Aggressive strategy is working to battle continues, but the data suggested nationwide we have passed. The peak horn new cases. Today President Trump says guidelines to reopen the country are coming tomorrow afternoon. Thank you for joining us tonight at 8 oclock im grant lotus. And im Vicki Liviakis this as the president signals america might be past the pandemic peak. But despite the bending of the National Curve different areas are on different timelines today, los angeles reported record deaths and in new york your now required to wear a mask or Face Covering while in public. Meanwhile. Were up to 5600 confirmed cases of covid19 and today, San Francisco county reported. 2 new deaths in 26 2 cases, Alameda County reporting 13 new deaths today to go along with 74 new cases, Contra Costa County 2 additional deaths 15 new cases, 5 more people have died in Santa Clara County where there are 127 new cases and in Solano County there is one new case and tonight there are more than 2 million confirmed cases of covid19. In the world and more than 134,000 deaths status according to Johns Hopkins university. In the United States there are more than 637,000 cases and over 28. 1000 deaths and in california. There are more than 26,000 cases with more than 865 deaths and tonight, california is the first state in the country to offer covid19 relief checks to undocumented immigrants the state is also expanding just who is eligible for Unemployment Benefits. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the latest efforts to help the workforce city governor Gavin Newsome announcing undocumented immigrants will get direct Disaster Relief payments amid californias covid19 crisis regardless of your status documented or an documented there are people in need new someones day said individual workers will get 500 or up to 1000 per family the million effort is a blend of state and philanthropic funding undocumented immigrants make up 10 of califo of millions of californians today in the healthcare sector in the agriculture and food sector in the manufacturing and Logistics Sector and in the construction sector. Theres an over representation of people without documentation newson also announced independent contractors and gig workers can apply for Unemployment Benefits under a new state plan. The governor says Gig Companies will have to provide wage information to the state for their employees to be eligible. The Program Launches april 28th, we are going to be turning around payments. Within 24 to 48 hours. So those first payments should be out by april 30th wednesday said of announcement comes as california hits 2. 7 million unemployment claims. Newsome is taking executive action to increase hours and and hundreds of staff to Californias Employment Development Department to handle those claims. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news today, San Francisco mayor london breed officially announced a program that the city hopes will help track and prevent the spread of covid19. Harpers k roni has details. Its called Contact Tracing and the city of San Francisco hopes it will be a major step both in getting through shelter in place and jump starting life afterwards. We can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is to chase down all of those people. And to either help them if they are covid and get them into quarantine or to basically give them the relief that they are not infected. The program has already begun with quick expansion plan, thanks to a partnership between the City Department of health and ucsf but what exactly is contacttracing the basic principle that we employ to manage mange Infectious Diseases see at a team of trained professionals get on the phone and trying to understand for many individuals suffering from covid19 what it says is why when when the symptoms develop so that we can understand who they may have come into contact with it then trained contact tracers which includes ucsf medical students in City Employees reach out to all potential close contacts of the patient to provide in take testing capabilities and quarantine support. This last point because potential contacts are asked to quarantine for 14 days these. Element of the responses completely crucial is no better way to ring fence. The epidemic. And the messaging to those that greatest risk that they need to ucsf and the city stress that the process is completely free and confidential contract racers will never ask for Bank InformationSocial Security or immigration status, reporting in San Francisco, kate rooney kron 4 news and big news today we now know it is likely that there will not be any concerts or sporting events in los angeles until 2021 this afternoon. Las mayor Eric Garcetti said large gatherings are not expected to resume in that city until next year. Once theres a vaccine. Difficult to imagine us getting together in the thousands anytime soon. So i think we should be prepared for that this year. Mayor garcetti says until there is either a vaccine or some sort of pharmaceutical intervention or widespread herd immunity Large Group Gatherings will not be safe car cities assessment underscores just how far some parts of the u. S. Are from returning to normal life as President Trump pushes too reopen the economy by the beginning of mad. In san jose a temporary moratorium on residential evictions has now been extended flood has details including a plan that could also freeze rent hikes. Anyone who has lost income is no longer able to pay rent we want to do everything we can to