The water temperatures are realy cold. Santa rosa is 60. The north wind and if that holds, we go to 90s. Most locations are in the upper 80 razment theres northwest and then a 37 in big rock. Thats northwest of 35 at middle peak and then theres a pretty good breeze in place and temperatures up they go. Everyone is above average including San Francisco to 88 in santa rosa. Lets head over to sal now and see if theres anything on our friday. Youre spot on about people going faster. I have seen that, sal. Now that you have mentioned it, i notice it more. Yeah, cannot drive in the fast line because someone will always be tailgating you. Youre right. Be careful out there. I want to show you something here when it comes to the construction work in San Francisco. As you know theyre doing the maize project and turning down the over pass. They have had to close the freeway lanes to do this. The traffic is light. Thats why theyre doing this. This is 101 in San Francisco near the 280 interchange. Were building this interchange that was built some time in the 50s, and obviously they have to close this out. You will be detoured if youre on the 101 in San Francisco. This is the perfect time to do it. They have moved the construction work up. If youre coming up on San Francisco, you will be detoured. Its 6 02. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. With the warm weather in store for the weekend, the governor remining people to continue the safe social distancing. The governor knows that people want to go outside and on hikes and find some water. He warns that the stay at home order is in place. If you go outside and not careful, the numbers of people infected could go up. The governor says if people do not go home excuse me, if people go outside, they need to be careful. Yesterday he announced 115 deaths in just 24 hours across the state. That was the most in any single day. If you go outside, they urge people to continue social distancing. Stay six feet away from anyone else. Dont gather in large groups and wear a face mask. The east bay parks up some signs and reminding people to wear the mace masks. This is carrying one in youre hiking, biking or jogging, and put it on if youre in a situation where youre near other people. Were working in as a warm weekend. The most beautiful weekend. We anticipate this weekend that the park is going to get heavily used. The lake low kateed in Castro Valley is a heavily used park that were monitoring. They will use a helicopter to monitor the areas in the air. They will crack down if they see any group sports or picnicking. They have closed the parking lots to try to discourage people from coming. The walking trails remain open. Reporting live with fox 2 news. For the first time the state has cleared the backlog of test. It reached 60,000 earlier this month. Some people waited almost two weeks for the results of the test that slowed down the treatment. New action and a search for those that may have been a past victim of the coronavirus. The governor ordered all counties to check all records dating back to december for those that died from breathing problems or undetermined causes. They say that the deadly virus can live in blood samples for months or years. Its stable for at least two months. If its store in an 80degree freezer and thats colder and one of the standard freezers that we use in the lab, you can still detect the rna. We store for three years. Medical examiners have already start today check their past death records. Now, this review comes as we get the new details of a woman from san jose believed to be the first in the country to die from the coronavirus. Medical Authorities Say that patricia was 57 years old when she died on february 6th. 12 days earlier than the previously reported first daily case in the u. S. She was known as trish to her coworkers at lam research. Thats a trish was warm and engaging, friendly, a great teammate both at lam and, you know, after work. She was just one of those people that you liked to be around. She became sick in late january and had flulike symptoms according to her family. She died a short time later while working from home. Its now 606 in San Francisco. City leader want answers after pour people died at a living facility. They died at Central Gardens hospital on ellis street. The same hospital where 67 people have tested positive. Supervisor preston is demanding more information. We have been pounding on the virtual actual door of the department of Public Health to get more information. I have been frustrated with not getting more. Theres a deadly outbreak and three patients have died at the health care center. They say that 36 residence have tested positive. Administrators say that the Health Care Centers are isolated and those infected residence have been treated. The house passed a 500 William Dollar measure yesterday. The vote took longer than normal because the members voted in eight groups to keep the social distancing. Well, therowing number of people filing for the jobless claims in california is creating a large backlog of