The department of health and Human Services says the two men had been transferred to Travis Air Force base. One man passed away march 21st. The other died two days later. Both passengers were in their early 60s. Of the 1100 passengers who chose to be tested, 103 tested positi negative. The remaining results are pending. And this terrible coronavirus pandemic has also been a tragedy for several bay area families. Abc7 News Reporter stephanie sierra has one familys painful goodbye. Were still trying to get our arms around that she is gone. Mike carter and didi oh more are trying to find closure after mikes mom died in a San Jose Hospital monday night. Just a mere four days after testing positive for covid19. Thank god for the kind nurse that was taking care of mom. She on monday was able to get us on a facetime. Tell her that we loved her. The 81yearold mother of two flew from San Francisco to panama in late february for a visit. Feeling great, just like her bright, beaming smile captured in these photos. It wasnt until weeks later complications with allergies sent pat to the e. R. Her breathing had started to become more rapid, and the cough was a bit more pronounced. When you took her to the e. R. That did, did you think at any point that was the last time you were going to see her . No. But we did have the concern that it was quite possibly covid19. Carters suspicion became true. The covid19 diagnosis turned to bilateral pneumonia. But what he didnt expect is his parting words to his mom would be through facetime. I think the worst of it all five days was not being able to be there physically in that room with her. A sad reality for families like carter and ohmoore, coping with loss during these training times. Families will be hurt and broken and Everybody Needs to take this seriously. Well, mike was able to say i love you to his mom, but it was via facetime. Dan and ama, certainly a challenge for families as they try to find closure through all of this. Yeah, and its one thing to hear the numbers, stephanie, but when you actually hear from the family of someone who passed away. Its certainly heartbreaking. Thank you. Well, as protective gear continues to run low nationwide, nurses at st. Marys Medical Center hosted a donation drive to collect some supplies. Cars drove by honking in support and several people stopped off to drop donations. National nurses united says they want nurses facing coronavirus every day to have the proper personal protective equipment, but they just do not. Nurses are having to use singleuse paper masks for an entire shift. They are asking for donations of n95 respirator, disposable glove, and more. There are nurses and Health Care Workers at ucsf that are sick. There are 100 nurses in boston that are sick, and we need our nurses to be protected at the highest possible level. Because if we get sick, we cant take care of you. The nurses union says if you dont have the ability to donate, you can help by continuing to shelter in place and lessen the severity of this virus. Today in santa rosa, a drivethrough food bank was set up to help families struggling during the pandemic. Wayne freedman has the story. When henry ford invented the assembly line, chances are me never imagined it being used in circumstances like this. I dont think anybody on planet earth right now has ever been through anything like this. Cars filled with people already impacted by a mike microscopic virus. Times are tough right now. If its any indication of the need, this was supposed to open at 2 30 this afternoon, but at 1 30, cars were already lined up. So they started an hour early. So its just a lot of need unfortunately, because a lot of people have no jobs. Shocked. Im really surprised by the crowd. Thats sheri scott, a volunteer who helps schools with yearbooks in real life. Maybe this is a more edgy form of real life. The need is certainly more immediate. Ihrough the fires up here. It was our whole community, but neighborhoods. This is the world. Every car received three bags, one with produce, a second with frozen chicken and meat and eggs and a third with dried goods. They went into trunks, a new form of social distancing. No need to go to a Grocery Store and stand in line and take vances. I think its an amazing thing. I went to the store the other day to buy celery and couldnt find it. Here is the opposite. On the surface a gift of food. Drilled down a few layers, its much more. Its hope, the knowledge that even in this moment of uncertainty, when people pull together, we can still have each others backs. I think that there is golden lessons that were going to. Come together and maybe solve this together. