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There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. San francisco has just missed out on this system. San jose did well. Santa rosa did not. Only. 05. Theres nothing showing up on our extended out look that shows anything dropping in, similar to what we had. 45 to 50 of normal. Thats the way its been this year. I just dont think were making up any ground. Hillsboro, also in the 30s. Still rain coming back, overmendocino county, northern sonoma, also from Solano County, back over toward napa, over to marksrrin. It takes that moisture and the flow around thats counterclockwise, takes that moisture, sends it back over to us, which is why were still in line for light rain, scattered showers today. Most of this, though, will be focused toward the south. Still maybe a quarter of an inch can sneak out. Thunderstorm activity, id say santa cruz south looks like the better opportunity today. Sun, sun, showers, fog gives way to 50s, 60s on the temps. After today, the rain will start to move south. The cloud cover will filter in through about thursday. That looks better friday into the weekend, you guys. Thank you, steve. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care this morning, battling covid19. We have the latest on his condition and whos taking over some of his duties. How graduating students were able to walk across the stage to get their diplomas while still staying safe. 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. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Nice request there, requested by deborah torre. Thank you very much. Shes been working at a hospital, and they have mornings on 2 on. I love that. If you want to send us your request, do that. Do that by using facebook, instagram. Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit at a hospital in london. Johnson went to the hospital on sunday, 10 days after he was diagnosed with coronavirus. He was mutual fund to intensive care yesterday after his condition worsened. According to the British Government, he is not on a ventilator, but continues to have a high temperature. One british doctor said its unusual for someone with coronavirus to still have a fever after 7 days. Nice that the patient that temperature has gone by day 6 or 7. Some possibly going on longer. But that is always a sort of red flag to us to ask the question, is this actually worsening . Is this a severe illness . Is this Something Else going on . Prime minister johnson is 55 years old. New this morning, japans Prime Minister declared a state of emergency today to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. Shinzo abe made the declaration in tokyo. The Prime Minister urged people to exercise social distancing, but said basic Economic Activity will continue. Some people are criticizing as the number of cases is increasing. Robots replaced students during one virtual Graduation Ceremony in tokyo. Japan is among the many countries that have banned all large gatherings due to the pandemic. But some creative students at one Business School still managed to take a virtual walk to pick up their diplomas with the help of robots. Students were able to remotely control the robots from their computers at home. You may have noticed all the hand washing and sanitizing weve been doing is definitely reducing our chances of catching the coronavirus, but it is also doing a number on your hands, and they are very likely dry. Dermatologists say they are seeing more and more cases of dermatitis, because natural oils are being stripped away. A persons skin can turn red and crack before developing painful source. The problem is worse for those suffering from dermatitis. Moisturizers are recommended. A road to minute, well sho people in santa rosas coffee park neighborhood are being impacted as they are still trying to rebuild from devastating wildfires. And a warning from police about scammers trying to take advantage of people during the shelterinplace orders. When we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering current chevy owners onstar crisis assist services and complimentary wifi data. To help keep you on the road, the Chevy Certified Service experts are here and ready to help if you require parts, maintenance or repairs. You can also still shop and schedule your Service Appointment online. Its just our way of doing our part. Moves like these need pampers cruisers 360 fit your Service Appointment online. With an ultrastretchy waistband and 360 fit that adapts to every wild move plus up to 12 hours of pampers protection so anything your wild child does. The heroic doctors and nurses on the front lines. The 7,000 cigna clinicians beside them. And everyone staying home to protect others. We will get through this together. Eveso we can stillg a answer your calls. Now. And everyone staying home to protect others. 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. This is mornings on 2. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave florren. Good morning. If 7 is your lucky number, youre in luck today. It is the 7th of april. It is going to warm up, which dave and steve, i know you like as well. A little bit. More so by the weekend for sure. We will have temperatures today, the heavy rain looks like it is probably out of the picture, but not completely. There are a lot of reports of fog this morning. Could get some thunderstorms. I would think san jose south, your better opportunity closer the low, which is moving down the coast. Still 30s and 40s. San jose 40, livermore 37, mix of fog, sun and clouds. Golden gate park is 44. Northeast breeze, not much, but the pressure is rising. 009. It was way down last couple of days. Look at that line. Back into parts of mendocino county. Same can be cede from Solano County. A little bit in sonoma and marin, all associated with that low, which is wobbling ever so slowly south. It will send in some bands, keeping some rain in the forecast. Some hit and miss shower activity will continue. Highs today, a little bit below average. By the weekend, theyll start to warm up. Lets head over to sal, see if theres anything going on. Good morning to you. There are some changes today, steve that i want to let people know about, and that would be some of the service cuts are happening on some of these lines. If you do ride uni, you will have fewer options because of the coronavirus. 7muni lines are being suspended today. There are other lines and similar routes with connections. Look at those on your screen, including the 5 fulton and the 21 hayes. We have been reporting on this. You can go to munis web site to see the essential lines that are running. I want to show you the san mateo bridge. The dunbarton bridge has a very serious injury accident that is blocking lanes westbound. Almost all of the lanes. There is a c alert. You can use the san mateo bridge instead. It is 7 32. Lets go back to the headlines. New this morning, a section of north 13th street is open once again after a driver drove her car into a pole. The crash happened5 00 this morning near jackson street. It does not appear the driver was seriously hurt, and have not said they suspect she commit any crimes. Now to our coronavirus coverage. New at 7 30, there are now more than 11,000 coronavirus deaths being reported in the United States. According to Johns Hopkins school of medicine, the in our country now stands at 11,008. The states of new york and new jersey have combined for nearly 6,000 of those deaths. Here in california, almost 400 people have died of the coronavirus. Governor Gavin Newsome says he expects the outbreak to peak in midmay, but added there