Modifications are made, people can start reopening with those modifications in these particular set theres as early as friday. Its too soon for offices, dine in restaurants and shopping malls. Those will stay close for now. Of the modification that will happen are a result of the data we are ready. Californias Health Report card released monday indicate key metrics are on schedule like inventory of personal protective equipment, healthcare surge and contact tracing. Plus hospitalizations are stable. It looks like it might be going down a little bit. Thats cautious optimism. Regardless has been stable and that supports making the decision. Counties can move quickly through stage two and on the other hand he is not forcing counties to comply with the modifications if they have stricter guidelines. The bay area is an example. If they choose not to come with the state guidelines, they have that right. This is an optimistic day as we see a ray of sunshine on the horizon. Newsom is not nacve, if conditions radically change he will have to ratchet up the stayathome orders. He does not expect that to happen. In discussing face to this week, the governor also emphasize regionals that people on a local level can decide whats best for their communities. Businesses reopen at yuba and sutter county, north of sacramento. Both counties are allowing restaurants, barbershops and other businesses to operate with social distancing. This is well and ahead of the governors timetable. Of the key factor is their low hospital rate for coronavirus cases. One person in two counties are in a hospital bed because of covid19. They want to monitor that factor not the number of cases. Only one hospital serves yuba and sutter counties. Officials believe its enough to handle the low number of cases. In southern county, they have been allowed to open their beaches after addressing plans to do social distancing. They were close last week due to the large crowds that gathered the weekend before. Starting tomorrow, people will be allowed to walk, jog, swim and surf but only during certain hours of the day. Laguna beach has a plan that will have more activities. They are not allowed together in large groups. They are able to modify shelter at home orders to have nonessential businesses resume their operations. We will show you what change today. Some businesses are now opening their doors and business is actually pretty good. They started up pretty slow. Once people realized we are open is been booming. People have been captive at home and its one of the few things you can go out and do right now. The nursery in San Francisco said so many still cooped up at home, every day is like the weekend. They say the key Going Forward to safety. Some criteria about how many people can be on site. They ask us to reduce our hours a little bit in close a little bit early to lessen the impact. The new order is allowing golfers to return to the links. In walnut creek, golfers accustomed to early teetimes will are ready to start swinging. We will take advantage of this if we can. Six be area counties allowing construction provided it can be done safely. Building is an important part of the bay area economy. Building more housing is an important step. Ezine a restriction is an important step to return to some semblance of normal. This is exciting, even though we have challenges, that exist. The ability to allow people to get back to work is so important. The mayor said she visited a florist over the weekend, one of the outdoor businesses allowed to reopen. The mayor said she and Public Health officials around the bay will be watching weather businesses and customers continue to observe social distancing and where Face Coverings to determine when and how to reopen other businesses. The city leaders in San Francisco said theres trouble spots were too many people are observing social distancing. One of the places is dolores park. The mayor said they will be patrolling the park. If it continues to be a troubles bought, she will consider closing it down entirely. Governor newsom said the state will need federal help to pay unemployment benefits. Of the wall street journal reports the state has been approved to borrow up to 10 billion through july. 4 million californias filed jobless claims. The state has paid out nearly 8 billion. In washington, d. C. The u. S. Treasury will have to borrow a record 3 trillion. To senior Officials Say the u. S. Is borrowing more in the second order then it did all of last year. Congress is approving trillions of dollars including a stimulus patient payment to help americans to help businesses survive the shutdown. Warm buffet said he has sold off all his companys holdings in the u. S. Airline industry. Buffet had more than 4 billion worth of stock in the four largest airlines, united, american, southwest and delta. Shares in the four airlines fell more than 5 . A rally by tech stocks help lifted the stock today. The dow is up by five in the s p 500 was up by 12. s jake crew filed bankruptcy today. A look at some of the other big names that will need to adjust if they hope to stay afloat. J. Crew, 73yearold company, operates almost 500 stores under the j. Crew factory and other brands. Is the first coronavirus caused major retail bankruptcy. To stanford of professor says this is just the beginning. Increasingly the virus makes people shop online more. This is the brick and mortar