Governor newsome says that means while the curve is bending downward the state still anticipates a surge of coronavirus patients next month. And weve also heard from house. Speaker nancy pelosi, she says more money is coming to help americans through this crisis, well look for congress to start acting hopefully soon on another stimulus bill good morning. Thank you for joining us here on the kron 00 04am morning news. Im James Fletcher and im darya folsom weve got a lot to get to for you today with coronavirus the governor saying that californians. Are doing a good job. But the state still expects to see a surge of coronavirus patients coming up next month. Let me give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california a bending a it is bending, but its also stretching. Governor newsome went on to say that because the curve is stretching in our state because of socialdistancing which folks has been doing a good job at it is now allowing the state to buy some time and also to loan out some of our medical equipment to states that are in more dire need kron fours Ashley Zavala explains. Slow and steady or 2 words governor newsome used to describe the increase of covid19 conditions in california confirmed cases rose 10 tuesday, while the number of patients in intensive care increased by 4 . Let me give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve. In california a venti a it is bending, but its also stretching it. The governor noting the bent and stretched curve is allowing the state to buy time and loan some of its equipment to states in need california tuesday night is set to send off 100 ventilators each to new york, new jersey and illinois, according to newsome another 200 will be distributed between maryland washington d c nevada and delaware, California State Health officials said by may theyre hoping to have them back to help nearly triple californias inventory of ventilators were looking to get somewhere between an additional 1520 more. To reach about 25 to 30,000 ventilators in the state of california. And we know that we dont need that at this moment. Economically with 2. 3 million californians applying for Unemployment Benefits and stimulus checks on the way newsome said the state is considering extending direct payments to undocumented immigrants who werent eligible for the federal payout as californians caring deeply about residents in this to provide support for those individuals as well so the answers yes, all of that is being considered all part of a broader package where will all be making some significant adjustments in this physically socially and financially difficult time for many the state Surgeon General today issued a set of stress response guidelines to help californians co in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Well lets get an update on the latest cases here in the state according to Johns Hopkins university there are more than 17,000 confirmed cases and 450 people dying so far in california of coronavirus closer to home the bay area specifically there are almost 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and heres a list of latest numbers you see the column of total cases by county and also total deaths Santa Clara County still with the most cases and the most deaths theyve hit 43 people now losing their lives so far San Mateo County has 21 deaths. 9 people have died from covid19 in San Francisco. Contra costa county has 7 deaths 15 have died in alameda county. 9 in marin and napa counties and one death so far in sonoma county. The nations Surgeon General says that africanamericans are at higher risk from the coronavirus doctor jerome adams made this announcement after recent data show that African Americans are getting sick and dying. And more than 2 times the rate than anyone else. John lawrence has the details. The covid19 pandemic still has a tight grip on the u. S. Infecting people in all 50 states. But one group of americans is more susceptible to the virus is showing up very strongly in our data. When the African American community. And were doing everything in our power to address this challenge, its tremendous uh. The challenge is terrible in michigan, 14 of the population is black, but they make up 41 of coronavirus deaths. Over in illinois, 15 of the population is africanamerican or black. But they account for about 42 of deaths. Louisiana is 32 black, but they have seen about 70 of the deaths in that state. When you look at the predisposing conditions that lead to a bad outcome coronavirus the things that get people into icy use require intubation and often lead to death. They are just those very comorbidities that unfortunately disproportionately prevalent in the African American population among the victims Jason Hargrove a bus driver from michigan. Who got sick for days after posting this video clip on facebook we are here. As Public Workers game of job trying to make a promise of movements the 50 yearold died last week from covid19. Im John Lawrence reporting. Seen the statistics we reached out to the east congressman barr believe and asked her about the increase impact of covid19 on africanamericans lets hear what she has to say. Its terrific of course the underlying issues around institutional racism and disparities have surface once the underlying issues as it relates to health care and the lack of to health care which has created these Racial Disparities when you look at as the race in my district for example when you look at Heart Disease look at high Blood Pressure when you look at diabetes when you look at all of the underlying conditions black and brown people have these disproportionately and what is happening in fact is the virus is attacking a communities of color people of color in disproportionate phrase, let me give you one example in milwaukee, wisconsin for example, the African American population is probably about 2829 yet 81 of deaths are African American. And we see this trend taking place around the country and its its horrific. Of 6 perry counties have officially announced the Public School campuses will stay closed for the rest of the school year. That includes alameda contra costa moran, san Mateo Santa Clara and San Francisco counties schools will continue to use at home Distance Learning to teach students but theres still a lot of questions about next year will there be a next year. Doctor Anthony Fauci spoke about that in his most recent Coronavirus Task force press conference. I fully expect though im humble enough to know that i cant accurately predict that by the time we get to the fall that we will have this under control enough that it certainly will not be the way it is now where people are shooting schools. Doctor fauci went on to say the bigger question mark is whether the curve will flatten enough for summer camps to happen which is a much more. A pressing issue for folks that may have summer plans. The good news is the class of 2020 will still be able to graduate yeah, but a lot of those students are still in need of the crucial technology. To complete their coursework with proper taylor per second with a closer look. As bay area schools announced closures for the rest of the school year state superintendent of Public Schools, Tony Thurmond tells parents and students that seniors will still have the opportunity to graduate and move on to college has been flexibility on every front that you can imagine. Our seniors are able to take the a p exams all of our Higher Education institutions have suspended the s a t as a condition for admission into our schools. Our School Districts are providing flexible grady in some cases, a past not pass framework for how students will be created in all of our institutions of Higher Education have accepted that as a part of