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. There is a National Blood shortage because of the and that means donations are need in order now than ever. To help meet that need, the nonprof nonprofitvitalent has teamed up with the night yooited kingdom. Organizers want to remind the public that fema and the Surgeon General say it is okay to donate blood. Feel lykke do something good for the city, for area as it pertains to everything thats going on wright now. I understand when people are concerned or nervous about donating blood. Obviously everything is very clean. They practice the social distancing protocol, and they make you feel very, very comfortable. The second blood drive will be held tomorrow in Sonoma County. Its scheduled from 10 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. At the Sonoma County fairgrounds on bennet valley road in santa rosa. Light rail service is shut down indefinitely in the south bay after an employee with the Valley Transportation Authority tested positive for coronavirusr is in san jose. Empty lot and not a Single Person waiting on the platform at the santa teresa vta station in san jose. Vta Light Rail Service is suspended indefinitely after an employee tested positive for coronavirus. Take the broadest steps as possible as we could to ensure the publics safety and our employees safety. The Valley Transit Authority made the decision after learning a light rail operator trainee is infected with covid19. Officials emphasizes this trainee had limited contact with the public. Now roughly 60 light rail operators and dozens of maintenance staff are on leave. They were told to stay home indefinitely, and communication is ongoing with our employees. But obviously, my phone was blowing up with the Text Messages and phone calls. John courtney, president of atu local 265 represents the vta employees told to stay home, some for two weeks. Kind of like machines. We work. We work all day. We come home. We protect ourselves as much as we can, but what are we bringing home . We don now as offline and light rail trains are cleaned, theyre asking riders to depend on bus service and these employees are hoping core fonted transparency. We stand with our riders and members and well do what we have to do to do get through this. Another interesting from the Union President i spoke to. He said he wants to speak with local government officials to try and make transit operators part of the essential workers like firemen, police officers, and emts who are allowed to be tested for coronavirus fist. He said many of his light rail operators are now concerned that they could be potentially passing on the virus to the public that they service. Reporting in san jose, im julian glover, abc7 news. Franse startill force the closure of the west portal, forest hill, and van ness stations and affects the muni portion of the downtown stations shared with bart as all Rapid Bus Service expect the 14 r. Bus shuttles will provide service along the suspended subway lines. Discrimination toward Asian Americans in the wake of coronavirus is on the rise, sadly. And now we have new numbers to show just how quickly hateful incidents are spreading. Abc7 news anchor dion lim shares these very painful yet powerful stories. One week ago San Francisco state universitys Asian American studies department and Civil Rights Group chinese for affirmative action launched an online reporting center so people who experienced conaviru discrimination could share their stories. Since then, there have been more than 100 reported cases each day. While many people who reported said they didnt want to go on camera because they were afraid, their stories are powerful. So we asked other Asian Americans to share their stories for them. We do have to warn you, some of them are disturbing. My name is jenny. I live in oakland, california. And i received a random email to the Chinese Culture center near chinese caused this chinese epidemic. You are filthy, filthy people. An african woman called for the elevators when it is always open. Seeing my husband and i was in the elevator, she yelled at me, i am going to take the stairs because you people have disease. San francisco, Fremont Police and the Alameda CountySheriffs Office have received zero refforts to aengan encourage victims to fe official reports, even if its ngiv a and to dectreurce educ better understanding as to front of and man onirectl ce. It was loud and his mouth was wide open. Two feet from my face. And he said take my virus. These stories all just the tip of the iceberg, but the beginning of making positive change. In San Francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. Just horrible to hear some of those stories. We have a link to the reporting center at our website. In midst of this coronavirus pandemic, you can take action and help others. Go to abc7news. Com takeaction to find your ally along with a list of resources. 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What were doing is taking it on a case by case case sis. If youre elderly, youre meeting the criteria there. However, if you do not have symptoms, you probably will not get tested. Oh, you wont . Elderly plus a fever, plus e and paramedics to be able to conduct mobile testing of vulnerable populations in the community. All right there was so much talk about this deadline to get the new real id, but it has been pushed back. Like so many other things, i suppose. