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And do the right thing its been almost 3 weeks since governor Gavin Newsome issued the first statewide stay at home and 8 in the country in his Daily Briefing governor newsome described a steady but slow growth in covid19 cases in the state he also talked about securing supplies like and 95 math and ventilators that as of wednesday, the governor announced the highest death rate in the state and a plea to take the coronavirus seriously depends on you it depends on 40 million others in the state of california and their commitment. To following through on the stay home orders. Their commitment to have appropriate face coverings its a message Public Health officials and leaders have been echoing Santa Clara County was first he would cover 19 in the bay area. And saw early signs of Community Spread that led to aggressive restrictions. There is a pretty bold thing to do. But in retrospect its these are decisions that saved thousands of lives. Doctor wachter says its not a time to declare victory the virus is still in the community and people need to continue to follow stay at home orders. Gayle ong kron 4 news. Thank you gayle and while we are seeing the numbers lower than expected the number of cases still growing in fact the latest numbers show more than 4,000 confirmed cases in the bay area alone with 46 people having died in Santa Clara County from covid19 San Mateo County has 21 deaths. 10 have died. In San Francisco, 7 have died in Contra Costa County Alameda County reporting 16 deaths with 10 in marine county. 2 deaths have been reported both in napa and solano counties and one death has been confirmed to be related to coronavirus in sonoma county. California statewide has almost 19,000 cases of coronavirus and more than 500 reported deaths globally. There are more than one 0. 4 million cases with more than 80,000 deaths reported. The lives of 6 people and infected 85 others at 2 nursing home facilities in Alameda County where kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in San Francisco now with more on the story sarah. Yeah you guys so coronavirus outbreak set to separate nursing facilities in Alameda County Health Officials gave us the details we put him on your screen right 4 inch you can see that 59 people. Way care and rehab center in hayward 24 Staff Members and 35 residents of the 35 residents 6 have died then the east bay postacute in Castro Valley, 17 employees and 9 residents have tested positive for the virus. No deaths have been reported at facility though details are very limited due to patient privacy, but the Health Department says they are providing support and guidance to control the spread within the facility, they have been on site at those facilities and the Health Department and staff are working together to contain the virus as much as possible to inside that facility, im sure theres some concerns in the community to if this could spread and theyre trying to avoid that yesterday 2 people were seen dressed head to toe and personal protective equipment going in and out of the facility in Castro Valley so theyre doing what they can to contain this is unclear if those who are showing symptoms or of who may be tested negative are waiting on the test still spend their core at the facility or their point home so a few more questions remain with this story obviously still developing will have to continue to follow this morning for now though, and once it was cisco sun back to you. Lot sarah Sonoma State University could turn into a care site for coronavirus patients county Health Officials are considering using the Recreation Center jim for patients with mild to moderate symptoms. Some of the dorms could also be used to house people were showing symptoms but have not been diagnosed as well as older adults with Underlying Health conditions. The plan is just in case. Hospitals in the area become overwhelms and dont have enough rooms and the former home of the Sacramento Kings is turning into a temporary hospital, the arena can fit up to 400 beds, its set to open in 2 weeks to help the hospitals make room for seriously ill people. And today bay area fast food restaurants are going to strike to demand more protection in the kron fours will tran on that story for us live from hayward with what theyre demanding will. Theyre demanding better protection from their employers because theyre saying theyre essential workers like the government rate that they declare them essential workers so there on the front lines dealing with thousands of people every day and theyre turning to their employers asking them wait a minute i need more disinfectant and the gloves, i need masks. In fact whats going to happen today at 9 oclock at this hayward a mcdonalds often mission boulevard is the same thing that we saw just a few days ago when we were there in san jose when the mcdonalds employees at that particular location on north first street, they walked off the job at 7 oclock in the morning which we carried live on the kron 00 04am morning news. We talk to the workers at that location. James and darya they said that they were the ones who had to provide the gloves, the masks for their shift and not make donald smell, mcdonalds responded saying that they are monitoring the situation and sending gloves to some of the needy or locations, some of the highrisk locations but thats not sitting well with a lot of employees and this is a new trend that is happening among many restaurant workers whats going to happen at 9 oclock