Needed boost in a time of need. Plus, major changes coming to bart. The updated schedule and when those changes go into effect. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Well, good morning. Thank you, for joining us. Welcome to mornings on 2. Its a pam cook friday. Thank you. It is march 20th. Im dave clark. Good morning. Im pam cook. Thank you, for joining us on this friday. I think this has been one of the longest weeks. It has been. It felt like it has. Since i started working anyway. Just wait a couple weeks. Also a Steve Paulson friday. Ill share it for sure. 30s to 50s on the temps here. Maybe a little fog popping up. Theres a low, you can see it spinning in nevada. Now, it needs a little bit of afternoon heating to get it going. Two systems will play into our weather over the weekend. We start off with sunshine in the morning. 30s, 40s on the temps. But there will be clouds that build up and then that system to the west southwest will slowly start to work its way towards us. Highs near average. Sal castanedas working from home. I dont think he has much to say but maybe he does. Yeah. Theres not much to say. Obviously traffic is going to be light and were only watching for incidents. We havent had that many. Its early on a friday morning. Lets go right to the bay bridge toll plaza. This is what youre going to be used to seeing. Now that the state is doing a shelterinplace, there might even be less traffic. So for now were off do a good start. At 4 32. This morning, all of california is right now under a shelterin place order. Governor newsom is ordering all 40 million californians to stay home because of the coronavirus. How on peoples behaviors and how well the state can growing threat. Now, the or is asking the federal government for more than a billion dollars in emergency funding. And says as many as 25 Million People in california alone could eventually be infected. Almost every bay area kound now reporting a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. Combined, there are 460 people infected here in the bay area. Santa clara county has the most, 189 cases. There are zero confirmed cases in napa county. Today, San Jose City officials will talk about their efforts to try to keep the virus from spreading. Meantime, a reserve San Jose Police officer is recovering now after becoming infected and said it feels like a bad flu. Today, negotiations are scheduled to continue on capitol hill over a 1 trillion coronavirus Economic Relief package. Members of president trumps Economic Team are meeting with senators, working on the plan. The proposed legislation would give 1,200 checks directly to taxpayers and 300 billion 300 billion to small businesses. The plan would also pr for commercial airlines and 8 billion for air cargo carriers. It wont come soon enough for at least one airline. Minneapolis based Compass Airline says it is shutting down ceasing operations april 7th. Passengers made it impossible to fly even minimal schedules. The state department is warning americans to avoid all travel during this pandemic. In countries where commercial flights are available, americans are urged to return home immediately or risk being stranded for an indefinite period of time. They have not ruled out the possibility of banning all air travel internationally. The coronavirus has infected more than 229,000 people. Italy is hard hit morn 41,000 cases and italy has passed china in the number of deaths. More than 3,400. Iran reported 18,000 cases and the United States has more than 10,000 cases, 154 deaths so far. Now, italys Health Care System has been strained to the breaking point by the coronavirus. Youre looking at video showing the Italian Military taking some of the coffins of victims away from the city of burgamo. At least 93 people have died there. More than 300 infected in the city the size of vallejo. I want all personnel, nurses, and physicians are working round the clock countless hours to fight this incredible situation. Health Officials Say one reason for the high toll in italy, it has a Large Population of elderly people. Italy has the worlds second oldest population behind japan. 87 of the fatalities in italy have been people over the age of 70. The shelterinplace order in the south bay is cutting off nonprofits from holding fundraisers. How local lawmakers and the 49ers are helping. Reporter theres little doubt that people across the bay area are trying to adjust to the new normal and like wise so are nonprofits critical into times of need. They were struggling before this crisis and as you can imagine they are struggling even more. Reporter the longer we must live with the spread of the coronavirus only highlights the need for the survival of these non profit organizations. They are on the front pront lines right now tirelessly working to help those in need. Reporter san jose leaders well aware of residual damage. Urging to keep them from going under. Its. Reporter the San Francisco 49ers committing 500,000 for a fund to help groups that provide Services Like meals to the lderly and those unable to secure their own food. This investment will start immediately with 49,000 to support a newly created fund for nonprofit organizations in santa clara for santa clara and san mateo counties. Reporter santa clara supervisor cindy chavez announcing comcast is giving 50,000 into that same fund. The company is allowing unlimited data to low income individuals and their families. Our fundraising events for those individual companies. They can no longer selfhelp and bring people together to do that. Reporter covid19s spread leading to Uncertain Times and leading to a major push that non profits will be able to continue their work in the