are already indications the hospitalization rate is slowing down. Meantime, nearly 20,000 people in the u. S. Have recovered from the coronavirus. The governor is reopening hospitals. Theyre saving facilities from shutting dorian during this health crisis, including Seton Medical Center in dayton city. We worked first to secure seton hospital in northern california, a hospital that was no longer operating as it once was, 220 beds specifically now available at seton. Governor newsome said other facilities include the sleep train arena, former home of the Sacramento Kings basketball team. That arena could handle overflow hospital patients. The governor has also proposed reopening a california pacific Medical Center building on San Franciscos buchanan street that was closed last year. Your time is 7 34. Officials in Santa Clara County want to be extra prepared. Theyre searching for more ventilators, and theyre willing to pay for them. Ktvus allie rasmas, working from home. The state is doing this as theyre lending some of the existing ventilators to places around the country. Good morning, allie. Reporter good morning, dave. Santa clara has about 435 ventilators now. They are looking to add about 1,000 more, and they say this is an out of an effort of extra precaution, being extra prepared. Theyre not running low on ventilators just yet, but theyre looking at the weeks and days ahead. So Santa Clara County leaders say they are willing to pay for these ventilators even if they are broken, about a thousand dollars apiece for any broken or nolongerused ventilator. Blue energy will refurbish those ventilators, as they have with hundreds of the machines already, and theyre hoping that Surgical Centers, elder care facilities and colleges and universities may have old machines they are not using right now. Now, this comes at the same time that governor Gavin Newsome announced, as a state, california is going to lend about 500 ventilator to other hot spots across the country. They will go to nevada, maryland, washington, d. C. The governor says california is projected to reach its peak number of covid19 cases in may, while other states are hitting their peak now. We had our medical professionals look at this. We looked at our modeling. We look at conditions on the ground, and we feel confident in our capacity to meet the needs. If you have a ventilator, if its broken, ifs old, if it needs refurbish. , we would like to hear from you. The phone number in the front of this podium leads directly to our office, and we will coordinate everything to make sure that vent later gets to blue, where it can be refurbished and put to action on the front lines. Reporter now, california has about 11,000 ventilators on hand. Theyre expected to have another 500 today or tomorrow. Governor newsome said california can afford to share this valuable equipment. The Bay Area Company has the capacity to refurbish about 2,000 broken ventilators every week, and thats what they are working on. If someone has a ventilator here locally in the bay area and is willing to donate or sell it to Santa Clara County, we have the number to call to do just that on our web site. You can go to ktvu. Com. Reporting live, allie rasmas, ktvu, fox news. Fortynine people have tested positive for covid19. Contracosta county Health Officials say that one person has died at the arinda care center, but its unclear whether the coronavirus is to blame. Twentyseven residents and 22 Staff Members have tested positive for the coronavirus. More residents have been hospitalized. The rest remain at the facility. Residents who are not infected are being kept in separate rooms. Time is now 7 37. More bay area coronavirus testing sites are opening. The city of oakland has a drive through testing site in the parking lot of the Kaiser Convention Center on 10th street. Its only for people who work in directcare jobs, like health care, food service, and outreach for the homeless. We still recognize that testing is a very limited commodity. Were hoping that that will change any minute now. But while it is still so limited, we have to be strategic about who we offer these limited tests to. We believe that testing widespread testing is critical now to our efforts to contain this pandemic. Now, in San Francisco, theres a new drive and walkthrough testing site. Its right along the embarcadero. The citys First Responders, like law enforcement, firefighters, healthcare workers, and paramedics, who have symptoms of covid19, they will get top priority. San Francisco Police are warning the public about a growing number of scams involving people trying to cash in on the coronavirus crisis. San franciscos police chief, phil scott, said the scammers often come to peoples homes, posing as City Employees or local Health Agency workers. They then offer to help them while theyre sheltering in place. The city is not sending workers to issue masks, nor are we sending workers to residential areas to inspect homes. So if you do get a knock on your door regarding that, it is not a righteous person thats doing that. So call 911. Chief scott says that overall, crime is down in San Francisco during the coronavirus pandemic despite these scams. Time now, just about 7 39. Happening today, san mateo supervisors will consider helping struggling businesses. Supervisors will debate putting a temporary moratorium on inventions for businesses directly affected by the pandemic. If its approved, it would take effect immediately and continue through the end of may. And happening today, two San Jose City Council Members plan to introduce an emergency resolution to waive rent for at least 90 days. California right now has a moratorium on evictions through the month of may, but tenants rights advocates say more has to be done to protect people who have lost their jobs. San jose is one of the most expensive reasonnal markets in the country, and the two Council Members say tenants need more help. We know that many of our families will not be able to come up with the thousands of dollars needed to pay back rent that will accumulate by the end of the moratorium. Efforts to freeze residential rents are also underway in other parts of the country. Lets talk about the changing weather. Its been cold. Its been wet, and thats starting to change a little, steve. A little bit. One more day, and then i think well be on the drier side. Theres still some rain to the north, and were not done yet. But the intensity we saw the last couple of days, that is moving south as the low moves south as well. Fog, lot of fog. Sun, clouds, showers, light rain. Possible thundershowers. Some breaks in the cloud deck there, but still about partly cloudy, mostly cloudy. 37 livermore. Interesting temperatures to the north are up due to cloud cover compared to 24 hours ago, and light rain, theyre down to the south, due to a decrease in the rain and more breaks in the clouds. High 38, low this morning. We rang out another point of 7. As you say, it all helps. I do say that, gary. That is correct. Any little bit helps, certainly this late in the game. It was quite the show around sonoma, which had vail. Over to petaluma. That was the prime time, about 5 to 6 30 yesterday. But from nevada to petal,ma, 4 10ths. 2 3rd of an inch. Sfo, not much. It is easterly, as everything comes back in from the valley. 30s, 40s on the temps. All 37. Scotts valley is 37. Attau is 38. 