Certainly not the most common forms of mild to moderate. Reporter with asthma, the airways that caughtary to the lungs are imflamed with with covid19, its more of a disease of the air sacs where oxygen gets into your blood and causes a very severe pneumonia. Really asthma should not put you at risk for getting a severe pneumonia like that. Reporter even so, dr. Fahey advising any respiratory infection can make your asthma worse. People need to be aware that their asthma could exacerbate, as we say, if they get covid 19. Reporter however, an intended impact of the pandemic, the availability of inhalers. As a matter of fact, i have been carrying around an inhaler asthma attack. Reporter in hospitals, larger doses are usually given through a machine that uses a nebulizer mask. Now hospitals are using albuterol inhalers inside. They dont tend to generate the droplets these machines do, just a mist that you enhail into your own body. Reporter some areas of the country were now experiencing a shortage of inhalers. In response, the fda has approved the first generic albuterol inhaler in the u. S. He recommends those with asthma continue to take your medications and just understand that a Covid Infection might cause that asthma to flair. A look her tost at 5 30. The family of an 88yearold man who died a the gateway care and Rehabilitation Center in hayward is now calling for an investigation. They are accusing the facility of keeping them in the dark about the coronavirus outbreak there. Law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for people violating the stayathome orders. In san francisco, authorities did shut down an illegal nightclub in the citys by a view strict. Police departments across the bay area say they are educating people on those guide likes, but will Issue Citations if necessary. Governor gavin newsom said he is coordinating with his counterparts in oregon and washington on a west coast plan to end the stayathome order. Newsom said it wont happen right away, but they are working on a timeline to reopen their economies. The governor also explained today why he has been referring to california as a nation state, and why at one point he referred to disneyland the same way. I dont recall disneyland. I guess its a choice of words that sort of give use sense of the scale and scope. , we you have a state thats larger than the populations of 21plus states combined, it gives you a sense of the magnitude, scale of the nations largest state, the worlds 5th largest economy, the most diverse state in the worlds most diverse democracy, over 27 of us foreign born. Our purchasing power allows us to do thinks. So its in that spirit. I think people have take an little liberty, trying to create wedges, theres a little bit of poll techs being played on all sides in that frame. But its a point of pride and spirit that california for decades has seen itself in that light. A navy sailor aboard the u. C. Theodore roosevelt has died from coronavirus. That sailor was taken to an intensive care unit in guam on thursday. Four other sailors were also transferred to the hospital over the weekend. U. S. Defense Department Said they are not in an icu, nor are they an ventilator. Nearly 600 sailors on the ship have tested positive for the virus, and 92 of the ship has been tested. The impact of the pandemic on the ship has been at the center of the supervisor asker captain Brett Crozier called for the ship to be evacuated in a throat the navy. He was dismissed from his post. Union leaders said Grocery Stores and Food Processing plan protocols. Reporter rachel wolf has that story. We all have to create our new normal, so any message we warn get out there of how to shop smart and safely is important. Reporter after 30 deaths we then your honor wants employees protected and is asking all customers to wear mask, maintain social distancing in stores and not hard products, because according to them, the latter two are happening 82 of the time nationwide, and in some cases it has led to violence. The union is also asking for people to make fewer trips and go solo to limit exposure for everyone. All things to think about, say shapers, who are analyze price they could pay with a simple trip to the supermarket. Taking a bag and giving it to people, and just, like, how much interax goes on with the checkout, i think its really important. Reporter at this point, even chain has their own rules whether masks are required, but its not required of customers just yet. Raylees has announced a bonus for its Employee Giving them an additional 2 per hour. Homeless activists staged a protest in their cars today in san francisco. Demonstrators held signs out the windows on 4th street. The want the city to speed up a plan to provide hotel room noise homeless and do more to ensure that shelters are safe. This comes after 70 people tested positive at the citys largest shelter last week. Coming up at 6 00, more on a plan to house the homeless in hotels, and why it keeps running into logistical issues. A bay area congresswoman volunteered today at an organization designed to fight poverty. Samaritan house strives to help the working power in san mateo county. Fewer than 200 people were going there a day for Food Assistance a month ago, now that number has more hannamed during the shelter in place order. Representative jackie spears said people under sudden financial strain have urgent needs. Were seeing this play out today as people line up to have food bags provided to them that never thought in a million years they would be in this situation. But as they wait for their Unemployment Insurance to kick in, as they wait for the sba to actually approve their loans, theyre strapped. Straight senators jerry hill, swot wiener also volunteering today, along with kevin mullen. An east by