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Week is kicked in and it will continue right up to top out on friday it will be well above average here and the northwest mount diablo is 23 was ill South Southwest and that is a lot of rain heading to portland and seattle but not to us. Temperatures are above average now and doing well above for the next few days with 60s 70s and 80s. From the hop here was a 680 and it still an issue, sal . Yes it is, southbound 680 as you get off at the 84, just before the 84 exit there was a crash there with the truck and you can see that, will i will tell you, the traffic is can it be okay. On the Richmond Bridge approach it looks pretty good coming in westbound as you come into san rafael from richmond with no major issues. Back to pam. Topic are news this morning, starting today, much of the bay area will begin enforcing a mandatory order. You will have to wear some type of facemask or covering or you will be allowed into essential businesses such as banks and Grocery Stores Sara Zendehnam joins us now with more on the details, good morning, sarah. Good morning, pam. If you been out in the last couple weeks, im sure youve noticed that people have already been covering their faces when they go out to essential businesses. But today there are several bay area counties that will start enforcing this new order. If you take a look at your screen, these are the six bay area counties where the new mask orders of being enforced san mateo, San Francisco, contra costa, marin and Alameda County orders will be in for starting today while Sonoma Countys order went into effect last week. You may be wondering where you have to wear a mask we have a list and you should cover your face when youre going to an essential business waiting in line outside, on Public Transportation, if you go to the doctor or if you are at work if you dont cover your face, you could be turned away at the door. Health Officials Say you should practice social distancing but of course, in some situations, you may not be able to so, having a mask on can help lower the risk of spreading coronavirus there are situations where you dont have to wear a mask when you are outside, in your car at home you should also always carry one with you in case. We all know that masks are hard to come by these days so you can make one out of any sort of material out of a tshirt or cloth and you can wear a bandanna over your face we spoke to one about her thoughts and wearing a mask to slow the spread. It makes perfect sense whether or not we feel the experts are right in saying its preventative that the old saying, an ounce of revenge and is with an ounce of cure so we all need to do our part. If you have kids at home and youre wondering how theyve falling into this whole rule, kids under the age of 12 are exempt from the orders and anyone under the age of two should never cover their face because they run the risk of suffocation reporting live, Sara Zendehnam, ktvu, fox 2 news. Bart Police Officers will be at the entrances of bart stations and at the fair gates, blocking people who are not wearing a mask from getting on trains. As longare covered heart wil begin enforcing county Health Orders that say you have to wear a mask or Face Covering on bart trains or while you are waiting in bart stations bart has posted new signs alerting messengers about a mask order. We talked to one writer at the station yesterday who was not wearing a mask. I think its a valid, i know every other county in the bay area right now, its a mandatory and as far as bart goes i think they shouldve been doing it from day one. The mandatory Face Covering order applies to all Public Transportation including rideshares and taxis. Ridership on bart is down 94 since a shelter in place order took effect last month and, bart said its a losing 9 million a week in fair revenues. Later today, Governor Newsom is expected to tell us more about his plan to bring california out of the state home order he will talk about testing, a key part of lifting restrictions california has almost 36,000 confirmed coronavirus cases 1300 people have died from the virus so far. Here in the bay area there is 6700 confirmed cases, 218 people have died. Santa clara county, the bay areas hardest hit county is losing in on 2000 confirmed coronavirus cases. Santa clara county now says the first coronavirus deaths in the south bay happened a lot earlier than originally thought the medical examiner says that two people died in their homes on february 6 and february 17 third person died of the virus on march 6. Investigators originally believe that the first run a virus death in Santa Clara County happened on march 9. Authorities expect even more deaths will be found as a medical examiner goes through their records. California wants to expand the numbers of people who should be tested for coronavirus, they report that the state is the first to recommend testing those who dont show symptoms but are at high risk for being exposed to it by people in Nursing Homes or work in prisons. Its a big step to limiting the spread of covid19. Speaker of the house nancy pelosi is calling lawmakers back to washington d. C. To vote tomorrow on the economic stimulus plan approved in the senate the bulk of the nearly half trillion dollar package goes to the Paycheck Protection Program for smaller businesses 60 billion of that is ring set aside for smaller lenders 75 billion will go to hospitals and 25 billion for coronavirus testing. At the white house, there is already talk of a fifth economic stimulus bill and the Administration Says it would focus on helping state and local governments that are spending a lot of money during the current prices and could also include be money for infrastructure and Internet Access. Immigration into the u. S. Is suspended for the next 60 days. President trumps latest executive