reflected on what it has meant to play cookie. It gave my a certain shebeli that i didnt v i had it but no one paid attention until this pop culture character came along and cookie literally catapulted my career into superstardom. Like i was a star before but like cookie did something else. To the point where i cant live a normal life anymore. So car vivica a. Fox shared he action when she was first cast in the hoe. I remember getting cast on the show and was just thrilled. Remember when of when the highway came out with these mega, meganumber as and when lee daniels hit me and said i want you to be a part of family, it was such a huge honor for me. Professor production was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. They expressed how proud they are of the groundbreaking show. Daniels also notessed they arent getting to shoot the finale they wanted, at least not yet adding you know what they say in television, stay tuned. Playtime is over, cookie girl