Reopening step by step and the Top Health Official says it could be weeks until we enter the next phase. Good evening, im ken wayne and i pale more San FranciscoHealth Director doctor colfax as the countys reopening plans aligned with the states plan to reopen the economy right now San Francisco is in phase 2 a this allows lowrisk workplaces to reopen. Retail businesses to reopen with Curbside Pickup. Doctor colfax as San Francisco is still about 2 to 3 weeks until it is ready to enter phase to be that would allow more relaxed restrictions including a death day and reopening restaurants, retail and schools as a coronavirus cripples San Franciscos bars and entertainment community. Business owners are forced to find creative ways to reopen once they are given the green light city leaders and nightlife operators met virtually last night for a summit to discuss the challenges that lie ahead and possible options. Kron 4 sarah sak explains we could see city space use for more than just outdoor dining. So taylor what rds ideas are in store. Well can first concert and event venues will be the last to reopen according to the governors reopening road map so for them to even make it a point of course they need other ways to operate in some of the ideas that around were for those nightlife venues to use outdoor spaces city other spaces like parks for to host outdoor shows and concerts while their indoor spaces remain closed or at a cut capacity. The stoning canceling scheduling rescheduling re rescheduling basically just hoping that someday we have some idea when were going to be allowed to reopen Lynn Schwartz is a part owner of a San Francisco rock venue called bottom of the hill which normally holds up to 250 people. While the coronavirus forced them to shut down twitter says it will be tough to continue business. Even when they reopen and a cut capacity we ran into mitt nightclub which unfortunately in 2 men these days is not good so. Even 25 or 50 capacity when were allowed to reopen doesnt necessarily pay the bills so how about allowing us to take over some city spaces such as i live in visitation valley very close to become clear and park. Maybe we could do some shows and jerry garcia and theater where were able to control social distancing trim intercourse and other nightlife operators are now asking the city for flexibility to use bases like its parks and parking lots. Told outdoor shows events in gatherings if we dont have space we will not survive and were going to go bankrupt and theres going to be lives lost and jobs. Thousands 10s of thousands of jobs lost there are going to recover and it doesnt have to happen that way if we can if we can find more space basically. And lyman owns several bars in San Francisco and is also the president of the citys entertainment commission. He says the new entertainment scene will probably involve less big acts in focus more on local talent. As many challenges lie ahead for Business Owners in the city. He says its also an opportunity to make some changes. I think were poised right now for renaissance and the city of art and culture. I think that art and culture isnt just going to be apart of the economic rebuilding of our neighborhoods but i think it actually might be the Main Driving Force and. And thats only if we all get together and we make itself. And as we mentioned the nightlife scene will look much different once things can start to reopen as for bars blind and says that many of them will probably open our operate basically on reservations, you know reserving for small groups in cleaning in between those parties that come in and leave. Now and were going to have to wait to see what will happen a lot is still unknown, but he says that businesses having this space will be key to keeping them alive throughout this pandemic reporting live in San Francisco. Tiller sackey kron 4 news item of the hills been around a long time, thank you taylor napa county is moving further into stage 2 of reopening the state of california approved nap as planned Governor Newsome was in the county just yesterday. That was also in a relaxed right heriot for opening sooner. Now napa county has permission for their plan in parts take effect immediately shopping malls and dinein restaurants are now allowed to reopen all must comply with state requirements for disinfecting surfaces rules for face coverings and of course physical distancing and they must be able to show customers and employees at the establishment has reduced the risk schools are also listed in the amended order which says they can reopen starting june 1st but tonight the county office of education has a clarification in a statement it says in part the 5 School District is of napa county napa valley unified saint helene a unified calistoga joint unified Howell Mountain elementary Pope Valley Union elementary and the Napa County Office of education will not be opening for class instruction on june first to go on to say napa county School District school year. Well end in early june. And theres not enough time to implement the modifications required by the state. Tonight a to bay area counties are in phase 2 Santa Clara County will interface to on friday. Even though some San Francisco retailers can now reopened for Curbside Pickup others are still