keep them housed, san jose mayor sam liccardo last month announced and the city Council Agreed to place a temporary moratorium on the eviction of residents who cant pay their rent because of lost wages due to the coronavirus pandemic now the moratorium has been extended to may 31st, i spoke with the mayor today on zoom. We know that the more time on the nations is helping because cause some families are really hanging on by its threat right now, and right now were buying them time or cheap around in their homes. The mayor says the city council will be considering a plan to freeze the red for the rest of the year for thousands of rental units across town. But landlords remind the city they too have bills to pay says the California Apartment Association is joshua howard. But the real issue thats not being talked about is what about these owners who are going without rent and could be going without rent for several months. While their residents are looking for a new job or recovering from the virus. And thats where the government needs to step in and provide mortgage relief to rental Property Owners to help them pay their bills if approved the emergency ordinance would temporarily freeze ranson about 39,000 rent stabilized apartments and mobile homes built before 1979. Single family homes and most newer apartments are exempt. We know a lot of residents are going to and we want to see how we can reduce that burden officer to go she out comes out well forgive some debt background and allow for came in and the remainder of her time smaller socalled mom and pop landlords say rent increases are needed to pay their mortgages. Advocates say landlords are willing to go along with the city to a point but are calling for some flexibility says joshua howard. Any renter who feels theyre having a tough time needs to contact their landlord and work out a solution that can benefit the renter and benefit the property owner. Its important that when these agreements are reached if theres reasonable time frames for the the for trent to be repaid in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Today 2 new Elementary Schools in San Francisco are a part of that grab and go meal programs longfellow and Eldorado Elementary School join a list of 17 others in the San FranciscoUnified School District that have already been serving nutritious food to Students Learning from home, the schools serve to go meals that will last or child all week. They serve them up on mondays and wednesdays from 11 to noon with additional pantry hours at some schools. They serve 3 meals per day with fresh fruit, vegetables and milk and no identification or proof of School Enrollment is required for pickup, adults can now also pick up meals for children without a child president. His list of schools, participating is on our website kron 4 dot com. And tomorrow is kron fours Food Bank Day will have reporters live it several food banks across the bay area and were encouraging everyone who is able to. Donate to the cause if youd like to help out you visit any of these organizations website you see on your screen. Also coming up bracing for a coronavirus patients surge, yes, even now how californias National Guard is helping sonoma state. Prepare more housing. And a call to reinstate captain Brett Crozier why some california lawmakers say. He was wrongfully removed from duty and 11 people have died at one nursing home in the east bay with the wife of one of the patients had to say about her husbands treatment. As we head to break, heres a look at the latest coronavirus cases and deaths here in the bay area. Keep it here more news right after tonight the Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office confirms it has launched an investigation into a Skilled Nursing facility in hayward thats after the Health Department announced that at least 11 people there. Have died from the coronavirus our first felecia call talk to the wife of one of the patients. Its main says her husband of 27 years doctor Marshall Mintz men had been in and out of hospitals and the gateway care and Rehabilitation Center in hayward since january when he had surgery to remove a brain tumor. Kelly says its man was recovering well until recently, he fell ill with pneumonia. Then about 2 weeks ago, he tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or covid19 but he did not have a fever. Tuesday, though he struggled to breathe. And later died from the he was doing okay before that the Alameda CountyCoroners Office has not released an official cause of death. Its man believes her husband was infected at the care center. As of tuesday, 65 residents and staff had tested positive for covid19 11 residents, including its men have died. The deaths prompting the county Health Officer to issue an order effective tuesday requiring all license longterm care and Skilled Nursing facilities to change their practices to stop the spread of the virus. Oh my welcome to Fingerprint Services of america doctor makes money is 73 years later he wont prince services of and was a member of the board of trustees for the chabot las piscinas Community College district. He word Council Member marc salinas knew him for 20 years. Salinas is chair of the friends of Chabot College foundation, the really walk the walk and talked the talk when it came to. Equity at in california Community Colleges. He supported. Students. To the very end deli mix men says she misses her husband and supports an investigation into gateway. The Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office is looking into when reached over the phone a gateway manager telling kron 4 that their nurses are putting their lives on the line for their patients and that the negative perception of their operation is unfair felipe should all kron 4 news. In the north bay members of the california National Guard are here at Sonoma State University kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us how theyre helping to convert some vacant buildings into housing for potential coronavirus patients. In looking at members of the 3. 