Kron 4 news news at 9. I know its may day may day every year and we should thank people for expressing themselves. But that expression obviously this year is one of frustration and concern, deeply understandable anxiety. Hes reading the room now at night protesters across the state are growing restless wish the governor shelterinplace orders you see the demonstrations. This comes as the governor said today quote were talking about. Not many weeks but many days that is when were going to be easing some restrictions so. A bit of optimism there thank you for joining us tonight at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis p even with that optimism from the governor some people here in the bay area. Are starting to get pretty restless indeed, hundreds of people took to the streets to protest the ongoing lockdown as for relief from rent and mortgage payments, they rally here outside San Francisco city hall today. Despite evidence that physical distancing is working in that more than 1900 people have died in california from covid19 protesters say they want the state to reopen now more than 100 vehicles also circled city hall protesting that city and state officials relieve rent and mortgage payments. Now. 30 Million People are unemployed. Many of these people are not going to be able to make their rent or their mortgage payments are here today in order to him and that people be given relief. When theyre otherwise going to be put into the streets. Its tough spots there are already. It there already is a moratorium i should say on the fictions if you are unable to pay rent or mortgage because of coronavirus related issues. You cannot be evicted in california right now. However, theres no rent relief leaving the decisions up to state officials and right now the state legislature is not in session because of the virus. Theyre in recess because of the shelterinplace orders. Although those protesters are pretty vocal the a majority of californians support the ongoing shelterinplace orders. A new poll by the california healthcare. Foundation says that at least 75 of californians believe the orders should continue for as long as needed roughly 11 of people disagree and want the shelterinplace orders to end that was the finding across age income and race demographics among African American and Asian American californians. 86 support continuing the policy. There could be relief on the way for some businesses though as we mentioned Governor Newsom is expected to ease some restrictions next week. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains who stands to benefit. In his friday update governor Gavin Newsome appealing to californians across the state were getting very close to making really meaningful augmentations to that stay at home order. We are you know i said weeks not months far 5 days ago, i want to say many days not weeks the Development Comes as pressure piles on state leaders as lawsuits are filed against Southern California beach closures coupled with large protests across the state democracy is also alive and well passion about participatory democracy democracy is not about just standing still and standing pat its also about Free Expression and so i also applaud that and thank everybody for their lives to do it all has to do it safely the governor acknowledging that hold the nearly 2 month long stay at home order has taken on california mentally emotionally and economically. Californias unemployment numbers hit 3. 9 million fried and. The governor says california is making significant progress on supplying personal protective equipment and reached its shortterm goal of testing 25,000 people a day these are key factors state leaders say need to be met before the state reopens californias economy will slowly start up in 4 phases. Newsome reiterating an announcement for phase 2 which includes retail and manufacturing is coming soon were going to be a position as early as monday tuesday hope to make some announcements of new strategies and partnerships that were working on in real time. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Some businesses in the bay area are already back up and open to customers earlier this week, Public Health officials announced things like day care centers, golf courses retail nurseries will be allowed to let people back in but as kron fours dan thorn reports tonight, one east bay nursery wants to do it right before completely opening their doors. Sarah mcdonalds feet are moving she and her shrunken but busy stand a buzzing around her are in the plant nursery to fill orders for customers businesses been crazy, its been very active. Active is good. But a lighter load and are reopening to green thumbs could be better. Soon enough that will be the case as bay area Health Officials have modified shelterinplace orders for outdoor businesses like retail nurseries were very excited to have that happen its its been hard to work this way but were were doing a good job at it i think but we are planning to do that within the next week or 2 mcdonnell says when the time comes will be limiting the number of customers and following the 6 feet apart ruled check out will be moved outside and because picking out your plants might be a little time consuming theres a good chance youll have to wait patience is key, i believe in the meantime the vegetable garden at mcdonalds nursery is more popular than ever before everyones home and i want to work on their gardens whether its festivals are plants theyre very eager to start coming in again we we dont blame him. Starting your own garden mcdonnell says can actually limit the time spent