type store. Socalled brickandmortar retailers were already in trouble. Business watchdogs said before coronavirus and during a booming economy, many retailers said they were closing 9270 500 stores. Thats a record. Are more retail chain bankruptcies on tap . If the virus continues and we have shelter in place for several months, into the summer, major cities, yes i do. Retail dive, a Business News publisher that follows everything retail says no less than 27 retailers may have to file for bankruptcy protection or liquidation due to coronavirus. And neiman marcus, jcpenney are reported to missed Interest Payments setting them up for restructuring in bankruptcy court. Cap which operates six chain brands and 135,000 employees in 43 countries, mostly in the u. S. , has stated that some of his stores may not reopen. Without a Strong Financial position and willingness to get the landlords to give them relief many retailers will downsize or disappeared there are questions about whether consumers will go back into stores. This will continue through this year, even if we get some relief come summer. The big picture . We will not have av type of recovery everyone would like. Its going to be more an extended you type of recovery. That does not favor the brick and mortar retold retail store. So much of the economy depends on retail, that will slow the recovery down. Coming up, san joses police chief said he is proud of his officers. New information coming out about it Deadly Police shooting of a stabbing suspect. A father of three with a fourth child on the way dead because of a dispute with a neighbor. Why sheriffs deputies say the suspect couldve been in custody if it were not for the coronavirus. Its warming up around here. Temperatures climbing. We will have the details when i return. Distract 100 coronavirus cases in a nursing home in vallejo. We will hear from the family of one person inside that home. They say not as naff is doing to protect the spread. You can see traffic is incredibly light at a freeway in berkeley. And normally it would be absolutely packed. Ktvu news at six, we will be right back. Developing news on the peninsula where a south down caltrain struck and killed a pedestrian. At the person was trespassing on the tracks at a main street crossing around for this afternoon. Trains are still stopped in that area. To customers should expect delays up to one hour. This was caltrains. Fatal accident of the year. San jose police have release information a about a weekend stabbing. It happened on and homeless encampment. A man was stabbing and kicking a homeless man. Several drivers tried to block the suspect from the victim. It chief of police said the suspect was given several warnings to drop the nice knife. And officers tried to use several less lethal tactics and thats when the suspect charged at officers and he was shot several times. I spent a lot of time reviewing body cam footage, i could not be prouder of the actions of these officers this weekend. Both the suspect in the stabbing victim died. This was the second shooting over the weekend. And no one was hurt in the other incident. We are learning about a homicide in oakland. A husband and father was shot and killed by a neighbor who previously terrorize the family. Crime reporter explains, the suspect could have been in custody if it were not for the coronavirus crisis. Candles and flowers sit outside the home where the investment banker was shot and killed by a homeless man with a long standing grudge. A father of three whose wife was expecting was gunned down. A witness told ktvu what happened. He pulled a gun, miles turned around and he was shot several times. It was jamaal, i watched him do it. Jamaal thomas had been evicted from the home next door to the victims. Hes repeatedly vandalized the victims home including last month. The suspect threw a brick through the window of the victims home, narrowly striking him. A warrant issued for his arrest for assault and vandalism. Normally the bill would be 50,000. Instead that arrest warrant was for one dollar because it fell under the zero bail schedule. That was allowing him to free because of coronavirus concerns. Had he been arrested during that time he wouldve been released from jail with zero bail regardless. He threatened to burn the victims house down in february. He kept calling the police and then jamaal laid low a man as soon as you get let your guard down he attacks. Friend say armstead was a devoted father and soccer coach. He and his family moved out a couple weeks ago because of the suspect. He showed up friday to bring new materials for workers renovating the house. It may have been an opportunity for the judicial system to keep the gentleman in custody. Now there is a person that is disease. The victim and his wife were expecting a baby girl together and now they are planning for his funeral. The Master Tenant of the go ship warehouse in oakland is free on bail. He was released from the jail this afternoon after his attorney told the court that the 50yearold man is honorable to the coronavirus. His bail was lowered to 150,000. He will be allowed to stay with his family in lake county but will have to wear an ankle monitor. Hes been behind bars almost 3 years. He is waiting to be retried on 36 charges for Involuntary Manslaughter for a fire that killed 36 people. Beautiful day out there today. Were talking about the air quality, is pretty noticeable. This picture we put up right now, check it out. Thats mount diablo, as clear as you will ever see it. I daresay if you are in top of mount diablo you can see the sarah Sierra Nevada and mount shasta. With the air quality as its been, and if it shuts down and slows down look at the air. Thats amazing. Lets keep this in mind. I keep saying ive been here my whole life ive never seen the air so consistently claim. 