cases. We have heard from a lot of people here at ktvu. Many complaints on those that are frustrated and complaints from the delay s and getting their money to the in ability of reaching anyone at the Employment Development department which processes the jobless claims. Now, the agency moved ability 1,300 workers to answer the phone calls and deal with the surge in the cases and applicants say its still not enough. When i call edd i use three phones to call them backtoback to back. Backtoback to back. I feel like im calling the Radio Station to win tickets. I have been doing this for months. Labor groups say to stay persistent and document everything. Well, californias unemployment numbers are expected to jump higher when the gig workers and those that are selfemployed can start to apply for the benefits. Now, that starts on tuesday. Now, 3. 2 million applied for the unemployment in the past five weeks. Thats 17 of the states labor force. In comparison, only 5 filed back in february. All right. The time is 6 09. Happening today, you will have to wear a face coverings at essential businesses starting this morning. City leader voted this week on the requirement to protect the workers and the public from the coronavirus. It comes as six combo area counties made it mandatory earlier this week. Right now the guiden strongly urges the facial covers in public, but they do not require them. Thats a big challenge for everybody. You do see its going to be pretty nice out. Maintain the social distancing as we get the chance to head outside. Lets go to steve for the forecast. Well, a lot of sunshine. Temperatures are warming up today. This is the warmest day for many which usually theres an outline or two. A little bit of fog. Something to watch coming down the coast. We will keep an eye on that. I think tomorrow theres a bigger impact and then for sure on sunday we will get a cool down there. Warmer for most today on the friday forecast. The coast and bay is going to bump up again today. Five to 20 degrees above normal. If a north wind holds, theres some and thats 20 above the cities. 72 and 54. The average is 64 and 50. Above on both. 8 5 is the record high and then 40 in 2009. See, not all of the highs were that long ago. Some locations are running cooler. In fact, most are accept santa rosa and nevada and thats plus eight and plus five compared to this time yesterday. Santa rosa is 60. Berkley is also 60. Other locations in upper 40s. We have the north wind and the winds are 62 yet 46 in hillsborough and going to the park. 57 to 53 in santa selma. Theres the wild springs here fog is itching and raring to go. I think that tomorrow were getting a kick in the back side to get it going. Today is the warmest day for many. The High Pressure is kicking in. Clear pressure today. Thats 18 degrees above average. We have 70s for many and upper 708s and then a lot of low and midupper 80s. Thats possible and a few near 90 degrees. The fog is coming back down, and then we cool it back down in to sunday. Were turning around and warming back up again, guys. Okay. Steve. The time is 6 12. Many workers delaying the retirement plans because of the pandemic. The growing concerns now that many 401k and other retirement plans have started to shrink. More people are starting their own gardens during the pandemics. Tell you the top food items that people plan to grow at home. Happening today in georgia some nonessential businesses are opened again for the first time in three weeks. The georgia governor is allowing the gyms, hair salons and bowling alleys to reopen. On monday, theaters and restaurants and dine in customers are opened again. Now, they have to follow the social distancing guidelines. President trump announcing that georgia is opening too soon and disagrees with the governor on this. Well, auto racing moved a step closer to getting back on track in north carolina. The governor roy cooper has deemed nascar shops as essential businesses in north carolina. Nascar cruises can go back to working on race cars as soon as they practice the rules. North carolina governor is looking at an idea to allow a nascar race next month in charlotte but without fans. In downtown los angeles, there was a drivethru protest for the people by those that won californias stay at home order to be lifted. This is ridiculous. This is a month of pressure release. Free us. Theres too in restrictions. Everybody wants to go back to work and pay the way and not have the handouts. Now, they crave around the Los Angeles City hall honking the horns and waiving the signs. A resent poll showed 95 of people that live in los angeles do support the stay at home order. A woman in san diego could face charges for organizing this protest against californias stay at home order. Thats 27yearold naomi. She organized a rally on saturday with hundreds of people. Now, she is facing a possible misdemeanor charge and arrest that could mean 90 days in jail and a 1,000 fine. The San Diego PoliceDepartment Says that she put everybody at risk by organizing the protest. A federal judge has blocked a