We are seeing every single day. Reporter there are any number of ways to chart the spread of the virus. San francisco like california as a whole is seeing a relatively slower growth. Other parts of the country are seeing rates of spread nearly twice as high if not more. While that is good news even successful social distancing might only biased time. It is plausible that despite all these efforts we could have a scenario similar to the one that is playing out in new york this very day. Where we are today you will be in three weeks. Or 4 weeks or 5 weeks. Or six weeks. We are your future. Reporter new york is racing into a spike of cases that is not expected toat least another 2 to 3 weeks. But while we may have avoided that for now softening the front end of our curve is no guarantee for what the rest of it will look like. You can get an initial to flatten the curve initially. If things go back to normal that curve could easily go back up. Reporter talk about time we had the governor talk in terms of 8 to 10 to 12 weeks before we have a really good idea of what kind of progress we are making. And maybe what kind of success we are having keeping the curve down. Thinking about california we are doubling our number of cases every four days may be. Parts of the country are doubling the number of cases every two days. A reminder that the United States is a number of outbreaks happening simultaneously. And at different speeds. But again just a little bit of encouragement here in california. We have to still follow the rules. Late were San Franciscos laguna honda hospital is going on a full lockdown. This comes as five Staff Members have tested positive for the coronavirus. The five Staff Members include four nurses and one worker in the Environmental Service unit. Here is the concern. The majority of the residence at that facility are over 65 years old. And many not most have Serious Health conditions. Earlier this month laguna honda band visitors to reduce the risk of an outbreak. Here in sunnyvale with an only in Silicon Valley coronavirus story. The folks here at bloom energy earlier this week were trying to figure out how they can help out with this nationwide shortage in ventilators. One of their engineers downloaded a Service Manual to a ventilator and taught himself how to fix them in about a day. This is something he enjoys. This is fun for him. Reporter the coo then assembled a handful of engineers into a small and nimble group known as a tiger team. That seems scaled up quickly with engineers from across the company cleaning repairing and testing old ventilators. Bloom makes hightech fuel sales. In a matter of days the engineers had turned around 49 of them. It caught the eye of you know who. Bloom energy these folks deserve recognition. They are converting now about 30 a day of our ventilators. Talk about repurposed and a manufacturing plant to meet the moment. 150 more ventilators just showed up this week. Loom once anyone in the country who might have an old ventilator to contact them and send it in. We are not doing this to make money. We are doing this because we saw a need and that is our culture. We have a lot of moxie. We are highly confident. We knew we could do this. It was in the art of the possible. You can figure out how to get something done. Amazing. Governor said more than 1 million californians have applied for Unemployment Benefits this month. Because of layoffs and reduced hours. He said several major banks and Financial Institutions now have agreed to allow homeowners to defer their mortgage payments. Im very pleased that wells fargo u. S. Bank city and j. P. Morgan chase have all agreed to 90 day waiver of payments for those that have been impacted by covid19. Still many bay area workers are at risk of taking a financial hit. If they get sick. Lynn ramirez on a plan to protect them. Reporter many workers dont have extended sick leave benefits. Under these conditions if somebody is sick the city wants to make sure they can afford to stay home. And estimated 85 of san jose workers dont have any paid sick leave with women blacks and latinos particularly at risk the mayor said that is a big concern during the coronavirus outbreak. Many other restaurants where we know if people are sick they may be working preparing food. And spreading a virus. It is important everyone feel they have the choice to be able to stay home. Without Financial Risks to themselves. Reporter unlike other cities in the state san jose has no mandatory sick leave requirements for businesses. Workers are covered under California Law but only for three days of sick time. San jose Rule Committee today to the councilmembers proposed extending that the 80 hours. Given with the crisis of a Global Pandemic it was time to put something in to save lives right now. Im working at home. That seems to be working well for me. As long as i dont get sick. Reporter she is a paralegal in san jose who would benefit from the proposal. My company they dont offer paid sick leave. I dont know how they would cover me. If i had extra insurance from the city that would be great. Reporter the extra paid leave would have to be covered by employers. The city is looking for ways to support small and microsized businesses to help