Stayathome orders, but the governor says it wont be until next month at the soonest. He once six criteria met before loosening restrictions. Here are the bullet points protecting communities through testing and contact tracing, protecting atrisk groups from infection, making sure hospitals and Health Systems can handle surge, developing therapeutics for treatment, making sure businesses and schools can support physical distancing, and finally the ability to reinstitute stayat home orders if necessary. We have Live Team Coverage no. For now, the governor is asking everyone to stay the course. Reporter thats right, news and praises californians for acting doubtfully to she wants them to transition out of the crisis the same way. Theres no lightswitch here. I would argue its more like a dimmer. Reporter governor gavin newsom says reopening society and the economy may be an on again offagain process. This toggling back and forth between more restrictive and less restrictive measures. Reporter depending on what the virus does and how well california continues to treat and track eight. We all hope that at the end of this month we have tens of thousands of tests a day. Reporter if next month six key indicators are met, then the state, with county Health Officers, will begin easing constraints. It is all conditioned on this continuing to stay the course on the current road. Ray mack not time to celebrate. But these neighbors feel as newsom does, a glimmer. It gives people hope. I think it gives them a little thread to hang onto. Reporter this gathering reflects our times, residents of a santa rosa culdesac connect every tuesday when they bring their garbage cans in. Trash talk, they call it. Weekly friendship and support. Its been challenging all of a sudden to not have a job. Its california, my husband and i both need our incomes. Reporter they are aware when restrictions left lyft wont just river bank. The new normal will be very different. We are all going to have to make the meditations. Reporter face coverings are likely to remain common and it wont be a summer of sports, festivals and fairs. The prospect of math gatherings is negligible at best. Reporter schools once open may have no assemblies, recess or communal eating and students could be separated and shifts. They come and his cohorts in the morning and some in the afternoon. Reporter all possible until there is widespread immunity it let folks know we are not in a permanent state. Reporter the timetable will become more clear in may. Lets not make the mistake of pulling the plug to early. As much as we all want to. Reporter we dont know what normal is going to be. I think its important for people to have hope to continue doing the strict rules. For now nothing changes. In to weeks and update and possibly the progress that will lift some of the stayathome orders. Patients will be key as we head forward here. Thank you so much. Santa clara county Health Officials are echoing the governors cautious approach saying it would be a mistake to reopen to quickly. We do not want to flip back. Weve made progress, weve settled things down, we need to settle things down more and that is why i think that if we just lifted the shelter in place and went about our business we would be right back where we were very, very quickly. Doctor cody says Santa Clara County has seen 50 to 100 new cases of a day. The number of deaths from the virus are increasing at a slower rate. When restaurants reopen they will likely have a different look. The governor hinted at the change ahead, saying there may be fewer tables and further apart. Servers could be wearing gloves and masks with menus that are disposable. New tonight, ktvus amber lee in San Francisco where many Restaurant Owners are unsure if they can survive. There we are at camillas on market street. The owner tells me he made changes to adapt the shelter in place. Now he and other Restaurant Owners are figuring out ways on how to survive when the order is lifted. This is our paella kit. The pan is optional. Reporter a kit teaching customers how to make paella at shelter in place order went into effect. We set up an online store overnight and that was something that was pressing. We are not tech people. Reporter with governor newsoms new outline for opening business, including social distancing of six feet, owner Matt Schuster is thinking of something unheard of in the industry. We never before have asked tables to leave if there was somebody waiting behind them, because you dont do that. So maybe now it may be politely asking that they need to get up. Reporter schuster says an hour and a half is the average turnaround time, with the new constraints customers may be limited to 50 minutes. Relaxing social distancing may still be a year away, when a vaccine should be available. Too long, since the Golden Gate Restaurant Association. We are looking at 12 months of running a 50 person capacity. I dont know what thats going to get our industry. Its not going to be pretty. Reporter it could mean 30 to 50 of restaurants in San Francisco will close. We have different needs than a tech workforce. We need people and we need employees. Ray mack at a moroccan restaurant, theyre serving takeout with produced boxes and making boxed meals feeding the homeless. The owner tells me he will adapt to the governors