California Law requiring background checks to buy ammunition. Now, the judge ruled that the restrikes violate the right to bare arms and say that the law is intended to keep it from the criminals, it blocked the sales to the abiding buyers. The rule abolishes them for the background and state officials have not said if they plan to appeal. The governor is being sued for providing the Financial Assistance to the unemployed documents. The center for the american liberty filed a petition to block it. It would provide 500 each to the documents due to the coronavirus. Last week the governor announced that 125 million in aide would be provided to undocumented workers. The law claim that is the program violates the state and federal law because the workers are not eligible for unemployment benefits. The commercial done gone of crab season is closing early on may 15th. Six weeks earlier than scheduled. The county line is closing early on may 15th as i said. This is an effort to protect the migrating whales and sea turtles from getting tangled up in the fishing gear. The commercial crab fisherman are against the order. They say theres no confirmed interactions between their gear and any whales during the current crab season. Many groceries are starting to sell different types of meat and looking for new suppliers as the pandemic is hurting the production. The employee outbreaks have closed a dozen of the u. S. Meat packing plants this month and including three plants just this week. According to the wall street journal, the grocery executives at walmart and other stores worry that they start to run out of product just as the demand is really surging. And many people in the bay area have been order today stay at home and now spending a lot of time in the garden. Local nurseries are reporting a spike in the customers that are growing their own vegetable gardens. Tomatoes are the most poplar item among the new home guarders. There are several advantages to growing your own food and reducing the number of trips that you have to make to the supermarket. Thats a nice benefit. Nothing like a vine tomato from your own plant. Its amazing. I think its a little early. Steve i think knows more about this. I typically plant them more in may and theyre coming up. Yeah, i have done that. Thats behind it. Yay, when you get the heat, they love that. Mine are already up. Unless you want to buy them and sometimes you buy them and theyre up there. You can have a head start. All right. The system is to the north and some fog is coming down to the coast. Thats going play in to the weather and more likely tomorrow than today. Something that i will keep an eye on. A lot of sun today and this is the warmest. The fog is returning and then cooler. The next week its looking warmer and then going to tuesday. Much cooler by the end of the week as we say goodbye to april and may. The fist part is looking cool if the models are correct. They seem to be on that. Its clear and then 54 degrees and then a puff. Most locations are running cooler and then the napa airport and then nevada and santa rosa and then a north wind and plus 7 and 8. 55 and 60 there. You have 45 there and then 55 in oakland and then 52 to the Half Moon Bay and then 10 degrees more. Low 60s there and pittsburgh. We have clayton at 50 and then kensington at 58 degrows. If you get its held up. Theres the northwest going to 13 and up in to the hillses its rocking and rolling there. From the mountain and then going to 32 and 37mile an hour gust. These are really cool and then going to 51 and then 52 in the point and then the fog is raring to go it needs a little bit of help to get it. Tomorrow is the High Pressure and thats backing off abit. 53 in mono rah ray. Everything is coming out. Temperatures today and a little bit of fog there. Theyre well above arch and then 18 degrees above average for santa rosa and 70s and 80s for the temperatures. Look for the cooler part earn in to the weekend and warmer next week. Okay. Thank you, steve. 6 21 is the time. New testing sites are opening up across the bay area. What is being down in Alameda County to make sure that everybody that has to symptoms can be tested. If you have a song that cow want to hear, send it to me and use the hashtag on facebook, twitter or instagram. Back to you, pam. Thank you, sal. Started in your own neighborhood. Yesterday two Healthy People were injected with the experimental shot. The first of 800 volunteers recruit in the Oxford University study. Half will erie receive the real vaccine. The other half will be yeah, we. We have to get the data from the humans. We use the technology to make the vaccines. We have done a number of the studies using the animals. It will last a year. The timeline depends on how many cases occur in the uk in the months ahead if the slow spreads and theres a spill pull of the patients. It could be a while before they have the answer. Now, here are the latest number of the cases of coronavirus world wide. John hopkins reported that 191,000 people have died from coronavirus, and three quarters of a Million People have recovered. Now, the United Nations secretary says that its a human rights crisis. He released a video showing that theres discrimination in publy delivery to combat it and theres structure in equalities that impede the access. In the past week the number of cases in africa jumped 43 . That increase highlights a warning from the World Health Organization that the content of 1. 