35 san martin. Even coopertino at 37. The colder temps are on the peninsula towards the south bay. Well get the rain. Still moving through mendocino county, a little bit coming out of solano. That will be the forecast for today. Some of that moisture wraps around the low, which is drifting southward. It takes better dynamics with it, which is why were not looking for thunderstorms like yesterday. Certainly possible, but more to the south and to the north. Rain is winding down. Still some areas could pick up 2 10 of and inch. Taho still getting snow. Fresno, 3 4. Thats the focus over the next couple of days. That low heads toward southern california. Sunday, clouds, fog, showers, maybe an isolated shower or 2. 50s, 60s on the temps. The rain is moving south, but the cloud cover will hang around, wrapping around that low wednesday, thursday. Does look much better friday, into the weekend, you guys thank you, steve. 7 42. Hilton is teaming up with American Express to help essential workers. Find out what the company is offering to doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. Plus coming up at 8, well be talking live with libby shaft about a testing site in oakland and how a new grant will help local businesses affected by the pandemic. Then, on the 9s, cure rating an allstar event to fight coronavirus around the world. Well let you know what lady gaga is working on from home. Well be right back. Firefighters showed their support for workers, doctors, nurses, and so many more who have been working around the clock, and their efforts have showing results. Coronavirus deaths have leveled off there in recent days, and the hope is that the state of new york has reached its peak. Health Officials Say that social distancing appears to be working. If we do it right, youre going to see those who have not peaked, will not peak, and those who have peaked in new orleans and new york, new jersey, chicago, detroit, and others. Youre going to see the same thing if we keep our foot on the accelerator. Experts say, while new york may be reaching its peak, other states could still be weeks away. All right. Our time is 7 46. The coronavirus is affecting rebuilding efforts in the north bay. A north Bay Community of coffee park, where the tubs fire destroyed more than 1,400 homes, hundreds of homes are still in that rebuilding process. But several complications driven by the virus or the fear of it have sled the work down. All other construction not in firerebuilding zones is on an indefinite hold, adding to many of the problems for contractors, many workers and supply deliveries are staying home. We have cancellations from our glass companies. They decided not to come out and give us estimates. So yes, i would say thats a few subs out there that are not working at all. Theyre just shutting doors down. Now, contractors say trying to maintain social distancing on the job, thats slowing things down, too. Official Building Code inspections around the state are causing even more delays. Now some of the contractors say the work stoppage and the lack of inspections ulf california Wildfire Victims say the financial fall out from the coronavirus could complicate pg es 13 and a half billion settlement. Court documents filed this week show pg e may not be able to pay the full amount as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy protection this summer. That deadline was set so pg e could be in good shape to prepare for the coming wildfire season. Our time is 7 48. On wall street, stocks got off to a strong start this morning, but the gains were cut in half just in the last half hour. Pam cook is back now with todays dollars and cents. Good morning, pat. Good morning. Yeah, the markets now reacting to a new report this morning. Its from the Mortgage Bankers association, and it shows a Record Number of homeowners are now asking for forbearance. Now, that means a new agreement with your bank when you are unable to make your mortgage payment to avoid going into foreclosure. You work out a new payment plan. Now, before that report came out, the dow jones shot up about 900 points when the bell rang this morning on some optimism of the numbers of coronavirus cases in europe has slowed down a bit, that helping things out. But again, that report coming in, offsetting some of those gains. Right now, still about more than a 2 gain pretty much across the board except for the nasdaq. The nasdaq still up, but only about a half of a percent, to 79. 54. So getting closer to that 8,000 level there for the nasdaq. Mcdonalds is responding to the san jose workers who participated in a protest. They walk off the job yesterday, saying that the restaurant on first street failed to properly protect them during this very dangerous time. Mcdonalds has now issu statement, promising major changes in response to those complaints. They include regular Employee Wellness checks, increased cleanings, and tough new socialdistancing and handwashing guidelines. Well state, and local lawmakers are asking Santa Clara County Health Officials to reconsider a decision regarding selling recreational cannabis. Now, the countys Public Health officer announced only medical marijuana could be sold from dispensaries while Recreational Marijuana would have to be delivered. Members of the San Jose Council and the state Legislature Say that could force people to turn to the black market to buy marijuana, and hurt legal sellers in the long run. The lawmakers are encouraging the county to use social distancing requirements, like the ones used by the grocery stores. And Hilton Hotels and American Express are working together to help people on the front lines of this pandemic. From next monday until the end of may, the two companies will provide free hotel up to 1 million healthcare workers. Many doctors, nurses, and paramedics cannot go home, because their services are needed around the clock, or they dont want to potentially expose their families to the virus. Now, that free lodging is including doubletree and hilton garden inns. Thats a look at your dollars and sense. Lets go back to dave. Time now, 7 51. Rite aid plans to hire thousands of workers to deal with the jump in shoppers at its stores since the coronavirus outbreak started. Five thousand workers are expected to be hired around the country as quickly as possible, and that includes right here in the bay area. Rite aid said it will pay its current store employees an extra 2 an hour at least through may 2nd. And starting tomorrow, San Franciscos phils coffee, theyre going to reopen many of its cafes, but on a limited basis. Shops will only se who ordered coffee or pruc rough the company app. Phils coffee said its experimenting with this mobile only service. There are more than 30 phils coffee houses in the bay area. The Company Closed its cafes around the country last month. I opened the window at my home office. Looks kind of gray out there, steve. Great for some, very foggy for others. Yet the sun is out for a few. We have a mixed bag this morning, even some rain to the north. Cold again, 30s and 40s. The minimums by the weekend should be about done. But todays forecast has a mix of that, fog, sun, clouds. When that fog is there, its very thick. Still some rain in the forecast, and maybe some thunderstorms, but probably more to the south as the low moves south. Livermore 37. Yet theres some breaks in those clouds. Charles. With winery out in livermore valley. Forecast on the roofs. 38. Livermore wine country with clear blue skies. For some, yes, theres a break. For others, it is socked in. 36 in atherton. 