Over 4,000 points from the beginning of the month. P to 2,253 cases in the bay area. New ones just since yesterdays update. Three new deaths reported for a total of 28. San francisco has climbed to 374 cases. So far a total of 53 people have died across the bay area. Four cases in mendocino county. One has recovered. Health Officials Say there are at least 42 tests that are still pending. Lake county has not had any cases yet. They say 69 people have tested negative, and theyre still waiting on the results of several dozen tests. San francisco appears ready to extend the stay at home order until may 1. Our officer also be making an announcement tomorrow to talk about the specifics of extending the stay at home order until may 1st of this year. Mayor london bree made that announcement, saying the people of San Francisco should fully expect that to happen. There is a strong likelihood the order will be extended. The initial order was implemented two weeks ago tomorrow. Yesterday, President Trump announced that hes extended National Social distancing guidelines until april 30th. Calls for people to stay away from parks and beaches in San Francisco this past weekend apparently paid off. The mayor says there was an improvement over the previous weekend when large numbers of people were out, some not practicing social distancing. She expressed her appreciation, saying its made a world of difference already and going forward. Today, the governor launched a new initiative to address the surge in coronavirus cases. If youre a Nursing School student, medical school student, we need you. If youve just retired in the last few years, we need you. If you are looking to expand your scope of practice and have particular expertise in any capacity, we need you. This effort is called the California Health corps. The state created a website where medical professionals and students can go to sign up. The state will help with rely sensing to help retired Health Care Workers treat a rising number of patients. Hospitalizations have doubled and the number of patients in intensive care has tripled. Newsom put out the call for more ventilators. San franciscos laguna honda hospital has 11 positive cases. Two residents and nine staff members. Today, the mayor said that situation will escalate. The nursing and Rehabilitation Center owned by the department of Public Health is under a quarantine order, coming as the governor wants to move patients into nursing homes. Our reporter will have more on that coming up on abc7 news at 6 00. With the extension of the social distancing guidelines, businesses are struggling. Many are working for ways to stay afloat while helping others during this crisis. Our reporter is live in San Francisco. Reporter check it out, this is what many employees are doing right now. This is the prep work theyre doing to feed 300 families today. This is one of many restaurants here in San Francisco helping during this crisis. You pivot to survive, thats the mentality that many Business Owners are dealing with during this crisis. I have worked really hard. This is our 13th year, and i have a great team. I figured if i stopped, it would be hard to bring everybody back together. Reporter this pandemic has made them more similar than ever. If were going to go down and go down swinging, im going to go down swinging against the virus. Reporter in the van rental business, he had to lay off 40 employees, and now hes going to slim his business even more. On his mind is how to help. Hes lemdzi ilending his vans t nonprofits. Homeless, theyll need vehicles to transport Homeless People and they want to maintain a safe distance between the driver and the folks theyre transporting. We are delivering meals to she wou shelters and low income organizations. Reporter last week they delivered over 1 sth,000 meals. Today, the city says says says s long way to go. A fund to provide 1 million in grants right away. That money has quickly dried up, and we also provided a delay in business taxes until 2021. Reporter for now, theyre hoping this wave of losses slows down as they try to survive. How do you think your business is going to come out of this . I dont know. Reporter and thats the uncertainty that many Business Owners are going through right now. If you want to help them to feed many families, go to the website. Thank you. Along with businesses, some people are struggling with the extension of the shelter at home, looks at another month. Wayne freedman spoke with a doctor about the effect seclusion is having on people. This is really a challenge. Reporter we talked to a doctor and people. We could have gone anywhere for this story, but we chose windsor. They had the kinkade fire, they had the evacuations, then they dealt with the psps. Now theyre dealing with this. It is tough on people and on businesses. Downtown windsor, charming, borderline ghostlike. It se see see see seem kill you you may be out of a reporter lorene runs a travel agency. It had already been a tough year around here. Swz the kinkade, we could see the flames coming. We could see the barricade. We could see the firemen and first responders. With this, thats no green blob that goes on to everybody to see if they are positive and carrying this disease. Its invisible. Reporter you will see occasional