Very strong downpours and as we go through santa clara, cuperti cupertino, more rain through saratoga and up towards fremont, fremont boulevard into newark, looking at a pretty soggy start to your sunday. Pleasanton and livermore, 580, rain. Lighter rain through berkeley, kensington and richmond. Heavy showers from napa, moving into around American Canyon highway 12, just over the watter there, highway 37, sears point and very light shower activity scattered from guerneville, through dylan beach. Santa rosa is quiet. Light to moderate rain today, storm impact scale of one. A chance of a thunderstorm, gusty wind. At 10 00 we have heavy rain in the north bay. Through the noon hour it sinks south and east and were looking at a soggyernoon from1 00, more ewnast bay, a break later on this evening into the overnight hours, but weve got more rain for your monday. Well detail that in a few minutes. Liz . Thanks, lisa. As of this morning, close to 90 people have died of coronavirus in the bay area and Santa Cruz County with more than 3,500 confirmed cases. Santa clara county is approaching 1,200 case this is morning, with San Francisco, alameda and san mateo topping at least 500 cases. We have been plotting case numbers on this useful graph so we can see the trend, this includes data from 14 overall counties, bay area and surrounding areas. It goes back to march 1st and stretches to now. As you can see, we are still trending in the upward direction with larger jumps by the day. Statewide were seeing close to 14,000 confirmed cases in california. Governor gavin newsom took responsibility for the lack of test results in our state and promised to do better. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena has more on his newly laid out plan. Rhat the testing space has been a challenging for us and i own that, and i have a responsibility as your governor to do better. Reporter governor gavin newsom confirmed over 126,000 people have been tested, and 13,000 of those are still awaiting results. Staggering numbers that led to this announcement. A state partnership with two california universities and a task force. A new partnership with uc davis and uc san diego to create a minimum of five to seven hubs. Reporter leading the covid19 test task force, paul markovich, president and ceu of blue shield of california and dr. Charity dean, assistant director of californias Public Health department. Markovich wants to make sure anyone in need of a test to get one. Set a goal to get to 10,000 per day in the next two weeks to 25,000 per day by the end of this month and by the end of this summer in august, getting to the capacity of 50, reporter an increase in testing will hopefully mean a decrease in deaths. At least 300 people have died of covid19 in our state. How long is it going to take to test the general public . Well, if we do hit our targets that i just described, i would say within a month that we should be able to do that, and ideally we want to be in a position to do that as we start relaxing the stayathome measures. Newsom also announced that more test sites are set to open. Abbott laboratories committed to opening 75 testing sites in california. In the newsroom, luz pena, abc 7 news. And Governor Newsom also said a new blood test from Stanford University could be hours from receiving federal approval, but this one is a bit different. Instead of detecting the actual disease, it looks for antibodies of the virus, being able to show who is immune to coronavirus. Tw Governor Newsoms office also launched a new website with his announcement yesterday. Covid19supplies. Ca. Gov. Individuals and businesses can donate or sell needed supplies like n95 masks, ventilators, face shields and gloves. Private companies will let them know through the website if they can manufacturer items on the wish list. The Health Crisis from covid19 is quickly exploded into an economic crisis and disaster for Small Businesses. The trump administrations nearly 350 billion Paycheck Protection Program was set to rollout on friday but as Lauren Martinez shows us, banks are struggling to meet the demand. We do not ask for loans. We do not ask for help. Weve done everything on our own. Reporter joe field is the owner of flying colors comics o. Field has been in business since 1988. And its because of the support of the local community that weve been able to do that. This is a different deal. Reporter field, like so many other Small Business owners, had to close because theyre not considered an essential business. Field applied for a loan online but the system was down. On friday, sba allowed the banks to take applications and submit them for approval. So sbas portal was ready to accept applications. But the individual banks had to create their own. Reporter several banks were not ready to handle the flood of online applications because guidelines for the loan process were still being adjusted late thursday night. Field then tried to submit paperwork in person. Having my paperwork ready, i got up to the front of the line, and was handed another sheet that talks about how the process is not going to start for businesses until monday and it will all be done online. So it was nice to get a little fresh air, right . Reporter field was in good spirits despite the problem. On saturday, santa clara supervisor dave cortezi held a webinar with the director of the Small Business development center. They discussed the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury disaster loan. You can get an advance of up to 10,000 on the loan, even before the loan gets approved. Reporter barbara marryson, ceo with tmc financing encourages