39 foster city. Hillsboro is 38. Los alto is 35. Mend see know, northern sonoma, maybe northern napa county. All associated with that low off the central californian coast. Sends that moisture up to the sierra, back over toward us. Thats what were looking for today. Highs will be bit below average, be theyre slowly working their way up to average. I think it will take until friday or saturday. Still rain, but not nearly as much as as we over the weekend, and yesterday when it was lit up in sonoma and petaloma. Dont forget fog. Showers and light rain. 50s, 60s on your temps. Does look better. Still some clouds until thursday. Then warmer temps for your weekend. All right, steve. Time is 7 53. A major Car Insurance Company Giving back hundreds of millions of dollars to customers. Coming up at 8 00, why one major Insurance Company says policy holders should not have to pay full price. Plus well look at the most popular delivery items californians are buying while were staying indoors. First, were just a couple days away from easter sunday. After the break, well tell you where in the world is easter bunny is considered an essential worker. 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. We find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering current chevy owners onstar crisis assist services and complimentary wifi data. To help keep you on the road, the Chevy Certified Service experts are here and ready to help if you require parts, maintenance or repairs. You can also still shop and schedule your Service Appointment online. Its just our way of doing our part. One world leader is a windowless of essential employees in the country just in time for easter. New zealands Prime Minister announced the easter bunny has been cleared to work during the coronavirus pandemic she suggested families draw pictures of easter eggs to put in their windows for neighborhood egg hunts. She said the tooth fairy is an essential worker as well. Disneyland has guidelines for people who plan to visit Disneyland Park but were shut out by coronavirus. If you have tickets for a date to go to the park during the closure disney wont offer a refund but will instead extend how long it will honor your ticket. The details depend on what type of ticket you have and when disneyland and california adventure able to reopen. They are offering a choice to annual passholders who paid in full they can have their past expended for the amount of time parks are closed or request a refund. Congress is considering another round of stimulus payments for americans struggling financially as a result of the stayathome orders how the president is responding. Ensuring the stayathome efforts are working, what the woman behind the first bay area stayathome order is saying about the number of covid19 cases public transit. We will tell you what they are doing this week and what you can expect later today. From ktvu this is mornings on 2. Good morning, welcome back to mornings on 2 its tuesday, april 7. We are working from home and with rain coming and going we decided to go with a nice big bucket of chili last night. Homemade that my wife made it so good im gonna dive back into it before noontime today. Leftovers are the best a round of applause. I know your life is keeping you guys comfortable and well fed. I will say when its gray outside sometimes hunkering down and being cozy is the best thing. I would agree. My, did you get in on the thunderstorm activity . Reporter we did a little bit yesterday probably around 4 00 or so in the afternoon. It was good stuff. It removed moved over sonoma. It was a really good rain. There was some hail reported. There is fall, son there is fog and sunshine out there. I know 39 in livermore. 32 in santa rosa. We are looking for i do believe a little bit of fog to show. It will take us into the Morning Hours and left and we will start to see partly cloudy, partly sunny [ no audio ] instead of the bridge our crews are starting to get to the crash. They were stuck in traffic as well. Its the order of the day to get to the peninsula all the other ways are pretty light. Reporter happening today the grand princess cruise ship is scheduled to dock at San Franciscos pier 35 in order to refuel as well as restock. There is a couple of protest plan today based on the ships arrival. One is demanding the safety of dockworkers, and the other is also demanding the safety of all of those on board. Reporter i dont know if im on camera but we may be suffering the same fate we lost access to our news program. Im working to get mine back up. This is part of working from home and being your own ip it department. Things are slow here. I appreciate you bearing with us. I never had 10 seconds feel so long. It looks like were gonna have to go to the quickest of all breaks. This isnt firing up for me. Lets do that. I will meet you on the other side. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. 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. We find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering current chevy owners onstar crisis assist services and complimentary wifi data. To help keep you on the road, the Chevy Certified Service experts are here and ready to help if you require parts, maintenance or repairs. You can also still shop and schedule your Service Appointment online. Its just our way of doing our part. My wife never gets home in time to see little man go to sleep. Her bus stop is a mile away. I wish i could at least walk home with her. Im completing the 2020 census for my family. My response can impact how public funding is spent in my community. That could mean education for little man and a closer bus stop for her. relieved, loving hey. Hey. Shape your future. Start here. Complete the census at 2020census. Gov. Leaders hit hardest by coronavirus are taking new steps to obtain life saving medical equipment. Officials say theyre willing to pay 1000 to anyone who can provide a new, use, or broken ventilator. Currently the county has 435 ventilators the goal is to obtain 1000 more. Even if they are broken we are interested in ventilators because we want to make sure we can get as many as we can here to Santa Clara County. These are expensive high tech pieces of equipment. We know they are out there. Many eldercare facilities Surgical Centers and universities have ventilators that are currently not being used for the newly acquired ventilators would be distributed to 11 hospitals in the county. As weve been reporting Santa Clara County has the most coronavirus cases in the bay area with more than 1200 cases in Santa Clara County and 42 deaths there. As part of the total its now grown to 3800 cases in 97 deaths. The statewide death toll in california has climbed to 388 with more than 16,000 total cases. The United States now has more than 11,000 death and 300 69,000 total cases of coronavirus. The doctors who led the ace monitoring the latest information. Santa clara county Health Officer is trying to ensure the stayathome efforts are working. The past three weeks of mandating people to stay home is producing tangible results. The rate of increase is slowing down but has not started a downward trend. We are beginning to see some soft signs that are shelter in place order is protecting our healthcare system. The number of new cases per day is bouncing around a little bit. Its not zooming up. There is no oracle to turn to to tell us when this is going to end, and what the future will hold. The honest answer is, we dont know.  theres the danger of infection for anyone that goes outside and comes in contact with others. Numbers show most confirmed cases in Santa Clara County include people between the age of 31 and 60. A new round of service on the transit agencys effort to protect the safety of its drivers and passengers while adjusting to a decline in ridership. We are bringing you what passenger should expect to see starting today. We just got off of a zoom interview with a Union President who represents the law