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Health care workers are going to be able to roll up and get tested kron fours will tran is live in hayward to tell us how it will work good morning. Well. In morning area, the whole idea is to take the stress off the hospitals and you can see that answer right behind me, were just off of tennyson and it will open and about 4 hours from now the even have a Security Guard here because they know a lot of people want to get tested. So they are going to be ready to go about 350 people every day will be tested regardless of your income whats going on with your personal life, your immigration status. They are here for you this is a model thats already working in many of the other countries, the whole idea is to take the stress off the hospitals and those First Responders people in the community to come down here instead of the hospitals get checked out. They will have the temperature looked as they will have all their symptoms looked at if they have any and then they will go through the testing procedure have the swab go into their nose take some samples some your throat then from there they say is can be as fast as 6 hours to get the results. The reason why they want to do this because if you are positive for coronavirus they want to isolate you and get you out of the publics eye out of society and they say its worked in many other communities that have slowed down as far as the spread of coronavirus we will be well let you know exactly how it works but it will be operated by the people from the Fire Department in hayward as well as the city of hayward let me give you the address its to 8 2, 7, 0, hunt would avenue all you need to know its its right off of tennis and it starts at 9 oclock and well go all the way into 6 oclock in the evening and again about 350 people every day well get a shot at getting tested. Back to you. All right, thanks a lot, well check in with you later. The big story this morning President Trump has approved californias disaster declaration for the coronavirus pandemic now the move means the federal government will foot the bill for the National Guard troops that are going to be here in california with relief efforts weve seen some troops in our state already helping out food banks. They may also be used to distribute medical supplies that are needed to move across. Northern and Southern California, the state will also see makeshift medical centers to treat future. Corona patients can advise patients, including 8 field hospitals and a Navy Hospital ship. President trump is also set to send help to other heavily impacted states Like Washington and new york. In addition, a large quantities of supplies. Ive also directed fema to supply. The following 4 large federal medical stations with 1000 beds for new york. A large federal medical stations with 2000 beds for california. And 3 large federal medical stations and 4 small federal medical stations with 1000 beds for the state of washington. Well we can expect more supplies to help with relief efforts within the next 48 hours were told. Today another vote on the trillion stimulus package to help you survive coronavirus this after it failed to pass the senate over the weekend John Lawrence has the latest from d c. New deal the motion is not agreed to Senate Democrats slammed the brakes on the stimulus package aimed at boosting the economy struggling from the coronavirus pandemic legislation has many problems. At the top of the list. It includes a large corporate bailout. With no protections for workers and virtually no Oversight Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says if the bill doesnt move forward. More americans will fall into financial hardship, our nation cannot afford to game a doctors. Nurses. Small business employees laid off americans involved most centers. Made our help right now despite this standstill at the senate some help is on the way as long as. I am your president. You can feel confident that you have a leader who will always fight for you. And i will not stop until we win this will be a great victory the president announcing federal medical stations are coming to 3 major coronavirus hot spots. California Washington State and new york state the president Vice President had a focused a constructive conversation with me directly to talk about whats going on particularly in our Public Hospitals which are literally 10 days away from running really basic supplies, particularly and equipment like ventilators im John Lawrence reporting. Senator rand paul is the first senator to test positive for coronavirus in a statement on twitter the republican from kentucky says feeling fine and in quarantine hes asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution because hes traveled so much. According to his deputy chief of staff to senator expects to be back in the senate after his quarantine period ends. Senator pauls diagnosis means senators mitt romney and mike lee were exposed to the 2 were around paul for extended periods over the last couple of weeks at this time romney and lee are not showing any symptoms but the exposure will mean that they have to stay off of the senate floor. Well here in the bay area. The number of cases of the coronavirus continues to climb its now upwards of nearly 700. And now napa county has its confirmed cases as well theyve reported to heres a breakdown of how the cases are spread across the various bay area counties Santa Clara County continues to be the largest are the most impacted by the bet 302 cases with 10 confirmed deaths from coronavirus San Mateo County has a 110 cases and one death, San Francisco county has a 108 cases alameda, 65 Contra Costa County 51 cases and one death. Moraine county has 38 cases Sonoma County has 23 cases and one confirmed death Solano County with 13 and as i mentioned a moment ago napa now has 2 confirmed cases. There are now nearly 340,000 confirmed cases of curve covid 19 with more than 14,000 deaths the us alone has reported 35,000 cases with more than 470 deaths in according to Johns Hopkins universitys coronavirus tracker map here in california. Were looking at 1800 cases of coronavirus with 35 people having died from it so far for comparison, new york is seeing 15,000 confirmed cases and more than 60 confirmed deaths. The new york is a ghost town as his San Francisco oakland whole bay area so starting tonight barr is going to shut down. For 3 hours earlier because nobodys writing kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in daly city. So this is going to be the new norm. I much like seeing more our writers out here than youd expect to you know most people not really going to work but those who have to still depending on this the piece of Public Transportation and as you said theyre going to shut it down because ridership has declined so