Wonderful that we have made it to friday, dave. And global fund, including yes, we have. Developing tests and speeding and Steve Paulson has a great up vaccines against the coronavirus. Uc berkeley wants more forecast, which i think youll Public Comment on Building Student and low Income Housing like. Wait a tton. At peoples park. The new renderings were well, i can try to forecast it. Released, including the 16 Story Building that would be the tallest in the theres steve. Neighborhood. Activists have long wanted the no . All right. How about now . Steve will figure it out. Space to remain a sanctuary. The university hopes to begin got me now . Construction in late 2021 and youre there. There you are. There i am, okay. Up and over she goes. Thats what we are looking at open the building in 2024. Back to steve we go. Here with temperatures warming the blue skies are out there. Pretty rapidly under clear skies. Steve, how warm is it going to 60 already in santa rosa, 56 oakland, 50 in livermore. Mostly clear with a few high get later today . Clouds coming by, 51 in golden before we get to that, gate park and 54 in the city. North wind at santa rosa, and something that could be setting weather history. This is the eastern pacific, an area of disturbance which has an 80 chance to form a that is keeping them warmer there. Theres a little fog near the coast but it will be a bigger factor tomorrow, not today. Temperatures will all be well above average today. This is a man who loves tropical system and it would be broadcasting with all the the earliest on record. The earliest was may 10th, technology from home, sal 2017. Castaneda. Thank you, steve. This would be way in front of i love it. The record. Yes, this working from home well keep an eye on that to see if it makes it to tropical thing has been great. All right. Im not going to pretend. Status, probably over the weekend. I do want things to get back to that would be really early for normal, even if that includes a the eastern pacific. Fridays forecast, warmer for little slow traffic at this point. This is a look at the san mateo most. The coast and bay will be bridge. Theres not a lot of slow warmer, 5 to 20 degrees above traffic there. Northbound 101 near 280, they have closures there. Normal. Santarosa 66, brentwood already 72. Theres an easy alternate, 280 50s for some and 60s for or city streets. Others, running a little cool dont drive on northbound 101. For some locations. The slowdown begins at the old candlestick exit. Again, use a different route if sanmateo already 60 degrees and you can. Lets go back to the headlines. As Steve Paulson has been that northnorthwest wind, 36 reporting, it will be a warm, sunshiny weekend. At middle peak and 31 at mt. No doubt that will mean more people want to get outside. Elissa harrington is here to report how the social diablo. Sanfrancisco 52 and there is distancing rules are still in place and there are in fog. Its along parts of the coast officials warning about peoples activity and behavior and putting on the brakes around the sonoma coast. This coming weekend. Reporter thats right. For today, sunny for all, upper Governor Newsom at a press conference yesterday said, stay home if you can. 70s to near 90 for some inland. Hey, if you want to go outside, thats understandable. Do it safely. I the this is what people need to best chance if if that holds. Know this weekend wear a mask in places that require face well start to warm it up again coverings. That means even if youre jogging or riding a bike, you have to at least have a mask starting next week. With you and put it on if you thank you. End up within six feet of coming up, even though social distancing has become the new someone else. The governor says people should only go to parks that are open, norm, finding new ways to reach and follow the rules and out to wine lovers. How you can bring the napa wine continue to practice social distancing. People are prone to want to go to the beaches, parks, tasting experience right into playgrounds and go on a hike. Your home. And the season financial of i anticipate there will be a prodigal son is coming up and significant increase in volume. Well have a sneak peek from i also think if there is, and one of the big actors in the show. Wow if people arent practicing physical distancing, ill be announcing in a week or so these numbers going back up. I dont think anybody wants to im original. One of a kind. Hear that. I dont want to share that you feel me . Information. Thats really less up to me and more up to all of you. Love ya. Oop you look cute. Better than you reporter despite the stay wherever drama pops off pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy athome orders, youre still allowed to go outside and get popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Fresh air, but it depends what part of the bay area you live in. In san mateo county, people are mark restricted from driving more than five miles from your own home for recreation. In Alameda County there are no restrictions like that but social and physical distancing will be strictly enforced. The east Bay Regional Park District has a 74person team that will be using a helicopter this weekend to monitor those parks. They expect people may want to come out and they say they will be looking for anybody picnicking, groups playing sports. They will enforce those rules. They also want to remind people that most of their parking lots are closed but walking trails remain open. Im elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. Statewide a half Million People have now been tested for the coronavirus, and for the first time, a backlog of testing that was once as high as 60,000 earlier this month has now been cleared. Some people waited almost two weeks for test results, which step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find ro slowed down treatment. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, Governor Newsom is taking a new step in a search for a our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick possible group of past victims of the coronavirus here in california. Hes ordered all counties so that the hospitals can cope. Across the state to review were gonna go through an awful lot of these. Their death records dating back to december. The counties will be checking all across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. For deaths with respiratory or undetermined causes. Experts point out the deadly coronavirus can remain in blood samples for months, even years. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Rna viruses that are normally stable in a regular freezer for at least two just know were all with you. Months, if its stored in a thank you, thank you so much. Minus 80degree freezer, one of the standard ones that we use thank you doctors nurses. In the lab, it can be stored for three years and you can still detect it. Medical examiners in contra costa and marin county say they have already started the is so irresistible, process of checking their past youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, death records. This comes as we find out or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. New details about 57yearold Patricia Dowd of san josc believed to be the first person in the nation to die of the virus. She died february 6th, 12 days earlier than the previously reported first death in the country. She was working at lamb research, a Semiconductor Firm in the south bay. The finale of the show trish was warm, engaging, prodigal son will air monday night right here on ktvu. Friendly. She was a great teammate, both at lam and even after work. The crime thriller shows halston sage play a tv she was one of the people you journalist whose father is a liked to be around. She became sick in late serial killer. Thank you for joining us. January with a flulike one of the reasons im watching the show is because it includes symptoms and died a short time later while working from home. A tv