order is creating fear that there will be more racism against some immigrant communities. The executive order applies to anyone seeking a green card to gain entry into the country. The president says he wants to make sure unemployed americans are first in line for a job that opens up as the country reopens an immigration attorney say the announcement has many people in immigrant communities very concerned. We dont know exact we how invasive this will go but theres a genuine fear as to what will happen to people who are already here or trying or in process. A determination will be made on whether or not to lifted based on economic factors. Also happening today, the Salvation Army is delivering meals to the homeless under a new partnership with the city of San Francisco. The program will handout 1400 meals, two for every person that already different homeless camps today and will continue every day except on sundays for the next 30 days. The time is now 6 08 am, new this morning in San Francisco a suspect who barricaded himself inside of San Francisco is live Memorial Church is behind bars now just before midnight, police say wa peacefully. Hes accused of pointing a knife at someone early yesterday morning in the tenderloin. The Police Rushed to the scene and during the confrontation that one officer opened fire and then the suspect ran into clyde church leading to a standoff with police. Authorities told us what led to the shooting and have not told us that the suspect was wounded. One person was killed and two others heard in a crash in San Francisco, this one happened last night in potrero hill. Three people in a dog were in an suv that plowed through a fence at 25th and dakota streets and then went downhill and landed in a parking lot. A woman was killed at the scene. The dog was also killed and two other victims were rushed to a hospital in one of them had lifethreatening injuries. The cause of the crash is still being investigated. Gosh. X 10 a. M. Is the time and lets check in for a look at weather at this hour. It something ive noticed because we dont usually or i dont usually have a window to look at because im in the studio but the sun is starting to come up and its getting earlier and earlier. Its clear theres a little fog out there in the city has some, oak and, Half Moon Bay but thats about it and i dont think its gonna last long 50 in Golden Gate Park and officially the city im going 51, its sitting at 52 but i think it will get to 51 68 is the high, both above and 44 in 1901 for record highs in the state and a record low. Warmer temperatures are on their way up the role of toaster and we peaked out on friday and then take a little dip on saturday but it will still be nice or not looking for changes here. 40s on the temperature of 51 in brentwood and 41 in redwood city with Half Moon Bay and a little bit of fog petaluma at 44 and 33 at middle pekin marin county 45 and you keita 30 in tahoe six in las vegas and 58thats a towards portland and seattle may be extreme in Northern California but not for us so patchy fog and it will be warmer and 80s to the interior mid 80s popping up over the next couple days and especially on thursday and friday for the warmest days so if you like sunshine and warm temperatures we havent had much of it but were getting it now and we will continue and it will still be nice. The time is now x 12 am, details of the first at home coronavirus tests, who will be the first to get it and first, the emergency ordinance in San Francisco designed to protect employees from the coronavirus the employees that employees who work in Grocery Stores, drug stores and delivery of goods should be seeing welcome back that it 6 14 am and the director of the cdc is now warning that there could be a second wave of the on a virus it could come at the same time as flu season this year. Robert redfield says hospitals need to start repairing for a surgeon flu cases and covid19 and at the same time, this coming fall and winter. Taskforces say testing will be crucial for coronavirus. Patient when they come in with early flu can look very close with testing in place to be able to be sure that this years covid19 pandemic came in march and april at the end of the flu season, but if large numbers of people get the coronavirus during flu season, there is concern it could certainly overwhelm the u. S. Healthcare system. Truck drivers are keeping us supplied from tools to toilet paper and we talked with the 30 year veteran we talked about what it takes to keep america rolling. Of San Francisco unanimously approved a emergency ordinance to require employees to provide employees with detection from coronavirus and eating Grocery Stores, pharmacies, restaurants and on demand delivery services. It make sure theres an expanded workers rights package. Employers have to provide personal protective equipment, paid time while drivers in their cars and wash their hands , no Contact Options during deliveries and i know retaliation clause. The marriott is one of the first major hotel to tell us for reassuring guests clean during the coronavirus prices. Marriott will use electrostatic sprayers with hospital gray disinfectants to sanitize hotels. Rooms are going to be sprayed after every guest visit the marriott is also testing ultraviolet Light Technology to sanitize room keys. With very few people doing travel these days Hotel Operators are looking for new ways to stay in business for summer offering bonds that weekly increase in value. For every 100 invested, they get a 150 credit two months away. Other hotels are letting people pay discounted rates now to cover the cost of staying sometime before the end of next year. There are lots of deals out there and you can download the app not use the key at all, you have to use their phone to check ingoing forward. Lets check in with steve paulson. No one is traveling quite yet but were heating out out there. Were getting warmer its going to continue but monday we were below average but by the time we get to friday we will be way above. 