Million stimulus package. Heres more on that from greg lee. Reporter the democratic controlled house is scheduled to vote on the heroes act tomorrow. Republicans said it is dead in the water. While announcing major cuts, Governor Newsom called on President Donald Trump and the federal government to close the gap. The president of the United States with the stroke of a pen could provide support for the new heroes act. These cuts would be illuminated. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi release the new bill for 3 trillion. The four previous bills were bipartisan. We hope this one will be too. Reporter Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said it was a liberal wish list. We have spent enough money to prop up this economy forever. It is garbage. Reporter there was pushback from progresses, democrats criticized Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Hunger does not take a pause, not been able to pay the rent, the hardship of it all. Reporter Governor Newsom double down on the call to help. If the federal government does what it must do under the circumstances to help states large and small across the nation, these cuts would go away. Took the additional funding until after memorial day. Greg lee, ktvu fox 2 news. 34 Small Businesses have applied for federal aid. According to a survey 75 of businesses apply for federal loan that would keep workers employed, only 38 received money. They said that only Small Businesses received the amount of aid wall Small Businesses received the most help. 2. 9 million americans filed for first time benefits last week bringing the jobless total to 35 million people. And more than 4 million are here in california. We spoke with the labor expert who said that most california residents want to get back to work because the cost of living is higher and people cannot live off of the stimulus and unemployment checks. A 1200 stimulus check doesnt get you very far here in california and is not sustainable economically. Enhanced Unemployment Insurance doesnt get you far. And this only goes through july. Many businesses are slowly reopening, economists predict that more people will lose work as businesses fail , go bankrupt or are forced to close. Stocks rallied on wall street today. The dow rose at 377 points, it had been down earlier in the day , nasdaq rallied to end up 80 points , and the s p gained 32. The city of San Francisco is getting to reopen. 95 of their Retail Businesses for curbside pickup. Heres more on that story from Christien Kafton. Reporter eight weeks after the bay area shutdown preparations are underway to reopen businesses as early as monday for delivery and curbside service. That means people coming to and from work and customers moving about. Transit agencies are preparing. But i think the writer confidence is key for our future success. Reporter a b. A. R. T. Said that they do not anticipate a major increase in riders right away. But they are working on plans to reach out to riders to see what they want to see as they begin to ride. Were writers the Vice President said that safety meant dealing with crime , now cleanliness is added to the definition. We need to do all we can to make sure that b. A. R. T. Is as safe as it can be and that riders feel confident, that will get them out of their cars. Reporter at muni is predicting an increase in riders the agency is working closely to determine which lines to reopen. We have been focused on the data to see where that riders are. Over the past couple weeks we have been adding service to make sure that people have the appropriate social distancing when they use our service. Reporter they said that theyve always clean buses and light rail vehicles they now have new practices to keep them clean as possible. They are asking riders to limit trips, and they are limiting the number of people all allowed on buses and vehicles. A bus may pass you by because theres too many people on board. If you have to use muni allow yourself extra time, you may not get on that first bus. Reporter they anticipate that a lot of people going back to work will use their own vehicles rather than mass transit. They said for those using their own vehicles they can anticipate longer commutes. Reporting live from the San Francisco, Christien Kafton , ktvu fox 2 news. Berkeley is open on a plan to reopen restaurants by closing the streets to accommodate outdoor dining. They introduced legislation to help restaurants impacted by covid19 get back to business. Both san jose and san mateo is considering similar measures. Leaders say the getting some of these restaurants open will help the economy. Restaurants account for more than one third of the sales tax revenue. The city council will consider the measure on june 2nd a special meeting was held in santa clara county. Health officials discussing testing levels for the coronavirus. They stressed the importance of testing and communication. Saying that those are two key components to gaining ground in the fight against the coronavirus. This is a crisis and Emergency Response is needed. We need to be coordinated in the response to be effective. There is urgent need for that. They talked about drug therapies that are being used to treat sick patients. Some of them appear promising , but they said its important to not rush the process. They said that testing, isolation, and social distancing is the best tool we have to fight the coronavirus. And Contra Costa County there extending the amount of time that people have to remain isolated after they show symptoms or test positive for covid19. That length of time is 10 days. Up from seven days. The county Health Officer said the changes based on new guidelines from the cdc about how long coronavirus patients remain infectious. A push by churches to hold services. Pastors throughout california came to call on Governor Newsom to let churches enter phase 2. How clergy members say they may reopen with or without the governors permission. Churches in california have remained