reporter character. City leaders in san im a reporter and want to ask you if you have learned francisco want answers after four people died at an assisted living facility of the anything about being a tv coronavirus. The city supervisor confirmed reporter while playing this they were patients at central role. Ive watched a lot of you garden convalescent hospital on guys this past year. Ive been watching a lot of ella street, the same facility where 67 people tested youtube reels of reporters just positive. The supervisor is now trying to starting out, because shes out get information on the four in the field a lot in the beginning of the season. As she moved onto interviewing deaths. We have been pounding on the virtual door of the department her father, watched a lot of of Public Health to get more information. We have been frustrated so far Barbara Walters interviews, then a lot of morning shows. So i have a whole new respect with not getting more. Ktvu reached out to the and appreciation for your job. Department of Public Health and the agency turned down our it is not easy. How to just be sitting request for an interview. Constantly on camera and a nursing home in oakland looking at the camera, its very hard to do while youre is reporting a deadly outbreak. Talking and reporting. An administrator at the excel im looking at you but im Health Care System says three not really looking at you. Patients have died and 36 residents have tested positive i can see you there on the for covid19. The center has isolated and monitor. The show itself is really treated those infected residents. Happening today, President Trump is due to sign the latest getting good. Round of federal economic help i want to ask you about the for Small Businesses into law character that Michael Sheen plays. At a white house ceremony. Obviously hes a serial killer. Whats he like behind the scenes . The house passed and almost do you have to stay in 500 billion measure yesterday. Character . Hes a serial killer so you the vote took longer than normal because the members cant be nice to him, but voted in eight separate groups whats it like behind the scenes when you guys are in order to keep social interacting . No, hes such a kind person. Distancing. A stock to watch this hes so sweet and fun. And its actually whats so morning, Gilead Sciences. Scary, that hes able to turn the Biotech Company has shares it off so quickly. You see him in the scene as slightly lower after dropping more than 4 yesterday. This kind of monster, then they in a Clinical Trial in china, say cut and hes just this their drug reportedly didnt do warm, sweet guy. Well against cases of the coronavirus. Early test results were hes very talented. Accidentally posted to the the show obviously is pretty World Health Organization website. Dark but has a couple of the director of bart is criticizing the agencys moments that are i guess general manager for not comedic relief. Your mom in the show, she has a providing enough details on current budget issues. In the virtual Board Meeting little trouble with alcohol, yesterday, she said she wasnt and your brother, the main seeing strong leadership, character, also has issues with adding that Staff Members only the way he feels about all that. What do you think the show is gave the board projections trying to accomplish when it about revenue reduction and no comes to peeling the curtain proposals on actually cutting costs. The general manager disagreed, back and showing these characters and kind of and said quote, i think we have been very transparent, and we will continue to be so. Developing their characters . The board has to vote on a new you know, what i fell in love with about the show budget june 25th. Initially was the fact that it Governor Newsom signed an focused so much on the and the executive order designed to provide more help to california drivers during this crisis. Relationships, as opposed to just the crimes of the week. Hes ordered to dmv to waive late fees and penalties for i think when you share blood registration renewals due between march 16th and may with a serial killer, it puts you in a reality of not really ever knowing what youre 31st. Capable of, and trying to time is now 7 10. We have Steve Paulson talking figure out how your familys history has or has not affected about the friday weather. Its going to be pretty nice. Yesterday we had a lot of low you. All right, were going to clouds that hung on for a while. Not today. Theres fog coming down the coast but its not going to learn a lot on the finale. Amount to anything today. I wont give anything away but warmer for most, and looks to i know some loose ends are be the warmest of the days with going to be tied up. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you for having me. Temps 5 to 20 degrees above bay areas zoom zoom is normal. The coast and the bay will be a little warmer today. 40s to 60s with the lows, ending up in the upper 80s, some near 90 degrees. Sanfrancisco 72, 54 for the joining the nasdaq. Reporter thats right. Average and the record is 85. Im live through zoom as well as a lot of other professionals, nonprofessionals, teachers across the country. Thats helped business there at the san joscbased company. When the opening bell rang this morning, the stock jumped about 5 ment of its not publicly santarosa is 9 degrees get that traded but analysts think the mild side. You can see Oakland Airport 55, Neiman Marcus could file for some upper 40s in the valley. Bankruptcy by monday. Take a look at the markets, starting on a positive note today across the board. The dow turned negative in the last hour. The s p and nasdaq hanging onto a little bit of a gain right now, zoom stock up 5 . A new poll out this morning shows one out of every four American Adults say that someone in their household has mt. Diablo north at 30. High pressure wins out because lost a job due to the the fog is under that dome of coronavirus pandemic. According to a new associated High Pressure. Today its 70s and upper 80s, press poll, 46 of americans maybe near 90 for a few. Say their household has tomorrow well get the fog back experienced some form of income and it will cool down into sunday. Then we start warming up again loss from layoffs, reduced hours, unpaid leave or salary monday and tuesday. Thank you. Reductions. It seems people are still coming up, more coronavirus testing being rolled out in san optimistic, 78 saying they francisco, oakland and other believe their jobs will return cities. Whos now eligible to get a once the crisis is over. Free test. Also some businesses are jcpenney in talks for bankruptcy with a group of starting to open up today in georgia. How that states governor is lenders. The 118yearold retailer has been working to turn things assuring people its safe for around for years now and the those places to open up their coronavirus shutdown could doors. Cause the company to collapse. The wall street journal is reporting the company is in discussion for a loan to keep the Stores Operations funded during the courtsupervised bankruptcy. And analysts say the pandemic is changing the way we are eating. Consumers in recent years have spent money on fresh food and special brands but americans stuck at home are returning to comfort food from name brands of frozen pizza and mac and these. Shoppers c h e e s e, stocking up on frozen meals. Makes sense. If you if you can, head to the local Farmers Market for fresh food. They are taking extra precaution and just like the restaurants, they need our help. Great point there. All right, pam. Have a good weekend. You too. Thanks. Lets talk about the weather and a Super Old School step by step, were going to figure this out. Recipe im making today. Steve paulson, for the first were gonna find a way through this. Time, im making banana cream were working really, really hard in hospitals, pie at the request of my two our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Little boys. Ive never had it but im going its about staggering when people get sick to try and make it. So that the hospitals can cope. Youre being mean, gasia. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. No, ill save you a big fat all across puget sound, people have been stepping up wedge. They have good taste. And donating personal protective equipment. There you go. All right, we have a very warm day on tap today, temperatures already beginning to rocket up for some. Fog will be back over the we stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Weekend. There is some along the mendocino coast, trying to get to the sonoma coast but having a lot of resistance problems just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Here. Santarosa already 66, warmer than oakland. Thank you doctors nurses. Some are in the 70s. Brentwood already up to 72, berkeley 65 degrees. Palo alto, 64 degrees there. That northwest wind makes a huge difference there compared to the south or southwest wind. A lot of temps are very cold, so the fog is raring to go. It needs a little help but wont into sunday. L. A. 72, palm springs 84, and it will be really hot in southern california. They are talking about maybe some records down there. The warmest day for us will be today, and it will be toasty here. Santarosa i think could get to 90 if that north wind holds. The fog will be back but wont last. Well warm back up monday and happening today in georgia, especially tuesday. Some nonessential businesses coming up, a statement from are opening for the first time in three weeks. Georgias governor is allowing the maker of lysol after gyms, bowling alleys and tattoo remarks about injecting parlors to reopen. Disinfectants into humans. Theaters and restaurants can and last nights nfl draft, we are looking at the four players reopen again on monday. Drafted for local teams this President Trump this week said year. Georgia was opening too soon, and he disagreed with the governor of georgia. A federal judge blocked the California Law requiring background checks to buy ammunition, ruling the restriction violates the right to bear arms. He said even though the law is intended to keep ammunition from criminals, its blocking sales to lawabiding buyers. The ruling abolishes is law requiring background checks for ammunition. Governor newsom is being sued for his actions to provide Financial Health for undocumented immigrants. The aclu filed an emergency petition to provide due to the coronavirus. Last announced 125 million in aid would be provided to undocumented workers. The lawsuit claims the program violates state and federal law because undocumented workers are not eligible for Unemployment Benefits. Good news for those struggling with student loan debt. Most have agreed to hold off on payments for 90 days, helping those student debt problems during the Public Health and economic crisis. No impact to their credit or late fees or fines, and actual support in terms of getting new payment plans in place for future processing. The governor signed an executive order protecting the recent federal stimulus payments from debt collectors here in california. The dungeness crab season is closing early on may 15th. Thats six weeks earlier than scheduled. This comes in an effort to protect migrating whales and sea life from getting caught in the gear during the current crab season. Time now 7 17. Many in the bay area ordered to stay home are spending a lot of time out in the garden. Local nurseries are seeing a surge in customers growing home vegetable gardens. Tomatoes ve r right now. Advantages also includes cutting down on the number of times you have to go to the supermarket. 750,000tons of potatoes in belgium may be destroyed because farmers cant sell them. Restaurants have been closed there and the potato farmers are asking people to start eating french fries at home twice a week instead of the usual once a week to help the farmers out. Usually we are more than happy to oblige and help. Ill be honest, i dont really do a lot of deep frying at happening today mcdonalds hoping to provide a smile and meal to children in the oakland area during this time. Micah smith will offer free home. Chicken nugget happy meals from your boys may want it. Noon to one to five mcdonalds they have been asking. I draw the line at deep frying. Locations. Participating locations, and Steve Paulson, with children you give them an inch and they oakland right near 66 and telegraph and 45th, on jackson take ten miles. And 14 and market and seven and dont take them to the south because everything is fried on alameda avenue near to state there. No, youre right. We have a nice day on tap eight 80. The richmond location near 23rd. But things will be cooling down for the weekend. We have a little fog bank coming down the coast but not hospitals across the country helping workers by giving them a place to shop for hardto for today. Still rain up in the pacific find items. Outside las vegas, the northwest. Lots of sun today. This will be the warmest day for just about everybody. Fog returns over the weekend. Dominican hospital realized workers were having a hard next week we get a warmup into time, finding goods. Tuesday and that looks much it transformed the cafeteria into a grocery store. Cooler by friday. It sells food it would have early may looks significantly cooler. Well see if that holds otherwise cooked. They sell everything including cleaning supplies for wholesale 40s, 50s, 60s in the area, prices. Ever since they opened, i have been doing every day i see livermore 50, redwood city 51. We havea few 40s here, what i can bring home. They see something they atherton and woodside. Cannot get to local store whether thats a cleaning product they will go home after a long day of work. Sanmateo 51 degrees, northwest the daycare of family members here in the hospital. 35. 60degrees in sacramento, of fli the man behind the idea coast. The high is Strong Enough that this will be our warmest day. Started the program at our 70s and 80s on the temps here. Sister hospital. He shared the idea with others, now hospitals in 28 states have similar programs. Livermore bring companies setting up a food bank. The Bring Company teamed up with several companies for somebody could hit 90 today. Fog returns over the weekend, lunch. The food bank will be open to and were warmer monday, then the restaurant workers from noon to six p. M. Much warmer on tuesday. Today and every monday, time now 7 20. Wednesday friday and saturday until they run out. Workers need to show a paystub scientists are working together to find Treatment Options and a vaccine for the coronavirus. To qualify. How researchers are coming 49ers were wheeling in together looking for worldwide dealing during the draft. Solutions. Also researchers want to know whether nicotine may prevent some covid19 infections in some people. What they have found so far in 49ers traded down with the some countries. Bronx from 13 to 14 the first team out of South Carolina one of the top ranked he will replace bruckner who was treated in the offseason to colts. About one hour after, the 49ers treated up to number 25 with the vikings who drafted wide receiver, brandon out of arizonas date one of six Wide Receivers to be selected. 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Its why last year chevron invested over 10 billion to bring affordable, reliable, ever cleaner energy to america. Thats right, find your place in the sun, just as long as you social distance. In san mateo county, dont travel more than five miles from your home. Thank you very much carlos for this request. Going way back, thank you for those requests. Were taking some old ones today. Just go to our social media sites, facebook, twitter or instagram and use ktvu. Happening today, its the annual army genocide. The Armenian Community in los angeles is refocusing on a humanitarian fare for food banks nationwide. The Armenian Genocide began in 1937. In the past week the number of covid19 cases in africa jumped 43 . This increase highlights a warning from the World Health Organization, that this continent of 1. 