Removing a tumor. The coronavirus is in the south bay much earlier than we had known. More information on what Health Officials are saying were the first cases in the bay area. Those first cases now it appears were the first cases in the entire country, not washington state. Scott budman is tracking the story. Reporter we now know there were three covid19 related deaths in Santa Clara County earlier than we thought. The first on february 6th, two others on february 17th and march 6th. Previously, the first death in the south bay was thought to have happened march 9th. Dr. Sarah cody says the newly known cases are likely the tip of the iceberg. What these deaths tell us is we had Community Transmission probably to a significant degree far earlier than we had known. Reporter she also says while the three victims didnt seem to travel much before they got sick, their symptoms were probably similar to the seasonal few. Robert morales of san jose thought the same thing. He thinks he may have had the coronavirus. It quickly escalated from there to really severe fatigue. Fatigue like ive never, ever felt before. Reporter some say this could explain why Santa Clara County has had more cases of covid19, because it likely landed here first. There must have been somewhat significant degree of Community Transmission. Reporter officials also say one of the reasons it was so tough to distinguish when covid19 and the flu at the time is that testing was so limited. In san jose, sbudman, nbc bay area news. And the symptoms still very similar. Thanks so much, scott. California hasnt fully flattened the curve just yet. Cases in california spiked for the second straight day. But here in the bay area, things have slowed down. Roughly 100 new cases for a total of 6800 cases in the bay area and 238 deaths. Santa clara county, still in the hot zone with just under 2,000. As for lifting shelter in place order, this map shows when each state should lift shelter in place orders. California, very light. It can open in the next couple of weeks. But there are other states, including georgia, the midwest, arizona, its recommended they open much later. Were talking in june. But for example, georgia has already said they plan to reopen part of the state this week. So theyre going against recommendations by the cdc. They plan to open much earlier. Jessica . Thank you so much. A mask is now a must. Wearing a Face Covering no longer optional in six bay area counties. It is required by law now. The new health order came bsh dame enforceable at 8 00 this morning. So if you go to the store or get on Public Transit without a mask or a Face Covering, expect to get turned away. The order requires businesses to put up signs and they refuse entry and service to anyone without a Face Covering. Health Officials Say its going to get a little tricky for all of us to get used to it. But this is the new normal, so get used to it. This is a fundamental change to our lifestyle. And its not a sprint, its not even a marathon. Its an ultramarathon thats going to last months, seasons, maybe even into next year. So people who went out today and didnt have one, people had to get creative. This guy found a shirt he fashioned into a Face Covering and got to go into target. Kaiser is rushing to build a lab to produce more tests. It can handle up to 10,000 tests a day. The hospital says test result also be available within 24 hours. The lab should be up and running by june 1. While millions of us continue to hunker down at home, people in napa loosened somecou Church Services and go to real estate open houses, all if you stay six feet apart. Melissa colorado is joining us from the silverado resort in napa. Generally in golf, youre socially distanced. Reporter cody is one of the few Staff Members who can show up to work here at the silverado resort, the director of golf operations explains how the resort is doing Everything Possible to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Removing pins, raising cups, removing sand bottles and rakes to allow just kind of that safe environment. Reporter we could see a lot more golfers hit the links this weekend. Today, the Public Health officer eased the stay at home order by allowing the following activities with proper social distancing. All construction, inperson real estate viewings. Only napa county residents can golf. Drivein Church Services. Most of the activities that this order really impacts are mostly outdoor activities. Reporter she says napa county has several advantages over other counties. More rural space and a low number of covid19 positive cases, currently at 57. The spirit of the slter at home order ist behavior. Reporter melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. More federal help is on the way for businesses. But this time around will Small Businesses get the money . Our raj mathai rejoins us now. This has been a mayor problem for bay Area Business owners. Some applied on the first day and didnt get any money. Its a mess. Where did all that money go for the little guys . Thats the big question. The overwhelming majority of local Business Owners we have spoken with said they were left high and dry in phase one. Now more money is coming and theyre hoping to get that n that cue. Tomorrow, the house of representatives is expected to pass a second stimulus bill from the federal government. This time a chunk is set aside for small Business Owners. How much money . 