looking for produce at the grocery store. Shes hoping that their customers will continue to work with them as they get closer to fully reopening. Reporting in orinda dan thorn kron 4 news. And tonight doctors have a new weapon in the fight against covid19 the fda has approved a drug called run to severe. Yeah, its developed by foster city based gilley add sciences and could be used on an emergency basis to treat the most severely ill patients. Kron fours gayle ong joins us live tonight. Bill you spoke with a doctor at stanford hes been studying this drug what did you find out. Brandon vickies stanford actually has 2 clinical studies with rims resembles fear and i the focus is on efficacy safety and tolerability and it was approved in record time. He tells us that the pandemic is affecting all of us and we really needed something that. Well work doctor runa superman, ian is leading one of stanfords Clinical Trials does of air the drug that can help treat covid19 specifically the drug blocks an enzyme. The virus needs to replicate friday. The food and Drug Administration approved the drug on an emergency basis. It is not the same as a full fda approval but assigned the fda believes the benefits far outweigh its risks. In certain patients even if its not perfect even if its not a magic bullet, its nice to have something that improves the overall situation since midmarch stanford has been a part of 2 clinical studies, one global sponsored by the National Institutes of Health Participants were involved in 2 trials, one for severe covid19 patients, the other for moderately ill patients doctor subramanian is working on a smaller study would galea based in foster city, the ceo speaking at the white house friday announced the company will donate 1. 5 million vials of the drug will be working with the government to determine how best distributed that the United States with 1. 5 million depending on on the course whether thats a fiveday course our 10 day course that could be you know as few as a 140,000 chase is samantha masto was a pharmacy solution adviser at lanier which provides hospitals with data to help them self Healthcare Supply Chain challenges we still have to use this judiciously and and understand the logistics behind you know what your region should be receiving this medication which hospitals within those regions doctor subramanian says researchers are still looking into the best timing for treatment and looks like the earlier you give the drug more efficacious its going to be. And who really benefits most whos at highest risk for going on to develop a severe symptoms and where can we target the drugs. The studies found many covid19 patients went home with faster after treatment. Researchers at stanford are already looking for what the next truck might be to treat covid19 gayle ong kron 4 news all right gail the big story tonight, the Trump Administration has blocked a doctor Anthony Fauci from. Testifying about the covid 19 response here in the u. S. That House Appropriations committee wanted to talk to him next week but today. Committee spokesperson said it was a no go with the white house confirming that decision saying its counterproductive for Task Force Members to appear before congress right now. They say theyre committed to working with congress at another time. In world news, north korean state media says leader kim jongun has made his first public appearance since rumors about his health. Reports claim that he attended a ceremony marking the completion of a Fertilizer Factory and says that he was with senior officials including his sister there have been rumors and unconfirmed reports that kim was in poor health. Following a medical procedure pas and possibly even in a coma or dead. A south korean Officials Say they have not detected any unusual activity in the north the oakland as announced today that one of their former Minor League Players says died from the coronavirus. Miguel marked a passed away earlier this week, the dominican born young men played in the as organization from 2008 to 2012. Never made it to the big leagues but miguel passed away at just 30 years old. As promised the city of San Francisco continues to increase testing, especially for the most vulnerable beginning next week, the city will f and patients at the citys 21 Skilled Nursing facilities kron fours dan kerman reports beginning monday all staff and residents of laguna honda hospital and the citys 20 other Skilled Nursing facilities will be tested for covid19 on a regular basis these are among our most vulnerable residents in San Francisco to serious infection and asked if they contract covid19. San franciscos Deputy Health officer doctor Susan Phillips says initial testing of all 2500 Skilled Nursing residents and 2500 School Nursing staff. Well take about a month. Then the goal be to do it every 2 weeks. Initially it was thought was that it was bieber cough. Shortness of breath and if we saw those sometimes the test those people. Now were recognizing that a lot of people to not show symptoms and particularly and setting such a Skilled Nursing facility that can and quickly spread for residents to stop to other residents. We dont want that to happen outbreaks and congregate living facilities like laguna honda have been common across the country. Medical experts say the answers the testing provides will go a long way. If you test positive they need to go into isolation so they dont transmit the virus to anyone else if theyve been exposed to test negative they need to go into quarantine so if they become sick, theyre not going to transmit the virus ultimately the city