future. Andre senior, ktvu fox 2 news. The San Jose Sharks donating 300,000 to Silicon Valley and that money will help provide more than 600,000 meals. The food provider for s. A. P. Center is also donating 2,000 pounds of food to marthas kitchen. Bart is now scaling back its operation after a week of dramatic declines in ridership. Bart normally runs training from 5 00 a. M. To midnight. Starting monday, trains will stop at 9 00 p. M. Weekend service will also be scaled back. Trains will run from 8 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. Bart said ridership is down nearly 90 from one month ago. Valid Transportation Authority says passengers will be required to board buses through the back door away from the driver with no access to the fare box or the clipper card reader. Front door boarding will only be allowed for passengers with special needs. Time is 4 39. In the north bay, Transit Service is changing during this crisis. Smart trains will not run on weekends starting tomorrow. Weekend Service Resumes on saturday, april 11th. While ridership is down, smart says there will be service on weekdays. A lot of people rely on the smart train to go to Grocery Stores or to go to a doctor. 4 39 is the time. Sal castaneda, a little different today but i know youre in touch with everything you need to know at home. Absolutely. And theres not much to be in touch with right now. Ive been looking at chp, my scanners and doing everything here with the computers. Theres not much going on. Lets go to the san mateo bridge and show you that traffic is going to be light. Now, even on a normal day at this early hour, it would be light. Were not expecting a commute even during the peak because people are not commuting, theyre staying home. Lets go now to the golden gate bridge. Through marin county, traffic has been light all this week heading south to the golden gate bridge. And, right now, traffic is doing well. Public Transportation Systems are indeed open and you can practice plenty of social distancing if you absolutely have to go somewhere. Now for todays weather, lets go to Steve Paulson. Thank you, sir. Lets get to it here. We do have mostly clear skies here. This afternoon lifts up. And then a couple of systems are trying to play into our weather for the weekend. But today, starts off mostly clear right now. Might be a little patch of fog or two. But the system coming off the sierra. That might provide a little lift in the atmosphere to give us, build us maybe r mainly probably south of san jose looks to be the main focus to the east. 30s and 40s on your temps here to 50s oakland and also San Francisco. 37 fairfield. 30 napa. What about the peninsula . Close. Palo alto, redwood city, hillsboro, san mateo, all in there. Montero and foster city are both 43. So, for most of the morning, it will be sunny side up and then well start to get a few build ups over the weekend. A couple systems. One to the west southwest will bring us some cloud cover. And bring us a little bit of rain. Partly cloudy, maybe a few showers to the south today. This is kind of a stretch. But, then, over into sunday into monday, another system moves in. Another pattern where its favoring to the south. Look at that. San jose almost 1 and not much in santa rosa then more so to the north. Near average temps. Well get temperatures bumping up on saturday then an early pattern next week. 4 42 is the time. Several lawmakers are now being accused of making a profit before the coronavirus pandemic. Up next, whos being accused of selling off stocks before the Global Market sank because of the virus. Plus, stanford and the new normal. How the school and its students are adjusting to life during the health crisis. Dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. And platelet donations and asks healthy donors to schedule an appointment to give. During this corona virus outbreak, patients are counting on lifesaving transfusions. Visit redcrossblood. Org welcome back to mornings on 2. It is 4 45. There are reports that four u. S. Senators including california senator Diane Finestein sold millions of dollars of stock just before the markets crashed because of concerns over the coronavirus. Senator finestein and her husband sold at least 1. 5 million in stocks. The times says North Carolina senator richard burr, oklahoma senator james zinoff and georgia snorkely lofler also sold stocks. President trump has cancelled the g7 summit meeting. Scheduled for june. Instead, the president plans to hold a video conference. The decision allows each country to focus its resources on responding to the health and economic challenges of the pandemic. Time now 4 46. People who work with immigrant communities say the fear of being deported could make immigrants afraid to get medical help if they develop symptoms of the coronavirus. Health officials in california spreading the word now reassuring immigrants its safe for anyone to get medical health. Theyre not going to be asked of any documentation. They will be protected. Health Officials Say if immigrants dont get the medical care they need, that could spread the coronavirus even more. The Alameda CountySheriffs Office has released more than 300 inmates to stop the spread of the virus. 