Official or medical grade. They can be homemade, like this to obtain more swabs and other necessary equipment. The state is opening 86 new testing sites focused on rural and minority communities. The governor says he wants all of california to be covered. What i mean by that is not all 40 million of us. The ideal, but in every part of the state where we are not one my wife made, or they can leaving communities behind. Even be a bandanna. Just as long as it fits around your nose and mouth. The new Health Orders that went into effect require anyone working at or visiting an essential business such as a Grocery Store to have their nose and mouth covered but the Governor Newsom added he is orders do not use the word making just one change to the mask. On the Face Covering. States stay at home order is on day one of the order here right now. Hospitals and clinics can now almost everyone seemed to be start to schedule necessary complying. I think its great. Surgeries again. Anything that helps the pandemic is great. Sometimes i will walk into a store without the mask and then realize i do not have my mask, so its kind of stressful that you have to remember all of the new normals. Also during todays briefing. The governor said the latest data shows california has more than 35,000 confirmed cases of covid19. 86 people died in the last 24 there was confusion over hours. Bringing the total to more than what was acceptable. 1400 deaths. At this lucky supermarket in more than 3300 people are east oakland wednesday a hospitalized. About 1200 patients are in customer walked in wearing a bandanna around his face, but a store employee wrongly told the customer it was not an official mask and that he had to leave. Intensive care. The hospitalization and icu numbers are down a bit from yesterday. A positive sign that social distancing is working to keep the virus from spreading. He send a statement offering the customer a gift card saying the governor also spoke today about the report out of santa our employee was overly clara county. Cautious and made an error. We apologize. Officials say the 1st death in we have communicated to our the u. S. Linked to the store employees about the new coronavirus happened earlier Face Covering mandate. Then 1st thought in early Face Coverings are now mandatory for passengers february. Our reporter is live now with writing bart riding bart. More on the new findings and what can mingle forward in the fight against the spread of covid19. Good afternoon to the county Public Health officer says the medical examiner in the county. Had questions regarding tissue samples from 2 fatalities in if you do not have a Face Covering what is going to early and mid february. The samples were sent to the happen is a quick conversation. Cdc and the cdc confirmed the we will try to work with you beauty of a sweatshirt or cause of death was covid19. Jacket you can wrap around your it was somewhat surprising, face . But not completely because when the last thing we want to do is we identified our 1st travel turn and essential worker away. Associated in late january we they have 300,000 masks on order, but they have not arrived yet. The 5 counties with the new orders going into effect wednesday are alameda, contra costa, marin, San Francisco, and san mateo. Had a very narrow case Sonoma County went into effect definition. Last friday. This doctors is initially on the patients who travel to Santa Clara County has issued more of in a visor about face regions experiencing covid19 contamination were tested for coverings. If its so widespread and the virus. In early and mid february 2 people are having mild symptoms santa clara residents died to this measure may Impact Health the virus. To further limit the viral transmission. 12 days later what was previously thought to be the official coverings do not 1st u. S. Death took place in apply to children under the age of 13 or if you are out exercising, but you still need to maintain the social distancing, but it look like masks will be a part of the order for the foreseeable future, alex. It sure looks like it. Thank washington state. Wendy california governor said he is directing the 50 County Corners in the state to you. Strep in Napa County Health officials there have now revised the counties shelter in check autopsies as far back as december to see if any are place order. They now say all construction linked to covid19. This is important forensic information in terms of understanding the epidemiology of this disease. He said the new date for the driven religious services and the use of golf courses can 1st death indicates the continue as long as distance fr one another. Landscaping and gardening that is not purely cosmetic will coronavirus was circulating in also be allowed now and real Santa Clara County much longer than previously thought. When you have an outcome Estate Agents can show clients like death or icu that means homes. Thisimmediately. Stress San Francisco is offering free test to essential there are some iceberg of cases of unknown size that underlie worker still on the job and showing symptoms. Those iceberg tips please pick some experts say the new data is