Flights than ever. Passenger traffic down 29 compared this time last year. The freeways around the bay area rushhour looking fluid and empty right now. A sign bay area residents are taking the lockdown seriously. When will we know the worst has come . Wilson walker joins us now with that. Reporter everything we know from our epidemiologists and experts tells us that in a matter of days we will have serious constraints on the provision of medical services to those who need help. San jose mayor said it is just days away the moment the crisis really starts to unfold in our hospitals. It is a disaster that for now can be hard to see coming. Even though it has already upended our lives. People sacrifice in compliance with this tough advice is hard. They cant see the impact right now. They have to trust us. If youre skeptical and dont see the impact in your Community Look at italy. We are a couple weeks behind italy. By that approach one would say you are going to start to see a substantial uptake in the coming 2 to 3 weeks. An Infectious Disease expert at uc berkeley said italy and the United States are on similar trajectories as far as the math goals. Our lack of testing means there are a lot of things we do not know. It certainly is plausible that extrapolating from italy is not right and one could begin to see a substantial bump next week. I would not rule that out. There are factors that may work to our advantage. The steps we are taking to distance ourselves will undoubtedly slow the spread. When can we prove how many lives we saved it will be comparative map after the fact. Reporter the effectiveness of social distancing is is hard to predict as the current spread of the virus. Just about every part of this equation is a variable. I know it is frustrating but we know this is spreading and it is going to surge and it is increasing exponentially. You have to take our word for it. Reporter you just heard the governor speaking right before we came on. He mentioned the fact they might need as many as 19,000 additional hospital beds to care for the sick how are they coming up with a number . They are figuring about a 50 infection rates in california which is pretty high. Estimates run from 30 up to 70. 50 would be high. 18 of those people need hospitalization. That is the surge we are talking about. When will it happen . Maybe over the next couple weeks. But the social distancing we are trying that is how we will bring the swell down. Bring the necessity for Additional Healthcare Services down. But all these numbers keep moving. The effectiveness of what we are trying to do one another that is still to be seen. The spread of the virus is still to be seen. All of these numbers are a little flexible. What you hear is the government preparing for possible scenarios. It is important to remember that all of these numbers are changing and where we end up is really an open question right now. We are all trying to figure it out. As you can tell so other people who are leading the effort. Im andrea and sausalito. The shelter in place order essentially since many employees of Many Companies home. But not everyone is working from home. Including me. We are taking a look at who is still working as we await this pandemic to really hit in and the bay area. All around the bay area the unnatural stillness of the straits cannot be denied. Empty sidewalks and empty roads. If you look closely enough some people and things are still conducting business as usual. Like construction workers putting up housing along broadway. Mayor breeds order deemed Housing Products projects to be essential. Work continues on. Same for those doing work on the sidewalk near fishermans wharf. One of the oddities open for business amidst a shelter in place as the International Spy shop. On beach street. We are classified is a Security Hardware and Safety Supply company. Reporter the general manager is used to crowds of tourists. Instead is selling these emergency kits. And cleaning the store a lot. Anytime someone comes in after they come in after handling money anything like that. We do a quick once over. And then hourly. Reporter on Chestnut Street simply has opened up their windows were customers typically sit and turned it into an impromptu takeout window where customers have plenty of room on uncrowded sidewalks. The line up. Is san rafael golf course frustrations and anxiety were being taken out on the driving range and the links. Which qualifies as exercise outside. Also permissible. Get some fresh air in the coronavirus has been overthe top for me. Just still want to do my daily activities and get out there and enjoy life still. Reporter there were multiple activities and jobs and businesses that were considered essential. Under all of the shelter in place orders. We have much more about what exactly is essential and what is not essential on our website. You can see that kpix. Com. Rideshare drivers are asking a judge to order uber and left to pay them sick leave as employees not contractors. A lawyer for the drivers said without paid leave they will need to work while they are sick to make ends meet. Uber and love to say they have agreed to sick leave pay for drivers who have been diagnosed with coronavirus or placed under quarantine. Alarming new study shows how quickly the coronavirus can spread. Sciences from the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases say droplets from a cough or sneeze remain infectious in the air for three hours. On plastic and stainless steel the virus could be detected after three days. On cardboard 24 hours. On copper up to four hours. You can always watch with Top Health Officials are saying about the coronavirus outbreak kpix 5 and cbs bay area. Kpix. Com or your cbs news app. A live look at the golden gate bridge. We saw a light rain in parts of the bay area. Paul hagan joins us now with our forecasts. A few showers out this evening but those will work their way further inland and dissipate heading to the next couple hours. And our little bit more to go until sunset. When the sun goes down most activity will fade off the radar. It is beginning to diminish already. You can see scattered showers still out there. The same pattern that has been with us for several days is gradually weakening. Scattered showers like yesterday they are not as heavy or widespread. We dont have thunderstorms. The storm system causing this the area of low pressure in the atmosphere slowly going to move away heading to the next couple days. Mainly dry break on the way by friday and saturday. Tomorrow a chance for spotty showers to be with us. The system over the Pacific Ocean by saturday it will be moving closer to us and give us another round of measurable rain. Possibly as early as sunday. It will take a look at that in just a few minutes. And concorde problems for food banks are mounting at the same time they are becoming even more vital. We will have that story coming up. Toilet paper and bottled water may be some peoples panic shopping preference. Life for others the rush to buy guns and ammunition. Many of you are sharing online how you are passing the time while being sheltered at home. Some say they are reorganizing their closets. Others watching tv. We want to see more. Share with us what you are doing with the hashtag kpix. Visit our websites for the help you need. Buick and gmc. Were here to help. Geico makes the claims process so easy. Claim, all on the geico app. Its not just easy. Its givingyourdog yourfitnesstracker easy. Oh, good boy. 