Out at home. The requirements to wear face coverings does not take the place of social distancing. Reporter they do not need to be medical grade, Health Officials say bandannas or cloth masks will do. This just feels like another order, it is important to realize that this actually enables us to lift other, more restrictive orders. That is the hope. Right now, no easing of restrictions has been announced. Notably, Santa Clara County is not mandating masks yet. Resident say they would support it. It is hard to distance yourself in the store when there are others around and if we can reduce the amount of come you know, spray going all over the place, that is probably a good thing. I think it should be a requirement, i feel guilty not wearing one right now. I think we have a responsibility during this quarantine to limit the spread of the virus as much as possible. Reporter the new rule will take effect tonight at 11 59 but wont be enforced until april 22. Officials want to give people enough time to get masks if they dont already have them. Taking a look at the latest numbers on the pandemic, there is nearly 6 taking a look at the latest numbers on the pandemic, there is nearly 6000 confirmed cases of coronavirus now in the bay area. 196 people sadly have died locally. Up and down the state, there are nearly 29,000 cases. The governor said 95 people died in the last 24 hours, the most in one day and as you mentioned at the top of the newscast, that brings the death toll in our state from covid19 to more than 1000 people. Another set of dismal numbers were released today, signaling the end of californias 10 year growth streak. The new state employment numbers show california lost nearly 100,000 jobs in march. That list raised it to 520 . Up from 3. 9 in february, marking the largest monthly increase on record. And as big of a jump that is, they worn it is just a portion of the job losses since the survey ended march. At the briefing today, they are now a pandemic used recession. His forming Advisory Group to help with the economic recovery. The panel will be composed of dozens of members including former governors, peoples in, greg davis, arnold schwarzenegger, and jerry brown. We have tasked 80 of them to begin to work through each and every sector of our economy to put together tangible, actionable ideas for short term, medium and longterm economic recovery. They will be its numbers also include former fed chair janet yellen and apple ceo tim cook. Many Small Businesses in the bay area are going to miss out on loans from the federal government, paycheck protection program. They have ran out of money in just 13 days. Tom spoke to two Small Business owners who say they are in limbo. Reporter two years ago started a yoga studio and a coffee and sweet shop. Then came the federal shutdown which led to their shutdown and the layoff of their 16 employees. As things were evolved it became clear that we had to put our personal safety and the safety of others ahead of anything else. So can the Small Business survive without federal paycheck protection programs assistance . Absolutely not. Know. I could not compromise my family, i cannot think of any further. Reporter even though he quickly applied as recommended, including wells fargo, they have heard nothing of substance from anyone. We have done our best to try to do our Due Diligence but there is come you know, not a lot of clarity around how this thing will roll out. Reporter another Payroll Protection Program applicant, primary care doctor David Goodman and his closeknit staff of four employees have served patients in and around novato, including many regional First Responders for almost a quartercentury. I thought it was a program that had my name all over it. And other Small Business is. Reporter when the shutdown came, business sharply declined. So much so the doctor applied for a loan through bank of america where he had done business going on 40 years. But he was shocked to be told that his practice did not qualify for the paycheck protection program. I was blocked from applying because bank of america had instituted a policy that only allowed businesses to apply if they had both a depository as well as a lending relationship. Reporter that was not part of the rule, so bank of america opened the program to all borrowers. Though he then reapplied, dr. Goodman has no idea where his application and the fate of his employees who he says are like family really stands. My application and so many others like mine are in limbo. Reporter that makes joanne wonder even more about her limbo. I think wells fargo is probably doing the best that they can but also, it is hard to know who is been prioritize. On wall street, stocks rallied positively. The dow was up 704 points, nearly 3 . The nasdaq was up 117, and the s p rose 75 points. Traders were encouraged by reports that they were shown promise in treating the virus, Energy Shares and banks also saw gains today. President trump declared that states are responsible for testing there residents to meet the goals for reopening. They have complained of insufficient testing supplies but the White House Task force says the u. S. Has enough tests to begin phase 1 of reopening. Dr. Deborah burke says a number of states including california are considered to have the ability to run 1 million test per month. Really, there is capacity out there. It is our job, working with this state and having the state and the leadership