Back into our community, and making sure that all of the businesses that have supported us over the years are here to support us in the future. Reporter time is of the essence, and the time is now. It is essentially critical, were talking about businesses that for many, work on a month tomonth misses. Reporter economic develop Alliance Just released a survey of 2000 east bay businesses, predominantly sole proprietorship. Overwhelmingly, they say this is the biggest challenge for now. To make the most critical piece of that is reestablishing the connection with customers, hitting orders going, and starting to get back into the flow of things. Reporter overdue rents, bills, hiring people paled by comparison, their Small Matters but any could end the business. Trying to get out of that hole is a daunting proposition for many. Reporter this is really about survival, we will see how it gets in the future, but nobody knows so far. No one knows how may businesses and Contra Costa County and every other one around the country will fall prey to the buyer. Its great to see this businesses reopen, but do they think there will be enough business to keep them open . With so many people right now out of jobs . And the biggest concern is paying rent, paying mortgage, paying medical bills, or buying food, will there be enough business for the Small Businesses that are being allowed to reopen . Theres only one of two factors, how many people that have money are going to be willing to go out and take a chance to spend it just to be a good citizen . Those two things mitigate very heavily against the businesses, and that is why it is so important, and you cant say it enough, that the government went all in in the beginning, they said we will get this thing done right, they better get to it. A lot of these businesses will not survive and it will be a much, much longer recovery unless they put that money in now and do it right away. Tom, thank you. The City Councils hearing recommendations on a plan to get restaurants back into business with customers eating alfresco, the city is considering allowing Restaurant Owners to set up tables on sidewalks, streets, and parking lots for outdoor dining. The proposal would also allow public parks and pluses to be used. Including gyms, yoga studios as well. The city of san mateo in berkeley are also considering similar proposals. Another step, reopening parking lots at state recreation areas, officials said it will be a slow rollout to minimize crowds. Here is what you just expect on this memorial day weekend for those places that are open. Reporter memorial day weekend is one of the busiest for the park service, and the state Parks Department made easing of restrictions but did not make any official announcement. Theyre concerned about a crush of crowds coming in not following the rules to stay local. From the chirping birds to the towering redwoods, its a little easier to access natures seems like this would. The forest in Santa Cruz County is 127 state parks it reopened parking lots over the weekend. The change came seven weeks after the state announced closure of all 280 state parks. Is a welcome move for this couple with a newborn baby. Its nice and theres parking, especially we are bringing a baby. So its nice to not have to walk the full couple miles with the stroller and we can kind of get into the park. I am in favor of limited parking. Reporter most parks that of reopen, there half the amount of normal parking spaces. We checked online and figured it out, because we did not want to come if we couldnt get out and move around. Reporter the Great Outdoors and the covid19 era means facemasks and shields for park rangers. This will not be business as usual. No, no. Reporter visitors should still be local and not cross county lines, i do not expect a normal nature outing because new visitor guidelines are in place. At some beaches, where coolers and beach chairs and allowed. At some parks a lot of trails are oneway. We are also asking people to take and sanitizer with them. Reporter 36 state parks are still temporarily closed, a third of which are in the bay area and include one in Alameda County, one in Contra Costa County, one in San Mateo County and sonoma coast state park. Rangers can and have issued citations, mostly for illegal parking. The goal is education, they ask visitors to maintain physical distance, and of a park. Come back later. Santa cruz is in a nice little bubble, with low infection rate, and i like to see it continue that way. Its a delicate balance, and also mitigating the crowds and especially with the busiest weekend coming up, they do advise if youre going to a state park you first go to their website to check out first. Now to napa county where boaters are able to get back on the water, all boats have to be inspected for Invasive Species before they are allowed into the water, earlier this week five of the lunches including pleasure cove and pisa canyon reopened, and yesterday, tent camping is still not a loud in the Visitor Center is closed. You could check the county by county information on reopening with our ktvu news apps there is also a running list of what is open and where near the top of the page. An outbreak of covid19 in the nursing home in vallejo has now killed 11 people who live there. 