3 billion people could be the next epicenter of the outbreak. They say that the factors like the lack of finances and communication breakdowns mean that theyre under reported. President trump is signing a stem lues bill today. How much money is being set aside for the Small Businesses and hospitals. Buying and selling a home has completely changed during the pandemic. How the agents are adapting to the tight restrictions. We will have the Business News coming up in todays dollars and cents. Looks like a pretty start to the day and end of the week on wall street. Thanks for joining us. I am pack cook. Thank you. No shortage of things to talk about today. I am dave clark and steve right there there has the forecast for friday for pam, me, sal, all of us. Yeah, i do. Pamela zoomed up 18. I hope you bout up on that. Yeah, about a month ago. Its up 50 points or so. Yeah, lets get to it. We have a little bit of fog. Its going down to the coast. It wont amount to much as we go the weekend. Temperatures today are warmer for most. Now, yesterday we had a lot of low cloud deck over livermore and san jose. It took a while to burn off. Thats 5 to 20 degrees above normal. There we go. We have a clear sfo. Livermore is 516789 look for the temperatures today and then the north wind. Thats going to start to warm up here. That could get to 90 for a few here overall. The temperatures today will top out and then start a cooling trend in to the weekend. A lot of temperatures above average today. All right. Over to sal. 10 1 in the cities in the construction there, sal. Yeah, we do have the construction there. There maybe some detourings as you get in to the city and passing candle stick and getting in. If youre drive to go the peninsula, checking the traffic is okay. Heading out to the highrise, theres not a lot of traffic. Thats why a lot of the Construction Projects are going on. Caltran assumes that its easier to do the projects as theres fewer people on the road. 6632. Lets go back to dave. President trump expected to sign the package passed by Congress Last night. This time congressional leader say that the money from the bill will go to the Small Businesses that really need it the most. Good morning, ali. Good morning, dave. Yes, a majority of that relief bill is supposed to go to Small Businesses and nonprofits. Its expected to be signed later on today by President Trump in a white house signing ceremony. Once it is, then the goal is to start directing that money to Small Businesses struggling around the country. 26 Million People have filed for unemployment since covid19 stay at home orders went in to affect more than a month ago. The first round of the money passed by the Congress Last month intended for the Small Business ended up being scooped up by the larger charge s charges. It was not intended for ruth chris and shake shack to be applying. We want the nonprofits to benefit. We put the reforms in place to make sewer that the money flows faster. In this latest release bill of 484 billion, here is where it goes. 310 billion will be directed to the Paycheck Protection Program provior givable loans and grants for Small Businesses. Small businesses being those that have fewer than 500 dollarses and nonprofit. Theres 75 billion for the Health Care System and 25 billion for more coronavirus testing. Now, theres a debate on where the next round of the stimulus money should go. They say that the states and municipalities are struggling with these shut down orders in place. Even the states like ours in california that had huge financial reserves before all of this happened are expecting and anticipating severe financial repercussions from all of this. Congressional democrats and including House Speaker nancy pelosi said theres help for the State Government and local governments. However, the republicans and including the Senate Majority leader says that the states and local government should pursue the bankruptcy instead. Reporting live with ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you, ali. After the widespread criticism ruth chris steakhouse is returning that 20 million to the paycheck protection loan program. The chain is one of several Big Companies that took money leaving many smaller Business Owner empty handed. The loans are supposed to be cover the payroll and expenses. The program ran out of money last week. Several companies have also returned those loans. More than 26 million americans have now filed for unemployment in the past five weeks. Some people are turning to temporary jobs to get by. One distilling company in texas transformed the offices in to a hand sanitizing. I cant say how grateful we are for the opportunity and to have