of workers. They are very happy with changes. You will see the interview and her 9 00 hour. A lot of these are being implemented this week. Roots are being cut started today. There was a signup alerting people to changes. We have a list of roots being temporarily suspended. If you take a look at your screen Officials Say these are the routes that dont see a lot of writers bus riders. They hope it workers tested pos today marks phase 2 in the change rollout. Phase 1 was yesterday where there was fewer operators and more delays. The next step comes tomorrow based three. The service will be cut even further to only include 17 lines. Director of transportation says they are streamlining service to essential network set of focus on high line and serving hospital neighborhoods where people have fewer options. Even though bus riders are down 90 there is 100,000 people who ride every day and rely on it to get around. In a News Conference yesterday they understand the decision isnt a popular one but they are working on ways to make it easier on people. The cuts are painful in every single neighborhood. If the response we have gotten from the public is any indication of success we have f to do this. We are working quickly on ways in which we can provide additional Subsidized Taxi Service and Paratransit Service to parts of the city where we have had to make the deepest cuts. You will hear from the transport workers Union President in our 9 00 our about his thoughts on these changes. We have a list of essential Network Lines that will be operating on our website www. Ktvu. Com. Br barked bi art is down 90 pure local shelter at home orders went into effect. Its good to see numbers like this. Early trading today with markets around the world are partnering on gains with a huge rally we saw yesterday. We could see dow jones is up this morning. By more than 2 points. Snp is almost theyre getting one and three quarters of a percent. Nasdaq small but three quarters of percent bump. Looking ahead to when economies will reopen after authorities shut down businesses and travel unissued stayathome orders and hope slowing the spread of coronavirus. The white house is considering another round of direct payments to people losing their jobs because of the shelter at home order in place. Last month you may remember Congress Passed a 2. 2 trillion relief package including a one time direct payment to millions of americans. Those payments still in route. Small businesses offer loans. The program is working despite some problems. It has gotten off to a tremendous start but there is some little glitches which by the way have been worked out in a positive way. What are we doing to make sure its taken care of. Its taking the measures is taken the measures. We may do a different system. We are gonna have to probably add more money to this to keep our Small Business is going. The House Speaker says another 1 trillion is needed for the next coronavirus rescue package. That needs to include more money for food assistance. She wants to put a bill together and take a houseboat sometime later this month. Stephanie grisham is out as White House Press secretary will be returning to the east wing as first lady chief of staff. She took over in june when Sarah Sanders left. She joined Trumps Campaign in 2015, and worked on the 2012, president ial campaign for mitt romney. There is no word yet on her replacement. Families are doing their best to stay at home. There is another threat on the rise. Domestic violence advocates say this is a difficult time for victims of abuse as they are stuck at home. Authorities from around the world are reportedly saying a surge in Domestic Violence cases. In the city of San Francisco the District Attorneys Office reports is jump 16 percent 60 . Victims need to reach out for help. If the choice was between staying in a place where you thought you were in imminent danger of being physically abused, or you were being systematically psychologically abused or financially abused and breaking the shelter in place order i would break the shelter in place order and go out and stop somebody and ask for help. Domestic violence advocates expect many victims who dont look for help during the lockdown will find help after the pandemic to avoid being stuck in a similar situation again. If you need to reach the national Domestic Violence hotline we have posted information on to the web link on our homepage at www. Ktvu. Com. Government officials are pointing to what can be considered a glimmer of hope in the nations epicenter for coronavirus pandemic. The efforts to stop the spread of covid19 across new york state appear to be working. There has been 3500 deaths in new york city alone. The states staggering deaths and hospitalization rates have started to save lives. The total number of hospitalizations are down. The icu admissions are down. The daily activations are down. Across new york state or at the limit. The are urging everyone to continue practicing social distancing and other Safety Measures to help prevent those facilities from being overwhelmed. New york city mayor, is denying report that is now in the New York Times that says the city is preparing to bury people who died from coronavirus on public land. The New York Times says city leaders are considering a contingency plan as the city overwhelms the morgues and creating mass graves in a public park. The mayor says there are no such plans. Lets talk about the weather. I know you and your family like to run into the mountain get into the snow. We cant do that now we have been told to stay home and not what we are doing. We are putting cozy socks to good use. Its a little chilly on the Hardwood Floors and are tolls are bundled up. Reporter for early april its really cold. We had a lot of areas in the 30s. Some areas are socked in with fog. There is summering out there but not like yesterday. There could be thunderstorms to the south and Santa Clara Valley. Yesterday was all about sonoma and petaluma. I will show you than just a second here. 39 in livermore. Some areas are clear and others are fog. From pioneer i wanted to share a photo my daughter sent yesterday from her home. Yes, there was some really good lightning strikes and some very good rain from bolivia. Sonoma had hail. My good friends sent a picture and the text. They said its hailing here and i said its pouring here. Redwood city got four tents for over 10. In the northeast is strong. Out of the north as High Pressure builds in with low pressure to the south. 30s for a few. 40s for others. Temperatures were cold this morning. East bay temperatures at 39. 