this morning, this time. Well not just include mcdonalds workers but they will be joined by workers from other restaurants, including epo you loco popeyes and burger king. They too are demanding better protection while they are working and theyre saying theyre not making a lot of money to provide their own protection and these companies are worth billions of dollars and it should be the companys that protect them we will be here and we will carry that live for you when it happens. It looks like the light is on right now a lot of people obviously turned to the restaurants at this time for food because. Food is scarce, so they just simply cant go to Grocery Stores. It looks like this one often mission boulevard is open for now the come 9 oclock you might have a hard time getting your hands on food because instead of being inside. They will be right here. James started yet is so weird will in this pandemic where. Like the battle line, the front lines. In in in war its military theyre prepared for that, but now were talking about frontline workers being plus drivers Grocery Store workers nurses doctors. They didnt sign up for this necessarily you know. I got to tell you something side of the story on monday roe conn, a senator roe conn a he actually re tweeted my tweet and he tagged mcdonalds saying you can do better than this youre worth approximately a billion. So this is caught the attention duryea of national politicians, yes, hes from the bay area but he is a big player on the Political Landscape that roe conn, a even re tweeted my tweet on this yeah, yeah thats a dangerous job these days all right, thanks a lot. Well stopped. From producing spirits to now Hand Sanitizer we have a distillery in maryland. That has a basically turn itself into a Hand Sanitizer factory. This is a look inside the savage and cook distillery in for the past 2 weeks now an Assembly Line of sorts has been made up of furloughed restaurant bartenders and wait staff theyve been bottling and packaging Hand Sanitizer apparently the distillery had to close its tasting room because of the shelterinplace order. So the owner figured. Well one we just proves Hand Sanitizer since we have pretty much all the equipment needed. We didnt think too much about it we didnt do a budget or anything we just said look were going to call it making a bet, but we ought to do what we can to help the first stages. Pretty much the same still alcohol up to up to it required proof from there and set up putting in a barrel. Were blending it with Vegetable Glycerin and Hydrogen Peroxide Hydrogen Peroxide is there to clean up the solution for any bacteria or viruses that might be alcohol taller. About that distillery. In fact is producing about 15,000 gallons of sanitizer each week. Their goal is to get that production up to 60,000 and that would basically amount to more than 2. 4 million 4 ounce bottles of fda approved sanitizer theyre giving it away in some cases to organizations that help the homeless and theyre also selling the product at discount to bay area hospitals and Police Fire Departments post offices, things like that so a good to see local companies now beginning to retool and help make things that were done desperate need up. Speaking of things that were in need of the National Stockpile of personal protective equipment is nearly empty. So we have private businesses now that are stepping up to try and fill the gap kron fours maureen keley shows us how a Maritime Company in the north bay is now pitching in. There are completely overwhelmed after hearing from a doctor in new orleans about the dire conditions, theyre facing reason bradley stop making underwater mapping equipment and sausalito shop and switched over to making face shields instead laser cut concern because scientists like 4 pounds you can for together. It doesnt use any rubber bands or latex drop so we started counting the years as just a you know the person that we can do to make a big difference. So far theyve cut a few 100 samples and given them away free to local medical workers like these nurses at Sutter Health of otto and sent others to hospitals across the country now theyre trying to soar supplies to make more we got contacts all over the by 5, 6, from for all just like to call him a lot of like there were out a and b is going to be weeks or months Football Game or you probably has also been working on a prototype for disposable cardboard positive air pressure respirator we started making this of car knocking her out and um so were were designing with the concerns of using things that are just rolling a Facebook Group has been launched by several maritime businesses in the marine ship area of sausalito to help find the funding and materials needed. To keep production moving jonelle kalman who has been organizing the effort says. This echoes back to what happened at this waterfront during world war 2 got all the big battle ships here is also for the civic center. So theres a history of innovation and creativity but also of and you know rising up in time of war to really be able to Serve Community but also the country this network of maritime businesses says there are more solutions in the works. And theyre committed to doing anything they can to help with this shortage of personal protective equipment morning kelly kron 4 news will continue to give you all of the latest on our website at kron 4 dot com when breaking news happens in new things. Come in about treatments end. You know possible way Antibody Testing Everything Else in the bay area