25 mile an hour winds in the bay area. 23 had sfo. Not a big impact on us other than to get the high builtin a little stronger which will warm the temperatures more. It today the temperatures came up for to five to a degrees in some places warmer. It 11 degrees warmer in livermore. A Beautiful Day today. Tomorrow will be warmer. 80s in orange, yellows are and 70s. We will see you back here with the fiveday forecast in just a few minutes. This is wildfire prevention week. Over the last three years california has experienced some of the most destructive and Deadly Wildfires in state history. Of the spring cal fire is encouraging residents to clear vegetation 100 feet or more from their homes and have fire resistant landscaping. They are also urged to get the fire app. Firefighters responded to an Apartment Building on dixon street near south hayward bart station about 4 00 this morning. The fire broke out on a third floor and a dozen people needed to be let out of the burning building. It to two people were treated for injuries. Investigators are trying to figure out how it started. A dangerous new insect in north america is posing a threat to the depopulation. A bug been called the murder hornet has been found in washington state. This species is originally from asia. Is the largest be in the world, with queens that can grow two inches long. The giant hornets can attack hives. To decapitate the bees and leave piles of dead bees behind. A Security Guard shot and killed during a dispute about a face mask requirement. New details about the argument that turned deadly. Summer break in august for some students in Southern California, officials announced a start date for the new school year. The family and the passenger of a grand princess cruise ship filed a wrongful lawsuit today. They said this man died in late march after contracting the coronavirus on the cruise ship. He stayed under quarantine at Travis Air Force base. Princess crude line did not properly clean the boat, take safety precautions or inform the the passengers of the outbreak on the ship. These are suspects of the murder of a Security Guard who was killed over policies to wear face masks. This man was confronted by a Security Guard at a Family Dollar store because the dollar daughter was not wearing a mask so they were not let inside. The husband and son went into the store and thats when the Security Guard was shot and killed. There is no excuse for someone to take this kind of an action over this kind of issue. They are all charged with premeditated firstdegree murder. More than a debtors dozen states are rolling back restrictions this week. South carolina, montana and missouri will open up restaurants and Retail Stores with social distancing in place. Florida stores have reopened and many counties have begun the first phase of reopening which requires the restaurant to have three quarters of their seating outside. Harder hit areas in new york are keeping policies in place now. The other side of the mountain you start to see the shape of the mountain. The climb from the mountain is not as steep as the incline. Meantime at West Washington state and oregon, they extended their stay at home policies for several more weeks. Jack in Southern California the superintendent for the l. A. School district, and nelson earlier start date for the Upcoming School year. They are said to return from summer break on august 18th. That will apply whether they are in the classroom or are still distancelearning. Last month, the governor caught a lot of School Officials and parents by surprise when he suggested schools could open as early as late july. You want to help but on a separate continent. Coming up on ktvu news at 6 30. Frustration is building for family members with loved ones inside this nursing home. More than 100 people tested positive for the virus. They have a history of improper virus control practices. The nfl open his schedule for this week. There are a number things to discuss. Distract Face Covering said required in airports. What travelers have to say about the new rules. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. Now to our top stories. The governor says the time is near to enter phase 2 of reopening the states economy. Is some lower risk retail liope curbside pickup. The details of the plan will be laid out thursday and could be implemented by friday. Six bay area counties relaxed shelter and home orders and allowed Construction Projects resume and allowed nonessential businesses and outdoor activities. Mayor reed said how people reacted to the changes and how the data will determine how the city perceive. J. Crew is the first major retailer to file for bankruptcy because of the coronavirus. But 27 other retailers may have to file for bankruptcy because of the pandemic. And name and marcus, jcpenney and the Guitar Center are having serious financial trouble. You are watching fox 2 news at 630. Nursing home has an outbreak in the lay