businesses to file for both loan programs. Its a race. Everybody understands its a race and i think everyone is doing the best that they can. Reporter in concord, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. New this morning with social distancing and stayathome orders court trials are on hold. That means Virtual Meetings in San Francisco. The assistant d. A. Says most pretrials are conducted electronically with cooperation from judges and lawyers and defense lawyers. That includes arrangements when charges are announced, plea negotiations and input from crime victims. Also new, thousands of california inmates have been denied freedom after federal judges refused a request by their attorneys who says prisons are likely a tinder box ready to ignite with the rapid spread of covid19. The threejudge panel says it does not have authority to address the coronavirus because it was created to address overcrowding issues. This comes as a santa rita jail inmate was the first to test positive in dublin. The person is stable and being monitored. Just schools and universities, local libraries are learning learning doesnt stop when things close. Theyre trying all new things to keep your families entertained and learning. David louis checked out the new offering on the peninsula. These twins spend a lot of time taking classes online. However the 8yearolds used to go regularly to their local library in half moon bay. Expanded Online Services from Senate County libraries are filling the void as a result of its branches being closed. We have a wealth of homework help, literacy tools, if you need arts and crafts to do with your little ones we have those tools as well and steps to help you learn a new language while youre at home. Reporter more than half of the librarians and the staff have been launching online experiences such as story time with Library Assistant deidra brill, a drawing class taught by lynn federer and this interactive bilangle unlg sing along. Mother of the twins karen kovalesky is enthusiastic about the focus which turns screen time into something productive. Hands on, interactive, used their minds, used creativity, and got them excited, was engaging and to find Something Like that as opposed to a passive visual view of a movie is very big. Reporter her daughters are looking forward to an online Science Program this week and help with their homework. What kind of things would you look up . How long it takes to make a chapter book, because i kind of want to be a writer when im older. Reporter david louis, abc 7 news. I love that and i love our local libraries offering so many great services, lisa. You need sews books. Good morning, everyone. Some pretty good downpours out there. You could see from the lens here how wetdrops. This is in san jose, where weve had heavy rain in the hills, also in the south bay, the east bay. Temperatures in the 50s, not only that, gusty winds and fog. Its going to be a stormy sunday. You thought saturday was wet. Well talk about amounts, timing and when this all ends and we see a return to spring, all in my sevenday outlook coming up. Were finding acts of kindness all over. The bay area comes together this week to help eased the burden of the coronavirus pandemic. Plus becoming a citizen scientist. Were trusting the researchers to fight the coronavirus but you can help right from the seat of your couch this morning. 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. Ange 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. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, and with delivery. Ile youre discovering across the bay area people are stepping up to ease suffering and need as our world struggles to deal with this Health Crisis. Abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard has the story of two local efforts today that highlight the power and importance of human kindness. I got water. Reporter going to help . Yes. Reporter Betty Jackson is making a grocery run to the shop rite in east oakland where she found gallon jugs of water and lots of produce available. The most amazing part . It was totally free. I think this is a blessing, blessing to help those that need it. We are here to help the Community Join this crisis. Wn time when many are scared and running low on cash due to job losses. Its ache lie war zone out here. Its a matter of life and death. Reporter the market is partnering with oakland city councilman Lauren Taylor who is getting Vital Information about the pan demmic to his constituents. Its critical to our residents get the basic needs as well as the support for withstanding the crisis and also rebounding from it. Reporter helping me a lot. E information on the coronavirus and how to stay safe. Hello were collecting personal protective equipment for the local hospitals. Reporter in San Francisco these pharmacy students from ucsf stood in the rain outside the pharmacy, collecting masks and gloves for Health Care Workers who need them. Many folks stopped and donated. Thank you thank you so much thank you so much. I washed them down with alcohol so they should be okay. Its frustrating youre a student and taught to advocate throughout your entire curriculum and it comes to this point where the best thing you can do is stay at home so i think all of us are really fortunate to do more than that and thats what brought us here. Reporter the students are trying to establish permanent dropoff sites inside major pharmacies for things like gloves and masks. As for the grocery giveaway, were told 100 families benefited. The owner says hell do it again to help out his loyal customers. In emeryville, car