48 in livermore and there may be a little fog near there but its mainly clear the pressure is high up there, san jose is 49 and also and higher in the south and southeast but with a calm breeze. Temperatures are in the 40s and 50s andwith 40s and kensington i80 corridor but fog is on the backside but that wont be the going north, not for us but rain is going to the Pacific Northwest 60s and upper 70s and low 80s and tomorrow will be warmer and we talk about on friday there could be some near 88 degrees inland, it still okay but the fog makes a good appearance on sunday for a little cooldown. Things are slowly getting back to normal for a big bay area candy maker. The process sees candies will go through before making candy again. The shelter in place is not letting one man keep him from running the Boston Marathon, well, sort of. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. Thank you for the request here, viewers are coming strong, many are working from home during this traffic jam, go ahead and send me a request if youd like to just go to our social media platforms, facebook, twitter, instagram and if you use a it makes it easier for me to see, thanks, nora. Her voice is like in on moment, very nice. 622 is the time for a new york city man wanted to read read the Boston Marathon as best he could drain the shelter in place. Ea, rooftop marathon. He was supposed to compete in the race on monday but it was postponed until september so he went to the rooftop of his apartment and ran laps to complete all 20 6. 2 miles it turned out to be 1098 laps and it took them 5 1 2 hours. A good sign las vegas raiders, the stadium lit up last night for the first time the work crew tested out the electrical system including the main sign and construction was allowed to continue through the rotavirus shutdown, now that the roof is complete, the 2. 5 billion stadium is on track to be complete by the end of july. Major League Baseball is moving closer to cutting back on the number of minorleague. The two sides have a videoconference today to negotiate the terms but the minors are prepared to agree to the majorleague proposal of reducing the number of teams from 160 to 120 some people believe this change could her prospects but they shut down the first day to cut costs anywhere they can. And, the San Francisco giants had to layoff 1200 members of event staff 01 report from this days Employment Development Department Says the Organization Made the temporary cuts in late march the spokesperson says the employees were notified and will get a supplemental payment in addition state and federal unemployment. High schools and colleges across the country are trying to figure out how to handle this grading period in light of the shelter in place. This week i spoke with the local School Superintendent is scheduled to meet with students, parents and teachers this week on an important issue. Reporter now that Distance Learning is up and running, the big debate is grades and particularly for High School Students working hard for the gpa. So, how do you make is fair for everyone . We want to do best for all of our kids and we want to know who that is right now the superintendent in marin county is trying to balance whats right for kids who dont have Internet Access and those whose parents are out of work and struggling with the kids who do have resources and are working hard to improve their grades. Can you go to an option thats not gonna penalize anybody but does reward students who are able to get better grades and if that is going to help their gpa, so we are weighing both of the options right now. Reporter students, parents and teachers will way injuring Panel Discussions with the superintendent and the school board, many are hoping for options because one system wont work for everyone. May be, its whatever and you can choose to go credit or no credit or you can take the grade that youre going to get habited a combination of the third and fourth orders. The superintendent and the school board world here and a decision will be made and anxious to hear how colleges will handle this time period. Ktvu fox 2 is partnering with San Francisco Unified School District to provide daily Educational Television for some of the younger students out of the classroom right now. Asked seth loves learning errors week days at 2 p. M. Plus and thats over on channel 36 with the daily academic lesson for children in preschool through second grade San Franciscos younger students traditionally have less act technology than older students but of course, any child is welcome each weekday on ktvu plus. The time is now 6 26 am and San Francisco is closing some streets now for a safe place for people to walk or ride bikes. Next, the reason some city leaders are not happy with the streets selected to close during the shelter in place most people are to wear face masks, we detail new regulations that start today. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. We want to take your right to new york this morning where theyre getting ready to ring the opening bell. Gold continues to surge during the pandemic. There is the bell live in they believe the metal double in value over the next 18 months but right now we are seeing quite a bit of recovery after two days of losses and it looks like the dow will open up about 400 points, we will get you that number in the Business News in todays dollars and cents, coming up. Good morning and thank you for joining us at wednesday april sign the 22nd earth day, im pam cook. You ring that bell on time all the time. Good morning, im dave clark and over there is a great steve paulson. You came in bringing the great forecast for the bay area today. A lot more sun than we had in the last couple days. Warming will continue today with a little fog and i noticed some dancing around sunny and 70s and 80s for the most part with fog off in the distance 45 in santa rosa and San Francisco is officially 52 with an average of 6350 so 86 and 19 on a record high for this day and a record low thats a lot of rain for seattle and portland, so temperatures with High Pressure building in above average the 8 to 82 in santa rosa sallies here now with an issue one 680 since for 00, is that still off to the side it is, at koopman road, theres a truck on the side at that exit that was carrying fuel in the trying to get rid of it, also looking at the eastshore freeway, it looks a little busy because there was a traffic light and if you look at the picture you think wow, who are all these people and why is there such a big bunch of people and thats because the freeway was temporarily shut down as chp held traffic and now its been let go and there appeared to be a lot of people headed down to macarthur maze. Lets go back today. Starting today you have to start wearing a face mask or some other Face Covering around most of the bay area under new mandatory orders the orders covered these counties, San Francisco, san mateo, contra costa, alameda and marin county follder in Sonoma County this d. We have the new facemask requirement that was announced last week that delayed until today this gives the time to buy or make a mass. In those counties have to wear Face Coverings in a Grocery Store orbusinesses. Wearing a mask are also required when you write Public Transportation and violators can be find. Whenever you go outside, covering your face is recommended but is not required Santa Clara County is strongly encouraging everyone to wear Face Coverings but that county did not require a mask in public by order. Today you need a paper ticket to ride on bart and you also have to wear a mask or have your face covered. Allie rasmus, working from home has all the details good morning. Good morning. Bar police are in charge of enforcing this new official rule on the Transit System if you want to get past the fare gates and get on board one of the trains, police will be reminding everyone they need a Face Covering or a mask to do that. Bart treated at a picture of what make mollify is one of these facemask. You can see that it includes anything from a cloth mask, a bandanna or a scarf wrapped around the lower half of your face this picture was tweeted out yesterday and people coming into the station dont have a Face Covering but bar police will remind them about the new order and give them suggestions about what passengers can use to be allowed into the station. You have a sweatshirt you can wrap around your face or a jacket or a scarf or is your shirt big enough for you can visit we bring it above your nose . When im walking i dont like to wear it but as soon as i get on the bar it goes on. Under this new rule from bart you have to have the Face Coverings even when youre in the parking lot on bart property. Others are enacting similar specific orders like sam trans on the peninsula. In addition to the transit specific rules that agencies are putting out, there are county public Health Orders mention that cover everyone whether they are writing on Public Transit are not everyone in their homes to essential errands or essential business is supposed to have a Face Covering a mask when they leave their homes allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2s. One of the biggest outbreaks is at an assisted living facility in San Francisco. The health Department Says theres cases at Central Gardens convalescent hospital in the western addition. 39 residents and 28 Staff Members of tested positive since the first case airfest last month one staff member tells us that it was scary at first but the patients are tested positive for the virus of been set rated him the rest we try to do whats better. These facilities are under the supervision of the state which is over testing and treatment but so far no deaths have been reported. The fda approved the first coronavirus test for athome use, the pixel test by lapcorp allows people to swap themselves for the virus and mail in the sample for processing the test will be made available only to healthcare workers and First Responders but for now it cost 119 and is not covered by insurance. The company will announce when it is available to the general public. Election day, still more than six months away but San Francisco officials are debating different ways people could vote during the pandemic San Francisco democratic already want city leaders to have the city vote by mail and they point to the problems in wisconsin during the primary election earlier this month San Franciscos director of elections says his department has already spent the last two weeks mobilizing, considering two paths to get ready for the general election. We are still considering how we could run an election to polling places for polling for voters and workers but were also planning for a ballot by mail election. The cities election is looking for direction from the Governors Office in early may unless city leaders take action before them. San Francisco Mayor london breed announced new ways for extending the deadline for paying the Business Registration fee until the end of september. This will happen at the end of september to pay license fees for city departments and eating police, fire entertainment and Public Health departments. A massive dark cloud caused by the pandemic is what cal trans is saying about the lack of hours on the road a been able to expedite the projects and they moved up the ellen meny boulevard project on highway 101 in San Francisco to start this week, three months ahead of schedule. You will be able to do a very impact full project sooner than we expect april instead