desperately struggling. And now theres a proposal to try and help those restaurants in the city stay alive, some businesses such as easy breezy frozen yogurt have seen a 70 drop in business as the shelter orders went into effect but like many the rent has stay the same. So many are looking to renegotiate their rent. What were trying to do is to create a strong incentive for landlords to negotiate with tenants with these businesses and restructure the lease so that the red sox economic reality and so that the businesses can survive group. State senator wieners legislation which he says the commercial Real Estate Industry opposes allows attended to invoke a 30 day negotiation period and if unsuccessful the tenant then has the option to terminate the lease. He says the goal is not to have these lease is terminated, but to create a more level Playing Field so a renegotiation can happen wieners legislation moves to the state Senate Judiciary committee for discussion on friday, the city of san jose plans to vote on a plan to safely reopen dinein restaurants tonight, were waiting for the results of that vote. The plan is called al fresco san jose would allow restaurants to expand service where appropriate on the sidewalks alleys and other outdoor areas ideas under consideration include restricting traffic or sacrificing some street parking, certain permit fees might be waived challenges include issues related to serving alcohol outdoor, heres the latest look at coronavirus cases and deaths in the bay area Alameda County reporting 65 new cases today. San francisco county reporting 48 new cases Contra Costa County has 37 new cases in all there are more than 11,000 cases in the bay area and 404 people have died. You can find the complete breakdown by county on our website kron 4 dot com after 2 days without any reported coronavirus deaths in the bay area, a stark rise in covid19 fatalities. More than a dozen new reports and 9 deaths alone in one county as kron fours michelle kingston tells us the jump in fatalities is one of the biggest in recent weeks seen here in the bay area. Its disease is not to just disappear and go away all bay area counties are now in the early stage of phase 2 this after coming off of the weekend of no new reported coronavirus deaths but on tuesday 14 new deaths reported throughout the bay area, 2 of them from Santa Clara County 3 from Alameda County 9 from San Mateo County, whenever theres and their people or die. Im concerned. If it continues on an upward trajectory. And we see numbers that are you know continue to rise. We may have to give it back. The on the you know the other side of it. Lets see those numbers if they decline. Remember we have snapshot. Thats from a week ago if those numbers to climb. Does that mean set up or even a little bit more San Mateo County now has 75 reported deaths, but the majority of victims over the age of 80 according to Health Officials its still a shelter in place. And we would really advise people, especially who have on any kind of underlying medical conditions. People who are older and anyone whos just feeling concerned to stay. The course im on the shelterinplace this isnt really an invitation for everyone to go out i spoke to a doctor this afternoon who said the number of coronavirus cases and deaths will continue to go up and down over the next few months and even the year she said Everybody Needs to remain vigilant. It will. Get better to get a little bit worse, so i dont see it being completely. Look for it at this point to a point where its almost read us and that we just need to maintain vigilance of people along the way michelle kingston kron 4 news. Now to a developing story. The Santa Cruz CountySheriffs Office says they have arrested several suspects in connection with the kidnapping and killing of 2 shar entree you may recall back in october ot trey a wealthy tech ceo was kidnapped from his home in Santa Cruz County. And found killed several hours later at a separate property in the santa cruz mountains. Authorities are not revealing any more information at this time, but they do say there will be a News Conference with more details on thursday. War of words between House Speaker nancy pelosi and President Donald Trump after Speaker Pelosi called out the president for using hydroxychloroquine and in light of his weight today he responded by saying the speaker has a lot of quote mental problems the day after acknowledging, hes taking the drug the president is defending his use of hydroxychloroquine last month the fda warned the drug should not be used to treat covid19 outside of hospital settings the president also called a major study on the drug in veterans quote, phony. It was a false study done where they gave it a very sick people extremely sick people people that were ready to die. It was given by obviously not friends of the administration. And the study came out that people are ready to die. Everybody was all old had bad problems with hearts, diabetes and Everything Else you can imagine. So they gave it so as media utley when it came out they gave a lot of false information. The drug has not been shown to combat the virus in at least 2 other observational studies either each of them involve more than 1400 patients in new york and found that the drug had no benefit against the virus. The market pullback today snapping a threeday winning streak of gains investors watch closely as treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell appeared before congress. They warned lawmakers more job losses are likely and the economy could suffer greatly if its not reopen soon. Those assessments did not appear to spark a massive selloff as the dow dropped just 1. 