Are refocusing our energies and sense of purpose and a sense of optimism and faith we will get through times challenging, times like today, difficult moments that all of us are working through to reconcile the world we are living in and to reconcile the need to pay our rent and mortgage and to understand whether or not we can educate our kids at home with all the other burdens and challenges we face in the household and where we are going as a state and as a nation. The old adage we are nothing but a mirror of our consistent thoughts. Whatever we tend to focus on we find more of it if youre like me you are focused on the nightly news, 24 7 cycle seven days a week, a lot of anxiety is running through those broadcasts. A lot of fear that is induced focusing on what this nation and the world is doing to meet this pandemic had on. That stress is manifest and that stress is real and all of us work through that stress differently. No one can moralize how some deal with it versus others. Some are coping quite well and others are struggling understandably. Struggling because they lost their job and do not have a paycheck, struggling because their kids are not at school. Struggling in ways where theyre having a hard time sleeping and where they are little bit shorter and more irritable and they are prone to doing things that are not healthy. They may be drinking more than they should. I do not just mean adult beverages, high sugar drinks even. They may not be taking time to breathe, they may not even be taking time to reflect on their own health and the need to exercise and hydrate and to focus on reaching out and embracing someone else or calling for help, calling a friend and saying can i just talk . I recognized, i think we all recognize, the nature of this moment and i want people to know that staying at home doesnt mean you are alone. As a state we are here to do what we can to support you and to be there at a time of need. I have tasked the Surgeon General the state of california, doctor harrisburg to put together strategy and a protocol to help support you and to support caregivers that need peer to peer support and a little psychological first aid themselves to get through the day and continue to thrive and not just drive in terms of workload as they take care of people throughout the state of california and i have asked her to consider not only the physical health needs of californians in the context of addressing the issues of this virus but the brain health and Mental Health needs. After all the brain is part of the body and there is nothing to be ashamed of by recognizing your own limitations in terms of the stress and angst that you may feel. In fact there is probably no one stronger and he or she recognizes those stress points. We are putting out guidelines, where putting out guidance not only to our health plans of the state of california, both on the private side and the public side within our medical system that we are putting a playbook together for you, a checklist. For adults and caregivers but also a checklist for our children because everything i said is translating very differently at our children our children are not able to communicate words like this like boy i am completely stressed out, not a young child, may be a teenager not a young child and they manifest stress differently. They have a tummy ache or they may not be sleeping as well or they may be particularly irritable from jumping back and forth. I explained my daughter a few weeks ago as she threw her bed over because she was so upset when i told her it was likely she was not going back to school to see her friends this school year. Everything manifests it differently and our children are the most vulnerable because they are not able to communicate as effectively has many of the adults and caregivers. We have a playbook for them as well. A checklist for children as well. We have resources. We have on our covid19. Ca. Gov website 16 hotlines including text chat hotlines were people can address their particular needs as it relates to domestic violence, intimate partner battering, we are seeing it increase in times of stress. And the need to get help. You can call that hotline. And elder abuse, we obviously have to take care of our seniors. We have a hotline for that. We have a hotline for child abuse and teenagers who feel deep emotional stress that are feeling in crisis. We have a teen crisis hotline. All of these things are available in many many languages, up to 170 languages in some instances. Lgbtq and their unique challenges, just across the spectrum support, Substance Abuse, alcohol abuse, all of those hotlines and all of those resource sites are available on covid19. Ca. Gov to help support you during these times of need. There is also concerned, and i will ask the doctor to come up in a second, around secondary health effects. We talk about physical health as it relates to making sure we stay home and we practice physical distancing and we continue to do what we must in terms of personal hygiene and washing our hands and the like. But it is also true that stress hormones create the kind of anxiety that induces other secondary effects. It impacts your Blood Pressure, it impacts your heart, and can increase the likelihood of a stroke. It can impact your diabetes. It can certainly impact your sense of wellbeing and depression and the like. And so the secondary Health