Let me give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california bending. It is bending, but its also stretching. Also, only on nbc, an east bay warehouse raided in the midst of this pandemic. The stockpile inside that caught the attention of these state agents. And the reason some africanamerican men are refusing to cover their faces. The news at 11 00 starts right now. Good evening. We begin with two major developments. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. Governor newsom says for the first time, california is reducing the spread of the virus. He also arranged the purchase of 200 Million Masks. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney joins us at Kaiser Hospital in san rafael with the new details. Terry . Reporter yeah. Governor newsom making the announcement to a National Television audience on the Rachel Maddow show, saying he used californias buying power to get this deal done. He also sounded like he was taking a swipe at the trump administration. In the last 48 hours, we have secured through a consortium of nonprofits and a manufacturer here in the state of california upwards of 200 Million Masks on a monthly basis. Reporter specifically, about 150 million n95 masks and 50 million surgical masks. All will be coming in from overseas. Gone, says the governor, are the days of buying a couple Million Masks here, a few hundred thousand there, all the while competing with other states. We decided enough of the small ball. Reporter newsom says california will have so many masks, it will be able to share them with other states. The state of california has distributed 41 Million Masks, 41. 4 million n95 masks. Weve received just over 1 million from the federal government. Its not an indictment. Its not a cheap shot. At the end of the day, they dont have the masks at the national stockpile. Reporter those masks are expected in the next few weeks. Stand up, fight back. Reporter they cant arrive soon enough for these nurses protesting outside Alameda Hospital tonight. 269 Health Care Workers in california have tested positive for the virus. These workers say their pleas for personal protective equipment have been ignored. So nurses who are stepping up and saying, this is not a safe assignment, they are being punished or being threatened with retaliation or being sent home. Reporter Governor Newsom also pointing out that it looks like california is now flattening the curve. Youve heard so much about it. Fewer new cases, so were flattening the curve. Its going to be stretching it out too, so were not out of the woods yet, but it looks like were going to avoid overwhelming our health care system. Terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. Were going to need those masks, especially down in last. Beginning this friday everyone going into an essential business like a Grocery Store will have to cover their face. And every angeleno will share this responsibility with employers to keep workers and everybody else safe. Thats the mayor down there. If people arent wearing face coverings, essential businesses can refuse you service. Workers also have to wear masks. Now, this applies to virtually every store thats allowed to stay open and applies to only los angeles for now. Now to the east coast and the epicenter of the outbreak in the u. S. Staggering new numbers show more than 2,000 nypd officers have tested positive for covid19. And today more than 7,000 officers called out sick. Thats about 20 of the Police Department workforce. Also a Police Technician died today from complications of the virus. Here in the bay area from are almost 4,000 reported cases. The death toll stands at 110. Every county reported new cases today that weve yet to hear from Mendocino County tonight. Santa clara county continues to have the most cases by far. Nearly 1,300. Despite those numbers, there is some cautious optimism in santa clara county. Dr. Sara cody says the rate of cases in the county is slowing down. Previo previously, new cases were doubling every few days. Now cases are doubling about every two weeks. Dr. Cody said its largely because people are staying home. But county leaders warn that we arent out of the woods yet. All of your viewers are doing their very best to make sure they dont get sick and they dont get anyone else sick. So what we want to be able to say is here are the things that youre doing that are working and heres what were still working on. Reporter supervisor chavez says among the things theyre still working on is getting more ventilators at local hospitals and expanding testing. Take a look at the rate at which cases increased per day in santa clara county. Theres the graph there. From march 29th to march 30th, there was an increase of 202 cases. Thats the far left of your screen there. But then look at the very next day. March 31st, 331 there, an increase of just 42 cases for that day. And for the whole week, the increase stayed below 75 cases. Only on nbc bay area, state investigators tonight raided three different locations in Alameda County, seizing stockpiles of medical masks. These are the n95 and surgical masks doctors and nurses desperately need. Nbc bay areas ian cull spoke exclusively with one of the men under investigation. Reporter late this afternoon, about 20 California Department of Justice Agents were walking in and out of this warehouse just off warm springs boulevard in fremont. They were seizing n95 and surgical masks. They took my computers, cell phones, everything. Reporter we spoke with one of the people under investigation but he didnt want to show his face or give his name. He says he started selling masks about a month ago and rented space at this warehouse, claiming to have a businesse fr sellers 50,000 masks, including 1,000 n95s. I bought the masks for 3. 