close since lockdown. Dozens of pastors from northern Southern California gathered in oakland on thursday demanding that Governor Newsom allow churches to reopen. We need to make a noise. We need to make so much noise that the governor will hear and know that churches are essential. Reporter Bishop Jackson hosted the gathering of pastors and representatives from different denominations they want churches to reopen by may 31st the anniversary of the pentecost. The pastor says that they are frustrated because they have heard little about reopening. We should be included in phase 2. If we are following all the regulations , why can we not open too . To visit many of the churches have been working to establish procedures that are in compliance with Public Health directives. We have protocols in place, we are practicing social distancing and we are cleaning wiping down surfaces. Reporter last week they ruled that Governor Newsom could ban churches from opening during the coronavirus outbreak. One pastor said his church may reopen with or without official consent. We will break a civil law and stand on our First Amendment right that believes that we have the freedom to express our faith and to help people. We do not want to break the law. I would prefer that we be on the same page with the government. I admonish them to follow the orders of the Public Health office. Took the head of the Interfaith Council represents 800 houses of worship. No one is rushing to open their doors. They just dont want to expose their congregants. Many churches are conducting online services. We reached out to the Governors Office but did not hear back. Rob roth , ktvu fox 2 news. Up next. We will hear from the attorney defending the two white men accused of killing a black a jogger. Why he is telling the public to not rush to judgment . A deadly crash in the bay area claimed the lives of four people. What were learning about the driver and the suspected cause . If youre ready for a big break in the clouds i have a friday forecast for you. Your weather is next. Big changes announced for lake merritt, the closures that discourage groups from gathering. Heres a live look at interstate 880 where theres no traffic. Ktvu fox 2 news at 6 00 will be right back. Four people were killed after an suv was six people inside crashed and flipped over on the highway in the south bay. This happened last night on highway 85 in san jose. Heres more on the story from henry lee. Reporter four lives lost because the driver of the suv who survived chose to drink and drive before crashing. It was a solo vehicle that was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control. That reason is still under investigation. Reporter that happened wednesday night at 1015. There were six people in the vehicle at the time. Reporter three men died at the scene and a woman died at the hospital , chp officers arrested the driver, rabbi kumar khanna on the suspicion of dui. So theres no reason to get behind the wheel after drinking. Reporter chp took measurements and got footage for madrone. Authorities did not have the speed or blood alcohol level of the driver. The driver is being held without bail , and they look into his driving history to determine if he could face more serious charges including healer manslaughter, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. The Oakland PoliceDepartment Said that they are allowing sex offenders to register remotely. This came after ktvu fox 2 news reported that some offenders could not check in as required by law. The department close the sex offender unit due to the coronavirus pandemic. We spoke to multiple offenders who said they tried to check in but were turned away. Victim advocates are worried that some locations of offenders are not being tracked properly. They say any sex offender found out of compliance during the pandemic will not be prosecuted. Turning to the weather in some sprinkles around the bay area. This was the scene in San Francisco. You can see the umbrellas were out. Some people had to turn on their wind shield wipers . We want to take a live look outside. Lets check in with meteorologist kyla grogan. We do have the clouds in control but thats going to change over the next 12 hours. We have sunshine on the way. Lets take a look at where we are with the temperatures. This is a look at sfo. Its 59 in San Francisco , and livermore 68, it is mild out there. We will be warm tomorrow. We did get a little rain over the last 24 hours, less than one inch. A trace in most spots. Not very impressive. Heres a live look outside that shows you where those sprinklers might be coming down. We will get some nice clearing as we have High Pressure off the coast that will nudge in and keep any clouds away from us. If you look to the left of the screen you see a low pressure system thats going to bring in another system later in the weekend. Tonight partly cloudy skies turn into clearing and mild temperatures. Lows into the upper 40s to mid 50s. Not bad at all. Tomorrow we will start off with a few clouds and then get ready because here comes the sun its going be a Beautiful Day , somebody at the bay, and 77 inland. Places the been below average are getting ready to go above average. Will be talking about the next storm system when i come back. The city of oakland is expanding their social distancing guidelines at city parks. Beginning tomorrow no bending including food trucks will be allowed next to city parks. Parking along side lake merritt will be suspended. Teams of ambassadors will be circling the area to make sure that the new rules are being followed. Lockers, dockers are not allowed. The stern grove musical festival has been canceled for the first time in 83 years. The event takes place on select sundays in San Francisco. Some of the musicians that were canceled are billy ray cyrus, and macy gray. Organizers say they are creating the best of the best video series featuring performers from past years. The video will be shown on the stern grove website. Coming