The public to adhere to the states stay at home order. Chris nguyen is live in san jose with that story. Reporter county officials, they know that people are getting antsy while being stuck at home, but again, with the exception of essential activities, they are urging the public to stay home to help reduce the spread. Outside the Santa Clara CountyAdministration Building friday afternoon, a reminder from county leaders for the community to do its part. We know that the social distancing takes at least two weeks to start to have an effect because the incubation time period for the disease is at least two weeks. Nearly two weeks after a regional shelter in place order went into effect, no word yet on how much longer its going to last, but as some people grow m impatient about having to spend more time at home, there are new reminders about why the measure is so important. What we know from our modeling and what we think that means. Reporter San Jose City officials released projections based on a european modeling suggesting that 2,000 people in santa clara could die of coronavirus by june despite the efforts to contain it. County officials have since disputed those numbers. Statistics can be misleading because theyre based on presumptions, and they dont predict the future. They dont tell us whats going to happen to you as an individual, whats going to happen to you as an individual depends on what you do, whats in your control. Reporter at the Santa Clara Convention center, a temporary federal medical station is being built to help ease the strain on area facilities with space to hold up to 250 covid19 patients, the center is designed for those who have been discharged from a hospital but are in need of a safe place to recover. The way to make sure we have fewer people in those hospital beds and that we have fewer people dying is for us really to stick to this social distancing. Reporter as of friday, Communications Hill trail in san jose has been closed to the public due to overcrowding and to reduce the stress on first responders. City and county Officials Say they wont hesitate to close other parks if people arent practicing social distancing. We want people to stay close to home as much as possible, and we know that one of the beauties of this 48,000 acre county park system is that we have parks that are available close to home for so many people. Reporter the confirmed case count in Santa Clara County is now up to 574, but because of limited testing, county officials caution that that just represents a small portion of those who have covid19. We are live in san jose, im chris nguyen abc 7 news. Chris, thank you. Californias lagging far behind most other states in testing for covid19, youve heard that. Whats what new data from the abc7 iteam shows. When you look at the numbers as a percentage of population. This even though counties around the bay area are now ramping up their testing. The iteam dan noyess has the story youll see only on 7 for marin countys drive through test site. Marin county has been quietly testing people for covid19 at this drivethrough facility in san rafa san rafael. Not just anyone can come. This is a physician refefrl only site, so if individuals do show up without an appointment, unfortunately they will be turned away. Reporter by guards at the entrance, hendricks tells me 700 people have received tests at this site. At the on set of the coronavirus crisis, tests were in short supply, but counties have run into another problem. Now were facing a complication where labs are not able to keep up with the demand, and so were only able to submit, for instance, at our state lab up to 50 tests a day when quite honestly, we are testing more than that number every single day. Reporter marin and other counties around the bay area and the state are ramping up their testing, but new data shows california is far behind other states in terms of testing. The abc7 iteam ran an analysis of the number of coronavirus tests performed in every state compared to population. Two hot spot states are doing the best job, new york with more than 6,000 tests per million people, Washington State with 4,500. All the way down at the 46th spot, california with just 515 coronavirus tests per 1 million people. We are making progress on every front. Reporter governor gavin newsom addressed the slow progress of testing as he welcomed the hospital ship mercy to the port of l. A. He says the state is still struggling to acquire supplies for the testing. In some cases these test results are coming back six, seven, eight days later. Weve got to increase our throughput. In fact, the California Department of Public Health says more than 57,000 additional tests have been done, but the results are pending. Once those come in, well move up the list. For the iteam and marin county, dan noyes abc7 news. The mayor of los angeles sounded the alarm about the rapid spread of coronavirus. It came during a News Conference with Governor Newsom to announce that the u. S. Mercy hospital ship has arrived at the port of los angeles and is fully operational. L. A. Mayor erk garcetti gave out new numbers from Los Angeles County and said the virus is exploding in the community at a rate faster than what new york city has been seeing. Yesterdays increase, though, of over 50 would, of course, have a doubling