3 billion people could be the next epicenter of the outbreak. A number of factors including lack of finances and communication breakdowns mean the infections there are likely dramatically underreported. Security forces have been deployed to parts of south africa to enforce coronavirus restrictions there. We are not happy about harassing the local people. What we want is people to observe the regulations because its for the best interest of all of us as a nation. In checkpoints throughout the nation, they are asking for travel permits. People who fail to follow the restrictions could be fined or arrested. A new study in france is looking at whether nicotine could protect people from contracting the coronavirus. The top hospital in paris looked at more than 340 patients and found fewer of them were smokers compared to the general population in france. The research follows similar findings in a study in china. The theory is that nicotine may block the virus from entering cells and spreading. Experts are couraging people to smart smoke but samor coronavirus. Coming up on mornings on 2, uc berkeley is moving forward with potential plans to develop peoples park. How neighbors can have their say. And President Trump plans to sign another stimulus bill today. How much money is being set aside for Small Businesses and hospitals. Step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. All across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses. Good morning today President Trump is expected to sign another Economic Relief bill helping Small Businesses. Well tell you how hospitals are being included. A test. Coronavirus testg peop good morning and thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave clark. Good morning, im gasia mikaelian. Its a gorgeous friday with a lot of sunshine. I know were itching to go outside. Steve paulson is here to talk to us about the wide open weekend. Well keep that in mind as we also think about social distancing, steve. True. Today will be the warmest day by far. Sunday there will be a lot of fog coming in and well get a cooldown. Today should be the day when most locations hit the warmest temps. It will be warmer for most and this is by far and away the warmest day of the week for just about everybody. The coast and bay are warmer, 5 to 20 degrees above average. 60 in santa rosa, 56 in oakland because that north wind in novato is keeping their temps up. Its all about the dome of High Pressure. It will back off over the weekend and allow and fog. Today temperatures are well above, 72 San Francisco and 88 santa rosa. We had construction on 101, sal. Is that gone . Its not gone, steve. They have made a detour in the area. You may see this. The construction work on 101 will be there for a while. They are doing it while traffic is light. There are alternating lane closures, especially at night. During the day they could open up some lanes. Its not causing a huge issue, but theres a little slowing coming up from candlestick. Getting across the bridge, traffic is moving okay. Driving to the peninsula, no issues on that san mateo bridge. Now back to dave. Thank you. Happening today, President Trump is due to sign the 484 billion Economic Relief package Congress Passed last night. Allie rasmus is working from home and back now with more. Money is expected to go to the Small Businesses that really need some help . Reporter good morning, dave. Yes, congressional leaders say they have closed de reforms fro money goes to Small Businesses, those with 500 employees or fewer, as well as nonprofits. This is a look at where the money in the relief package would go. Its expected to be signed by the president today. The amount is 48 484 billion including forgivable loans and graduates for Small Businesses, 75 billion for the Health Care System, and 25 billion for more coronavirus testing nationwide. Theres a debate now about the next round of relief from the government. Democrats say the states and local governments need and should get federal help. Governors and local officials from across the country say states are struggling with shelterinplace orders, and even states like california here. We had a large financial cushion before the coronavirus and now the state and governor are forecasting what they believe will be record revenue losses for california. Other states across the country are obviously in a similar boat. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and other republicans disagree with Congressional Democrats on this. Mitch mcconnell says states and local governments should instead pursue bankruptcy. Allie rasmus, fox 2 news. Today alamedas mayor will be holding a virtual town hall meeting about the coronavirus pandemic along with congresswoman barbara lee. It will start at 3 00 this afternoon, and give people a chance to learn about the latest federal relief efforts and ask any questions the coronavirus. If you want to take part in the virtual town hall, we have the details on how you can do that at ktvu. Com. Ruths chris steak house is returning 20 million to the Paycheck Protection Program after widespread criticism. This is one of big chains that took money, leaving many Small Business owners emptyhanded. The program ran out of money last week and several other Big Companies have also their loans. Time now 7 35. Supervisors in napa county have relaxed some of the lockdown rules when it comes to real estate. Househunting can now resume with several restrictions still in place. Open houses are banned. Only one agent and a maximum of two potential buyers are allowed in appointmentonly home tours. And gloves and masks are required if the house is occupied. All this comes during a tense time for people looking for a house. Either they have been laid off or furloughed or they fear that might be the case. Thats good common sense for them. I want to give it a little more time to see what will happen with the economy. Will the rates continue to drop . Will this be my lucky break . Bay area sales have been slow the past several weeks but many agents are optimistic sales will pick up dramatically after the crisis eases. A leading Infectious Diseases expert at ucsf says the bay areas early shelterin place restrictions may have saved tens of thousands of lives. Dr. George rutherford spoke about the early days of the covid19 outbreak, saying bold action like San Franciscos declaration of an emergency in late february likely saved up to 44,000 lives. The latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University Show there have been 243 virus deaths in the bay area alone so far, and more than 7,000 total cases. California has more than 39,000 reported cases and more than 1,500 deaths. Time now 7 36. Oakland is making covid19 Testing Available to anybody who lives and works in Alameda County. Its for people with symptoms of covid19 or anyone whos been exposed to the virus. Priority appointments will be for Health Care Workers and those at high risk. If you you have to register. We have the link at ktvu. Com. Look under the web links section. The city of San Francisco planning to expand testing to all Health Care Workers and those who have symptoms. They are set up at piers 30 and 32, and monday there will be another one at 7th and branham. There are more than two dozen Testing Centers operated by ucsf, Kaiser Permanente and other health care organizations. More than 12,000 people in the city have been tested and 12 have tested positive. Happening today, the World Health Organization is announcing a landmark collaboration in the fight against the coronavirus. The World Health Organization wants to make Technology Accessible to everyone around the world. The organization is working with nonprofits like the Gates Foundation and global fund, speeding up the development of tests and vaccines against covid19. The race is onto develop a vaccine for covid19. Yesterday two Healthy People were