new test site open its all on our website at kron 4 dot when we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering current chevy owners onstar crisis assist services and complimentary wifi data. To help keep you on the road, the Chevy Certified Service experts are here and ready to help if you require parts, maintenance or repairs. You can also still shop and schedule your Service Appointment online. Its just our way of doing our part. Kron four is moving frequencies on april 29th, and you will need to rescan your tv to keep watching this channel. Rescanning is simple, and requires no new equipment or services. If you watch kron four through a cable or satellite service, your Service Provider will do it for you. Go to kron4. Com, or call 4155618632 for more information. Keep watching kron four, and well keep you posted. Were getting a look at the weather i did get out for a walk yesterday, but i dont know i bundled up you i did i was did i dont know how it would be little breezy. I took the karen and the kids out to a part a local park. Miss threw the ball around just to get out of the house just the 4 of us. So it was nice out mind in control of all around here in the family was together for again similar today thank him exactly know throwing also similar to today parts are yesterday as what you can expect the clouds are staying jacket for sure i should be retro that lock i keep the jacket goes to hands and temp the nutley aso rock the purse socialdistancing for sure and this is your look from the suture tower donotcall get bridge can seem much of exporting low clouds are moving get. Right now temperatures are in the 50s oakland at a cool 57 better or worse spot, the bay right now a few extent i want you could well to our north in the north bay High Pressure is trying to build in but that starboard low pressure thats results in greater under storms central and southern cal or yet does still sit or stout and you can see the influence results again rainfall but you can still fall about al a in central and southern sierra worsening too far north here in the bay area. Thats happened so much that moisture obviously were going to clouds from that though were going to see a lot of those making their way across the bay area entered a couple of sprinkles possible right around san jose. So if you are stepping out for a walk in your neighborhood in the south bay or sprinkler to not just this morning, but also possible later today. Most of us in the bay area not really seeing that potential with even a peek of sunshine into the late afternoon. By the time we work into tomorrow, theres your sunshine really taking all later on in the day on friday. But it will still be a partly cloudy day to start the weekend. Saturday is when you really can expect to see some afternoon sunshine. After a dose of morning talk. Temperatures today similar to yesterdays 60s across the board so cheap the jacket on hand a word fremont redwood city at 66 each well Mountain View concord napa seen a rosa and san jose. At 67. Tomorrow, the temperatures right around the same bus to day we do start to see temperatures finding the Easter Sunday back into the 70s with some afternoon sunshine for the holiday and the next week generally just looks warmer and clear in a speech at back to you in the studio. John 5. 17 and free money, Small Business owners nationwide have reported trouble. Im trying to access emergency loans so they can stay afloat computer glitches, confusion and delays being reported some of the problems in this as Small Business loan system theyre trying to get money. For their payrolls. An insulin congresswoman jackie spear says the demand for Small Business loans, nationwide has far exceeded what congress and the treasury anticipated now congress is considering hundreds of billions of dollars more as the white house is trying to improve the delays. Probably need to double or triple the amount of money we put in to that fund the folks in the administration are working around the top with the lenders of all sizes to make sure that those issues are resolved. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has requested 250 billion additional dollars from congress to help Small Businesses and congress is expected to vote on that. Later this morning. A treasury spokesperson said the administration is working as quickly as they can with lenders and banks to fix the glitches. Kron fours rob fladeboe talk with some bay area Business Owners who are having trouble with their lawns lets take a look. Like hundreds of other Small Businesses across the region, san joses plateau builders has shut down. Its 15 employees are out of work and running out of money fast says owner jacob round so he its really hard worse used to produce a and working in. Now we all the stress of making mortgages and rance brown tells me he approached his Longtime Bank wells fargo for a loan under the new federal Paycheck Protection Program. But wasnt even allowed to submit an application was no go wells fargo basically said. Were not sure when its going to get opened up, you know maybe later, but right now were not taking applications is participation in the ppe program has been limited because of sanctions imposed due to past rule breaking. But today the Federal Reserve temporarily lifted those restrictions in a statement wells fargo said it is looking forward to expanding relief to many more Small Businesses and nonprofits again jacob brown im a client will start a former 33 years had this business for many years. And im im