like leave for when flu season reemerges in the fall. We are very liable to more surges in cases if this virus starting today Frontline Health is more widespread than we workers, Grocery Store think. Employees, and operators will have access to a covid19 tester they are being offered to those with symptoms such as may be a lot harder to camp fever, cough, or shortness of breath. Workers can sign up for the down. Spent also wednesday the santa testing on the city test clara county Health Permit begin to break down covid19 cases ethnicity. Experts say such information will lead to greater healthcare equity for communities at greater risk of website. Infection. For more we are joined once again this afternoon but the the virus is exacerbated by former fema president ial appointee. Preexisting conditions. Nice to have you here. This kind of testing we talked about before is essential to reopening the economy. Does preexisting conditions among black and brown persons cause these populations to be without question. Good afternoon. Its certainly going to be a challenge to get to the point more susceptible to the illness you think about this for a second. We are testing about 1618 thousand people per day. They would like to eventually get that to 90,000. The country has tested about 4. 1 million. Experts say we need to test at least half 1 Million People polar per day to get the results we need to figure out how to isolate those people. Is going to be a challenge without question. Certainly. In San Francisco know those essential workers are showing symptoms they can get testing. We have reported for example in michigan the governor is working with retailers to set up more drivethrough testing for essential workers who right now do not show any symptoms. Talk about why thats important and if you expect other states to follow suit. Will you have a wild west of testing throughout the country. There are public entities in different people and investors and venture capitalists that are sponsoring testing. What has got to happen no matter what is there has to be coordination because there is a shortage of or a liquid in one test in the discussion of becomes if the president can utilize the defense production act to encourage and force manufacturers to continue to produce components so that we can have the Testing Program we need. There were these conversations that were happening behind the scenes between the federal government and state officials. You have been a part of conversations in the past dealing with other disasters to take us behind the scenes and talk about that coordination a little bit more. You bet. What we know is going to happen over the next 2 3 days is the Vice President and White House Task force will have video calls with all the of the governors across the country for what they are trying to do is coordinate testing. Is going to do what . Who is responsible for was so they can try to make it more efficient be the president with the governor today and promised 250,000 cotton swabs next week, which is absolutely critical for california to be able to conduct 95,000 test. There is going to be discussion about who does what in the Testing Process. Ideally they would like to see the states coordinate that and in some cases these kids have a testing test there is discussion about rolling that out. Trying to move the supplies around so people can get a more efficient Testing Process across the nation. Everyone trying to Work Together as best they can. Thank you so much. Appreciated. You are welcome. Nice to see you. Coming up. Stay at home orders bringing a little bit of good. Lower air pollution levels. After the break. On this earth day we talked live with a climate scientist about covid 19s impact on the environm lot a bit of a warming trend. Coming up i will highlight the warmest day of the week. Muchneeded Financial Health could soon be on the way for more Small Businesses. Coming up on 4 30 we will look at the Progress Congress is making to pump more money into the paycheck protection program. Its only human to find inspiration in nature. And also find answers. Our search to transform. Farm waste into renewable natural gas led chevron to partner with california bioenergy. Working to provide an alternative source of power. For a cleaner way forward. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbt and until th we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. In terms of the air pollution levels plummeting the way they are in many spots in you think that is really just going to be kind of a short term benefit well we have all of the stay at home order is in place or do you think they really could be some sort of a longterm effect on the environment . Certainly this is a short term benefit witnessing to the challenges we are facing today. If we return to business as usual we would expect to see the pollution levels come back. The hope that some folks have is that we are going to enjoy the clean air we are seeing and we might work harder to make this something that becomes more normal. How do you think we can take the strategies that we as a Global Community are all using right now