36 and the valley. A lot of fog around their. Mendo Sonoma County as well. A little bit is trying to sneak in from Solano County over towards napa and back towards novato. Theres not much to that. The circulation is off to the south. It rotates moisture back in from the south to the north. We are not done yet with rain. We get sunshine and clouds. We might get a little bit of rain and back to sunshine and clouds. That may not be until thursday, but the system is ever so slowly dropping south and as it does it will take rain with it. 50s and 60s on the temps. Critical minimums for another couple of mornings and then it does look warmer and more sunshine and nice by the weekend. I am playing some music as a matter of fact. See. J j j this song is by tom petty. This was sent in by maria. We are doing a traffic dance but i want to remind everybody we are doing traffic jam every day of the week. We are working from home. Go ahead and send me something. If i dont play them that they will play them the next day. I have a list going. Thank you, for those requests. You can send me request by going to facebook, twitter, or instagram. Use the hashtag ktvu. A graduation went on almost as usual. Coming up our graduating students were still able to walk across the stage to get their diplomas while staying safe. We are gonna talk live with the oakland mayor in just a moment about some new covid19 testing happening in the city. Help thats being offered to oakland businesses that are struggling amid the shelter in place order. Welcome back. We are talking live with the mayor about whats happening in the city amid the crisis. Welcome. Working from home like many californians are. Yes, i am and its weird for a mayor i will not lie about that. We see these numbers starting to not climb so high every day and it just shows bay area what we are doing is starting to work. We cannot let up. I know this is a holy week for a lot of people. Weve got to stay at home is showing signs of working. We are seeing more hopeful numbers in the area. Other places that did not shelter in place as early as we did. Lets keep it up. Whats on about testing for those that need it. There are two drivethrough test site in oakland but they are not open to all. Are there plans to open to everyone in the city . Is on his tests are very limited we have to be strategic about how we use them. There are two things we are doing with the city of oakland site. Testing is going on through healthcare providers. There are other places people are getting test. We wanted to make sure right away people that have to work to take care of all of us are taking care of themselves we will all suffer if that particular set of skilled workers gets ill. We started with our First Responders and people that are responding to your 911 calls and medical calls. We are opening up to a large group of people anybody who is working in direct care. Anyone working in healthcare, food, grocery stores, restaurant deliveries, anyone working for a Residential Care facility and childcare. Our Incredible Service provider working with our Homeless Population every day. We want to prioritize them and make sure were keeping that group well so they can continue to provide Critical Services all of us are relying on. Let me ask you about another group of oakland or suffering in a different way. Small business owners. I know theres some help available and more coming . Absolutely. We have been raising money through our covid relief fund. Everyone can donate. Oakland fund. Org. We were able to immediately disperse half 1 million to our smallest Small Businesses. We had applications open for a couple of days and we got more than 1000 applications. Those are going to be for 5000 grant to help people keep going the big thing is the loans that are forgivable from the federal government. Thats going to be huge to a lot of folks. I know Banks Like Bank of america had Record Numbers of applications as soon as those loans were announced. These are forgivable loans for Small Businesses. We heard from our neighbors across the bay in San Francisco the police chief said if someone comes to your door and offers to check your home for problems, or brings the masks inside during the pandemic, dont let him or her in. Thats a scam. I ask you, is city business progressing normally . If someone were to knock on my door and say let me check your water meter, should that raise suspicion . From the city of oakland we are not knocking on doors. The one thing we are continuing to do is we are doing vegetation inspections. We cannot have a pandemic followed by a horrible wildfire season. We are continuing according to the health order to do vegetation inspections around peoples home but that does not require somebody to knock on your door, or come in. Be cautious. People sometimes take advantage of horrible moments like this. Be cautious. There is no reason anyone from the government should be knocking on your door and eating access to your home. Of course we have our Incredible Police force out there working every day. You can always call 911, we are still responding. We are trying to do it with a lot more care and caution right now. I appreciate you joining us again. Thank you, take care. The road to recovery its a roadblock in the north bay. We are going to show you how people in santa rosa are being impacted as they are trying to rebuild from the fire. When we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that mak do ours. Were offering current chevy owners onstar crisis assist services and complimentary wifi data. To help keep you on the road, the Chevy Certified Service experts are here and ready to help if you require parts, maintenance or repairs. You can also still shop and schedule your Service Appointment online. Its just our way of doing our part. Your Service Appointment online. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Preparing for the worst in the bay area. What officials are doing to prepare more hospital bed. The need for lifesaving medical equipment continues to grow. Its being put need old and dam i am so glad youre here. Reporter i hope youre having a great morning. Its one of those days were depends on where you are could be dumping rain in one spot and you might not need a jacket in another. Reporter it sounds like you spent time in the midwest or kansas. Topeka to be specific. We will have the intensity like that but it will be a day with sunshine and clouds and rain. The dog has been sick fog has been thick. In pleasanton its 44 unfortunately february is a wet month compared to april. We will take what we can get. Summering in the north rotating background on this year nevada and also off the sacramento san joaquin valley. That will be the forecast today. Below is moving slowly but it will keep some hint of rain in the forecast through, wednesday. Today is to the north and later it will move towards the east and south. Highs today in the 60s or upper 50s. Reporter some of the crashes we have had have been resolved. I want to mention there are some changes today starting today they are cutting more Service Lines because of the coronavirus. Seven lines are being temporarily suspended because of fewer writers bus riders because of similar roots and connections. The seven lines i will stop writing for the time being are on your screen right now including hayes. Lets go back to the golding gate bridge i want to see the traffic data looks good on southbound 101 heading to the golden gate bridge. You can see its looking very good. All bridges are doing very well. A section of north 13th street in san jose is open once again after woman drove her car into a pole. The crash happened after 5 00 this morning near jackson street. It did not appear the driver was seriously hurt. They havent said if she committed a crime. There are more than 11,000 coronavirus death being reported in the United States. Johns Hopkins School of medicine says the u. S. Went past that mark a short time ago. Here in california almost 400 people have died fr he expects the outbreak to peak in mid may. As they are indicating hospitalization rates are slowing down. 20,000 people in the United States have recovered from coronavirus. The governors opening and reopening hospitals. One facility is in daily city. We worked first to secure seton hospital in northern california. The hospital that was no longer operating as it once was. 220 beds specifically now available. The governor said other facilities that could turn into makeshift hospitals include the former home of the basketball team. They might reopen the business Medical Center building that was close last year. Santa clara county leaders that they are not taking