San mateo county now with 838 new cases. Alameda county, 52 new cases for a total of 1,114. San francisco now with 1,137 confirmed cases. Statewide, a grim announcement. 87 people have died in the last 24 hours. Governor newsom says that is one of the highest death tolls in one day the state has seen. He also says the number of hospitalizations increased by a little more than 1 . So far there are close to nearly 30,000 confirmed cases in california. Nationwide today, cases crossed the 700,000 mark. Housing the homeless. As part of his quest to flatten the curve, Governor Newsom aggressively pushing project room key. Its an initiative to make sure people are off the streets and isolated in hotel rooms. When the project was first introduced, the for had an ambitious goal of 15,000 rooms. Today the governor says the state has reached that. Nbc bay areas roz plater live in campbell where the governor made that announcement. Roz . Reporter he did indeed. This motel 6 behind me here is part of what the governor calls the project room key initiative. It will be at hotels and motels across the state. Now, the governor says they struck a deal with motel 6 and with those rooms now, they have more than the 15,000 rooms to house the homeless during this pandemic. The priority for those rooms will be for the homeless who have tested positive for covid19, those who have been exposed to the virus, the elderly, and those with Chronic Health conditions. Now he says while Santa Clara County has been out front in helping secure those hotel beds, other jurisdictions are not. He called on those folks to step up. So far, he says, about 4,200 of those beds are in use already, and theyve struck a deal with chef jose andres, his world central kitchen to provide hot meals three times a day. Coming up, well talk more about this later. But the governor says they wrote some language into the deal with motel 6 so that in the future, the possibility exists for them to try to turn some of these sites into more permanent housing. Live in campbell, im roz plater, nbc bay area news. Santa cruz beaches back open this weekend and that had some locals worried about outoftowners flocking there. For the most part we found mostly locals there today. Still very different than the beach you may be used to seeing. Police officers are there patrolling the area. Congregating, loitering of any kind is bapenned. People can walk, run, exercise outside. The reason why there is so much confusion about this reopening and the message the Police Department is sending. Many cases across the state have been linked to Nursing Homesment tonight state Health Officials released a list of the near 200 Nursing Homes and facilities with covid19 cases. Several of them here in the bay area. In alameda county, the gateway care facility, 33 Staff Members, 69 pains hatients have been dia. At least 13 people have died there. An investigation is now under way. Orinda care center in Contra Costa County reporting 28 Staff Members, 30 patients with the virus. And in Santa Clara County, two facilities, cedar crest and valley house rehab have dozens of patients and Staff Members who are diagnosed a full list of Nursing Homes with cases across the state is on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. President trump says there are more signs the country is over the peak of the coronavirus crisis. During todays Coronavirus Task force briefing, he downplayed the United States death rate saying per capita it is much less than other countries. While many experts are warning against moving too fast to reopen the country, the president commended states moving in that direction. Texas and vermont will allow certain businesses to open on monday while still requiring appropriate social distancing precautions. And i can tell you the governor of texas, greg abbott, he knows what hes doing. Hes a great governor. Other states moving to ease restrictions include montana, idaho, north dakota, and ohio. Cases continue to surge in the northeast. For more on plans from several governors to list restrictions, sometimes under pressure from protesters, heres nbcs chris pollone. Reporter in colorado, a sign of the times in the age of covid19. A Commencement Ceremony for the air force academy. No family, no spectators at all. There was a special guest who brought a message of hope. America has shown like all of you that we are a nation of courage. And with the courage, strength, and compassion of the american people, well get through this. Reporter some americans are growing restless with mandatory stay and home orders and joining protests demanding restrictions on travel and businesses be lifted even as the number of u. S. Coronavirus deaths approaches 38,000. I need to work. I need money. I have no money coming in. Is this worth our life and businesses . If we cant live, we might as well die. Reporter the president tweeted friday, liberate michigan, minnesota, and virginia, appearing to back the protesters. Some who are clearly ignoring social distancing guidelines and not wearing masks. They seem to be very responsible people to me. Reporter the financial crush apparent. In new york city, the mayor toured a Center Saturday which delivers 30,000 meals a day to his citys hungry. Elsewhere across the country, people are lining up for hours at food banks. Its embarrassing. Its the first time ive ever done this. Reporter the numbers in new york state, the covid19 epicenter in the u. S. , continue that efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus are working. But he says without a big influx in testing, going back to normal isnt yet possible. Nobody wants to get on with life more than me and everybody else. Were all in the same boat. Reporter it will be at least another month before people can travel freely across the u. S. canada border once again. The Prime Minister of canada said saturday extending travel restrictions will keep people in both countries safe. Chris pollone, nbc news, new york. Starting at midnight tonight, a big change coming to San Francisco. People are supposed to now wear masks while out at essential businesses. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith shows us how its being received on this first day. Reporter it is the first day for San Francisco, but this new health order wont be enforced until next wednesday to give people time to prepare. We have a little bit of cloth masks left. Reporter kaitlan squires is a supervisor at Cole Hardware in cole valley where customers have been interested in masks recently. With a slight uptick in business this morning as the city begins requiring face coverings. I think folks are becoming aware of the mandate, so we are expecting that there will be a surge definitely. Reporter she says theyre working to get more and different types, but its best to check ahead. What was routine for some already now applies to everyone. Its hard to tell if more people are wearing them this weekend compared to recent days, but as enforcement begins, that could all change. I think its safer for now. Until they figure something out or theres, you know, some vaccine for it. I think its just better to be safe. Reporter its another step to slow the spread of covid19. Mayor breed announced the new requirements will apply to people waiting in line for essential businesses or transit. It includes the public and workers. Well have to put something up on the door that says, you know, either you have to have some sort of facial protection to enter reporter at zazie theyve been doing takeout food, curbside pickup, even offering fresh groceries recently to adapt during the pandemic. That includes facial coverings from guests to kitchen staff. They just want to make sure that theyre protected. Reporter theyre also asking people not to buy those n95 masks to make sure that those are available for First Responders. In San Francisco, Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. Hailing our heroes. Those who fight at the front line, putting themselves in harms way to keep us safe. Take a look at a pharmacy crew at walgreens in morgan hill, helping a lot of folks get through this with face masks on, of course. Protective shields at their registers. They help everyone who comes in and they do it safely. And chef chus feeding First Responders. The restaurant provided lunch to workers with the Santa Clara County sheriffs office. The community indeed coming together during this time. Dont miss our nbc bay area responds coronavirus special. Thats tonight at 6 30. Consumer investigator chris chmura going to be sharing valuable resources and expert advice to help your family get through these challenging times. Thats 6 30 tonight right after nbc bay area news at 6 00. Two historical San Francisco landmarks decked in wreaths today for the anniversary of the citys 1906 iraq and fire. Typically theres a big ceremony on april 18th to mark this event right there on market street. Clearly that was not possible this year. So today downtown San Francisco and the golden fire hydrant in the mission were adorned with wreaths. A group of current and retired First Responders called the guardians of the city laid those wreaths. Today marks the 114th anniversary. The this fountain was built in 1875 but became a significant meeting spot after the disaster. The golden fire hydrant is credited with saving much of the mission from destruction. Coming up, troubling breathing and a fever. Those are common symptoms of covid19, but a new stanford study says there could be other signs. Well explain. And helping those on the front lines of the pandemic. The new service thats helping Health Care Workers get to and from work safely. And rob mayeda here working from home, enjoying being outdoors on a breeze and sunny saturday evening. But coming up we may see a few showers in the forecast. A look at that when we come right back. A study by Stanford University has found that onethird of covid19 patients reported gastrointestinal symptoms. Its one of the earliest studies of u. S. Patients with the virus. A third of patients reported a loss of appetite, thauzia, or vomiting and diarrhea. More common symptoms, shortness of breath and fever. Researchers say it is possible Health Care Workers screening for coronavirus are missing a significant number of cases. They also recommend that people exposed to the virus with g. I. Symptoms should be tested. Helping those who fight at the front line of this pandemic wherever we can. One of the latest ways to help, getting bikes to them. Advocates in San Francisco started what they call bibke match, an Online Service connecting people with extra bikes to Health Care Workers, First Responders, and other essential workers who could use one. This comes as Public Transportation like muni and b. A. R. T. Drastically cut back their service. If youve been having strange dreams lately, youre not alone. Between getting essential information about the pandemic to beating boredom by scrolling through social media, theres a lot of information to process. Board certified sleep medicine dr. Gary levin son calls what many are experiencing because of the crisis information overload. Oftentimes you suppress these thoughts but when you get into sleep, you dont really have control over that. And it will often manifest with a lot of unusual things, a lot of waking up