49 Quartermaster Company and National Guard troops out of the as they helped set up cots inside one of 2 gymnasiums on the sonoma state campus one will be set up for patients who have mild symptoms one little bit more moderate symptoms. And so we have a capacity for about i think a 110 cars are being set up there several 100 dorm rooms vacant since the campus which to Remote Learning back in march are also being converted and then theres going to be used for those patients who were waiting for test results or are at risk some will be those and that 65 and the fog age group who are. Not a position to be self a quarantine done and need a place to stay after the work here is done sonoma state will be ready for 500 plus patients overseen by the countys Health Services department. This alternative care site is part of governor Gavin Newsoms push for 60,000 beds across the state for Surge Capacity if we dont use these bags all the better, but its better to be here that not to the county has contracted the space for 30 days with an option to extend, but because so much is unknown about this virus. Its hard to say how long the beds here will be needed. So we really dont know whether this is going to be for 30 days 3 months maybe more the buildings being used as the alternative care site will be fenced off and are in a more secluded part of the campus. So the patients can be kept at a safe distance from those still working here for the 150 students still living here. The first group of patients are expected to move into Sonoma State University is sometime next week. Maureen kelly kron 4 means. Your 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at San Franciscos embarcadero just a gorgeous shade of blue there as we hit the twilight hour and we see the bay bridge all lit up by the way vicki not really a a party scenario in the city tonight, but it is San Franciscos, 100 and 70th birthday, yeah, i dont think will be thrown a huge bash, but a happy birthday San Francisco joining us now is kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez with your forecast risa. Either going to kiev San Francisco looking great as always and just a friendly reminder today is wednesday april 15. We like to remind you for those of you have lost track of the days it kind of feels like groundhog day every day because of this lockdown and lets take a look at your 4 zone forecast temperatures today noticeably cooler but were still a few degrees above average along the coast, even with our 5 to 10 degree cool down so remain about 5 to 8 degrees above average and thanks to those 80s and when we were actually about 10 to 15 degrees above normal for most of our inland spots and its looking a lot more like june than april out there because of the gloomy weather and thats thanks to the return of that arent sure was that cool sea breeze cooling down temperatures along the coast and along the bay in the 50s widespread 60s though as you make your way inland but thanks to that blanket of cloud cover overnight lows will actually be on the warmer side seeing a lot widespread low 50s and only cooling down into the upper 40s along the coast, specifically for those of you in the north bay as well tomorrows daytime highs cooling down 5 to 10 degrees. So were going to be near average along the coast widespread low 60s and mid 60s throughout the San Francisco peninsula with mid to upper 60s as you make your way along the bay but still about 5 degrees above average for most of our interior valleys down into the mid 70s. So enjoy those pleasant temperatures there stormtracker or dry conditions and were going to continue with his drying and cooling trend for the next couple of days and storms will try to make its way into the bay area on friday and saturday, but overall looks like will really just see coastal drizzle on saturday with some light rain chances on monday, so light scattered hit or miss showers but if monday storm taps into subtropical moisture out in the pacific we should get some much needed rain into the bay area bring us some widespread rain so keeping our fingers crossed or monday, but then after monday drying out warming up and clearing out on tuesday and wednesday of next week ran back to you. Thanks so much mabrisa still ahead tonight if you wait your stimulus check you are not alone will tell you where you can track that process online and calls to reinstate captain Brett Crozier whats next for the bay area native. The bay area native. After being wow im original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute. Better than you wherever drama pops off pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Outbreak onboard his Aircraft Carrier captain Brett Crozier was relieved of his duty. Navy officials said the santa rosa native raised unnecessary alarm bells and didnt follow the proper chain of command. But as kron fours joe khaleel reports now from washington, many lawmakers think he was treated unfairly. Nearly 2 weeks after captain Brett Crozier was