them provide workers with the extra paid sick time off if they need it. A woman said two people attacked her on a san jose hiking trail after she asked their teenage son to practice social distancing. She said it happened saturday night in the Communications Hill area. She said a man coughed on her and then hit her with his hat. Another person slapped her on the back of the head. The suspects have not yet been identified or caught. Normally this room would be filled with members of the disabled community. Now they are at home. Coming up how they are coping. A pandemic has overshadowed a major california concerned fire season. What firefighters are not doing that could spell potential trouble. Steph curry getting questions answered. How you can participate when the nba superstar talks to the nations top doctor about covid 19. A few showers out there this evening. The story overnight cold temperatures for the north bay. A frost advisory. Low to middle 30s. Elsewhere the more showers possible [car engine failing to start] [clicking of ignition] uh wha woof eeh woof wuh [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] dramatic opera music swells from radio [howling continues] the current shelter in place order is keeping a lot of people who have disabilities from getting some of the services they need. Juliet goodrich on the challenges they face without caregivers. Reporter on any given week day this room would be filled with members of the disabled community. But they are all at home right now. The services they receive here have stopped mac Mary Beth Wilson with the mission hope a program in dublin now spends her day calling clients to check in and connect with them. The Program Provides services to individuals 18 years old and over. With Developmental Disabilities and behavioral challenges. A lot of the clients are anxious to get back. Getting bored at home. Reporter like peter who has to stay home now. I have to stay inside. The shelter in place. Reporter caregivers would be able to take him and other clients to daytime activities in the area. They love the love we give as well. The activities. Going out to the community. The library. The mall. Bowling. We shut down last tuesday. Reporter guy houston is senior manager of the program. The problem now is all those folks are back at home whether it is a group home or individual home. Those homes dont have the staff to take care of them. Reporter like peter fortunately he understands why he has to stay at home right now. I dont want to take the chance right now. I have to wait until somebody picks me up. Otherwise i cant go right now. The vans sit park during the stay at home order. The drivers and caregivers without a job. This industry has been neglected financially by the state for a generation. There is not a lot of gas in the tank. We are not really equipped for this kind of a crisis right now. There is no reserve. Reporter while it is a hardship as of today none of the clients here have tested positive for covid19. The coronavirus pandemic may be hampering californias efforts to get ready for fire season. The u. S. Forest Service Suspended all prescribed burns. One of the main tools used to mitigate fire risk. At this point cal fire isnt stopping its work to manage vegetation. It is rethinking how when and where it is done. Officials worry disruptions will increase our fire threat later on in the year. One of the leading u. S. Experts of the coronavirus pandemic will be facing questions tomorrow. From of all people steph curry. The warrior start will host a q and q session with doctor anthony. On his instagram account. He has been a leading advisor to President Trump during the pandemic. Curry said he wants the public to weigh in and submit their own questions for him. He has been active in Community Outreach during the shelter in place. It is spring that it might feel more like winter in the south bay today. This video of hail in los gatos. Lets head over to paul hagan with rain in the forecast. Rain falling right now especially in northern portions of the viewing area. Even small hail embedded within a thunderstorm that is ongoing right now. It is just off to the east and northeast of santa rosa. That is some heavy rain. I would be surprised if there is some may be pizza dime sized hail falling out of that. It is drifting. Quite a bit of rain here. Far northeastern Sonoma County and the northern half of napa county. Whats needed rainfall. The rainfall deficits in just a moment. Elsewhere around the region not a lot more than a few spotty showers. A little bit around brentwood. Not much around alameda county. In southern Southern California santa clara county. Partly cloudy skies around the bay itself. Everything in motion you can see the heavier downpours drifting to the south easement cloud to ground lightning strike. The first one we have seen all day. We knew that was a possibility. Heavier downpours are going to fade out heading further into this evening. They should dissipate towards 10 pm. By 11 will be focused on the chilly temperatures that i showed you before the break with a frost advisory for the north bay. Temperatures low to middle 30s there. We are going to warm up as the atmosphere warms up will see a more showers