Hopkins there are currently over 1 million cases of the coronavirus here in the u. S. And more than 56,000 of those cases are in california. Were also seeing more than 2200 deaths in the state overall more than 187,000 people have recovered from the pandemic in the u. S. We have updated numbers on coronavirus cases and deaths right here in the bay area as of today. There are more than 8600 cases in the bay Santa Clara County remains one of the hardest hit areas and as for the number of deaths over 300 people have died from the virus right here in the bay area on march 16th when the shelterinplace orders were first issued there are just 4 deaths we have a complete breakdown of the cases and deaths by county and city on our website kron 4 dot com. Well those new projections comments governor newsome says california could get a reopening its economy by friday, retail and its manufacturers will be the first to enr into california its next phase of the stay at home order. Governor newsome says flower shops clothing stores. Toys books and Sporting Goods stores they all can reopen by the end of the week with new mandatory guidelines like curbside pickup. The state is set to release the new rules thursday seat of restaurant dining shopping malls and offices are now included in the next phase. We need active Monitoring Surveillance to make sure that the disease is not spreading. It is one of the criteria is a trigger to re modify. Well governor newsome said that faced who would also include reopening public spaces parks and beaches and were expecting more details on that update by thursday. Governor says stay at home restrictions will be different county by county and that will depend on what each county Health Officer believes is best. So far at least 6 bay area counties have ease some restrictions which allows some people to get back to work that includes people work and food trucks and flower shops, the shelter also allows skate parks to reopen and golf courses can also reopen as well with some key changes. There is a way. To accomplish the Public Health goal. Keeping people safe. With also allowing businesses to operate but operate with certain guidelines. I think that we can definitely Work Together to achieve that goal and get to a better place we are very excited to be opening an out. Summers or emailing us and asking for. Well mayor london breed says the only way this is going to work is of continue to do what theyre supposed to do and that is where masks and stay at least 6 feet apart. If that happens she says they will look at opening other businesses in this next round. And with so many stay at home restrictions now starting to loosen its likely that more and more people will be headed outside were certainly seeing that on the bridges in the bay area snow want to go ahead and check out the forecast and find out what all these folks are going to be dealing with today. Heres dave spahr. Hey good morning marty and well and crystal good morning morning, good morning everybody he had a beautiful picture behind him there of that kind of orange is going on as we start the day i dont quite have the orange is going on i had the purples a little bit here from this shot from u c berkeley so were still trying to get whatever shots we can little bit that marine layer is taken care of but its going to excel whatever we have in terms of this haze, one jump back though to that in terms of the temperatures here we have the 50s going on 48 livermore they actually dropped off a little bit from to what our so go. 40s up in the north bay to and 52 San Francisco, san jose checking in at about 50. Now this marine layer business, were basically going to lose that and its back to sunny again big what can he do. But at the very end of this loophole look what happens by tonight this is just actually early in the evening to about 10 oclock or so so it looks like some thicker fog starting to build in some coastal clouds and all of that thats just a little hiccup so dont get too concerned about that that will probably mix out before dawn tomorrow, so its going to be overnight kind of cloudy marine layer kind of thing 65 by midmorning one pm worth 75 temperatures moving very rapidly, it looks like and expect more of each day throughout the week ahead as we look for temperatures to climb all week long. Coming up a little bit there that pick up that i just showed you there were talk a bit more about that to get you an idea what it looks like for the week ahead a peek into the weekend and early next week where wink looks like theres some rain showers coming our way back to you ok. Of people who live and work in San Franciscos tenderloin district along with you see hey sing school of law are now suing the city. The lawsuit accuses the city of San Francisco of a banning in the neighborhood as crime and home and homelessness grow amid the coronavirus pandemic kron fours dan thorn has more in San Francisco. Tense litter an open air drug markets thrive in the citys tenderloin neighborhood theyve only gotten worse with coronavirus says a group of residents and Business Owners who are fed up in just so many more people on the sidewalks now randy hughes as a coplaintiff in the lawsuit calling on San Francisco to clear the crowded sidewalks and stop the growing crime. Hughes gets around in a wheelchair and describes his short commute from home to work as horrific weaving in and out around the tense, the garbage, the feces saloon a cafe and lounge is not far from San Francisco city home, the owner says is the encampments have grown. Curbside pickup has dropped dramatically. Youre dealing with a drug use what he sees a people sleeping laying across the sidewalk of a busy tense on both sides left and right you see hastings, the lead in the lawsuit has several buildings in the tenderloin district theyre not seeking financial damages