Lead in firsttime claims and we came in second behind florida. Roughly 3. 7 million californians have filed for benefits since the start and more layoffs are expected. The newsgroup reports another 69 thousand workers in the bay area have notified the state labor agency. The huge number of people who are filing for benefits has essentially overwhelmed the state unemployment system. Tom says some people have been waiting for weeks just to file those claims. Peanut butter, our favorite. In Santa Rosa City hall parking lot of Redwood Food Bank drove a drop off food bank. Its multiplied the need. My sister and i are pretty fortunate and we want to get back. We saw people joining us and the number has only continued to grow. And ability to get checks is wild. The rent is here. They are doing what its can with its and that is small consolation for folks who have been waiting and waiting and waiting for weeks. I got off the phone very defeated. I had no words. And then they had the restaurant
Have been tested. As the human toll continues to go up, Public Health officers are continuing to warn people, take the coronavirus seriously. And one of them has a very special insight. Marin countys doctor matt willis was sick with the coronavirus for three weeks. We have what his message is for everyone out there. Frank, we found matt willis at marin countys Emergency Operation center back at work fighting the virus that took him down hard. His days are a blur of meetings, calls and decisions, but doctor matt willis embraces all of it, after being knocked flat by covid19 last month. I realized i had really underestimated the power and unpredictability of this virus. Reporter he got sick a few days after appearing with other county health officers, declaring the first bay area wide shelter in place, unprecedented then and followed soon after by a stay order. So i am here on home quarantine as marin 39th confirmed case. Reporter at the time his illness seemed mild, cough and aches. But