to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus and apply those to tackling Climate Change in a broader sense . For me that is really an educational issue related to science and data. When it 1st came we saw the data that was showing us increasing cases and listen to scientists and eventually we started to use that type of information to make informed decisions. Hopefully we can learn from this situation to think about ou about what is happening today in their projections for the future so we can all Work Together just like we are doing today to create a cleaner and healthier future for everyone tomorrow. I know you believe there are a lot of similarities between the Current Crisis in Climate Crisis we are experiencing, but you also said there is one clear distinction. What is that . It did distention is the timescale of the quickly this is happening. I have been studying the climate system for a couple of decades in what i talked to folks about what is happening today or in the future we are talking about years or decades. With the coronavirus it was only a few weeks of the really windy cases started to come, and the transition and changes are happening very rapidly. So is our learning about the issue as well. What we are experiencing as we are looking at a scientific issue. How does the sense of all and how does policy react to it and we are seeing it superfast into climate issues happen much more slowly, but the same type of process. Hopefully we can take what we have learned from this and apply it to our environment and the issue of Climate Change using the same type of approach and trusting data and science. That certainly is the hope. Happy birthday to you and we appreciate you taking the time today. Santos days stay climate professor, eugene cordero. Take care. Thank you. Bay area weather. Nice to see improving air quality at least. It looks like we will be warming things back up into thursday and friday. Take a look at the forecast headlines. Jumping right into the forecast. Patching morning fog course i. Mostly sunny skies in our mornthe timeline throughout the day in san jose. 76. Probably will use that up to closer to 80 degrs tomorrow in the south bay. A warmer week. Especially inland. You can see the numbers going up. Friday should be the warmest day of the week. A few spots inching closer to 90 degrees. As you can see on the satellite right now we have a big area of High Pressure keeping us dry and warmer, but look at all of the cloud cover and some rain up to our north. Is becoming closer to the bay area we actually have some patchy fog nearby. Not completely clear. Lower 80s right now out toward concord and brentwood. The cool spots with that fog in the upper 50s. San francisco this afternoon. Closer to golden gatefog making a comeback. Overnight those pretty mild. Low 50s and and into the afternoon hours look what happens. The clouds vanish and we are expecting temperatures in the mid 60s all the way to the mid 80s for thursday afternoon. Tomorrow, not even the warmest day of the week. Coming up. We will talk more about the warmest day, which will be friday, and some full changes for the weekend. Thats in a few minutes. We want to tell you we have been highlighting people in the community who are thinking of others during this pandemic. Today we want to recognize a woman by the name of elizabeth hahn. She works for the vista center for the blind and visually impaired and palo alto. One of her them. Miller says as a blind man it has been difficult to get things he needs during the stay at home order, but she has came to the rescue on several occasions. Even driving to his house one time when he was having trouble with his braille label. If you are having a someone making a difference in the community to think about what youre seeing happen in your neighborhood and your community. Email those details along with pictures or video to my hero foxtv. Com. Coming up. How you can soon test yourself for the coronavirus right from home. Plus the types of Testing Companies are using in hopes of reopening soon. We hope you tune into a for the muchanticipated Season Finale of the masked singer. That gets underway at 8 00 that will be followed by the 10 00 news, and the 11 00 news. All right here on ktvu. Companies nationwide trying to reopen when the markdowns are lifted. Amazon is using thermal cameras at their warehouses that speed up the screening process of workers who may have a fever. Both amazon and apple say there is a possibility they will develop their own covid19 tests. Its not just tech. Emirates airlines conducted blood tests on passengers with results available within 10 minutes. The blood test is meant to identify antibodies in the travelers immune system and knocked not active infections. Submit the written director of cc warning there is a possibility of a 2nd wave of coronavirus that could coincide with flu season later on this year. Robert redfield is warning hospitals that they need to start preparing now for a possible surge in flu cases and covid19 patients at the same time coming up in the fall and winter. The Coronavirus Task force is testing in this case will be crucial. On the surface of the patient when they come in with the early flu and covid19 can look very close to get identical. We need to have testing in place to be able to separate and insure those patients receive the best treatment. This years covid19 pandemic in the u. S. Came in march and april at the end of flu season. Is large numbers people get coronavirus during the flu season there is concern that it could overwhelm the u. S. Healthcare system. Frontline medical workers at oakland Highland Hospital now have thousands of new surgical masks. 