I know for some that is a good thing, that puts a damper on the fire season, but for agriculture, i would keep an eye on things here. As we move forward it today, there is so much lowlevel moisture that is moving into this could be one of their setups like russian river, around mount tam or santa cruz mountains. Where the light steady rain. It keeps going and going. For others it wont be much. Mt. Tam had over an inch of rain. The russian river, santa lena had a half an inch of rain. For the first system to come in, that was really impressive. Cooler for all today, we have often on rain again. It could be lighter steady. Mostly cloudy highs mainly in the 60s. Could be a couple 70s. Temperatures right now 50s for most, couple upper 50s, mild air masses. That is for sure. Look for often on rain again. We are getting some in hayward, San Francisco, and on the peninsula. This will continue for the rest of the week. Lets go to sal now and see if its quite out there. We will ask the man himself. Traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area, and you are right. Its nice and quiet. Although it is wet. You can see the Richmond Bridge commute, looks pretty good driving out towards the toll plaza there. No major problems, heading across any of the bridges. But its wet. Take it easy out there. Lets go back up 4 32 to dave clark. Happening today senators will hear testimony today about Anthony Felch and other Top Health Officials about the federal response to the coronavirus. Doug has the details from capitol hill. Remake there has been a lot of anticipation today as dr. Anthony fauci and others are going to have an unvarnished view about where we are all headed. Capitol hill will be showing signs of life today, todays big coronavirus hearing will be unusual. The major witnesses, Government Health experts including dr. Anthony fauci will be appearing by videoconference because three of them are self quarantining. Still, they will be grilled over the country is really ready to open up again. Democrats will seek to discredit the white house response and expose any rips between fauci and the president. This will be one of the first opportunities, for dr. Fauci to tell the American People the unvarnished truth, without the president lurking over his shoulder. Dr. Fauci, let it rip. We have developed a Testing Capacity unmatched and unrivaled. Anywhere in the world. Remake President Trump expanded Testing Programs at the same Time White House staffers are now ordered wear masks when they leave their offices. Immigrants on capitol hill are now prepping the next big massive relief will that is expected to include everything from state bailouts, to rental assistance, cash payment, and more money for testing, tracing, and treatment. Remake all of the spending is getting out of control. In washington, doug, fox news. Todays Coronavirus Briefing by Governor Newsom is one of the more highly interested hated to date. The governor will discuss the protocols for restaurants to reopen for dining service. He is expected to place strict limits on Seating Capacity to allow social distancing, the California Restaurant Association is recommending that only family members, and people who live together can sit at the same table, buffets and salad bars would be banned, while food servers will wear masks. A beauty salon owner is anxiously waiting to reopen. Amber has the story about a rough month for this staff. Remake braiding here is a type of childhood passion that led rico to open the braid bar in beauty in berkeley. Shes shows us the work that she did before the pandemic she says being forced to close since the shelter in place order has been a struggle. I was freaking out to be honest with you, i wasnt sure what we are going to do, on how to make ends meet. Remake hoping she can reopen in june. A business she started nine years ago as a 21yearold. No bank loan, support came from family, friends, and clients. She now has three locations, one in berkeley, and two in oakland. A set up that had chairs side by side, to promote socializing. Time to create the little cubbies, six feet apart. Remake a new floor pan to apply social distancing using mirrors at dividers. We will have to try to be creative and think outside the box. Remake a dozen employees primarily minority women. Half are from africa. They still have their families depending on them and sending money back home. Its been a hit for everybody. Remake some employees are single mothers. Including this nail technician. She says she misses her clients were like family. To not be able to see them and interact with them on a daily basis has been extremely hard. And extremely stressful to not have that social release that we are all used to. We make a local native says she misses volunteering her services at homeless shelters and encampments where she and her staff provide free haircuts and other services once a month. Coming from a