310 billion, thats the plan right now. Its intended for main street and not wall street. Weve heard that before. Hopefully this time it comes true. Instead of major corporations getting millions, small operations will get the money. Some pro tips from our Business CorrespondentStephanie Ruhle says here it is. Apply a sap and now Community Banks will have more federal money to distribute. So the original portion of the Paycheck Protection Program was 350 billion. And we know it was like a stampede through the eye of a needle. So they put more money in, so we should be seeing another 310 billion. Thats a positive. But i can promise you, theres over 1 trillion in demand, and that food fight is going to be all over again. But is this an open program that you can have some time for and its unlimited . Absolutely not. This will run out. As we wrap it up, what did wrong do wright, what did congress do wrong . What did congress do right . They put more money in the program because people need it. What did they do wrong . Think about all the complaints about big businesses who got in this program, businesses that didnt need the money but were using it more like an earnings optimization. People are furious about that. Weve heard lawmakers come main all day long how they dont like to see that. But heres the thing, they set the rules. Its a hate the game, not the player. And yes, i would like to think that people can take a hard look morally and say has my business suffered . Should i do this . We could ask people to do that and have a moral debate. Or congress could set tighter rules to make sure that money gets to those neediest, smallest borrowers. Well see what happens now. Local restaurants, flower shops, veterinarians, the list goes on of the Small Businesses that need this money. We all talked about our local Small Businesses. This could be the difference between whether they survive or not in this next year. Well send it back to you. Okay, thank you so much, raj. Up next, on a related note to what raj is talking about, they got their ppp loan. And thats not the only good news they received. Plus, stepping down. We investigate pg es next move after the ceo announced hes leaving after only one year on the job. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Working at home on this earth day. Well show you some simple things you can do to help out Mother Nature, mother earth, and well het you know about the sunshine and these warmer temperatures and how long its going to stick around. Thats coming up in eight minutes. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Were still tracking a developing story in the east bay. An overturned tanker bringing traffic to a halt on 680 nearly 15 hours later. It happened at 3 00 in the morning on south bound 680. South bound lanes are the only ones impacted. Traffic is moving north bound. Firefighters have transferred the ethanol that was in the tanker and the lanes are starting to reopen, but its still slow going. I got caught it in this afternoon. Pg es ceo is stepping down this june. Our reporter joins us now. And youve been covering the company for more than a decade, jackson. What does this mean for the Utility Company . He was only there for a year and all the fire victims, the bankruptcy cases, whats happening now . Reporter well, we know between now and june, its long time away, because it requires that the bankruptcy go forward. He was promising to stay long enough to get this bankruptcy through. The regulators have given the nod that theyll accept the deal. So right now, he basically has said the commitment he had was to make the company work through this bankruptcy. And what about nor the fire victims . They came to a deal that those victims get paid. Is that still going to happen . Reporter yes. The fire victims will be paid as part thof bankruptcy. They are going to, what they like it or not, they are essentially stockholders in this company. So right now the idea is that the big promise that has to come forward now is the trimming of the tree, as we face a new fire season. He made a lot of commitments about that, and the fire victims, of course, are waiting to get their money. And thats going to take some time, including the regulatory approval. Hes done a lot in the past year. Hes had his hands full, with all the fire victims. Where do we go from here . Whats next . Reporter you know, bill johnson made an emotional impact. He spoke directly to victims at a hearing, a regulatory hearing, and he promised they were going to trim their trees. And thats a critical point. We dont know how long thats going to take. Thats been a fluctuating number. The promise of trimming the trees Going Forward is the key to avoiding the power shutoffs he had to go on every night and talk about. That made those shutoffs are likely going to happen in the foreseeable future. And well see what the new head of the company talks about related to that. If he will carry that board, trimming the trees, preventing wildfires, and those power shutdowns that affected millions here in california. Jackson, thank you so much for the update. Keep us posted. We know youve been following pg e for a decade now. Thanks so much. For weeks weve been hearing about the chaos and frustration of Small Businesses trying to get the funding to survive the coronavirus crisis. We heard raj talk about it a moment ago. But we havent heard of anyone getting any of the money. Not Small Businesses. Well, until now. Robert handa has this story and joins us from santa clara where a popular pizza shop just got some muchneeded financial