people, reverse refugees getting away from their homes. Mary and james for instance. Im a little angry because they had a chance. Every time i read where somebody dies, all i can think of is they died alone, and that tears me up. Reporter if all of this has you feeling a little more than alone, take heart. You do have company. There is an expected level of anxiety among people right now. Reporter dr. Michael stanton is a psychologist. As a human race, weve dealt with a lot of difficulty in the past. And we have shown resilience. Reporter so hang this there, windsor. Hang in there, everyone. Youve got to do what you have to do. It could be a lot worse. Reporter you know, that key word from dr. Stanton resilience, i asked him about that. I said is that baked into our dna . He said it might be. Were about 50 , 50 . 50 genetics and 50 what the environment gives us. Live in windsor, wayne freedman, abc7 news. Wayne, thank you. These are certainly unique challenges were facing. Muni light rail and subway stations are closed due to the covid19 outbreak. Muni bus also still run, but even with those buses, essential workers now have to rethink how they get to work. Golden gate transit suspending 12 more bus routes starting today. In the south bay, the Light Rail Service has been replaced by a reduced bus schedule with no fare collection. And tomorrow, ac transit will run on a sunday schedule. The San FranciscoUnified School District is changing the way it distributes meals to students. Starting today, it will distribute meals only on mondays and wednesdays. Students will get a meals for the entire week, fresh fruit and preparation guides. Much more to come on the coronavirus pandemic, including how well people are doing social distancing. Major retailing are announcing thousands of furloughs. So what those that mean . Plus, picture perfect. Making the most out of the stay at home order with an unusual photo shoot, c the best way to predict the future is to create it and change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. We find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. Employees with Delivery Company instacart are staging a nationwide strike today. Usa today reports that some 150,000 employees are taking part. Workers say stores are too packed for them to do their jobs safely. And if shoppers are not provided with necessary equipment, then customers are at risk. Instacart issued a statement saying the health and safety of shoppers, customers and employees is its first priority. A collapse in sales caused by the pandemic is forcin macys into action. They are furloughing the majority of its 130,000 workers this week. Macys will be moving to a minimum workforce to maintain basic operations. Gap announced today its north american and European Stores will remain closed past april 1, and revealed the majority of retailed workers will be furloughed. Gap says employees will receive benefits. Gap also opens old navy and banana republic. What is the difference between a worker furloughed and one laid off . Michael finney joins us with the answer. Michael . Reporter well, as you guys can imagine, neither of them are any good. But if you have to choose, you want a furlough. And theres a lot of reasons for that. Macys is just one of Many Companies that have furloughed workers. Marriott is furloughing tens of thousands of emmoyees. Many airlines have done the same. The good news, furloughed workers will have a job when they shut down. Thats not the case if youre laid off. Those furloughed are also free to seek a new permanent job or a temporary job unless the employer prohibits outside work. Furloughed workers are also eligible for unemployment insurance. If you have lost your job or your hours are reduced through no fault of your own, and thats happening with a lot of people in this situation, you could be eligible for benefits. Reporter furloughed workers retain any benefits they have. And cant be asked to work, like answering emails or taking phone calls while furloughed. These workers must be paid for time worked. Salary employee s are a full days pay. A lot of people dont know this, but just because you yo are furloughed doesnt mean you will stay on furlough. Your employer can say never mind, i meant lay off then your benefits will go away. If you have benefits that you can use right now that wont be when you get 4r5laid off, soone rather than later would be my advice. Scary times for a lot of team. Disneys top executives agreed to take pay cuts ranging from 20 to 50 . The executive chairman bob iger is foregoing all of his salary. While the stimulus package promises some help, Small Businesses are pleading for more relief. Abc7 news was at one brewery warehouse here. The cofounder says businesses like his could use a 60day moratorium on payments. He says the trickle down effect on employees would help out right now. Our attitude is, lets get the people that need jobs paid and working again, or at least having some income coming in. If they cant come back to work rather than having that money go directly to the banks. One month in bank and principal cams could cover one month of payroll. Cost kco is changing its hours. Starting today, warehouses will close at 6 30 on weekdays. Weekend hours will remain the same. Costco has set