up , preparing for the new normal. The changes that are coming to Oakland International airport . Tense moments on capitol hill as a whistleblower testifies. Why a Health Official believes that the United States is facing its darkest winter in modern history . Oakland International Airport is announcing new safety measures. Heres more on the protocols the airport wants to have in place when travelers start to return. Reporter at Oakland International airport they are preparing for the new normal. Long gone are the days of travelers packed shoulder to shoulder in the terminal. We have placed sixfoot social distancing markers on the ground. There are plexiglas shields being put up at the ticketing counters and places where passengers have to interface. Reporter some of the plexiglas shields are already up. And so are 50 Hand Sanitizer dispensers throughout the terminals. Masks have become mandatory. There will be adjusted gate seating and staffing plans to help the social distancing. Airplanes and airports were not designed for social distancing, quite the opposite. The math until now has been all about how many people you can pack into a space. Reporter now airports are figuring out how to make these new numbers work. As airline analysts point out they are doing it without any federal directive. If you are an airport, you want to make Big Decisions and Big Investments before you know if theres going to be some sort of uniform standard going forward. On the other hand, you have to do something because people right now are scared. Reporter at Oakland International they are hoping these changes will reassure people they are temporarily suspending taxi stands and employee shuttle buses. They are permanently adding practices like extra deep cleaning. We are really excited to welcome passengers back to the terminals. We are working long hours and are intent on making sure that we are the cleanest and most safe airport. Reporter the airport credit something called the Resiliency Task force because they know the rules will evolve over time. Theyre also working on education and enforcement. Ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. Coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at 630 p. M. Leveling the playing field. The multimillion dollar Fundraising Campaign underway to make sure that kids have the Educational Resources they need. An allstar pitcher sounds awful about taking a pay cut . Later in sports why he says it is not worth it to play . A bay area Education Company training Contact Tracing workers ahead of a second possible wave of covid 19. The free course coming soon . Now to top stories, faced with a 54 billion deficit, Governor Newsom proposed a very different state budget. The state plans to use all of the Rainy Day Fund and is proposing a 10 wage cut for all state workers. Today dozens of pastors gathered in oakland demanding that Governor Newsom allow churches to reopen. Some clergy members said they may or may not reopen. B. A. R. T. Is preparing for an increased in ridership. Muni is working with the Health Department to determine which buses and train lines to restart. Operators will limit the number of people allowed on board and face coverings are required to write. Youre watching ktvu fox 2 news at 630 p. M. With the students forced to learn at home it is sobering to learn that not everyone has access to a computer or the internet. Now a big fundraiser will ensure that all students have the resources they need. Here is more on that from cristina rendon. To schools in oakland said empty not every child has the same learning resources at home. My family didnt have internet and i can finish my work and i got lower grades and i finished deadlines for scholarship applications. Reporter Jessica Ramos was able to get a computer from Skyline High School and comcast held with Internet Access. The disparity is bigger with one student. Out of 50,000 students in Public School half of them do not have their own computer, Internet Access or there under connected. That is why the Oakland Unified School district , and the city of oakland and the Public Education fund and Tech Exchange is launching a Fundraising Campaign of 12. 5 million to close a digital divide. We are in a Health Pandemic is causing a learning crisis. Reporter they said its not enough to cover every student. Their districting mobile hot spots with the 4000 hot spots on order. We are Encouraging Companies and individuals to donate gently used technology that we can put through refurbishing and be part of the solution. Reporter to milling has already been raised. The other 10 million is a longterm goal to provide students with the computer at home and at school once classes resume oncampus. We want to get every one of these households permanently with digital access. We are ready to make the vision a reality. I know many seniors who are signing up for scholarships and missed the deadline because they did not have computer access. Reporter for details on how to donate visit ktvu. Com. Elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Estate audit finds that schools are not being transparent enough about mandatory student fees at the 23 campuses in the State University system. Its gone up 56 in eight years. According to the audit it is unclear where that money is going and why it is needed. The state auditor said that often times students have to take on additional loans to pay those fees. A spokesperson for the auditor said that fees are being used to cover Core Functions like a salaries and classroom equipment that a tuition should cover. There needs to be an increase in oversight of mandatory fees that would help reduce the financial burden to students. s but the system is standing by the fee increases. They said the money is used to give students the best education at an affordable price. A spokesperson said that they still have a budget shortfalls and that the fees could continue to go up even though most students will not return to campus in the fall because of