6000 of the masks were dropped off today. They were donated by the Asian Real Estate Association of america greater east bay, and has also donated more than 10,000 of medical supply to other hospitals in the east bay. They were purchased with contributions generated through a Gofundme Campaign organized by the association. Up next. More health could soon be on the way for Small Businesses. How the Trump Administration is making sure this round over the phone to benefit big companies. Food banks hit with Unprecedented Demand due to the coronavirus. Coming up. We hear from officials at one Bay Area Food Bank about what is needed to address this hunger crisis. The house of representatives is set to vote tomorrow on a bill that will provide more funding to Small Businesses impacted by the coronavirus. The Trump Administration now says they will crackdown on big businesses that received money during the 1st round of this program. The house of representatives is set to pass a 484 billion funding package for Coronavirus Relief thursday. It includes 310 billion for the smallbusiness paycheck protection program. 75 billion for the healthcare system. Including money for hospitals and personal protective equipment and 25 billion for testing. Thisis very positive in that it recognizes the need for testing. If you do not test you cannot possibly know the size of the challenge. We feel we had to inject the cash back into the economy to keep the workers at their jobs and we needed those dollars to apply the maximum pressure. Before the funding bill becomes law there is already talk of a 4th coronavirus package. For anyone thinks this is the last train out of the station that is not even close to the case. Democrats say it will prioritize state and local governments and frontline workers including healthcare providers, police, fire, and ems. Meanwhile, Trump Administration is acting because big businesses to return cares act money meant for Small Businesses with 500 or fewer employees. It comes as at least 90 for publicly traded companies received cares act money including some with market values over 100 million. They have a very short timetable to give it back. If they dont act i know we will. Members of the house may be wearing ppe during thursday session to the attending physician will provide Face Covering and gloves and sent out an advisory encouraging social taking a look at wall street. Stocks were up 2 or more today on the prospect of more stimulus money as well as the news that coronavirus cases are leveling, and some economies are beginning to reopen the the dow was a 456 points. The nasdaq rose 232 points, and the s p 500 was up 62 points. The city of oakland is teaming up with a nonprofit to provide emergency grants to 90 low income Small Businesses to help them get through the coronavirus pandemic. That money comes from private donations to the Oakland Covid 19 relief fund. More than 900 businesses applied to the nonprofit working solutions for the 90 grants that are available. The Organization Says additional funds are needed to help more low income Small Business owners. We posted anything to the working solutions website. If you would like to donate to the Oakland Covid19 relief fund you can go to our website and you will find a link there on the web links. We reported for events across the country and right here in the bay area are working to meet the Unprecedented Demand with a Record Number of people not out of work due to the pandemic. We are now joining with many Bay Area Food Bank to try to help those who do not have enough food right now and joining us now to talk more about the ongoing effort is the 2nd harvest silicon valley. Thank you for being here. I want you to 1st tell me what demand was like before covid19 and what you are seeing now. I would like to share with your viewers that the demand has skyrocketed. Last month we served about 278,000 people, and now we are seeing this month expect to serve 380,000. We have seen a 40 increase in need. That kind of rampup is nothing short of an oracle. That is a significant increase. We are actually only able to meet the need right now because of our dedicated staff and support of partners and the California National guard. We have had them on say over a month now helping us box food. We expect the need to grow in the coming months or perhaps even for the next year. Are you having to find new ways to help everyone who needs it . Absolutely. Before the crisis we had distributions that you could walk up to and choose what foods you needed, and now we are preboxing nearly everything. About three quarters of what we are distributing is preboxed. We have