Stimulus checks from being collected p. And Child Support and spousal support can be collected. The gap sounding the alarm. Saying its hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak. It may not the have enough cash to stay open. The one in San Francisco, a building the company may not be able to pay for any longer. In the the security styling, the gap explained how bad things had gotten because of the coronavirus they splay to take steps to keep the cash flowing over the next couple months. Big name stores in San Francisco remain closed among the coronavirus pandemic. And each day passes, even the biggest names say they may not reopen. The iconic San Francisco based retailer the gap. We heard issues ability the gap and the owe associated stor before. Reporter the company says its trying to preserve cash, and missed the april present payment. That is 115 million monthly in north american. It rep zens old navy, Banana Republic and others. If they dont have enough sort of retained earnings to make the payments. The gap says they burned through 1 billion in cash since february. Their next steps could include job cuts and new debt financing. They are working with landlords to defer payments and modify leases. The gap is not alone. We know there are lots of companies that were having to borrow on a month to month basis just to cover their costs. Those companies are likely going to be companies we hear gaffeligaffeplike stories tonight. They said in the federal filings the next move can be terminating leases. Christei smith. Lets get back to numbers and numbers in the coronavirus cases. As we made, yesterday was the deadliest day in california. And here in the bay area, we appear to be flattening the curve. Santa clara county, nearly 2,000. Contra costa county, seven new cases but a search in alameda county. New results from a new york city antibody she Antibody Test shows the virus is more rampant in the state. 1300 new yorkers were tested for the antibody. 273 tested positive. That it holds true in new york, it means way more new yorkers had the virus than what is reported. Take a look, on the left here is another graphic. This is a number of coronavirus cases confirmed in new york. 250,000. On the right is e number of cases if p it ratio holds true much that would mean 2. 6 Million People have been infected in new york. The governor said the data preliminary. They are taking the time to discover the accuracy. Governor newsom and trump have stressed the need for nasal swabs to help workers test for covid19. There is a shortage of swabs and now another tech company is stepping in to help. Scott budman has a company that is stepping up with the 3d printers. Scott. Reporter Health Care Workers and politicians agree we will need effort to take enough to ramp up testing. When the pandemic first hit, 3a printing startup origin struggled to stay open and keep flows on the payroll. Then the San Francisco company heard about the need for nasal swabs to test for covid19. Everyone put aside the idea that they lose their job, and they are on a mission. And newsom. 50 to 55 of those surveyed, the number one need is swab. They have a a purpose. We e e have a company that joining and make sure that california and other states get all the swabs they need. Were now in a position where we can actually put a major dent in testing, both as a in california, and three says they will make 7 million to 10 million swabs a week, as long as its necessary. Im scott budman, nbc bay area news. We have lots of starr power in bay area. Now, its all about community power. Raj mathai is at home. And a uniquely bay area story. Take it away. Janelle, i reached out to a few friends and the questions were simple. What you are doing at home . How do you pass your time and what are you thankful for . You might recognize a few. We start with this football and a toss to jerry rice. That was a pretty good throw, raj. You kut im doing my best. And right now, working on my company, go field, spending time with my wife and also my two dogs. What about you, Kristi Yamaguchi . Thanks, jerry, yeah, we are keeping busy. The school work and brett with husband kung fu. We want to thank you for doing your part. What about you, Johnny Moseley . Spring skeeg. My favorite time. Really missing all that snow and squall. But happy at home here in marin county. Teaching my boys how to key strain and making the most of. Right, mayor brown . I left my heart in San Francisco my heart goes out to all of first responders, nurses, firefighters, police officers, disaster workers and you take it from there. Why, thank you, mr. Mayor. And now the manager of your San Francisco giants, number 19, gabe kapler. I am so looking forward to hearing the National Anthem when we finally open. We will get there by sticking together. Until then, stay healthy, safe and strong. Hey, bay area, huey lewis here, saying thanks for helping flatten curve. To all doctors and delivery people and Health Care Workers, putting their lives on the line to help us through the pandemic, we say a big, big thanks. Hey, everyone. Erik karlsson here. I cant wait to the get back on the entice see you shark fans. A shout out to the hospital workers in the bay area, what youre doing is very brave and tremendous right now. Hey, bay area, covid19 is a team sport. So i thought i would have a little them my friends at the ucsf division. Thanks for your support, ronnie lott. Youre a gem. Oh, yeah you guys are amazing. What a throw. By the way, i love your intensity, i love your tenacity. Keep getting it done. By way, bay area nbc, you guys are phenomenal im talking about phenomenal. You get it done right. How about that, raj. All right, we have a football, it just made its wayn. And really, a simple text, a simple email, you want to do this . And they all said, absolutely. We want to honor first responder, janelle, jessica, i will literally toss it back to you. Janelle, the ball is in your hands. Here you go. Imhood. I got it good catch. Good job, touchdown, raj. And i made ronnie lott and jerry rice very proud. Perfect timing, the nfl draft. So cool to see the superstars. Yeah, sweet to do it. Very touching. See you later, raj. Up next, record rates. New numbers and why more tickets may be on the way. Plus helicopter drills and more. How Fire Training is different others. I will have news on the broug. I think that ball is coming my way. I will see you in a few minutes. soft music [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. And theyre counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. Grubhub. Together we can help save the restaurants we love. 