Cases of covid19. Oakland Unified School District officials made the announcement to close all schools for three weeks amidst the rising number of coronavirus cases. We all know that this decision will pose difficult times for the families and students who depend on our schools. Three out of every four students in a district rely on free or discounted meals. Our Nutritional Service department at 12 sites throughout the city where grab and go breakfast and lunch will be available for students. Parents are having to rearrange their upcoming work weeks. How are yo going to keep rambunctious children in the house all day. Theres a lot to think about. Specifically mostly around how do we ensure they get their instructional time. How do i manage work, the household. Aside from school closures, the mayor made a big announcement regarding the city. We also will be closing our senior centers, our libraries, our Recreation Centers and our Head Start Centers beginning monday. City officials believe this is best for the health of oakland families. This is the right thing to do. We have an opportunity to prevent human suffering. Now, School Officials stress this will only work if students stay home and limit their social contact. Reporting live from oakland, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. All right, lauren, thank you. Right now San FranciscoPublic Libraries are officially closed to the public. Starting next week they will be repurposed as Child Care Centers ordered closed. Free food for school paefamilie will be available next week. Kate, this is so important. Absolutely. A lot of families are wondering how they are going to get to work when their kids are at school. Ive been in contacted with mayors office. They are very excited to be able to open libraries for some children, disaster workers as well as low income families. A lot of stress, a lot of weight on family situation. The student at the elementary school, like many San Francisco parents, he doesnt know how hes going to handle the threeweek closure. My child keeps going nonstop. If ive got to go and i have nowhere to take my kids to, the kids cant come with me to work. Its going to cause me to lose pay. Jerome picked up pack either of paper so his three kids can study at home. Maybe if there were no cases showing up in school where they actually tested positive for the coronavirus, then i would feel like its justified. Do our students have the capability to finish work. A scientist at the high school. Volunteer forms handed out to teachers to help with supplying food to those students who may be food insecure. I know we are working currently with our Community School program to get students chrome books so that if it does come down to online learning, they will have the ability to complete work. This is the example of the food going out to the schools. Celery, peanut butter. Showed us some of the pantry Items Available to families. Beginning monday the district is opening 14 food pickup sites at schools across the city. We know that families are going to be coming in to get the school lunches. At the same time were going to give them the opportunity to get groceries. Now, all Public Schools in Santa Clara County available through first try San Francisco, children k through 5 can attend recreation and parks facilities. 6 through 12 can attend any San FranciscoPublic Library for homework help. All of these centers will be open monday through friday 8 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. You do need to be eligible and you do need to register ahead of time. Weve got that information on the website along with information about the free breakfast, lunches and pantry items you can pick up at the school, abc7news. Com. Live in San Francisco, im indicate larsen, abc 7 news. Thanks a lot. All schools in Santa Clara County were ordered to shut down today. That was part of sweeping new rules to stop the spread of the virus. There are 79 cases of coronavirus confirmed in clara county. Chris nguyen is live with the new restrictions announced tonight. Chris. Reporter dan, those numbers are expected to climb. Thats exactly why these aggressive measures are put into place here in Santa Clara County. As you know, thats leaving a lot of families scrambling. With so much uncertainty in the air, Santa Clara County officials took the unprecedented step of banning public or private gatherings of more than 100 people. We believe these actions are necessary to protect the wellbeing of our community during one of the most hess torque Public Health challenges of our time. Gatherings of 35 to 100 people are to be halted immediately unless certain conditions are met to reduce the likelihood of transmission at those events. This includes arenas, theaters, restaurants, bars, or any other confined indoor or outdoor space. However, airports, offices, transit, classrooms, medical facilities and retail environments are exempt from the order. They have to make these decisions based on limited information about covid19 and with limited time, because the time to act is now. The Santa Clara County office of education is closing all Public Schools to students for the next three weeks, a decision that was made in collaboration with all superintendents county wide. Students and Community Members should adhere to the social distancing guidelines and avoid congregating in public places. The goal is to provide schools time to put plans in place to comply with Public Health guidance. Im asking people in the community to be responsive caution we all know this is the right thing to do. Allen rock in san jos superintendent dr. Elyria bower says Staff Members will work through