Impacts are a big part of what we are also looking to respond to. And that is the purpose of the guidance where putting out today and the incredible work hours Surgeon General has been doing to integrate the behavioral and Mental Health side of the world and the Substance Abuse side. She has been working for many, many weeks to put together the guidance that we are putting out today and to meet these challenges head on and to be there and extend a hand for you at this time of great stress and need. And so i should not belabor this and that may ask her to come on up. Surgeon general we are proud as a state of californians of her own Surgeon General, that her expertise has been, and continues to be, Trauma Informed Care. A world expert in this space and she is bringing that expertise to help address this moment so all of us can work through that fear and anxiety as we all are capable of doing with resiliency and the capacity to adapt to the moment as long as we have the support to get through this moment. With that doctor nadine burke harris. Thank you governor. The actions were all taking to slow the spread of coronavirus, physical distancing, handwashing, Wearing Masks and proper disinfecting are critically necessary and remain the top priority. But while we keep our physical distance, our social support to maintain emotional and Spiritual Connection are more important than ever for our physical and Mental Health. The Health Impacts of coronavirus go beyond infection and covid 19 disease. It is important to recognize that stress related to the pandemic many are feeling right now compounded by the economic distress due to lost wages, employment and Financial Assets plus School Closures and sustained physical distancing can trigger the biological stress response which also has an impact on our health and wellbeing. During times of heightened stress our bodies make more stress hormones including adrenaline and cortisol and these can affect our health, our behaviors and emotions. Overactivity of the stress response can be associated with a variety of symptoms, some of which are familiar and others are less wellknown but familiar symptoms include changes in sleep patterns or appetite, mood changes like anxiety, depression, or anger an increased risk of Substance Use or dependence, and family violence. However Health Conditions like headaches, abdominal pain and digestive difficulties, increased Blood Pressure or blood sugar, asthma exacerbation and increased risk of infection are also associated with an overactive stress response. It is important to know these changes are not just in your head. To begin to identify how stress shows up for you, physically, emotionally and behaviorally. Individuals that have a history of trauma or adversity may also be a greater risk. The good news is there are simple ways, simple things that you can do every day, at home to protect your, and your families, health. States can have safe, stable and nurturing relationships that can help protect our brains and our bodies from the harmful of facts of stress and adversity nutrition, regular exercise, mindfulness like meditation, good sleep hygiene, and staying connected to social support and getting Mental Health care will help to decrease stress hormones and improve our health. We have brought together evidencebased guidance in the Surgeon Generals playbook on stress relief during covid 19 and an additional playbook for caregivers and kids that offers practical tools and tips that you can add to your daily routine. We have also developed guidance for health plans and Health Care Providers on addressing stressrelated Health Concerns during this pandemic including how to implement Trauma Informed Care and supporting provider resilience. That information is Available Online and if you are concerned about the effects of stress on your health call your doctor or Mental Health professional and if you need help finding resources visit the emotional support and wellbeing homepage at covid19. Ca. Gov. Thank you. Thank you doctor and the Surgeon General will be available for questions in a moment as well. I will remind you of anything that were bigger than anything that we face and i know the fear and anxiety that we all have, let us have faith, faith conquers all and know that this will pass. This will pass and that light and spirit, let me give you an update on where we are in total number of positive cases in the state and let me give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california bending. It is bending but it is also stretching. I want to make that point and that distinction in a moment. Me first to give you the updated numbers. 15,865 individuals currently tested positive for covid 19 which represents a 10. 7 increase over yesterday. Hospitalizations in the state of california and icu beds, again those are the numbers i look at first thing every morning, the hospitalization numbers went up to 2611 yesterday, about a 4. 1 increase on the previous day. I see his went up to 1108 which was a 2. 1 increase over the course of the last 24 hours. 2. 