hope. We talked with the family of one of the patients. They said the staff appeared to be overwhelmed. Reporter here at the Windsor Valley care center, 76 patients and 23 Health Workers have tested positive for covid 19. This 99 total cases. One of those patients was 64 yearold joseph of pacific up. Hes had both legs amputated because of diabetes. Now hes tested positive because of the coronavirus. His two children and son stationed in germany are worried and frustrated. I want help but im on a separate continent. Good daughter lives closer but like all families of nursing home patients, is not allowed to visit. Now the trend 20 is in his system and we dont know how his body will react to the virus. We are trying to be cautious and make sure he gets the meds. On friday there were 34 cases reported then now its almost triple. The Public Health says its working closely with the facility to manage outbreak. He said his father had two roommates who tested positive and they were moved to another room for which they are grateful. We had two amputated legs and a toilet not working. Hes since been moved from that room. You see the new stories and hope its not gonna happen to your parents facility. The state Public Health record shows that he was cited for improper Infection Control practices in march of 2019. They gave the facility to stars out of five based on health inspections. Regulators have often given especially Infection Control, pretty short scripts when they are doing inspections and they are paying for now. The healthcare staff seemed overwhelmed. We want to make sure they get the help they need to help our father and others. We reached out to management and were told we would get an email statement, which is not arrived. The number of coronavirus cases in the bay area continues to rise. There are now more than 8700 confirmed cases. Sadly, 317 people have died. Two new deaths in 18 new cases in Santa Clara County which remains the hardest hit county with 2200 confirmed cases. Today San Francisco announcer retesting for all essential workers with or without symptoms. This includes everyone that has to leave their home to go to work. The south of market and seven the street as well is Community Testing sites. Appointments are required and can be made through the citys website. Even with the pandemic, some new nurses cant get jobs. They are left sitting at home wishing they could help. An investigation found many hospitals refusing to hire recent nursing grads and some places are laying off healthcare workers, putting positions on hold. Governor newsom called for Nursing Homes to fasttrack their students. The state has already granted waivers for those soon to be nurses. Those the got license before the outbreak, feel they have been left behind. We want to be out there on the front lines and help all these patients, we want to help the nurses, we want to relieve them. Its difficult because we are not getting hired. Investigative reporter says they will look at the struggle of new nurses and what hospitals are facing right now. There could be new opportunities on the horizon. That report coming up on the 7 00 news. Starting today, masks are required for passengers on board major airlines. We are finding out with the new rules entail. Reporter at minetta san jose airport on monday, an employee reminded people about the just implemented rule, requiring travelers and airport workers to wear mask. This is from my own safety measures. I was not aware it was required. You have to keep the spread of the virus down. I dont know a better way. Scarves, bandannas and homemade masks are all allowed. Those without a facial covering were handed one. Children under seven and those with breathing issues are exempt. The airlines require some sort of Face Covering during travel so we align our policies with the airlines. Delta, united and jet blue required mask for travelers on monday. And none are exempt. The airline is trying to balance the economics of flying with the comfort and social distancing of passengers. This man flies to boise from Silicon Valley every week. Im in healthcare and if i were not outside i would have a mask on. This is what it looks like before the pandemic in this is what it looks like now. Some observers call it a ghost town. We can see between 16 to 20,000 passengers a day, we are only seeing maybe 300 to 1000 on a big day. The san jose airport has seen a few more travelers recently. On friday, may 1st, reporting is busiest day with just over 1000 travelers. Officials dont ask like expect a flood but a trickle when restrictions are lifted. Coming up after the break. A positive update about an east bay congressman. Hes out of the hospital, but we will explain why he wont be returning to the bay area just yet. The senate has dabbled back in but at what risk . When a full congress should return here to washington. Some Companies Still have hr stuck between employees and their data. Entering data. Changing data. More and more sensitive, personal data. And it doesnt just drag hr down. It drags the entire business down with inefficiency, errors and waste. Its ridiculous. So ridiculous. With paycom, employees enter and manage their own data in a single, easy to use software. Visit paycom. Com, and schedule your demo today. New details on the health of the east bay congressman. His office announced he has been released from the hospital. He had been