just worried about the families that now employrthem not able to play right now. And also for myself the Paycheck Protection Program is supposed to be a lifeline for plateau builders and other Small Businesses but the red tape has people like jacob round feeling like theyre being pushed to the back of the line just feel in secure. I just feel horrible. And you know these big institutions. I would assume would be there for us. I mean right now were going to try with different lenders just because of the process not because of being eligible not be being turned down is just not even getting chance to process a lot so san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Well friday is the property tax deadline here in california and many homeowners affected by the coronavirus are wondering how theyll make their payments. So far the state hasnt offered any sort of extension or any kind of a relief mandate, but Tax Collectors in individual counties are offering late payment penalty cancellations San Francisco in San Mateo County by the way are were able to extend their payment deadline to may 4th after that and then for the remaining 7 bay area counties beginning friday, late payment penalty fees will be waived at least until june 30th to qualify for that reprieve. You have to fill out a form at the time of payment and include documentation of how covid19 as affected you financially what that hardship includes you can also include like a doctors note or a letter from employers or other proof of loss of income. Those who feel that they qualify for this late payment penalty cancellation to check with your county treasurer and Tax Collector to confirm the specific instructions for your area. 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You can see why people are looking for substitutes this post making its way around the internet is supposedly from Johns Hopkins but the facility says it didnt come from them and snopes the Fact Checking website said it found several variations of this post its filled with Bad Information including a claim that you can use listerine has a Hand Sanitizer because it claims listerine as 65 alcohol, all you have to do to disprove it does look at the label. It says listerine on the contains 26. 9 alcohol, not even enough to come close to killing the covid19 virus. In fact listerine maker Johnson Johnson is so concerned its put together a special website warning against using the mouthwash to kill covid19 with special segments on that website addressing the various lies about the use of their product. Now that myth is similar to one that we told you about weeks ago where they said you could use titos vodka has a Hand Sanitizer again because the vodka only has 40 alcohol, its only good for drinking, not for your hands. So to avoid minutes which are hard to swallow dont believe anything sent to you on social media until you first go to the original source to check it out working to help keep them, its it pay for you, im consumer investigator steve pressure. Those passengers that were aboard the grand princess cruise ship are now filing a lawsuit against lately, ive discovered that while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. 29 right now new this morning passengers who were aboard the grand princess cruise ship at the beginning of the outbreak have filed a lawsuit now yeah, its against the cruise line proper Sarah Stinson as you can see there live in San Francisco to explain so sarah. Whats whats this lawsuit about. All right james, this is a group of 9 passengers who are forced to that grand princess cruise ship theyre alleging that they were exposed to the coronavirus and the cruise line you about at least one case or someone reporting that had symptoms and they decided to be negligent about it. They filed this class action injury lawsuit in a San Francisco federal court. And as a result of them feeling they were exposed to coronavirus theyre saying that there was gross negligence by the company that owns and operates the ship the complaint notes that before the trip from San Francisco to light at least one passenger on the princess grand princess was reported to have symptoms of coronavirus and despite knowing this the lawsuit says the company continued on the voyage. Later on march 5th, it was discovered that 19 crew members and 2 passengers tested positive. Since then over a 100 people have tested positive to passengers and one crew member has died in a statement, the representing passengers said carnival and Princess Cruise Lines negligently put thousands of passengers at risk of serious harm which risk will continue for some time that the lawsuit seeks compensation for the plaintiffs and other passengers harmed in this ordeal, its not the only lawsuit thats been filed. This is just the one thats in the filed in San Francisco by Northern California residents. And theres a coin to fuel a couple dozen other lawsuits have been filed down in los angeles. So so far grand princess cruise line carnival has not said anything about these lawsuits ought to continue to fall is definitely can be a developing story. For now live in San Francisco Sarah Stinson so back to you. Sarah. Well, newly released documents show the National Stockpile is nearly out of those and 95 masks surgical masks face shields and other needed supplies for medical workers that are treating coronavirus patients. In fact according to the documents released by the House Oversight committee about 90 of all the personal protective equipment in that stockpile has already