relieved of his duty captain crozier was absolutely. And what he did he was putting his sailors first lawmakers on the House Armed ServicesCommittee Say crozier should be reinstated as commander of the uss Theodore Roosevelt i think the on the ship is touch that unless she were to reinstate him. He would have to. Into some wholesale changes. Congresswoman jackie spear says croziers distress letter and emails to naval officials which were leaked to the public were not grounds to dismiss him i want all of those shes calling for an independent Inspector General to look into why croziers original request for help were ignored congressman John Garamendi says he believes croziers removal was political high believing likely actually got instructions from the fire that shell acting Navy Secretary thomas, modly fired crozier and then resigned himself after reporting a profanitylaced tirade that he gave to sailors on board, the uss Theodore Roosevelt went viral and defense secretary mark esper says the navy launched an official inquiry of the investigation was conducted at my my direction esper said the chief of Naval Operations will look into how the virus got onto the ship and captain croziers response. I dont know where well go or what with where it will take us but. I expect it will be comprehensive. Congresswoman spear also wants to know what types of personal protective equipment and testing should be mandatory on all naval ships in washington, im joe khaleel. Breaking down coronavirus this will examine a rumor that suggest microwaving your mail could protect you from the virus. Careful. Plus spending your stimulus check what Financial Experts step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. All across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses. Youre one of the people whos already received your stimulus check experts say you might want to think before you start spending it hard as that might be reporter Daniel Grossman explained. If you woke up this morning and saw some extra money in your bank account hold on there are some things you should know before you go and spend all that money. I put a poland twitter at of 250 people 48 say they would say that. 37 say they would pay their bills i think right now folks need to just take a deep breath and try to get everything laid out in front of goal. Jamie maine is is a Financial Planner who has some tips for you before making those decisions. He says first dont immediately pay that bill thats been sitting there you instead determine are any of those folks willing to work with them in terms of delaying their pain Utility Companies landlords Insurance Companies may all be offering some kind of rebates discounts or fees waived because of this pandemic he just have to ask recognize that this is all unchartered territory for all of us in the long run 1200 is not a lot of money. Its a temporary fix to what could be a longterm problem and so what might be safer. Planet today is this extends longer than any of us anticipated. We could be faced with some tougher decisions down the road so i would really encourage people dont have to spend that right now. The holdout in their cash reserves and be prepared for what may be coming down the road later. And according to jamie know this payment will not be tax next year plus if you owe the irs, those funds will not be taken out either try not to spend it until you absolutely have to. So in this time of uncertainty just remember cash is always king. That was Daniel Grossman reporting for us tonight and today House Speaker nancy pelosi called the decision to include President Trumps name on the stimulus checks, shameful his signature will appear on the memo line of those checks before that decision. Some of the checks were expected to take up to 20 weeks to arrive to people in that last story had direct deposit. But the first paper checks are going to be mailed out in early may according to the irs. But now 2 Senior Treasury Department officials are telling the washington post. The decision to include the president s signature will set back the delivery dates. A few additional days, the irs and the president insists there will be no additional delay to get his john hancock on the checks. Well, i dont know too much about it but i understand my name is there. I dont know where theyre going how theyre going i do understand its not delaying anything and im satisfied with that i dont imagine its a big game should people be very happy to get a big fat beautiful check in my name is on it. If you are not currently set up to receive your payment electronically through direct deposit. You can enter your Bank Information on the irs web site that will speed up the process and if youre still waiting for your stimulus check there is now way to track when it will appear in your account, the irs as an online tool here. It is called get my payment which launched yesterday and is available on the irs website i have to do is enter information like your Social Security number date of birth and mailing address. Life and the fire service has changed a lot but everybodys got to understanding the big picture of what that means keeping each other help each yourself helping your family healthy. So i santa rosa is one of the first cities in california to have a Pandemic Response unit up and running within its fire department. The unit will respond to and treat coronavirus patients are people who are experiencing those kinds of symptoms as kron fours michelle kingston explains the units goal is to