something. We were the first affected and probably going to be one of the last industry that is can open back up. Photographers have started their own movement. Theyre snapping pictures of corn tarned families. The time is 6 35. A top expert in the Infectious Diseases say that the bay areas early shelter in place orders may have saved thousands of lives. Dr. George told the chronicle that in the early days of the outbreak, bold action like San Franciscos declaration of an emergency in late february probably saved as many as 44,000 lives. Now, the latest numbers from John Hopkins University shows that the bay area had 243 virus deaths so far and more than 7,000 confirmed cases. California has more than 39,000 report ported cases and more than 1,500. Making covid19 Testing Available to anyone that works and living in Alameda County. Its for those with symptoms of covid19 or anyone thats been expose today the virus. Priority appointments will be given to Health Care Workers and people at the highest risk. If you want to be tested, you first have to register. We have put a link to the registration on the website ktvu. Com. Look under the web link sections. St. The city of San Francisco plans to expand to workers that have symptoms. A testing site is set up at piers 30 and 32. Theres more than two dozen Testing Centers operated by the ucsf and other health care organizations. The city of San Francisco reports 12,000 people have already been tested, and of those 12 have tested positive. Its 6 37. Supervisors have relaxed some of the lockdown rules for realestate. House hunting can now resume, but with several restrictions still in place. Open houses are banned. Only one agent and a maximum of two possible buyers are allowed in the appointment only home tours. Dmroechs and mass s are required if that house is occupied. This comes during a tense time for people that are looking for a new home. Either they have been laid off or furloughed or they fear thats the case. Thats just good common sense for them. I do want to give it more time to see, you know, what will happen with the economy. Will it will the rates continue to drop . Will this be my lucky break . As of yesterday the select businesses can reopen. That includes the golf courses and the pet grooming services can resume and then the highlands springs shooting ranges. Realestate transactions allowed to take place and people can resume the outdoor activities. Now, thats fishing from the shore lake and kayaking is allowed and no sailboats. Thats in order to maintain the physical separation. County officials are still encouraging those that practice social distancing and wear the masks when youre outside. The forecast of the warm weather is attracting more people back outside, but of course the governor urging people to maintain the social distancing. Its still required and still beering yesterday, the governor acknowledge that had this weekends rising temperatures will likely have many trying to get out and enjoy the sunshine. He also said local leader are warning of the problems that it could bring. I dont think that anyone wants to hear that. I dont want to share that. Were encouraging people to come to the parks and enjoy and do it safely. Restrictions vary county to county. The Park District say that theyre using a helicopter to monitor the facilities and looking for people playing group sports. If they do spot any of that advised activity, they could take the measures like limiting access to certain parts. Its 6 40 right now, and that brings us to steve with the nice forecast. I know that youre staying in touch with those in wine country. I believe that youre doing an interview today. Some of them are opening back up for appointments, i believe. Social distancing. Yeah, a lot of virtual actual tasting. Were talking to some about that and restaurants on what theyre doing. Good. I think its 9 22 or Something Like that. We do have a little bit of fog coming down to the coast. Other than that, were good to go. The temperatures are on the way up today. 72 and 54 for the city. Record high is 40 not that long ago. We have the record low for San Francisco. Were looking for a little i think except for a few high clouds. Were going to napa airport. Theres some big spreads here on a lot of the temperatures. Its all driven if you have the breeze or not. 47 in the wood side and then 62 in the hills. 49 in sang that tayo. One observation is that its 57. That will do it. A little south wind at fairfield and that mean that is theyre running cooler than 24 hours ago. The north wind is krarnged up in the hills. 