hospitalized for more than a month after pauline and fracturing a rib and developing pneumonia. His family released a statement saying they look forward to their dad coming home to california. For now he will continue his recovery in washington, d. C. Until doctors determine it is safe to fly. Struck the u. S. Senate was back in session today. There was pushback over Health Concerns by some of the older senators. We are in washington where there are also questions about when the house of representatives will return to the capital building. The senate will come to order. Mitch mcconnell reconvening the senate after being away since march. Confirmations and hearings are on the agenda this week. We will be a smart and safe as we possibly can. We will show up to work like the essential workers that we are. Not all our on board asking all 100 senators to return to dc, some are at a higher risk for covid19. Senate republicans are not prioritizing legislation. If we want to make these fine people come to work in this condition, let the senate conduct the nations business and focus like a laser on covid 19. Distract the house is not returning due to concerns to the capital attending physician. Majority leader and House Republican has outlined four phases to get representatives back to work safely saying every avenue should be explored to preserve institutional rules while prioritizing member health. I think the house needs work. The president offered to make Rapid Testing available to congress which nancy did closely pelosi declined. Congress not wanting the special five minute testing apparatus, they are saying they are not essential. Washington, d. C. Remains under a stayathome order. It despite some states opening, the district has not reached his peak and people need to continue to social distance here. In washington, fox news. The u. S. Supreme court made history holding its arguments by teleconference and broadcasting the audio live for the first time ever. It todays arguments were over a case whether the website, booking. Com, can trademark its name. The justice he booking, can be trademark just by adding. Com on the end. They are hoping they can remain to the public after the pandemic is over. Nice day today a warming trend. We will see you back. Some of the stories were working on for the 7 00 news. The bay area landscape may be forever changed. Many restaurants will change if they are able to open. Big changes in the way in which our kids are taught. What needs to happen to improve Distance Learning as california schools begin fall classes a bit earlier. Of those stories and more coming up live at 7 00. After the break, a huge donation to a hospital in santa cruz. This money is specifically meant for hospital workers on the front line. A taking a live look at on this monday night, may the fourth be with you. Channel 2 news at 630, we will be right back. An unexpected bonus for workers at Dominican Hospital in santa cruz. We are told that an anonymous donor has made a huge gift. They have very specific instructions on where that money will go. Monday malays will be forever cured at a hospital in santa cruz after they learned an anonymous benefactor is donating 1 million specifically for hospital employees. I think its so nice. Its amazing. 1 million just to get to the staff is amazing, unbelievable actually. The gift was proposed april 17th by a donor who wants to remain on nameless. That person, a longtime friend of the hospital with a history of gift giving, say they want to help frontline staffers immersed in the battle of covid 19. There have been some great contributions around the country regarding covid19. This one is focusing directly on the employee. We believe it is at this point oneofakind. This will first go to the Hospital Foundation which will then write a check and the hospital will distribute bonus checks to the 1000 employees. Everyone from doctors to nurses to technicians and mailroom staff, all will get a check for about 750. When i get a gift for my kids get a gift from their grandparents i say dont waste it on a treat or a snack. This nurse said she will try to pay it forward by patronizing businesses and donating to a local charity. Its a nice financial bump to a family of frontline workers who are raising to two teenage boys. You dont think about how much you are impacting people sometimes. It feels good. The Payroll Department will distribute bonus checks in the next two weeks. This donor wanted to do something specific for the employee. And in so doing, they put smiles on many faces for one of the grimmest times of their lives. Its a Beautiful Day again today. Thats the way it goes, temperatures warming up each day as we head towards the weekend. Its good, get outside weather. To talk about the air quality a lot. L. A. Before, its not a great shot but this is l. A. Before and l. A. After quarantine. Is pretty great to me. We are seeing that all over the world. In nepal and india. Theres our life camera shot. Beautiful blue skies tonight. You might see the meteor shower. It will be overnight late tonight and early tomorrow morning. It will mainly be seen more towards San Luis Obispo south, it would be 3 to 4 or five in the morning. Even a night, you are seeing much further and much greater visibility. Current temperatures, 80 in fairfield. Is seven degrees warmer than yesterday. 