With almost 3 million confirmed cases. In the u. S. , there are about 938,000 cases with more than 52,000 deaths. California ranks fourth in the u. S. With 42,000 cases and almost 1700 deaths. There was seven additional deaths recorded in the bay area today with roughly 7000 cases now. Dr. Anthony fauci said today that he believes the United States could double its coronavirus testing over the next two weeks. He says ramping up testing will only help with the stepbystep effort to reopen the country. The country is currently completing between 1. 5 million and 2 million tests per week. Whatever is coming, its getting a bit more difficult for some people to stay home. Outdoor areas around the bay area are seeing a surge in activity and officials are doing their best to accommodate the crowds. Ktvus greg liggins joins us with some of the problems today. Greg . Reporter yeah, andre. After four days of being stuck indoors, for a lot of people, its being a lot more difficult staying inside when the weather outside is so beautiful. We certainly saw evidence of that today. No, officials are telling us that for the most part, people are behaving, abiding by the rules but there have been some problems. People in the bay area have literally been out getting some air, the vallejo, marina and Sonoma County is one place where people flock to do kgb breeze when the temperature turns up. Hanging out with some friends and enjoy this beautiful day, you know, sometimes you got to get outside. Reporter s emphasis goes presidio, something new, temporary Pallet Program to give outdoor enthusiasts more breathing room as a physically distance. As we can, we wanted to make sure the people who need to get out and about with the shelter in place order have as much space as possible to enjoy the presidio and to be safe. Last night was the first time i actually opened the window in my bedroom because there werent any noise from vehicles from the street. It is like you are on a vacation or Something Like that. It is just beautiful. Reporter in the east bay, people strolled near robert crown state beach to cool off. One alameda woman those people seem to be making an effort to be safe. I do notice when i am walking that some people will maintain the 6 feet and others will make more like 10 feet per reporter button on the phone is abiding by the rules. Picnic areas at regional parks are offlimits but people are clearly ignorings signs like this one in alameda. If this continues, district managers say could force him to close some parks. Right now, we have been given warnings but if we dont get better compliance from people who refuse to leave, because that has happened a couple times, they are going to get ticketed and if they argue with an officer, they could end up with a pretty serious fine and maybe even jail. Now, new information tonight related to peoples behaving, the city of sausalito has issued a statement saying, due to Public Safety concerns related to covid19 and the widespread disregard for the nonessential travel restrictions, sausalito is closing its Municipal Parking lots on weekends and parking lot until further notice. Andre . All right, greg ligons report of us live snapper thank you so much, greg. Not much social distancing going down along the coast and further down the county today. This is a scene in hunting in beach and you can see, the second average summer day with people crowding the entire beach with little space between them. Lifeguards say they saw about 50,000 people at huntington and in Newport Beach yesterday. Even more were expected today amid a heat wave gripping the area. Well, for the first time at the hospital, doctors at ucsf have transfused convalescent placement a critically ill coronavirus patient in the icu. It was a liquid gold, we felt it was so valuable, it came from somebody who had covid before, probably soup with covid and they wanted to give that back to the community so we wanted to treat that with reference and respect. Peter jin hahn says the blood was from a blood big in the stamford area with someone who had covid19 and had the same blood type as the critically ill patient. Doctors will see if this is spiritual tremendous helpful, even though more studies are needed. The hope is that convalescent plasma will act as a stun gun. Average in the various makes more virus kidss, it ramps up and causes more virus instruction. If you shut down the virus making more kids, you can make sure im making those organs are focused on so they can be healed. That is what happens with the sickest patients. The less sick patients, this will probably prevent the organs from getting damaged in the first place. Jin hahn says more donors are needed that have recovered from the covid19 and have been recovered for at least 26 days. He says he believes his vision is among the first in the area. Check ucf researchers have come up with Community Partners to test people in seven ciscos mission district. The Free Covid Testing and to better understand how the virus affects the ltinex community and others. We have details. Reporter is a small area, just 16 square city box with this testing dont has a big impact on the ltinex community. We are a community that has been collected and ignored. Reporter ucs f, the latino test for for covid19 and San Francisco department for Public Health loss free coronavirus testing in the citys mission district. Anyone who lives and works in the area, from cesar chavez to 23rd street and south bend to harrison street may be eligible. I live around the block and i havent children forever now and if i want to know one way or the other reporter this area was chosen because it is the second most densely populated census tract in the city. It also has the highest density of ltinx people. Organizers say this is one of many possible communities is proportionately affected by the virus. This study will help kind of unfold exactly how persuasive this is and hopefully, ensure that it guides policy and resources to help mitigate future spread. Reporter this process is confidential