Aggressive strategy is working to battle continues, but the data suggested nationwide we have passed. The peak horn new cases. Today President Trump says guidelines to reopen the country are coming tomorrow afternoon. Thank you for joining us tonight at 8 oclock im grant lotus. And im Vicki Liviakis this as the president signals america might be past the pandemic peak. But despite the bending of the National Curve different areas are on different timelines today, los angeles reported record deaths and in new york your now required to wear a mask or Face Covering while in public. Meanwhile. Were up to 5600 confirmed cases of covid19 and today, San Francisco county reported. 2 new deaths in 26 2 cases, Alameda County reporting 13 new deaths today to go along with 74 new cases, Contra Costa County 2 additional deaths 15 new cases, 5 more people have died in Santa Clara County where there are 127 new cases and in Solano County there is one new case and tonight there are more than 2 million confirmed cases of covid19. In the world and more than 134,000 deaths status according to Johns Hopkins university. In the United States there are more than 637,000 cases and over 28. 1000 deaths and in california. There are more than 26,000 cases with more than 865 deaths and tonight, california is the first state in the country to offer covid19 relief checks to undocumented immigrants the state is also expanding just who is eligible for Unemployment Benefits. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the latest efforts to help the workforce city governor Gavin Newsome announcing undocumented immigrants will get direct Disaster Relief payments amid californias covid19 crisis regardless of your status documented or an documented there are people in need new someones day said individual workers will get 500 or up to 1000 per family the million effort is a blend of state and philanthropic funding undocumented immigrants make up 10 of califo of millions of californians today in the healthcare sector in the agriculture and food sector in the manufacturing and Logistics Sector and in the construction sector. Theres an over representation of people without documentation newson also announced independent contractors and gig workers can apply for Unemployment Benefits under a new state plan. The governor says Gig Companies will have to provide wage information to the state for their employees to be eligible. The Program Launches april 28th, we are going to be turning around payments. Within 24 to 48 hours. So those first payments should be out by april 30th wednesday said of announcement comes as california hits 2. 7 million unemployment claims. Newsome is taking executive action to increase hours and and hundreds of staff to Californias Employment Development Department to handle those claims. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news today, San Francisco mayor london breed officially announced a program that the city hopes will help track and prevent the spread of covid19. Harpers k roni has details. Its called Contact Tracing and the city of San Francisco hopes it will be a major step both in getting through shelter in place and jump starting life afterwards. We can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is to chase down all of those people. And to either help them if they are covid and get them into quarantine or to basically give them the relief that they are not infected. The program has already begun with quick expansion plan, thanks to a partnership between the City Department of health and ucsf but what exactly is contacttracing the basic principle that we employ to manage mange Infectious Diseases see at a team of trained professionals get on the phone and trying to understand for many individuals suffering from covid19 what it says is why when when the symptoms develop so that we can understand who they may have come into contact with it then trained contact tracers which includes ucsf medical students in City Employees reach out to all potential close contacts of the patient to provide in take testing capabilities and quarantine support. This last point because potential contacts are asked to quarantine for 14 days these. Element of the responses completely crucial is no better way to ring fence. The epidemic. And the messaging to those that greatest risk that they need to ucsf and the city stress that the process is completely free and confidential contract racers will never ask for Bank InformationSocial Security or immigration status, reporting in San Francisco, kate rooney kron 4 news and big news today we now know it is likely that there will not be any concerts or sporting events in los angeles until 2021 this afternoon. Las mayor Eric Garcetti said large gatherings are not expected to resume in that city until next year. Once theres a vaccine. Difficult to imagine us getting together in the thousands anytime soon. So i think we should be prepared for that this year. Mayor garcetti says until there is either a vaccine or some sort of pharmaceutical intervention or widespread herd immunity Large Group Gatherings will not be safe car cities assessment underscores just how far some parts of the u. S. Are from returning to normal life as President Trump pushes too reopen the economy by the beginning of mad. In san jose a temporary moratorium on residential evictions has now been extended flood has details including a plan that could also freeze rent hikes. Anyone who has lost income is no longer able to pay rent we want to do everything we can to keep them housed, san jose mayor sam liccardo last month announced and the city Council Agreed to place a temporary moratorium on the eviction of residents who cant pay their rent because of lost wages due to the coronavirus pandemic now the moratorium has been extended to may 31st, i spoke with the mayor today on zoom. We know that the more time on the nations is helping because cause some families are really hanging on by its threat right now, and right now were buying them time or cheap around in their homes. The mayor says the city council will be considering a plan to freeze the red for the rest of the year for thousands of rental units across town. But landlords remind the city they too have bills to pay says the California Apartment Association is joshua howard. But the real issue thats not being talked about is what about these owners who are going without rent and could be going without rent for several months. While their residents are looking for a new job or recovering from the virus. And thats where the government needs to step in and provide mortgage relief to rental Property Owners to help them pay their bills if approved the emergency ordinance would temporarily freeze ranson about 39,000 rent stabilized apartments and mobile homes built before 1979. Single family homes and most newer apartments are exempt. We know a lot of residents are going to and we want to see how we can reduce that burden officer to go she out comes out well forgive some debt background and allow for came in and the remainder of her time smaller socalled mom and pop landlords say rent increases are needed to pay their mortgages. Advocates say landlords are willing to go along with the city to a point but are calling for some flexibility says joshua howard. Any renter who feels theyre having a tough time needs to contact their landlord and work out a solution that can benefit the renter and benefit the property owner. Its important that when these agreements are reached if theres reasonable time frames