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This is going to be a huge supplement to those people any safety net for new need in our communities literally next week. Reporter ironically the same thing creating more need is also hurting the operation. Distancing to prevent the infection is also keeping away many other volunteers food banks rely on. And there are a lot of people with time on their hands these days. People like allison. Kind of happy i could to help people. It is better than sitting in my bewatching netflix. Reporter as essential as this activity might be the volunteers did have to consider the risk. Any fear about coming here to work around other people . Sort of. Ive taken all the precautions. I feel like im okay. When you are here doesnt feel like a safe environment . It feels pretty safe because the warehouse is big. We are not breathing on top of each other. No one here is sick. No one is coughing or sneezing. Reporter in this crisis it takes courage to help those in need. Even when it is just bagging food for hungry people. The volunteers say this is probably less dangerous than going to a crowded store to shop for your own family. It is a lot safer than buying toilet paper. Just leaving your home is a risk today. If you think this is worth the risk they would be happy to accept your help. Sign up to volunteer on your local food bank website. Essential businesses are staying open and many are drawing big crowds but some you might find surprising. This gun and ammunition store in castro valley. We passed by this afternoon and there was a line out the door. It is not the only gun shop seeing an influx in customers. The report says some dealers are seeing a 30 spike from first time buyers. What is happening on doppler we have scattered ound sarafael and further t fa rrounds noma. Eavy downpour widespread showers are falling in Sonoma County right now. The showers are out there right now. They wont last all evening. When the sun goes down in an hour the showers are largely going to diminish. A look at the wider perspective. Scattered showers everywhere except right around the bay itself. We showers southbay and further inland. East bay locations getting welcome right rainfall. A tiny little dents in the data. Future radar will show the showers just quieting down. Dissolving and collapsing over the next few hours. When the sun goes down. A few sprinkles out there by late evening. Same chance of sprinkles overnight. Dense fog possible by early tomorrow morning. Once that dissipates a similar pattern. The showers will be fewer and further between them today. Not as heavy today showers were lighter than yesterday. Everything gradually losing influence in terms of the storm system. Once the sun goes down tomorrow evening everything quiets down again. As i write now looking good as we look toward the city from the sutro tower. Temperatures running in the 50s. Across the board. Little bit colder with the rain has been falling. 51 in san jose a little more. Other temperatures will drop that to the upper 30s upper 30s for Santa Rosa Napa and fairfield. Otherwise low to middle 40s. It is a bit warmer around the bay. We will flip that around the daytime highs tomorrow. We do 5 degrees below average. Instead of the six a greedy 6 to 8 degrees we have been the past several days. Upper 50s to around 60 degrees. Right around the bay. Low 60s further inland. High temperatures for tomorrow low 60s for southbay locations. You will be the warm spots around 62 san jose and santa clara. Upper 50s to around 60 further into the low 60s and further inland you go and east bay locations. Around the bay upper 50s to near 60. 2 to 3 degrees below average again. Little bit of progress returned to near average temperatures into the weekend. Temperatures rising up further into the 60s on saturday. 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Last four days ive been fishing on a boat. It is a great way to get out of the house. Not go stir crazy and see if you can get on catch of the day. Encourages social distancing. Californias fishing season doesnt open until april. What were you doing on that boat . I got my license. I would like to see it. We will be right back. A lot has changed overnight. But buick and gmcs commitment to you, remains the same. We understand you want to feel safe. So were offering current owners complementary onstar crisis assist services. Should you need a vehicle, were offering zero percent financing for up to 84 months with deferred Payment Options for 120 days. Plus, you may have the option to shop online and take delivery at home. Visit our websites for the help you need. Buick and gmc. Were here to help. Heres the latest on the shelter in place order. Napa and solano latest counties to tell residents to stay home. The governor has allocated 150 million in emergency funding to help house homeless during the outbreak. Bart is seeing a drop in ridership as a result the agency is scaling back on service on the yellow line until further notice. Sfo is reporting a nearly 30 drop in passengers or security checkpoints. Thank you for watching at 6 pm. The news continue streaming on cbsn bay area and the cbs evening news is next. We will be back here on the news at 7 pm. Have a good night. Captionipo odonnell breaking news tonight fighting an invisible enemy. Calling himself a wartime president , tonight President Trump closes the northern border and issues a new order to ramp up production of medical equipment with Navy Hospital ships sent to both coasts. And with more testing available, the number of cases is expected to skyrocket. Economic turmoil g. M. , ford, chrysler, and other Major Car Companies are shutting down their factories, signaling trouble for manufacturing. 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