role and Laboratory Director and the leadership role to provide support to ensure that all the potential for testing in the United States is brought there. Some Democratic Senators expressed their concerns about the lack of testing, and a Conference Call with the Vice President mike pence today, the may sen. Reportedly told them that the failure to develop a National Testing program is dereliction of duty. The numbers released show that covid19 disproportionally impacts minority communities, especially the Africanamerican Community. Jesse gary tells us what is driving those numbers and what you are doing to address this issue. Reporter in San Franciscos fillmore district, a grassroots effort to protect the vulnerable segment of the populace, actor and activist amal truelove tells anyone and everyone the freebies handed out can save lives. A lot of the underserved in africanamerican committees have been hit the hardest by the covid19. According to National State and local statistics, the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the Africanamerican Community disproportionally. There seems to be either something disproportionate in the treatment side or something is proportionate in the preventative side. Reporter it is most severe in Santa Clara County where blacks make up less than 3 of the population but account for 7 of the 1800 cases. I think many African Americans may be working in the caregiving field. Where they are working at hospitals, nursing homes, assistedliving homes, health agencies. So they are working in high risk jobs. We need doctors that look like us. Reporter naacp president rev. Jethro moore the second says occupation and a mistrust of the Healthcare Industry as a whole are both contributing factors in the skewed percentages. Sometimes the same doctors they are asking us to go see are the ones that told us that there was nothing wrong in the first place so the trust is down. Why should we destroy that trust barrier when there is a consummate comes up . Reporter oakland mayor is creating a covid19 Racial Disparity task force, made up of local and state leaders. The group will immediately address the racialized impact of the virus as well as craft legislation to lessen the disparities of people of color. Among the stated objectives, task force will create a Vulnerability Index measure so that at Risk Communities can be targeted with preventive treatments. And provide proactive outreach and at Risk Communities to promote healthier living. Tomorrow truelove is teaming with a Science Policy Group to produce bottles of hand sanitizers and facemasks for distribution. It is important that come you know, my community and our types of communities can see somebody like myself, with my type of background, you know, doing the work and spreading the awareness of how severe the covid19 actually is. Reporter is a crucial message delivered to a vulnerable segment of the community that this time may be more at ease hearing these words of warning. These workers who provide personal Care Services are among the lowest wage earners in the country. And taking on the highest risks. Coming up, a story about a push to protect Home Healthcare workers including a call for congress to step in. Warnings for San Franciscos mayor and police chief to stay away on 420. What will happen if you dont and how marijuana dispensaries are preparing for the unofficial holiday. A lot of sunshine and temperatures in the 70s and 80s, a bigtime change coming up. Well let you know with the quote and will continue as we head into the weekend. First after the break, the man accused of kidnapping, beating, and dumping a woman that leads police on a chase to several east bay cities, details on how it all ended. Taking a live look out toward the nearly empty bay bridge toll plaza on a friday evening, this is something you are not used to see. Ktvu fox 2 news at six will be right back. A Police Standoff in richmond last night ended with a deadly officer involved shooting. Police say this is that had left a woman for dead in the east bay hills before he led police on a chase to richmond. Henry lee explains how it all unfolded. It was one shot and then about 20 shots after that. Reporter a chaotic scene where a suspect accused of kidnapping and beating a woman was killed after a wild chase from oakland and a barrage of police gunfire. Reporter there was cops all the way down this way, cop cars there, the cop car that looked like it had been hit. Reporter Juan Ayon Barraza pointed a gun at them. Richmond and Oakland Police opened fire, during the confrontation bullets tore through cars and in Oakland Police cruiser. It happened so fast, must be at least 30, 40, 50 cops within 15, 22nd. Reporter when it was over the suspect was dead, it is not known if he was killed by police, a selfinflicted gunshot wound or a combination of both. It began earlier thursday with the suspect kidnapped a woman in solano county, beat her, then dumped her in the Oakland Hills to the Contra Costa County line. Oakland and Morocco Police spotted the suspects chevy astro van and began chasing it along pikers and along i580 into richmond. He ended up in an apartment complex where his childs mother lives. She is not the victim left the site of the road. The suspect rammed a police car, injuring two officers, one of them suffering a broken leg. They pulled the officer out of the car, he was limping on the way. There was an ambulance at the same