minimize the potential spread of the virus within the department and throughout the community. This is the Pandemic Response unit now out on the streets of santa rosa responding to calls where people are experiencing symptoms or have Coronavirus Senate was designed primarily to find a better way to respond to a pandemic or suspected endemic patients. And anybody who like sometimes anybody would call cost type symptoms that are confirmed or not of having so that. In order to protect our personnel better and in turn what that does is protect the Community Better because were keeping our workforce, healthy thats one of the first in the state and school is to help minimize the spread of the virus throughout the community and within the department so far just one Santa Rosa Fire Department employee has tested positive for coronavirus Officials Say that employee contracted the virus while traveling in has not yet returned to work but is doing very well weve been very fortunate that all the measures that we put into place. And following the cdc state and county been very fortunate to replace all the Pandemic Response unit responds to calls alongside other fire crews and vehicles equipped with specialized personal protective equipment and advanced life support here. It is staffed by one paramedic in one mt in available all day every day they can go into a home or a phila t that as a suspected or a covid19 creation. Could be completely encapsulated so that sort of the big difference is that we dont have the ability to do every piece of equipment. But we have the ability for this crew to have that equipment santa rosa fire Department Officials say employees temperatures are taking every single day when they start their ships and that the stations are cleaned at least 3 times a day. All the trucks and equipment are cleaned every single time they returned from a call. Michelle kingston kron 4 news. When the time as we check on the 4 zone forecast taking a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge on this what is a vicki had went a hump day confirmation a meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez joining us now with a look ahead at the rest of the week presa. Either grande and nicki yeah lets take a live look outside we are noticing that increasing that deepening marine layer out their cooling down temperatures pretty significantly widespread 50s and 60s turning into the 40s and 50s for overnight lows. So it is going to be warmer tonight, thanks to that blanket of cloud cover during the overnight hours but tomorrows daytime highs are going to notice that stronger sea breeze cooling down temperatures even more to near average for downtown San Francisco 64 degrees happened they also in the mid 60s. We will wake up to a lot of cloud cover but expect some clearing by the afternoon burlingame 65 degrees in south San Francisco warming up into the low 60s for you upper 60s for foster city, but 59 degrees for your thursday afternoon highs, the widespread low to mid 70s in the south bay, san jose 75 degrees has no pete us and as we head into the east bay we are going to notice overall wind speeds on the breezy side 15 Miles Per Hour less dublin, 74 degrees union city 72 degrees with the widespread mid to upper 60s dropping east bay shoreline 63 degrees a piece for richmond and berkeley but oakland warming up to 69 degrees. So we are going to be just 2 degrees above average there but pleasant temperatures as you make your way into been what a mid 70s for napa and santa rose as well thanks to the return of that on shore flow but i know my allergies have been acting up today and its because were noticing medium to high levels of these top 3 allergens mold green grasses can expect the same tomorrow as well slight rain chances on monday. But overall looking like a dry outlook for tuesday and wednesday of next week back to you grant vicki. I thank you theresa. Still ahead tonight what might sports look like this summer. If we have sports this summer well take a look at the different plans some leagues are working on as we speak and there might be more healthcare workers infected with covid19 than experts previously thought well tell you why the cow might be underestimated and separating facts from fiction we take a look at a room or a rumor that you can disinfect your mail by popping it in the microwave for a few seco 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. Get through this pandemic it is important of course to rumors and myths about the coronavirus and there are so many so tonight, steve spray sure gives us a look at that. Claim that microwaving your mail can kill the virus. When it comes its people love to cite pseudoscience and heres one thats been cooked up. Based on a misunderstanding of technology. Heres the myth you need to microwave your mail to kill the covid19 virus. Now some people are concerned their mail might be infected with the coronavirus but there are currently no cases of anybody getting the virus from their mail. There are various estimates about how long the virus can survive on various surfaces and on paper some Research Says it will survive on paper just a couple of minutes, others say up to 5 days. But you have to realize before your mail ever reaches your home it goes through several days of delivery including machine processing. Now before you go tossing your mail in the microwave you need to understand how microwave ovens work. They use electromagnetic radiation to heat food and they dont eat food evenly now cooking something long