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They will create exposure masks, calling bheem may have been exposed and tracking everyone they may have exposed. Ucsf phd opportunity is a contract tracer in San Francisco. How are they feeling, do they have any symptoms. And their living situation. Are they able to quarantine. Are they able to clean their bathroom, to cook their food. She says she was recruited because she speaks spanish. Taking advantage of the wide open free ways. Says freeway means speedway these days. Chp has issued 40 more tickets for speeding since the shelter at home order began. The agencys plan to put the brakes on that trend. People just fly by you. In and out. They are going in and out of traffic. Thats what she says she says every day as she drives too and from her essential job at home depot. I think its crazy and dangerous, too much to worry about now. They have seen a huge spike in speeding. They have issued 78 more tickets for excessive speeding since the shilter in place order started. Some drivers have been clocked at 150 miles per hour. Just because you sigh an open freeway, it doesnt give you a right to speed. Its not the need for speed map. Dont do it. Chp says they are gearing up to crack down. They say expect a maximum Enforcement Effort to start soon. Dont be surprised if were behind you and pulling you over for speeding. People are just zooming right past you. I mean p if it doesnt get fixed soon, something sometimes serious is going to happen. There is no reason to race when so much of the state is shut down. They say speeders are just making things more dangerous during an already troubling time. What can they be in a hurry to . One more thing to worry about. In contra costa county, jody hernandez. Keeping neem their homes when they cant play their mortgages. That is the letter to the trump administration. 35 state attorneys general who have signed the letter. And there is a Forbearance Program that calls for paying it at later today. They want it added to the end of the loans term instead. Cal firefighters in the bay area are busy training for a brutal fire season. An elite unit is doing helicopter drills in the mountains and they have the exclue sifr story. Firefighters are glad to get out of the classroom and into the air but they also acknowledge the way they have done things in the past. May not be the way they do it this season. The e e elite cal fire unit is practicing water drops and other maneuvers and preparing for an intense fire season. The weather is already starts to get hot interdrir. Hotter and drir. Coming quickly. Reporter this year, no mu pro tech tif gear and procedures to remember. That program is detailed. When you put the coronavirus scare, precautions were taking, adds a little bit to the fire. The unit acknowledges they have a difficult time adjusting since so much of of the work incluting contact with each other and victims. We do have masks if we are doing a rescue for a patient, if they dont have a mask of their own on. Just to increase that precaution. And some scenarios are still being worked out. Its a lot to figure out with the goal of full staffing coming up next week, and depending on fire conditions, they are not rulinging out trying to do it even earlier. Robert handa, nbc. Okay, we have to start thinking about that, fire season is approaching, and the weather with certainly showing it too. The warmup going up now. Yeah, and its been kind of two fomd f twofold for us. All of us in shelter in place. We want to get outside sben joy that weather. It would be beneficial to get more storms in here. I dont see that happening. So we still have to be thinking about the incoming fire season. Ha is going to bei something tht is the not going to be put on hold. And we have an update on the brought monitor that goes hand in hand with the fire danger. The ki sky definition network. A lot of us just stuck in the same place, with covid19. So the blue sky does make a bit of a positive difference for us to just get outside, and walk around, just a little bit. 83 in concord today. A little warmer right now, dropping to 79 and your house is not going to cool off as fast tonight as we hold on to 60s year through 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow goes even warmer. We have just a few clouds in the morning forecast to start, and 50s and we will see the sunshine for the afternoon. This brings us to 81 in san jose, and east bay to the north bay, plen toty of mid 80s, 86 in antioch and 85 in santa rosa. I have 80s, the next seven days. We have high cloud cover. But it is going to be warm. It brings me to the drought monitor. And we have severe brought to settle in the rain season. 