1 , we want to see that number go down and not up but these are not the doubledigit increases we are seeing in hospitalization rates or icu rates we saw a week or so ago. That is not to suggest by any stretch of the imagination that we will continue to see these declines, it is only to reinforce the importance of maintaining physical distancing and continuing our stayathome policy that has helped bend the curve in the state of california. That curve continues to rise just not at the slope that originally was projected without the kind of interventions these nonpharmaceutical interventions, like physical distancing have provided for us. Lets continue in that spirit to meet this moment and continue to do more to practice the physical distancing and social distancing that are required. Now there are some 374 individuals who have lost their lives, 31 additional families that have a loved one that have lost their lives from this time yesterday. That is the Progress Report in terms of numbers. I want to remind everybody that this state continues to take advantage of every hour of every day and every moment to make sure we are repaired for any surge and prepared for the long haul. I talked about the curve bending but also stretching. And that is why i want to impress upon people that are modeling shows we are not at the peak in a week or two, that we are seeing a slow and steady increase but it is moderate. And it is moderate again because of the actions all of you have taken in terms of physical distancing. That moderate increase has allowed us to do what we did yesterday and that was to announce the 4613 alternative care sites to help us decompress our hospital system. It has allowed us to begin to process the 89 thousand people that have filled out our application on the health core website and begin to triage individuals in their unique expertise and capacity so that we can staff those alternative care sites and to procure more personal protective gear. We will have more on that tomorrow as we continue to find more places to source n95 masks, shields, gowns, coveralls and the like, including ventilators. And briefly on the ventilators, i could not be more proud of the good work my fellow governors are doing all across this country. Ive had some really remarkable conversations with the governors individually and as a group. We could not be more proud as a state to be sending this ventilators back east. Just know the first ones will arrive in new york, new jersey and illinois tonight, two planes are going out with those ventilators back east and into the state of illinois. We have four other states we will be sending ventilators to as well. I would like to thank you governors for all of the good work youre doing and all of the hard work you are doing and the constant engagement back and forth as we are all dealing with different point in time in terms of acuity of the covid 19 response. They are certainly in those states dealing with a curve that puts deep pressure on their Healthcare Delivery system and we are proud as a state, because of the great work that all of you have done in slowing down the rate of growth, that we are able to ride by those resources and confidently know that those supports will be reciprocated by those governors and by those states unquestionably. And so again the spirit of this moment and the spirit of people stepping up to the challenge. You have been listening to Governor Newsom in sacramento and the daily update on the covid 19 situation youre in the state of california and whenever that stuck out was the number of people and icu was up 2 compared to yesterday, that number was that a 4 percent so it is nice to see that number down compared to yesterday. He also mentioned look you are not alone in this and you do not have to have covid 19 to be impacted by the pandemic and people of lost jobs, the income isnt there and children are at home not going to school and they are homeschooling so there is this ultimate stress level on so many at home dealing with this pandemic and he as well as the state Surgeon General, dr. Nadine burkeharris has said take care of yourself, eat healthy and if you can get outside on a walk or a hike do that, exercise and also get sleep. All of that means youre trying to reduce the stress we are experiencing every day here. It is emotional stress, physical stress, psychological stress and the governor said staying at home doesnt mean you are alone and it was good to hear from the first time during these briefings from the california Surgeon General but she made a point of highlighting a few things everything and everybody should be doing, stay and safe and stable and nurturing relationship can do wonders for your Overall Health and she said Good Nutrition is important and the governor mentioned soda and i know that we have reported wine sales are up dramatically but people should keep a good check on their health also we heard the Surgeon General say exercise and practice mindfulness, get your sleep and you and i know how important that is on mornings on 2 and it is important to get the Mental Health care you need an overall stay connected to your social network, whether through facetime or wave at your neighbor across the street, but todays focus was on the overall picture of health for californians but this is just one and another recent set of daily briefings that we have been bring you live during the noon newscasts from the governor of california and i am certain we will continue that tomorrow and far beyond lets take a pause as we take a peek out of the Old Home Office window. Eggs are clearing up and i even see sunshine peeking through rosemary. We have warmer weather on the way and we do have a little bit more blue sky