instead theyre calling on the city to stop allowing the deplorable conditions to grow mayor london breed called the lawsuit unfair and her monday afternoon coronavirus update. So i get that Everyone Wants wants to see. Something different i want to see something different. But were not house keepers were not babysitters. And were being treated that way. The city says its Gathering Community feedback in order to come up with a detailed plan to address the situation in the tenderloin that plan is expected to be released at some point this week reporting in San Francisco. Dan thorn kron 4 news. Doors park in San Franciscos one spot that could soon close after another very busy weekend at the park, a mayor london breed warned that the city may have to add further restrictions in order to encourage social distancing. The mayor also warned that the city will likely resume writing parking tickets, first tweet us with street sweeping if people dont begin to move their cars on designated days. If we continue to see. That behavior become problematic at dolores park. It will no longer be available. We have people who are out there cleaning streets because people are not moving their cars. This is a real problem, and its one that we cant continue to tolerate. In the meantime there is good news on expanding tests scene in San Francisco covid19 testing will now be available for all essential workers regardless of whether theyre showing symptoms or not at one of 2 sites in the city. Now to the north bay and happening today, Sonoma County is opening 2 new testing sites. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in santa rosa with more details on the side there. Yeah these testing sites are going to be opening today, im not at the location of them because you wont know the location and tell you make an appointment and not going to be driving through that will have to get on your car and then go into your appointment to get that test done, but you can do that today you can make an appointment and you dont necessarily have to have insurance you can get this test even if you dont show any symptoms take a look at your screen. So you can see some of the details in this this is going to be helpful for the county to reach its goal of seeing how the coronavirus is spreading in these testing sites will one will be in santa rosa and one will be in petaluma and again if you have insurance your provider will be phil will be billed, but if you dont have insurance you can still get a test this after governor newsoms announcement add more than 80 Community Coronavirus testing sites statewide. The 2 new testing sites are different than the county drive through testing at the Sonoma County, Public Health laboratory which currently is for Health Care Workers only the site will help Sonoma County reaches school in conducting 600 to 800 test per day to better understand the spread of the Coronavirus Health officials have not released where exactly the tests will be conducted as i said, but they did say the state made sure the 2 were between 30 minutes in about an hour from a hospital or another testing site now you can make unemployment online or you can call a number that theyve set up for these testing sites if you dont have internet access. We put a link to that web site in the number you need on our website kron 4 dot com. Head right there you can get everything you need and robin it looks like these testing sites are opening up just in the nick of time i mean its going to be nice to have access to more tests. But this this county is opening up a santa rosa specifically, golf course of course is opening up parks opening up so its interesting timing. Thats right. That means more people are going to be exposed and more people need to be tested so make that appointment, thank you sarah. Restaurants and bars that were forced to close or operate on a takeout only basis are now receiving some much needed help the Paycheck Protection Program gives Small Businesses shortterm cash to pay for rent utilities and payroll. The coowner of monks cattle that cutler says the ppp is helping but still not enough to keep the Mission District restaurant, afloat. He gets s much further into the summer and any non where all this goes and how. You know its if it stays as a delivery take a model of it. It shows to kind of you know. After a nasty and restaurant back over fulltime employees and which felt you know too to be able to say like heres i can pay you in they got to pay it. Well the loan has to be paid back in 2 years and there are limitations for businesses that are currently closed. The loan is forgiven only if at least 75 of that loan is used to keep workers on the payroll. Well our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com youll find lots of information there on the outbreaks here in the bay area. Theres an interactive map and more information on ways that you can stay safe. All of this is available right now on our website kron 4 dot com. And on the kron 4 morning news more states are taking reopening steps but is it too soon and outlook on new covid19 death predictions coming up. And cal fire is encouraging used to help them help you during the shelter in place and welcome back of course temperatures are heating up and the risk of wildfires is also increasing and state Officials Say they want people to prepare for fire season while theyre stuck at home during this pandemic lets check in with kron fours will tran who is live at the cal fire station and snow with the details will i was saying earlier we have down time kids are bored. Both can get out there make it a Family Affair and create this Defensible Space why not. Absolutely my mom will give me a dirty look and said boy you better get out here and help me and thats a big city cal fire is encouraging people to do during shelterinplace take advantage of this