Morning. But there were cars backed up for more than a mile for folks waiting to get in here once they got in a they presented a ticket that had to register ahead of time and they present their tickets and then they are given boxes of food which contain canned goods, a chicken all kinds of different items here and it is completely free now had a chance to talk to the organizer of this event who says the demand now has just skyrocketed a year ago they were dealing with about 800 families per month and now here in the daily city areas up to about 9,000 per month. So the demand is great. She says theyve even seen people who used to volunteer here now showing up asking for help. So that really hits home because i see these families that use to help us. Volunteer once a month. Now theyre just. The representative jackie spear was also here she wanted to send out a message that the need is great and shes asking that if anyone can help out that they should do what they can to help those in its
Youre watching kron 4 news news at 9. Kennedy to move into this next phase only they will assess back is is you know behavior thats not conducive with those guidelines that are currently in place and. And now 9 Governor Newsome saying even though we are making progress slowing the spread of the coronavirus we cannot let up now. Thanks for joining us at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the governor urging everyone to continue to practice social distancing as he allows. More executive a tease out doors, including a playing catch skateboarding in golf and here in the bay area were just days away from the new shelter in place guidelines taking effect in 6 of the counties here restrictions will be eased in certain businesses and parks deemed lowrisk will reopen but Law Enforcement and medical experts say this is not the time to get complacent kron fours gayle ong joins us live with details about how are moving forward, i do it. Hi granted. Yeah were not out of the woo
California advocates for nursing home reform says its difficult to get a handle on the problem without testing i think one reason we may not be saying that kind of language yet is because testing is so still so hard to get California Public Health Officials released the number of deaths of Nursing Homes earlier this week for the first time. The numbers show one 3rd of confirmed covid19 deaths have come from these facilities. The numbers, however, could actually be much higher really surprising. Actually how little we know how that many of those numbers actually are. Thursdays Nursing Homes announcement came as President Trump declared may Older Americans month. The president says the commission on safety for Nursing Homes will be meeting soon and issuing recommendations to further protect seniors. Reporting in walnut creek dan thorn kron 4 news. Life on the streets during this pandemic is especially dangerous for people who are homeless in alameda on the state has donated trailers to h
Continues as more than half of the United States start to partially reopen discretion. Is given to the governors they know the u. S. States. Is no the u. S. Cities. So you want to give them a little wiggle room. But my recommendation is you know dont wiggle too much while the reopening process will likely help the struggling us economy start to rebound from the pandemic. Some say doing so too soon may lead to problems because people are going to go back to more association. In some places in the country, its very likely that theyll be future peaks as well im John Lawrence reporting. According to Johns Hopkins university there are more than 1 million cases in the United States over 50,000 of those cases right here in california. More than 2000 people have died over 1100 of those deaths happening in los angeles. Here in the bay area were seeing more than a 1000 cases and over 260 deaths, majority of those cases and deaths happening in Santa Clara County with over 2100 cases and 111 peopl
So 3 hours from now at pier 50. The protesters, this is a whole new world were living in right they will be protesting while staying inside their cars. They want the state to take action to cancel rent payments while the economy is still shut down during this pandemic another workers rights rally will be held at city hall in 5 hours from now at noon and there will also be a counter protest 30 minutes before that outside of city hall for people demanding thats the economy reopen in oakland. Workers rights rally will be held at the port of oakland at 10 oclock in the morning. Area gets ready to loosen some of the stay at home orders next week city and county officials expecting to see more people outside bay area, Public Health officials announced the new stay home orders to last through may for everyone who lives or works in the 6 bay area counties as well as the city of berkeley. But now Law Enforcement and medical experts are warning we cannot fall back on all the progress weve made.