enough and a high enough temperature can kill pathogens like covid19 but mail is not food and you cant cook it microwaves were built to heat food and beverages and there are some things like paper which should never be microwaved because of the danger of fire additionally there are no set standards for using a microwave to disinfect any kind of object. So lets just stamp out the myth that your microwave oven can disinfect your mail working for you, im consumer investigator states pressure. So now you know. Next a sports fans are missing their teams for sure, but how soon could they be able to watch a game. Were going to take a look at what sports might look like this summer and a member of the as is using his time off during the pandemic its coming through for First Responders in the east bay mark carpenter the best way to predict the future is to create it and change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Time now for government officials and medical experts use this time to figure out a clear path to reopening the country. Theres also a conversation on how to bring back sports. The mayor of los angeles said today that he does not expect any large gatherings including sporting events until 2021. But doctor Anthony Fauci thinks games can happen again. However any much different capacity of the countrys most prominent medical voice on the virus conducted in interview via snapchat this afternoon discussed what would it take to get leagues back up and running this comes just a day after President Trump said hell be working with all the pro sports commissioners to come up with a plan decide the best time to restart. Tonight reports emerge of the first cases surrounding an active nfl player. According to fox sports. Its heli rams a center brian allen. Doctor fauci says its feasible for sports return in the next few months but under very strict guidelines in mtv news. You think those sports seasons are in jeopardy are going to have college football. This fall is a way of and nobody comes to the stadium put them in big hotels, you know wherever you want to play keep them very well surveilled him surveillance but have them tested like every week and make sure they dont wind up infecting each other with their family and just let them play this season. Meanwhile back in oakland as outfielder ramon a lorry doing some great work for the citys First Responders today, providing hundreds of meals for those at the Kaiser PermanenteMedical Center in all 24 of oakland fire departments, the food courtesy of brendas oakland and sunny side catering and this gets in a statement lori calls oakland, a second home and wanted to do his part to thank those were keeping us safe every day. And finally warriors coowner peter guber with a huge assist for those in need during the pandemic the teams executive chairman is auctioning off his Championship Ring from the 2015 season. It will donate the proceeds to Food Assistance programs centered on covid19 relief efforts. Its part of the all in a challenge spearheaded by fanatics which is enlisting celebrities, teams and athletes to donate items and experiences. The 49 ers are also taking park offering unprecedented team access on a game day. Cougars rain. Currently listed at 50,000 grant vicki back to you that will buy it. A fun, good for him that as we adjust to life during this pandemic there have been so many suggestions. In terms of exactly how we should move forward and one idea is resuming professional sports without any fans in attendance. Conference jason dumas 6 floors this option with a professional basketball player who has played both in the nba and overseas. Pro sports without fans school that is a real possibility as we look to get into the next phase of the current Global Pandemic commissioner, a basketball player dante green said it would definitely take some adjustment this its lot of 3 ultimately athletes will have to look past the fan aspect and get back to why did they started playing their respective sport in the first for most yet to be set. Anybody says anything you know where events. For. Right. Also you know. How a green feel about his own safety if it were deemed that it wasnt safe enough for the you know to see in end. In San Francisco, im jason dumas scrum for news. And tonight more than 9,000 of the Nations Health care workers have become infected by the coronavirus now thats according to the first cdc report on the issue but the number is likely an underestimate thats because most reports of covid19 cases do not include whether the person works in health care. The cdc says that more than half of those Health Care Workers got infected on the job. But 90 of them were not hospitalized the cdc official says Health Workers did not realize at first just how quickly people without symptoms can spread the disease. Tonight, we know Northern California victims of the 2017 28 wildfires caused by pg and e will have at least 19 million siphon off a billion fund for their losses. A bankruptcy judge has said that hell approve that move thats after pg and e and a committee representing the victims agreed on a budget for administering the fund. To thousands of people some had feared that because of the pandemic victims. We never see any of that settlement money. California dmv is renewing the deadline extension for all drivers licenses that are expiring between now. And may so if your license expired in march or if it expires this month or in may you dont need to worry about it at least for now your license will be extended automatically and the dmv says it is notified Law Enforcement you will not get a new drivers license or extension the mail. But you can ask for a free temporary extension card on the dmv website. Already is in place a 120 day renewal extension that is for drivers. 