Dollars set aside for Small Business loans in this program. That money, of course, they say has run out. 1. 6 million applications for loans and some havent received money yet. Scott, this decision about reopening the country, this is so opposite about what the president said a few days ago that he would absolutely be the one to decide. Do you know what pressure he got from senators and the senate. When you think about it, you have to think about legally what the president would be able to do in terms of having mentioned earlier this week in terms of saying the country can reopen again. I think up to this point we have seen, especially in states like california, governors have taken the lead in terms of what they want to do in terms of close things down and deciding essential workers and when they can actually move and curfews and things like that. The president and cbs news obtained audio saying the ball is in our Court Essentially here when it comes to the governors making the decision to reopen the states themselves. Obviously governors are going to be the ones taking the lead with this as we move forward. Absolutely, the way our governor saw it. Skyler henry, thank you so much. Ahead of the remarks, Governor Newsom commented on the Conference Call with the nations combov in orders saying he was encouraged about the president s message about reopening. We havent yet received the booklet, so when we do, we will have a better sense of how it aligns with the protocols, procedures, the processes that we laid out a number of days ago. But based upon the early input or at least early discussion we had on that phone call, it certainly was in line with what we were hoping to hear. South bay congresswoman nsu is calling the president s guidelines totally inadequate, her joint statement with other democrat representatives says America Needs real federal leadership with a real plan of aggressive action to combat covid19, not a set of foggy guidelines emailed to the resource starved governors of 50 states struggling to contain the worst pandemic in a century. And today we learned feinstein is part of the task force that is advising president trump. Now to a developing story, bow ten shl ooh good news in the covid19, a drug by a Biotech Company aginearly resul patients. Severely ill patients taking giliads viral medicine are showing rapid recoveries from the symptoms. They are watched by a Clinical Trial at the university of chicago. Its shares jumped more than 15 today after the news. The Company Plans to recruit 4,000 patients for its on going trial. More why researchers are cautious about this at 6 00. Now must now cover your face when shopping for groceries or takeout. Life there with the new rules, andrea . Reporter well, elizabeth, you must now cover your face with one of these or a scarf or bandanna when you walk into any kind of store where you are going to make a transaction. The mayor says it is about protecting the workers who must go to work. The old phrase, no shirt, no shoes, no service, has a new twist. No shoes, no shirt, and no mask in any business. To make sure they are kept safe, and sometimes in these closed settings we worry about that. Joining the ranks of sonoma county. They are hoping for voluntary compliance, but if you arent wear ago mask in gas stations, grocery store, pharmacies, hardware stores, that business has a right to refuse to serve you. We want people to be safe and not have germs spreading. About 90 of the people caught by our cameras were abiding by the new policy. I think its for everyones safety not everyone was on board with the new policy, which is aimed at keeping essential workers healthy. I dont think its that necessary. Nickie gabriel said she will comply in the hopes it will speed the end of the pandemic. Wishing this will all pass soon so everybody can go back to normal and see everybodys beautiful smiling faces. Reporter now, the mayor wants to make sure you dont rush out and buy 95 masks, but anything like this homemade mask my mother made or scarf or bandanna will meet the ordinance, she wants to get the city out of crisis mode as soon as she can thank you, andrea. In san jose nurses are making a controversial plan for services. They are standing safely apart outside the hcas Regional Medical center. The center plans to take away the services and instead send those patients to good samaritan. Nurses worry that will put thousands at risk, especially during pregnancy. Thats about 15 miles away and this is a small town, 15 miles doesnt seem to be much, but where we live, that could take up to 45 minutes and probably will get worse. And what a lot of people dont realize is we dont know if that baby inside mom will have 45 minutes to live. The facility says the decision has nothing to do with the current pandemic. It certainly needs room for other services. New at 5 00, the Alameda CountyHealth Department says it is having trouble communicating with haywood nursing home that is at the center of the deadly outbreak. Live with more on the new criminal investigation into gateway care and rehab. Doc . Thats right. One new positive case here at gateway, now making 42 patients have now tested positive. Alameda county Health Department are saying they are having a hard time getting daily updates from this facility. In fact, they dont know if the facility is following their recommendations. Thats why a lot of families are now urging the state to step in and take over this operation. I will never see him again and its over. We have been married for 40 something years. Reporter nancy price didnt get to say goodbye or see her husband before he died alone at gateway. She still doesnt know how he died. March 27th they called and said they found vernon price unresponsive. How do you find someone unresponsive . Was he complaining he could breathe . Reporter 76 years old went to gateway to have therapy on his arm. They wouldnt answer any questions. I believe