99 other residents and 37 workers at the Windsor Vallejo care center have also tested positive. That is more than 80 of residents and staff about nursing home. Most asymptomatic, Solano County and Public Health officials are working with the nursing home staff on managing that outbreak. Oakland Police Confirmed the fourth case of coronavirus in the department. That employee has not been to work since may 14th. And is currently offsite, self courting, and reportedly recovering. The Police Spokeswoman would not say whether the employee is an officer or another staff member. Dozens of people were given food and other necessities west Oakland Church today. Volunteers distributed boxes of food at the greater st. John missionary baptist church, theyre serving at least 100 families per week. The boxes contain a weeks worth of food for a family of five, there is also a bag full of muchneeded emergency essentials. Had sanitizers, gloves, masks, dishwashing liquid, to be wipes, all of the things that it is hard to find in the Grocery Stores these days. Organizer said they would give up food boxes every week for the next 12 weeks. The Alameda County food bank of the Berkeley Food Network are getting help in their mission to help the hungry, the two groups received 600,000 in grants from the drugmaker bear which has offices berkeley track half of the money will be used to buy and distribute food, the Berkeley Food Network we simply have to create a Food Research vision center. Nonprofits say theyve seen an extraordinary spike in hunger during the coronavirus pandemic. Operations are slowly getting back to normal San FranciscoInternational Airport , the report says some nonstop service to europe will resume next month. There were no flights to europe since april 1st. Airport also announced it expects Additional Services to japan next month. Public health official. Cautiously optimistic tone, they say that the bay area is flattening the curve. What they say is crucial to continue in that progress. Are you doing or not doing during quarantine, new survey reveals interesting trends. Where money will go, coming up. It warmed up significant today and will continue a and. Lets get started. music fades in hey hi until i found out what itst it actually was. Ed me. Dust mite droppings eeeeeww dead skin cells gross so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavyduty dusters. Duster extends to three feet to get all that gross stuff gotcha and for that nasty dust on my floors, my sweepers on it. The textured cloths grab and hold dirt and hair no matter where dust bunnies hide. No more heebie jeebies. Phew. Glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering. Santa cruz county Sheriffs Department said that they were arrested several people in michigan, investigators at all of them are connected to the kidnapping and murder of a high tech executive last october. He was taken from his home early in the morning on october 1st, police later found his body on a road in the santa cruz mountains. He died from a gunshot wound. Authorities of not identified the suspects were in custody, Police Believe the motive for the killing was robbery and said they will release more information in the coming days. To make an Investigation Underway in oakland after a body was found on train tracks, real workers call for police and fire response at 5 15 this morning in oakland. Police are trying to determine how and when that person was hit. After months of delays, we no when bart service will be available in Santa Clara County, today bart and the bt announced final safety inspections been completed for two stations. Bart trains will be running to the stations beginning on june 13th, right now service goes as far as the warm springs station in south fremont. Bart and the bt signed a safety and security certification for the 2. 3 billion dollar extensive. This is an exciting day not just for bart and vta and the city of san jose, but for the people of the bay area. What is so exciting but actually having transit, that connects five counties, is that people, real people are going to be able to be connected. The only thing left before passengers are allowed to north centers is a California Public utilities commission. Has 14 days to approve the safety verification. To make the president said that bart and other transportation agencies in the bay area will give millions of dollars in federal funding, the money is designed to offset low ridership due to the pandemic. Undressing her with why the president came weeks after the funding had already been announced. Andre . That money is for local transit agencies, but the process to get that cash can be very, very slow. Reporter and its weed on tuesday, the president s of the San Francisco bay area will receive over 700 million in federal loans to support continued operations in support workers at sfo, and bart. In march nancy pelosi secured 1. 