injected with an experimental shot, the first of more than 800 volunteers recruited for the study. Half will receive the real vaccine. The other half will be given a control vaccine that protects against meningitis but not the coronavirus. We have to test it. Of course we have to get the data from humans. With the use of technology to make lots of different vaccines, though, we have done quite a number of what we call challenge studies using animals. The trial will likely last about a year. Researchers say they could know within a few months if a vaccine is viable. That depends how many cases occur in the uk in the months ahead. If the spread slows and theres a small pool of covid19 patients, it could be a while before researchers have their answers. Steve paulson is back. This is a day we should want to get outside with this weather, steve. It will be the warmest day by far, so yes, i would think so. The last couple days have been nice for just about everybody. Yesterday we had persistent low clouds and thats not the case today. It is mostly clear and temps will be well above average, 5 to 20 degrees. Look at santa rosa and novato, 9 to 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. A lot of places are a little cooler. Some of these temperatures are all over the map. Napa 58, petaluma 51 degrees. Dont see that all the time. Theres the santa rosa at 10, novato gusting to 23. Theres the difference. Parts west up to 35 miles an hour as the ridge of High Pressure is coming in out of the northwest. If it was northeast, wed really be warming up. It will be warm enough and this will be the warmest day for probably just about everybody. Sanfrancisco 64 today, and everybody is above average, including san joscby ten. Upper 70s, low 80s coast and bay, near 90 for some. Temperatures will be creeping back on the weekend, dave. Thank you. More trouble for some of the countrys largest retail companies. Whats in store for jcpenney and other stores. And how much longer workers will be kept away from their San Francisco offices. Coming up in the 8 00 hour, the Season Finale of the hit show prodigal son airs monday night on ktvu. Well have a sneak peek at what to expect. Even though social distancing is still the new norm, why makers in napa valley are finding ways to reach out to wine lovers everywhere. How you can bring that napa tasting room experience into your very own home. Teammates help each other find a way to win, just like covered california helps you find Health Insurance you can afford. Theyre the only place you can get Financial Assistance to help pay for Health Coverage. Plus, this year, the state is providing more help than ever before. And because a new law requires californians to have Health Coverage or pay a penalty, covered california has made it easier to get financial help, but times limited. Visit coveredca. Com or call to enroll today. Uc berkeley has a proposal to build student and low income hours amount peoples park. The new renderings were released including a 16Story Building, the tallest in the neighborhood. Activists want the place to remain a sanctuary. They hope to open in 2024. If for now you wont be charged 10 cents a bag when you shop at california stores. The governor suspended the singleuse bag fee for 60 days. Sanfrancisco and several other cities already dropped that 10 cents charge because big chains have stopped allowing customers to bring in Reusable Bags for health reasons. Online shopping has become even more popular than before as americans are hunkering down and observing social distancing rules. Online shopping sales are up 30 during the virus outbreak, compared to this time last year. That Means Companies are racing to get those shipment out the door. Uber wants to deliver retail items and allow customers to send items to family members and friends. The Business Communication Company slack will wait until at least september to reopen the San Francisco offices. Employees will continue to work from home. The company says they want to protect the workers, have fewer disruptions for customers and provide more flexibility in case of a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak. A growing number of people are filing for unemployment claims in california, creating a big backlog. We have been getting a lot of complaints from people frustrated about the application process, ranging from delays in getting their money to not being able to reach anybody at the Employment Development department, which processes jobless claims. They have moved around 1300 workers to answer phone calls and deal with the surge of applications and cases. Applicants say still not enough. I use three phones to call them back to back to back. I feel like im calling the Radio Station trying to win concert tickets, and im not getting through, not getting through. Ive been doing this for a month. Labor groups say if youre applying, stay persistent and document everything. Californias unemployment numbers are expected to jump even higher when the gig workers and selfemployed are allowed to file for benefits beginning on tuesday. 3. 4million californians applied for Unemployment Insurance in the past five weeks, 17 of californias labor force. Only 4 of californians filed for Unemployment Benefits back in february. Stocks are starting the day and ending the week on a good note. Pam cook has a look at todays dollars and cents. Reporter good morning. Im coming to you from zoom just like many other work from home people, including teachers across the country. Thats driving business at the Company Based in san josc stocks gained about 5 when the opening bell rang this morning, after the announcement zoom will join the nasdaq index 100 companies. Its up almost 40 points in the last month. Two multinational Insurance Companies are merging. Checking the big board this morning, a little bit of a gain today as we end a volatile week. The dow, nasdaq and s p all up a little bit this morning. One stock not doing well, jcpenney in talks for bankruptcy funding with a group of leaders. The 118yearold retailer was working to turn things around for a few years but the coronavirus shutdown could be the last straw. The company is in discussions for a loan to keep store operations funded during a Court Supervised bankruptcy. The pandemic is behind the latest delay for the boeing 737 max jet, not expected to fly again until the late summer or early fall. The Aviation Industry has been hit hard with the coronavirus pandemic. And Many College Students looking for an internship this summer could be out of luck. A study published today found 16 of of the companies surveys are going to drop the program and Additional Companies say they are considering not hiring College Interns while dealing with the economic crisis. The founder of ba jobs say there are companies that continue to hire here. A lot of Tech Companies are based here, so dont give up hope completely. Thats a look at your dollars and cents. Back to you. The cast of the sitcom parks and recreation are getting back more than five years after the series ended. The creditor wanted to give back during the pandemic and e mailed the with the idea. Everyone responded saying, sign me up. Amy poehlers character will be trying to catch up with the rest of the pawnee crew during the episode, and it will benefit americas feeding covid 19 response fund. Time now 7 51. Im going to beat you to the walking trail. Steve, the forecast sounds pretty good. I hope i sound good, mic problems all morning long. All right, we have a pretty warm day on tap here. It is running a little cooler for some here but not from santa rosa to novato. They are running significantly warmer. Lots of sun today, and this the fog returns overnight and over the weekend. Were cooler after the week ahead. 