time, right here at the corner. They lowered him up. Reporter they opened fire but they did not immediately rush and afterward. They were giving a lot of warnings, they started calling the person by name and saying that they had their family with them and we are going to send in the dogs and they warned him in english and spanish. Reporter she shot this video from her window. There yelling at him to get up and get on his knees. Reporter getting no response, police sent in a canine to help clear the fan. The name of the victim has not been released. The Police Shooting is under investigation by richmond and oakland pd as well as the Contra Costa County das office. A few days ago we have the sunshine, temperatures, on the warm side, 70s and 80s, things have changed quite a bit. A lot of stubborn clouds and temperatures only in the 50s and the 60s this afternoon. Highs today across the bay area, one low 70 out toward antioch, 72, san jose 67 and pretty chilly in san fran the skull and pacifica in the 50s. Now saturday, here is your weekend outlook, clouds and drizzle will start off the day. And then and sunday, mostly sunny skies, not a big change in temperatures drop the weekend, mainly in the 60s. Talk about two systems out in the pacific, one is heading toward Southern California and kind of a twin, up here and is kind of based on the location of the systems, keeping the clouds in the forecast and also the possibility of a few thunderstorms to the north and to the east of the bay area. Right now, a little bit of green on the radar, not all reaching the ground but in the short term, there is a slight chance of a sprinkle or a light shower, very isolated. Current numbers in the 50s to lower 60s out there, so still pretty chilly, here is our live camera looking out across San Francisco with mostly cloudy skies of ahead. Overnight lows starting out in the 40s and 50s, a lot of cloud cover, as far as the afternoon we will have more on that forecast coming up in a little bit. San francisco officials reinforcing their message now that there will be no public celebration of marijuana next monday on 420. Christien kafton explains the extra measures police are taking to prevent crowds from actually gathering. Reporter in years past, for 20 has drawn thousands of cannabis fans to hippie hill in golden gate park. This year the city is warning that in light of the social distance thing Public Health directives, a public or 20 celebration is officially canceled. Stay home for 420, dont come to San Francisco, we are not welcoming any large gatherings of any nature, not just during 420, but any other time. Reporter fencing was around hippie hill it officers will be on scene ready to cite and arrest if necessary. Reporter he was the officers in the parks, you will see streets closed, you will see us out with the area fenced off. And we want to remind people, please do not engage in for 20 festivities. I have to tap and one time just to say reporter he40 taking to twitter sing public celebrations for 420 make no sense this year. We are bay area strong, lets stay in the house, we love for 20 but lets not get out there and be in a crowd, lets not do that. They have to be canceled this year. Reporter the cannabis dispensaries says safety is the top priority. They are urging users to create Real Community and the Virtual World to celebrate this year. We are not giving up on 420, but we are suggesting that people do for 20 in place and have a nice time at home. We are highly encouraging people to stay home, order online for pickup, preorder and delivery. Reporter they will be working with the rack and Parks Department to make sure people dont just move that Party Somewhere Else in the city, they say this year the stakes are simply too high but people get high with each other. In San Francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. Coming up, Cal State University is announcing plans to temporarily suspend the use of sat and act test results for admission. San diego comic Book Convention becomes the latest coronavirus victim, why this years crowd was expected to be bigger than normal. Today the cal state system announced plans to suspend the use of sat and act exams as criteria for admission in the 202120 school year. The chancellor of the california State University system says the temporary change will ensure equitable access to the university, and should provide some measure of relief to Prospective Students and their families. University california officials announced a similar decision earlier this month. Virtual graduation ceremonies could become commonplace starting next month. Reporter alex hogan looks at the changes being made and a surge of emotions being felt by many college seniors. Reporter more than 3 Million University seniors wont walk across the date at the works page at the end of the semester because of covid 19. Universities are taking unique approaches but after years of studies this is not the combination of a College Career that students expected. It was immediate tears to my face. I am firstgeneration college student, so it was important. Everyone is sad and angry and just confused. Many are offering a lifetime ceremony complete with musical performances and your name read just like it would be in person. Former secretary Hillary Clinton is joining forces with john legend and jimmy fallon to offer students several speeches online. Other schools have left the decision of a vote from seniors, most