3 billion for bay area transit, and in april allocated the first batch of cash, 700 million. That proffered questions. This is not new funding, these resources came over the last few weeks and i believe care package three. Reporter that is latif assignments response. The mtc has allocated 250 million for her agency. We are extremely excited to have received a portion of the character funding. Reporter a spokesperson says the mpc allocated it 197 million, with San FranciscoInternational Airport getting help. This is something that we had already received confirmation of, we know that our cut of that will be about 254 million. Reporter the tweet was part of a series of posts touting federal help for transportation agencies in other states as well. All money must be approved the federal government, that is happening right now. According to a spokesperson, the president s announcement coincides with that process. For us this would help address the revenue shortfall. Right now, bart, sfo, one step closer to getting their hands on the federal money. In the meantime, the remainder of the money will allocate it at 529 left, will be allocated sometime over the summer. Drivers headed in both directions through the caldecott tunnel may run into delays during the overnight hours. Caltrans will close the right area of the tunnel on eastbound 24 9 30 tonight until 12 15 tomorrow morning. Starting wednesday, at 12 30 in the morning, the westbound heading into oakland will close until 4 30 in the morning. The closures are so the cruise can do Maintenance Work on the tunnels. Snow up in the mountains last couple of days, i got to tell you. It has been significant may rainfall and snowfall, today was sunny. Windy, and the temperatures came up. Numbers right now generally in the 60s and 70s, live camera shot looking at San Francisco, wow, great air quality, great visibility, beautiful beautiful day, around the bay area. One more live shot, maybe we dont. What do you think . We dont. Lets look at the graphic, may snow in the mountains the got almost a foot of snow in some places. 8 inches at kirkwood, got reports of up to 8 inches at echo summit as well, 3 inches, higher around theyre talking about 8 inches. As you look at the live camera here you see the camera moving around, it is breezy as the system clears out. For may, that a significant rainfall. That a significant snowfall, it has been a real sort of dream come true, it delays the fire season and cleans up the atmosphere even more. Even more than it was and puts the tree pollen, windy in oakland. 23 mile an hour sustained winds, San Francisco 32 mile an hour gusting winds, breezy, out toward the outer ridge. There is that system still trying with thunderstorms, right up in here you will see this lighting pops, lighting pops throughout the area near trucking as well, activity down toward bear valley, and it winds up and is out of here, we are heading for a dry warming pattern, look at the temperatures today. Right now it is 74 in fairfield, that is 6 degrees warmer than last night at this time, 7 degrees warmer in napa. What is the plan . More of this, more sunshine. Temperatures were cold this morning, they will be cool again tomorrow morning but not quite as cold, mid 40s tomorrow morning not quite as cold. A really nice Weather Forecast coming your way toward memorial day weekend. Yellows or 70s, oranges theres 80s, lots of 60s and 70s. We dont see any rain down the road but we do see a warming trend, i will be back in a little bit with the fiveday forecast. We will see you then bill, thank you. San francisco boy who is obsessed with trucks and cars got a big surprise today for his birthday. He was greeted with a special parade involving police cars, fire engines and more. He smiled and watched as police and firefighters blared sirens and flashing lights. His parents are both nurses and wanted to do Something Special for his fourth birthday. s mom says her son was born three months early, every year the like to make his birthday extra special. Because of the pandemic to get creative, so they reached out to the community for help. There is a lot of emotion around his birthday for everyone in the family, so to make it something really just full of love like this, with so many people saying yes we want to put a smile on your childs face, is extremely heartwarming. Trucks from aaa and pg e took part in the birthday parade. Lawmakers on capitol hill are getting more economic aid, coming up, why the nation might need another stimulus package to keep the economy afloat. 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As Lauren Blanchard tells us, this comes as the resident predicts the u. S. Economy will star to bounce back by the end of the year. Reporter the president meeting with Senate Republicans on capitol hill. A lot of positive things are happening, both in terms of the country and in terms of election that is coming up. Met the senate is deciding between heres relief bill, crafting their own bill, or waiting to see how the economy responds as more states reopen. At the transition to greatness, the Third Quarter into the Fourth Quarter, the Fourth Quarter will be really good. Reporter Steven Mnuchin along with the chair of the Federal Reserve giving a first report on how many from the 2 trillion cares relief bill was being handled. This is the biggest response by congress ever, but is that enough . Reporter states been pushed to get back to work. Some jobs will not be there to go back to. Theres a risk of permanent damage. Reporter democrats and republicans are not doing enough to protect essential