family that had financial struggles, she tells me its important for her to give back. It was hard, i didnt grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth, so i didnt come from a family of money. It was just really hard to get out there. And ask for help. Reporter amber lee, ktvo, fox news. They Homeless People in santa rosa will start moving into a temporary tent setting. Its in the parking lot of a Family Community center organized by the city by Catholic Charities will manage it. The goal is to get people who are already in homeless and camp mints, a safe place to live. Eat healthy meals, and practice social distancing. Folks in certain areas are over the 101 highway. We are trying to voluntarily entice them to leave that environment. To a better social distancing environment. 70 tents will be at the encampment. That can house at least two people. Apple is increasing its response to the coronavirus. Apple is investing 10 million to increase the production of test kits. Teaming up with kopan diagnostics. A test kit maker in riverside county. The goal is to provide the United States with 1 million test kits a week. I july 1st. There is a severe shortage of test, that is a big challenge in the fight against covid. We called them up and asked them if we can help. And they said sure, we would like a macbook pro. And it turns out now, we are going to award them 10 million from our advanced manufacturing fund. They are also sending 10 million facemasks and shields to medical employees and other frontline workers. Protesters plan together in San Francisco to honor those who have died of the coronavirus. While behind bars. Several bay area religious leaders will lead todays demonstration outside the Federal Building on golden gate avenue per the protesters are demanding more protection from the virus for those now serving time, in californias jails and prisons. Sheriff deputies up report they have arrested one man, seven times since this shelter in place orders went into effect nearly 2 months ago. The latest arrest was for robbery, and attempted carjacking. He is now being held on 200,000 bail. After the earlier arrest, he was released under the states current zero bail policy because of Health Concerns in entails. It applies to lowlevel offenders who are cited in given Court Appearance dates and instead of being infected by the virus. Lets talk about whether pam and steve its a little cold this morning. Kind of breezy too. Steve you will talk about whether we are going to get more rain today. We will dave. There is already some out there right now. I think it will be off and on today. This is just the doors open here. It looks like an active pattern. Probably about wednesday will break, thursday, friday, maybe saturday. Sunday, monday looks heavier than what we are getting now. When you get this moisture were just streaming onshore better that can be some light rain. That is what we are getting. Last 24 hours mt. Tam have the most seen over an inch of rain. Saint elaine and santa rosa had half an inch of rain. Give the european model credited forecast for santa rosa how about that . That is spot on and nailed it. Mt. Diablo. 81. After that, it really tailed off. Castro valley in redwood city, 1200s to a quarter of an inch. We did have some mid upper 70s, livermore was 78 yesterday. That southeast breeze and the sunshine until the front arrived. You can see some of that moisture moving onshore there on the san mateo coast. Theres a pretty good breeze. Middle peak, west 25 up in the east bay. Getting 28 to 30 out of the west southwest. The moisture will continue to stream in here over the next couple of days. Giving us partly to mostly cloudy skies. Also some often on rain. Its really not the next couple of days, its on sunday, monday. A lot of this is being focused on sunday evening into monday. You can add a lot to these totals, Going Forward here. 60s, upper 60s to some low 70s today. Cooler for all today, off and on rain. I would figure San Francisco more than the self. Thursday, friday looks like saturday moves back in on sunday. During a pandemic it is the exact opposite. For farmers the clock is ticking. There is no for food shortage in california. But, plenty of food is being wasted. A Bay Area Company working on how to block infections, we will show you what the company is doing, and its plans for the next couple of months. Look at how wet the roads are right now. Not a lot of traffic, but its slick out there be careful. Cell will watch that. Hes also playing music for you. Coming up here on mornings on 2. music there is a whole bunch of unknowns why am really worried this spring. California farmers are bracing for financial losses due to the pandemic. Farmers are working hard trying to keep food on our table. Ktvu Investigative Reporter found that the Current Health crisis is creating an oversupply of production. And farmers are left on the losing