time, yes, its very hard to be home for a whole lot of people but take advantage of it and try to protect your home because fire season is just around the corner and they say projections are you could be as deadly and destructive as the fires that weve seen over the past 5 years or so especially since we have not seen significant rainfall in quite some time. And thats why theyre encouraging you you have power in your own hands by going around your house, cleaning it up remove the dead leaves the debris go through your storm drains make sure its all clear because its not if but when fire season will happen and explodes weve seen in the north bay, but it could happen anywhere in california which is why cal fire is preparing for this theyre going out there doing controlled burns. And of course we cant do a story these days without touching upon coronavirus they have to change the way they do things including they have to prepare by studying fires so theyre already saying that their class sizes will be significantly smaller so while they prepare they say you need to prepare. While you are sheltered in place. Theres no better time to clear your even though were responding to the coronavirus 24 7 we have the capacity and we have the capability with our local government partners and the fire and rescue mutual aid system that we use regularly to have the ability to move assets and resources in a timely fashion. Lets talk about coronavirus a little bit more robin they are accidentally ready for coronavirus and what i mean by that is they normally of course wear a mask and gloves whenever they fight a fire they already practice social distance accidentally because they carry all that equipment the ax, the shovel and the chainsaws that they normally dont stand too close to each other, but oftentimes are up in the hills and the sleeping there in the overnight hours with a fire rages they say moving forward, they will spread out the campsites to make sure that even when the firefighters sleet if they practice social distance in the meantime theyre telling you get out there clean your house especially with this great weather. I can drive and i like what you said make it a family event im telling my kids get out there like no doubt were gonna play video games are not helping just getting your kids will help we know they will this week kids thank you will. All right well speaking of the weather speaking of hot temperatures. We know that its going to get warmer as we continue through the week so the running the clearing of a Defensible Space outside of your home. Do it early because its got to heat up today, another warm day in store. Lets check in with dave spahr and see exactly how warm its going to get faith. Well good morning rob, good morning. Everybody got that right woman up in a big way by friday, particularly will be probably the hottest day in the bunch now if you dont get these things done for the of the weekend still too and temperatures cooling off a little bit most noticeably on sunday and then. Maybe a little shot of rain coming our way monday to tuesday so weve got everything in the sevenday forecast looking pretty good about this shot here from u c berkeley, some purple going on here this morning. But in the way some marine layer going to mix out on balance mostly sunny were heading into a look at that shot there almost kind of bump from the Golden Gate Bridge shot again see that they shot going on here a little bit of a breeze on shore as we can see from the flag and that burdett struggling to fly out to the west as we can all right temperatures across the bay right now weve got the 40s up in the north bay 50s over most of the east bay, the exception tri valley livermore Still Holding at 48 46 Half Moon Bay 52 San Francisco in 50 for san jose. Now we were talking about this earlier about this marine layer kind of moment and it looks like tonight a minute youre out about or something and you happen to see this some clouds starting to build whats up with all that thats just a temper a little hiccup going on cutting hints though we might have some little sprinkles aloft that might come sure in through perhaps the atmosphere and maybe perhaps reach the ground its about our elevations, maybe this is only going to be overnight and by tomorrow morning should clear out and were back to a mostly sunny day. And our trend of temperatures climbing only continues, solo down as this mostly sunny and mild and warm today got 70s for the bay 80s and look for to see more of them than we did from yesterday better coverage. This week warming peaking on friday lower to middle 90s far inland. This will be friday at its base can be a oneday event and then dropping back again for the weekend with scattered clouds developing on sunday. Then theres a chance for a shower early next week to look out for so thats something also nice 68 San Francisco, 73 for oakland, san jose at 79, however some but locations in the south they will still probably park in the lower 80s today. So we have more 80s on the board today than yesterday a little bit santa rosas fighting got up there at 8183 concord at 82. But still a 70s populate most of the perimeter of the bay and even some of the valleys up in the north a nap at 79 to him about what 77 however, everybody is warming up. And were going to be seeing some 90s on the board here not too so not too far away as we get into later on during the week, well have a look at just that extended forecast, but also your 4 zone forecast. It let you know what about the models hinting that maybe some rain into early next week back to you. A group of lawmakers in washington pushing for more benefits for Health Care Workers during the coronavirus pandemic they argue the doctors and nurses should be receiving the same benefits and protections given to police and the military joe khaleel has more. They