and we will continue to see their dryer air move into the bay area. This afternoon temperatures slightly warmer than where we were this time yesterday. We have a slight possibility of a few scattered showers but nothing like what we have seen in recent days and im giving a look at the partly sunny and partly cloudy skies over San Francisco right now and sfo at 52 and upper 50s in santa rosa where we are mostly cloudy. Livermore and san jose at 56. Temperatures 50 warmer areas of the north bay like novato and Half Moon Bay reporting seven and into fairfield 100 warmer at this time so i notable change for many after a very cool start. Light wind, Half Moon Bay at 9 Miles Per Hour and hayward reporting eight and livermores home. This is a view of the satellite and radar view, over the past three hours a little bit of light rain over the north bay and lake county and further north and if i pull back a little we continue to watch the center of the circulation move south and will eventually move over Southern California and you can see over Southern California getting a little rain and this will continue over southern parts of the state but for us as it continues to move out we will continue with dryer weather and the future cost model pointed out for you its your tuesday afternoon right around six, it is a partly cloudy sunset and getting into tomorrow, hartley sunny and partly cloudy skies and the wraparound moisture moves over areas of the sierra and lake tahoe and for us it continues to bring a little bit of cloud cover especially thursday right now. It could be a mostly cloudy afternoon and there is a look at friday we do expect to say mainly dry. Today we have mid 60s for some of the warmer spots, low 60s for san jose and in your extended forecast we will remain with a mix of sun and clouds the next few days with temperatures in the mid60s for the afternoon. As we get into the weekend even warmer with mostly sunny skies and springlike weather in the forecast. Low 70s for saturday and sunday. Santa clara county has the most confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other bay area county and Santa Clara County has 1224 confirmed cases and 42 deaths and county Health Leaders say while the number of cases continues to go up there are early signs that the rate of cases increasing may be slowing they say it is most likely due to the stayathome order and social distancing. We need to continue to follow those orders and increase our distance, increase the contacts that we have with one another, the number of contacts and time of contacts to continue this trend we are beginning to see. There were 17 new cases in Santa Clara County yesterday which is the lowest single day increase in the county since march 28 now lets go to San Francisco where police are warning the public about a growing number of scams involving people trying to cash in during the Coronavirus Crisis the police chief in the city said scammers often come to peoples homes posing as City Employees or say they are for my local Health Agency and then offer to help them while sheltering a place. The city isnt sending workers to issue masks nor are we sending workers to residential areas to inspect homes. If you do get a knock on your door regarding that it is not a righteous person that is doing that. Call 911. The chief says overall crime is down in San Francisco during the crisis despite the scams. The state department is putting a hold on all new passports. It is only issuing these passports and extreme emergencies, for instance a serious and illness, injury or death in your immediate family which means you would have to travel it if you need to renew your passport, expedited service is no longer available in the state department is asked all americans to avoid International Travel due to the pandemic. And Major Insurance Companies returning millions of dollars to customers, allstate says it will refund 15 of the premiums paid on Auto Insurance this month and next adds up to about 600 million. The company says if people are not drug as much as usual during the shelter in place rules so they should not have to pay as much. We will let you know about the nonprofit collecting plasma from patients who have recovered from the virus. Plus providing relief for americans during the crisis and when people should start seeing the stimulus checks and a push for a fourth relief package. The coronavirus stricken cruise ship, the grand princess, is back in San Francisco to resupply and it arrived about one hour ago at. 35 and was greeted by protesters last month 21 people on the ship tested positive for covid 19 and passengers got off at the port of oakland, two passengers and a Filipino Crew member died from a virus and a 14 day quarantine for the ship was lifted saturday and protesters are demanding safety for dockworkers and Health Treatment for crewmembers is still on board the ship. It is the dockworkers and workers on the ship that are at risk from this Coronavirus Infection and we are here today to say the workers who are still on board, 650 workers, 78 filipinos are still on board and they should be taken off the ship and the ship should be decommissioned and disinfected properly by Trained Health professionals and trained sanitation experts. The protesters say the ships crew did not have the training nor equipment to properly clean it and there is not yet a plan for the ship to return