of july and we will do it faster than we thought. A major concern is the number of speeders as some people think they can drive faster since they encounter fewer cars on the highways bay bridge traffic is down by half compared to last year and then the bridges down by two thirds but be careful out there. Construction on the ellen meny boulevard at highway 101 in San Francisco is also expect to start on saturday, crews will begin repair work during the 280 interchange at allen meany circle and north town traffic on 101 will be diverted to interstate 280. Vehicles on allen meany traveling under 101 will a lee jordan caltrans is that project is a to to be complete in may. San francisco is also taking an idea from oak and and closing some streets to traffic so it can create more space for people to practice social distancing. Traffic cones will designated dozen quarters for biking and walking and only people who live on the streets will be able to drive to the area but some question the areas that were chosen to those. People on the west side are hurting for opens base and places to walk and bike safely. I was never contact at all and the fact we dont know about this is not good news. The program will take a month implement and the sf mta will take feedback about additional areas to those. Pam and steve are here and i dont know if you been outside but it is starting out to be a really Beautiful Day. It feels great out there. It does indeed, we are already under mostly clear skies. It doesnt look like any fog and it will get chewed up rapidly and temperatures are on their way up. Warming continues 70s and 80s by the immediate coast. There are a few high clouds with patchy fog and Golden Gate Park has High Pressure building and allowing temperatures to warm up. Where running hot for april with temperatures well above average for this time of year. The rain year but water year is october 31 thankfully, last year it was so good that that helped a lot of reservoirs in the snowpack will help on the reservoirs for a little bit. 40s on the temperatures here and hillsboro, san mateo and even montero and foster city are all in the upper 40s dont stick your toe in the water because thats cold. San francisco is bouncing between 53 and 54 so any fog, we certainly have a lot to work with if we get some help seattle, portland, rain city, but not for us as it looks to be about eureka, Crescent City and mount shasta north to the end of the month, theres nothing forecast for us and temperatures, 60s, 70s, upper 70s to 80s inland and this trend will keep marching northward on the temperatures here and tomorrow will be mid 80s inland with upper 80s and by the time we get to friday its the warmest day and we are talking clearlake to vacaville, brentwood, antioch and temperatures warm up into friday and a little cooler is he going to the weekend. Unfortunately, many workers are out of a gig or a job right now in eating musicianswork per a happy reunion in San Francisco that we tell you were a dog that was stolen last year was eventually found. Coming up, more controversy surrounding lulu lemon involving a tshirt and a now former employee. We will be right back. Welcome back, new this morning, President Trump says hes given orders to the u. S. Navy to attack any iranian gunboats that are sus ships the president s tweet this morning follows the u. S. Navy video last week that shows smaller iranian boats coming close to American Warships as they operate in the persian gulf. The navy calls the maneuvers dangerous and harassing saying u. S. Ships issued multiple warnings and after about an hour the uranian bows responded by radio and then went away. The morning came after this revolutionary guard saying it had launched the First Military satellite into orbit and video shows the craft taking off is the revolutionary guards for successful launch after a month of lawyers. This launches the latest Development Following the u. S. Withdrawal and the drone strike that killed a topper any in general in iraq. The Los Angeles Area had a magnitude threepoint seven earthquake just after midnight according to the usgs. It was centered near inglewood and will people up as far away as the San Fernando Valley in the san gabriel valley. At this point theres no word of any damage. At least 10 nurses who were suspended from working at a Southern California hospital are going to be back on duty this week the nurses at providence st. Johns hospital in santa monica say they will put on administrative leave after they demanded that the hospital provide and 95 masks wally work with patients who have covid19. The hospital reportedly told the nurses that the masks were not necessary. The hospital is now providing the masks. Theres a very powerful signal off the california coast of how big the oversupply of crude oil is. Take a look now there are more than 20 oil tankers waiting to get into the ports of long beach and los angeles where they could unload their cargo. But, the refinery production is down almost 30 as worldwide demand for gas, diesel and Aviation Fuel has dropped sharp. Oil companies havent been able to find markets for they coulds other products and are being forced to store it, literally, backing up production pipelines. This is despite record though prices for crude oil. The weather is nice and its tempting but San Mateo County leaders are reminding people do not travel to visit the beach. The Sheriffs Office is deputies issues nearly 300 citations last weekend to people violating the shelter in place restriction. The Police Department issued more than 400 only locals are allowed to enjoy the parks and beaches under the shelter in place orders. Police say people traveling from as far away as sacramento. We found an Alarming Number of folks had traveled more than 5 miles to to the beaches and hiking trails. Officers are only issuing warning citations