Now, your health, your safety. This is abc7 news. Now at 6 00, prepare for more businesses. Ts and shutdown today Health Officials are expected to announce they are extending the bay area shelter in place, but the Silver Lining in this, data is showing its working to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Good morning. Its the last day of the 31st. Lets talk about what is going on this last day of march. Its going out like a lamb. Most of us in the low to mid50s, and we have a few 40s out there and a touch of fog out there around petaluma. Heres a look at san jose. 87 and quiet out there. Lets talk about how your day breaks down. Low 50s at 7 00 under a mostly cloudy sky, and then breezes kick up at the coast and that will keep you in the mid50s, and then we will hit mid60s at 4 00 and then we will talk about cooler temperatures on the way coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast. Now, an abc7 news live desk update. At the live desk i am tracking the latest headlines on the coronavirus pandemic. As of this morning there are more than 2,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus here in the bay area, and we expect the numbers to rise as more people get tested for the virus. Trump says 1 million tests have been completed, and yesterday mr. Trump announced the development of a new coronavirus test that takes just five minutes to complete. The numbers have been incredible on testing. We have something from abbott labs, which is right here, and thats a fiveminute test, highly accurate. The bay area stayathome order has been 1st. Back to you in the studio. The u. S. Health care system is overwhelmed by the number of coronavirus patients that need treatment. Theres a shortage of hospital beds, resources and staff. The army corps of engineers is building temporary hospital facilities with hospital beds. The hraopb tlieutenant talked a this morning. Probably about 85 beds, and then by the end of the day we should have another five contracts awarded with somewhere around another 4,000 beds. This is a state and local decision. Coming up the Lieutenant General goes more into detail on what the army corps is looking for when scouting out a new hospital site, and gma will start at 7 00 right after abc7 mornings. You should definitely plan to stay at home and this process and what we are doing here will continue until at least may 1st. Other bay area counties are expected to extend their orders, and this comes as we get a look at new data and it shows the bay area is doing a good job with social distancing. Amy hollyfield is live in San Francisco with a breakdown on these numbers. Amy. Reporter hi, reggie. San francisco really emphasized this. Look at the signs they have on the embarcadero reminding people to stay at least six feet apart, and now the data has come in to show people are complying. Look at the traffic. The 1. 7 miles you see, thats the average distance people moved away from their home before the stayathome order was put into place. That onemile mark was the day we got the order. Now residents are moving just a few feet from their home. We checked in with abc7 news correspondent to see if our efforts are working. Its too soon to say its working definitively, and its too soon to look at it and say the curb has plateaued. We could have a surge in cases. The data shows other counties in the bay area are also doing well. The two counties that show a bit more movement than the others are napa and sonoma, but they are just getting used to the order that just went into effect last week. The data was released by day cart lab, and the hope is people will keep it up because looks like we have another month of this to go. Thank you, amy. An er physician agrees social distancing appears to be working but the hospital is not letting its guard down. I keep telling people, its really eerie, the surge we have been anticipating has not yet come, so in preparation we built out to capacity and delayed or canceled elective procedures, and we have tried to make the hospital as empty and prepared as possible for an influx of patients. On the peninsula, Skilled Nursing facility considered at risk of coronavirus is facing a testing shortage. The rehab center had at least 13 cases and one presumed death. Its unclear if healthcare workers exposed to infected patients were able to get testing, and the mayor says access to testing is her biggest concern. They are our vulnerable population, and ensuring they have access to tests, not just today but ongoing. The abc7 news iteam contacted the facility. Staff could not confirm the cases, but they said when they learned about the coronavirus threat they took precautions to prevent the spread. And hayward is opening the Testing Center at fire station 7 is closed on mondays, and its back open for anybody showing visible coronavirus symptoms. You have to have a fever over 100 degrees, and shortness of breath. Its open regardless of income or immigration status from 9 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. , or until the test runs out. Gavin newsom is holding a News Conference and expected to announce the launch of an initiative to help older californians to stay connected as they stay at home. You can watch it with us at noon here on abc7. Lets take a look at what is going on temperature wise appeared the neighborhoods, a lot of 50s out there and a limited amount of 40s out there. Its about the same as it was yesterday. Lets take a look at what is going on as far as the exploratorium. You can see the cloudy conditions out there. Allergies could be the Biggest Issue as you are out and trying to practice the social distancing while getting some of the vitamin d from the sunshine. Lets talk about whats going on in the south bay, and we will start with temperatures in the 50s through 11 