saying they still want an inperson ceremony but after the pandemic. Students will receive their diploma but this year, after walking to the mailbox. Mike haney says it was important for his school to offer commencement experiences to the graduating class. We recognize that we have a legal obligation to actually awarded the degree so that our students can go one into the workforce, pursue graduate school and cetera. Mac many attractive gravel the loss of job offers and a growing number of jobless claims. Anxieties of going into a job market that is more focused right now on who they are about to lay off rather than who they are about to hire. We all had great internships that could have potentially launched us into our careers and they high school looking to go away to college they might have to wait a little bit longer. Boston university announcing that it might keep campus closed until 2021. , con has been canceled for the first time in 50 years. The annual comic Book Convention was scheduled for the july 23 weekend, at the San Diego Convention center. Normally, draws a crowd of up to 135,000 people and this year, it was supposed to be even larger. That is what they expected because of the 50th anniversary of the event. They are planning a return for july of next year. Coming up, calls for better protection for Home Healthcare workers, why some say they are being forgotten during the pandemic. The bay area Sabrina Ionescu is the number one pick in the wnba draft, we hear from her coming up when scott read joins us with sports. Now to our top stories the six counties around the bay area are now enforcing a mandatory face mask order. The new rule applies to people in public, going to incentive his this or using public transportation. The six counties are San Francisco, alameda, sonoma, contra costa, san mateo, and marin. Gov. Newsom announcing the formation of an Advisory Group to help with the States Economic recovery. He will have about 80 members including for former california governors, and top executives from apple and disney. The panel will put Public Health and safety first, in its recovery plans. In washington today, President Trump says states are responsible for testing their residents to reach benchmark reopening. Many states including california say theyre having a hard time getting test components such as chemicals and swabs. The White House Task force says they believe states have enough capacity to meet the phase 1 federal guidelines. Are watching ktvu fox 2 news at six 30. Healthcare workers who visit people inside their homes say they are being forgotten during this pandemic. Reporter they are the lowest paid in the field and they also say they are running out of protective gear. As evan reports, there is a new push for congress to step in. Reporter she changes bandages and checks the dialysis tubing of her patient. She is a Home Healthcare worker and makes visits like this every day, most of her patients are seniors. They have a variety of Health Issues and at the highest risk of dying from covid19. We care for sick people and we have to make sure my team is well as well. Reporter she is part of an industry doing essential work. By treating people at home, these Healthcare Workers are alleviating the burden on hospitals, introducing their patients chances of being exposed. These workers who provide the personal Care Services are among the lowest wage earners in the country and taking on the highest risks in caring for these patients and their own homes. Reporter president of the National Association of Home Healthcare workers says the government needs to step up. He is pushing congress to increase medicare payments during the pandemic. Taking on those jobs has always been a challenge for recruitment and retention but even today, more so. Reporter another issue is medicare does not pay Home Healthcare providers for telehealth visits. You can have a nurse contacting a patient, five, six, seven times a week for a month, but only going into the home once and that would bring, maybe 150. Reporter the other patient lives in San Francisco, his high blood pressure, diabetes and uses a pacemaker. Hes expression so she turned needed. The people who come to this company helped me a lot and got me to the point so i can at least enjoy my life. Reporter many Home Healthcare workers are running out of personal protective equipment like gloves and masks. They Want Congress to make home health a priority if they release any stockpiles of ppe. One of her patients is 101 years old and recently broke his nose and a fall. He would normally go to a hospital for treatment but because of the coronavirus emma paramedics recommend that he stay at home under her care. A lot of this is put onto the healthcare people that are at home when it should have been, you know, taken up to a higher level of care. Reporter california needs to have a plan to take care of vulnerable patients of the state wants to begin moving away from sheltering in place. In the meantime, these nurses continue doing their jobs. Knowing the risks, ktvu fox 2 news. Bay area nurses held rallies today to raise awareness about the lack of personal protective equipment for Healthcare Workers on the front lines. Thousands of nurses across california brought attention to the issue today during their shift change. They are proud to serve and provide care, but they say they need better protection to keep safe while on the job. I do not want