to normal operations lets go to new york because the city and state reported 731 new coronavirus deaths statewide this past 24 hours arches number yet since the outbreak began Health Officials had hoped the number of coronavirus cases in new york state as well as deaths were leveling off but the new numbers seems to indicate the peak may have not been reached and new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo today said 5400 people in the state have died and the death toll in new york is now number higher than the number of People Killed in the World Trade Center on september 11 there are an increasing calls of commerce to approve a fourth relief package for americans that are been financially impacted by the pandemic and reporter ray bogan has the story. Reporter if you want to get to pre coronavirus that might not ever happen in the sense of the fact that the threat is there. The nations top Infectious Disease doctor said it could be a long time before things get back to normal and that will likely require a vaccine. Until then ongoing federal social distancing guidelines and state orders to stay at home are putting pressure on washington to complete another economic stimulus and prevent the economy from going into a depression. It will have to be big and bold because the problem is so huge in a letter to members of Congress HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to vote on a bill by the end of the month, we must double down on the down payment we made in the cares act by passing a cares two package and according to wall street executives. We are doing what we can to keep people going and to just get them through this time until we can come back on the other side. And america can return to business and prosperity in the bluecollar boom. Small Business Loans are already available in the rules state 75 of the loan need to be used to play employees spent the money will be forgiven. The federal stimulus checks approved by lawmakers last month should be going out this week and those who get their tax refunded into their accounts direct deposit will see their funds first, paper checks are expected later this month but just a reminder of who qualifies for the payments of 1200 per person and 500 per child, single filers who earn 75,000 or less and head of household filers making 136,000 will get the full 1200 and those numbers are doubled if you are married and filing jointly. If you make more than those caps you will get less money and if you are 99,000 a year or more you do not qualify. Funds may be delayed for those people with newborns, certain College Students and immigrants, divorced parents and others, check with your tax preparer or the irs to see what you need to do to receive the funds. Taking a look at the market, this morning wall street had surged to big gains as there were signs the pandemic to be leveling off in some of the hardest hit areas of the world the dow jones right now as you can see is currently in positive territory but just barely. Earlier today the dow jones was up about 800 points, the nasdaq and the s p 500 are about flat. 49 people tested positive for covid 19 at a senior care facility in the city of orinda Contra Costa CountyHealth Officials say one person has died at the Orinda Care Center but it is unclear whether coronavirus is to blame. When he seven residents and 22 Staff Members have tested positive and four residents have been hospitalized while the rest remain at the facility. Residents not infected are being kept in separate rooms. Across the golden gate in marin county one person has died at a nursing home and two other residents of tested positive. An eightyearold woman died saturday in her room at the wind chime marin Senior Living center and the nut that womans death brings the total number up to nine for marin county. Santa clara county leaders want to be extra prepared and they are searching for more ventilators and they are willing to pay for them even if they are not in tip top shape. Ktvus allie rasmus and how the state is lending some of existing ventilators out to other states in the countryreporter Santa Clara County leaders say theyre willing to pay 1000 apiece for any ventilator including some that may be broken, bloom energy will refurbish them as they already have with hundreds of broken machines. A Company Representative says have the capacity to repair as many as 2000 ventilators each week if you have a ventilator that is broken or old or refurbishment we would like to hear from you and the phone number at the front of this podium goes directly to our office and we will coordinate everything to make sure that ventilator gets to bloom where it can be refurbished and put to action on the front lines. Santa clara county leaders say theyre doing this out of an abundance of caution and about half the counties existing ventilators are in use in the county would like about 1000 more in the days and weeks ahead and they are hoping surgical centers, eldercare facilities, colleges and universities may have old machines are not using right now and the local surge comes just as the state of california is lending some of its existing ventilators to others and they will go to nevada, maryland, washington dc and california has about 11,000 ventilators on hand and expect another 500 today or tomorrow so governor gavin newsom says california right now can afford to share the equipment. Our