247 inmates from the santa rita jail in dublin were approved for early release. After signing a promise to appear in court. So far, no one in the Alameda County jail has tested positive for the virus. The Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office is trying to determine if a death is from the coronavirus. A 58yearold man was found dead early yesterday morning after suffering some type of severe illness. Its not clear if his death was tied to the pandemic. The unnamed inmate was booked into the jail on monday for a violation of a court order and drug charges. The family of a jeffery gazaran says he flew to orlando march 2nd for a business trip. He stayed a couple days longer to visit disney world and universal studios. He started coughing up blood on march 8th after running home he went to the hospital. He was diagnosed with pneumonia but tests later revealed he had covid19. He died yesterday morning. Political activists in San Francisco will distribute tents to the homeless. Members of the democratic socialists of america are drawing attention to the plight of the homeless during this pandemic. They will be havending out more than 100 sets of tents, sleeping bags, and masks by the end of the month. San francisco leaders say theyre making progress in getting shelters to the homeless to limit their exposure to the virus. The homeless who test positive for the virus but dont need to go into the hospital are being isolated at a local hotel. The city opening to eventually lock down 3,500 hotel rooms for them. And Stanford University has moved to online learning. All campus courses will transition now to an online format for the rest of the spring quarter because of the coronavirus situation. The start of the quarter will also be delayed a week and begin on april 6th. Stanford universitys president also said that students should not expect this years Commencement Ceremony to be in its traditional form. Although, the fresh snow is tempting, truckee is asking visitors to stay away. Visit truckee says while businesses could use the boost, the local hospitals are small and the consequences of covid 19 would be devastating to the community. The town reported its first positive case earlier this week. Californias heading deeper into a drought despite the rain and snow weve had earlier this month. The u. S. Drought monitor has released its latest map showing drought conditions. Most of the state is now in a moderate drought and climate experts say its going to get worse. Its hard to recover when it doesnt rain in january or february, the two wettest months of the year. Time is now 4 50. Theres a petition circulating in San Francisco aimed at making part of Golden Gate Park carfree. Organizers with walksf say nows the time to ban cars on jfk drive since many people arent driving to work now because of the stayathome order. It will help keep peds and cyclists safer at a time when hospitals expect to be overwhelmed with people becoming ill with covid19. Such tough times as everybody has made some big adjustments. Sal castanedas working from home. What are you keeping an eye on, sal . Well, im looking at a lot of commutes here that are not very full as you know. Only essential workers are going, a lot of people are not. Were going to start off with a look at the san mateo bridge and, of course, traffic is going to be doing well. Obviously, people who work in essential industries are still going to work. I think the bay area is kind of up to it now. The state is the same thing. So youre still going to have people going to their jobs at supermarkets, hospitals, first responders, but a lot of people who can are working from home as we transition. As we transition to interstate 880 in oakland theres not much of a commute. Public transportation is open and theres plenty of room for you. You dont have to sit next to anyone. Theres plenty of room for social distancing. What about the weekend weather . We could use a walk outside. Lets go to Steve Paulson. Do it today, sal. Did you hear me. Yes. All right. Well, spring has sprung. It started yesterday at 8 49 p. M. Welcome to spring. Have an extra spring in your step if youre taking a walk today. As the equinox was thursday. The sun directly above the equator. All areas receive about 12 hours of daylight. So, yes, from this point on, it will be lighter days which can add to the Thunderstorm Development if you have a little low coming off the sierra. See how i did that there. I transitioned right into that. Thats whats going to happen. This little low is going to head like back here. So as it does, that might provide a little instability later today about san jose south. Right now, were starting off mostly clear. 30s to the north. 40s for some. Gilroys at 39 degrees. Its closed for others. South san jose. Also for morgan hill and san martin. 12 up in lake tahoe. How about that. Some cold air has filtered in. 38 up in ukiah. A couple of systems today coming in off the sierra, but, then, theres a system here making its way. If the cloud cover moves in over the weekend, thats one source. And, then, the second one is coming down here. That looks like it wants to sweep in starting sunday night into monday. Couple of systems taking aim at us here. But look at what the rainfall projections are focused on. Santa rosa and san jose is poised to pick up pretty good rain. Not so much to the north. Well see if that verifies. Thbeen the pattern this month. San jose is getting more rain than santa rosa. 60s on the temps. Pretty close to average. This is the first day weve been average on the temps. A lot of cloud coverage on the way over the next couple of days. Just a reminder make sure you download the ktvu weather app. It has interactive radar, hourly updates and a really easy way to upload your weather photos and video. The ktvu weather app is free to download for your smartphone or tablet. Time is now 4 54. New orders from the governor of california for all californians to stay home. We can make decisions to meet moments and this is a moment we need to make tough decisions. Up next, the statewide order to stop the spread of covid19. 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