and not only do they offer the nasal swab for a coronavirus testing but also a blood test to check for antibodies and contact tracing. It is a conference of study to understand how the virus is spread during the nationwide testing shortage. What were doing here is essentially what the country has to do in order to get back to normal. Reporter if you take a look at your skin, this is the list of testing locations. Garfield park, park [ speaking Foreign Language ] and Leonard Floyd elementary school. They will be open sunday, monday and tuesday from 9 00 a. M. To 4 30 p. M. Sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. The details tonight about the first known u. S. Deaths linked to coronavirus. The of the chronicle reports tricia dowell from san jose suffered a heart attack caused by covid19. Pending her autopsy, revealing what the medical examiner found a rupture in her heart, trachea and intestines. She became sick in january with flulike symptoms according to her family and she died a short time later. That was while working from home. Doctors are starting to notice that some rural patients, even some that are a symptomatically having strokes and making the discovery even more shocking is that doctors say is happening in patients who are in their 30s and 40s. This type of strokes patients are suffering other most of the kind of strokes known as lvls. This is billing strokes in covid19 patients are linked to blood clots across the bodys of patients. Now, to the medical mystery sunday north korea leader, kim jongun. Completing reports not about his health with some asian outlets saying he is dead, others are saying hes in a vegetative state. But as fox news Jacqui Heinrich reports, north korea has not hinted that any problems. Reporter growing mysteries surrounding the health and whereabouts of north Korean Leader kim jongun. Quite simply, we dont know. As we know, we have heard rumors from everything to him being dead or printed. Reporter unconfirmed reports from a japanese magazine claims kim is in a vegetative state following a botched medical surgery. The report says the operation was botched because the surgeon was nervous and had shaky hands but with conflicting reports about came eye condition, a separate report says china sent him team of medical experts to examine it. Meanwhile, medical training belonging to kim was reported in a town and satellite images show the train parked in a system jumped for the kim family. Some suspect he may be sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic. He may have evacuated himself to this place simply to avoid being infected by covid. The Chinese Medical Team may be there to deal with covid or if kim has covid or others around him. Reporter came, estimated to be in his mid to late 30s is a heavy smoker with respiratory and heart problems and restrain his inability to run the country pumping speculation about who would take over. We are speculating that his sister, maybe the next leader. Up until a few years ago, everyone would have thought that a strict confucian, korean culture wouldnt allow a woman leader but in the last couple years, she has gained power. She has gained authority. Reporter sources tell fox news the white house has no definitive information on kim but say came missing saturdays on Day Celebration is significant. In new york, Jacqui Heinrich, fox news. More and more states are beginning to reopen their economies. At 10 30, the nonessential businesses allowed to restart despite facing criticism. And area weather, the weekend after a warm shower with 70s and 80s out there. Some changes in your sunday forecast, we will take a look at the numbers, coming up. Check first though, cruise around the bay area taking advantage of the reduced traffic on the roads. The project they are getting done. Its only human to find inspiration in nature. And also find answers. Our search to transform. Farm waste into renewable natural gas led chevron to partner with california bioenergy. Working to provide an alternative source of power. For a cleaner way forward. Tesla is reportedly asking some workers to return to the Fremont Assembly plant on wednesday. Limburg news reports the carmaker has staff in painting operations to report to the facility on april 29th. The company said that employees will be expected to return on may 4th, the day after the bay areas stayed home order is his visit to and. Tesla shut down its fremont factual march 3rd after Alameda County authorities said it was not an essential business. Many of us have complained about Road Construction during rush hour but that isnt a problem now and much needed infrastructure work is finally getting done. Fox news claudia callimont tells us about some projects happening now. Reporter the soviet planning to people staying off the road because less traffic means construction crews can get a lock more work done, faster and safer and with more workers assigned to each shift, thanks to expanded lane closures. That is expediting road repairs across the country, including here on one of San Franciscos busiest thoroughfares in the 19th avenue. What is allowing us to do is work during the day, do it safely. After quality asphalt is always better when it is done during the day, has warmer temperatures than at night. So to me this opportunity, not impacting the traffic at all. Reporter according to state transportation of the zoo, traffic is down 36 and that is helping to accelerate numerous projects, including work along 70 miles of scenic highway one in carmel with workers Wearing Masks and keeping safe space. Most of our people are by themselves in the cab of a heavy piece of the comet and an awful lot of that work is just naturally already socially distant from each other. So it is an easy way to help keep the economy moving and still work on something important for our society. Also, not putting a people necessarily at risk. Reporter across the country, nearly empty airports and train stations are also taking care of needed repairs to escalators, bathrooms and railroad tracks, this window of opportunity means thousands of construction workers are able to stay on the job and in some cases tackle projects that have not been upgraded in decades. Also, means once these orders are listed and people start traveling again, they will notice smoother roads and all kinds of other improvements that will keep them safer outside their homes. In seven cisco, claudia cowan, fox news. Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge down more than 70 as a result of the pandemic in the states stayed home order. Officials say from april 5th through april 11th, Golden Gate Bridge traffic was down 71 from normal, golden gate transit bus ridership fell 28 and golden gate very ship ridership fell 20 compared to this time lester. They said they saw a three drop since the shelter in place orders began on march 17th. Transit is offering free shuttle for cyclists and pedestrians trying to travel between oakland and alameda. Crews are working on the sidewalk inside the tube between oakland and alameda. The shuttle will run every 15 minutes between the posey ventilation building cannot and alameda and chinese gordon park on seventh street in oakland. Traffic and traffic will not be affected by this closure. Today, munich began continuing bosa traffic temporally discontinued because of coronavirus. This included 12,038 gary wrapper. Muni eliminated most of us succeed regular bus routes early this month, leaving just 17 of his busiest lines. Transactions as the increases because of the available personnel and an adjustment to ridership trends. San mateo county voters cannot track their valid ballots. The Company Launched a website called wheresmyballet. Sos. Ca. Gov. It allows voters to see information about election deadlines, pointless changes as well as if there are already issues with a voters ballot. About half of the counties in california have a valid tracking system. Well, bay area weather, we have been expressing this warm pattern other, temperatures in the 70s, 80s and a few spots edging closer to 90 degrees, once again here in the bay area. In fact, record report, not a book and record in oakland but tying the record in the 90s back on this day in 2010 when it was set. Take a look here in the bay area, lots of 70s and 80s out towards santa rosa, 88. Fairfield and antioch, right around 90. San jose, right around 90 degrees. Tomorrow, cooler. Clouds in the morning, sunny skies. Temperatures for your sunday afternoon, low 60s, lower spots and land could be the upper 70s to right around 80 degrees. The main source of this cooling is this guy, this big area of low pressure appear, this will drop off temperatures just basically for tomorrow and as a result, temperatures on a major cooldown but still cooling off a little bit. In the past few hours oh, those clouds have been moving in from the north. Here is the satellite image we showed you with that cloud coverage drifting in. In addition to the high clouds, we will see patchy fog looming on the coast, hanging out portions of seven cisco. Look at his live picture, pretty good, keep that cooler than today. Seven cisco now, 57. Livermore, 62. San jose, 64 degrees. Overnight lows start now tomorrow morning, most areas will be in the low to mid 50s. Fog, costar, patches around the bay. Heres the deal tomorrow morning, some low to mid 50s out there then into the afternoon hours, partly to mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will be from the low 60s in some spots, upper 70s to right around 80 degrees. A cooldown in your sunday forecast but the extended forecast will be completely different story, we will have the update coming up in just a little bit. All right, mark. Looking forward to that, thank you. Well, after months of speculation, longtime 49er josie leigh confirmed he is retiring. The offensive tackle calling it quits after 13 seasons. He issued a heartfelt Statement Today said that his body is, quote, telling him that it is time to retire. He thanked fans, the organization, estimates and family. During his career, staley appeared in two syllables and was selected for six bubbles. Joe fonzi will have more on staleys retirement coming up in sports. Including george carols emotional farewell to his teammate. And giving a helping hand to those who can shelter in place, how the Salvation Army is making sure to set up and how you can help. Plus, more than 100 people participated in san leandro today after last weeks shooting in walmart. What we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Justice for stephen taylor. Justice for stephen taylor. Check new at 10 00, more than 100 cars took part in a mobile put us today and in a san leandro parking lot after a shooting at walmart. Their demanding justice for 27 artist yvonne taylor. The protests eventually moved to San Leandro City Hall where people honked and held up signs. Police shot and killed a taylor inside of the walmart saturday. They say taylor was armed with a bat and they had no choice but to shoot. Inmates at the celano county jail or following up their time to make facemasks. The inmates and staff are using fabric and sewing machines to make hundreds of reasonable masks for First Responders and deputies too. The Sheriffs Office posted this video on his Facebook Page the inmates say, its good to know they are helping out for a common cause. This experience has been humbling, for sure. Because you know, it kind of shows me no matter where life has taken you, we all find ourselves fighting against covid19. The Sheriffs Office says many inmates are learning to sell, giving them a new skill. And he says its also given them a sense of purpose and know they are helping people stay safe from exposure and even saving a life. Well, one of the first big events to cancel because of the roll pandemic was awesomes sxsw festival and now it is one of the first to move online. We understand that 10 days of films will start streaming for free on amazon, starting monday. More now from foxs a toboggan. Reporter sxsw is one of the first major Film Festivals