many drafters now where we did not have many before. Its completely different. Talk a little bit about the greatest need right now for you and to continue the mission. It to remember we are seeing a tin we need donations now. We have stopped receiving food donations at our warehouses, and in the community because that processing actually takes longer. We are able to right now source delicious and healthy food from Food Producers across the u. S. , but the food supply is a little tilted. Some things we are usually able to get easy we are not able to and you are seeing that in the Grocery Stores and we have seen that at the food bank. Our biggest need right now is food bank so we can purchase the food. You can do that online and then in the coming months its going to take a toll on families in our community. We really need the support of viewers to call their elected representatives and advocate for snap fits into extended benefits for families that will support them as they get back on their feet. Yeah. If you are able to please think of your neighbors right. We appreciate you coming on. We hear are obviously very proud to be joining this effort to get ally need. Especially right. To learn more about how you can make a donation for any amount we will do 5 or 50 to ensure there is food available for those who need it most. Just go to our website, ktvu. Com food bank. Safeway is increasing the amount of money they are donating to Community Hunger relief programs in response to the covid19 pandemic. Safeway and their Parent Company announced today an additional 50 million commitment for hunger relief in communities in 34 different states including california. That commitment increases the companys donation to 66 million. Safeway says the new nation will aid food banks, children, and seniors. Coming up. The San FranciscoUnified School District is working to improve their distancelearning plan. How they are using a Television Show to bring the students to lessons they need. Bay Area Temperatures warmed up a little bit today and the warming trend will continue. We will take a look at the numbers and update your forecast. Coming up. When your vneck looks more like a uneck. Thats when you know, its halfwashed. Downy helps prevent stretching by conditioning fibers, so clothes look newer, longer. Downy and its done. Around here, nobody ever does it. I didnt do it. So when i heard they added ultra oxi to the cleaning power of tide, it was just what we needed. Dad . I didnt do it. 1 stain and odor fighter, 1 trusted. Its got to be tide. The head of pg nd the ceo announced he will retire at the end of june. They say his departure will happen after a bankruptcy court. He took over last may as the company filed for an cropsey protection because of billions of dollars in claims from wildfires started by the equipment. They have named bill smith as interim ceo. He was the president of at t technology services. Bay area whether it looks like a bit of a warming trend. We had temperatures eventually on track to reach the upper 80s well inland. Outside right now lots of sunshine across most areas except coast side. Some patchy fog making a comeback. As we take a look at the graphics fortnite the weather headlines partly cloudy skies and coastal fog. For thursday and friday its an easy forecast. Mostly sunny and warmer and then the weekend warming up a little bit. A your forecast, but it will still be warm. Especially if you work your way inland. Showing you the overall temperature trend to be started to warm up a little bit yesterday. A little warmer today. We will continue with that track tomorrow into friday. Friday should be the warmest day of the week. Right now we have patchy fog developing co. Said. Is going to be around 1st thing tomorrow morning and then look at this. Clouds vanish into thursday afternoon. Temperatures in the 60s all the way to the 70s and the 80s. This area of High Pressure is building and. Overhead. Strengthening, so this will be the source of the warmup through thursday and friday. Has become in closer its dry here, but if you go north they have about a 5 hour drive. They actually have some rain showers up there with lots of cloud cover in place. Is becoming closer on the bay area satellite we do actually have some patchy fog. Not showing up. There it is. Closer to pacifica and portions of San Francisco towards golden gate park. With that pattern it will have an impact on temperatures. Some lower 80s out toward concord and brentwood. Here is a live picture showing you clear skies up above, but that fog bank. Here is the plan tomorrow. Starting out with a gray near the coast and portions of the bay and and into the afternoon hours more sunshine. Definitely noticing the warmup tomorrow. Friday will have mostly sunny skies. Friday will be the warmest day of the week. Take a look at the numbers tomorrow. Still pretty warm. Downtown, 72. The coast in the 60s, and we are starting to have a few more 80s out here on the map. Down in the south bay san jose is 80. Gilroy with a forecasted high of 83 degrees. Into the weekend we are just really looking for changes. It will be a little bit cooler, but it will still be warm. 60s near the coast. 