6 . The s and p 500 fell one percent. The nasdaq gave back a half percent. Undocumented immigrants in california can now apply for direct Financial Relief payments, our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains how the program which is the first in the country is already having trouble meeting demand. Phone lines tied up voicemail boxes are full and call volumes or overbearing lehigh for the program distributing pandemic relief funds to undocumented immigrants the program launched this week allowing undocumented immigrants in california to collect the states version of a stimulus payment an improved adult can get 500 while household payments capped at 1000 the funds will be put on the payment card the process is being handled by a dozen nonprofits throughout the state under the direction of the California Department of social services because payments are first come first serve phone lines are clogged mailbox of the person youre calling some nonprofits even telling applicants to keep calling back until they get through the organization in Santa Cruz County tuesday had phone lines shut down after its system crashed writing in a statement quote the Disaster Relief call center at ca be experience something were all already painfully aware of the need for Financial Relief for our undocumented community is immense the organization went on to say this happened to hotlines across the state a spokesman for the California Department of social Services Tuesday said quote we understand the demand is high for the Disaster Relief assistance for immigrants program, our nonprofit partners are working as quickly as possible to accommodate people applying for assistance cdss did not say how many applicants there were as of tuesday. The million effort comes from a blend of state funds and private donations its expected to reach 150,000 undocumented adults the program will be available until june 30th orman funds run out whichever comes first in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. 26 Democratic Senators including senator Kamala Harris are asking the department of Homeland Security to conduct a full assessment of all ice detention facilities nationwide to try to help prevent the sprean of covid19 among employees and detainees this follows reports at ice facilities with confirmed cases, were operating without the use of protective gear and detainees did not have access to hygiene products. Today President Trump made a huge announcement regarding funding for the bay area during this pandemic in a tweet he announce the bay area will receive more than million to aid in economic recovery that that money will go to San FranciscoInternational Airport to muti and to bart operations, the president also tweeted more federal funding for other Public Transit systems across the nation including Seattle Portland and washington dc that news comes the same day bart and eta announced the longawaited milpitas in san Jose Berryessa bart stations. Will Begin Service in the south bay on june 13th, the originally projected open back in 2016. The project was delayed in connection with equipment and construction issues before the coronavirus pandemic hit ridership was projected to be somewhere around 23,000 trips per day on the new extension with that rain arriving every 7, 7, and a half minutes. All right were talking about sfo, lets get a live look out there of course has been very quiet at sfo and theres not even any fog out there tonight to talk about it looks like cant remember the last time we saw the plane moving there at the airport lets check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow its was be. Get a little warmer is at the story. Yeah, i on the hot side guys is were going to see High Pressure really build in the unofficial beginning of summer is certainly going to feel all whole lot like summer around the bay area right now we do have some partly cloudy skies outside tonight, otherwise its like a nice guy still made on the breezy side. Temperatures today. Yeah they warmed up a little bit but still below the average in San Francisco, 63 68 right at the average in oakland 71 in san jose 69 degrees live more 73 degrees in concord 72. In santa rosa storm clouds start to wind on down now you can see the swirl of moisture making its way over nevada, so low kind of headed out of town now and thats some good news if you want some drier weather certainly were seeing that right now as we dry things out around the bay areas our purse gets ready to build in that school and warm up the temperatures but in between them were seeing some of those wins to 21 at sfo 23 at oakland right now 15 mile an hour winds. In fairfield instance, a beach an 18 mile an hour winds in mill valley, so certainly still a bit on the blustery side outside right now temperatures in the cool side 50s and 60s but you that when of course it feels