And im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. A couple of grim milestones today with the coronavirus. The state of california has well over 2,000 confirmed cases. The bay area topped the one thousand mark this morning as the virus keeps spreading that includes a San FranciscoPolice Sergeant with the special victims unit who worked at the hall of justice. The sergeant has tested positive. A second Oakland Police employ plo has tested positive and a fourth santa clara sheriffs deputy has been infected while Los Angeles County reported the first person under the age of 18 to die in the u. S. From coronavirus. Now here is where those cases are in the bay area. Santa claras case count went up today by 54, pushing the total to 375. There were three new fatalities there reported within the past 24 hours. The south bay continues to be the most impacted county here. Alameda county reported a second death today. Its total case count is now 135. And San Franciscos total has increased to 152. There are now confirmed cases in mendocino county. 134 tests have been conducted so far. Mendocino is waiting for the results from 42 tests. Lake county is reporting no cases. Now the loss of jobs from the lockdown could be staggering, as you can imagine. A one think tank says the policy could lose about 600,000 private sector jobs by this summer. Thats more than 4 of the workforce. The Restaurant Business is getting hit particularly hard. Abc7 News Reporter liz kreutz is live with that tonight. Liz . Dan, thats right. And that report says a quarter of those 600,000 jobs toe inospility a small that ma fabric of our cities and our neighborhoods. It is so heartbreaking to see these businesses struggle, and many of them saying they dont know if theyll even be able to reopen once all of this is said and done. At trick dog in the mission, the usually packed cocktail bar is boarded up with fly wood and shut down. Its very emotional for everyone. Owner josh harris last week made the tough decision to temporarily close trick dog and his second restaurant, bon voyage, laying off all 50 of his employees. They are all collecting unemployment, which really feels just like a consolation prize thats used to justify the situation we all found ourselves in. Is it fair to say you guys are at risk of potentially Closing Forever . Absolutely. Thats the heartbreaking reality for so many restaurant, bar, and Small Business owners across the bay area. You can see it here. Page after page of San Francisco gofundme campaigns set up to help struggling businesses. The one for trick dog set up by the former manager, now unemployed. Its the entire industry in the most expensive place in the world to live now have lost their paychecks. I dont think i can do unemployment for much longer. Lauren borden set up one for the San Francisco flower market, open since 1912. They had to abruptly shut down last week, forcing them to discard thousands of flowers. And now the 300 employees out of work. Unfortunately i feel because its such a high expense to try to maintain payroll and all the losses that occurred with having to shut down, its going to be hard for people to bounce back after this. And some of them might not make it. And the thing about bar markets, cocktail bar, theyre not really set up like restaurants or some restaurants like here on the embarcadero to be able to do delivery services. Theyre trying to try different ways to stay afloat. Trick dog is going to offer a bottle service, kind of like a wine club for fine spirit,h. Thbout what you love in your neighborhood and your that if you can. Y to donate t live in San Francisco, liz kreutz, abc7 news. Thank you. Californias stay at home order is devastating nonessential worker, especially freelancers like hairstylists. Abc7 News Reporter luz pena shows us how theyre trying to adjust to this crisis. Should i use the comb . Yeah, use the comb. Split it down the middle. Cutting her husband step by step while he dyes her hair. She is not getting paid for her expertise. It just is upsetting to know that youve put a lot of work into an 11year salon thinking you dont know if youre going to be open next month. Thats whats hard. And she is not alone. Many in the Beauty Industry are freelancers. Individual workers who are losing money every single day. I lost at least 10,000. I work very close with people. So thats definitely i would not im going to be out of work. According to San Franciscos chamber of commerce, there are more than 175,000 Small Businesses in the city. Many of them are freelancers or individual workers. Not getting paid right now. We need to make sure that they are also included in what were providing to the public. You have ways to g help from . Yes. What happened . So there is this Small BusinessResiliency Fund application for covid19 for Small Businesses. But she doesnt qualify for it. In order to qualify, freelancers would have to form a business of their own and hire at least one person. And even then there might not be enough money from the city. Because that pool of money is limited. And so by the time you apply, there might not be enough money left for everybody. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. Lt i s place orders in san mateo county. Today all five county supervisors approved 3 million in emergency funding to start the san mateo strong fund. The fund is designed to help selfemployed people who cannot qualify for unemployment benefits, nonprofit organizations that need to cover operating expenses, and to prevent Small Businesses from laying off workers. Members of the National Guard were on the job today in the south bay helping distribute food and emergency items. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen is live in san jose to explain why the National Guards help there is so vital. Chris . There has been a lot of talk on social media as to what the National Guard would be doing once they were activated. Well, today we got a firsthand look at the difference theyre already making. For soldiers with the California ArmyNational Guard, the Novel Coronavirus crisis has brought a new mission to the forefront. Were here on a humanitarian aid basis. Were here to help out. Were not here to scare 80 members of the wasnt 15th Regional Support group are now serving in san jose after being activated last week by governor gavin newsom. I think a lot of news the National Guard, we joined in order to support our communities in this way specifically in situations like this. Today theyre at Second Harvest of silicon valley, helping to sort fruits and vegetables for families in need. Were all here for the same reason. Were all here to do the same task at hand. We really focus together in trying to get everything done the best way we can. The food bank typically has 100 vol attorneys a daily basis, but has seen its numbers cut in half over the past week. We feel like were at the front of the tsunami of need, and that is why its so important that we really ramp up our services as we know more and more people are going to be finding themselves in need of foodan. Services that for now are being supported by soldiers like lieutenant cameron quach, who also works as an auditor for ernst young. Being able to help out in a community handson, thats something im really proud to do, and i know a lot of other soldiers feel the same way. These soldiers who have answered the call to live. We live in alameda county, and were civilians just like you are, but now were here trying to keep the food moving throughout the state and getting people fed. If youd like to come and volunteer, the food bank is posting all available shifts online at its website. Well link to it at our, abc7news. Com. For now were live in san jose, im chris nguyen, abc7 news. Thank you. Covid19 is already changing the way buyers and sellers are doing business, if they can do business at all. Here is more from abc7 News ReporterWayne Freedman in marin county. Theyre the signs of a hot market, or what used to be one at least until a microscopic invader made the scene. In such an environment, matt hughes would love to have a crystal ball. I think its going to go market by market. I think certain price segments are going to be hit harder than others. The woman behind the glass of this novato home is a byproduct. Do you feel safer there . I do, actually. Her place went on the market saturday, but not one potential buyer has toured the house because real estate is not an essential business. This agent has this video to show and nothing else. Could the timing have been worse . No, i dont think so. Were actually lucky that we actually got all the work done prior to all this happening. You know, whether its the painters or having contractors come in your house to finish little odds and ends. Coronavirus is already impacting Real Estate Sales in the north bay. For example, if a person has listed a house and takes it off the market, the all important clock stops. And if a person listing a house soon, that has been extended to 100 days. My bigger concern for the marketplace is loss of jobs. Since march 1, owners of roughly 20 of homes for sale have taken them off the market in marin county, that in what should be the hottest time of the year. It could have longterm effects. Or i think its just going to delay our market. So instead of having a big march rollout, well see april, may, june, or maybe may, june july, and the summer may have been stronger than it would have been otherwise. Taken together, theyre still first world problems, but very real for players in the real estate game. People are going to need to buy and sell. So im hoping that things do spring back. In marin county, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. Spending a lot more time at home can be a particular challenge for roommates. Abc7 news turned to dr. Brooke armstrong of the Relationship Therapy Group for tips. She suggests starting with an all important house meeting. The roommate meeting, like they would a business meeting. They set a a a through the topics at hand and Everybody Needs to go around the room and say whats important to them and how they want to solve a particular problem. Keep in mind some people are hoarding and stockpiling lots of food and some people are very blase about it and really dont care. So if you have those people in the same house, you really have to be clear about who is doing what. Its really important to be explicit. You want to say have everybody say what their approach is and negotiate. Everybody wants to watch tv. And they dont always want to watch the same program. So a lot of people are actually scheduling time for the public space. So thats one thing. Its very important to be intentional about it and not just let it kind of haphazardly happen. So people are getting really inventive around how to hit