at night, unusual dreams, maybe even nightmares. Those nightmares may also be caused by higher levels of anxiety. He recommends making sure you get outside every day and soak in some natural light. Find ways to relax during the day. Stay away from screens leading up to bedtime. Now to our homemade series. A lot of folks are in do it yourself mode, so we thought wed share the idea of making ribbon leis. Desiree of daly city has made leis out of ribbons flowers and candy. She walks you through the process in this video. Its part of our digital originals page on nbcbayarea. Com. Its a lot of fun. You can find our entire homemade series right there. While we continue to shelter at home, some seniors might feel lonely and isolated, so the department of aging here in california came up with the friendship line. This is to connect seniors with friendly people to talk to. Seniors can call this number you see right there. Get connected with someone. Its great for emotional support and also for wellbeing checkins. Still ahead, new allegations in the College Admissions case against lori loughlin, but this time its not the actress whos being accused of wrongdoing. And its not her husband. Well explain next. The best way to predict the future is to create it 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. Serious and disturbing. That is how the judge overseeing Lori LoughlinsCollege Admissions scandal case described allegations against federal investigators. Loughlin and her Fashion Designer husband are among dozens of parents accused of paying bribes to get their children into top universities. The couple is pleading not guilty and has accused federal investigators of pressuring a key witness to entrap parents. That key witness also says he has evidence. The judge is now asking prosecutors to respond to those allegations. Previously prosecutors had said there was nothing to investigate. Obviously the judge feels differently. Twitter is not allowed to share surveillance requests it received from the u. S. Government. Back in 2014, twitter sued the department of justice to be allowed to reveal surveillance requests it received. The company argued it would violate their free speech rights if it werent allowed to reveal them. But yesterday a u. S. District judge dismissed that lawsuit. The judge reasoned that granting the request by twitter would likely lead to grave or imminen. All right. Time to check we to the next level as you can see. Hes been inside his house for the past month or so. Now hes outside. Hes got twins. Hes got dogs, and there are bees in his beautiful neighborhood. Lets see what happens. Rob . Yeah, youll know if the ladder gets too close because im going to run out of this shot. The flowers are in bloom and they attract all the bumblebees across the trivalley. I think they come right through this backyard over my shoulder. If you happen to get outside just for a brief time, keeping socially distant and getting a little fresh air, the weather has been pretty nice this weekend. Around the bay area, maybe on the cool side. San francisco at 60 degrees. Winds now picking up 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour and around san jose, partly cloudy skies. 66 degrees. Overall were going to see similar temperatures for tomorrow. Notice the winds strongly onshore. Hey, thierz theres riley making an appearance. 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour those winds picking up this evening, which will once again bring in the low clouds as we head towards the morning. Temperatures in the 40s to low 50s. Highs tomorrow mid to upper 60s with some areas of drizzle and maybe late tomorrow night into monday, a slight chance of seeing some showers. Notice on the satellite view weve got a lot of low clouds. Kind of hard to see in this wide angle view but there is a weak weather system thats going to come by thats going to add a little extra lift to the clouds. Well see some drizzle at times for tomorrow morning but the time frame were watching for the chance of seeing spring showers, thats going to come in as we get into monday. Notice the clouds actually so today proba ofhis time the two weekend days and right there, mid to late morning on monday, probably looking at a chance of seeing a few showers. But in terms of rain totals here, doesnt look like a lot. Looks like the best chances for finding those showers will be for areas around the south bay, Santa Cruz Mountains at some point. If you dont get a little bit of drizzle for the morning, you may see a few light showers heading through as we go into it looks like mid to late morning on monday. The extended forecast, as youre seeing there on the bottom of the screen, the sevenday forecast starting to warm up. Notice High Pressure now redirects storms away from california. Other than northwestern california seeing a chance of a few showers there towards the middle part of the week. The trend is actually end thering warmer progressively so each of the next few days. As we head towards next weekend, there you see High Pressure and any rain chances likely staying off to the north. So from a cooler pattern thats had some showers at times, we get a little bit of that into monday. Notice even San Francisco, the temperatures start to rebound. We should see some low 70s by the time we head towards next weekend and valley temperatures, coolest days coming up as we get into tomorrow and monday, and many places including san jose, out here towards the trivalley or the north bay valleys, theres chances we could be looking at more 80s. Now were heading to the time of year as we head through midapril where these rain chances and colder storm systems ar