70s around the bay. What you cannot see. No rain clouds. Our dry weather pattern will continue into next week. Is here to stay and you will definitely notice the warmup tomorrow into friday. Today marked 16 years since nfl player termed Army Ranger Pat Tillman was killed in afghanistan. He was a san jose native. He was 27 years old when he was killed by friendly fire. He joined the army after the september 11 attacks. Utah learned he turned down a contract with the Arizona Cardinals to do so. He became one of the us militarys most high profile servicemembers. Following his death in 2004 the army posthumously awarded him the purple heart and silverstar metals. Ry said they launched a satellite using an advanced rocket. Greg tells us a new warning from President Trump is also adding to the tension. Tension with iran escalating with a launch of what they claim is is the 1st ever military satellite. Accessing and using space is not a choice. Its a necessity. American intelligence officials told fox news they have not detected any new satellites orbiting earth. Indicating the launch was most likely a failure, but the pentagon says even though iran was not able to the satellite into orbit the sophisticatheir missile program. It went a very long way, which means it is ththeir neigh our allies. We want to make sure they can never threaten the United States be hours after the lunch President Trump issued a new warning to the iranian navy. Tweeting i have instructed the United States navy to shoot down and destroy any and all iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea. Its unclear if the tree constitutes a Standing Order in the region, the pentagon says iran is to blame for the uptick in tensions. He is emphasizing and warning to them about the challenges of what they re create. I think it was a very useful thing he put out and its important thing for other people to understand the expected his lunch comes one week after iranian speedboats had a Close Encounter with American Warships in the gulf. And incident they blame on the u. S. And london, tran07 come today here on the 4. We will take a look at tomorrows nfl draft, and what that is going to look like in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak. Plus of the San FranciscoUnified School District is getting creative to teach while schools are shut down. L results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. Id make sure there were more textbooks in schools. Im a teacher. Ive seen the need, but my girlfriend here likes to say. Dont just talk about it, be about it. And were about the 2020 census. Because when everyone gets counted on the census, it helps inform public funding in our neighborhood for the next ten years dont just talk about it be about it complete the census online, by phone or by mail. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. Gov. A part of the effort to reach all students the San FranciscoUnified School District is partnering with ktvu fox 2 to provide an hour long distancelearning program on air each weekday. During a stop to talk more about the program is the district superintendent. Dr. Matthews, good to have you on the program. Is called San Francisco lows learning. It is airing every weekday at 2 in the afternoon on our sister station, ktvu plus. Specifically for preschoolers up to 2nd graders. Why that age range in particular . We want to make sure we have resources for our youngest students are the older students are able to use devices and get on with their teachers. Wanted Additional Resources for the younger students. We are excited about the opportunity to partner with them did absolutely. The shows will include things like read along as and singing and dancing and mindfulness exercises as well. All of this really important at a time like this. What are the each episode inc an opening and then we have a daily lesson. We have a weevils and dance. We know our youngest students like to move, so we have a lot of movement. There is a read aloud in music. Every monday there is a magic trick with me. We have mindfulness and a closing segment. We know that these lessons and segments feature languages also other than english. We are really excited about a show that we are bringing for the entire area. There are going to be some shows in spanish as well as cantonese i believe. That is absolutely correct. We just realized this provides access to academic and learning for our youngest students. I think folks should tune in for the magic tricks at the very least. As long as i have you here. In an overall sounds how do you feel like the School District is doing being able to reach students at home . Do you have enough kids who are showing up for their online classes . Yeah. Amazingly last week we actually just had a report last night as a Board Meeting where over 39,000 students have tuned in. Last week was phase 3 of their distancelearning and over 30,000 students turned in one way or another in connecting with their teachers. E reaching and that is what we are here for. The access issues. Obviously we have talked a lot about the fact that not every student has access to the internet and