end. Speak reporter right now there is not a shortage in california, instead food is increasingly going to waste. All because production is slowing, expert markers are drying up, and schools and restaurants are to buying as much. Farmers say even with uncertainty, they have to be prepared for increasing demand. Its a tradition carried on at this california farm for five generations. I love working out here, i love being a farmer. Reporter bruce is overseeing a crew transplanting tomatoes. This is all new. Reporter this season workers are wearing masks, gloves, and separated by sheets of plastic. Precautions to prevent spreading coronavirus. A lot of them are like family, we obviously are very concerned about their health, that is the primary thing. Reporter the other thing is fear over the future of this food. Reporter these tomatoes are part of a contract with the cannery. With restaurants and vendors buying less, production may need to be cut. Farmers are forced to suffer. It already happened here once just weeks ago. We lost its 700,000 worth of income that we are not going to get. Mac critical crops still have to be planted now, just in hopes that the fall harvest will pay off. I have never seen, and i have been farming for almost 40 years, this kind of uncertainty. This turmoil in the markets. Reporter while caring for crops is a one big concern. Another challenge is cattle and cows. Many of which have to be taught milk twice a day every day. My grandfather started this business in 1944, with 28 cows. Reporter there are now 1550 cows. An acre for each is dedicated to growing feed to keep the cows happy. Meanwhile, up to 10 new calves are born every single day here. The demand for california milk is in many ways dried up. School lunch programs have stopped ordering. Restaurants have slowed their purchases. And warehouse is have become overrun with inventory. We may have to cut our production back a little bit. Reporter the worst is yet to come. Some production plants have shut down because of an oversupply. Forcing some farmers to spill extra milk that cant be processed. And take a financial hit. The fix is shifting the supply chain to Grocery Stores and food banks. Because future price estimates show milk, butter, and shes plummeting all because of the overabundance. Many farms could soon be operating near bankruptcy. If we had no insurance on our milk. It would be affecting us very substantially. Reporter most were told dont have insurance. Some have tried to sell their cows to the beef market which two has become flooded with product california secretary of agriculture addressed it head on. Our farmers this year have gone through a shockwave like all of us have. But they are working every day to continue the kind of bountiful, nutritious product tivoli. Reporter through a Government Program is to move products from farms to food banks. 128 california farmers have already participated. With the monthly goal of providing 21 Million Pounds of to food banks. There are fears that some farmers wont financially survive many looking for relief, yet delivering what is needed to keep america fed. This is in my mind the most essential industry. We have to have food for all of us Going Forward. Reporter still its those working the fields that carry the risk and the burden of ever changing demand. Most of us wont notice any difference in the price at the grocery store, but we can still help and support local farmers, the best thing to do look for the meeting california seal on Dairy Products and other produce. Brooks. Workers in californias vineyards say they dont have the proper protection from the virus to do their jobs. A coalition of more than 30 organizations, Business Owners, and individuals signed a letter to Grape Growers asking what they need to stay safe, organizers say that farmworkers are essential, and need the same protections that workers are given elsewhere. To take the temperature of the workers every day. How wind spokesman said that they worked tirelessly to follow the guidelines, and the recommendations of the cdc. Several San Francisco supervisors will introduce a measure to giving Voting Rights 216 and 17yearold residence in elections. It will be announced in todays meeting. s plan for the november ballot. It would make San Francisco the first major usa to allow people younger than 18 to vote. The bancroft garden and nursery in walnut creek will reopen. The garden closed in march when shelter at home orders were announced. It will reopen today at 10 00 a. M. With modifications to allow for social distancing. All visitors will be required to wear masks, and stand six feet apart, people will also enter the greenhouse at the rear parking lot. Talking about whether again, pam are you ready for more rain, or did you get enough yesterday . We got a lot starting at 11 00 yesterday, pretty much all day and its drizzly out there right now. Steve where are we