11 degrees warmer in livermore. Whats the plan . Roll with it. It will get warmer each day. Not a heat wave but a warm wave for sure. As we go into tomorrow, temperatures in the yellows in the 70s. In the orange spectrum is 80s. Thats not too bad. As we get into wednesday, thursday a couple clicks each day as we get into the weekend. The model shows cloud cover in the morning. Maybe close. The beaches are clear. If youre watching the avenues you can see the islands from the beach. And from stanton beach. 68 degrees for daytime high. Temperatures for tomorrow. 85 in fairfield. And 85 and pop in sunday here. The cool trend will go up we peak on thursday and friday and then temperatures trend down a little bit after that. I bet you have seen that air quality. It seems so much clearer and a lot of people have been talking about it. Is stunning. Is a worldwide thing take a moment and see it for what it is. Is pretty amazing. Ive never seen anything quite like it. When we come back later on, well see you. The nfl has decided to release and schedule later this week but there are a lot of contingencies as you can imagine. Mark will run it on downpours coming up next on sports. Tune in tonight for an episode of 911. Is followed by 911 lone star and then join us for the 10 00 and 11 00 news, right here on ktvu. We are coming to you from nampa are home office. We hope you had a good weekend. I got cleaned up, shout out to my wife tina who gave me a home haircut. A shout out to my oldest son that said dad you got to get some hip hop. Got some very great sports fans. E 40 looking good. In a big way, the nfl business as usual for them. They announced today that thursday they will announce and release 2020 regularseason schedule. Some of the bullet points of interest, there will be an this is an obvious one, no international games. Two schedule for wimbledon stadium in the england. We will have the firstever 17 game regular season. All this seems a very optimistic. Its not confirmed. One detail they are working on. And no capacity seedings stadiums. They will be observing some side of social distancing in some way. They probably wont have bands sitting directly next to each other. Are like in all sports. Everything still needs to be worked out. When you think about all the great nfl coaches in history, names like vince lombardi, joe walsh, Bill Belichick comes to mind, none of them ever one more games than don shula. He was with the baltimore colts. He was with the Miami Dolphins and that was his biggest memory as he guided them through the only perfect season ever. He died at the age of 90. He said he died peacefully in his sleep. He was 90 years old. In 1972 one of the stars was the prototypical fullback, larry csonka. He described tough and courageous and a foreign leader and he did it with loving added affection and humor. Let me tell you one thing before we get off. I dont know where all old Football Players and coaches go, wherever they call heaven, right now, there is a lot of growling and snorting and cussing going on because he just got there. Don schumer was a hardcore and great nfl coach. May the fourth be with you. Heard you say that earlier. It is National Star wars day. Somewhere in our galaxy they are playing stortz sports. Did not honor. As far as we know, joe fonzi remembers the day in sports history may 4th. [ music playing ] unfamiliar territory for warrior fans on this day five years ago. And not only was a team on his way to his first championship in 40 years in an emotionals ceremony, stefan rrwas named the leagues most valuable player. I hope i inspire people to just be themselves. Charles barkley loves to haunt the warriors with his words these days. On this day in 1994, he was scored a career high 56 points for the phoenix sons. Who completed a threegame first round sweep of the warriors. On this day in 1965 on candlestick park, willie mays took the dodgers clod alstyne. Willie said i knew it was gone when i hit it. He passed mel ought that time was the National Leagues alltime home run hitter. Thats this day in sports. Im joe fonzi. Good stuff from joe fonzi. A big headline today, nfl schedule coming out on thursday. As far as they are concerned, football is happening this fall which is music to a lot of peoples ears at this point. Thats sporting live for now. All right mark. To take care. Good night everybody thanks. Can i have your attention, please . Were all here tonight because we have no one to be with. Weve got to stop defining our selfworth by whether or not were in a relationship. We are a community, and as long as we have each other, were never truly alone. That was cool. What you said. Thank you. Uh. Would you like to, uh. Get a cup. A cup of coffee. . Okay. Later, losers so then i went to cambridge, which was wonderful not only because its a good school but because it totally looks like hogwarts. Thats where i fell in love with astronomy, and now im an astrophysicist at caltech, so i guess you could say, uh, raj is my name and stars are my game. And rhyming is also my game. So, uh, two games. Uh, anyway, thatthats enough about me. I want to hear everything about you. I have to go to the bathroom. I go to the bathroom, too. Sometimes more frequently than i care to admit. Oh, ive had it checked out, its nothing. Hmm this is going great mmm. Can i have a refill on my chai tea . sighs yes. I have a good feeling about this. 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