45 in Alameda County. Santa clara reported two more today. Both were men. One was in his 70s, the other in his 80s. In Contra Costa County, there was a death of a person in her 70s who died in the hospital yesterday. The person had Underlying Health issues and had recently travelled outside of the u. S. The death underscores the urgency. Maintain social distancing. And the state order just issued by Governor Newsom last night. We believe that by following these orders, we can reduce the spread of the virus. And that will save lives. San mateo county reached 100 kiss of the virus. Yesterday that number was just 89. Oakland police say an employee there tested positive for covid19. That person is selfquarantined in Contra Costa County and recovering. The county supervisor will be meeting with sam transand Health Officials to stop this from happening. We have six corona victims. And they just jump on the bus. Its nonsensical. Ill be reaching out to sam transto, to understand their policy. The department of Public Health to see what kroet cols we could put in place so it doesnt happen again. We knocked on the door at the facility yesterday. Management declined to speak with us. Grocery stores are certainly an essential business. When we go to the supermarket, were close to strangers and social distancing can be compromised. Tom has been looking into what groceries are doing to keep us safe. Reporter that is why the safety at the store itself is just as important as the safety of the products. Theres no gainer teen that a customer or employee wont get the virus. But if its a problem that they created, they could affect the longterm survivability of their business. Shoppers are doing their best to hunker do. Some overdoing it to the max. An email from the chief executive officer of albertsons outlines what that Holding Company says its doing to protect customers. The Company Operates 2,700 stores. Including safeway, albertsons, pack and save and pavilions in california. First the company says its taking enhanced measures throughout the day to clean and disinfect all diameters with special emphasis being taken on restrooms and frequentlytouched points of the store. At the end of each business day, the company says on the deepcleansing each and every store. The ceo of krogers, the nations largest grocery chain posted this statement. In many locations weve adjusted our hours to allow our store teams time to rest a little, clean and get new products in and on the shelves for our customers. Albertsons says cart wipes and Hand Sanitizer stations at key locations are maintained. It encourages customers to wash our sanitize their hands before entering and leaving the store. Most customers are requested to stay away, monday through friday from 7 00 to 9 00 am so seniors and Vulnerable People can shop during those hours. I try to pick things up with determination and not fondle any kind of groceries or product. Reporter delivery and drive up and go services are available. For Home Delivery customers, the company has created contactfree delivery procedures for its team. The signature process is being done by delivery drivers on request. The return policy is temporarily suspended so stores will not accept returns at this time. For employees diagnosed with covid19, theyll receive two weeks of replacement pay while theyre unable to work. If employees are unable to work after two week, they can use available sick leave pay or shortterm disability. Beyond that, any employee who is asked to selfquarantine by the Healthcare Provider or company, based on cdc risk guideline, they too will get up to two weeks of replacement pay while theyre unable to work. All in all, its a huge challenge for all of us. Be patient. Be kind to one another. Be kind to our associates. Shop responsibly and purchase what you need knowing that we will continue to replenish. Reporter 60 of the grocery business is handled by the megachains. 40 , however, are handled by individual stores and very small chains. But everybody, and i mean everybody, has to be right all the time in order to help stop the spread. I went to a Grocery Store this week. And i had to slide my debit card and punch my numbers into the machine. Of course everyone is using it. But the store didnt have any Hand Sanitizer. Because its an essential business here, are they required to have these sanitizers at a time like this in place . Reporter technically they are. But the real protection is if you can get some Hand Sanitizers, the wipes, then you bring them along. You do your business. Wipe it down. You punch in your numbers, then you wipe it down again for the next person as best you can. But the reality of the situation is they should be doing that. That could be a key way to spread the virus. It certainly is. Tom vacar, thank you so much. Wall street took a sharp decline today wrapping up its worst week in more than a decade. The industries were all down about 4 . More evidence of the widespread economic toll from the coronavirus. The dow fell 913 points. The nasdaq was down 271 points. And the s p was down 104. A new still lugs bill to help those struggling to make ends meet. This legislation is different from a republican bill which limits next. His bill would provide checks to anyone making 131,000 or less. Specifically it would help hourly employees, gig workers and independent contractor contractors. People are hurting. They are locked in their homes. Many of them are wondering where their paycheck is gonna come from. Tending to their kids. Concerned about how theyre gonna get food. We have to get them cash. We have to get them cash so they can get the food they need so they can get the gas they need. So that they can have basic economic security. Checks between 1,000 and 6,000 could be sent out in as little as three weeks. Coming up, coronavirus leaving many couples with a difficult decision. What it could mean for vendors and venues planning spring weddings. Plus, you sent us your questions, were getting them answered. Well be joined live by a doctor to talk about your concerns when it comes to the coronavirus. And a few visiting clouds once again for today. Still a few isolated showers popping up on the radar. Well talk about the showers and another system headed our way. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones, phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state program call or visit some construction workers are worried that their job sites arent following the appropriate guidelines for social distantsing and washing hands and the like. Greg lee is live after hearing from those workers. Reporter we started to receive emails on tuesday when the first shelterinplace orders went into effect. Questions about what construction accounts could continue and what needed to stop. It shifted to concerns about protecting worker safety and curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Activity in bay area cities has screeched to a halt as people heed shelterinplace orders. One of the groups continuing its normal operations, construction workers. They exempt work on housing and construction projects. As much as it cant be business as usual in the sense of these times are not usual times, we have the opportunity to continue to move our projects forward. And our projects are foundational to everything that is in our economy and in our society. Reporter peter is the ceo of associated general contractors california, or agc. A commercial trade Group Representing union and nonunion members. Hes working to clear confusion for contractors about what qualifies and supports a broad approach toward the exemption. Not everyone agrees. Ktvu has received dozens of emails from concerned construction workers about their safety during the coronavirus pandemic. All across the bay area, workers told us theyre remodeling bathrooms, working on room extensions or luxury condos. Work they say is not essential. Conditions bottom line are not suitable for work. An unprecedented time that were in, with the covid19 virus. Strictly theyre contrary on what were hearing from the cdc, local government and federal government. Reporter we spoke to the owner of a subcontracting business currently working on a project in San Francisco. He wanted to remain anonymous. Theres hundreds of laborers in very tight quarters at one time, working in close contact with one another. In hightraffic zones. These areas are generally poorly ventilated. Close proximity. Its nebl. Reporter in addition to a lack of social distancing, theyre not being provided gloves or enough Hand Sanitizer or handwashing stations. For the Public Health and safety of all, im deeply and grateful concerned. Reporter we asked the sfron Mayors Office about ongoing construction. We were directed to this website listing what is essential and what is not. In the wake of the coronavirus, peter says agc formed a task force to ensure contractors take safety precautions outlined by the cdc and cal osha. We and our members ever absolutely following those rules, regulations and guidelines. Its very important. The safety and health of our employees is paramount. Reporter one construction worker we spoke to is comfortable with the conditions. We have our washing area. We take sanitary and everything else. Also we have some cleaning wipes or anything like that. We are taking this with the highest precaution in our area. Reporter while some sites try to adjust to new conditions and implement further safeguards, the subcontractor we spoke to says not enough is being done where he works. He believes officials need to fall in line with boston. The first major city to suspend construction with only exceptions. Expect right now that we could maintain business as usual on any sort of commercial job sites, its ludicrous. They need to be shut down. We need to go allin. Everyone needs to get on the same page. Reporter Governor Newsoms statewide order issued last night. Construction, including Housing Construction as exceptions, making them essential. Thanks for that report. Viewers have been sending us many questions concerning the coronavirus. And ktvu is here to help. Thank you for joining us. Lets start with this question here. What are the differences in symptoms between allergies, a cold and the coronavirus . Something many people want to know here. Sure. What i want you to remember about allergies is itchy. Connect those words together. Your ice are gonna itch, your nose is gonna itch, your stloet gonna itch. Youre gonna have a little tickle in your throat. And youre gonna want to clear your throat. Its not gonna be a fullblown cough. When it comes to the flu, youre gonna get a fever. Youre gonna get lots of fatigue. And the onset of symptoms is gonna be pretty quick. You get a headache, body aches, that kind of stuff. When it comes to coronavirus, obviously simples are a little bit different. But also its hard because the lines are a little bit blurred between all these disease. For coronavirus, what were seeing is people have a fever above 100 degrees. They have a dry cough. Youre not producing anything. And in addition, they have shortness of breath. Also you need to remember that when you are hit with coronavirus, usually the onset of symptoms is a little bit more prolonged and drawnout compared to the flu. The flu, youre gonna get hit immediately. The incubation period is shorter. So a lot of patients like i got hit by a bus today. Thats very different from coronavirus. People start feeling sick then they progressively get sicker. So allergies is the itch. Connect that together. Allergies is the itch. Remember. That a lot of people have that question. And its a very good one. All right. We have a lot of essential work 30s have to go to work now. And a lot of them take public transportation. The next question, is it safe . Actually i had this question, is it safe to go to the doctor if you have an appointment . Its a big question. And the real question is what kind of appointment are you talking about . Because as were seeing in life and realtime, doctors are