to get infected, nor spread covid19 to those around me. It is heartbreaking to be a frontline Healthcare Worker and feel disposable by my employer. It comes as thousands of nurses demand more protection and better care for themselves and their patients during the pandemic. It is also change the way 911 dispatchers operate, including the calls they take and new Safety Measures to keep them healthy. As rob roth tells us, he spoke with a dispatcher in San Francisco about what life is like for them during this crisis. Reporter here in San Franciscos 911 Emergency Operations reporter here in San Franciscos 911 Emergency Operations ctr. On turk street it is a lot more higher stress level in the department right now. Reporter dispatchers including virtual sin are fielding more and more distress calls concerning the coronavirus. Reporter it seems like it is almost like one in every 2 to 3 calls you are getting some type of pandemic response. Reporter a dispatcher shot the cell phone video showing what it is like inside the call center, while dispatchers where masks and workstations are spread out to maintain social distance thing. A covid19 outbreak in here could be disastrous to the city. Our processes have changed, the way we move around the building has changed. That was a challenge, we do things like that everyone their own keyboard, we try to limit the change in shifts. Reporter so far just one dispatcher has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self quarantining at home. Dispatchers are working anywhere from 10 to 14 hour shifts these days. Then have to go home and cook and clean, take care of your kids, that is a stress level in itself. Reporter those who call in with covid19 symptoms sound scared but dispatchers asked him a list of questions about their condition and possible exposures. They try to remain calm with the caller. Sometimes we stay on the phone with them, if needed, if they really need to. Until the paramedics for the Fire Department arrives. Just to make them feel better. They are there to help us save lives and follow the rules and practices that we need to do during this time of covid. Neck San Francisco has 130 neck San Francisco has 139 one dispatchers, very often the first First Responders. They really have such a difficult job that it is unappreciated, and in times like this, it is that much more difficult. Reporter more difficult, more stress, longer hours. A lot of people dont see us because we are in the backdrop. But we try to work for the citizen, so, you know, to help in this covid19 situation. Reporter he hopes scientists and researchers can solve this disease and soon. Rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. Coming up, bay area rapper g easy making a difference in helping young people in need. They have been come you know, doing incredible work for a really long time and come you know, it is important to be able to help out wherever i can. Stay with us, we tell you about his donation to sanford this goes larkin street youth service. A hearty and delicious meal donated to some frontline medical workers on the peninsula today. They were delivered at lunchtime to workers at the Medical Center in daly city. The food was provided by cultivate labs, and organization that supports filipino owned business is in san fran the skull. The meals are more than just food. We think of food as medicine. And 60 of the nurses here are filipino, so this is our way of connecting back to our community. They are accepting donations an effort to provide 10,000 meals for bay area Healthcare Workers, scientists, filipino seniors, and low income families. A bay area rapper is making a generous donation during the covid19 crisis. I spoke with bay area rapper, g eazy, but his Nonprofit Organization that is helping feed young people in need. It is something that is very, you know, important to me, something im passionate about. Reporter bay area rapper g eazy is making sure those that are often overlooked dont go forgotten. His nonprofit romanization has been working with larkin street youth services, donating meals to at risk youth in san fran the skull, the entire month of april. It is one of the oldest and biggest, you know, Youth Centers for homeless and at risk youth. They have been doing incredible work for a really long time and come you know, it is a working to be able to help however i can. Reporter it allows cooks to provide boxed meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner that get delivered seven days a week. It helps us to feed 40 young people every single day in one of our housing programs, and it keeps a really important, Small Business food truck going that otherwise would not be able to operate, so it is a double win, if you will. It comes in a time of great need. They serve about 2200 young people a year and sweeps about 400 on any given night. 