Weeks. Locally, california schools may not reopen for the rest of the school year. This according to the state superintendent because of the current social distancing guidelines. California has the third most cases in the United States with about 7500 people infected. The bay areas shelter in place order has been extended through may 3rd. There are restrictions. Most notably, Construction Projects are halted and many places are being closed down. That includes playgrounds and dog parks. The new restrictions announced by Health Officials today affects six bay area counties as well as the city of berkeley. Chris nguyen joining us from san jose with the details in the south bay. Chris . Hi, larry, good afternoon. That previous order was set to expire on april 7th. It has now been extended to may 3rd as you said, with authorities telling us that they simply need more time to help reduce the spread, to slow down the spread and to help reduce future impact on our local hospitals. This afternoon, an urgent plea from local leaders as we begin a new phase of the bay area shelter in place order. We know this is a highly contagious disease. And what were asking of all of you is to make sure that you stay at home, that you lessen the number of times that you go to the Grocery Store. With a significant jump in the number of positive case, hospitalization and deaths from covid19, Health Officers from the six most populous bay area counties have determined that stricter social distancing is needed to slow the rate of spread. Our hospitals are beginning to fill with covid19 patients. They need more time. We need to do even more to give our Health Care Providers ever advantage they can so they can care for us when they need them, whether for covid19 or for any other acute health care need. By the end of the workweek, essential businesses that continue to operate must complete, post and implement a social distancing protocol tailored specifically to that location. This includes limiting the amount of people allowed in a store at any given time, and providing guidance on how to control shopping lines. Stores will also be required to provide Hand Sanitizer to custom mix, i recognize that this order and the previous one are creating social and economic disruption for everyone and extreme hardship for many. Playgrounds and dog parks must be shut down, if they havent already. And shared recreational facilities such as golf courses, tennis and basketball courts and pools are no longer allowed to open. Most residential and construction is prohibited. We have families struggling without a paycheck. Physical separation does not mean social isolation. This is a time for our community to embrace shared sacrifice, to embrace this moment. We know that the enforcement of the order has been a hot topic among many in the community. Well have more on what the District Attorney had to say coming up at 5 00. For now, we are live in san jose. Im chris nguyen, abc7 news. Chris, is the decision to extend the limitations more about the surge of patients that theyre expecting or are hospitals already getting close to capacity . Great question, larry. Right now hospitals here throughout the bay are not at capacity, but they are expecting a surge in one to two weeks. You heard the president mention that just a short time ago, but again, dr. Sarah cody stressing the importance of all of us doing our part to reduce the strain on our Health Care System so that our Health Care Workers are ready to go when it comes to caring for the patients they expect in the coming weeks. All right, chris, thank you. In case youre wondering if this is all worth it, at the white house a short time ago, the official theres said the shelter in place warnings really are working for communities that started them early. California a week before new york or new jersey really talked to their communities and decided to mitigate before they started seeing this number of cases. And now we know that makes a big difference. But even with those restrictions that we put in early, the bay area is now up to more than 2400 cases, and we just learned Santa Rosa Police officer has died, died today from complications of the illness. There are 78 total cases in sonoma county. Napa county just reported its first death. Santa clara county continues to have the most cases. Theyre getting close to 900. 30 people in that county have died. To the north, mendocino and lake counties continue to see smaller numbers. There are still four cases in mendocino. No cases in lake county. California has urged people with medical training who are not currently licensed in their professions to join the fight against coronavirus. Today Governor Newsom praised the 25,000 people who went online within 24 hours to answer that call. Phlebotomist, radiologist, emts, doctors, nurses, remarkable, remarkable spirit, and a remarkable number of individuals that stepped up and are being to step in to meet covid19 headon. These werent just people randomly checking in and welcoming themselves to a website and looking at it. These are people filled out forms with their specific license number and theyre ready to contribute. And were triaging every single one of those individuals and looking at the geographic distribution so we can meet the moment, because we recognize in california where were many parts but one body. And different parts of the state have different needs. Governor newsom also said california is, quote, not out of the woods yet. And the governor urged all californians to keep social distancing in order to limit the spread of coronavirus. Some rules are being relaxed in california amid the pandemic. The