headed . Edges tells you how the season has been. We are not done yet. There is still more today. What looks to be, i think a pretty wet pattern at least right now. Sunday, monday evening to tuesday. I know its early but look at all of that lowlevel moisture that has to move on shore. Within that you are going to get some off and on. Light steady rain. Some of this could stack up and you could get another quarter inch to a half inch for some. The hills also up touring the egg would print mt. Diablo, almost 8 tenths. Napa, but i have to quarter. Today will be cooler for all. There will be often on rain again it could be light and study. I have seen this pattern before. Where light density adds up to half an inch of rain. San jose without southeast trees. Advancing in the front. Today we drop all. Upper 60s to a soft to 70 in san jose. Some light rain moving through, how long the san mateo coast. Moving over towards fremont into the santa cruz mountains. That is kind of going with the theme here. 50s, 60s pretty mild air mass. No cold air associated with this. There has been a little bit of snow reported above 8000 feet. When you get this kind of the system you have to keep an eye on thunderstorm activity. More likely to be towards the sacramento valley. The series of systems will continue to rotate through. There would be anything too heavy until the weekend. When you are going to see some of these totals really ramp up. From San Francisco, sanda rosa. Another inch of rain forecast between now and sunday morning thats a lot of rain for me. 60s to near 70, mostly cloudy often on rain. Coastal hills. Not much changing into wednesday. A little break thursday, friday, saturday increasing clouds. Ray returns sunday into monday. Make sure you download the weather app. Active radar, hourly updates, and the sevenday forecast, and a really easy way to upload your rather photos and video. The ktvu weather app is free to download for your smart phone. Or tablet. Coming up with the tribes are doing to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Plus, help for people still waiting to get their federal stimulus checks. A new deadline for updating your information with the irs. First we will look at one Business Owner is doing to protect employees and customers. We are going to take you inside this restaurant. And show you whats happening. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Welcome back, 4 56. Who will stop the rain . I dont know actually. Waiting here on the Golden Gate Bridge is always raining here in oakland. Maybe steve will know the answer to this very same question go ahead. If you want to request just use the hashtag ktvu on twitter, facebook, or in the gram. Dave. Starting next week, changes coming through united airlines, after a photo rent viral. Take a look, this fight was almost full, coming out of new york. The dark or was part of the group of 25 doctors that have been coronavirus was flying back home for free. No united says it will start notifying passengers flights or let them rebook. In arizona, another business trying to prevent the spread of covid19 by sanitizing by ultraviolet light. In scottsdale arizona, becoming the first restaurant in the area to use uv lights. To sterilize its dining room. They just opened up to customers, they are hoping to keep people safe, and also bring in diners with the use of what is called the shock and shield system. The shock is the uv lights that sanitize the surfaces, and the air, and what it does is its a longlasting layer of microscopic needles that puncture the membrane of but theory and viruses. As they land on the surface. Is one of the many actions Restaurant Owners are doing to make sure customers are safe, including spacing out the tables, and reducing the capacity by almost 1 3. Restaurants in arizona were allowed to resume their dining operations, yesterday. A Bay Area ResearchCompany Recently featured on the Netflix Docuseries pandemic, may play an Important Role in finding a way to block the coronavirus. Within days of the release of that show, the coronavirus outbreak was declared a Worldwide Health emergency. Since then, the company distributed bio ink. It has been busy developing a covid19 endo body treatment. Comes along, and it sticks to the spikes of the virus. So that the spikes basically cant latch onto human cells. The virus can never replicate, and will get cleared from the body. They have already detected antibodies. They hope to have a Clinical Trial underway in 3 to 6 months. The Restaurant Industry in particular needs two weeks leave time to open the doors. More steps towards reopening the state, what we expect to hear today from Governor Newsom. Plus this will be one of the first opportunities for dr. Felty to tell the American People the unvarnished truth. Hearing from the nations top health experts, what dr. Anthony fauci is expected to tell congress, about reopening the economy