workers. How many workers should give their lives to increase the gdp or the dow joins . None should give their lives and i think your characterization is unfair. Reporter Elizabeth Warren had a Testy Exchange with the secretary about business is the received money would be required to keep workers on payroll. To make it simple question, yes or no. There is a provision that we expect people to use their best efforts to support jobs. Reporter the senate it has outoftown for we, no more bills are expected to pass before memorial day. The may be back for a few days next week. The Governors Task force on business and job recoveries asking congress 1 trillion in credit virtually for states, the task force sent a letter signed by nearly 100 Business Leaders including marc benioff, bob geiger, and priscilla chan. Downslope the challenges that state and local governments face. The funds would help ramp unnecessary programs like Contact Tracing and testing, while also preventing teachers, Police Officers, and First Responders from being laid off. In washington today, the president announced muchneeded relief for farmers to make it possible to keep food on the table. The administration released details about a 19 billion coronavirus Food Assistance program, 16 billion will be given directly to farmers and ranchers as compensation for their losses during the pandemic. That includes producers of corn, cotton, soybeans, beef, dairy, pork, and more. The of the 3 billion will be used to buy products. Where providing 19 billion to support our nations agricultural producers. Maintain the health of our critical food supply chains, and provide Food Assistance to american families. Its been a difficult time for food producers, some of the biggest clients like restaurants of schools of shutdown. With nowhere to sell products, some are for forced to destroy crops, dump will come and kill animals. Flattening the curve, we take a look at numbers and why Public Health experts are hopeful but cautious. Most of the country will be reopened by this holiday weekend, but not every business will be allowed to operate. Details on an offer for graduates today, from krispy kreme donuts. Live there now more than 81,000 cases of coronavirus in california, an increase of almost 1400 new cases over the past 24 hours. The number of people have died in california is now over 3300. Here in the bay area, a two day streak with no deficits come to an end with 11 deaths reported today. Brings the number of deaths in the bay area to 399. More than 11,000 people have tested positive. A closer look at the numbers, we turn to jesse gary, he has more on what experts think this could lead. Reporter the First Time SinceChildren Place orders went into full effect in march, the bay area went two days with no covid19 related deaths. The short streak took place sunday and monday, possibly signaling success in the battle to stem the spread. Dr. John swarts. It is flattening, the news weve had in the last two days has been outstanding. Will make a static but short lived, Santa Clara CountyHealth Department two deaths in the past 24 hours. San mateo county Officials Say nine people passed away from the buyers in the same timeframe. And in Alameda County, three people died. The doctor, sending possibly cost the medic. Possibly indicating that there is a decline. A two day break and loss of life is a promising step in the right direction. We have to be careful, two days is a very short period of time to make gross transitions, but the trend in the bay area, has been flattening. Reporter the combination of social distancing come the use of glove and masks, Children Place orders have changed the arc to a flatline. This next story is a replay of history following the initial wave of the spanish influence in the spring of 1918. It was such a disaster that all of the other cities in the United States could see it coming. And they. To move to social distancing. Reporter the pandemic returned in the fall with far more deadly consequences. He feels the same could happen again if the push to reopen society progresses too quickly. By summers end, people become lax on mitigation techniques that have become second nature. We could see a disaster, just like 1918. Reporter the lunch break is robust testing of all residents to see who is and who is not positive for the virus. Could be the best way to tell of the curve is truly fighting. To make the cdc plans to include the bay area in a nationwide study of more than 300,000 people to try to track how the coronavirus is spreading across the country. Samples will be taken over 18 months to attempt to track the virus spread and see how antibodies evolve. Pulmonary version is said to begin in june or july, and six mentor areas including the bay area, l. A. , new york. Samples will be taken from blood donors tested for anybodys, created when the immune system fights the coronavirus. By memorial day weekend, every state will be partially reopened. That does not mean every business gets to open doors. Jonathan serrie explained. Reporter every state has released plans to lift restrictions. Health officials they could take several weeks to determine how the three openings impact virus cases. There are people to be prepared for future outbreaks