May be available. The bay area captain of a carrier racked with coronavirus begs to bring his crew a shore. Plus the privacy concerns tonight for meetings on zoom. Now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Maybe in the last day or two we think were seeing a little bit of a slowing. I say that very, very, very cautiously. Its really, really early. And as dr. Smith mentioned, its going to take us more time to see the impact of the social distancing. Thats dr. Sara cody talking about how social distancing may have helped us slow the coronavirus. Seems like this one, an empty Jack London Square in oakland during the lunch hour will be the norm for several new weeks. Drone news 7 went up to catch a glimpse. Not only has the shelterinplace order been restricted. Dog parks, play grounds and picnics will be off tennis. Any game where people share a ball will be limited to players in the same household. And most construction projects, both residential and commercial, will need to stop.
Get this economy back and growing. Unemployment claims are hitting record highs. Paying monthly bills is impossible for many. We spoke to Industry Experts about what you need to know if you cannot make your mortgage payment. Reporter more than 1 million californians have already filed for unemployment. That loss of income has many wondering how to pay bills due next week. We are watching that trickle to homeowners. What about those owners dependent upon rent to cover their mortgage in order to cover their property tax payments, utility bills and what have you. Reporter he represents landlords in San Francisco. They might have to default on their mortgages. Some of the penalties that arise when you are late, i would like to see that proactively waved across the board so there is a shared understanding. There is a lot of helping offer to homeowners. The stimulus package adds to it and protect your credit. You can do for a payment and request contract modifications. There is a grace perio
Use Alhambra High School in martinez as a temporary care sig site. The county expects to use the gym and kitchen area, but not the classrooms. The bay area is now up to more than 2400 coronavirus cases. Santa clara county continues to have the most case, closing in on 900. 30 people in the county have died. In the entire bay area, 64 people have died. Alameda, San Francisco and san mateo counties all have more than 300 cases each. To the north, mendocino and lake counties continue to see smaller numbers. There are still four cases in mendocino and no cases in lake county. Today the stay at home order for most of the bay area that took effect two weeks ago was expanded. The new rules affect marin, San Francisco, san mateo, contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties for the most. And they be in effect until may 3rd. Californias action today drew praise from one of the top members of the White House Coronavirus task force. California and washington reacted very fast to this. And makin
Years in two weeks. From the front lines of the nations epicenter, the doctors an going back to saying, hey, i never said as Surgeon General you shouldnt wash your hands or overworked and overwhelmed. Cover your cough but were going to start to look at how we ease people in. Thats one of the things were looking at with mask this is too much. I dont know how much longer i can do this. Just ahead, the new help on the way. Recommendations. Desperate plea the captain of the uss theodore is there a possibility we can use cloth masks to allow people roosevelt begs the navy to help to start to come together once they got over the peak and flattened the curve. An Aircraft Carrier. What he says need he did to be these are questions we have. I hear on everybody is going done now. To have a different situation, different states, different hot spots. I guess to put a fine point on it, is it in the realm of the battle, two cruise ships possibility that the white house and task force could say in 30
Least a gradual return based on local conditions starting in may. Now, in michigan, protests are expected today and that states strict stayathome orders are in question. Thats going to be an indicator of public sentiment after weeks of lockdowns. On the international front, china is now very much in the spotlight. Frankly, its a target. The president s cutting funding for the World Health Organization. Mr. Trump says the virus could have been contained in china if the w. H. O. Had been more honest. And senator cotton and congressman gallagher introduce a bill today that would end americas dependence on chinese drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients. The virus is clearly changing the u. S. china relationship and everything else, of course. On the market, it is all about back to work, when, where and how. On hopes of a return to work, the dow has moved up close to the 24,000 level. It had dropped to 18,000 level last month. The dow was up 500 yesterday. Looks like all of that gain will be