to go virtual after being canceled due to covid19. Prime video presents the sxsw 2020 Film Festival collection, free for athome viewers. April 27th through may 6. Director film Janet Petersen says the decision to pivot online happen quickly. The whole community had reach out in terms of how can we be able, what can we do together . You know, how can we what is the new reality . And we were checking out a different idea and amazon called and said we have a very substantial type of that exists and people know about and we go what a great opportunity for the films that we wanted to opt in to get to a large audience. Reporter participation was open but person notes, it doesnt work for automakers. We knew off the top of the other firms that were involved on other streamers werent going to be a part of this, they are headed if it really states that there is also a lot of films that are looking for this revision and are looking for the financial liability. Reporter they do have several features, including my darling vivian, and three premieres and 29 shorts. A gives you a taste of the tablet the president range of films we have. It is an experiment, too. We cant wait to see who turns in, and watches. Reporter its an instrument a potential model for other festivals as changes continue to be made during this unprecedented time. In hollywood, ashley toboggan, fox news. Helping the homeless during the roll pandemic. That is wonderful to come out and see us and meet us. Up next and how the Salvation Army is changing its methods to feed the homeless. Also ahead, protecting the nations of the lipid how the National Guard is stepping in to help prevent outbreaks in Nursing Homes across the country. In business, Cristina Coleman and los angeles. The plan for more and more states to start listing restrictions and reopen nonessential businesses, coming up. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. 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. Georgia and other states are continuing to reopen nonessential businesses after a weekslong stayathome order. And a dozen more states will follow suit in coming days but not everyone is behind restarting these local economies. Fox Cristina Coleman has the story. Reporter on friday, nonessential businesses in georgia began opening the doors. We are going to take her temperature. Reporter the states governor, brian kemp, expanding reopening to restaurants on monday with collins in place, such as social distancing and masks and gloves for employees. Many remain apprehensive about heading back into a public dining room. We know people want to get back to work, we know they want to make money but i just think it is just too soon. I think they should at least wait, you know, at least another month. Reporter and george is in the another setback in business. South carolina, alaska and oklahoma are also allowing some industries to restart. This includes hair salons, barber shops, spas, nail salons and pet groomers. Reporter and in the coming days, nearly a dozen more states will follow suit, including minnesota, tennessee, texas and colorado. First, there is apprehension but im excited to go back to work. Reporter that apprehension, a rise in new rural cases but Texas Governor greg abbott says he expects businesses which remained open during the log on as an example. Grocery stores have been able to operate in an Unlimited Fashion in ways that have not led to the spread of the coronavirus. We will be looking at some list standards in a broader array, knowing that if we can do with grocery stores, we can do with other types of stores. Reporter meanwhile, others in states not yet really out reopening have no concerns about the risk of returning to business as usual. They are also purchasing for lawmakers to restart their economies. And with some americans returning to work, the World Health Organization say there is currently no evidence people who were infected developed antibodies and are protected from the second round of covid 19. In los angeles, Cristina Coleman, fox news. The coronavirus pandemic is causing an economic slump that has left states backing washington for more money but some states like illinois want to use that money to address financial shortfalls they had long before the virus became an issue. That is why the Illinois State senates are requesting 4 billion in federal aid, raising many of us. Going to bed in washington about federally funding state money. How much it should be and how much should be used. Bad decisions in state capitals should not lead to the worst decision in the nations capital. The bottom line is some of this, a lot of says have mismanaged for decades their resources. And for those states that are on the bubble, we should not come and rescue them with other taxpayers money from other states. This week, House Speaker nancy pelosi said her team is already working on a phase four release package and that it will include funding for state and local governments. The National Guard has deployed to areas around the country, including los angeles to help with the covid19 outbreaks and Nursing Homes. The guard will assist more than a dozen states with disinfecting the care centers and providing ppe and local testing. In new york, more than 3500 other the residents have died and Governor Andrew Cuomo has now ordered an investigation by the states attorney general, looking into the possibility that Nursing Homes are not transferring residents if they cannot adequately take care of them. When a person gets transferred then they lose a patient, they lose that revenue, i understand. But the relationship is the contract is you have this resident, you get paid, you must provide adequate care. One in every five coronavirus deaths in the state is reportedly linked to a nursing home. Salvation army is looking for volunteers to help deliver food to homeless during the covid19 pandemic. This is a new Meal Delivery program called meals in place, sf. Ktvus Alyssa Harrington tells us how it works. You want lunch . Reporter is wonderful to