32 miles an hour to some of the higher peak in the county. Cold water temperatures out there. The fog is playing in the forecast, but more over the weekend than today. You can see everything and thats off the coast. It needs help. It will get it starting tomorrow. The average highs, well, 64 to 72. Not today. Its possible that someone hits 90 degrees today. Overall you guys are looking for a lot of sunshine and then cooler over the weekend. Steve, thank you. Time is 6 42. Many College Students trying to figure out the future now that many summer intern programs are cancelled. What the companies are saying about the future of internship programs. And the 49ers and raiders both had two first round picks in last nights nfl draft. We will look at the four players drafted by the two teams. Ahead for you at 7 00. A bart director accusing the bart leadership of not being prepared for the coronavirus. The concerns about future funding for bart. Welcome back. Waiting until september to fully reopen the offices in San Francisco. Employees of slack will continue to work from home. Slack says keeping the offices closed will protect the workers. It will have fewer disruptions for the customers and it will offer more flexibility in case theres a second wave of the coronavirus. Many College Students looking for an internship this summer maybe out of luck. A study today in wall street journal found that 16 of the u. S. Companies question plans to drop internship programs to summer. An extra 23 are strongly considering suspending the program. Many Company Executives say that they just cant hire College Interns while deal being the economic crisis. A new survey shows some americans believe that they will have to delay the retirement because of the Economic Impact of the coronavirus. The survey by money rate found that 36 of the americans within 20 years of retirement say that think will most likely have to wait because of a drop in the income and retirement account values. 37 of the americans between the agesover 45 and 6 had say they do not know what the investments are doing in this environment. Well, Online Shopping is certainly become more poplar during the shelter in place orders as the social distancing guidelines continue. The Online Shopping sales are up 30 in the outbreak compare today this time last year. That means that shipments to the front door. Uber the business with uber direct. Theyre going deliver the retail items, and uber connect will allow you to send items to family and friends. People that will no longer be charged the ten cents for the Grocery Store bags. The governor sign that had order yesterday suspending the california single use bag fee for 60 days. San francisco and several other cities already dropped the 0. 10 charge. Most have stopped allowing customers to bring in the bags for hygiene issues. The 49ers were wheeling and dealing during the first round of the fnfl draft. Nfl draft. He packs a punch. The 49ers traded down from pick 13 to pick 14 and selected the firstteam all american from the university of South Carolina that was one of the top ranked defensive line men in the draft. He will replace buckner that was trade today the colts during the offseason. Then the 49ers traded up to numbers 25 with the vikings and drafted wide receiver brandon from arizona state. He was one of the six Wide Receivers selected on day one of the nfl draft. He was born sacramento and grew up in row reno as a fan. He is filling in the void after sanders sign with the new orleans saints. The raiders were the first to pick a wide receiver. With the 12th overall pick they picked henry from alabama known for speed. In fact, he had the fastest 40yard dash at the combine. Joining a fellow alabama and first round pick running back josh jacobs. At 19 overall the Las Vegas Raiders picked damon that came back trying to improve the draft stock. I think this it paid off. He was the second ohio state corner pack picked off the board. The raiders acquired this pick from the shag schilling bears. All right. Its 6 49. We want to check in with steve on this friday morning. Its going to be very nice. As long as we maintain the social distancing and leave from your home, do not drive someone to hick hike. Its going to be nice for us. Yeah, there are many projects around the house that you have put off. Now is the great time. Yeah, were certainly doing that at our home. Yeah, same here. Its nice today and temperatures are the warmest day of the week for many as the High Pressure continues to kick in here. This is where it peaks out. The system is coming in over the weekend and suppress it a little bit. Thats going to allow the fog to come in. Theres some moving down the coast, and its not making an impact except off the coast. Five to 20 degrees above normal on the higher temperatures today. First part of may is looking cooler. The roller coaster ride here and santa rosa and nevada are a plus eight and 23450i7b compare today this time yesterday compare today the north wind. Other locations are running two to five degrees cooler. Redwood city is 51. Saratoga and campbell in there and gilroy. 59 socal. 46 boulder creek. If youre in the Higher Elevations and then northwest is 35 and middle peak also in the Oakland Hills is a northwest brits. The water temperatures oh boy. Put your toe in there. Thats cold. 51 and 52. The San Francisco buoy. The fog needs help, and its going to get it from the system over the weekend. You can see the gray coming down the coast. Still, its not going to matter except in the bay. Tomorrow the temperatures are way above average. 