not every student has a laptop your katie filling the district is doing addressing those particular issues . We have reached out over the last couple of weeks. We have had thousands of students give them loaned out and we have been making connections through wifi. We know students, but it still has not met all of the needs. There are more students we knew to reach. There are more students who need access to the internet. As a district and entity we have definitely turned a corner and got in these devices in the hands and put wifi into a lot of household that did not have a before. What do you think the future of education looks like here in california . In your mind, is Distance Learning going to continue in some form or fashion evening moving into the fall session do you think . We already had Distance Learning in many forms already in our system. We had students who were learning in an alternative way. Its just increased now. In a big way, but we realize that this is important. Our hope is that we have done what we have needed to do with social distancing to shrink that curve, and we will be able to give back. If not we will do our part to make sure we are reaching students. Our job is to educate and we intend to continue to do that. Is such a challenging time to try to do that, but obviously you guys are doing what you can, and the program sounds like a wonderful idea. Especially to reach those older students. We will remind everyone that the program is called San Francisco lows learning. It airs every weekday at 2 in the afternoon on our sister station, ktvu plus. We appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank you. Glad to be here. The San Francisco flower mark was able to partially reopen today after being forced to shut down due to the shelter in place orders. The city gave them to reopen for distribution starting today, but it will be business as usual. District social distancing policy is in place. The reopening comes just in time for mothers day. It will be open to the public from 6 am until 10 am. Is going to be a unique draft and one that people will remember for sure. The nfl draft is tomorrow. Coming up. Year from local prospects about how they are feeling ahead of the very unique draft day. Everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. The nfl draft will happen tomorrow, and it will all be done remotely. Scott talked with local prospects from both cal and stanford who say despite the changes they are still excited about the possibility of playing in the nfl. The nfl draft. In the midst of a pandemic. It will be exciting, but its going to be a unique draft. One that people will remember for sure. Unique and challenging for all involved. Right now normally i would be working out for teens and flying out for business and stuff like that peers most people did not have a pro day. With zoom and all of the Technology Available now to do interviews and workouts and things like that has really helped. On thursday the process however unusual will realize its payoff, at which point the questions become more traditional and fundamental. When and by will these guys get drafted . The only thing that is different is the money. For me, its just about getting my foot in the door. It has been a dream of mine my whole life. Regardless of where i am selected i will be giving first round talent to that team. Therein lies the beauty of the event. Even without the customary pomp and circumstance it will provide validation for years of hard work by players and coaches. A chance to bask in the moment each in his own way. It is fun for us to be able to watch and enjoy the process for then. There is a lot of pride that comes from our coaches. Its so surreal. To even be in the position where i am thinking about reacting to that. I think if i just stay in the moment and that whatever happens naturally just remember i am grateful for everything i have had thus far then i think it will be a pretty sweet moment. I wish i could prescribe a specific day. To say we can turn off a light switch and go back to normalcy. We have tried to make it Crystal Clear that there is no light switch, and there is no date. Tomorrow marks the end of the 5th week of the statewide stay at home order, and the governors says they still do not have the data to say when the state will be able to reopen the the governor made it clear once again today that testing is going to be the key to lifting some of the stayat home restrictions. Good evening, everyone. The governor said today at his Daily Briefing the state expects to greatly wrapup testing with a new goal of performing 25,000 tests per day by the end of the month. Right now he said california is at about 16,000 per day. They are also opening 86 new testing sites focused on rnor s one change to the stay at home orders right. Hospitals and clinics can start scheduling necessary surgeries again. These are not plastic surgeries or surgeries that are cosmetic. These are important medical procedures. That if not attended to be could become a crisis or ultimately burden the rest of the healthcare system, so that is the 1st significant effort to begin to modify the stay at home order