During business hours. Now, your health, your safety, this is this morning big promises straight from Governor Newsom, more he testing for californians and help for medical workers. As of this morning close to 90 people died of coronavirus in the bay area and Santa Cruz County with more than 3,500 confirmed cases. San francisco topping 500 cases. Mend siino coun Mendocino County reported four cases. And weve been plotting the cases on this useful draft to see the trend. This includes the bear aay and surrounding areas with a jump in days starting march 1. Its sunday, april 5th. Im liz kreutz. 24u thank you very much for joining us. We will have much more on the coronavirus in a moment but we want to start a quick look at the Stormy Weather were tracking this weekend. Heres meteorologist lisa argen. Hello it, its certainly been a soaker out there. You see the counterclockwise rotation offshore bringing instability and rain to much of california. We go in closer to American Canyon, up towards vallejo looking at rain. Also heavy rain in southern marin and more downpours expected to move into daly city and south cities. You see the cells offshore moving up towards the north and east. You can see yellows, mt. Saint s helena and napa. And on the peninsula, a few downpours earlier. And in the south bay a bit of a rainy starm. A break now but mt. Hamilton loking like theyre getting wet weather. Moderate temperatures and downtours and can be unstable. 56 in oakland. The Golden Gate Bridge certain slick there with 40s up in rosa. Winds are gray for tomorrow and you will notice gray and wet throughout the day and cool. We will talk about improvements up ahead. Statewide were close to 4,000 confirmed cases in california. Governor newsom took responsibility for the lack of test results in our state and promised to do better. Abc7s luis pena has more on the newly laid out plan. The testing space has been a challenging one for us. I own that, and i have responsibility as your governor to do better. Reporter governor gavin newsom confirmed over 126,000 people have been tested and 13,000 of those are still awaiting results. Staggering numbers that led to this announcement. His state partnership with two california universities and a task force. A new partnership with ucdavis and ucsan diego to create a mumf five veeang the covid19 task force, paul markovitz, president and ceo of plu shield california and a assistant director of California Public department. Markovitz wants to make sure anyone in need of a test can get one. The goal is to get to 10,000 per day in the next two weeks to 25,000 per day by the end of this month. By the end of the summer in august, getting to the capacity of 50,000 a day. 3 reporter an increase in testing hopefully will mean a decrease in deaths. At least 300 people died of covid19 in our state. How long will it take to test the general public . Well, if we do hit our targets, as i just described, i would say within a month we should be able to do that. Ideally we want to be in a position to do that as we start relaxing the stayathome measures. Reporter governor gavin newsom also announced more test sites are set to open, Abbott Laboratories committed to opening 70 sites in california. And Governor Newsom also said a new blood test from Stanford University could be hours from receiving federal approval but this one is a bit different. Instead of detecting the actual disease, it looks for antibodies of the virus, showing who is immune to coronavirus. This has the ability be to clear people returned to work. That would be good news. Governor newsoms office also announced a website with his announcement yesterday. Right here at covid19supplies. Ca. Gov. Individuals and businesses can sell or donate supplies like n95, ventilators, face shields and gloves. Private officials will notify officials through the website if they can manufacture items on the states wish list. The Health Crisis from covid19 has quickly exploded into an economic and disaster for Small Businesses. The trump administrations nearly 350 billion Paycheck Program was set to roll out friday but as abc7 reporter Lauren Martinez shows us, banks are struggling to meet the demands. We do not ask for loans. We do not ask for help. Weve done everything on our own. Reporter joe field is the owner of flying colors, comics and other cool stuff in been bis 1988. Ble to do that. This is a different deal. Reporter field, like many Small Business owners, had to close because theyre not considered an essential business. Field applied for a loan online but the system was down. On friday s baxt allowed the banks to take applications and submit them for approval. So sba portals ready was to accept applications. But the individual banks had to create their own. Reporter several banks were not ready to handle the flood of online applications because guidelines for the loan process were being adjusted thursday night. Field tried to submit paper work in person. I had my paperwork ready, got up in front of the line and was handed another sheet that talks about how the process is not going to start for businesses until monday, and it will all be done online. So it was nice to get a little fresh air, right . Reporter field was in good spirits despite the problem. On saturday santa clara supervisor held a webinar with the Small Business development center. They discussed the Paycheck Protection Program and Airline Industry disaster loan. You can get an advance up to 10,000 on the loan even before the lope gets approved. Reporter barbara morrison, ceo of cmt financing encourages owners to file for both programs. Its a race. Efb understands its a race and everybody is doing the best they can. New this morning, with social distancing mandates and sta stayathome orders, court trials have been put on hold. The assistant d. A. Said most pretrials are being conducted electronically