70s and 80s and a few possible. The holds could get to 90 degrees and then the warmest day is today. The fog is back over the weekend for a cool down and then start to warm it up again early next week. Thank you, steve. Time is 7 51. Relief if you have business to take care of at the dmv. How the state is giving a break for the license renewal and car registration. A unusual study on the affects of smoking and covid19. How they think nicotine may slow down the spread of the virus. The sacred muslim holiday o. Its going to continue for the next month. The adjustments being made because of the shelter at home orders. 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. 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 puget sound, peopbeen 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. Dancing in the streets, just not with other people. I like the request from the year 1964. My goodness. Long time ago. Love it. Thank you for that request. I love it too. If you have a request you want to hear, the best way to do it is use social media. Use facebook, twitter and instagram with ktvu to send us your requests. Sal, on a scale of one to ten, youre a twelve. Thank you. The sacred muslim holiday of ramadan started last night at sundown but this year the holy month is being observed differently with the stayat home orders. The Northern CaliforniaIslamic Council says religious leaders are moving traditional prayers online instead of in mosques and community centers. Ramadan involves prayer, fasting and community togetherness. Right now thats a health risk. Its a diminishment, but we have to look at preserving life ahead of the possible challenge of not being together during this month. We are going to be doing zoom dinner parties. So just bring in the food right from the computer, and well have the dinner parties that way. The chairman of the Islamic Council says all activities will stay online unless shelter inplace orders are lifted before ramadan ends may 23rd. One east bay couple who qualified for the governments stimulus check is giving it away to people who really need it. Teacher tom hardin and his wife just received 2,400 in economic stimulus money from the government, but after seeing news reports of people in their cars and long lines to get free food, they decided to donate that money to several nonprofits. This specific money was to help ease people who were hurting. And we are not hurting. Even if you donate 10, 20, 30, its going to help a lot of people. The nonprofit told the couple that donation would provide 19,000 meals to families in need. Hospitals across the country are helping their employees by giving them a place where they can shop for hard to find items. In henderson, nevada, st. Rose Dominican Hospital realized its essential workers had a hard time finding essential goods, so they transformed the cafeteria into a Grocery Store supplies at wholesale prices. Ever since they opened this up, ive been doing like every day i pass by and see what you can bring home. They will come in, see something they cant get at a local Grocery Store, whether that be a cleaning product, and they will grab that and head home after a long day of work then come back and take care of our family members that are here in the hospital. Richard wood saw to that program and shared the idea with other hospitals. Now hospitals in 28 states have similar programs. A Brewing Company in livermore is setting up a popup food bank to support restaurant workers. Eight bridges Brewing Company created eight bridges helps. The food bank and tap room will be open to Restaurant Industry workers from noon to 6 00 p. M. Today, and every monday, wednesday, friday and saturday until they run out of supplies. Workers just have to show a pay stub from their employer in order to qualify. Happening today, a local mcdonalds owner wants to put a smile and a meal out for kids during lunchtime. Michael smith will be offering free Chicken Nugget happy meals between noon and 1 00 p. M. At his five mcdonalds restaurants. The participating restaurants in oakland are on san pablo near 66th, telegraph and 45th, jackson and 14th, market and 7th, and alameda avenue near i 880. The richmond restaurant on 23rd is also on that list. Also today, the city of south San Francisco is partnering with Second Harvest and Hope Ministries to provide food to shows who need it. They are holding a drive through Food Distribution at the Mills Montessori School on hillside boulevard between 10 00 a. M. And noon. More than 750 boxes of food will be passed out at todays event. More concerns about the health and safety of those in local Nursing Homes as more deaths are reported. Nearly half a trillion dollars in aid money is heading Small Businesses. And warm weather this weekend will mean more people want to get out and enjoy that observe social distancing, even when you go outside. Its friday, april 24th. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning, im dave clark. It is friday, april 24th. Its always good to see you. Wonderful that we have made it