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is working from home. The federal government has pushed back the deadline by a year, a full year. The new deadline, october 1, 2021. In a press briefing, at a time when were asking americans to maintain social distancing, we do not want to require people to go to the local dmv. Thats a direct quote. Here in california, dmv offices are open, but you must have an appointment, and all driving tests have been canceled for 30 days. And a warning about donating to coronavirus charities, or people saying theyre a charity. Today California Attorney general Xavier Becerra said scammers are posing as coronavirus patients and Health Care Workers. O researclieve that . At includes looking up the charity. In scams use similar sounding names or lookalike websites. So be aware of that. Or to be safe, becerra recommends just dont nating to charities you already know and trust. Customers who left their devices at apple stores for repairs before the coronavirus outbreak must wait for the stores to reopen to get their devices back. Apple closed all of its stores outside of china on march 14th. We told you about that at the time. And then the Stores Remained open for two additional days so customers could pick up their devices. Apple says they reached out to all those custom me, but many of them missed the cutoff. Apple now says that stores, well, let me back up. Apple was going to reopen the stores on march 27th. Now it says the stores will remain closed until further notice. So if they have your device, you can probably trust and say youre just not going to be able to get your hand on it for a while. Back to you guy. Okay that will be frustrating for a lot of people but necessary. Thank you so much. The ftc is offering tips for optimizing your performance. Check your download speeds. Do this by downloading a broad band from the web. Sometimes power it off and back on again can resolve a problem. Using multiple wireless devices can slow service. Always keep security in mind, particularly when you are working from home. Absolutely. Lets turn your attention to the weather. Absolutely gorgeous outside in many parts of the bay area today, but felt a little more like fall than spring i thought. Spencer here with thelatest. Spencer . Hey, ama and dan, still a little chilly out there for this time of the year. And there have been some isolated sprinkles. But youre right. Most of the bay area is dry. Were looking at bright skies. You can see some activity down in the south bay. Even a little thunderstorm cell down near monterey. And closer to home here, right around milpitas, fremont, weve got some light showers going on and out over the mt. Hamilton area, mixed precipitation with some snow mixing with the rain in the higher terrain. The colder air has had an effect there. 54 in San Francisco. 61 in oakland. 58 at redwood city and san jose a cool 49 at gilroy. 54 at half moon bay. Other readings right now, its getting a little cooler in some spots much the north bay. 53 in petaluma. But milder 59 at santa rosa. 61 at napa. We have low 60s at fairfield and concord and 59 at livermore. These are our forecast features. Its going to be a cold overnight again with frosty spots around. Bright skies tomorrow. Rain returns this weekend. It will be dryer and warmer next week. Now lets take a look at this frost advisory for the second straight morning. Tomorrow morning from 2 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. , frost advisory in effect for virtually all of the north bay. The coldest areas will be in lake county and parts of Mendocino County area. Patchy frost is expected, and of course it may harm or kill sensitive plants. More specifically, were looking at low temperatures overnight of 30 in lakeport. 31 ukiah. Upper 30s in the inland east bay, livermore and concord. Upper 30s in the mortgage hill area. A very chilly morning tomorrow. But by afternoon, well see brighter, mainlisy sunny skies. Clouds will still linger. Upper 50s at the coast and near the bay to 60, 62 inland. It will be breezy, especially near the coast. Now we bring in the storm impact scale. The weekend storm ranks 1. It will produce rain, giving way to showers. Starting on saturday, continuing into sunday, about a tenth of an inch to 0. 4 for most locations. Here is the forecast animation going through the Early Morning hours saturday. Notice how snow and mixed precipitation will occur over the Higher Elevations up north and to the sierra it will snow by saturday afternoon. Well be getting rainfall here in the by area. The first wave of rain will be a bit steadier on saturday. But it will taemp off to mainly light rain an showers. Still a mainly wet day is coming your way before it all winds down. And were looking at rainfall totals. When the event is all over, under half an inch of rain. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. Notice once we get through this rainy chilly weekend, it will start to get milder on sunday, even as it still rains. But next week is going to be much milder with high temperatures by midweek. In the low 70s around the bay shoreline, maybe even mid to upper 70s in our inland areas. So spring is coming back. We just have to be patient. All right. Thank you, spencer. All right. Great story coming up. Picking up the spirits. Livermore teachers connected with we are the thrivers. 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