state is projected to reach its peak a number of covid 19 cases in the month of may while other states are hitting their peak right now. We had our professionals look at this and we look at modeling and the conditions on the ground and we feel confident in our capacity to meet our needs as we support the needs of others. We are a country that has so much need and i respect the governor is balancing the needs of californians and recognizing that new york may hit their surge sooner than us. If someone has a ventilator that would like to sell or donate locally the number to do that is on our website, ktvu. Com. Researchers are looking at patients who have recovered from covid 19 is another possible avenue to finding a treatment for it the nonprofit by talent is joining to ask survivors of covid 19 to become donors and recovered patients can donate plasma will be transfused into current covid 19 patients with severe symptoms and the food and Drug Administration just approved the transfusions as investigational treatments for patients with coronavirus. The concept here is during the recovery we believe many, perhaps most or all, will develop antibodies, immune proteins that potentially when transfused into patients who themselves are very, very sick might help those patients more rapidly overcome their illnesses. In order to be eligible the donor has to have a referral from a doctor, panic, hospital or Public Health department and they need to have been diagnosed for covid 19 from a lab test and they had to have symptoms for at least 14 days and must test negative for the virus along with me and all other roles for rules. The Alameda CountySheriffs Office is taking new steps to prevent a coronavirus outbreak within its jails, this after a nurse, as well as an inmate at the santa rita jail tested positive for the virus raising concerns of a possible outbreak in that county jail the Sheriffs Office said several areas are sealed off and the entire jail will be professionally cleaned and sanitized. Our jail facility has supplies everywhere. We just ordered several hundred thousand dollars worth of cleaning supplies. Sergeant kelly said deputies are also closely watching 40 santa rita inmates that may have been exposed to the virus by the infected inmate. As many as seven of those inmates have symptoms and are now being tested. Service cuts have started on muni and it is part of the transit agencys efforts to keep the staff healthy and also adjust to low muni ridership and Sara Zendehnam has the story. Reporter the temporary cuts to the muni service keeps coming and sfmta Officials Say they know it is hard but have to be done today sfmtas second of three phases to protect muni staff and writers had seven routes cut and these lines dont see a lot of writers of or have nearby lives with Similar Service and connections and Officials Say the changes fall in line with their two main priorities. One is protecting the health and safety of our operators and two is protecting the health and safety of our passengers. The local transport Workers Union which represents about 2300 sfmta workers says theyre happy about this and other measures put in place by drivers not sharing buses and cleaning between each shift. If a bus has been sanitized you take it out for service and if it has not been sanitized and signed off on you do not take out that vehicle and that right now is another pro for the operators another step to keep workers safe, and adjusted to nearly 90 drop in passengers is on wednesday, muni service is cut only to include 17 essential lines and officials not knowledge how tough it will be. We have made everyone equally unhappy and it is terribly painful for me to do this but say it is all in the name of safety which the union says operators are thankful for because of their can about covid 19. The majority of operators are in fear as i said and not just for their health but for their lives and many of them are taking advantage of their sick time and vacation time. They want to get the away from this virus. Sara zendehnam ktvu fox 2 news bart is also and service even more and tomorrow trains will run every half hour on weekdays instead of 15 minutes. This move could potentially save bart between 3,000,070 a month. Recent numbers show that passengers are down 90 since local shelter at home orders wanted to affect. Voters go to the polls in wisconsin annexed why the state is holding its primary today despite a number of concerns. The rain has moved out for the most part and now changes are coming later this week but we have the full forecast coming up with rosemary. Where people go to learn about their Medicare Options before theyre on medicare. Come on in. Youre turning 65 soon . Yep. And youre retiring at 67 . 