6 each mask, and i sell them for 2. 50. Why are you doing that . I want to help. Reporter the man claims he bought the masks on ebay before mask sellers were shut down and sells them to nonprofits. For some deals, i make some profit. But for some deals, i lose money. Reporter the Attorney Generals Office confirms they executed search warrants at three locations in Alameda County today, seizing n95 respirators, surgical masks, and other items, but didnt offer other details. We do know the a. G. Has been targeting people price gouging during the covid19 crisis. No price gouging. I have all the records, like my price from my suppliers and the pleiss of the sales. Reporter the man says he hasnt been issued any citations or fines yet. Its also not clear if hes facing charges. Ian cull, nbc bay area news. Just into our newsroom, tesla is cutting pay for all employees and will furlough all of its hourly workers. Now, the stayathome orders forced the company to halt production at the Main Assembly plant there in fremont. According to an email sent to employees, tesla kmexpects to presume production in fremont on may 4th. We saw this coming and now its official. Thousands of bay area students will finish the school year at home. Six bay area counties all agreed today campuses will remain closes for the rest of the school year. But making sure all students have access to technology is proving to be a problem. Oakland unified says its having a problem ordering enough chromebooks for students who need them. We have to work through all the kinks of how to get technology to as many students as we can. In the meantime, the district will print out hard copy pacts to deliver to students. The state is working with many families to get them laptops and internet connection. This is a sad but realistic byproduct of whats happening. There are a lot of people in the black and brown communities who are hesitant of wearing a mask. Colors mean a lot, and in extreme cases could mean your life. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd joins us in emeryville this evening with the details. Cheryl . Reporter well, i spoke with this woman today. Her name is jenny kip. She is white. Her son is black. Now, she wanted to make it clear that she is not speaking on behalf of the black community. She is speaking out because shes the mother of an africanamerican son. And her media post today is getting a lot of attention. Something thats supposed to be increasing the safety of everyone actually has the chance of decreasing his safety. Reporter jennymea, asking h neighbors not to be scared of black people in masks. Especially as a white parent with a black child, i have no idea what to tell about my child to keep him safe. Reporter and for that reason, kipp feels many black men in america dont feel safe in their neighborhoods, especially when you wear a homemade mask. That, she says, could end badly for her son. Im more concerned about him being misinterpreted by, you know, seemingly wellmeaning white neighbors who misinterpret who he is and what hes doing. Reporter we know the fears some have of wearing a mask. Not wearing one could be deadly. In chicago, 68 of the citys deaths involve africanamericans, who make up just 30 of the population. Thats frightening for people like darryl jones, who knows why some black men may not want to cover their face, but he believes this virus means everyone has to. At the end of the day, you should be worrying about your safety and everybody elses safety around you. Reporter cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Thank you, cheryl. We are on until midnight. Still ahead, theyre the faces on the front lines of this crisis, but some bay area medical workers are getting backlash. The treatment theyre getting once they leave the hospitals. Also we know those ventilators are in short supply, but uc berkeley has a solution. How a team of engineers is making more of these ventilators. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Ill show you when a few showers will move back into the bay area before things warm up. Ill have that for you in about seven minutes. 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, ng medicines that to create tomorrows thhelp people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. New at 11 00, an east bay jail confirms two more cases of covid19. Thats now three inmates at the santa rita jail in dublin who have tested positive since saturday. All three are in isolation. The jail says further testing will be given to anyone who may have come in contact with these inmates. Another east bay nursing home is dealing with an outbreak of covid19. The Carlton Senior Living center in Pleasant Hill now has 13 cases. Patients and Staff Members are tested positive. An advocate for nursing home reform says not enough is being done to protect patients and staff. Any facility where you have an outbreak of even one person, Everybody Needs to be tested. And we need to make sure that we protect the workers there. We have to protect the workers because really, you know, theyre the First Responders to this. This is the second nursing home in the east bay hit by the virus in the past week. At the orinda care center, 49 people tested positive. Doctors and nurses are being hailed as the heroes of this pandemic, but now they say theyre also paying a price. Community fear and social isolation. In part its because of what theyre wearing, their scrubs. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo has more from Good Samaritan hospital in san jose. Reporter they leave the hospitals and clinics after a long shift dealing with the unknown, filled with uncertainty because of the pandemic. And now to make matters worse, nbc bay area has learned that their scrubs are becoming a stigma for these First Responders. We have had some nurses that have said anecdotally that theyve been in the Grocery Store or somewhere else after theyve left work and while people are grateful, they dont want them anywhere around them in their scrubs because theres a fear that theyre carrying covid19. Reporter we heard from nurses at another hospital with the same worry. It definitely doesnt help them when it comes to all of the stress that tyre dealing with. But, you know, theres some education that still needs to go on. Its not the publics fault. Its nobodys fault when it comes to it. Its a novel coronavirus. Reporter so the chief nursing officer at good sam says his staff is now allowed to shower and change into civilian clothes at the hospital s they can go home without worrying about theegative public reaction. Doing our part when it comes to giving them the scrubs so they can go home in normal clothes and not have to worry about the Scarlet Letter attached or bringing anything home to the family. Reporter the heroes of the pandemic dealing with an invisible enemy, now having to hide their own professionrom an anxious public. Well, a lot of our viewers were quick to respond to this story about an east bay nurse and her fears of bringing the virus home. Jamie livingston is sleeping in her car to avoid potentially exposing her daughter. After our story ran last night, several viewers reached out wanting to help jamie. Among the offers, an Oakland Hotel has invited her to stay for free. Another offer was toel a 30 foot trailer for jamie to use. We areal toing breaking news right now in san jose. This is a live look downtown. A big vote is expected tonight. No rent payments for up to three months. Now, Councilmembers Magdalena Carrasco and raul per al es want rent to be forgiven for up to three months if families can show financial happy due to the covid19 outbreak. Rent is not being waived here. Its being forgiven. You dont have to pay it at all. Property owners and landlords say thats not fair to them. To get any of their money back, they would have to apply for Small Business loans, which they could have to pay back. If approved, rent forgiveness will be retroactive to april 1st. When the vote happens, we will bring it to you. A break in representers for the east bay now. Tonight the Emeryville City Council approved an ordinance to require landlords to offer tenants rent repayment plans. It would essentially give you up to one year to repay any rent. The ordinance has to get one more stamp of approval before it can take effect. The council alsoo relief for so Small Businesses on the peninsula. San mateo county supervisors considered a moratorium that would have banned evictions of Small Businesses. During their video conference, the board voted down. The moratorium would have applied to businesses that make less than 2. 5 million in revenue a year. A new drivethrough Grocery Store is open in san jose. Choicelunch is a school Lunch Delivery Service that normally delivers food to schools. But since campuses are now closed, the Company Launched choicelunch pantry. Its open along bermuda lane. The food comes straight from distributors and workers bring it to your car. You do have to order food two days in advance. We need ventilators so uc berkeley engineers are getting creative. Theyre using leftover supplies and doing something good. Theyre turning sleep apnea machines into ventilators. The new modifications allow the sleep apnea machine to accept pure oxygen. The air is then filtered and delivered right to the patient through the breathing tube. The makeshift ventilators will be used for nonicu patients. How about that . Thats great. Lets check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. He is working from home. We have a possibility of more showers this week, jeff. Take it away. Yeah, its just a little, little bit of a chance. I do want to show you that here coming up. Well start off first with that live highdefinition network where we have cloud cover rolling in right now. No rainfall across the bay area at the current moment. Its just those clouds were watching as you can see on our sky camera right now. After a high of 64 degrees in san jose, really felt great outside. Even if you were just able to get out for a couple minutes for that fresh air. Right now down to 52. We have 40s coming our way once we roll into tomorrow morning. Lets get you a broader look at that morning forecast. Youll notice down here in the south bay well likely bottom out at 46 in san jose. Then right up towards the north bay, some of my coldest temperatures with santa rosa at 44 and napa also at 44. Through the afternoon, numbers will be warming up a couple degrees, and we are in fact going to go back to the upper 60s and low 70s right here through the north bay. Then notice as you get closer to the coast, well still have that ocean breeze that will bring us down to 58 in San Francisco and 55 in half moon bay. So our typical chilly coastal weather in place, but we will get some breaks of sunshine. Down here to san jose, 66. Morgan hill, 64. Santa cruz at 58. The cloud cover tomorrow, we will have those low clouds to start. You can see it here at 8 00 in the morning, really the best chance around the bay, San Francisco, and even some of that for san jose down to about gilroy. Through the afternoon, we will have lots of sunshine here, but notice down for the south bay well likely hang on to some of these high clouds for the afternoon. But, look, overall i think its going to be a really nice day still in the forecast as we move through wednesday. Now, the next big change i do want to let you know about, its not big in the way that its a large storm. Its just the fact that were going to go from some