Gusty winds and some heavier downpours, the possibility of a thunderstorm. Right now, it is 34 in santa clara, dry conditions, 42 in mountain view, 47 in novato. We are expecting the rain to arrive, probably about 8 00 in the north bay. 10 00 here. Rainy conditions. They overspread the bay throughout the afternoon. 3 00 in the 50s. Its a cooler afternoon. Little bit of a lull tonight before more rain and the core of the system arrives tomorrow, sliding down the coast. That will bring more unstable air, heavier rain. Well talk about amounts in a few minutes. Liz . Lisa, thank you. We begin with the brand new numbers overnight. More than 3,200 confirmed cases in the bay area and Santa Cruz County with 86 deaths. Sonoma county five new cases, Santa Clara County continues to be the hardest hit in the bay area with more than to the north, four confirmed cases, no positive cases, even further north, 40 positive cases from the virus. The big headline as you begin your weekend with new shelterinplace guidelines, cdc is recommending that you wear cloth masks or facial coverings when going outside to work or the grocery store. These are not n95 or surgical coverings or bandannas. The surgical masks and n95 masks must be reserved for Health Care Workers. President trump says he will not be wearing a mask. This is voluntary. I dont think im going to be doing it. The policy of social distancing has been put into place as a way to prevent the virus from spreading. And this is just an additional precaution that is necessary to help continue to flatten the curve. So, what kind of face coverings are you okay to use . Abc 7 News Reporter chris reyes spwioc get the answers. We took a drive through downtown San Francisco and chinatown and saw all kinds of face coverings, including a scarf and tshirt many people asking, what should i be using. We put our viewer questions to dr. George rutherford. Do i need a face mask if im standing outside my yard . If youre not doing anything, i dont think so. Is it okay to wear a scarf over my nose and mouth . Yes, absolutely. What were trying to do is cut down on you expeling cough, sneeze, respiratory particles. Thats the goal here, to protect other people from you. The next question is, how should the cloth masks be launderred . Any special instructions . I would wash them in hot water. What would be the best protection if youre going for a run or a bike . I would say experiment, try a tshirt or Something Like that, just a bandanna. Experiment for comfort and fit but also how porous. We tried to spray through different materials from a thick to thin scarf, towel and a thin tshirt. The thinner the material, the less effective at holding the spray. Online, etsy and amazon, the choices are endless, from fashionable to high tech. This one boasts breathability and filtered technology but dr. Rutherford says keep it simple. Cover your nose and mouth and save the professional stuff for the people who need it. Remember, the masks are just for when you go out, okay . Adequate mask covers your nose and mouth and cuts down on respiratory particles. Cloth is fine. Fabric is fine. Theres no way its going to be perfect, but we have to reserve the perfect solutions, which are are al the surgical masks and n95 masks for the hospitals for now. Chris reyes, abc 7 news. A lot of you have questions about masks. We know that. Weve been trying to get those answers for you. You can get yours answered by reaching out to us on facebook. Just look for abc 7 News Facebook page. And with this weekend adding ne our if w he touoplground withy get a second warning. Issuing citations to people in visitors violating those Public Health orders as abc 7 News ReporterLauren Martinez found they are not the only ones. People running, walking and enjoying their friday evening dont appear to be social distancing six feet apart. Earlier in the day, sky 7 captured people playing basketball. Park rangers practicing education enforcement at Golden Gate Park. Later sky 7 captured small groups of picnics near the conservatory of flowers. San Francisco Police made a stern zblarng last time i was in front of you, i predicted that there will come a time when we have to cite, and that time has come. We have begun to cite. Reporter not everyone seems to be heeding the message. Cant walk their dogs, you dont feel safe. Nobody is social distancing. Theyre not wearing masks, children are running all over ameda, mies and fishermen from of town are visiting their small community, not practicing social distancing. A week ago, i felt safe. Now i no longer feel safe. Reporter but police are saying it shouldnt just be put on them to have to enforce shelter in place restrictions mandated by the state. Dont plan on the police or put it on your neighbor to call the police because youre out there playing basketball in the park. Reporter Alameda Police say theyre educating people on social distancing and do not want to have to take it further. We dont want to get to the point where were writing citations. We dont know still who needs to hear this but, no, you cannot play soccer, football, or gather for picnics or barbecues right now. Stay home. Save lives. Set a good example. In oakland, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. The extension of the shelter in place order has caused fear and anxiety among Business Owners. Liz pena spoke to a Construction Company getting at least ten calls a day from Business Owners asking for their doors and windows to be covered with plywood. When the times get tough, the tough gets going. His restaurant getting vandalized. A guy came and tried to throw a brick through one of our windows. It bounced off and he picked it up and threw it through another window and then ran away. Reporter losing sleep over potential burglaries during the shelter