occur. When there are outbreaks we have to be ready for them and for there to be inconvenience. Reporter some nonessential businesses are still waiting for the all clear before they reopen. A new jersey gym open for a second day despite the governors order to remain closed. Similar situations have happened across the country, a Small Business owner seeker returned to work. Projecting jobs, bringing the back, equals saving livelihoods. We have to begin bringing jobs back, because we cant really understate the importance the people having jobs. Reporter churches are also waiting for the green light to reopen with restrictions in place banning large gatherings. The cdc looked at an outbreak in arkansas back in march, two symptomatic people attempted events and later tested positive. Of 92 attendees, at least 35 became infected and three of them died. In hopes of reopening soon, churches are taking steps to protect worshipers using everything from masks to temperature checks. Whenever we deem it safe for people to go back, that is what will make the move. Reporter drive and our Livestream Services are recommended, will restrictions are still in place. In atlanta, jonathan serrie, foxnews. Stocks lower on wall street with more uncertainty over the future of the u. S. Economy, the dow was down 390 points over one and a half percent, the nasdaq was down 49, and the s p 500 fell 30 points. Banks, healthcare stocks, and Household Goods companies were among the shares on the downside. Days after filing for legacy, jcpenney says they plan to close nearly 40 of their stores. They plan to close 200 stores this fiscal year, and 50 more next year while they try to turn the business around. Jcpenney has had to name which stores will be permanently closed and how many employees will lose their jobs. Last weeks bankruptcy filing came after several years of declining sales. A bay area cafe and bakery that is been in business for decades, has been forced to close its doors for good. The covid19 pandemic forced specialties to shut down, and today was the last day. The companys been a business for 33 years, with more than 50 locations across three states. Many locations are in the bay area, and headquartered in pleasanton. The company said any orders placed in advanced past todays date will be refunded. If you graduating senior, todays your day to get free doughnuts. Krispy kreme give out free doughnuts to graduating high school and college seniors, students who could prove they were set to graduate got a free dozen doughnuts. To claim the offer, had to wear their cap again with a 2020 tassel into the store. They could also bring in a student i. D. Proving senior status. Some students getting us shorter school year, where one district is ending Distance Learning a week early. When people cry fellow Big Companies asking for a break on rent. The last day of school will now be on may 29th instead of june 8th as originally scheduled. The Alameda Unified SchoolDistrict Board unanimously voted to end the Academic Year early yesterday, saying that i would be better spent preparing teachers for whatever the school year might look like in the fall. 80 of the district teachers also voted to end the early. A San Mateo County supervisors proposing a fund for virtual graduations for more than 1000 local high school seniors. Supervisor wants the county to spend 103,000 to buy caps and gowns and cover virtual graduation cost for seniors, the five high schools in the Jefferson Union high school district. He says he does not want to let covid19 rob seniors of this onceinalifetime milestone. Huge corporations like starbucks are not immune from the financial effect of the coronavirus pandemic. Christian captain telesis that starbucks is now asking their landlords for a break on their rent. Reporter after months of closures under Public Health orders, starbucks is reopening locations that were close across the nation. Earlier this month, the sent a letter to landlords asking for a full years rent concessions starting june 1st, to support modified operations and adjustments to lease terms and basement structures so we can withstand the uncertainty. Real Estate Attorney working for the building owners and managers association, it impacts owners to varying degrees. Institutional owners of resources and staff it can do with this, are viewing retail rent as an amenity, its not the prime source of revenue. Small buildings in the neighborhoods, or family owned buildings, this is a primary source of income that they have come to rely on. Remark while some may question a Major Corporation asking for a break on rent, you have to look at the bigger picture. Starbucks is a major employer and rents more than a dozen locations throughout the a bay area and across the nation. Asking for a break on the rent is an opening bid as it faces financial uncertainty. Property owner should do what is called a blend and extend, giving starbucks into the clients a break because long term, theyre likely to recover from the setback and would prove to be good tenants. If the landlords dont come starbucks could simply. Closing locations. Starbucks is far from alone. Other major coffee shops and chain businesses are sending similar notes to Property Owners around the bay area across the