for the the for trent to be repaid in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Today 2 new Elementary Schools in San Francisco are a part of that grab and go meal programs longfellow and Eldorado Elementary School join a list of 17 others in the San FranciscoUnified School District that have already been serving nutritious food to Students Learning from home, the schools serve to go meals that will last or child all week. They serve them up on mondays and wednesdays from 11 to noon with additional pantry hours at some schools. They serve 3 meals per day with fresh fruit, vegetables and milk and no identification or proof of School Enrollment is required for pickup, adults can now also pick up meals for children without a child president. His list of schools, participating is on our website kron 4 dot com. And tomorrow is kron fours Food Bank Day will have reporters live it several food banks across the bay area and were encouraging everyone who is able to. Donate to the cause if youd like to help out you visit any of these organizations website you see on your screen. Also coming up bracing for a coronavirus patients surge, yes, even now how californias National Guard is helping sonoma state. Prepare more housing. And a call to reinstate captain Brett Crozier why some california lawmakers say. He was wrongfully removed from duty and 11 people have died at one nursing home in the east bay with the wife of one of the patients had to say about her husbands treatment. As we head to break, heres a look at the latest coronavirus cases and deaths here in the bay area. Keep it here more news right after tonight the Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office confirms it has launched an investigation into a Skilled Nursing facility in hayward thats after the Health Department announced that at least 11 people there. Have died from the coronavirus our first felecia call talk to the wife of one of the patients. Its main says her husband of 27 years doctor Marshall Mintz men had been in and out of hospitals and the gateway care and Rehabilitation Center in hayward since january when he had surgery to remove a brain tumor. Kelly says its man was recovering well until recently, he fell ill with pneumonia. Then about 2 weeks ago, he tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or covid19 but he did not have a fever. Tuesday, though he struggled to breathe. And later died from the he was doing okay before that the Alameda CountyCoroners Office has not released an official cause of death. Its man believes her husband was infected at the care center. As of tuesday, 65 residents and staff had tested positive for covid19 11 residents, including its men have died. The deaths prompting the county Health Officer to issue an order effective tuesday requiring all license longterm care and Skilled Nursing facilities to change their practices to stop the spread of the virus. Oh my welcome to Fingerprint Services of america doctor makes money is 73 years later he wont prince services of and was a member of the board of trustees for the chabot las piscinas Community College district. He word Council Member marc salinas knew him for 20 years. Salinas is chair of the friends of Chabot College foundation, the really walk the walk and talked the talk when it came to. Equity at in california Community Colleges. He supported. Students. To the very end deli mix men says she misses her husband and supports an investigation into gateway. The Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office is looking into when reached over the phone a gateway manager telling kron 4 that their nurses are putting their lives on the line for their patients and that the negative perception of their operation is unfair felipe should all kron 4 news. In the north bay members of the california National Guard are here at Sonoma State University kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us how theyre helping to convert some vacant buildings into housing for potential coronavirus patients. In looking at members of the 3. 49 Quartermaster Company and National Guard troops out of the as they helped set up cots inside one of 2 gymnasiums on the sonoma state campus one will be set up for patients who have mild symptoms one little bit more moderate symptoms. And so we have a capacity for about i think a 110 cars are being set up there several 100 dorm rooms vacant since the campus which to Remote Learning back in march are also being converted and then theres going to be used for those patients who were waiting for test results or are at risk some will be those and that 65 and the fog age group who are. Not a position to be self a quarantine done and need a place to stay after the work here is done sonoma state will be ready for 500 plus patients overseen by the countys Health Services department. This alternative care site is part of governor Gavin Newsoms push for 60,000 beds across the state for Surge Capacity if we dont use these bags all the better, but its better to be here that not to the county has contracted the space for 30 days with an option to extend, but because so much is unknown about this virus. Its hard to say how long the beds here will be needed. So we really dont know whether this is going to be for 30 days 3 months maybe more the buildings being used as the alternative care site will be fenced off and are in a more secluded part of the campus. So the patients can be kept at a safe distance from those still working here for the 150 students still living here. The first group of patients are expected to move into Sonoma State University is sometime next week. Maureen kelly kron 4 means. Your 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at San Franciscos embarcadero just a gorgeous shade of blue there as we hit the twilight hour and we see the bay bridge all lit up by the way vicki not really a a party scenario in the city tonight, but it is San Franciscos, 100 and 70th birthday, yeah, i dont think will be thrown a huge bash, but a happy birthday San Francisco joining us now is kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez with your forecast risa. Either going to kiev San Francisco looking great as always and just a friendly reminder today is wednesday april 15. We like to remind you for those of you have lost track of the days it kind of feels like groundhog day every day because of this lockdown and lets take a look at your 4 zone forecast temperatures today noticeably cooler but were still a few degrees above average along the coast, even with our 5 to 10 degree cool down so remain about 5 to 8 degrees above average and thanks to those 80s and when we were actually about 10 to 15 degrees above normal for most of our inland spots and its looking a lot more like june than april out there because of the gloomy weather and thats thanks to the return of that arent sure was that cool sea breeze cooling down temperatures along the coast and along the bay in the 50s widespread 60s though as you make your way inland but thanks to that blanket of cloud cover overnight lows will actually be on the warmer side seeing a lot widespread low 50s and only cooling down into the upper 40s along the coast, specifically for those of you in the north bay as well tomorrows daytime highs cooling down 5 to 10 degrees. So were going to be near average along the coast widespread low 60s and mid 60s throughout the San Francisco peninsula with mid to upper 60s as you make your way along the bay but still about 5 degrees above average for most of our inte