rate of less than two days. By that measure, we would be where new york city is in number of cases per capita in Los Angeles County six days from now or five days from now, six days from yesterday. L. A. County has reported nearly 1,500 cases of coronavirus. The mercy is going to treat patients who do not have the disease to free up beds at hospitals for coronavirus patients. Remember this . Last weekend we saw crowded baech baechsz and parks as people got outside and got too close to each other. Governor newsom and mayor london bleed scolded californians for not practicing social distancing. The mayor made it very clear there will be consequences if this behavior doesnt change this weekend. Last thing we want to do, as i said, is to start to close the last bit of fresh air that were able to get during this very difficult time, and so parks we know are essential, and i know other places have chosen to just close parks and other places down. We dont want to get to that place, but if we see more people playing in basketball courts, if we see more people playing volleyball with one another and baseball and some of the sports that are more team related, we will have no other choice. A lot of parking lots will be closed this weekend as the state and the city look to control the crowds and get people to follow the stay at home order. In the midst of all of this, some good news to share thats come out of the coronavirus pandemic. A San Francisco restaurant is raising money not only for its own employees but also for families in need. The restaurant called pica pica is delivering 90 meals twice a week to shelters. The money is going towards keeping the restaurant in business and its workers employed. Really appreciate everybody stepping up, especially pic pica pica restaurant that started the day the shelter in place began to bring warm meals to our homeless families, and we need everyone to help out in any way they can. Pica pica says it hopes it can keep raising money and delivering meals to the shelters. We really would like to continue to share little pieces of joy across the bay area. Dion lim shows us how families and total strangers are spreading happiness. One example has a really heartwarming ending skblort in campbell, martin turned 10 years old this week, his birthday different than expected. The initial plan was to have a bouncy house in the back house. That plan changed when they came up with an idea to hold up a sign outside their home asking for drivers to honk. I thought they wouldnt really honk, but lots of people did. Reporter including the street sweeper who not only circled around the block, but coming back with this baskinrobbins gift card. It was just absolutely wonderful. Reporter meantime, in san bruno, another birthday, this time for 6yearold jonah polito whose Bowling Party had been canceled. He was super sad about it, and i told all of our friends and family how hes been feeling about his birthday, so they came and surprised him. Happy birthday, dear jonah singing happy birthday from their cars in a reverse serenade. We cant be any more like thankful for what they did and chose to do for him on his birthday. Jonahs smile saying it all. In livermore, a tale of kindness from the sutton girls, mom, husband reed and their four daughters who made a Community Garden and blessing box full of nonperishables, anyone is welcome to take some or give some. We want to change the focus from all the negative to something positive skblo. Reporter a lesson for young makayla, silva, charlotte. When times are rough, the Community Gets together and tries their best to help the situation. Reporter that inspired us to help martin sandos and his family who wanted to find that street sweeper. Identifying the driver as joseph moreno. My first reaction was pure joy and it brought tears to my eyes. He really is a dedicated, loyal individual, and we are more happy than ever to have him part of our team. Reporter it might not have been a bowling alley, but a memorable birthday nonetheless. I want to say thank you a lot. It means a lot to me. Joseph, by the way, will be recognized by his company for his little act of kindness and receiving his own gift card very soon. In the newsroom, dion lim abc7 news. Thats so nice, and check this out, thats the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco lighting up a heart in everyone ty windows. One of our viewers shared this photo. Wed love to see the bright spots that youre noticing where you live, add the abc7now when you add pictures online to share them with us. Get a look at the nations first Pandemic Response unit. Youll hear from the memo park firefighter who volunteered for this duty. Im spencer christian, get ready for a wet weekend comiing followed by actual spring. Ill just like covered california teammateshelps you finder find a way to win, Health Insurance you can afford. Theyre the only place you can get Financial Assistance to help pay for Health Coverage. Plus, this year, the state is providing more help than ever before. 