72 for the city today. Plus9 and 11 for santa rosa and novato, but napa and oakland definitely down. That north wind, berkeley also getting that offshore breeze. Some temperatures are lower, el cerrito, alameda, very mild. There are some big spreads here. North and northwest you have a little wind, allowing them to be a little cooler. Water temps are really cold. 60 in sacramento and 32 up in south lake tahoe. You can see the fog coming out of the northwest. That will start to make an impact tomorrow but not today. Temperatures are way above average for this time of year. 70s and 80s coast and bay, near 90 for a couple places. Fog returns over the weekend. Cool on monday and warming again by tuesday. Thank you. Since last march, one in six americans have lost jobs. Coming up at 8 00, why many are optimistic about the road ahead. And the warm weather heading to the bay area this weekend. How you can enjoy the outdoors while keeping your social distance. 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Thank you for requesting this, i love the intro. You kids at home, drake sampled this in one of his songs. You probably know. He sped it up a little. If you want to send me a request, use twitter, facebook or instagram with ktvu. The 49ers were wheeling and dealing during the first round of last nights nfl draft. The 49ers traded down a spot from pick 13 to 14 to pick javon kinlaw. The 49ers then traded up to number 25 to pick Brandon Aiyuk of arizona state, one of six Wide Receivers picked day one of the draft. He grew up in reno and was a fan of the 49ers. Like kinlaw, he will have a chance to start early, filling in a gap left by Emmanuel Sanders who signed with the saints. The raiders picked 12th overall and chose henry ruggs of alabama. Fastest 40yard dash at the combine, and he joins fellow alabaman josh jacobs. At 19th overall, the raiders picked damon arnette, who came back for his senior year to improve his stock in the draft. Looks like it paid off. He was the second ohio state quarterback picked after the board. The raiders traded kaleel mack to the Chicago Bears for that pick. A local mcdonalds owner is offering free meals to children at lunchtime today. Michael smith is offering free nugget happy meals from noon to 1 00 at five participating locations in oakland, on san pablo near 66th, telegraph and 45th, jackson and 14th streets, and alameda avenue near i880. The richmond location is near 23rd and thats also included. More concerns about the health and safety at bay area nursing homes. How city leaders in San Francisco are trying to get answers as more people are reported dead. Small businesses hoping to receive some of the half trillion dollars in Financial Assistance out there. Well break down the numbers as the president gets ready to sign another bill. And parks and beaches could become magnets as warm weather sets in. The warnings to stay away and observe social distancing. Good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2. Im mike mibach. Good morning to you. Im gasia mikaelian. Lets keep talking about this weekend weather because it will be nice and warm, which is great. But Steve Paulson, we reported that police in pacifica alone wrote 400 warning tickets for people who come to the beach from far away. The rule is keep it within five miles of where you live. I have no plans to venture to beautiful pacifica this weekend. Hopefully in the future, but not this weekend. Good morning, mike. We have probably the warmest day by far here. Monday was below average and were not ending the week that way. We have a good fog bank off the coast of mendocino but wont play into the weather until the weekend. Warmer for most today. The friday forecast calls bay t to 20 degrees above average. Temperatures are warm already. Look at santa rosa, 66, and san joscalready 58. That north wind is Holding Santa rosa and novatos temperatures up. Other locations are flat or a little cooler. Looks like a warm day with that north wind gusting to 36 at middle peak. Warmest day with lots of sunshine and temperatures way above average today. Santarosa could hit 90 degrees today. Lets head to sal and see if theres anything new out there. Good morning, sir. Good morning, steve. Right now we dont have any traffic, moviepassing along moving along pretty well there. Traffic is continuing over the san mateo bridge, bay bridge looking good. Some slowing northbound 101 approaching the 280 interchange because of road work they are doing while the traffic downtow now back to the headlines. As Steve Paulson has been reporting here, it will be a warm, sunshiny weekend. Today will be the warmest day of the weekend and a lot of people likely want to get outside. However, social distancing rules are still in effect even when youre outdoors, and the stayathome order is still in effect as well. Elissa harrington has a warning from Governor Newsom. Reporter well, youre allowed to go outside and get fresh air. But the governor wants to get people to do it safely, and be sure you keep your distance and wear your mask. Definitely avoid any large group because covid19 is still out there. It is still a major threat. He doesnt want to see the numbers go up. Wear that mask in places that require face coverings, even while bike or hiking. People should only go to parks that are open and follow the rules, and continue to practice physical and social distancing. People want to go to the playgrounds and parks and i think there will be a significant increase in volume. I think if there is and people dont practice social distancing, ill be announcing these numbers going back up. I dont think anybody wants to hear that. I dont want to share that information. But thats really less up to me and more up to all of you. Reporter the rules may also depend on what part of bay area you live in. In san mateo county, people are restricted from traveling more than five miles from their home for recreation. Anything you do outside should be in your own neighborhood. The east Bay Regional Park District has a 74person team to oversee all 73 parks, and they will be using a helicopter this weekend to check on those parks and make sure people are not picnicking or playing sports in groups, anding away from crowds. You can go outside but stay close to home. If you go to a park thats open, keep your distance and wear a mask. Elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. The state has now cleared their backlog of covid19 tests, which reached 60,000 earlier this month. Some waited nearly two weeks for test results, which slowed down treatment. And the governor is trying to find more people who may have died from covid19. All counties across the country across the state have been ordered to review their death records dating back to december to check for those who died of respiratory or undetermined causes. The virus can remain in blood samples for months or even years. Rna viruses are normally stable in a regular freezer for at least two months. If its stored in a minus80 degree freezer, which is one of the standard freezers we use in the lab, it can be stored for three years and you can still detect the rna. Medical examiners in contra costa and marin counties say they have already started the process of reviewing their older death records. We are learning more information about the san josc woman whos believed to be the first person in the country to die of the coronavirus. Medical Authorities Say trish dowd was 57 years old when she died february 6th, 12 days earlier than the previously reported earliest fatal case in the United States. She was known as trish to her coworkers in the south bay. Trish was warm, engaging, friendly. She was a great teammate, both at lam and even after work. She was one of those people you liked to be around. Family members say she became sick in late january with flulike symptoms and died a short time later while working from home. City leaders in San Francisco are trying to get answers after four people at an assisted living facility in the city died from coronavirus. The supervisor confirmed to ktvu that four patients at Central Gardens convasless sent hospital on ella street, the same facility where 67 people have people have tested