6 to 15 inches behind. So what does that mean specifically . Where there is a severe brought, the areas in the brown orange area, north bay and east bay, today e, increased high fire danger, crop damage and pasture loss. Coming up in 5 minutes, i will take a look the at the my long range forecast and show you what can still will coming our way in may, and someone who is doing something good in the bay area, viewer mail again in 5 minutes. Great, thank you, jeff. Mans best friend, the puppy boom in the pandemic, and kittens too. What you should know about getting a flu pet. Next. 58 million latinos live in the united states. If we all participate in the 2020 census, we can ensure fair funding for our schools, libraries, hospitals, and other public services. The census is safe, its confidential, and our community is counting on us to do our part. We know who we are and how vibrant our community is. Lets make sure our nation knows it too. For more information, visit getcounted. Com, and to participate, go to census. Gov. Welcome back to studios. And we have seen an interesting spike mere had the the bay ya, and it brings a smile to our face. Increase in puppies and kittens. Lets start you off on the peninsula. A lot of shelters have sold out. This is stella, nine weeks old along with champ, their other dog. We have kittens. The lucas family, hello to leo. A couple things to keep in mind. We spoke with a local vet. Americans home,er giving people something to do, a good time to be around for training and stuff like that, the down side, its a little bit harder for people to get in for routine and elective care, spays and neuters, things like that, are little challenging, the schedule just because of the shutdown. Okay, keep that moo in mind. We have a new nbc bay area puppy. Conrad and his dad, chris bringing him in the newsroom. He is a king cavalier spaniel. Its april 23rd. This is National Bring your kids to work day. If youre like me your kids live at your work. What do we do here . Well, we just opened the door, went to the back pat ya we are now in studio z. We put them to work. Is time lapped footage of our day. You want real talk here . My 11yearold son max is my i. T. Guy. Marlow, more of a cheerleader. He sets up the cable, the camera and the lights and he troubleshoots if there are problems. E we keep it up, nbc will have to start paying him. Max has set up a twocamera live shot. You ready . This is camera one. What i usually look into. That is camera two over there, and the camera operator, max himself . You doing okay . Yes. He is fine. And this is kind of studio z behind the scene. If you need him, i. T. Guy, he is available to high for a reasonable rate. Im next week. I give cash. I will give cash too. For sure. That is camera two over there. I can outcash you. Very impressive. Go max. And marlow is just the cutest. Encouraging her big bro. Thanks, raj. Up next at 6 30, prepare for social distancing guidelines. How long President Trump is considering making that move. More universities shifting to online classes, what dits mean for community colleges. Right now at 6 30, social distancing until summer . President trump says his administrationi Administration May extend the National Social distancing sidelines. Welcome back. The trump station says the National Guidelines can be extended to the start of summer or later. The president s remarks when he said e they will deal with the coronavirus in the fall and winter when the flu season picks up again. Federal guidelines were set to expire in the end of the may. We may go beyond that. We have to see where it is. And people are going to know, youre going to know. People are going to know out of common sense. At some point, we want ont thee to do that. Until we feel it safe, we will extend. The president said it wanted to lift his restrictions until Easter Sunday if you remember. Tens of thousands of college students, this year, asking a new question. Will they be headed to campus is this will they will logging on . One University Says the answer is both. Part in person, part online. Officials have created a task force to find ways to adjust hands on classes to meet social distancing rules. Student enrollment numbers are higher than last year, even e though many fall smerser classes will move online. The price is not changing. I think people think, if its online, it must be cheaper to develop or use. That is still not the case. The primary cost is the person teaching the course. The university is deciding what the semester looks like. They will make changes to classrooms and labs to keep opportunities apar. Many say expect tuition to stay the same. San jose state, i would cost a little over 6,000 in tuitions and fees and they would save about 8,000 on room and board and with about stanford, 18,000. Students save about 1,000 dollars on housing. That is for one smesing. Being pregnant can be a scary and exciting experience for many well. Even when not the in a pandemic. Are concerns and e questions. Joining me is dr. Packard. Thank you very much for joining us. You are the director of Obstetric Services and i speak to friends and the prenatal happenings are not happening in the office. What you are doing . So the same as it was before. We are also offering televisits and video visits when a patient doesnt need to come in the outpatient setting. But we are still providing the same care we could other wise in a pregnancy. I know some say they prefer not to you and dont need as many sonograms and they offer in a pregnancy. Can you still do that . Can you still go to the office and get things done . Of course. So were taking many different the measures to increase the safety for patients when they come in and also for the care providers to make sure that the people who are receiving patients, and the hospital seing are healthy and well. And robust screening progress sess for that and patients, if there is one that can be missed or delayed that were offering that as well to make sure that patients are able to shelter in place as much as possible. But still re