Ben t should be moving towards napa and American Canyon. Nor showers, novato, marin wood, westward through san mateo, 280. Wet from montera. More showers offshore will continue with that west to east trajectory. Today we have the showers, scattered downpours throughout the first half of the day, a quarter to a third of an inch. Were at 54 right now, mild degrees in oakland. 50 in san jose. Throughout the day well get brighter, we will dry out but to start out through about 1 00 we have the scattered showers, and maybe some heavier downpours at times. Near 60 in our warmest locations. Liz . Well begin with the rapid spread of covid19 in the bay area. Never night the bay area topping at least 1,800 cases. 46 deaths across the region. Almost every bay area county confirmed new cases yesterday. Santa clara county recorded five deaths in a 24hour span, that is the most in a single day since this outbreak started. We are also keeping an eye on cases for viewers in northern neighboring mendoc
Reporter these workers are figuring it out and getting it sam liccardo is impressed by the idth theening newt. What im seeing, finding whatever creative way they can to make things work. Tat the time the only way we can do what we want to do is to understand what the need is. Reporter Governor Newsom says other California Companies are now pitching in during the pandemic. Thats the spirit of california. Thats the spirit of this moment. Take responsibility, take ownership. Reporter some of the refurbished ventilators will go to l. A. , others to hospitals in the bay area. Bloomenergy has a manufacturing plant back east. They are now doing the same thing. Stanford hospital acting as a consultant for the operation. In sunnyvale, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Many are asking how you can help in this crisis. We have a full running list of what you can donate to hospitals and other ways to get involved, on abc7news. Com. This morning the city of hayward is tightening the cry tearia to get tes
Strong, and this safeway has had to change their hours. They are not opening until 6 00 a. M. So they can have time to stock their shelves. They cant keep up with the pace. Shoppers talked about trying three Different Stores yesterday just looking for basics, eggs, bread, milk, from costco to target to safeway, shelves were empty. Stores were trying to stock their own shelves when the shelter in place went in effect. No chicken at all. They dont have eggs. No orange juice. Reporter the California Grocers Association is asking people slow down their buying, and they say grocers cannot keep up with the demand and cannot stock the shelves fast enough, and they want everybody to relax, and safeway is hiring and they have 2,000 openings for northern california, and we do see employees inside working hard, and i saw a delivery truck pull in within the hour, and safeway is working hard to get more on the shelves for you today. Thank you, f for that update. The shelter in place does not stop y
Lets get a check of what is going on out there. Heres kumasi. In the shelter in place order for the next three weeks, santa clara, and san mateo, contra costa, alameda and San Francisco counties are affected. Banks, gas stations and auto shops can stay open, too. Restaurants are allowed to stay open but limited to takeout and delivery only. These were crafted with great thought and care and also crafted very quickly. And businesses that have to send workers home include bars, clubs and other recreational venues. Some restaurants are now closing altogether. Reporter good morning, reggie. Looks like the first night of the shelter in place order, businesses and residents took it seriously. The streets of san jose are quiet this morning. We saw a lot of the nonessential businesses shutting down, but we did not expect to see the restaurants shutdown, and they were given the okay to stay open but many shutdown anyway, and san jose staple closed. We spotted a number of signs like this from th
That shelterinplace order goes into effect just after midnight as we said. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen begins our Team Coverage in san jose to explain exactly what that order will mean. Chris. Reporter hi, dan. The shelterinplace will last for about three weeks and the message is quite simple, and that is for folks to stay home. This afternoon a bold step to slow down the spread of covid19 across the bay area. We decided collectively that we needed to take swift action as soon as possible to prevent the further spread and to protect our Critical Health care infrastructure. Reporter the Public Health officers of alameida, contra costa, marin, San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties along with the city of berkeley joinedly issuing a legal order for all residents to shelter at home the next three weeks. These orders were crafted with great thought and with great care. They are also crfted very, very quickly. Reporter essential businesses will be allowed to operate with trave