a phone booth. So theyre creating a phone booth in a closet or bathroom. Or actually moving their space around, being able to say what you need in the moment, how you feel in a moment, and make important. Dr. Armstrong says routines also critical topics for that first roommate meeting, as is Building Trust and essential support. In the east bay, its tough for students to keep up their studies for classroom. Its especially tough for high schools with college prep work that is on the line here. This high school in concord is running a full school day online and attendance is taken for every class. Abc7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley has the story. Its rise and shine for school for these high school students. The first bell is still at 8 30 a. M. I wake up. I eat my breakfast and i sit at my desk, ready for the zoom we system that allows the students to be in class with the same hours that they would if they were actually at school. They just log in remotely. Ecological balance is also being thrown off in these areas. This is a Marine Biology class meeting as usual. The teacher instructing the students and the students delivering the reports they were assigned. Any questions, concerns . Attendance is taken. The teacher chooses how they connect the class, whether its via zoom or an assignment through an email. Surviving the fire, smoke and Power Outages in the bay area motivated administrators at this allgirl Catholic High School to up their Technology Game over the last few years. They said they were ready for this moment. The Student Council is still meeting. Trainers offer conditioning classes. Our wellness counselors are reaching out to students to give them support its been a week now. The usual school day and dnt strategies for watching them take the test on video to administering the test through and locking the device so that they cant wiggle. There is a lot of ways to do it. Every student has a school issued ipad or laptop, and officials have even gone so far to make sure families have wifi at their homes, have helped provide it for them. So everyone is included. In concord, im Leslie Brinkley, abc7 news. Car insurance and the coronavirus lockdown. 7 on your sides Michael Finney looks at paying your bills during a lockdown, next. Plus, the canary in the coal mine. New yorks governor with a blunt assessment on the future of california. And a modern Day Block Party in the age of social new yorks Governor Cuomo says californians should Pay Attention to what is happening in his state. Cases there are doubling about every three days and andrew cuomo says it does not bode well for our future here. California has s 2800 cases. Washington state, 2200 cases. Florida, 1200 cases. Massachusetts, about 800 cases. New york has 25,000 cases. It has ten times the problem that california has. New york is the canary in the coal mine. Where we are today, you will be in three weeks or four weeks or five weeks or six weeks. We are your future. That is a call to action. Cuomo says the numbers are asronomical, dramatically increasing the urgency for hospital beds and ventilators. Now the coronavirus is having such a dramatic effect on every walk of life. That includes the rates we pay for Auto Insurance. And were going to turn our attention to consumer news. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is working from home and is live with that. Michael . Here is a question being asked. Are Auto InsuranceCompanies Making an unfair profit off of the coronavirus . Were not driving as much. There arent as many accident, and yet our premiums remain the same. When you look at these empty streets, you see a pandemic in action. When consumer advocates look at those same streets, they see a social injustice. Motorists forced by the state to buy Auto Insurance, and then forced to stay home. No fault of their own are not commuting to work. Weve got college students. Theyre not communicating to college. Weve got parents. Their kids schools are closed. So theyre forced to be home. President of the Consumer Federation of california. Were calling on Insurance Companies to voluntarily notify people and start initiating premium rate reductions immediately because people are hurting. I reached out to californias two largest auto insurer, state farm and geico. I have not heard from either. The Consumer Federation of california has filed with the California Department of insurance, saying if companies dont cooperate on their own, the state should step in. When youre not driving, your rates should go down. The number of miles you drive a year under California Law is the second most important factor in determining what your Auto Insurance premium is. What do you think . I want to hear about that. Go to my Facebook Page or go to abc7news. Com. Looking for the 7 on your side page and leave your comment theres. Back to you guys. Thats interesting, michael. Thank you so much. Okay. Cold and a little dreary at for your heart. Your joints. Or your digestion. So why wouldnt you take something for the most important part of you. Your brain. With an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in Clinical Trials to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. A little rain out there and chilly too. Thats right. Sandhya, how is it going . Hi, good. Just working from home, dan and kristen, as you both know. 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