the weekend to prepare take home instructional material for students. Complimentary lunches will be available every day during the shutdown. We are going to take this opportunity to deep clean every one of our schools to make sure everybody that everything is safe in our sites. Reporter classes are canceled starting monday, but the goal is to bring all students back by monday april 6, were listen in san jose tonight, im chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Chris, thank you. With all the shutdowns and cancellations, the crowds all seem to be going to costco. They really do. Lines out the door, wrapping around the building. Some stores hitting capacity limits. Abc 7 reporter live in san jose with the story tonight. David. Reporter alma and dan, from all the crowds were seeing out today, it seems many people seem resigned its a matter of if not when the virus could impact their families possibly subjecting them to a quarantine and that means stocking up. The stocking up looks like panic buying. Could it be people working at home were sneaking out to go shopping. This san leandro busier than usual as seen from sky7. At other locations shoppers waiting to get in, waiting an hour and a half to two hours even with short shopping list. Many caught themselves up in panic buying. When i came, i was going to buy a couple of things i was out of. When i saw what was happening around me i thought what if im not able to leave the house so i bought more. Fear sinking but a necessity for others to stock up. A lot of schools are closing, too, having the kids home. Making sure they have heat profit she already spend 300 the other day. Shes back again. The kids at home. They arent going to school for almost three weeks. We have to feed the kids. Carts overflowing exceeding what once a month shoppers buy. People buying large quantities. If theres a rational, reasonable amount to pie. You want to be prepared. There are people hoarding it. What do you do in an emergency . Either kind of a human response. Shelves remain depleted of paper towels and toilet paper until the next shipment. Instead shoppers seemed focused on getting food with long shelf life or food in the freezer. These are College House mates. I saw a lot of nonperishables. No more beans and rice. Its all gone. How much can you eat for two weeks. Apparently like 40 pounds of rice. Now, the crowded parking lots and overflowing shopping cars seem to be an indication of what others are doing in weekend. Were live in san jose, david louis, abc 7 news. Thank you. Stores large like costco and small are seeing effects from coronavirus. Abc 7 news east Bay Community journalist visited thai basil in dublin. A staffer told her, quote, business has been slower for four weeks. They are having to go orders but not a lot of people dining in. They are taking precautions like constantly washing their hands, washing tables and door handles with clorox. Well, what a week for wall street. Stocks are down overall, even following president Trumps NationalEmergency Declaration which sent the market to largest single day gain since october 2008. The dow added 1985 points, more than the . The nasdaq up 9. 3 , so was the s p. Its kind of weird. Were used to seeing a group up there. No day for that. From the closing bell to wedding bells, coronavirus seems to be having an impact on every aspect of our life. It sure did. Today we met a local couple trying to tie the knot. They are on their third attempt to find a place to host the ceremony. A cold weekend storm is coming our yourbut as you get older,thing. It naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. Thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. The secret is an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. All right. Sports are canceled, schools are closing, businesses converting employees to work at home status. Coronavirus is really impacting our lives. Theres no doubt anymore. We have a team of experts to help make sense of it all because we need to sort this through. So much to talk about here. That includes jim rettew, a master in Public Policy from duke and political science. We shouldnt talk about that. Youll work that out. Inherent social distancing. You worked on civil improvement projects. Talk to us now, were seeing bay area leaders coming up with Different Solutions as to how we handle this. Why are we seeing so many different approaches . I can appreciate that. You have one government saying, hey, 100 people for mass gatherings, another 250. It looks like everyone is coming out with different advice. I would say zoom out and look at the monchengladbaoverall messag. The overall message the same. Mass gatherings, especially if youre at risk. The same for tactical things. If you look on a daytoday basis, you may have one School District closing where another one didnt. If you look at the beginning of the week when most schools were open to the end of the week to now when most schools are closing, they are coalescing around common tactics. Its a good point but does seem like a piecemeal approach. One day schools are open in one area and not the next. We sort of instinctively know they are going to close. Its just a matter of time. Same thing with venues and concerts an other events and sports events. Why this sort of piecemeal approach . Yeah. Per the tenth amendment of the constitution, Public Health is not an expressed power of the federal government, so it defaults to the state. In california we have a decentralized Public Health system where that power and authority is put into the hands of local county Public Health officials. Now, theres pros and cons to this. The pro is they can