country. For an obvious reason, their customer flow and the revenue dropped from 100 to zero in a matter of days. Reporter we reached out to starbucks, who said they are proud they have remained current on rent payments and it is an ongoing discussions with various landlords over what may be commercially reasonable lease concessions in the current environment. In San Francisco, christian captain, ktvu fox2 news. Any glenn was 100 years old, she had been living in a nursing home near st. Paul, minnesota when she died. She suffered from a starter at an early age and became an advocate for people who had speech impediment. When john glenn died four years ago, theyve been married for 73 years. Virtual Memorial Service will be held for her on saturday, june 6th. A new survey is out on life and quarantine, it reveals about what people are and are not doing. New figures are out, and the lack of cars on the road has made a Significant Impact on Greenhouse Gas emissions. A look at the rainfall weve seen, plus, the sunshine and the Better Weather and the five day forecast, coming your way. The nfls testing prototypes with modified facemasks that might contain surgical material. Yesterday, the Nfl Players Association medical doctors said that it wasnt sure exactly how the modifications would look, but the engineers are working with Sports Equipment companies defined a design that would cover the entire face mask of players. The nfl is set to begin playing in september, even his three other pro sports leagues baseball, the nba, and the nhl are still in limbo. A new poll is tracking some interesting trends when it comes to working from home, Claudine Wong talked with the ceo of fishbowl which surveyed what people wear when doing videoconferencing call. 75 were wearing pajamas, sweats, shorts or leggings under the belt. Makes sense, its above that matter. But one out of 10 answer they only wear underwear, and gets you curious, so there we actually dug in, looked at the conversation and it really did, the discussion volume back this up. We saw its a thing of lower, exposing shorts, that was the number one gaffe reported by users in the discussion threads like specifically momentarily stepping out in the client or coworker seeing their underwear , or soccer shorts. And a larry in terms of the way there describing. Giving the discussion we saw, 10 makes sense. Fishbowls and online water cooler where people can share thoughts, in that same survey found that 54 of women say theyve stopped wearing makeup, 40 of men say they do not shave regularly, another 30 say theyve stopped shaving completely. To make your quality around the world is improving during the global coronavirus pandemic, Scientists SayGreenhouse Gas emissions have dropped a staggering 17 during the pandemic. The reduction in driving, flying, industrial output has led to a decline of more than 1 billion tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions. For some parts of the world, the drop in emissions is even steeper. Google said they will no longer build custom Artificial Intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating google from microsoft and amazon. Googles announcement follows the greenpeace report showing how the three companies are using ai and Computing Power to help Oil Companies find and access oil and gas deposits worldwide. Greenpeace says the companies have been undermining Climate Change work by partnering with major Oil Companies. Googles Parent Company plans to bring back any employees by the end of the year, on a rotating basis. The co estimates up to 30 capacity by then, with as many as 60 of employees rotating in the office once a week. He made the comment today on a podcast, the co said all employees have the option to work from home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic has passed. Back to your quality, if you look outside, and not especially are talking about in l. A. , you can see the stars in many places. Maybe even in San Francisco, but the air quality night and day has improved greatly. A piece of this pandemic that is really not talked about enough, and the other side of the coin, air quality pollution kills millions of people every year. This is good, its bad, but its good. The environment is getting arrest. Hopefully we can continue carpooling and doing more in that room. Outside, it is windy on the estuary, with the on the bay, the avenues, the showers have moved, into the mountains with scattered thunderstorms. Libby get the computer back here for a second. The plan here in the next couple of days is for warming pattern and that will put us back into the low 80s. I think that will be something to look forward to, anytime you get rain and make him are you kidding . Its great. The atmospheres cleaner, the plants the grasses, the foliage is on fire right now. Fortunate to see the rainfall in may, and not only that, but its helpful. The 10th of an inch, hundredth of an inch we are talking about in the mountains watershed almost 3 inches of rain over the last seven days. Thats a significant rain event even in winter months. Really, really good stuff for us. The mountains near foot of show and higher elevation. Forecast ties for tomorrow. No 70s or 80s, but theyre getting there. Arming up more. Tomorrow