he was one of the first cases and never counted as such. They say they are having a hard time getting answers from gateway as well. 13 residents have died and 42 other patients have tested positive. The facility tells me they have roughly 65 patients. Do you guys feel like you guys are responsible for the situation . Do you guys feel like you could have acted a lot sooner. We dont. Again, as per your other question, have the authority to take over, nor the resources to take over. We have been working as well as we can as a county to ask them about their requests and what they need, as far as personal protective equipment and staffing. Dr. Erica pon says a state agency inspected yesterday. The state has the power to take over and intervene. She is waiting for the inspection report. We are hearing from a current patient the staffing level is very low. Just one nursing assistant on her side of the building. The bedridden patient doesnt want us to release her name due to retaliation. She cant get physical therapy and no shower for four weeks. They have been using wet towels to clean her. Because they wont pick it up and i worry about my body. My back is hurting. My arms and legs and like i said, muscles are not being used. Reporter that patient is hoping the state will send health Staff Members to come and help the patients here. By the way, the District Attorney says she has launched a criminal information into gateway. Thats all she will say. She wont comment any further. This facility does have a history of violations. Gateway did not respond back for a request for comment today. Live in haywood, kpix 5. Just this afternoon the city of berkeley issued a mandate requiring Nursing Homes to take new safety precautions. The order required skilled nursing, Residential Care and other licensed facilities to perform temperature screens and symptom checks on staff, contractors and visitors before they enter the facility. Surgical masks must be worn by staff and visitors while inside the facility and by residents when outside their rooms and all Group Activities and communal dining must be canceled. The pace of california unemployment claims cooled down last week, but still far from our old normal. Last week 661,000 job less filings were made statewide. Thats a drop of 250,000 from the previous week, but still roughly 16 times more than a normal week before the pandemic. One in seven california residents have filed for unemployment over the last month. Thats 2. 82 million people. Meanwhile front line workers in the food sector are about to get help from the state. A new executive order allow for two weeks of supplemental sick leave for workers who contracted covid19, who were exposed to it or had to be quarantined. This includes grocery workers, farm workers, fast food workers and delivery workers. The governor says he wants to ease anxiety for those still on the job in those fields. We dont want you going to work if you are sick and we want to make sure that you know if you are sick, its okay to acknowledge it and okay to let your employer know and still know that you are going to get a supplemental paycheck for minimum of two weeks. The governor says more details on the plan will be sent out soon. Still ahead on kpix 5 streaming on cbsn bay area swipe for healthcare workers and training, why a man allegedly confessed to the crime is free. Coming up, will a hot summer cool down the pandemic . Why the experts are divided. And hold your breath cargliing under the bay bridge. Shake the l in the city, but some locations did manage to break through to sunshine. Similar conditions tomorrow, but maybe a chance for soft music [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. And theyre counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. Grubhub. Together we can help save the restaurants we love. A san jose man who admitted to stealing medical supplies is free this afternoon because police couldnt take him to jail. 35yearold Brian Shulman is accused of taking stolen keys to burglarize college in free among. Police stopped him after leaving the parking lot at the training school. They found face masks, sanitizing wipes, gloves and other items from other places as well. He was arrested but protocols require release for nonviolent offenses. He will be expected to appear in court eventually. A lot of people hoped the higher temperatures will cool down the pandemic. But a reporter spoke to a scientist who says dont get your hopes up. Reporter cked quarantine, you may be fantasizing about summer, tanning outside or taking a dip in the sea. The question is when the weather warms up, will the pandemic cool down. I think it will be cause for celebration if it does start to die down. Reporter scientists are divided. Some believe the heat wont matter. These viruses and this one are not so mindful of time of year. They care much more of whether there are susceptible humans close enough together for it to jump from one to the next to the next to the next. Others point to a study at the university of hong kong that found the virus deteriorated overtime when stored at 72 degrees. Evidence from similar viruses also suggest covid19 m right now singapore are experiencing high temperatures and low infection rates, but thats not the case everywhere. Look at new orleans, new orleans has a terrible explosive outbreak right now, and new orleans is one of the warmest places in the United States right now as well. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci, the top Infectious Disease expert in the u. S. Says the virus will continue to do its own thing and no guarantee the weather will come to the rescue. Well, 2002, 2003 sarrs epidemic eased over the summer months, but it was not clear whether that was the weather or tighter Public Health interventions. Besides the rain we have seen, a new study shows california is in the middle of a drought. By studying trees, they concluded since 2,000, the American West is experiencing the second driest period in 1200 years. Researchers say while the so called mega drought is part of a regular cycle, Climate Change is making it worst. As for the wettest stretch, turns out it was the 20th century. Things got cloudy, little gloomy today. Chopper 5 caught the gray sky this afternoon. Joining us now, maybe some sunshine by the weekend . A little bit trying to break through the clouds, but near the bay and along the coast, expect more clouds than sun over the next few days. On shore breeze isnt going anywhere. Inland, there is sunshine outside the window now. So it hasnt been gray everywhere, but around the city and closer to the coast, yeah, definitely cloudy. Lets take a look at what you need to know over the next couple days. Cloudy tonight. And patchy drizzle. I dont think its going to add up to much, but check. Plenty of clouds tomorrow. Popup shower possible around east bay, but 20 chance at the most. Dry weekend, but on the cool side, 2 to 4 degrees lower for april. Maybe 1 100th of an inch of rain, generally damp, but nothing you would call actual rain. Temperatures all over the place. 56 degrees in san francisco, 60 degrees right now in oakland, but 70 in concord, so not everyone has cooled off as dramatically. Similar temperatures for tomorrow. Start off like this morning , 50s in a few locations. Dipping down into the 40s. On shore breeze is definitely still going to be with us throughout the day on friday, gusting up to the afternoon. Especially push that cooler air a little bit farther inland than the conditions we had today. Temperatures either near average for inland locations or maybe four or five degrees below average around the bay and coast, but temperatures mostly topping out in the 50s and 60s, but the warmest spots near 70 degrees and your best chance is inland south bay and east bay. Otherwise mid to upper 60s for the trivalley and low 60s around the bay and low to mid 60s for the north bay. That warmer weather isnt going to kick in until the middle of next week. Rain chances, not much to get excited about. Decreased more for next week, just a 20 chance on monday and leave a shower chance for early next week. And warmer weather returns tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. New long range outlook coming up during our 5 30 half hour. Dennis hey, paul, would you skip college for half a Million Dollars . One basketball player is finding a new route to the nba, what it. High School Basketball players not being forced to go to college anymore. Yeah, one top tier bay area athlete has a shift in the game. Dennis odonnell explains what its all about. Hi, dennis. Elizabeth, allen, jalen green is from prolific prep in napa. Top ranked player in the entire country. So you are thinking he goes to north carolina, maybe duke, maybe arizona. Everybody wants this guy. He says no to college to join the nbas new g league. This week has been crazy. Its been exciting. But, i mean, up to now at this point it has been like a relief that i finally finished and announced it. Yeah, green becomes the first to enter the g leagues new Program Designed to keep top players who dont go to college under the nbas watch, rather than playing overseas for a year. He is projected to be the top pick in the 22021 draft. He will reportedly earn 21,000. Sign a shoe deal, something he would not be able to do in the ncaa and pave the way for future prep stars. If i really do change the route for High School Kids to do this and they change it, and look back, i think it will be a crazy thing. Leaving this and starting a new route opens up to new kids and i think would be good. Green will be based in los angeles, part of the show case team for the G League Players like green and allen, elizabeth, kind of tough luck for the warriors. They might have the top pick in there years draft. Had green been in this years draft, he could have been a golden state warrior. And the question really is how this will Impact College basketball in College Basketball going forward. Sure, now the player haves that choice. Just like kobe and lebron paved a way, he is paving a way on his path doing it on his own. All right. Thanks we need you to close some or all of the parks and beaches again. Yes, the beach is open, Santa Cruz County has one request for you. Plus the governor questions if tesla really gave hospitals new ventilators, why egg long e. You are watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now at kpx 5 and streaming on bay area. Parks and beaches are officially back open in santa cruz, but this Evening Police warn they will be keeping a watchful eye. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. Santa cruz county known for its beaches and breaks. Surfers sighing a big relief. People who live here, the water, the beach, the air, today they finally got that back. Its not that big today. So if you dont catch the waves that far in. But its still pretty fun. The waves werent all that great, but no complaints from cora, like everyone else, she is happy to be back out here. Just great feeling to have it back, its hard to put into words, actually. So as of midnight last night all the beaches and parks reopened. So i hope our public will take advantage of those and enjoy their outdoor time. The county said beaches were closed in part because of the easter holiday. With those crowds reopening tailored largely for the locals. Bathrooms close and parking reduced in an effort to prevent heavy traffic and if steps like that dont work. If we see large gathering of crowds, we may need to close some of the parks and beaches again. But todays reopening came as a tremendous relief here. Because im usually stuck at home with my siblings and now i get to be outside instead of stuck in home with the computer all day typing. So under a watchful eye, the shelter order continues in a community that is synonymous with the beach and all the thing that is cth