a family is make proceeding pro produce available for anyone who needs it during the pandemic. Each day they set up what they call the sutton girls farm stand in livermore, offering a variety of fruits, vegetables, eggs. Some of it from their own gardens. The mother of the family said she hopes to provide a positive life lesson for our four daughters. We wanted to change the focus from all of the never sthappeninthe news t pose stuff, teach my children about the benefits of helping others, and teach them that theres a lot of power are in kindness. The stand at fran cease win a and geraldine street accepts donation produce, but no money. San Francisco Mayor london breed today announcing a city wide effort to help residents get better access to food during advertise crisis. The new initiative provides information about resources for people who are food insecure. The city is working to expand the capacity of expanding grocery and meal providers to serve more people. Lowincome people can use a cal fresh ebt card to buy that food, and the mayor said 1 million from the citys covid 19 Recovery Fund will support the existing Food Security programs. Still ahead, learning who may be immune to coronavirus. A look at the test efforts in the works here in the u. S. Plus some tips on how to keep it professional while Holding Meetings online. Coming up at 6 00, you have might start turning to locally sourced matte in the co 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. Chp is telling us now all lanes of 880 in oakland are reopened. They shut it down after reports of a shooting. Chp arrived a the scene to investigate. No word in anyone was hurt. Meanwhile, a big part of the decision pawn when to scale back social distances and other mitigation effort its a close to country have to do with knowing who is immune to the coronavirus. As Laura Podesta reports, thats why the experts say an Antibody Test is critical. Experts say tests that look for coronavirus antibodies in the blood are key in the feist against covid19. The blood tests will show if youve had the coronavirus. So about 50 of people who have coronavirus dont even know they have it. They have no symptoms. Its so critical that we get an court number of the people in the country who have actually been exposed or had the virus. If they cant get it gain, and they cant spread it to others. Reporter how long a person remains immune is still unknown, because were still learning about the coronavirus, but knowing who is immune through Antibody Testing could be part of the puzzle to get the country up and running again. This is going to be a certificate of immunity, where you can go back to work wi worr. You can be exposed to somebody with the virus and not worry about catching it. You can care for somebody with the virus is not catch it yourself. Thats incredibly important when we do policy in the united states. Reporter the fda gave emergency youth horse to a new test for coronavirus antibodies last week. Others are being studied. The National Institutes of health is launching a study to determine how many adults in the u. S. Without confirmed covid19 have antibodies. Telemethod sin is becoming more important these days as we practice social distance. Today we and other spoke with a doctor with stanford healthcare about its importance during the coronavirus pandemic. So when we talk about telemedicine, we are talking about providing care through a phone or video visit. On the video visit, we see even other on the screen. Its just like facetime, and what is also important right now in the covid19 pandemic, having a virtual visit protects the patients and the provider from being exposed to novel coronavirus. Learn more about this store on cbsn bay area. Many of us are spending our days on video calls, and a tech youtubeer giving out a little advise during all of these virtual meetups he can give you, he said, the perfect shot. He said many people are buying these ring light, but if you buy it on amazon, youll have to wait a few weeks because of high demand, or you can do this. You can use what is in your home. If you have a nice big window, but that behind the camera and use that natural light. Well, if youre like most people using zoom, the Video Conferencing platform has a little trick. You can change the setting that allows you to provide a filter to the video that gives your face a softer look. Coming up, picnic tables a man in the sierra foothills is ring to spread joy this to neighbors and help out wildlife at the same time. We take a look at what he has been creating in rockland. Reporter hes not a carpenter by trade, but the stay at home rather has encouraged him to start a new hobby. I have 43 on a waiting list as of this morning. Reporter using scrap wood from Home Projects he is making picnic tables, but these are not your average tables. Now, these are juan of a kind. You put a little treat, squirrels and birds come up. Reporter thats right, these miniature wooden structures are for the squirrels. And i put it on next door neighborhood app, and from there, people are going nuts for it. Reporter pun intended. Its a project he never thought would take off the way it has, but juans creation is all the buzz saw. Looks like theyre having lunch. Another one came in, where they actually painted it, and they did like a checkered design on top of it. Reporter so wheel were being told to brandon off into smaller groups, juan is helping his neighbors and their backyard neighbors feel chipper. Hopefully it lightens up somebodys day and brings some joy to these difficult times were going through right now. The squirrel tables are free through that next door app. My favorite line was the squirrels are going nuts for it. [ laughter ] yeah. Paul heggen joins us now. Actually, it was a pretty nice day for the squirrels. Yeah, ended up being a great day for all mammals to be out outdoors, again just maintaining that safe distance. More nice weather in store. We just need some rainfall, but dont have much of that in the forecast for the rest of this week. Mostly clear skies tonight. The wind is going to pick up, and be an offshore wind which will help temperatures rise tie above average temperatures for the month of april. Some cloud cover later this week, so slowly cooling on thursday and friday and cooler as we head into the weekend, but not much rain falling out of those clouds. High temperatures today in the 70s in a lot of location. Mid70s for nap a pa and concord. 