in place. Theres no telling what people are capable of so we are concerned. Reporter we asked the owner how many businesses boarded up in the last two weeks. The answer was easy. 20, 30 businesses easily. Reporter along union square, some of the highend stores three weeks ago had expensive products displayed on their windows now are covered with plywood. This pandemic is creating a shortage. Toilet paper for a while, masks, hand cleanser. Theres a shortage of plywood. Its getting tougher and tougher to find the stuff to put up. Reporter news commentator of the San Francisco chronicle says this is a sign of multimillion dollar losses that city and Business Owners are experiencing. Were going to have a lot less money floating around. San francisco, for example, is estimating a 100 million loss in taxes a month. Reporter Construction Companies like this one keep getting calls because covering a glass or a door is less expensive than losingts inside. Luz pena, abc 7 news. Happening today, if you have any unused personal protective equipment you can donate it here in San Francisco. 10 rx market street. Unused n95 masks, unopened hand sanitizer, glove boxes, disinfectant and goggles. Full list of donation dropoffs on our bay area abc 7 news. Com. Promising news in the south bay this morning. Santa clara dount says every homeless person who tested positive for covid19 now will have temporary shelter. As the virus spreads, the focus is on getting more of the unhoused indoors. Manu. Reporter not only the bay areas most populous county but the hardest hit by the covid19 pandemic. Expanding resources for the regions homeless population, known unhoused people who have tested positive. The same health care, the same respect. Thats what youre seeing in todays announcement that were going to put a full corps press on and make sure they get the help they need immediately. Reporter the county is launching a massive education effort to reach more of the unhoused, soon it will bring on mobile testing stations outside every encampment, an opportunity to screen more people or quarantine as needed. Help for the homeless was announced as a top priority. If left unaddressed, we allow our most vulnerable residents in the state of california to be exposed to this virus. Reporter already Santa Clara County has opened. Parkside home beds have been set up. More than 100 trailers from the state were delivered to the south bay and will be used to shelter homeless and unstably housed residents. All existing and seasonal shelters remain optional. Plans would add 818 beds to the capacity. Residents in the county should be commended. By and large here in the south bay, people are doing the right thing. I think were seeing results of that, lower mortality rates than anywhere else in the nation right now. Reporter in san jose, annette castillo, abc 7 news. Abc7news. Com, one of our most clicked on stories right now the grim forecast that stanford researchers are saying our shelter in place may last for five more months. 150 years since Golden Gate Park was created by the golden gate legislaturlegislature. Because all events have been canceled, the park is coming to you virtually. You can see the best of the park, a weekly virtual classic concert series, performance over the years. Lets get a quick check of the weather now. It will be rainy today, lisa. Thats right. Were still looking at springs, rainfall deficit. Live look outside. Were dry right now. This is emeryville. Temperatures in the low 50s, one of the warmer locations in the east bay. 39 in santa rosa, 43 in san jose. Well time out the rain for you today and tomorrow. That looks stormier. Well be back in a few minutes. Thanks, lisa. Unemployment soars to alltime highs. We have a look at one landlord came up with to ease the burden on Small Businesses. Plus, why some may have a possible postponement on the stimulus checks. With the cdc advising everyone lately, ive discovered that while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. Mom but i promise, its going to get better a little goes a long way heartwarming the world. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. Welcome back. Perhaps the biggest impact is the Unemployment Rate. A loss of more than 700,000 jobs in the month of march, ending nearly a decade of uninterrupted job growth. The Unemployment Rate last month jumped from 3. 5 to 4. 4 . Economists say it could reach 15 this month. 10 million americans have already applied for unemployment benefits. If you do not have direct deposit and get your tax refund by check, it could take up to five months. If you do have direct deposit, it should be in your account starting in about two weeks. And with these Small Businesses feeling gut punched by this pandemic, a landlord on the peninsula is helping to give muchneeded relief to tenants. Attorney joe gachett has decided to waive rent for 65 tenants and is urging others to do the same. The fact of the matter is that we a is main street americ. Unless owners, these buildings stand up and waive the rent, give them a discount, whatever it may be, youre not in the same boat and youre not rowing that boat together. He is offering to extend his offer if businesses are forced to be closed how generous. Ace hardware is hiring 40,000 people nationwide to support communities during this pandemic. Every ace store is locally owned and operated. More than 4,300 Stores Across the country, foultime, parttime and seasonal positions are available. Unless we see some stores completely revamp their business models, abc 7 news anchor dan ashley introduces you to the oakland designer refocusing her skills to make masks, hit iting some 3,000 orders in a single day. This is a cotton pauplin, and this is fabric i use to make tunics. Reporter her business is closed for the time