70 years old and older. Tonight u 2 which is based here in the bay area has launched a new tool to help Small Businesses during the pandemic its a free video builder aimed at helping companies that dont have the resources to create their own videos from scratch. The tool has lots of layout and options to make customized videos that are either 6 or 15 seconds long to a sign up businesses just need a google account or you to the count. Tonight, pork and beef producers are asking for help from the federal government, the National PorkProducers Council says farmers are in trouble lots of Meat Processing plants across the country are closed right now because of the pandemic in they have a surplus of live animals to house. Theyre hoping the u. S. Department of agriculture will buy up lots of neat Livestock Farmers also want details on how the recently passed stimulus bill can help them. Congress set aside money for agriculture producers but it is unclear. What exactly the usda. Well do with it. Open houses to limited private showings caravans to virtual tour is this is a new normal when it comes to finding your new home in these times of physical distancing to stay relevant to Real Estate Industry is having to make some adjustments Mandy Gaither has more in todays consumer watch. With social distancing guidelines and stay at home orders across most of the country Real Estate Agents have had to adjust to keep business going when im eating my clients out during a disinfecting what disaffected whites. Globe certain as a courtesy to my clients booties for there for their shoes, one of the biggest adjustment for land and we love her and broke her terrance writes as he dealing with the type of buyer hes meeting because of the social distancing guidelines now when im working with the buyer it has to be a situation where theyre already prequalified so that you know we are moving with purpose. Virtual home tours and live video chat tours are also being pushed. If youre ready to move forward with the transaction but are worried you or a loved one might get sick. Some groups are offering a solution the Georgia Association of realtors has come up with a covid19 special stipulation to put in the contract. But wright says there are 2 most important things potential buyers need to be aware of right now number one thing would be. Job security do you feel that your job is secure secondly your your individual personal finances and for potential sellers speak with a real estate you know be ready to to entertain offers that you may not be willing to entertain 6 months to 12 months ago for consumer watch im Mandy Gaither. Making a difference during the covid19 pandemic a group of High School Students from belmont are saying as this Public Health crisis continues. Kron 4 is celebrating local bay area heroes doing their part during the pandemic and tonight we get to tell you about a group of belmont students making a difference since they are all learning from home Group Students from. Carmen high school decided to use their free time to make big goods for First Responders and healthcare workers. Dogs obviously chipping in its called a baking for First Responders and they say their way of saying thank you and now theyre working to get more friends of theirs involved posting on social media asking for others to join in and participate last week the group delivered baked goods to local hospitals. Fire departments, police departments, they also stopped by stanford and ucsf. You can spot light someone making a difference in your community we have a new section. On our website, its called kron 4 heroes. All you have to do is fill out a short form to let us know about your hero. You can find the page on kron 4 dot com. And that wraps up kron 4 news at a grand i will be back at the top of the hour with kron 4 news at 9. Domestic violence is on the rise during the shelterinplace orders and because of those restrictions many victims dont know where to go for help. Coming up what one organization is doing to ensure that it can continue helping survivors during the pandemic and a new covid19 testing location is up and running and one could be coming to your city soon details on the Coronavirus Mobile testing site. They can give you results on the same day those stories and much more just minutes away on kron 4 news at night. Wow im original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute. Better than you wherever drama pops off pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Youre watching kron 4 news. Hes encouraging developments have put sent a very strong position to finalize guidelines for states on reopening the country. Which will be announcing were going to be. Talking about that tomorrow. Now 9 President Trump saying we are past the peak of coronavirus cases in this country and he says hes ready to reveal details about how were going to get the economy up and running again. Thank you for joining us tonight at 9 oclock im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the president made that announcement this afternoon during the Coronavirus Task force briefing. Despite pushback from governors all across the country on his plan to possibly reopen by may 1st here in the bay area. More than 5600 confirmed cases of covid19 in today,