the ongoing pandemic. The Mountain View online Course Organization is helping to train contact tracers they identify people whove been in contact with the confirmed patient to advise them that they may have been exposed. Heres more on that story from gasia mikaelian. Reporter the course is appropriate for anyone without a medical background , you do need some education and you do need to have empathy and the ability to understand the material. You will be answering questions that are brought up by patients that you are talking to. Its a fivehour content and it is broken up into different modules, including powerpoint slides and includes a mock interviews that you watch to see how to react to certain questions and to imagine what it is like to talk to somebody who is newly infected and you are guiding them or somebody you might be telling them for the first time that they were exposed. If you can imagine that could be quite sensitive and scary for people. The course is free , and you can find more information on ktvu. Com if youre interested in signing up. Coming up the state of wisconsin is back open for business after the state Supreme Court tossed out the governors stayathome order. The confusions created by battling Political Parties . Horseracing resumed in the bay area in albany. With modifications. The changes now in place . The governor of wisconsin is warning of mass confusion and the spike in the number of deaths after the state Supreme Court overturned the stayat home order. People poured into bars last night following the ruling that through the state into chaos. The republican legislators sued the democratic governor over the stayathome order , they said it will be left up to local governments to enact their own rules in the fight against the coronavirus. Today President Donald Trump visited pennsylvania. State that he said should reopen. During the visited the president toured the medical supply company. The white house said that the National Stockpile has relied too much on foreign suppliers. Democrats say the federal government is not giving states enough assistance or testing supplies. He cuts his nose to spite his face. He wants to get us back to work but he doesnt push testing. He you give people guidance and we can reopen safely. s but the present is expected to make more visits over the next few months. The state is considered a key battleground state in the president ial election. On capitol hill a government whistleblower testified about the dire conscious consequences that the United States could face. Dr. Bright said that his Early Warning cost him his job the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be a resurgence without better planning and it could be the darkest winter in modern history. Reporter dr. Bright said he was demoted because he would not promote hydroxy clock or kind hydroxychloroquine. Would you describe the administrations response as a success or failure . I believe we couldve done better. There are critical steps that we did not taken time. Reporter they said that bright continues to collect his salary while using his taxpayer funded medical leave to politicize covid19. I watch this guy, he is nothing more than a disgruntled, unhappy person. Reporter dr. Bright is still employed at the department of health and human services. He is a seeking to be reinstated to his old position. Im keeping an eye on the weather. We have sunshine on the way and rain. We could use it. I will time that out so you can make your plans for the weekend. Lets go to alex savidge to look at some of the stories we are working on for the 7 00 news. The Coronavirus Crisis is put a huge strain on the nations meet supply. The huge price increases we see in the bay area . And infant test positive in california. What pediatricians say that parents should do to protect their children from the virus. Stories and more coming up tonight at 7 00. After the break the historic Winchester Mystery House will partially reopen. How is that possible with the so few employees . Heres a live look outside as we inch closer to the weekend. It is a grandmother. Ktvu fox 2 news at 6 30 p. M. Will be right back. State filings a show that tesla furloughed 12,000 employees during the covid19 crisis. Most of the workers were furloughed at the fremont factory, somewhere at a distribution complex. Now elon musk has struck a deal to allow the fremont plan to go back to full operations. Today the congressman said he didnt appreciate the way that elon musk was bowling officials to get his way. The Winchester Mystery House is one of the biggest Tourist Attractions in the bay area. And tomorrow they will partially reopen. That bit of good news is being overshadowed by a lot of layoffs reporter at the Winchester Mystery House workers are readying for the friday reopening , this brand of history is getting a new twist. Selfguided touches tours as the coronavirus virus has forced the layoff of 90 of the staff. We have the most passionate and incredible caretakers on the estate we did have to make some very upsetting decisions. It is our hope that our business will rebound and we are able to employ more people than what we currently have. Theres nothing personal about this. Reporter Maintenance Technician was for your shy of her anniversary. She found out that her furlough will turn to a layoff. She says that this time of turbulence is a positive. This is a new beginning. Drug Winchester Mystery House is not alone in trying to figure out what to do. All close because the people that cannot come due to the shelterinplace order. Anyone in the tourism and Hospitality Business is enormously effective. Reporter professor wood said that 40 of the people whove lost jobs due to the coronavirus are in Service Industries he said the timing of winchesters reopening is odd its part of the process to rebuild an audience and industry. Once we have a vaccine itll be a Good Business again mcdonald hopes that shes ready , able and willing to work when the turnaround arrives. God willing