42 of the young people we work with lost her job. So it is really a big deal now, so what we are getting from young people is like im hungry, and you know, now i have food and i can rely on it and it just really gets food and peoples bellies in a special way and i think it really makes them feel cared about and cared for. Reporter he loves the bay area, it is why he created the Endless Summer Fund to help them reach their full potential and give back to the community that raised him. At the fundamental level of food, you know, that is just essential. So i felt like by come you know, helping in this way, providing lunch, you know, for a whole month would be a good way to come you know, just reach out and help those who are the most in need. He is also teaming up with puma to donate 500 pairs of shoes to youth services. They are grateful for every donation they have received so far from the community. Bay area weather, the warm up that we started off the week with his long gone. A lot of clouds and cooler temperatures and we will update your weekend forecast, coming up. Lets go to Heather Holmes now with a look at some of the stories we are working on for the 7 00 news over on ktvu. Com plus. The way the travel may never be the same again. Coming up at seven, we take a look at the way the Airline Industry could be forever changed by this pandemic. Dating apps have seen a spike in usage since shelter at home orders began. That is it a warning sign for potential resurgence of covid 19 once those orders are lifted . We will have those stories and a lot more all coming up life tonight at seven over on ktvu. Com plus. First after the break, and increase in popularity for ogle farmers. We take a closer look at the boom beings at the frustrated that clean clothes you want to wear always seem to need an iron . Try bounce wrinkle guard dryer sheets. The bounce wrinkle guard shorts have fewer wrinkles and static, and more softness. 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Even though they are open, many vendors at these outside neighborhood markets is a it is anything but business as usual. They have had to work hard to make social distancing guidelines to protect the Homegrown Produce from contamination. On the flipside vendors are seeing an uptick in business since the outbreak. Myself have gone up about 30, 40 . It is really, really nice. The farmers at these markets say there appears to be a renewed energy to buy local and support their neighbors. The reports seeing a lot of new faces. A bit stubborn clouds, in a bit of brees, it looks like this quote on will continue as we head into your bay area weekend so that he did two days ago, that is kind of moving on out of town. Our warming trend is basically history for right now, so into the weekend as we take a look at the forecast, as we check out the weekend outlook, a lot of clouds around him especially saturday morning and the sun and clouds mixed into the afternoon, on sunday mostly cloudy, temperatures in the upper 60s come you can see two systems out here in the pacific, another one up to the north, and basically the lump sum, and also generating enough instability, some showers and thunderstorms, up to our north. Now a little bit of green showing up right now, but still, there is a slight chance still of an isolated shower or sprinkle for tonight. Current numbers in the 50s and the 60s, cool in San Francisco, Half Moon Bay checking in, 55 degrees and here is a live camera, looking out about San Francisco for your friday evening, still a lot of clouds of the few breaks in the overcast for this evening. Overnight, overcast skies and temperatures in the upper 40s to 50s. Into tomorrow afternoon we are expecting a temperature range under partly cloudy skies in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. Tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy, maybe some drizzle first thing tomorrow morning, and into the afternoon hours, skies becoming partly cloudy and by sunday, once again we have some clouds and overall, partly to mostly cloudy skies as we head into your sunday. For tomorrow once again, temperatures not changing too much from today, a lot of 60s for afternoon highs, clouds in the morning, becoming partly cloudy into the afternoon it a bit breezy as well. As we take a look ahead, your five day forecast, temperatures not moving around too much, there is a slight chance of showers, that would be on monday, favoring the north bay but still the potential system is weakening quite a bit and it looks like it will warm up those numbers with partly cloudy skies. The heat from this a few days ago has kind of kicked on out of town and it looks like we are dealing with cooler weather pattern, mainly some 60s all weekend long. You can never toss out that jacket or sweater. Thank you so much. It is becoming a heart warming trend in the bay area and across the country, two, First Responders gathering outside hospitals during shift changes to show their support for Healthcare Workers. Allie shows us to displays of appreciation today in the south bay. Reporter a celebratory and to the night shift in an uplifting start to the day for workers coming and going from Oconnor Hospital in san jose this morning. Sheriffs officers parked their vehicles along the front entrance, turned on the flashing lights, and created they did a portal for workers to walk through as they were showered with applause. Blues up their spirits, give them a little bit of energy to get through today, these are heroes that dont get the limelight like we get. I feel special. I feel very special. Reporter this hospital custodial worker told us at first she was alarmed to see the flashing lights but once her coworkers filter in on what was going on she was overwhelmed. Reporter we do it from our hearts. You know . I worked here for almost 30 years. So we have been going through a lot but this is very nice from you guys. Thank you, we appreciate it. Reporter also this morning, as a Good Samaritan hospital, Santa Clara County firefighters lined up their