revision of waiters wearing gloves and masks and offering disposable menus. We need to figure out ways that are not crippling for the businesses but safe for the customers. Reporter is a social distancing means he will have to cut the number of diners he serves in half. its not enough to pay the rent, employees, premiums and all the things we have to pay. Thankfully we have a governor who has been in the Restaurant Business and we have a mayor who loves to go out and eat. So for us, these are people who understand where we are coming from. Ray mack he tells me whether his restaurant will survive largely depends on how much help you will receive from the city, state and federal government. Something the Golden Gate Restaurant Association holds true for many restaurants who operate on a slim profit margin. The Restaurant Business is tough as it is. Then you had Something Like this. Governor newsom is also warning that math gatherings will not be taking place anytime soon. That includes San Francisco pride, which announced today it is canceling the celebrations for june 27th. We have a look at the showing impact of the coronavirus on large events. Reporter we keep seeing this rollout. Sf pride is the latest in the long list of cancellations and postponements. The giant rainbow flag is flying vibrant as ever at the corner of market and castro street, but the coronavirus pandemic has struck a blow to San Francisco pride. The 2020 celebration now joins the long list of coronavirus cancellations. The restrictions on large scale gatherings in the bay area really made it impossible to proceed confidently. Reporter disappointing, as this was to be the big 50 year celebration. Its going to have a major impact, a Significant Impact on the businesses. The reason is because of all the visitors that will come for the seven, to the city in the neighborhood. Reporter the Castro Merchants Association says businesses are hanging on, barely. They depend heavily on tourism and event business. There is the possibility that other events may also be canceled. Such as the castro street fair on the first week of october. Reporter San Francisco hosts hundreds of festivals and sporting events that bring some 20 Million People to the bay area every year. Now its looking like a spring and summer of empty streets and pauses. The real opera house stage dark at the San Francisco opera canceled its Summer Season tuesday. The symphony at davies hall also canceling it spring concert. The pga post on the tournament at tcp harding park august sixth. And on tuesday announced its considering whether it can hold the event in San Francisco with no spectators. Major League Baseball still up in the air, along with the big Music Festivals outside lansing golden gate park. It is not announced a decision, but has posted the Cancellation Policy online. In japan town Cherry Blossoms are blooming, but the festival has fallen victim to the coronavirus. On april 18th and 19th between noon and four p. M. , the Northern California tri blossom festival is going virtual. I think the key is it has to be responsible. I think we have an obligation to communities like ours, event producers, to be responsible and make sure these events dont cause issues. Reporter sf pride organizers tell me they are looking into participating in a virtual global pride on june 27th. They are having a meeting with organizers around the world later this week. The Economic Impact will be hard, but it is much needed at a time like this. On wall street sought stocks surged today. California and others are making plans to ease restrictions. The dow gained 588 points, nasdaq rose 323 or almost 4 and the s p added 84. Estates work on their plans to reopen, President Trump said he will speak to all 50 governors later this week. I will then be authorizing each individual governor of each individual state to implement a reopening and a very powerful reopening plan of their state at a time and in a manner that is most appropriate. The Energy Industry in texas and north dakota it was a different tone from yesterday and the president declared he had total authority over states reopening. Today he said the government would be there to help. The president did have harsh words for the World Health Organization as he threatened to the u. S. Funding of that agency. The administration is reviewing its warnings about the coronavirus and china. The president criticized the World Health Organization for not sounding the alarm center. Have the w. H. O. Done its job to get medical experts in the china to objectively assess the situation and to call out chinas lack of transparency, the outbreak couldve been contained at a source with very little death. The president s of the u. S. Provides the w. H. O. From 400 500 million a year. Once i got tested i was very concerned. And then when i got the Positive Side i was extremely concerned. Will he survive coronavirus. How a Bay Area Police officer now wants to help others beat the virus, to. Record warmth in the bay area today, temperatures 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. Another warm day in the forecast tomorrow. A critical endorsement for joe biden in the video today from former president obama. What we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. New at ten, a Police Officer from the peninsula who survived coronavirus is said to be among the first to donate blood plasma with covid19 antibodies to Stanford Blood Center. Its a donation that could help treat critically ill patients. We spoke to that officer who is now back on the job. Reporter steve vega is a veteran of the Burlington Police department. He said contracting coronavirus was one of the scariest experiences of his life. He says his will to fight the virus helped him recover and now he wants to help others. 