any chances and they are still searching for more ventilators. They are willing to pay for we have more on this story. This is happening at the same time the governor i listen to his new conference yesterday. He is willing to give up hundreds of ventilators to the national stockpile. Reporter we asked leaders about the timing of this and they say its coincidental that local governments like them are trying their best to get as many ventilators and equipment that they get their hands on. They are doing this to be extra prepared. They have 435 ventilators in Santa Clara County. They like to add 1000 more just to be prepared in the days and weeks ahead. They are not running out but they are doing this in abundance of caution. They are willing to pay 1000 apiece for any ventilator including those that might be broken. They will refurbish them. They are hoping Surgical Centers and colleges and universities may have old machines they are not using now. The governor announced as a state californias lending 500 ventilators to other hotspots across the country. They will go to nevada, maryland, washington dc. The governor says california has 11,000 on hand and they are expecting to get another 500 today or tomorrow. The governor says california right now can afford to share this equipment. They are projected to reach its peak number of covid19 cases in maine while other states are hitting it now. We had our professionals look at this. We looked at our modeling. We looked at conditions on the ground. We feel confident in our capacity to meet our needs as we support the needs of others. We are a country in need. I expect the governor is balancing the needs of california with recognizing that new york may hit their search sooner than us. A spokesperson from the energy team says they can refurbish 2000 ventilators a week. If you have a ventilator or know of a ventilator no longer in use or you have a need for you would like to sell or donate to Santa Clara County we have the number to do just that on our website www. Ktvu. Com. 49 people tested positive for covid19 at a senior care facility in the city of orinda. The Health Officials say one person has died at the Orinda Care Center but its unclear whether coronavirus is to blame here. 27 residents and 22 Staff Members have tested positive. For residents who have been hospitalized while the rest remain at the facility. They are being kept in separate rooms. San Francisco Police are warning the public about a growing number of scams involving people trying to cash in during the coronavirus pandemic. Scammers often come to peoples home posting as City Employees or health workers. They are offering to help while they shelter in place. The city is not sending workers to issue masks nor are we sending workers to residential areas to inspect homes. If you get a knock on. 911. Overall the crime rate is down in San Francisco despite the scams. San mateo county supervisors will now debate whether or not to help struggling businesses. The board of supervisors is putting a temporary moratorium on evictions for businesses directly impacted by the pandemic. They will debate the legislation. If its approved it will take effect immediately and last through the end of may. Last month they adopted a similar moratorium on residential tenants. City Council Members plan to introduce an emergency resolution to waive rent for 90 days. California currently has a moratorium on evictions through may. Tenants advocates say more needs to be done to protect people who have lost their jobs. Its one of the most expensive rental markets in the country and Council Members say tenants need more help. We know many of our families would not be able to come up with 1000 needed to pay back rent that will accumulate by the end of the a moratorium. California association and Property Owners oppose the order. Taking over some duties of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he was moved to intensive care at a hospital in london. He went to the hospital sunday, 10 days after he was diagnosed with coronavirus. He was moved to icu yesterday after his condition worsened. According to the British Government he is not on a ventilator but he has a high temperature. Its unusual for someone with coronavirus to still have a fever after seven days. Most patients i have been dealing with is there temperature is gone by day six or seven. That is always a red flag to us to ask questions is this actually worsening, is there Something Else going on . The Prime Minister is 55 years old. Talk about the changing weather. We are looking ahead to a warm up and some sunshine. Reporter the weekend looks good. The next couple of days have a mix of sunshine and clouds. There is still some bands that rotate through that will give us some rain. That is from activity would be near Santa Clara Valley south. Some locations have lots of sunshine. 40 in livermore. 46 in the city. Golden gate park made it to 44. Yesterday afternoon sonoma over towards petaluma and vallejo there was torrential rain. Bigtime lightning. Unfortunately San Francisco just cant seem to get rain out of this pattern. Only a quarter of an inch. San jose had good rain over the weekend. There is a little bit of a northeast breeze. Thats where the cloud cover is coming from. 40s and most of the temperatures now. Still some light rain towards lake county and northern napa. Some of these bands will continue to rotate through. There is lots of areas of fog. The low is working its way south taking its best dynamic with it. We see a little bit of a calmer pattern but it still rotates in bands. Thats why we are keeping some light rain. We will get some buildup this afternoon. About 2 10 of an inch for some. Snow will be offandon up in the sierra for another day or two. 50s for some. 60s for others. The trend is to decrease rain. After wednesday, will be gone and we see fewer clouds and more sunshine. There is your warmer temperatures by the weekend. Creating an allstar event to help with coronavirus around the world. How lady gaga is bringing stars to the comfort of your home in a new concert. Returning millions of dollars to americans not driving. The Insurance Company is willing to refund premiums to their customers. 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. We have numbers to bring you from new york and sadly the state recorded 731 new virus steps in the past 24 largest n seen yet since the outbreak started. Officials hoped the number of variety cases will level off. The new numbers seem to say the peak have not been reached. More than 4700 people have been killed by coronavirus in new york. The viruses affecting rebuilding efforts north of the golding gate in coffee park where more than 1400 homes were lost during the fire in 2017. Hundreds of homes there are under construction. A series of complications driven by the virus or fear of it have slow down work. All other construction not in the rebuilding zones right now on indefinite hold adding too many contractors problems as many workers are staying home and deliveries of supplies are not being made. Our class companies, they decided not estimates. Yes, i would say there is a few out there that are not working at all their shutting doors down. Contractors say trying to maintain social distancing is slowing things down. Building code inspections are causing more delays and some contractors say the work and lack of inspections could lead to layoffs. Attorneys for california Wildfire Victim say the financial fallout from coronavirus pandemic could complicate pd in the 13 1 2 billion dollar settlement. Pg e. They may not be able to pay the full amount as they try to emerge