been distributed to state and local governments the remaining 10 now is being held in reserve for federal workers. House democrats say the Trump Administration is leaving states to fend for themselves and compete with each other. For those supplies. Well there continues to be a lot of confusion over who in the federal government is actually in charge of distributing the much needed personal protection equipment, weve got leyla santiago to explain. The state have been told youre on your own its a wild wild west. We are running dangerously low on pp. Those supplies are being by the federal government nearly a month after President Trump declared covid19 a National Emergency states are still sounding the alarm on supply shortages. And theres another frustration mounting among states understanding whos taking charge of the federal response fema has taken the lead coordinating role cope with femas administrator pete gaynor largely out of the public view one congressional aide tells cnn no one really knows whos in charge whos making decisions. We are briefing the president earlier he asked me to come and talk a little bit. Trump Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner has taken a more prominent role in the federal response at times taking charge unapologetically i got a call from the president. He told me he was hearing from friends of his new york at the new york, Public Hospital system. I was running low on on critical called a barrel plus check out make sure we have the inventory we went to the president today and earlier today the president called mayor de blasio to inform him that were going to send a month of is unclear about basic facts regarding the purpose of the strategic National Stockpile where kushner is one of many stepping in to respond to the unprecedented pandemic including others like Vice President pence rear admiral pulock checked and fema administrator gainer fema provided this video showing how theyve chartered in more than a dozen overseas flights with supplies secured by private u. S. Companies. Half of it goes to prioritize hot spots. They tell us the other half goes to the private market now a source of frustration for states competing with others for the same supplies whats happening is that were having to secure hopefully if were able to get our hands on products from china from australia, whether its been a leaders or ppe and were paying 6 to 7 times a price that we want as some states compete others have turned to each other california governor Gavin Newsome sending 500 ventilators to fellow states including new york, new jersey and illinois its really for some. Progress for others but with such uncertainty ahead states continue to say its not enough. Santa clara county is the hardest in the bay area and officials have issued a new order requiring everyone to report if they have a large stockpile protective equipment and that includes Hand Sanitizer gloves and 95 masks or surgical mask. The county only wants to hear from you if you have a lot of it were talking hundreds or even thousands of units of this stuff and theyre doing at the reporting is to an online survey. Its a onetime disclosure with the countys Health Department so that they can understand whats out there and plan for any hospital search. Our Health Care Workers and First Responders have been battling this crisis for more than 2 months now. We owe them a debt of gratitude. We owe them the equipment needed. To work safely to protect us. This order is another opportunity for the business community. The public and the county to come together. Saying you have to donated or theyre gonna sees it they say they want to know whats out there just in case but right now as we know the shelterinplace order seems to be slowing the spread of covid at the 19. And that is good ah they just want to be ready. Meantime california has a new plan to equip the state Health Care Workers. With those needed and 95 mass now weve got Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explaining now the state is planning on receiving hundreds of millions of masks on a monthly basis. California set to spend about one billion to open up a massive flow of personal protective equipment into the state the governor confirming 200 Million Masks most of which are and 95 is will come from several sources in vendors but will be shipped from china do so in a way that secant a secure um the anxiety that many of us have not the Health Care Workers in the state of california within the Hospital Systems in our Community Clinics and our Skilled Nursing facilities adult day care centers. But also our grocery workers are dmv the front line employees the money paying for this comes from californias Disaster Assistance account. Hello. Yes director Mark Ghilarducci says counties with the highest concentrations of coronavirus will get equipment immediately and that doesnt mean that the rest of our counties in the state are not going to get pp. That means that as as as through the process of the national program. Through the leveraging of these pharmaceutical corporations hospitals that normally procure through those those particular entities will be able to get pp asked about reports of fema seizing equipment from other states state leaders say the federal government was part of californias new supply chain effort weve just simply had. A really outstanding relationship with fema. And we havent had those issues that said well always cautious about what were reading and what were seen. The state is also set to start using