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Reporter its a rare day when tourism is not welcome along the russian river, but these are strange times. Because of the coronavirus, Sonoma County has deemed hotels, motels, and Vacation Rentals by owner to be nonessential businesses, but that hasnt stopped some people from trying to make a buck. Take a look at the airbnbs for rent, theyre offering pandemic discounts and quarantine ready accommodations. Those are two among some 300 rentals available in Sonoma County today despite restrictions. And unfortunately, they are not compliant with our Public Health order. Reporter thats Sonoma County supervisor Linda Hopkins via face time today. Shes ready for enforcement. If we wind up in a situation in Sonoma County like were seeing in new york city right now, our Health Care Capacity will quickly become overwhelmed and people who dont need to die will die. Reporter some Vacation Rental owners are besting the guidelines by saying theyre available for essential workers. Others like wendy chee took the high road. They took their properties off the market completely. I mean, i think it just feels like the socially responsible thing to do. Reporter the marketing is particularly irksome to jeff bridges in gernville, he spent eight months and more than a Million Dollars bringing back his r3 hotel after last winters floods. He remains closed while others still advertise. Ive heard that and i think that is reprehensible. Airbnb did not respond to abc7 today. In Sonoma County, Wayne Freedman. Bay wheels announce add free month of membership for health care workers. Its the bay areas bike share system operating in San Francisco, san jose and parts of the east bay including oakland, berkeley and emeryville. The Free Membership includes unlimited 45 minute rides on ebikes. Three transit agencies are no longer charging for rides so that passengers can maintain a social distance from the operator, which is where the fare boxes and clipper card readers are located. They are samtrans, ac transit and vpa. On monday muni metro and light rail trains will no longer run. Starting on monday caltrain will run fewer trains. The daily schedule will be down to 42 trains. Usually there are 92 trains per day. Since the shelter in place, daily ticket sales are down 95 . Weekend Caltrain Service remains the same. F youre busy cleaning out closets and garages under the shelter at home order, youre not alone, but a lot of people are wondering if they can still donate the things they dont need. Its a fair question. Abc7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley explains its becoming a problem. Reporter this is a goodwill donation site in marin county, another donation site in pleasant hill. Have you had some problems with dumping at your locations . We have, and so were going around and were cleaning up as much as we can. What we dont want is we dont want a bunch of stuff left outside of donation sites which then people go through, stuff gets scattered all over the place and then it becomes a larger problem. Reporter goodwill locations are closed down, but they are still paying their workers. Some of the most vulnerable in the state until april 7th. Then theyll reassess. For those who are sorting through unwanted items at their home or apartment, home furni furnishings and clothes are not the things immediately needed right now according to the Salvation Army. Our thrift locations, our Thrift Stores are closed for the moment because of the social distancing, but we are still positioning some of our trucks in various locations to collect items because we do know that people with this extra time are trying to do spring cleaning, those sorts of things. Reporter Salvation Army says they are repurposing their workers for now and hope to have a plan to open several temporary limited donation sites by next week in oakland, san jose and San Francisco. I called up several 800 numbers for junk in salvage companies. They said theyre still operational. Theyll come and haul things away but for a fee. Otherwise, if youre cleaning out an attic or a garage, your best bet is to stash things for now until Donation Centers reopen. Im Leslie Brinkley, abc7 news. All right, we are going to get a look at the Weather Forecast next. Right now were taking live look at the golden gate bridge. Very light traffic as it should be, as we go to break, well leave you with a look around the bay area as captured by drone view 7. All right, weve gotten through another week. We have. Its been a long week, and we need the weekend, but were not going to get the greatest weather this weekend. Spencer christian is here with the forecast. Thats true. Well, most of us probably wont be going out very much anyhow, so enjoy the rain. Heres a look at live doppler 7. You can see that we have dry conditions at the moment. The rain is coming our way. Cant tell by the blue skies, partly blue over the bay right now. 54 degrees in San Francisco, upper 50s in oakland, redwood city and san jose, we see lots of blue looking northward as well from the golden gate along with a few increasing clouds. It is 55 degrees in santa rosa, 53 at petaluma. Ill give you a look at our forecast features. We can expect our next storm, our weekend storm to arrive overnight. It will produce showers tomorrow and then rain into sunday evening, but a warmer and sunnier pattern will come our way next week. The storm thats coming in this weekend ranks 1 on the abc7 storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity. Periods of showers tomorrow, rainy on sunday, breezy at times, and the sunday rain could feature a few is