morning, there is tomorrow afternoon, mostly sunny, thursday morning, then thursday afternoon. Plenty of sunshine, temperatures warm tomorrow, upper 70s, we can pop 80 for sure, but most likely upper 70s. And then the fiveday forecast, you can see that there. One more thing is going to say, the people, the essential workers, who work in the Grocery Stores, the police, Fire Department its pretty impressive theyre doing it all for us. When you see a policeman, fireman, the grocery clerk, wave at them, smiled and let them know. If you think about what is going on here, a lot of people are supporting the bulk of us. I think it would be kind of nice to acknowledge that, i think most people do, quite frankly. There is the fiveday forecast, i will see you back here at 6 00. Robots could be the future of contact for delivery, they can already be seen driving down sidewalks and delivering food in select areas of the country. Including right here in the bay area. Fox news christina was more. Reporter labor shortages caused by the lockdown or forcing businesses to adapt new technologies, which is why robot makers are using this time to prove their worth. Delivery robots are popping up on sidewalks, starship robots look like graves on wheels, and move slower than a jogger, but are already delivering food from restaurants in virginia. Once it hits, it will really saw the need for contactless delivery. Reporter another startup in michigan is also capitalizing on the stayathome mentality. These three will machines are categorized as ebikes and are in testing for grocery deliveries. As diverse pressures the workforce, automation is accelerating across all industries. Spot is being used in singapore to help encourage social distancing during the pandemic. Robots are having the moment, these examples demonstrate that despite the pain and suffering that comes with the crisis, there is still room for innovation by forward thinking entrepreneurs. In new york, fox news. After a big drop in hotel stays, hotels are trying to figure out how they can get people back in the rooms and keep them safe. Dont go looking in the Hotel Minibar for anything to eat or drink, what else is different about the hotels . In the age of congress . In the Foxbusiness Network i will back in just a moment with an answer. Delayed School Reopenings for more than 900,000 california students, that is what six School Districts that will happen if the governors proposed budget cuts are approved. A new Police Officer making history, will introduce you to the first sikh officer in Alameda County and what inspired him to join law enforcement. Z3vx9z z1s6z y3vx9y y1s6y San Francisco gordon mars introducing a plantar Charter Amendment for the November Ballot to increase funding at city college. The Workforce Fund is aimed at supporting education and job training to people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Most industries have taken a huge hit during the covid19 pandemic and of the Hotel Business is no exception. Theyve seen a steep drop in business. How hotels are now trying to lure guests back. We are reflecting on the new normal in Americas Hotel rooms and its all about sanitation and trying to get people to feel secure about being in places that other people have been and that they can sanitize and everything is safe. Its been kind of for hotels. Occupancy for the last week we have numbers down 50 with revenue down 76 but the good news is that those say its materially better. Whats different . Dont go looking in the mini bar. Those are going away. So our pools, spas, food and many hotels are being eliminated and the hotels are taking special steps to sanitize. One of the things they are doing is using something called electrostatic misting to essentially disinfect places more efficiently and maybe more rapidly. Hotel seem to believe that the best way to get people to come back to hotels is make sure people feel safe to be there. Safety versus being and how to best help struggling americans. Today the committee got there first update on the coronavirus relief. This is the biggest response by congress ever. He wants congress to approve more stimulus but the Trump Administration is not so sure. Good evening coming everyone. Difficult choices. Facing the country as lawmakers have to weigh the risk of permanent economic damage against the health of american workers. The treasury secretary testified remotely before the Senate Banking committee that is overseeing 2 trillion in federal relief. Sharp questions from ohio democrats. Brown accused the Trump Administration of rushing to reopen without consideration for worker safety particularly at places like meatpacking plants. There is considerable risk of not reopening and keeping some businesses close can cause permanent economic damage and how many workers will die if we send them back to work without the protection they need . We dont intend to send anyone back to work without protections and i was prepared to come there today. How many workers should give their lives to increase the gdp . No one should give their lives to do that and i think your characterization is unfair and we have provided enormous amounts of equipment and her work with the governor. Also testifying jerome powell. He said congress shinning