we find a safe and healthy way through this. Hello everyone, its time for weather, ive got the good news we are going to see some sunshine for friday it looks like its going to be a Beautiful Day. Lets take a look at the next bit we can expect. Its going to be cloudy and mild with clearing overnight by friday we will warm up there some nice sunshine. And then we have a strong system that is coming our way it will deliver some beneficial rain. Heres a live look at the radar. We could see a few sprinkles, some of it not hitting the ground , temperatures are not bad. We are at 59 in san jose. A very mild night and here is the busy map we have going on. This low pressure system has been giving us unsettled weather. This High Pressure system will nudge and bringing sunshine tomorrow and then this guy over here is going to roll in and deliver rain as we get to the latter part of the weekend. Let me show you this gorgeous friday hello sunshine. We could see a little bit of fog. Saturdays not bad clouds rolling in at 10 00 in peerk this is a 6 00 we see this a system thats capable of producing thunderstorms that will be with us saturday night through sunday that could linger into tuesday. This is beneficial rain. Check out these numbers, Northern California getting some big numbers. Even santa rosa could be just under one inch. You can see livermore could see about a quarter of an inch. We could really use the rain, the new Drought Monitor came out today and you can see portions of the bay are in a severe drought pick this is new data. We have slid into this over the last couple of months. We have not gotten the rain we hope to get it. Where we got nothing. Normal rainy months we were only 50 of where we should be. We are happy to see the rain , enjoy the sunshine and take your wok, saturday its going to be pretty nice and then that rain arrives. A cool down for sunday through tuesday as we see those temperatures pull back with the rain. After that a warm up as we get into the midweek timeframe. It is a pretty good forecast. A little bit of everything. For the first time in six weeks live horse racing return to Golden Gate Fields without spectators and then scans. You can see the horses and their jockeys on the track, modifications are now in place. Jockeys are required to wear masks and undergo temperature checks. No fans are allowed. Any bets made are online. The general manager said that the field will be closed to the general public for the foreseeable future. A baseball player refusing to take a pay cut , why he says it is not worth it to play during the pandemic . Good evening everyone. Day 62 with no major sporting events in the country to talk about. And it does not look great for major league baseball. Still no word on if they will have a major league season. Owners proposed an 82 game season would start in july. They also proposed a 5050 split of the revenue which means players would have to take a sizable pay cut that did not sit well with tampa ray pitcher blake snow who is set to make 7 million. To take a pay cut is not happening. Ive got to get my money. Im not playing unless i get mine. And that is the way it is. I am sorry if you think differently. The risk is way higher , and the amount of money is way lower. Why would i think about doing that . The obviously he is not speaking for all major league players. We spoke with matt duffy earlier today, he said theres lots of fine print to be worked out between management and the players. He definitely wants to get back out on the field as soon as possible. Talking the players around the league everyones preparing, if youre not preparing to play at this point youre doing yourself a disservice. We agreed to certain terms when things shut down, and i think theyre hoping that those terms will be met. We mention that its been two months with no sports to talk about. That will change this weekend. Nascar returns on sunday for the First Time Since the nascar cup series was shut down in early march. This will happen at the Darlington Raceway in south carolina. While nascar is making a comeback so is ryan newman. Sunday will be his first race since nearly losing his life when he crashed at the daytona 500 in february. Two days after the crash he walked out of the hospital with his two young daughters , a moment he will never forget. I remember putting my arms around my daughters and walking out and holding their hands. I was a blast in more ways than one. It makes me so thankful for what i went through. Being able to have the people around me that i love and trust. I dont know how to describe any more than that. I feel like a walking miracle. Guess what . You can watch ryan newman this sunday live on ktvu fox 2. I bet youre wondering what happened on this day in sports history . Thankfully joe fonzi has us covered. The wears mathis brothers in the conference finals on this day in 2017. The wires went for 30 and they were on their way to a fourgame sweep. Plenty of baseball history on this day for the city of new york. In 1967 Mickey Mantle hit the 500th home run of his career at yankee stadium. Five years later at shea stadium , three days after being traded willie mays hit the first home run as a met against the visiting giants. And back in the bronx in 1986 the reclamation of Dwight Goodman was complete. He makes the catch, no hitter for Dwight Goodman. After a twoyear absence and a drug suspension he pitched the only no hitter of his 16 year career. Thats this day in sports. I am joe fonzi. Thank goodness we have joe fonzi digging up all this material. Is still strange to see willie mays and that mets uniform. Back to you. Its all good stuff to see. We need that. Thank you. Thank you for joining us tonight. We will be back tonight at 10 00. The news continues on ktvu fox 2 news plus. Sheldon, its not a great time what do you want . Hello to you, too. Im sorry, but this is important. What is it . Back to the future ii was in the back to the future iii case. 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