be nimble and responsive to their communities. For example, Santa Clara County when they came out doesnt have to ask permission from the state of california or cdc. The drawback is the response can look inconsistent and piecemeal. I mean, i suppose its like that because, for example, Santa Clara County is seeing a lot of cases, whereas a different county may not be impacted quite as hard, but what good does it really do if one county says no more than 100 people when i can just go over here, go a couple streets over and there are no restrictions. I think if you look at the overall landscape now, you are seeing common restrictions. It may again may not be 250 or 100 but the message is the same. It is to empower you, the person at home, to make the right you are immensely powerful to keep yourself safe and to exercise that power. The government is saying avoid mass gatherings. Whether its 100 or 200, it really doesnt matter. Use your own judgment. Exactly. Put your health in your hands. A got point. Jim, look down the road a week, two weeks, three weeks, where are we going with this in terms of the response. I think well see what happens with all the events that happen this week and see if we can flatten out the curve. That is the goal of all these things is to flatten out the curve. We will see some Government Services degraded a little bit. Were already seeing that e st. Paddys parade is down. Dmv is slower. Services will take a hit. This is also a good time for viewers to avail themselves of eservices and do those things at home. Thats true. Well see. Well see if we can flatten out the curves. Well see if this affects campaigns. Candidates cant hold rallies. We have state conventions coming up to nominate in the national conventions. Youre the expert. I want to askes there anything were not talking about that maybe weve forgotten to even think about that we need to start addressing . Youre putting me on the spot. Sorry. I want to make sure weve covered everything. Its a good question. Maybe weve missed something. So far i would always put it, were always looking at civic makers to put a civic lens on this thing. I reiterate what i said before. It is ultimately up to the viewer to make informed decisions about what he or she should be doing. Dont necessarily rely on someone to tell you to do it. They are offering guidance. Please follow that guidance. Great advice. Jim rettew, thank you for coming in. In the midst of this coronavirus viryou can take act an help others. Look at this with a list of options and resources. Livermore casino is screening people for fevers before letting them in. Customers are getting their temperatures checked with infrared thermometer and have to sanitize their hands. They have given a stamp to show they met the casino rules. Just to give other customers of ours peace of mind to know were trying to detect this, take precautionary steps to try to minimize the transmission. The owner says if someone does come down with coronavirus, they will shut down temporarily in order to clean the facility. One livermore couple found out thursday night that the venue for their saturday wedding had to cancel because of, of course, coronavirus. Now they have less than 24 hours to find a place to get married. Abc has their story. Tomorrow is a big day for you guys. It is. But you dont know where youre celebrating. Not yet. They are getting married saturday. Thursday night their venue canceled. My fatherinlaw was supposed to walk me down the aisle. We had this beautiful outdoor wedding plan, gazebo with people and flowers. Yeah. The ravenswood historical site canceled because of coronavirus restrictions. The couple found a winery as a backup but then it canceled. He said were good to go. Were going to tour the place about noon today and he called and canceled. They posted this problems on Livermore Facebook page and were overwhelmed by the number of people wanting to help. The community in livermore was wonderful. Complete strangers were offering u their backyard. The gokart racing even offered their party room. I would say yes to them but unfortunately its a little small for what we were looking for. The couple actually first got married last year in new zealand but michaels elderly parents werent able to travel. Saturdays wedding was supposed to be for them. Hes their only son. Hes their baby. His mom and dad want to be able to see him get married. This afternoon they finally signed with the restaurant at the livermore airport. I keep telling myself that 20 years from now its all going to make for a good story. I dont want 20 years from now. In livermore, abc 7 news. Just as all the kids are outlout, a storm is approaching. Do you recall, not long ago we would walk on the sidewalk all around the wind blows we would only hold on to let go blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun all we needed somebody to lean on all we need is someone to lean on for people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto is a Heart Failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. It was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. Heart failure can change the structure of your heart, so it may not work as well. Entresto helps improve your hearts ability to pump blood to the body. And with a healthier heart, theres no telling where life may take you. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Ask your doctor about entresto for Heart Failure. Entrust your heart to entresto. Ask. Doesnt meanut entyou got to spend a lot . Because dennys brought back the super slam™. With eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and pancakes. All for just 6. 99. The 6. 99 super s