changing the way they see patients now in the face of this new coronavirus. What most doctors are doing is theyre doing telehealth visits. So you cannot just walk swoe your doctorsof. Number 1. You have to call the doctor, and you have to talk to them about what you need to come in for. And after you have that conversation with your provider, theyre gonna figure out for you what the next best step for you is. Whether that means going to the clinic and seeing. Or treating i over the phone and providing you with the right medication without having to come in. We were talking about the stayathome for entire state of california. A lot of people are trying to figure out what to do. Some of them are going out by themselves to exercise in parks, hiking, that type of thing. But is it safe to have friends over to your house, to play board games or hang out or whatever it is, as long as its under a certain number . You want the real answer . Yeah, we want the real answer. The real answer is no. When you have social gatherings, its very hard to keep that distance of six feet between you and another person. Its very hard. Its not realistic. Youre gonna be eating food, touching things. A lot of new surfaces are gonna be touched. And this is what were trying to kind of stop the spread with. And we dont want people to hang out. We dont want the social interaction because we dont know whos positive. Thats what we need to remember. Because of the lack of testing, we just dont know who out there is positive. But doesnt have symptoms. Sounds like were having some technical difficulties with the doctors microphone at the moment. Well get back to her later in the newscast. Well send it over to mark with a look at the weather now. Yeah, some changes in the bay area weather pattern this weekend. Were talking about another system headed our way. For tomorrow, saturday, partly cloudy skies. It will be mild out there. Upper 50s to the upper 60s. Maybe around 70 degrees. And then on sunday, thatll be the day well have more clouds. And well be tracking some shower chances. Especially by sunday afternoon and into sunday evening. Saturday some clouds. Sunday more clouds. We bring back those shower chances in the bay area. Heres the satellite as you can see. And for the most part, we have clear to partly cloudy skies across the bay area this afternoon as we come in closer. Just a little bit. Green showing up on the radar here. Still a few popup showers out there. Most of the bay area is dry. Still some scattered clouds. And a few popup showers in porks of the east bay right now. Current numbers, were checking on those. We have been warming up. Santa rosa 65. Walnut creek, 63. San jose 61. And San Francisco checking in 60 degrees. Our next system is out here. You can see the circulation well offshore. It will be drifting closer to our coastline over the next 24 hours to 48 hours. For this evening though, we just have a few clouds. And heres our camera looking toward the golden gate. Looking up in the north bay. And a few clouds paying us a visit this afternoon as we head into your friday evening. Overnight lows, 30s and 40s. Partly cloudy skies. Some patchy fog to start out the day. Heres the forecast model thing as we cycle this into your friday night and saturday. A few clouds and a slight chance once again of a sprinkle tomorrow afternoon. Not widespread. Definitely more clouds by tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. And sunday afternoon, showers back in the forecast area. Especially for the south bay. Well talk more about that system and update your fiveday forecast coming up in a little bit. Good neighbors in berkeley try to cope with the shelterinplace with the sound of music. Residents on first street have been singing and playing their instruments every day at noon since the stayathome order began. One neighbor sent out an email to get the daily ritual going after seeing people in italy doing the same thing. Were taking popular songs and rearranging the lyrics and making songs about the pandemic. Were doing this in humor. Were doing this to be jovial and to spend some time with each other. But a little sunshine. It goes a long way. People on stewart street say theyre fortunate to have a number of private and professional musicians in the neighborhood. Although everyone is encouraged to participate. A crash and a carjacking on the bay bridge. What were learning from investigators about the person being pursued and what happened to the suspect. And coming up the attat 6 00, california taking another step to help the struggling restaurant and bar industry hurting from the stayathome order. The relaxed regulations that affect alcohol, takeouts and deliveries. San franciscos wacky and eccentric race, bay to breakers, rescheduled due to the coronavirus. What you can expect to see the runners. The wait is over. Try my new tiny tacos. 15 for 3 bucks or loaded for 4 bucks. Delivered exclusively with uber eats. The wait is over. Try my new tiny tacos. 15 for 3 bucks or loaded for 4 bucks. Delivered exclusively with uber eats. Live here the bay bridge tonight. And you learned that that suspect was a wanted man. Reporter the Police Source that i talked to today tells me the suspect was actually a homicide suspect out of oakland. And that suspect then got onto the bridge. And they were last spotted going eastbound on the bridge following that crash and carjacking. Chopper 2 was overhead in the aftermath of that. It unfolded before noon this morning. The suspect was reported to be headed eastbound on the bay bridge. And there were reports of a multivehicle crash immediately after that crash. Investigators say the suspects carjacked someone on the bridge and sped away from the scene of the accident. That suspect took the bridge from the east bay into San Francisco. That source tells me once they made their way over the bridge, San Francisco police joined in that pursuit. And that is when the suspect headed back over the bridge eastbound and was involved in that crash and carjacked the vic