new fda approved technology that will sterilize and clean 80,000 used n 95 masks a day to make them reusable the director of cal oh yes says the machines are expected to be in california next week in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Well ucsf is also jumping into the effort to protect Health Care Workers. The university started making face shields with their 3 d printers and the ucsf staff says that its team is making about 300 is of these 300 of these shiels each day thats their current production but theyre hoping to wrap it up by partnering with manufacturing facilities that have many printers that can be run 24 hours a day. Our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic will always be there for you on our website at kron 4 dot com. The latest stories, the latest guidance from federal and local officials and the latest tips on how you can stay safe. 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Was actually pretty chilly up by yesterday too so i was glad to have that jacket on and id say bring it as you step outside for your walk again today we dont know whether around the corner though so theres something to look for too as far as relief from the jackets a bucket at the San Francisco skyline from across the day we have skies are cloudy overhead but really not a lot of fog to be talking about this morning so its nice as you essential workers may still be venturing no visibility impacts on roadways to iran and saint helene are 2 spots in the 40s elsewhere in the bay area were just talking about 50s this morning so a mild start that low pressure area thats results in rain and even thunderstorms for southern and central parts of the state still hanging on a High Pressure tries to build into our north that means rainfall to our south and pretty clear skies across Northern California where some were stuck in the middle, although were not looking at the rainfall liquor southern neighbors are were certainly seeing the clouds associated with all that rainfall and snowfall that the Sierra Nevada is getting so today, couple sprinkles possible around san jose and then in the mountains above the bay area aside from that youll just notice the clouds Cool Temperatures yet again a peek of sunshine later on today tomorrow a bit more sunshine to be expected. But were still going to say tomorrow partly to mostly cloudy and staying in the 60s for daytime highs to start the weekend on friday as for saturday and sunday of easter weekend a bit more sunshine but do expect morning fog of those states todays daytime highs will be in the 60s from the coast to our inland areas, not a whole lot of temperature variation were all the same cool forecast for the afternoon. So were all going to be holding up the jackets today as we will tomorrow and into saturday morning a more sunshine to be expected on saturday afternoon and then for Easter Sunday a nice day highs back into the 70s for an Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard monday tuesday and wednesday also looking nice as we make our way into a warmer week ahead of us next week back to to check. 5. 47 right now and the u. S. Is bracing for what could be the deadliest week of the pandemic so far but they also stress of the curve maybe about the plateau we have not row now with the latest. Getting closer you see the numbers were getting much closer. Getting our country back to the way it was getting President Trump taking an optimistic tone. His aides holding intensive discussions on a plan to reopen the economy with big bang in may we could do it in phases we go to some areas which you know some areas are much less affected than others flags are flying at halfstaff in americas hardest hit state new york. Despite reporting their highest number of deaths tuesday Governor Cuomo says putting life on pause seems to be working. We are flattening the curve by what we are due former president obama seemingly agreed tweeting in order to shift off current policies. The key will be a robust system of testing and monitoring something we have yet to put in place nationwide hostage now President Trump is taking aim at the World Health Organization alleging they acted too slowly to sound the alarm on the initial outbreak in china were reevaluating our our funding with respect to the world heart Health Organization senator Lindsey Graham says hes pushing to cut money for the w h o and the next appropriations bill theyve been deceptive. Theyve been slow and theyve been chinese apologist the w h o says this isnt the time to politicize the pandemic police. Quarantine. Politicizing called eat. Do you need to be all of your country. Will be very important to defeat this dangerous. Vitas now im nadia romero reporting. Its socially distance bingo and how do you do that in quebec city, canada. Theyre doing with a big megaphone and seniors come out onto their balconies or stay 6 feet apart there on the floor for the judging. And thats how they do it. Right. Tyler perry is helping on Senior Citizens in this time of need the actor producer picked up the tabs for senior hour at 2 Grocery Store chains in georgia and louisiana, they feel like they won the lottery there at grocery they were lucky and he paid their bill and he felt lucky to be able to do it. It was amazing to see their reactions are some people cried im which of course are very emotional. Now so made me tear up. Some people were just like. Happen and happen this be happening. This is just quality do this. Tyler perry is in new orleans native that he lives in atlanta right now last year he used his private plane to send supplies to hurricane survivors in the bahamas. A Southern California woman battling a life altering illness just celebrated her 91st birthday and her friend didnt let the coronavirus get in the getting in the way their celebration as Kimberly Cheng reports she found a way to make the day special from a safe distance. 