come out and see us and to fetus. Reporter marcy lincroft received a food box from volunteers with the Salvation Army. She is among thousands of homeless living on the streets of San Francisco, unable to take shelter inside during the shelter in place. Living in a very different day right now so everything is very different. Reporter covid19 has changed the way the Salvation Army is able to serve the homeless population. They can no longer offer crew meals. So they deliver food instead. We are so excited and grateful that we can provide this food to these people, plus a visit from Salvation Army volunteers or officers let them know that there are loved and cared about and we think of them and we need to tell them during this crisis. Track reporter saturday, they gave many meals out at the tenderloin. Volunteers help to pack the food. I really wanted to help those that cannot find enough food, dont have a place to live. Its a beautiful thing that was let people in the world that care about others, you know, and be greatly appreciative. Reporter the Salvation Army is in need of additional volunteers and donations to continue this food box program. The plan is to provide meals seven days a week during the pandemic. Norton says this is the safest option to prevent an outbreak and an encampment. They dont want people to expose themselves to the virus while searching for something to eat. There is a lot of fear and uncertainty amongst them out there, they want to shelter in place and remain where they are at. Reporter elissa harrington, ktvu , fox 2 news. As the bay area work on reopening, Health Workers are on the lines, making crucial decisions for the communities. It is like we are sort of now in the eye of the hurricane. We have gotten past an emergency place and we have got a little bit more time but it is not the time to take the shutters off the windows because the virus is still out there, it is still in our communities. Are political reporter greatly held a special form with the Public Health officers from public customer, alameda and kern counties. They cover topics range from new Face Covering orders, testing efforts, how public spaces could look different in the future. You can watch our digital publichealth form in its entirety tomorrow night during the 10 00 news. Parts are preparing to ease back into normal life after getting hit hard by the coronavirus in europe. How italy and spain are easy restrictions, coming up. And a bit of a warm day today but we are calling things off with your sunday forecast and beyond, temperatures will be rebounding, we will take it the updated fiveday forecast, coming up. Plus, how tony bennett is a famous song to help spread cheer around San Francisco and how former mayor willie brown got involved. What we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. The santa rosa navy captain removed from his post for writing a letter raising the alarm about sailors on his ship sick with the covid19 could be getting his old job back. Fox Lucas Tomlinson reports now. Reporter another u. S. Warship crippled by the coronavirus per the pentagon says at least 33 sailors aboard the uss kid have been evacuating sailors back to the United States. They are preparing to return to port where they will undertake efforts to clean the ship, they will remove a portion of the crew from the ship and work to get everybody back to health and get the ship back to sea. Reporter the worship is currently in the eastern pacific, heading to san diego. She is part of the theater roosevelt crew, dispatched to counter drug operations. Pump back announced early this month that the white house would do this as the need to reinstate the former skipper who was relieved of command after a letter he wrote to Navy Officials with sleet to the media. Captain Brett Crozier was given a heros send off and the navy encourage them to get 90 of the nearly 5000 sailors off the ship. He was fired days later and by then, acting navy president retired after going to guam where he berated the crew and it was a profanity laced tirade about the former captain. He didnt thing that information was going to get out to the public, that misinformation age that we live in, people are too nacve and too stupid like this cannot be the commander of a ship like this. Reporter the crew have not been tested and more than 800 testers have tested positive. About 90 of the crew has been moved off the ship and moved to shore in quan. Just as captain crozier initially recommended. His fate should be decided next week. At the pentagon, Lucas Tomlinson, fox news. Spain is expected to begin easing its home confinement orders put into place seven weeks ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. Spain might skipper minister Hector Sanchez suspenders will be allowed to leave their homes for sidewalks and exercise starting may 2nd. Spain is reporting less than 400 deaths from the virus for the second day in a row. Officials say that as a sign that the applicant the country is stabilizing. The virus has claimed nearly 22,000 lives from spain. In italy today, it was liberation day today. A National Holiday when italians commemorate the end of rule and celebrate the end of fascism there were no parties or parades this year. The countrys coronaviruss are instead warned that the current war is quite over. All of this is italy charging a partially back to work on may 4th. Restaurants are making arrangements and helping for return to some semblance of normalcy. We get really creative with the way we make i see yous hospitals still sing a surge in coronavirus patients. Coming up, and emergency room dr. Gillis a glimpse of what its like to look and work in a hospital that is busier than ever. Is, will the temperatures keep rising this weekend . For that answer, meteorologist mark final have your complete forecast, coming up, next. 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. 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. So some states reached the apex of covid19, others are in the midst of a surge. This is