from baker the protection this summer. The deadline was set so pg e could be able to prepare for the upcoming wildfire season. On is reacting to a new report out there this morn reporter the report is from the Mortgage Bankers association. It shows a Record Number of homeowners are now asking for parents. What that means is the deal with your bank so your home does not go into foreclosure and you cant make the payment. You work on a new payment plan. That is disappointing. The dow shot up 900 points when the bell rang. The number of coronavirus cases has slowed down. Its taking things down this morning. There was a jump in coronavirus debts and taking a toll on the sentiment on wall street. Taking a look at the numbers still up but not nearly as much as the opening bell. Its jumping almost 3 . The nasdaq is faring less. One and a half there. It is a 8000 this morning. Mcdonalds is responding to the workers who staged a protest in san jose. They walked off the job as they failed to properly protect them during this dangerous time. They issued a statement promising major changes in response to the complaints. They include wellness checks, cleaning, and social distancing handwashing guidelines. A major Insurance Company is returning millions of dollars to its customers. Allstate says it will refund 15 of premiums paid on Auto Insurance this month and next. That adds up to 600 million for the company says people arent driving as much as usual during the shelter in place world, so they should not to pay as much. Getting takeout or delivery is one of the luxuries for many of us. We have uber eats breaking down what people are eating. Orders at uber eats or 30 up. According to the list of the most popular dishes by state californians are opting for chicken masala. Nationwide the top food is french fries are the top soup is miso. For dessert tiramisu is the most ordered right now. For our house we are supporting our local restaurants. Some of our favorites and things we dont usually cook ourselves. Sushi, roman, and thai food. There we go. We ordered out locally on saturday night. My children had chicken and french fries i think i more french fries than they actually ate it had been so long since i had french fries. If you can do it we encourage you to eat out once a week. The state department is passports. Its only issuing them when it comes to life or death emergencies like a serious illness, injury, or death in the immediate family. If you need to renew your passport expedited service is no longer available. They have asked all americans to avoid International Travel because of the pandemic. Depends minister declared a state of emergency today to state fight the pandemic. Areas in the country with the Prime Minister urging social distancing. Basic Economic Activity will continue. Some people are criticizing the number of cases there continue to rise. There was a virtual Graduation Ceremony some creative students that one japanese Business School managed to take a virtual lock to pick up their diplomas with the help of robots. They were able to remotely control the robot from their computers at home. A lot of us are on computers at home right now. Lets get one last check of the forecast in the bay area and say hello to, steve. Reporter thank you. The forecast is a little bit better today. It will be better tomorrow and going fo it will be warmer. A little bit of rain hanging on. There could be some thunderstorms, probably more towards the south. Santa clara valley south towards monterey is closer to the low. 40s on the temperatures. It looks like some of this is washing out towards napa. Its wobbling down there. Some of the moisture rotates back around with some snow in the syrian comes over Sacramento Valley and pays us a visit. The trend is for heavier amounts to be to the south and central southern california. I think today, tomorrow, we could still get a little bit of rain out of the system. I dont think anything like we saw on the weekend, or yesterday afternoon when it lit up in vallejo. Thats probably not going to happen today. Mostly cloudy, partly cloudy into wednesday, thursday, then it starts to unproven temperatures up up for the weekend. Helping to save lives of people who are suffering from coronavirus. Coming up in a minute we will let you know about a nonprofit thats collecting plasma from patients who have already recovered from the virus. We are a few days away from easter. Find out where the easter bunny has been deemed an essential worker. 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. Can live with them as long as they want. According to the census it doesnt matter if youre related or not. Shape your future. Start here. Complete the census at 2020census. Gov majorleague baseball working on a plan to resume the regular season possibly as early as next month. The league is proposing all teams play games at spring training complexes in the phoenix area. No fans allowed to attend these games. Players, coaches, and staff would all be kept in and only leave for games where they would be tested regularly for coronavirus. The plan would allow the season to start well helping government officials determine whether sutures to its safe to resume. Golf has been rescheduled for the month of november. The annual tournament that takes place in augustine georgia was scheduled to be played this week but because of virus it has been postponed until november 12 through the 15th. Pj announced tentative new dates for several other events. The pga championship in San Francisco originally scheduled for next month has been moved to august. It will be this years first major event in the u. S. Open will be held in september in new york. One world leader is expanding essential workers in the country in time for easter. The Prime Minister to send a, announced the easter bunny is now cleared to work during the coronavirus pandemic. She suggested families draw pictures of easter eggs and put them in the window for neighborhood egg hunt. The tooth fairy is an essential worker as well. Disneyland has new guidelines for people who plan to visit the park but was shut out by the coronavirus pandemic. If you have tickets for a day to visit disneyland during the closure disney will not offer a refund but will instead extend how long it will honor your ticket. The details depend on what type of ticket you have and went disneyland in california adventure are able to reopen. Disney is now offering a choice to annual passholders who have read in full they can have their paths extended for the amount of time the parks are close, or they can request a refund. Companies are giving fans a disney experience on the new website disney magic moment. Its free and offers a wide variety of contents including marvel, pixar, star wars content. At home with olaf has 20 episodes and a virtual ride from the popular, its a small world attraction. People are stepping up all across the bay area to help each other. This morning we are highlighting one particular individual. The founder of sent wedge typically produces air fresheners. He is exclusively manufacturing face shields to help healthcare workers. He is producing 80 shields an hour by using a laser cutter. He is making it easier for hospitals to put in a request. Go to the website and click on request shields. Do you know someone making a difference out there providing hope in your community. We want you to nominate your local hero. Email your story or picture a video to my hero, we will highlight some of those stories. The diner in San Francisco is feeding more people during bag lunches are available in compostable containers right there on the sidewalk