with cooperation from judges and defense lawyers. Courts are also looking for proceedings that can be done remotely. That includes various arraignments where chargers are announced, plea negotiations and input from crime victims. Also new this morning thousands of california inmates have been denied freedom after a judge refused a request by their attorneys. Attorneys say prisons are like a tinder box ready to ignite with the rapid spread of covid19. The threejudge panel said it does not have authority to address the coronavirus because it was created to address overcrowding issue. This comes as a santa rita county jail inmate was first to test positive in dublin. The person is stable and being monitored. Stanford undergraduate under students start the spring quarter online and at lower tuitions. They lowered cost since they cannot take advantage of inperson teaching and labs. They will give refunds for housing and dining since students are no longer living on campus. Just like schools and university yous, our local libraries are realizing learning doesnt have to stop when the actual branches close. Theyre trying all sort of new things to keep you and the family entertained while learning. David louis checked out the new offerings on the peninsula. Reporter twins carissa and mattea spend a lot of times these days taking classes online. However the 8yearolds used to go regarly their localpand from San Mateo County libraries are filling the void as a result of branches being closed. We have a lot of homework help. If you need arts and crafts to do with your little ones, we have those tools as well and to help you learn the language while youre home. Reporter more than half of the staff have been helping with online experiences. Including deirdre drill. A drawing class taught by lynn fetter and this bilingual english spanish singalong with Technology Specialist kenny gabe. Mother of the twins, karen, is enthusiastic about the new library focus that turns screentime into something constructive and engaging. Being able to transition something hands on, interactive, use their mind, use creativity and got them excited, engaging and to find Something Like that as opposed to a passive, visual view of a movie is very big. Reporter her daughters are looking forward to an online Science Program this week and help with their homework. What kind of things do you help out with . How long it takes to make a chapter book because i kind of want to be a writer when im older. I love our libraries. Great time to put them to use. Especially with this rain, lisa. Yes, if you love the rain, you enjoyed yesterday. Today getting a good dousing across the bay area. Weve seen over an inch in parts of the south bay. Yesterday youre adding in the overnight totals or i am and you can see how soggy it is from mt. Tam. We have fog, wind, temperatures in the 50s. If you havent had heavy downpours, theres more on the way. My accuweather forecast is coming up. And the bay area is coming together to help ease the burden of the coronavirus pandemic. And pope francis still celebrated palm sunday at the vatican with social distancing. Eveso we can stillg a answer your calls. Now. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. For the first time in history, palm sunday mass was held without the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. You can see it here but millions of people joined pope francis on tv, the internet and radio for mass this morning. The pope talked about this tough time and said we should reach out to those suffering and what we can do for others. He sends his thoughts to everyone all over the world. The vatican said there are at least seven cases of coronavirus among the residents or employees of the city state. So bizarre to see that so empty, especially the week before easter. Across the bay people are stepping up to help ease suffering and needs as our world struggles to deal with this Health Crisis. Cornell bernard has the story of two effort he highlight the power of kindness. I have water so its a blessing. Going to help . Yes. Reporter Betty Jackson is making a grocery run to the shoprite supermarket where she found gallon jugs of water and lots of produce available. The most amazing part, it was ttally free. I think this is a blessing, blessing to help those that need it. We are here supporting the community during this crisis. Reporter market owner ali al ba sari said he wanted to give back and his help customers out at a time when many are scared and running low on cash. Its a war zone out here and matter of life and death. Would you like potato . Yes. Reporter the market is partner be with oakland city edck residents. Ho is getting its important we get help and support about the crisis and rebounding from it. It helped a lot. I have information on the coronavirus, how to stay safe. Good question, personal protective equipment for the local hospitals. Reporter in San Francisco these pharmacy students from ucsf stood in the rain outside a pharmacy collecting mask and gloves for Health Care Workers who need them. Many folks stopped and donated. Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. I wiped them down with alcohol. Its kind of frustrating when youre a student to advocate throughout your entire curriculum and it comes to this point where the best thing you can do is stay at home. I think all of us are really passionate to try to do a little bit more than that and thats what brought us here. Reporter students are trying to establish permanent dropoff sites inside major pharmacies for things like gloves and masks. As for the grocery giveaway, were told 100 families benefits. The owner said he will do it again to help out his customers. And this morning a bay area family is struck in peru and theyve been there for weeks. Theyre trying to make it on the last flight back to the u. S. Perus president , you might remember, shut down the borderers last month because of the pandemic and now relatives from the conserastro valley in 60s and 70s have been trying to get out of lima. One of their daughters spoke to abc7 and said theyve done all the paperwork but theres limited communication from the embassy and desperate for help. Our fear is if they do get sit, the fountain resources wont have capability of dealing with the pandemic. They said more flights are going today and tomorrow and promise to arranging more but as of today the peruvian government is ordering all businesses to close, which means limited transportation options. You might remember another local family we told you about last month. They finally made it back home from peru. Last week, a Santa Rosa Police officer, said it took several days of traveling but they eventually got on a state department flight to miami and had to find their way back home to the north bay. Happening today, healthy passengers are expected to disembark the coronavirusstricken coral princess cruise ship. This man will not be one, being in intensive care after testing positive on the ship. His family said they needed to call 911 to get him off the ship. He reportedly called for help because the onboard medical team took no steps to get him to a hospital for more care, according to the miami herald. One doctor apparently told him there were no icu beds nearby but the reports show miamidade had more than 150 available. Hes one of seven coral princess two passengers who tested positive. Sadly, two have died. One benefit of the statewide stayathome order, clean air in los angeles. This is the Third Straight week of reduced traffic because people are hunkering down at home. There are low levels of dust, soot and ozone. Scientists are looking at the da tee if theres a ten wet, cool weather is having a positive impact on air quality. Speaking of cool weather wi, le check in with lisa. When you said raining yesterday, it was raining. On my drive home, i didnt expect it to be such strong showers. Yes, and we are seeing that depend today with the strong cold front area of low pressure. People in the south bay, i heard some are picking up over an inch, close to an inch and a half from yesterdays system overnight and this morning. So were certainly looking at an active start to sunday. Heres a look at live doppler 7, where you can see yellows, even a few reds there. With the heating of the day, weve got strong downpours on the way, possible thunderstorm. Take a look at san rafael and marinwood highway 101. Just about to move over to 580, richp mod san rafael bridge, and hemlock 101 very heavy downpours in San Francisco. As we widen the view to peninsula here, f mill braid to san mateo, redwood city and east palo alto. And then we get a bit of a break passing through cupertino. Wet start to the day in san jose and gilroy. We take you into el cerrito, moderate rain to heavy downpours. Furmg to the north, how about highway 12. Youve had a pretty good cell over you. Back westward, the rest of the north bay looking like lighter rain, scattered showers monday rit rain from santa rosa down to pen grove. As we take you through the delta, Sacramento Valley and mountains, its been snowing all morning long with temperatures right at freezing. Looking at two to three feet of snow and with that winds howling there, up to 90 miles an hour. We have one impressive springlike storm. Its feeling like winter of the this is the south bay. 53 in San Francisco. The golden gate slick out there, 2 in upper livermore. So 47 with 40mileanhour wind gusts. These are the gusts taking you ltcr to the west as the front pushes through, still breezy wind out there. Things quiet down after 4 00 for some of you but its still raining in the south bay by the later afternoon. Heres a look is herr nevada. Locally snow levels 3,000 feet be lingering showers into monday, still level one. Take a look at what happens from now until 11 00. A line of moderate to heavy rain, staying with us in the afternoon and east bay, peninsula and south bay. Still looks like thanging on at 3 00, 4 00 in saratoga, cupertino. But we get the break later on tonight. The area of low pressure is offshore and could bring us a thunderstorm. North bay totals a 10th to third of an inch. Ben loman one to two inches and 54 san mateo, 55 concord. Breezy, rainy downpours. Our level one system will taper off tonight and tomorrow could see a few more downpours scattered. Tuesday sunny and by the rest of the workweek, middle of the week to the end of the week, sunny and dryer and looking next weekend easter could be dry as well. Really in the thick of it now. For sure. It will be nice to have that sunshine come back. Yes. Thanks, lisa. Just ahead, with social distancing drones can play vital role in transporting supplies. Stainresisting technology is a snap to clean. Valspar signatures exclusive making even the most common stains, history. Visit lowes. Com today for color inspiration. When it comes to social distancing, drones could have a vital part to play, transporting supplies and medical tests in a safe and effective way. The south San Francisco startup is looking to build a network of drones to deliver critical prescription drugs. Abc7s devin dwyer has more. Reporter this morning the use of drones getting a closer look at the coronavirus pandemic. One of the biggest benefit of drones is its standoff distance. Reporter the faa, which regulates drones in its air space, said its been flooded with requests for expanded operation to deliver for coronavirus. To deliver blood and needed medical supplies hundreds of miles away is now something that people are saying they need more than ever. Reporter Companies Like u. P. S. Saying their drones are ready to assist, as startups like california dronemaker zip line push to build a network of zones that deliver critical prec