00 and then low to mid60s during the afternoon hours. Lets move over to the east bay valleys where we will have a little more sunshine. Lets see what the temperature does. It does respond. We are in the 50s, only through about 10 00 and then mid60s from 1 00 through 6 00, and 61 at 7 00, and then we will have one more neighborhood to look at and that will be the peninsula, where sunshine will be a little slower, and thats why temperatures are a couple degrees cooler. We are in the 50s through 11 00. And low to mid60s as we head a little deeper into the afternoon hours. We will talk about wet weather coming up this weekend in the accuweather 7day forecast, but first lets say good morning to jobina. Thank you, mike. Good morning to you from home, from the bedroom bureau here. A couple pieces of good news involving the big rig crash on 880 just before 92, and for the most part it was cleared up, and oil and gas was but they have cleaned that up. We are watching this get busy the last couple of days, and the other bridges we have watched are empty for the most part except for the san mateo bridge, and found this to be interesting this morning. Everything else across the bay area, Clear Conditions as far as no fog issues or major crashes on the roads that should be blocking or slowing anybody down that needs to head into work this morning. Thank you. Happening today its International Transgender day of visibility, you can celebrate virtually. It celebrates transgender people across the world and the courage it takes to live openly while also raising celebrations will be live streamed on facebook starting at 5 00 p. M. And then next at 6 00, police are taking action to enforce social distancing. 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Reporter despite a safer at home order, this Church Service ignited outrage, the church saying they should be considered an essential service. People are going totally crazy. As the president said he wants to get everybody back to worshipping time by easter sunday, and we need to do that. The timeline has been changed, and the pastor arrested. He put hundreds in his congregation at risk, and thousands in danger. In louisiana, despite a ban on large gatherings and the warning from the governor about the coronavirus cases quickly rising, hundreds of parishioners came to a church outside baton rouge angering neighbors. Also this street parade was held in new orleans, and the mayor telling cnn overnight it wont happen again. Our Community Stepped up and said no more in the city of new orleans. This is very serious here. Our people are dying. In washington state, although this church choir practiced social distancing, two people are dead and dozens more sick. The group rehearsed right before the Health Department recommended no large gatherings, and now they are rem lets switch gears and talk about something a little more pleasant. If you are looking for something to do with your kids during this extended stay at your home, nasa is here to help. Its website includes dozens of tutorials for kids and adults. You can learn to make an edible spacecraft and you can make rockets you can build in your own backyard, and theres an online game that teaches kids about satellites. Stay at home. Dont go to church. Dont go to choir practice or be in the streets for the side show. Hi, mike. That was a rough block of news, wasnt it . Yeah. But we ended on nasa. Uhhuh. Nasa, yes, go ahead and stick your heads in the clouds and look above them, and you can see the satellites and the stars, and its great to track them. Theres an app of when you point your phone to the sky it shows you the dozens of consolations. Heres a look at the bridge. We will have increasing sunshine and milder highs in the afternoon hours, and its going to be cooler as we head into the extended forecast and possibly wet this weekend. Lets talk about what to expect later today. You can see clouds lingering in the south bay and north bay. If there are showers out there it will be across the south counties. Lets look at tonight. A cold front will sneak through our neighborhoods tonight and tomorrow and produce cooler and drier air, and you can see the lack of cloud cover out there, and so we have mid to upper 30s in the north bay valleys, and low to mid40s for the rest of us tomorrow morning. The moisture it brings is not as prevalent as yesterday. As we head towards noon and after, look at the gray kind of erase from our skies. Thats the cloud cover going away, and the increasing sunshine. The reason why it will be warmer today, but you can see, no cloud cover tonight and that means cooler weather tomorrow. We will start april rather quietly, and its going to be like today. We will get a cooler onshore breeze for thursday and friday and the coolest weather, saturday and sunday. Thats also our best chance for wet weather. Still no impact scale yet, and timing to be determined and amount will be light for sure. Now we are turning to ginger z. Good morning, ginger. Hi, reggie. Hi kumasi. Great to be with both of you this morning, and lets dive into it, because theres big changes here on gma, and thats the fight against the coronavirus. The governor of new york is putting out an sos saying we need help. Healthcare workers from other states are welcome because we will need it. The commanding general from the army corps of engineers is going to help us as they help to build temporarily hospitals with thousands of new beds. Remember the bachelor that jumped the fence a couple seasons ago, well, colton had coronavirus and still is recovering from it, and he has a new book out, and he will give us an update on how hes doing and how he wants everybody to take it seriously, because he is healthy and young and all those things and it knocked him down. Theres so much more coming up on