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Welcome back, Stephanie Grisham is out of the White House Press secretary and she is going back to the east wing as first lady melania trumps chief of staff as she took over as press secretary back in june when Sarah Sanders left but never held a news briefing but she joined president Trumps Campaign in 2015 and worked on the 2012 president ial campaign for mitt romney. Today the presence of primary election in wisconsin is taking place despite the current state home orders that is after Wisconsin State Supreme Court overruled the decision by governor tony a verse to postpone the auction until june because of the coronavirus but the court says the governor left the authority to move the election on his own and he said because of Health Concerns there is a shortage of poll workers. You know there are fewer places to serve the voters, you have larger numbers at those sites and numbers that will easily train the system. The democratic governor and Republicanled Legislature failed to agree on any accommodations for voters prompting the federal judges ruling to allow absentee ballots to be delivered through april 13. Republicans appealed the decision to the us Supreme Court and just yesterday the high court blocked the extension meaning ballots will have to be postmarked by today to be counted. Well if you have gone out to grab essentials this week you may have noticed changes at your local Grocery Store. Businesses right now across the bay area are tightening social distancing measures due to the latest requirements in our stay at home orders. Many stores are having customers wait in lines outside as they try to limit the number of people inside the store at one time employees are monitoring how may people come and go to ensure the volume doesnt exceed what is considered safe based on the size of the store. And if youre going to the Grocery Store leave your Reusable Bags at home, all six bay area counties are requiring Grocery Stores to ban Reusable Bags during the coronavirus outbreak citing Health Concerns and instead you can get a singleuse bag at the store. Small businesses around the world and here in the bay area are being impacted by the coronavirus outbreak on mornings on 2 today i hope you are with us when i spoke live with mayor libby schaaf of oakland about some of the loans available to Small Businesses in oakland to make sure they can stay open and pay their workers. The big thing is the sba loans which are for breakable or excuse me, forgivable which will be a huge help, bank of america got record numbers of applications as soon as those loans were announced and again these are forgivable loans for Small Businesses. Mayor libby schaaf said the city started a Donation Fund on oakland fund. Org so that money can be donated and go directly back into the community and it goes to seniors and family in need with food insecurity, Small Businesses and communitybased organizations. To date people donated more than 2 million on oakland fund. Org. We are just learning Contra Costa CountyHealth Officials are now investigating cases of covid 19 at a Senior Living facility in the city of Pleasant HillHealth Officials say that for residents at the carlton Senior Living facility in downtown Pleasant Hill had tested positive and three individuals are now in the hospital. In all nine Staff Members have tested positive and we will of course continue to follow this story and bring updates as they become available. This new type, is that a dog in the background . Rosemary . Is that yes grandpa is visiting with a little dog and barking at little ones running across the street right now. Good afternoon. Im so sorry about that i did not hear what you said. Go for it. Spent outside right now a lot of people are getting out and stretching their legs and keeping their distance doing, under partly cloudy skies and dry conditions with temperatures warming up over the next few days and even starting with today some areas are warmer pit in and around the bay area we have a lot of blue sky after a few scattered showers reported over the north bay and overlake county earlier today Storm Tracker two you see over the past few hours those clouds have cleared out of the way and if i back up a little bit you see where the center of the storm is good on friday the center of that storm was over Northern California right off the coastline but that is no longer the case and it is now over Southern California. After bringing days and days of rain it is shifting out of the area rapid this is future cast, rolling into tonight notice Southern California thing light rain and i see that we are mainly dry and we will continue to see wraparound moisture in the areas of Central California and move into the sierra at times. This is a look at wednesday night and into thursday it looks like it kind of wants to come back around and bring another shot to Southern California for rainfall. Now for us we are looking at mainly dry weather and warmer weather especially into the weekend but we will remain a little bit unsettled as we continue to watch that system and i expect us to be in and out of clouds. Now looking at rainfall for this season anywhere from 45 to 54 of average even with all the weekend rain we are still well below normal as we would expect right now 52 in San Francisco and upper 50s around walnut creek and into the south bay, 56 over san jose and 59 along the peninsula areas right around belmont and 59 reported over the los altos hill. Upper 50s at the coastline and low 60s around the bay and mid 60s for some warmer areas like antioch and fairfield. Now into the extended forecast, a mix of sun and clouds for wednesday through friday and temperatures do not change much. A cool start followed by a mild afternoon but into the weekend a nice warmup, 70 on saturday and 74 on sunday. The city of San Francisco there is a large bookstore along with many other businesses which have been closed down due to the pandemic. Like other businesses the owners of the store are very eager to turn