governor has signed an executive order giving Small Businesses an additional 90 days to file taxes and make tax payments. The same order also allows for mailin dmv renewals. California is waiving continue requirements for several educations. Testing positive for covid19 and is now in a medically induced coma in a wall mutt creek high school. And his family is pleading for other sales reps to get tested if theyre feeling sick. Luz pena has the story. Their love story has been 40 plus years in the making. We got married in 1980. And weve known each other since sixth grade. So a lifetime. Weve known each other since we were children. Whats hurting rosemary the most is that she cant hold her husbands hand while he fights for his life. A lone in a hospital room. He was diagnosed with covid19 a week ago today. From there on, it was just downhill. The morning i got a phone call, and they told me they were going have to induce him into a coma to have his body rest. Mike revelo is a California Lottery sales rep. He was concerned about their exposure to the pandemic for week. At one point in early march, mike even said this is ridiculous. We dont belong in the field. If we get infected, were going infect all the retailers, all the members of the community. Theyre going take it home to their family. Many of the California Lottery sales rep, frequent places like supermarket and gas stations according to their union could be in contact with 100 people per day. Devastation. Heartbreaking. We saw this coming. This was preventible. On monday during the california state Lottery Commissions meeting, alva johnson, the Lottery Commission director said weve been adapting to this crisis and working 24 7 to address the needs of our team members and our communities. Weve implemented a number of changes, sometimes being amongst the first in state agencies to respond. And as she prays for microto survive this, rosemary is pleading for other sales reps to get tested. This is this is real. This is real. Employers need to know that they need to keep the employees safe. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. San mateo county is preparing for a surge of covid19 patient, even though the countys hospitals have been able to meet the demand for treatment so far. Part of getting ready for an onslaught of patients includes building a Field Hospital at the san mateo events center. Sky 7 flew above that facility earlier today. Thats where the National Guard has set up 250 beds. San mateo county has another operation ready to go at a hotel in burlingame. Well, first it was instacart. Today whole foods. Employees of the grocery chain are demanding hazard pay and improved working conditions since theyre still required to keep the store running in the middle of this pandemic. Abc7 reporter Julian Glover has the details. A familiar picture of whole foods across the bay area, seen at this fremont location, eager shoppers lined up six feet apart with cart, gloves and mask before the store opens. But as shoppers whisked in this morning, the threat of a shutout looms over the company. Workers are bringing attention to what they call dangerous conditions theyre forced the work in order to keep this essential business open. Heres what workers are asking for. Guaranteed hazard pay of double their standard wage. Paid leave for all workers who decide to selfquarantine instead of coming to work. And additional policies to facilitate social distancing between employees and customers. I was not able to make contact with a whole foods employee who decided to take part in the sickout today and call in sick, but i was able to speak to one employee who did decide to show up to work anyway. I just wanted to share that i am working today because i need the income, but also because i like working for whole foods. They are a very good company, and i believe that they take care of their employees. Brian whitson works for the amazonowned companys novato location. He also sent me these pictures showing the companys apparent efforts to social distance, like limiting the number of employees allowed in particular areas a the time and restricting elevator usage to just one person per trip. Whats unclear is how many whole foods employees agree that these efforts go far enough. You can see the line outside of whole foods moves slowly here. Its pretty much one person has to leave the store so one person can enter. One of the social distancing guidelines that some of the locations have in place now. Now i reached out to whole foods this morning for comment as to what they might be doing to address the concerns of their employees. I have not heard back. But the company did tell abc news that they have increased pay and theyre offering two weeks of paid leave for any worker who tests positive for coronavirus. Im Julian Glover, abc7 news. And here is something youll want to tune in for. Thursday at 4 00, join us for a special town hall as abc7 confronts hate crimes against Asian Americans during the covid19 pandemic. We will have a panel of expert contributors and realtime audience interaction. Be sure to join us for that important conversation. Zoom has become one of the new ways for people to get together while theyre sheltering in place. But what about your personal information . Why the companys Privacy Policy is now being scrutinized. Masks have become all the talk the past couple of days with the White House Task force considering a recommendation for people to wear them. Should you . Well get the an thwhich, if im not mistaken, papadia. Is latin for better than a sandwich. Heheven has a better pickle. 