vehicles and gave a heartfelt applause for the doctors, nurses, therapists and staff members. You can see people coming in with tears of, i think appreciation, just knowing that the whole world thinks what they are doing is important. We are not really thinking about what we do. Until somebody thanks you. Reporter this nurse says she soaks up the love and support here, her thoughts also turning to other essential workers. People working in the grocery stores, doing deliveries, all of them are frontline workers, they are all taking risks. And i think they deserve that, to. There is also a sense of, artery, a reminder these workers say that we are all in this together. Former basketball star Sabrina Ionescu is the number one pick in the wnba draft. Next in sports we hear her thoughts on moving her game to a team in the big apple. Time for sports. What it lacked in drama, and made up for in just good feelings. Sabrina ionescu, a nobrainer of the wnba, top draft pick and today it became a reality. With the first pick in the 2020 wnba draft, the new york liberty select Sabrina Ionescu. From the university of oregon. The best Womens College player in the nation this season and really one of the best ever is now a member of the new york liberty. You probably know the scoop on her by now, a historic senior season at oregon, capping off a College Career that included 2000 points, 1000 rebounds and assists us. The walnut creek native drilled to be moving on to the next level. I have grown in the leadership category to my four years and i will continue to grow in that category as they enter the leak so im excited to learn from the players that are there and make new friendships and continue to grow in every aspect of the game. So heres the top of the draft board looks like. How about back to back ducks . Ducks at one and two would sabrina and, goes to dallas. They take lauren cox out of baylor at three, Kennedy Carter and round out the top five. As the rookie class ponders its professional payday, the nba is pondering, well, just the opposite. As an pay cuts. The league is losing millions of dollars every day the games are not played and as such, it is asking the players to take a 50 reduction in salaries according to the athletic. The Players Association has countered with a 25 proposed pay cut that would begin in mid may. No matter what they decide, they will feel the crunch of this lost income for years. Another day, another litany of great sports memories. Joe fonzi, this day in sports history. Reporter on this day in 1968, oakland became an american leak town. The athletics played their first game at the sparkly new Oakland Coliseum and just four years later would bring the city a world series champion ship. In a different nba era, on this day in 1967, the warriors rick perry scored 55 points in the playoff game against the philadelphia 76ers. That was the third highest total in a playoff game at that time. And on this day in 2007, nba referee Joey Crawford was suspended for the remainder of the season because of this incident. Assessing san antonios tim duncan, second technical foul and each action for smiling on the bench. That is the stay in sports, april 17. I am joe fonzi. Finally, we do a little friday video eye candy, we call it check this out. We have max hilty, a 20year old golf pro from colorado, he is not just a golfer, he is giving us a three sport trick shot. Look at this. Of the golf club, hitting the soccer ball, and that is going straight into the basketball net. How about that . Then this one year old, i dont know who he is but how awesome is that . I mean, oneyearold and his hitting fingers. So we have a future mike trout on our hands, i guess. All these videos are putting us to shame, people are doing so many cool things with their time. I was going to say the kid reminds me of a young andre senior but i have not seen the video to cooperate that. We want to let you know, thank you for joining us here, the Big Bang Theory is next and our life news continues over on ktvu. Com plus. Itll be good to have him back. The fantastic four reunited chuckles yeah, you had a good run, fake wolowitz. Well remember you with nostalgic fondness. The way we do the dialup modem, the vhs tape, or. Or leonards gym membership. Were not kicking him out. Stuart and i have become good friends. Okay, one vote for, one vote against. Leonard, youre the tiebreaker. I dont have a problem with stuart. Besides, he gives us a 20 discount at his comic book store. Well, i dont sell my friendship that cheaply. I can go 30. Welcome aboard, old chum. Okay, the nasa web site says howards final descent has begun. sighs he left a boy, he returns a boysized hero. wolowitz screaming loud rumbling loops, calm down baruch atah, adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam, Hamotzi Lechem min haaretz. Whats that . The jewish prayer for eating bread laughs we dont have one for falling out of space booming gasps rumbling stops we did it laughing were on the ground we survived that was just the parachute. We still have another six miles to go. screaming our whole universe was in a hot, dense state then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started. Wait the earth began to cool the autotrophs began to drool, neanderthals developed tools we built the wall we built the pyramids math, science, history, unraveling the mystery that all started with a big bang bang oh. Oh, darn wha let me help. Lift and push and push