positive. We have been pounding on the virtual door of the department of Public Health to get more information, and have been frustrated so far with no getting more. Ktvu also reached out to the department of Public Health but the agency turned down our request for an interview. A nursing home in oakland is reporting a deadly outbreak. An administrator at the excel Health Care Center on high street says three patients there have died, and 36 residents have tested positive. The center is now isolating and treating infected residents. Happening today, about an hour from now, President Trump is set to sign the latest round of federal economic help for Small Businesses into law during a white house ceremony. The house passed the nearly 500 billion measure yesterday. The vote took longer than normal because they voted in eight different groups to keep social distancing rules ct a new poll shows three out of four californians believe shelterinplace orders should stay in place. They found strong support across all demographic groups in favor of the ongoing orders despite the economic fallout. Only about one in ten said they would choose to lift the lockdown to boost the economy, even if it increased the virus spread. At the virtual Board Meeting yesterday, the supervisor said she was not seeing strong leadership. Staff members gave the board no proposals on cutting costs. The gm disagreed with the criticism, saying quote, i think we have been very transparent and we will continue to be so. The board has to vote on a new budget by june 25th. Governor newsom signed an executive order designed to provide more help to california drivers during this crisis. It directs the dmv to waive late fees and penalties for vehicle registration renewals due between march 16th and may 31st. However, those fees still must be paid within 60 days of the original expiration date. Mike and steve, we went old school yesterday. It was a gorgeous day outside and we went to the patio with a video for an athome workout. So the four of us did the just you know what i did . I cleaned the outdoor barbecue and worked up a sweat doing that. It was not pretty. It is going to be the warmest day of the week by far today. Saturday well have a big cooldown, but everything continues to go up and over. See that trying to work its way down. Just doesnt have much to work with today. The fog returns and it will be nice, especially the coast and bay over the weekend. Mostly clear out there, couple high clouds but no big deal. This is the day where somebody could hit 90. Santarosa could easily do that, already 66, fairfield 63 and brentwood 66. Sanjosc State University is 60 degrees, petaluma warmer up there with 61. That north wind is really keeping temperatures held up. 51 for the water temperature and the fog has no problem forming once it gets a little help. Temperatures on their way up, 70s and upper 80s, near 90 degrees. Temperatures then will start to back off on the weekend, then warming up early next week. Thank you for that. Still to come, more coronavirus testing being rolled out in oakland, San Francisco and elsewhere. Whos eligible now to get a free test. And businesses opening up in georgia today. How the governor is assuring people its safe to open up those doors. 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In the state of georgia, some nonessential businesses are now open for the first time in three weeks. Georgias governor actually broke away from President Trump on this and is now allowing gyms, hair salons, bowling alleys and tattoo parlors to reopen. Theaters and restaurants will be opening up on monday. These businesses must follow social distancing guidelines. President trump announced this week that georgia was opening too soon and he disagreed with georgias governor. Governor newsom is being sued for providing Financial Aid to unemployed undocumented immigrant. The center for american liberty filed a petition to block the governors program which would provide 500 to each undocumented immigrant whos not working because of the pandemic. Last week the governor announced 125 million in aid would be provided to these undocumented workers. The lawsuit claims the program violates state and federal law because undocumented immigrants are not eligible for Unemployment Benefits. We are watching Gilead Sciences this morning after shores dropped almost 4 yesterday. A drug being tested in china didnt help with cases of the coronavirus. The company said the study showed a potential benefit for coronavirus patients who were given the drug early on during their infection. Governor newsom has good news for the hundreds of thousands of californians who continue to struggle with student loan debt, saying most of the states largest private Loan Services have agreed to hold off payments for 90 days. That would help millions during the Public Health and economic crisis. No impact to their credit rating, no late fees or fines, and actually support in terms of getting new payment plans in place for future processing. Yesterday the governor signed an executive order protecting the recent federal stimulus payments from debt collectors in california. Many people here in the bay area and beyond who have been ordered to stay at home are spending a lot of time in their gardens or starting one from scratch. Local nurseries are reporting a spike in vegetables and tomatoes of every variety are the most popular. The advantages include reducing your number of trips to the supermarket, and certainly a garden tomato tastes better than a supermarket one. In belgium, 750,000 tons of potatoes may be destroyed because farmers have nowhere to put the crops. The potato farmers are asking people to start eating french fries at home twice a week instead of the usual once a week to help them out. Thats something i do miss. I think i have had fries like once in six weeks or so. When i had them, i remember enjoying those. You know me and wind, steve. Yesterday afternoon, strong gusts around here. Is that coming back later today . Not as bad as yesterday. Thats been my experience, people like wind the least of all, of all weather experiences. It was windy yesterday. We have a north wind and for some its really warm. Some fog coming down the coast but its really waiting to make its move late tonight or likely early tomorrow. The coast and bay will be warmer today, 5 to 20 degrees above normal. 72, 54 for the city. The average is 65 and 50, record 85 in 1913 and 40 in 2009. Yeah, some of you may remember that. 64 berkeley, 61 oakland, 66 santa rosa and novato 64. Almost 70 in brentwood, and winds are up there as well. If you get that north wind, it makes a huge difference. If that holds, there will bcoul degrees today. We have 60 degrees in sacramento and you can see that fog off the coast a little bit. Its too shallow to make much of an impact. This system will flatten on the weekend, opening the door for a cooler pattern into the weekend. Today 70s and 80s, near 90 degrees. We start to cool on saturday, bottoming out and were warmer as we go into tuesday. Deaths from the coronavirus have surpassed 50,000 according to Johns Hopkins university. Scientists are working together to find Treatment Options and a vaccine. How researchers are coming together to find a worldwide solution. And researchers are looking at whether nicotine could prevent covid19 infections in some people. Dad, im scared. Its only human to care for those we love. And also help light their way. Its why last year chevron invested over 10 billion to bring affordable, reliable, ever cleaner energy to america. Thank you john for this request, great song. Used to play this and doing it again as a dj. Here we are with tears for fears. You have a request you want to send, go to social media and use ktvu. Time now 8 24. Happening today, the Armenian Genocide remembrance. The Armenian Community in los angeles is refocusing this years commemoration on a humanitarian fundraiser for food banks across the country. The genocide results in the killing of 1. 