Made. The businesses preparing to reopen on monday, and the Outdoor Activities just now given the green light. Plus what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus. A breakthrough treatment for covid19. The promising new drug and the Bay Area Company ramping up production of it. Tomorrow comes the announcement. Tonight some bitter feelings. All beaches and parks statewide will close beginning friday. This is according to a letter sent to Police Chiefs around california. The letter says Governor Newsom will make this bold announcement tomorrow. This is in response to what we saw last weekend when thousands of people flocked to the Southern California coast. Nbc bay areas ian cull leads off our coverage. Reporter after swarms of people headed for the sand and ocean this weekend, blanketing Orange County beaches, now it appears the governor is preparing to put a stop to it and will announce thursday all beaches in state parks will close effective may 1st. Nbc news obtained this let
Mike will have traffic coming up in about eight minutes. Hospitals. Reporter first orion says first, we want to start with meteorologist kari hall with a its offering it free to other look at that forecast for today. Essential businesses and even yesterday was really nice, kari. Government offices during the pandemic. Right now it only works on i thought so. Will that carry over to today . Tmobile phones with sprint yeah, were actually going coming soon. First orion says its asking to continue to warm up. I had a few sprinkles here at my other carriers to work with them on this. House yesterday. It was a mixed bag of weather if its a call claiming to be for parts of the bay area but from a hospital, pharmacy, today all of that rain has since clinic or lab and they demand moved out and were going to see any kind of payment or say they want to confirm your personal a mostly sunny sky today. Were starting out with data, dont give them anything. Temperatures in the low 40s in its likely a
Linger and it will stay cool. Only 58 degrees at half moon bay. We will look at our microclimates and talk about the weekend ahead coming up in a few minutes. Sounds good, thank you. All beaches statewide will close starting tomorrow. Heres nbc bay areas ian. After swarms of people blanketed Orange County beaches now the governor is preparing to put a stop to it and announcing all state beaches and parks will close starting may 1st. He said overcrowded beaches was in violation of the shelter in place order. Heres what the governor said monday. Those images are an example of what not to see, people, what not to do. This virus doesnt take the weekends off. Beaches have been closed and reopened in different parts of the state. We were talking to people about santa cruz being cut off. I understand it, and the beaches are becoming quite busy. If the curve is still flat, why are you making the conditions more extreme instead of less extreme and it is starting to make me question my rights as
News at 5 starts right now. Im terry mcsweeney. A break through in the bay area. For the first time at ucsf, doctors have transfused convalescent plasma into a covid19 patient. That means using blood from people who have recovered from the virus and have antibodies from the disease in their blood. The global death toll has topped 200,000. More than 1 4 of those deaths in the u. S. To put things into perspective on how fast this number is rising. Just 15 days ago, april 10th. The global death toll stood at 100,000. Now its doubled. Here at home cases continue to climb. More than 7200 reported cases. At least 259 people have died. Today every county with the exception of marin, solano, sonoma and men doe seen know counties added new cases. Cases in San Mateo County have now topped 1,000. Despite masks and social distancing, testing will be a crucial part of moving forward in this pandemic. Ucsf is trying to take action. Nbc bay areas tom jensen reports from the mission district. Reporter
Deaths in the bay area alone. Thank you for joining us. I am laura garcia. I am marcus washington. Mike will have a look at the traffic in about eight minutes, but first lets start with kari hall andup, right . Yeah, it was warm yesterday afternoon and it will be warmer just between us, you know whats better than mopping . Today. As we look at martinez, the anything at the end of a long day, its the last thing i want to do. Temperature trend we will start well i switched to swiffer wet jet out in the 60s and reach into the 70s by noon, and thats and its awesome. Its an allinone so its ready to go when i am. Above our normal high the cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. Temperature. We are heading into the mid80s and the pad absorbs it deep inside. For much of the inland east bay so, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. As much as the north bay, and plus, its safe to use on all my floors, even wood. Glad i got that off my chest and the day off my floor.