the conditions for missions into our University Systems all students can still graduate. Ceremonies are up in the air, i know its disappointing. That we cant point to Graduation Ceremony can take place. Thats only because we want you to remain safe and we know that there are many districts that are planning literally planning virtual graduation ceremonies. Many of our districts are planning to have ceremonies after we received the allclear to return. The campus is meanwhile schools and teachers are constantly working to improve the new norm of Distance Learning for the next several weeks the California Department of education, well work with School Districts to provide training on how to provide distancelearning however its proven to be more challenging for some students. Those without access to the internet or online devices for those students teachers are making accommodations with packets of material as the department of education works to secure more devices for the students who need them department of education is working with the governors office. And many in the Technology Sector to get devices and Internet Access to many of our students. Right now the department of education says its moving to provide a 150,000 devices for students so they have the resources to work from home like many of us weve been doing this for the last couple of weeks even then though they say its still not enough and theyre asking for donations. So if youd like to help their encouraging you to go to donate act as cte dot cnn dot gov on taylors sacking important kron 4 news. Happening today, bart is taking even more trains out of service because nobodys writing lot of people are working from james know and thats why we got kron fours will tran out there live at a bart station lafayette to tell riders what they need to know good morning. Well. James if you are hopping on bart this morning, this is a new norm you better plan to add because the trains are not going to pull in the stations has frequently as they did yesterday starting today and for the foreseeable future monday through friday. Trains will be pulling into the stations every 30 minutes. Bart basically is pulling every other train out of that system because like you talked about theres no need and i have numbers to back it up on any given day before the shelter in place before this pandemic 400,000 people ride bart every day. Now its down to 7 of what it normally is and just to give you another number thats less than 40,000 people hopping on board every day obviously essential workers and because theres no need for that part says they dont need as many trains. The good news is this is only monday through friday weekend schedule is the same and if youre asking yourself with fewer trains are more people packed into fewer trains and according to bart the answer is no that theres still plenty of distance on the trains, plenty of space for you to practice social distance which is probably not a good thing that because they only have half their force and yet theres still plenty of room for the riders when this will come back to normal is anyones guess we all know this is such a fluid situation. Bart employees now theres not a lot of pressure on them to show up to work because the system is full and at capacity instead they can use this time to take care of themselves or anybody sick and their families should they come down with coronavirus and the move lets face it everything morals back to money this move saves part about 3 to 7 million every month. James darya. Thank you very much well. 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Wednesdays in wednesday, yeah, its anybody needs to halfway through the week we had a good that we had died as a couple pretty good days of rain out of the house about you know, yeah, i did too looks like its beginning to calm down though john. Yes, definitely coming down now guys we saw that rain saturday sunday and monday yesterday got a break from it and today, it looks like even though we will see some cloud cover at times were going to continue to see some drier conditions than what we had seen over the weekend, your view from berkeley this showing clear skies as far as fog is concerned at the moment thats not necessarily going to hold true all day long though some fog is going to push in from the coast and by 06 00am not far from now Half Moon Bay, San Francisco and nevada will see disability falling below bile fog eventually spreading further inland into oakland by 07 00am so watch out for a foggy impact as you step outside that morning walk or jog and if you are an essential workers taking to the roads roadways may be empty, but there could be some low visibility spots by the time we work our way into the afternoon skies, definitely clear we will be seeing showers to our south that was so even though reid right out to the bay area areas like central and Southern California still picking up some of that much needed rainfall you see here in the bay area couple of sprinkles sitting in the above san jose like the blows east of the city then into the ultimate east of livermore couple of sprinkles as well right above stanley enter right now and into the Santa Cruz Mountains aside from that though it is a dry and calm start to this morning showers there at the bottom of your screen south of fresno while the bay area sees a mix of cloud cover at times to a bit of sunshine peeking out here and there will be a pleasant afternoon with our warmest temperatures in the inland north bay by the evening tonight, a couple of brief sprinkles just skirting the bay area mostly while were sleeping that into tomorrow are cloudy us to in cooler stay in your forecast after that skies do generally clear out by friday, some mostly sunny conditions and daytime highs really beginning to climb todays temperatures will mostly be in the 60s but for a few areas like conquered antioch napa and santa rosa further north in the bay up into the low 70s. A word in livermore youll get 67 today with san jose comfortable and seasonable at 69. Tomorrow temperatures, a touch cooler and conditions a little bit cloudier as that low pressure to our south slowly spins to the east as friday we start to see some clearing and by saturday sunday and monday and tuesday of next week, its back to the 70s we go so yeah we have the rain this weekend. Some of those Cool Temperatures this weekend. But this upcoming weekend is going to bring much the opposite warm and sunny conditions. Back to you in the studio. Time now 5. 18 Saint FrancisMemorial Hospital in San Francisco has a unit now dedicated to just covid19 patients, the unit with 8 Critical Care beds for the 6th of the patients is now staffed with volunteers from Saint Francis and dignity healths other to bury hospitals. It was selected after discussions with the San Francisco hospital council. The Mayors Office and the department of Public Health. I think the big advantages is one of them is capacity, we have 40 beers it around you so that if we do see a surge in all of us are waiting to see if the search has that you can spend very quickly within problems the pieces together. Right now there are at least 5 patients, but thats expected to grow which will also increase the need for personal protective equipment. At the hospital. Another outbreak in a bay area senior facility and contra costa counties, the Carlton Senior Living facility and downtown Pleasant Hill for residents there have tested positive for covid19 3 are hospitalized right now and 9 Staff Members have it as well the Health Department says that they are testing others who might have symptoms. Last week an outbreak was reported at a senior care facility in orinda where 49 people tested positive. In alameda California Nurses Association