55yearold steve vega had all the symptoms, fever, chills, body aches and a persistent cough. I just knew something was wrong. I kind of thought it was just a fluke, or cold. Reporter that was early march, the beginning stages of the pandemic. After a doctors visit he found out he had early pneumonia. He then tested for coronavirus, the results came back positive. I was scared. Yeah, scared for me and my family. What was going to happen to me. You know, am i going to be hospitalized . Am i going to be put on a ventilator . Reporter and his 22 years on the force, nothing frightened him more than the unknown of covid19. Thats when he says his cop mentality kicked in. I told myself, this is not going to beat me. In my line of work we have to learn how to survive. Those survival tactics came into play. Reporter officer vega self quarantined for 14 days, held up in a room away from his wife and children. His immune system fought the virus and gradually he won the battle. I always say mind over matter. If you have it, fight, fight, fight. Dont give up. Reporter fully recovered officer vega saw a need to help other patients. Its very different from a vaccine, but the convalescent plasma treatments, although investigational, there are promising findings to show that it can potentially work. Reporter the chief medical officer at the Stanford Blood Center is collecting blood plasma containing covid19 antibodies from recovered patients. The plasma will then be transfused to six patients. I lifted, got through it, now its my turn to give back. Reporter the School Resource officer now on patrol loves helping people, eager to sign up for the Donation Program. This is such an awful, awful thing. But if i can just help that one individual, or more, its a wonderful feeling. Reporter s appointment is scheduled for thursday. Stanford Blood CentersDonation Program started last week and they told me so far there supply has helped a few sick patients within the state and will be used for Clinical Trials in the coming weeks. Glad to hear that officer is doing well and his benefit othe think you so much. The u. S. Navy has removed a number of military Staff Members from its hospital ship docked in los angeles. 126 crew members have been removed from the mercy and are under quarantine at a nearby base. Seven are confirmed positive for the coronavirus. The ship is in l. A. To support hospitals and has been caring for nontran19 patients from at least a dozen area hospitals. The cdc released a report today saying more than 9000 healthcare workers have contracted covid19. The reporters say most are female, white and have a median age of 42. Healthcare workers are hospitals hospitalized at a lower rate than others in at least 27. Across all age group. The general population, most deaths are people 65 and older. A bay Area Private School has donated a truck of their personal protective equipment to First Responders at two area hospitals. Stratford schools in sunnyvale, morgan hill, palo alto, san bruno and san jose delivered mass gloves and hand sanitizer. The supplies went to make hospital in san jose and oakland. School officials said they made donations to a number of other bay area hospitals and the Kaiser Hospital in los angeles. You noticed the warmth out there today . Temperatures in the record range. We had 80 degrees at the Oakland Airport today, that breaks the old record of 79. Temperatures generally today were a good 5 to 10 degrees above the average. I will show you that coming up here. Santa rosa would normally be 69 today santa rosa was 82 degrees. San jose 78 degrees, normally 69. A big numbers. He felt current temperatures at seven or eight oclock at night were in the 60s and 70s and some warmer spots. These are some more highs from today, well above the average. Tomorrow is going to follow suit, tomorrow will be very similar to what we had today. That will finish up with clear skies of ghost, coastal fog not a thing tomorrow. But tomorrow will be a day just like today, changes coming as we get there at the end of this week with some clouds and a slight chance of a shower and early next week. Maybe some snow flurries in the mountains. Big changes coming, but not tomorrow. I will see you back with the details. A special team of firefighters with a unique mission. Coming up tonight at 10 30, when agencies new Pandemic Response unit and whats being done to keep the First Responders say. First, a video message from former president obama as he endorses joe biden for president and gives the nod to progressives. Everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. Im so proud to endorse joe biden for president of the united states. Democratic hopeful joe biden that the parties most important endorsement today. Former president barack obama offered his support one day after progressive senator Bernie Sanders did the same. Ktvus pol