60 nhl fremont in the city. Along the coast, toucher to shake that cooler air. Tomorrow well see warmer temperatures across the board. Tonight temperatures drop down in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. Normal for the middle of april. The winds getting a little gusty after midnight into the early hours tomorrow morning, especially for the north bay and farther inland for the east bay, some so some of the hillier spot mace get wind gusts over 20 miles per hour. Those winds will gradually relax throughout the day on tuesday. That means temperatures might drop a little bit later in the day long the coast, but otherwise that offshore breeze allowing most areas to warm up nicely. Inland locations getting much warmer. San jose will reach up into the upper half of the 70s. Not quite up to 80 degrees, although its its going to get awfully close. Concord probably 80 on the nose. Santa rosa looks like youll somewhere some of the warmer temperatures, but youre also going to spend hour by hour reading this upper 70s to right around 80 degrees. As we head into the extend time frame, below average rainfall is still expected. The next even hint of rain doesnt head our way until sunday and monday of next week. Beyond that point, below average precipitation expected. And above average temperatures in the forecast once we get past this weekend, as well. So a brief little dip our temperatures. Once we hit the weekend. That will continue into early next week, but just not much of a rain chance. Maybe bin monday of next week well see that better chance of rain comes our way. Guys . New at 6 00, san franciscos mayor defending the city of the handling of homeless shelter during the pandemic. What she said slowed down the response. And its considered liquid gold nowadays, how a u. C. Berkeley lab is doing its part to make sure the needy have access to hand sanitizer. And its not just hospit and Emergency Rooms that need ppe, the farm community, as well. Ill have that story coming up. In the age of coronavirus, how do you teach kids to what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. 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. 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. Teachers at one school held today to mark through first day back from spring break. We are better together. Reporter so what do you do when kids cant go to school . Well, you bring the school to them. The teachers of East Palo AltoCharter School are used to seeing their kids for six hours day. Today, theyll have to settle for just a few seconds. A teacher caravan of about a dozen vehicles winded their way through East Palo Altos inside streets. Someone crunched the students home addresses ad found an anty mall 7mile going through the densest neighborhoods to maximize smile hope. Our kids know that we love and care about them deeply, and so they show up and say we are doing the work, we love you, too. Reporter the honks could be heard throughout the city. Adam a kid, to have your own teacher roll through your neighborhood was an unforgettable lesson in love and devotion. Oh, its very good for the kids. They miss the schools and the teachers. What it like to see your teacher. It was great, because i havent seen them in a long time. Reporter were you doing this for them or for you . Well, i miss you we certainly we all need the convection, too. We miss them just as much as they miss us. Reporter is it fun . You miss her . Yes. Nothing like our teachers. You can check out more of our butter together stories on kpix. Com together. Kpix 5 news at 6 00 begins right now with ken bastida and elizabeth cook. Now at 6 00, san franciscos mayor defends how the city handled homeless shelters. Why london breed feels the outbreak was in some ways out of her hands. Its true that employees were requested and compelled to work even though they had symptom obvious the virus. Thats criminal conduct. A family taking the first steps against a nursing home in hayward after their loved one died from coronavirus while in their care. And how the give a the y areas Sustainable Food movement. Our top story on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. This just in, one bay area county out with stricter restrictions during this pandemic. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Betty yu joins us with some late details. The Sonoma CountyHealth Officer just issued a new health order requiring everyone wear facial coverings when leaving their home. Its an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus locally. The order states people Must Wear Masks into before they somewhere an indoor facility, except their home. Inencloseed space and an outdoor space where they cant deep a distance of six feet away from others at all times. The order also allows the workers to refuse service attain customer or visiter who refuses to wear facial coverings, meaning any fabric or cloth that covers the mouth and nose. Health officials are discouraging the public from purchasing surgical grade and n95 masks. Back to you. The san Francisco Mayor defending her handling of the Homeless Population during the p