for now but in the future they could lead to fines of up to 1000. We have some good news to tell you about, an australian shepherd that was stolen in San Francisco last year is back with its owner after being recovered in Los Angeles County. That dog named jackson was taken from outside a Grocery Store on december 14. Remember the Video Surveillance is showed a man approaching the bench were a dog was tied up a police of the dog was dropped off at a shelter in Los Angeles County on monday and a man from palmdale his and arrested in the case jackson is back home. The bay areas sees candies is starting to resume operations sees candies suspended a production a few weeks ago because of run a virus but now the wellknown Chocolate Company is starting up again at its headquarters and the company says it is now reconfigured how it makes and sells candy. Right now, only a limited number of stores are open and they are taking orders by phone with an outside pick up including in north san jose, sunnyvale and petaluma locations website sales will also resume soon. A commercial Real Estate Agent and separate cisco found a way to help small business. Nor me to smith says her and owns 10 properties in San Francisco and this month only two of the tenants to pay the rent and one was better love bakeshop. So she bought 700 with the goods from the bakery and donated it to the San Francisco fire department, paramedics and city shelters then, the landlord matched her act of kindness. My hope is to have other landlords match what we are doing or have a creative sense of collaboration to work with our tenants and the Community Around us so it is basic we the win of all the losing we are experiencing right now. The better love degrees in the Richmond District on balboa street. Do you know someone whos making a difference providing hope in your community . Ktvu want to denominate your local hero. Email your story along with photos or video of the person in action to my hero at fox tv. Com and we will highlight some of those stories. I love hearing those stories that people doing good, its such a nice day when we can highlight some of them but there are many. Lets check in with steve balsam fir a look at weather, a lot warmer today than yesterday or little bit . A little warmer but a lot warmer on thursday and friday, pam. Summit and temperatures and 60 mostly sunny in san jose with a couple high clouds but 3026 on the pressure. It will be a warmer week after a will monday we talked about monday being the most of the weekend no doubt about it. Friday warm to hot for april attempts above average by the time we get to the end of the week we have a little bit of fog and 41 at the oregon walnut , 44 is a popular number in south san jose, morgan hill and socal is in there 46 in cupertino. 30 in tahoe 51 in thats a lot its going up and over. The forecast just as patchy low clouds and lots of sun but the 60s and 70s have locations in the low 80s although i give up on travis, they crush me on the high so i went 84 there, warmer tomorrow and the warmest day looks to be friday and maybe towards vacaville but it looks nice on saturday and cool with fog on sunday. As the world continues to struggle during the coronavirus crisis, leaders in the World Food Program warm of another pandemic looming. Coming up, what experts say about a possible food crisis. A nursing home employees shows how a small act of kindness can still make a major difference just watch. , the next hour, the gift one elderly man received that brought him to tears. Fans of the hunger games series could soon have another movie to watch, what we know about a possible prequel. Welcome back to mornings on 2. What a song. Lowdown by boz skaggs. Send us your request. It is 6 56 am. Another movie is coming in the hunger games series. The prequel is based on the latest novel by suzanne collins. It will come out next month. No word yet on the cast for the prequel. Get ready to sing. Tony bennett is asking everyone to come along for a singalong. It you know the words so sing. He is inviting you and everybody else to join him and go to a windowsill or sit on a stoop and sing his signature song, i left my heart in San Francisco this is how he wants to honor workers on the frontline of the pandemic. A group of young women at berkeley have been working to provide First Responders with face shields. Girls at garage face shields have been going all over the area and david as far as new york. Sometimes it feels like you do not have l things that you can do that do have an impact. This is not the first time that girls garage has stepped up for people in need. They made furniture for womens shelters and sandboxes for the schools. Coronavirus has put millions of people out of work including musicians and singers who do not have a place to perform right now. But a new bay area nonprofit called music in place has been designed to help artists survived. They want to create new ways for musicians to showcase their talents and enhance their incomes. The more visibility that we can get from music videos that we are producing with these musicians, the whiter the audience will become. This is a way to get your art out there. And for other people to experience it and hopefully to help you get a leg up on things. The longterm goal is to make this something where they could collaborate far into there are changes this morning as facemasks are now required in six bay area counties. We will break down where and when your face needs to be covered. And there are new requirements to get on a bart train. And changes are coming for the embattled Utility Company pg e. It is 7 00 this wednesday. Good morning. And happy earth day. It is a Beautiful Day out there. Steve, it is just beautiful. Thank you dave. We do have mostly clear skies and a few high clouds. Patchy fog but everything is set for a pretty big warm up