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And michael, im really interested in your first story because i was just zooming with somebody today for a podcast well be putting up later tonight. Whats going on with zoom . This is the most interesting thing going on in the world of consumers today. The teleconferencing company zoom, the one you just talked about, said its going to change its Privacy Policy. This came after being called out by consumer advocates. The san josebased company says its releasing new guidelines outlining how it will handle the data collection, including new policies to protect School Children using zoom for schools. This follows concerns voiced by Consumer Reports which claimed zooms policy allowed it to collect information from meetings held on zoom. The federal trade commission is reporting a surge in coronavirusrelated complaints. The ftc has received more than 7800 complaints since the beginning of the year, half last week alone. Most of the complaints about are coronavirusrelated fraud and travelrelated issue, including cancellations and refunds. Airbnb is putting up 250 million to pay hosts for cancellations. The company has come under fire from its hosts for allowing cancellations that differ from the hosts stated policy right there on the website. Beginning today airbnb will pay hosts 25 of what would have been received had their not been a cancellation. Now airbnb has come under fire from both sides for this. Some consumers have said they havent been generous enough. Weve been fielding a lot of complaints on this. Youll be hearing more about this as the days go ahead. For sure, michael. There is a ton of canceled vacations and everybody has a different policy, especially if youre talk about international travel. Yeah. Thank you, michael. Absolutely. Unbelievable. Open table is switching gears now that most restaurants are closed. The restaurnt Reservations Service is now allowing users to bookshoping times at supermarkets and other retailers. Users get a text when its their time to shop. The hope is to prevent overcrowding and make the stores safer. One city leader has introduced a plan to give San Francisco families money to pay their bills if they dont qualify for relief programs offered by the federal government. Community Groups Joined supervisor walton in his crusade to assist families with children under the age of 18. Many of those families feel squeezed right now. Theyre trying to figure out what to do as it is hitting the first of the month. Rent is due. Certain bills are due. We are setting this legislation up so that we can serve 5,000 families at 500 a month for up to a fourmonth period of time. If things need to go longer, or if we need the do something and adjust, of course well be prepared to introduce other legislation. Supervisor walton believes families could see money within a month if the board of supervisors passed his plan and mayor london breed signs it into law. A new survey says the coronavirus is impacting americans spending habits. 52 of u. S. Adults have cut back on spending. This is especially true among highincome households. 53 of households making more than 80,000 a year reduced their spending while 4 making under 30,000 reduced their spending twothirds of adults with retirement or investment accounts intentionally did nothing with their investments in response to stock market volatility. Today was another nice day to get out and do your outside exercise with your social distance, of course. Of course. Spencer christian inside talking about the outside. Yes. Thats right. Inside talking about the outside, and keeping my social distance, of course, on this lovely sunny day. Here is a look at live doppler 7. Its really gorgeous all around the by area right now. Here is live view looking across the bay from our exploratorium camera. 60 degrees right now in San Francisco. We have mid 60s in oakland, redwood city, san jose. 71 at gilroy, and a cooler 57 at hlf moon bay. Beautiful view of the golden gate. Lots of blue sky with a few clouds mixed in. The cool spot right now up north is petaluma at 61. The warm spot is over in the east a little bit, fairfield at 71. And santa rosa, napa, concord and livermore are all in the mid to upper 60s. Lets take a look at our forecast features. Were going have mainly clear skies overnight. It will be a little bit cool, but not cold. Bright, breezy, dry in the next three days, and then rain arrives over the weekend. It could be heavy at times. But well get to that in a moment. Overnight, clear skies, low temperatures dropping mainly into the mid to upper 40s. Thats generally. Up in the north bay valley, it will be a little cooler with lows dropping into the upper 30s in some locations. And tomorrow look for bright sunny skies once again. It will be breezy, especially at the coast. Highs will range from upper 50s a the coast to only about low 60s around the bay shoreline and mid to upper 60s inland. Now lets bring in the storm impact scale as april begins, april showers will be moving in our direction. A weekend storm will rank only 1 on the abc77 storm impact scale. Generally we can expect light to moderate showers or rainfall from the system. But there could be occasional downpours which could raise the rainfall totals. Generally, we may be looking at from 3 4 of an inch to about 1 1 4. That may change, but the early models are indicating pretty wet weekend. Here is the forecast animation starting at midnight saturday night. Notice the rain arrives in the north bay first and then pushes southward, eastward during the main part of the day on saturday, into saturday night. And there will be snow in the sierra along with rainfall here in the bay are