the page. As ktvus amber lee reports green apple books had its start back in 1967. Reporter i want to unlock the door and let people back in. It is unnaturally quiet inside green apple books and the shelves are filled but there is no one browsing in niles it is amazing how quickly it shut down. Kevin ryan is coowner of this bookstore and two others in the city. It is very strange and the garbage cans in the store and we have boxes and places where there would not ordinarily be boxes. Coping with the third week of shelter in place he said he laid off most of his employees and he cannot pay rent and he depends on selling books online which he says has increased substantially but the margin for profit is slim. It is filled from a thirdparty source and so they take their cut. It is my go to place and i walk here two or three times a week. One online order came from my longtime patron who lives nearby i miss the fact i cannot come here and ask for recommendations about books that will help me escape the unpleasant thoughts all of us are having in the loneliness some of us are experiencing the bookstore will host its first online event tuesday evening via zoom with an author who is releasing a new book. Ryan hopes this dark chapter will end soon. I love my job and i miss coming into the store and touching the books and seeing the customers and seeing all of my booksellers. San Francisco Amber Lee ktvu fox 2 news. Right now ktvu is partnering with food banks around the area to help them raise money and your donation helps ensure food is available to those who need it most and for more information go to ktvu. Com food bank. Finishing up High School Careers in a totally unexpected way, next the show of support from one community is Graduation Day nears. Welcome back, dow jones was up about 800 points 6 1 2 hours ago but not anymore as you can tell, even so nice to see up about half of 1 but not a lot of movement on nasdaq or the s p 500. All the extra handwashing and hand sanitizing were doing is also causing new problems. Bay area dermatologists are saying they are seeing more severe cases of dermatitis as the skins natural oils are being scrubbed away. We talked with the doctor about the remedies you can try at home. They are so dry. Burning and itching and cracking hands. This mom and daughter are hurting. I still wash them and put sanitizer on them clean hands are major defense against covid 19 but before the crisis must washed 3 to 5 times a day but spent now with the situation were doing 10 or 20 times a day and you get your skin dry and dehydrated. When natural oils are stripped the skin turns red and scaly and it burns and itches and it cracks and develops open source. Very painful. Unfortunately were seeing a lot of hand dermatologists. It is worse for people who have eczema and psoriasis and are prone to irritation and the doctor says also susceptible are those in healthcare and mothers and small children as well as laborers who work with their hands and anyone in public to sanitize surfaces constantly. The sanitizer is especially dry it helps to lean more on and water. Vaseline. Moisturizer is a good idea. They are cracked and bleeding and dry and even when i put on lotion they are still dry but dermatologists said look for one containing ceramides which is a fatty acid that replenishes the skin relief may not last as long as it would if we were not washing and drying incessantly with no end in sight. Until the crisis stops and we stop having to not have to wash our hands so much we will have to deal with this unfortunately. People are stepping up all across the bay area during this pandemic to help each other and on this day we are highlighting arash malek founder of scent wedge and el cerrito which typically produces air fresheners but he is exclusively manufacturing face shields help Health Care Workers and currently he is producing 80 scheels per hour by using a laser cutter and hes making it easy for hospitals to put in the request, go to scent wedge. Com and click on request shields if you know someone making a difference and providing hope, ktvu wants you to nominate your local hero, email your story along with pictures and even a video of that person in action to myhero foxtv. Com. A minnesota doctor is going viral for his work and his voice. Doctor elvis frangoise is an Orthopedic Surgeon also using his vocal talents to bring hope to many during the Global Health crisis. I like it. Here in the bay area thousands of High School Seniors will finish their final year in high school not the way they expected and now communities are coming together to show their support but this is video from organa and people posted signs outside of their homes congratulating the class of 2020. Also robots replaced soon as one virtual graduations are money in tokyo as japan is one of the many countries that have banned all large gatherings due to the pandemic and they deserve our congratulations. Will have graduation ceremonies i guess they wont. We will see that our next newscast is at 4 pm and more coverage can be found online right now through ktvu. Com. Co this new evidence hold the key to a prevented treatment . A doctor infected, now back at work after taking hydroxychloroquine and adding zpack. It seems promising to those people who are critically ill. Dr. Oz coming up next. [sirens blaring] dr. Oz its day 78 of the coronavirus pandemic in america. And