still wants to offer universal access to testing or testing on demand. But at this point they still dont have the testing supplies to do that in San FranciscoDan Kerman Kron 4 news. Ive taken a look at our 4 zone forecast as we show you a live shot of San Franciscos embarcadero tonight. Yeah i see the winds blowing thats been the case for much of the past few days our meteorologist but recent rodriguez is with us on this friday night first day of may but resign do it. And theyre going to be doing great staying at home staying healthy out here in downtown San Francisco in noticing some pretty gusty wind speed out there right outside my window, gusts upwards of 20 Miles Per Hour or less and it is coming in spurts throughout the area so thats what weve been noticing the last couple of nights and tonight is no exception but take a look at this gorgeous shot city hall lit up in gold this evening to honor our front line workers during this coronavirus pandemic said thank you so much to our heroes for all you do to keep us safe and healthy lets take a look at stormtracker 4 out there right now were noticing that the marine layer off the coast, but just to the north of buses storm is going to try to make its way into the bay area and were really going to reach the tail end of it all its really going to do is increase cloud cover cool down temperatures are the first to the weekend and also bring us some patchy drizzle to start out our saturday morning. But by saturday afternoon and saturday night could see some light rain trying to make its way into the north bay may make for those of you in santa rosa, but rain total outlook doesnt look impressive at all just retraces amount of best the rest of us in the bay area going to remain dry for the first of the weekend for the next 7 days for that matter as well temperatures out there right now starting to cool down into the mid to upper 50s and overnight lows will actually be a little bit warmer by 5 degrees compared to last nights of seeing widespread mid 50s and tiago 58 degrees and low 50s for those of you at half moon bay, but tomorrows daytime highs right about where we should be for this time of year widespread mid to upper 60s along the bay areas shoreline with low 70s as you make your way inland so cooling down 2 to 5 degrees from todays daytime highs. But then warming up in a big way with above average daytime highs on monday or jury is going to continue to climb in fact were going to notice by friday a week from today, widespread 90s as we make our way inland possible record breaking heat and the weekend. Once again transitioning from spring to summer in just a few days so we can be about 10 to 25 degrees above average going to keep an eye on that in the next couple of days but for now gender color whether disney ken graham to keep back to that. Risa a preschool in Pleasant Hill is struggling to stay open because more than half of its staff theyve decided to stay home, many of the teachers are making more money not working then they would if they were in the classroom kron fours michelle kingston explains. And we this week yesterday in fact 3 staff come to us and say i cant do it anymore. Michelle grant groves is the executive director of center of gravity as stem base preschool in Pleasant Hill more than half of her students or children of essential workers shes been able to keep the school open during the shelter in place for those parents but she isnt sure how much longer theyll be able to operate without their full staff, we said hey. We need you back and they said im not comfortable coming back, its altered places i want to come back. But only after shelter in place is that right because then their money stops. Grant grove says more than half are staff is taking temporary leave collecting unemployment in the extra 600 check to the cares act and that money is more than what they would make teaching she wishes she could care staff more be able to add hazard pay but she says she cant eat that can we recover for this without some kind of economic confusion and. Now according to the Employment Development departments website you are still eligible for benefits even if you choose to stay home from work at this time grant grove says she cant compete with the state and federal governments incentives in may have to close at the shelter in place is extended through june. She has applied to several loans and grants but says without the staff shes unable to keep our doors open to provide the care to the kids whose parents are providing essential services to you as they took a look at their consolation of their lives and their Income Opportunities and said it as soon as this is over im ready to come back that if i can make more money right now and stay home and take care of family members and thats the choice in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. According to the Childrens Council of San Francisco most child care providers who are mostly women struggle to make ends meet even during the best of circumstances during the recession of 2008 between 1040 of homebased childcare sites in the bay area counties closed permanently. The Childrens Council, San Francisco says their fear is that if society doesnt step up quickly, we may see similar or even greater damage to our fragile child care infrastructure. Governor newsoms decision to close beaches in Orange County is raising more questions about whether beaches pose a risk. A virus transmission. The main concern of course, the crowds of people who tend to gather on beaches but scientists are also concerned that ocean breezes could push droplets that carry the v