over the higher terrain heading towards about noon. The best chance middle to Late Afternoon until this time tomorrow evening. They wont be as many showers as what we have seen the past four days. Theyre going to be out there. Those will fade off the radar into tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. In terms of where we stand compared to where we are supposed to be. Below average. Little bit of rain discovered showers the past couple days has at least kept us from dropping too far from where we currently stand in terms of the rainfall deficit. There is more rain in the forecast heading into the weekend. Looking at right now to the east of the bay bridge. Temperatures low to middle 50s across the board. Partly cloudy skies. It will be chilly overnight especially away from the bay. Low to middle 30s for the north. Otherwise upper 30s to around 40 degrees. Tomorrows temperatures not different from today. A degree or 2 warmer. Upper 50s around the bay and low 60s further inland. Warm up a bit more further down the line in the seven day forecast. Saturday the next good chance of rain. That will linger into sunday with more sunshine in between the showers. A bigger warmup as the atmosphere dries out by monday tuesday and wednesday of next week. A good chance of rainfall. It started pouring in auburn california. Im going to welcome to the lake of the pines. She just lost a fish. We had a 2 1 2 pound fish on the line. We just lost it. Im here at the dock of the lake pines this tell you fishing is the one sport you can still get out and do. You can buy a rake for your family for about 35. This is what we call wacky rig right now. This is called that is called jerk bait. Any type of setting you want. It works. We just lost a fish. Tomorrow was supposed to be opening day. We dont have opening day obviously. The Sports Department my phone has completely gone dead on the brink. As the rain is coming down. The Sports Department had to cancel its fantasy draft. If you need your baseball fix Alex RodriguezJennifer Lopez taking batting practice. That is mike trout. You get the idea. Baseball opening day has been canceled. Back at the lake of the pine. Alexander rusty indy driver lives in nevada city. He once said this about the lake on fishing on right now. Is there fish in the lake of the pines . Are you kidding me . You are an auburn guy. Im in nevada city. The biggest vast lake in the world. It is not a big lake. One of the best bass Fishing Lakes in america. This is one of those opening lakes. Subdivision. Where they have a fountain in the center. They dont have a fountain. There is no fountain. But there are a lot of fish including the one. Here is to nice catch of the day. That is a huge fish. That is allie ohara. Getting the catch of the day. Look at that beautiful fish. She is our catch of the day. Send us your pictures to the catch of the day kpix. Com. I will tell you my phone has gone on a lot. Go back to San Francisco right now. I finished in that lake before with dennis and he is not kidding. It is one of the greatest bass Fishing Lakes of the state. We can talk about when we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. Id make sure there were more textbooks in schools. Im a teacher. Ive seen the need, but my girlfriend here likes to say. Dont just talk about it, be about it. And were about the 2020 census. Because when everyone gets counted on the census, it helps inform public funding in our neighborhood for the next ten years dont just talk about it be about it complete the census online, by phone or by mail. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. Gov. With open houses and showings called off home sales are expected to take a dive during the coronavirus pandemic. One analysis say they could fall as low as 35 the spring compared to the end of 2019. That has some realtors relying on technology to sell homes. There getting footage for virtual home tour is trying to show what is inside the house without having someone come in person and potentially be exposed to the virus. Zen plays a company that sources these robot realtors has seen a boost in bit business. Realtors are still facing hurdles like getting the signatures to close the deal. Thank you for watching tonight at 6 pm. The news continues streaming on cbsn bay area. And the cbs evening news is next. It continues raining at lake of the pines. We will be back here on the kpix 5 news at 7 pm. Go catch a fish dennis. Dennis needs to work for a living. Have a good one. We will captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell breaking news tonight, two trillion dollars. Senate leaders are ready the seal the deal on the biggest relief bill in history, calling it a wartime level of investment. But could lastminute snags now stall a vote . And as unemployment claims skyrocket, news tonight on when you might see a check in the mail. Also breaking, deadly spike. 11,000 more test positive, and the u. S. Has its deadliest 24 hours so far. An entire nursing home forced to evacuate after workers become sic sick. Every patient now suspected of having coronavirus. Whats working . New yorks governor says there are some positive signs that social distancing may be slowing infections in the empire state