2. Its a tradition that even coronavirus i met her in 1994. And since day one we seem to get along. And it just continued to grow until it became a mother Daughter Relationship over 2 decades or so lucy cavazos and Marjorie Jones became family. If there is a major life moment for one of them you could bet the other would be there ever since she was diagnosed with alzheimers we try to make every day, especially every birthday and holiday really special for her, but the coronavirus pandemic threatened to end the 20 year streak of celebrating together assisted living homes, including the Kensington Redondo beach where margie lives were forced to shut the door to visitors for nearly a month i was so devastated. I wasnt going to be able to see her on her birthday fortunately, the kensington have come up with a plan to help families reunite with residents on the second they would use a construction with to elevate them about 30 feet so that they can look into their loved ones hedo the equipment arrived just in time for marches 91st birthday on april 7th. See you. The Green Special has a beautiful to be there. To at least see her through the window, it was kind of bittersweet im feeling because i really just wanted to be there with her this was as good as it for now and it was incredible. A very exciting and the look on her face said it all as a whole they all got a lift from the experience. That was Kimberly Chan reporting other families can now also visit with their loved ones in the facility by using that very same construction left. Our coverage of the coronavirus will always be there online at kron 4 dot com. You can always check in any time of day for the very latest headlines and advice and safety guidelines from Health Officials here locally and nationally again just go to the new section and youll see the coronavirus tab underneath it so check it out again at kron 4 dot com well be back in just a minu in nearly 100 years serving the military community, weve seen you go through tough times and every time, youve shown us, youre much tougher your heart, courage and commitment has always inspired us and now its no different so, were here with financial strength, stability and experience you can depend on and the online tools you need because you have always set the highest standard and reaching that standard is what were made for i 55 one local family is taking a big step to help young people affected with the coronavirus with kron fours jason dumas now telling us about a raffle thats going on right now. Brittany blight in her family founded the Second Chance project in 1998. It is a nonprofit with a mission to serve under privileged youth we serve a minimum wage where we can help them to be our next generation of leaders. And we want that happened today so we support them with different types resources. From Educational Resources to support me as clothing and since the covid19 pandemic brittany and her family felt an even bigger obligation to help even if it does a teachers not impact any impact is worth so weve been making phone calls sending text messages. The emails in true meaning of her collegiate athlete ive reached out to my my past coaches just to say hey we all come together they settled on a 5050 raffle that will be live until april families are being impacted which is not being in school. So were looking were looking at how his workers youth that are so we dont want them to not have the resources for supplies. And they might have had access to it they were in their School Setting so we want to send out School Supplies to those chairs in those second part of this is that individuals are being impacted by knee injury. So were trying to work for the ticket youre awful were 50 of all proceeds will go to an individual. To be released from usual bahraini can use that money how they see you can find all the details of the covid19 relief challenge that Second Chance project dot org. Reporting in San Francisco, im jason dumas skrine for news and you can spotlight draw our attention to somebody whos making a difference in your community. Theres a new section on our website is called kron 4 heroes and if you go there theres just a quick form where you can tell us about somebody that you think is just outstanding and we hope to highlight them some time soon on our show so go to kron 4 dot com. Coming up in the next hour. Morning news, california is getting praise for taking early action to flatten the curve and it appears to be what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. On the mobile app, loweto supportitted frontline workers, and our more than 300,000 dedicated associates. Thank you for everything youre doing. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. That the mitigation that we have been doing is having a positive effect. What you dont see it until weeks later. Doctor Anthony Fauci saying that staying at home and social distancing is working. But we cant let up or will be back. Right where we started and despite the progress that were making there is a new outbreak at 2 Nursing Homes in the bay area. Well tell you where. And it was Just Announced 60 million americans are