aid. Reporter were here on Stevens Creek boulevard, here after they applied for a ppp loan and other grants and loans. At that time, everyone was very concerned. But suddenly, after weeks of worries, theyre rolling in dough. Thats a new ingredient in the air at a slice of new york pizza relief. The restaurant employees 34 workers, a payroll of 6,026,00 week. The owner applied for a loan and this direct deposit appeared. It just showed up in our account, 245,000. Im like, my wife jumped up and down. Reporter the ppp loan is that 1 interest and the first payment suspect due for seven months. Then the shop found out it will get a grant of at least 10,000. No matter what the economic condition is, we can pay our guys. Reporter workers say theyre relieved. I feel incredibly luck kri and grateful and my heart goes out to friends who have been laid off. Reporter customers are happy, as well. Its nice to get out and enjoy these smaller businesses again and just give us a sense of that normal life we once had. Reporter the shop found out if it can show the money was used for payroll, rent and utilities, most of the loan will be forgiven. Thats a nice combination. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. Thank you, robert. Its not just about putting food on the table, the need for diapers is booming, as well. Theyre so expensive. Today, volunteers at East San Jose tried to address that need with a diaper give away. The School District says with those job losses, a lot of parents are having to reuse old diapers because they cant afford new ones. Doctors and nurses say the practice is leading to an increase in diaper rash patients at emergency rooms. When parents have to reuse the same diaper, theres a tremendous health risk for the child in terms of infections and brushes. And they want to stop that. They have distributed more than 1200 boxes of diapers to needily families in just the last week. That is really scary having to reuse a diaper. The risk of infection is just so high. Yeah, lets talk about our forecast. Jeff ranieri working from home. What a warmup today, jeff. It was like 80 in some parts it seems like. Yeah, thats right. We did get up into some 80s. We got a little respite from all this stress and got to see some of that blue sky. Tonight on this 50th anniversary of earth week, and you can see we do have unlimited visibility down here in san jose. And not really a lot of traffic on those roads and a lower, happier screen. Always great news with our shelter in place. Temperatures in the south bay for the most part were in the mid to upper 70s. And a few isolated low 80s. Up to 76 in san jose right now, dropping to 71. We get some clouds moving back in tonight and low 60s. Tomorrow morning, well have a few clouds well be reintroducing. I dont think it will be thick fog, but expect partly cloudy skies throughout parts of the bay area. And by the afternoon, we get that sunshine returning. And look at these temps, going into the low and mid 80s. 83 in santa rosa. 85 concord. San jose going up to 81 and morgan hill, 82. The coastline will remain cool in the 60s. Whats ahead . My forecast has our next change by saturday with increasing cloud cover. So not as sunny on saturday. But we have this warm weather continuing as we head all the way into next week. I mentioned the earth weeks 50th anniversary. How can you help . L. E. D. Lightbulbs, electric car, reduce, reuse, recycle, plant a tree and a garden. I know that is overwhelming going through covid19, just some stuff to file in the back of your mind. We thought it was appropriate to talk about that today with it being earth week. Coming up, well look at the decrease in pollution with our shelter in place as we go through this covid19. Its an unintended side effect from all this. Well have more about that coming up. Thank you, jeff. Still to come, theres no one like him. Former San Francisco mayor Willie Browns message and song as we continue to shelter at home. Raj mathai rejoins us with his interview, next. Mrs. Walker. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. Whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Lets take a live look in San Francisco. Beautiful on any fight, include thing wednesday evening. The sun starting to set. Now, we had a nice opportunity to smile today. One of San Franciscos most legendary people is the former mayor, willie brown. He said raj, forget this normal stuff we normally do, lets do something colorful, unique, and true willie brown fashion. Meet me at the fairmont next to tony bennett. I left my heart in San Francisco high on a hill, it calls to me to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars mayor brown like weve never seen him and like weve never heard him. Sometimes in a crisis, it brings out the best if all of us. Notice even the tony bennett statue has a facemask. Mayor brown, 86 years young, and looks as sharp as ever. Hes seen almost all of it in San Francisco, and is adjusting to the new lifestyle. I dont know anybody that stays in the streets as much as i have stayed in the streets for more than 70 years in this incredible city. And if i can stay at home, everybody should be able to stay at home. Its been tough. But its been the difference between this being a replete of new york, of paris, of some of the other cities in this country and in this world. Always nice to check in with the mayor. Why is he singing tony bennett . Hes getting ready with saturdays sing with tony. Tony bennett wants everyone to sing i left my heart in