being because of the coronavirus. My brother and sister are both nurses. So, when the virus started, they said you have to make masks. Reporter leslie put her Design Skills to work, post iina picture of a mask on facebook earlier this week. Next to your face is the antimicrobial liner that jimmys company makes. Reporter jimmy is jimmy holland, a Company Whose clients include aerospace firms. Our specialty is working with poly mechlt r. Nobody has been interested in those coatings until today. Everybody is looking for more than what the n95 mask might provide in terms of protection. Reporter the inner liner could serve as a barrier, blocking germ. Were not making any claims at this point but will put the chemicals through a complete round of testing through all the available laboratories. Reporter leslie says a team of seamstresses are back on the job. Hopefully making 800 a day. Reporter instead of sewing for fashion, theyre sewing for safety and it may news. Ford is helping to produce face shields and other protective equipment for Health Care Workers, looking at video shared by ford. The automaker has shipped more than 20,000 face shields to in the bay area, including Regional Medical center of san jose. Think again if youre trying to head out to a beach this weekend, you are being warned with the even tighter shelterinplace restrictions. Coming to Santa Cruz County to surf is nonessential. It is not. We understand the need to recreate and we have allowed people to continue to do that, but they have to practice the guidelines. This is an unprecedented time for us, and were really trying to stress that we are not destination areas right now. You wont see any of the Beach Volleyball nets in santa cruz either. Those have been removed. Coastal areas are all closed. So, you have been warned. Even lisa, i was driving into the city this morning and definitely noticed and saw more police out on the streets as well. People definitely are monitoring and theyre paying attention. Yeah. And with the weather going downhill, it will be easy to cooperate perhaps with the stay inside warnings, because we are looking ath sieiv lki at showers as we get into monday. Thats been the theme for march. As we get into april, those april showers with us as well. Probably the last chance to really get some pretty good rain over the weekend as this system is going to bring a pretty good amount and its definitely a snow maker in the mountains. Its raining along the coast. Live doppler 7, rain mixed with snow. Mh goiwere dnsly cloudy to mostly cloudy, and temperatures are in the 50s in oakland, 45 in fremont, upper 30s around gilroy and santa rosa. Cool conditions as well. Backtoback storms, rain arriving this morning. Heavier rain and wind for tomorrow. Looking at lingering showers into monday. Lets time it out for you, shall we . 7 00 this morning, its raining in the north bay. You see how this progresses from the south and east. 9 30, few showers in San Francisco. Its really after 10 00 where we see the heavier rain moving into the north bay and then this will continue to sink to the south and east. 2 00, 2 30, still looking at showers, getting more widely scattered tonight. Then we get another burst of energy overnight, and the rain increases. This is 2 00 in the morning. As we get this te tomorrow, we have heavier downpour downpours, 5 00 in the north bay. Take a look at what happens, 8 00. You can see the yellows arriving here. Santa cruz mountains. This is second half of the day, not looking too bad. Lingering showers could take us into your monday morning commute. Lets add up the rainfall for today. The less stormy day, were looking at about twotenths to a third of an inch of rain. This is for saturday. Were going to add in sunday. Notice the Higher Elevations really getting into it with up wards of threequarters of an inch and snow potential for the sierra nevada, 11 00 today until 11 00 monday, 3 1 2 feet up to four feet in kirkwood. So here we go through sunday, notice 30 inches, taco this will probably be the last gasp of Winter Weather we see. 59 in napa. Cooler with the clouds. Rain developing in the Morning Hours taking us through the afternoon with showers and then well look for more heavier rain with gusty winds into your sunday. Level one system today and tomorrow with lingering showers in the morning as this system fades away. Highs today in the upper 50s to low 60s, stormy sunday. Behind the system very chilly air left in its wake. Thats why were so cold on monday. Gradual drying and warming trend middle toward the end of the week. Looking at welcomed rain for sure. Still, liz, running anywhere from 40 to 50 of normal in the bay area. And, like i said, good snow producer in the mountains. With that sunshine back, it o the week. Thanks, lisa. With all of us stuck inside, social distancing, disney and pixar are dropping a we saw the earthquake grace in bold was offering a grant program. I signed up and i was actually selected it leaves the house in tack. You now know that in the next earthquake your house will be standing and we also got a discount on our earthquake insurance. If there is an earthquake. Our house has a better chance of surviving in. Its another weekend of sheltering in place in the bay area. Its the first of additional limits, bans on parks, playgrounds, basketball courts. What else has changed for our abc 7 viewers . Here is a day in the life. I love that were keeping it upbeat right now. Pixars first original blockbuster in three years and you can stream it on disney plus for the first time this weekend. Even though movie theaters are closed because of the pandemic, you can watch onward from your living room and buy it on other digital platforms for a higher rental price. Two teenage elves embark on a magical quest to bring back their l