aside the 8 00 a. M. Hour tuesday through thursday for members 60 and up. During our stay at home order, a north bay mother is on a mission to try to capture this moment of time with her camera, bizarre as that may seem, and is gtting a lot of help from neighbors, friends and even strangers. Cornell bernard has the story. Reporter theyre the photos of our new reality. Families sheltered at home, captured by amateur photographer Kristen Wright. I just started thinking about it. You know, this is historic. Reporter weeks ago, she grabbed her camera to document life with family. I wanted to make sure i remembered it, the hard times and the good times. Reporter she never leaves home without her camera, and one day, on her electric bike, she had an idea to capture her own neighbors stay at home lives from a distance. One, two, three, happy. Reporter it started with quick twominute, no contact photo sessions of friends in her neighborhood. Then friends of friends started calling. Saturday was my big day this weekend. I hopped on my bike and i did 13 families. Reporter the result was amazing. Still life images of families on front lawns, smiles from a distance. I cant tell you how many families said that it has been so exciting for them to get dressed. Reporter theres even a driveway dance recital, enjoyed from a mom to be. Connecting with people in other ways is amazing and makes me feel really good and makes me feel even better that other people are finding joy in it, too. I will send you the digital copies. Reporter Kristen Wright could be charging families big bucks for these closeups. But shes not taking a dime. Payment in smiles, and pay it forward. Reporter life and pictures, a snapshot of these strange times. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. Definitely is a historic time. Making the best of a bad situation, hopefully years now well look back and say do you remember when . And we go oh, man, that was nuts. So lets turn our attention to the weather. A bit of rain over the weekend. Spencer . Okay. We didnt get quite so much rain as we thought we might get. The indications last friday is that sunday would be a wet day. It turned out to be not a wet day. You can see whats happening right now around the bay area. Its pretty quiet, mainly sunny skies with a couple of spli sprinkles. Take a look at current temperature readings. 59 degrees here in San Francisco. Weve got i keep saying here in San Francisco, im not there. Im at home. We have temperature readness the low to mid 60s in san jose, gilroy, Half Moon Bay is at 57 degrees. Taking a look at north bay and other east bay locations. North bay, pretty cool. Santa rosa, 57 degrees. 60 at napa. A little further to the east, we have mid seconds at fairfield, concord and livermore. And these are our forecast features. There may be a few spotty showers overnight. Widely scattered or isolated showers. Sunny and wild conditions will prevail. And a chance of rain right at the end of the week going into the weekend. Heres a look at the forecast animation. 7 00 this evening, notice clouds lingering up in the north bay. North of ukiah, active wet weather that will continue through the evening hours. And a few isolated showers may trickle down into the north bay during the late night and oernight hours. Doesnt look like most locations will get anything out of this system. There could be some wet spots up in the north bay. By about midday into the afternoon hours, well see that system just basically breaking up and moving out of the bay area, leaving us with at least partly sunny skies in the afternoon and evening hours tomorrow. Now, overnight, before i talk about the overnight lows, i should show you our rainfall estimates. Were not going to get much out of this system moving through tonight. Maybe 0. 01 of an inch in santa rosa. Perhaps over 0. 05 of an inch in cloverdale. If any of the moisture moves inland, san jose could get about 0. 01 of an inch. Overnight low in the 40s. And then tomorrow, look for partly to mostly sunny skies except in the north bay where an isolated shower or two could linger. Highs in the low 60s tomorrow. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Relatively mild for the remainder of the week, especially wednesday, thursday, friday. Well see highs in the upper 60s to near 70 inland. Over the weekend, another weak storm system comes through and it could produce some light scattered showers, but not looking at much rain out of this system at all. Spencer, a nonweather question. Im curious about the muhammad ali painting over your shoulder there. Is that like a Leroy Neimann . Thats actually i dont know who did the portrait, but it was a gift from ali to me for my farewell show on Good Morning America 21 years ago. And he signed it, he used to say, i am the greatest. He signed it, spencer, you are the greatest, which shows you something about his judgment. [ laughter ] i do have a Leroy Neimann, who did a sketch of me and ill show you that maybe in the next segment. Cool. Excellent. Thats very cool to have anything handed to you from muhammad ali. Spencer, thank you. Are you doing enough to social distance . Well take a closer look at how bay area residents are doing coming up. Hi, everybody. 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