knell bernard, abc 7 news. This morning, a bay area family is stuck in peru for weeks and trying to make it on the last night back to the u. S. Perus president shut down the borders last month because of the pandemic. A group of relatives from Castro Valley all in their 60s and 70s is concerned about getting out after traveling in a remote area about a tenhour drive north of lima. One of the groups daughters spoke with abc 7 and says they have done all the paperwork but theres limited communication with the embassy and they are desperate for help. Our fear is that if they do get sick that their town wont have the resources to deal with the thousands of cases that could potentially arise. The u. S. Embassy in lima says about 470 americans just left yesterday. More flights are confirmed for today and tomorrow. They are promising to arrange for more. As of today the peruvian government is ordering all businesses to close which means limited transportation options. You might remember another local family we told you about last month. They finally made it back home from peru last week. Brian simijonny a San Jose Police officer says it took several days to travel home but eventually got on a state department to miami and found their way back home to the north bay. Happening today, healthy passengers who are fit to flex pectedo beisem princess cruiseship. One man from south San Francisco will not be one of them. He is in intensive care in florida, after testing positive on the trip. The ship docked in miami yesterday. His family said they needed to call 911 to get him off. 71yearold wilson mas family reportedly called for help because the onboard medical team took no steps to get him to a hospital for more care. That i beds nearby. The state of florida website showed Miamidade County had more than 150 available. Pastwofhem ved. Gepi ihate inci against asianamericans since the start of this covid19 outbreak. A website by the Asian Pacific policy and Planning Council received more than 1,100 reports of discrimination in a twoweek period. Statistics show women are being harassed twice as much as men. Children are involved in about 6 of the incidents. Even with the shelter in place order, harassment is taking place at Grocery Stores and other essential shops. We invite to you watch abc 7s interactive town hall, race coronavirus a bay area conversation. You can find it on the home page of our website abc7news. Com. A panel of experts took part as abc 7 confronted crimes against Asian Americans during the iy ea are ainecher yourelp to f coronavirus. As abc 7 news anchor dionne lim discovered you can do it right now from your home. Reporter while millions are sheltering at home to avoid the covid19 virus, we have an opportunity to fight it at the same time. All you need is a smartphone and a sense of duty to become a citizen scientist. We can accommodate millions of individuals who are willing to share their data to tell us precisely what theyre doing what, their exposures are. Reporter dr. Gregory marcus is a researcher with ucsf. He and his colleagues are turning to a Smartphone App platform called eureka to gather Critical Data on covid19. Volunteers can download it for free. Once you have it you can become a literal test subject, feeding information to researchers to help them understand how the virus travels, who is the most vulnerable and why. Were understandably anxious to understand what are the real behaviors that can affect our risk of infection. Reporter the app feeds daily questions, answers can be yes or no or sometimes require more detail. Where have you been . Are you traveling to work . Are you getting regular exercise . Do you have pets or kids at home . So we ask questions about demographics such as age, sex, race, occupation. Reporter other questions focus on behavior and your health. How often are you washing your hands . Have you had a temperature or fever . Have you had any symptoms of cold or flu . Information multiplied on a vast scale for researchers to study all with the goal of unlocking the secrets of a dangerous virus. And the more people that contribute, the more confident we can be of answers we find. Reporter answers that could help save lives. In San Francisco, dionne lim, abc 7 news. To get the app to become a helper scientist, text the word covid in all caps to 41411. Again the word covid all caps to 41411. The Guinness World record holder for hula hooping has an idea for everyone, take a look this is getti kahajova. She set the record with a 17foot hula hoop there. She says shes using it again in a comedic way to promote social distancing and to spread some smiles during this difficult time. That is clearly very impressive and will certainly keep a lot of people away. Lets get a check of the weather with lisa argen. Are you ready to take on a hula hoop 17 feet . Thats kind of big. I remember my hula hoop, nothing like that. Some rain will keep people inside. Its been raining, light rain the south bay and east bay, and weve been looking at the downpours, which will continue. In fact the area of low pressure that cold part of the system from the gulf of alaska isnt slated to move in here until later on this morning. So what youre looking at right now is another part of the system thats bringing very heavy rain from the central coast, gusty winds and lets take you in for a little radar tour as we go into the east bay, heavy rain moving out of fremont, but its still coming down there from 680 to 880, curbi cushing parkway. Livermore, Pleasant Hill, dublin, youve had pouring rain the past hour. Lighter showers danville through to orinda and walnut creek as we loo