gma, but we will head back to reggie and kumasi. Ginger and i have a little bit of a deal, and we are still in on this, right, ginger, we are going to have a choreographed dance together . Yeah, obviously thats what we should be doing with our time, and thats what we will be doing with our time. I like the end. I like the fingers across the face. Aub sru obviously i have work to do to keep up with her. Yeah, double drama. We have to have something to look forward to, so i will hold on to that. Thank you for letting me smile. And change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Welcome back. A lighter breeze, more sunshine. These temperatures responding in an upward trend. We are a degree or two of the normal as we hit the low in the afternoon hours. We will talk more about wet weather possible this weekend, but first heres reggie. Thank you, mike. Today we are expected to see medical facility. 68 beds would be ready to free up room at local hospitals. This Field Hospital will have a res p r respiratory unit. A safeway spokesperson said the store has been cleaned and sanitized and disinfected multiple times since then and the store will stay open. Theres a hiring freeze in san jose. A few positions are exempt including ones with police and fire departments, and overtime is impacted, and the measures are intended to help san jose deal with an anticipated budget short fall. And they want a discount on spring tuition. Students say they appreciate the need to move classes online, they are asking up to an 80 discount in some cases. The petition has more than 1,700 signatures this morning, and sanfords provo says there will not be any discounts. Hello, i am dolly pardon, the book lady from the imagination library, and i want you to join me on where i will read stories. You here for that . Yes. She is launching a new youtube series where she will read bedtime stories. The program is set to last ten weeks, and will feature books from her imagination library. She created the library in 1995 to send books to children around the world. God bless, dolly. She can do no wrong. I love her. The coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues. Plus, a warning that we might need to be more than six feet apart. Whole foods across the country, employees threatening a sickout today. They are asking for double pay for the employees that come to work during this pandemic. I am Julian Glover with what the rest they are asking for. The now, your health, your safety. This is abc7 news. Right now at 6 30, first it was with insta cart and now with whole foods. Workers are saying they are being exposed to coronavirus at work and are taking action today to make changes. Getting the testing back for covid19 could take days, Berkeley Berkeley is speeding things up. Hi, everybody. Weather, the least of your worries unless you have allergies, the tree pollen, cedar, june bury and we see the cloud cover out there once again, and we are starting off with a gray start, and where its lowest, its still two Miles Per Hour and thats fine. It will go away rather quickly today as will the low clouds across the rest of the neighborhoods. Coast and bay, inland, mostly upper 60s. Employees of whole foods across the country are planning a sickout. Julian glover is live with more on this. Reporter good morning, kumasi. It was two weeks ago when a new york city whole foods employee tested positive for the coronavirus, and the entire store had to be shutdown and deep cleaned, and now fastforward two weeks later, whole foods employees here in the bay area and across the country are planning a sickout to demand better conditions so that doesnt happen. It has the potential to close the stores here in the bay area and across the country, and employees are concerned about their own health and safety and the safety of the customers and shoppers, too. They are asking for guaranteed hazard pay, which is double pay for all of the worked hours, and then sick pay for those that are self quarantining, and they ar also looking for new policies to facilitate social distancing in stores between workers and customers. So far no indication of how many whole food employees at this particular location or any of them, for that matter, are planning to take park in the sickout. Reporting live in fremont this morning, i am Julian Glover, abc news. Thank you. The governor signed an executive order giving Small Businesses an additional 90 days to file taxes and make tax payments. California is also waiving continuing education requirements for several professions. The number of cases in the bay area surpassed 2,000. Santa clara county saw its cases spike by more than 200 and now has 848. It also reported three new deaths for a total of 28. Marin county saw its deaths jump from 1 to 4, bringing the bay area total to 56. Lets go north of here, and Mendocino County has four cases. You can see where we are right now with the bell curve. The curve was fairly flat at the beginning of the month, and its getting steeper. What we want to see is the line to flatten out, and that would mean the spread of the virus is slowing. When you hear Officials Say flatten the curve, this is what they are talking about. Experts say we are on the verge of the upswing of the cases in the u. S. Yesterday was a jump in the cases. More than 3,000 people have died, most are in new york state. This is unlike anything you have seen before. You will see it increasing, and you will see it everywhere. New york is just first. Los angeles is also seeing a spike in cases. Today the white house is expected to release its statistical models painting a grim future for the viruss spread. We are hearing more of the heartbreaking stories coming from healthcare workers fighting this virus on the front lines. They are making huge sacrifices across the c