5 million armenians in turkey. Last Year Congress voted for the first time to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The number of covid19 cases in africa jumped 43 just in the past week. This increase highlights the warning from the World Health Organization that this continent of 1. 3 billion people could become the next epicenter of the outbreak. Lack of finances and communication breakdowns mean infections there are likely underreported. Security forces have been deployed to parts of south africa to enforce coronavirus restrictions. Over 15,000 people are behind bars. We are not happy about arresting a lot of people. What we want to achieve more is for the people to observe the regulations because those regulations are for the best interest of all of us as a nation. Checkpoints throughout south africa have the military searching drivers and asking for travel permits. People who fail to follow covid 19 restrictions could be fined or possibly arrested. Theres a study in france looking at whether nicotine could protect people from contracting the coronavirus. A paris hospital looked at 340 patients and found a far lower number of them smoked than the population in france. The theory is that nicotine could block the virus from entering cells and spreading. Experts are not recommending people to smoke, but say they want to continue the research to learn more about the coronavirus. Coming up on mornings on 2, uc berkeley moving forward with potential plans to develop peoples park. How neighbors can have their say. And President Trump plans to sign another stimulus bill today. How much is set aside for Small Businesses and hospitals. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. All the way out here just for a blurry photo of me. Oh, thats a good one. Wait, whats that . Thats just the lowbattery warning. Oh, alright. Now its all, check out my rv, and, lets go fourwheeling. Maybe theres a little part of me that wanted to be seen. Well, progressive helps people save when they bundle their home with their outdoor vehicles. So theyve got other things to do now, bigfoot. Wait, whatd you just call me . Bigfoot . My name is daryl. Today President Trump is expected to sign another stimulus bill and hospitals will be included. And coming up, the expanded rules to determine whos eligible for a covid19 test. Good morning. Its friday, april 24th. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning, im mike mibach. Steve i said monday, still feels like a monday morning. Friday kind of feels just like it did when we were in the old studio there. But doesnt monday seem like a month ago . Yes. Its been a week. No doubt. We started monday off with below normal temps and we are ending the week with way above average temps. It happens fast once you get to april. Some fog on the coast, looks like its putting on the brakes about the norm sonoma coast. 66 santa rosa, 65 novato, 63 fairfield. Other locations in the 60s, berkeley and oakland, 59 at sfo. We wont take long to warm up here, especially with that north wind. If that holds, i think santa rosa will get to 90 degrees. Temps are way above average and well have more on that coming up in about ten minutes. My good friend sal is here. Lets get out and take a look at the commute here. Traffic is moving well if youre driving across bay area bridges and causeways. We have been showing you the san mateo bridge and bay bridge, which have been light. For the most part we have had a good commute. Northbound 101 up to 280 slowing because of road work. Be careful with that. Use 280 on to the 280 extension. Now back to mike. The number of people in the United States who have died from covid19 has now surpassed 50,000. Thats according to data being tracked by Johns Hopkins university in maryland. Globally 192,000 people have died from the virus. New york remains the u. S. Epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 20,000 deaths there in that state. President trump is scheduled to sign the 484 billion Economic Relief package that Congress Passed last night. Allie rasmus is joining us live this morning. This time around the money is expected to go to Small Businesses, because a number of them out there who felt left out of the last package. Reporter yes, money ran out very quickly and notsoSmall Businesses did at first collect some of that money. Congressional leaders say they have made reforms and closed loopholes that were in the earlier bill. This next phase of relief should go to businesses that are truly small, and by that they mean businesses are 500 employees or fewer, as well as nonprofits. The bill includes 484 billion, with about 310 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program. That includes forgivable loans and grants for Small Businesses. The bill includes 75 billion for the Health Care System and 25 billion for more coronavirus testing nationwide. The bill was passed by Congress Last night and will be signed by the president today. Now theres a debate about where the next round of stimulus money should go. Democrats say the state and local governments need and should get federal help. We will address the need of our Health Care Workers, police and fire, transportation workers and the rest who are on the payroll of our state and local governments. That will be the center piece of our next legislation. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi is expected to talk about this more during history weekly briefing. Officials say many are struggling even if they had a large economic cushion before the coronavirus, dealing with record revenue losses. There is some disagreement about what to do for state and local governments. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says those state and local governments should declare bankruptcy. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Supervisors in napa county have relaxed some of the lockdown rules for real estate. Househunting can resume, but there are several restrictions still in place. Open houses are still banned. Only one agent and a maximum of two potential buyers are allowed in by appointment only for a home tour. Gloves and masks are required if the home is still occupied. This comes during a tense time for those looking for and selling a home. If they have been laid off and furloughed or fear that might be the case, thats good common sense for them. I want to give it a little more time to see what will happen with the economy. Will the rates continue to drop . Will this be my lucky break . As we have been reporting, bay area home sales have been very slow for several weeks. Many local realtors say they are optimistic sales will pick up dramatically once the Coronavirus Crisis eases. A leading Infectious Disease expert at ucsf says the bay areas early shelterin place orders may have saved tens of thousands of lives. Dr. George rutherford spoke to the chronicle about the early day of the outbreak, saying the bold action such as San Franciscos Emergency Declaration in late february likely saved as many as 44,000 lives. The latest numbers show at least 243 people have died in the bay area so far with more than 7,000 total confirmed cases. California has more than 39,000 reported cases with more than 1,500 deaths. The city of oakland is making covid19 Testing Available to anyone who lives or works in Alameda County. Its for people who have symptoms of the coronavirus or anyone whos been exposed to it. Priority appointments will be given to Health Care Workers and those at highest risk. We have a link to the registration site at ktvu. Com in the web links section. San francisco has plans to expand testing to all residents essential workers who have symptoms. The site has already been set up at piers 30 and 32, and another will open on monday. There are more than two dozen Testing Centers operated by ucsf, Kaiser Permanente and other health care organizations. More than 12,000 people longer
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