drastically i mean to the point where trains are just completely empty and so that is why bars having to do this new schedule provide Service Monday through friday from 05 00am until 09 00pm when usually it is a going until about midnight and then starting saturday march 28 Weekend Service will be from 8 in the morning until 9 at night compared to saturday service usually going from 00 06am in the morning until midnight and sunday 08 00am until midnight all riders must be in the system by a 45 to have a guaranteed right to their destination. So first people who are working late at night this will be a bit of impact for them far officials didnt say how long these changes will remain in effect. But the decision to reduce hours comes after the Transit Agency noted a substantial drop in ridership and number of chronic care cases in the bay area also continues to grow and employees start working from home so a lot of people were most surprised that they didnt do this sooner, but theyre really trying to help people out who do depend on it even you know people who work in like the Emergency Personnel industry they just wanted people to be able to depend on it still can just 3 hours earlier it will shut down and love to if you know to cases continue to grow if people more people owning be using bar, well just have to monitor that. For now live in daly city Sarah Stinson kron 4 news when it comes to the commute sarah, you know what i heard which is kind of interesting so. Because theres nobody on the roads. Its a perfect time for a caltrans to do road work that wasnt schedule because the roads are empty. So you might see some construction that you didnt plan on that something and then im wondering if you if you see anybody out there today as to where theyre going to work they might be at and not a waiter, but maybe there are few people that still work in a restaurant to hand out the food and that kind of thing. What kind of worker she say. Takeout out that kind of thing all right thanks. A lot. Well check whos working with sarah. Throughout the morning 5. 10 right now and today an allgirls Catholic School in San Francisco plans to reopen after being closed for 2 weeks. The icy a Cristo Rey Academy closed after discovered a staff member tested positive for coronavirus this campus closed before the statewide shelter. In place was order to tell us just last week. Its unclear how that order impacts the decision for the school to open up this morning. But the schools principal sent a letter to parents about their plans moving forward, this is something that were gonna keep an eye on because the governor was very clear in his statement that all schools should close and that he thought they would be reopening any time soon and certainly not a week after the order not even a week. Also today the qatari runner Park Unified School District austin offering free meals for children under the age of 18 they have a free drivethru service. And a number of locations. It goes from 11 00am to one in the afternoon. Those are the locations there on the screen there and San Francisco and Oakland School districts, theyre offering free meals to students too. We have the full list of all of the places you can get meals if you need them go to kron 4 dot com james. Well see crossed california will postpone their Spring Commencement ceremonies because of the coronavirus pandemic in the bay area that includes San Jose State University Spring Commencement was scheduled for may 20th through the 22th, but now thats going to be pushed back talks are currently underway right now on what future arrangements they might make with students that are set to graduate, san jose state is also coordinating with students on refunds for services that the university cant deliver. During this pandemic. Our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website at kron 4 dot com dont forget you can check any time of day will always have the very latest in terms of updates from washington. Any bay area impacts local Health Advisories and also information on how to keep yourself safe. You can find all of that and more just go to kron 4 dot com and look for the coronavirus section and rock news tab. And thank you for spending years social isolation time. And now with us this morning from your home local parks are now closing because of this there were too many people and that were ignoring the statewide order and tree to get sort of as a vacation well time to catch up with friends on hiking trails. Now your odds are slim that youre going to find a place that you can walk, especially in a large Group Organizers for the olympics are debating what to do about the 2020 summer games. Well have more on that as well plus local restaurants coming together to support the Health Care Workers who are on the front lines of this pandemic john and if you do have to step out today, maybe its just for a walk around the neighborhood or if you are essential personnel. You are looking at 40s 50s this morning. My money should work as hard as i do. So i use my freedom unlimited card to buy all the latest tech stuff. Today, im earning on a charger. So, just the charger then . Ummm. Yeah sarcastically fantastic. Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. Chase. Make more of whats yours. More than ever, your home is your sanctuary. Thats why lincoln offers complimentary pickup and delivery servicing. Well pick up your vehicle and leave you with a lincoln loaner and the peace of mind that helps you focus on what matters most. Thats the power of sanctuary. And for a little extra help, you can now purchase a new lincoln remotely, and defer payment for up to 120 days. Welcome back 5. 16 on this monday morning skies overall pretty clear we are seeing some low lying cloud cover up above that fog has been minimal across the bay area berkeley your view look still pretty clear with fog remaining above the Berkeley Hills, even as for temperatures were in the 40s and 50s right now pretty much the same as we were yesterday at the same time if you do have to step out this Early Morning. Definitely bring the jacket with you this afternoon is also going to be a touch cooler than weve been the past few days. But not as cool as the next couple of days ahead of us are about to be as this cold front eventually drops into the state that means more snow at lower elevations in the sierra and also a better chance of rainfall across the bay area yesterday was isolated thunderstorms today just a couple of scattered sprinkles actually a drier one today than what we saw yesterday afternoon now tomorrow morning as cooler air pushes in were going to also see some light showers along that frontal boundary make their way on into the bay area during Early Morning hours then tomorrow afternoon more isolated thunderstorms potentially popping up across the bay wednesday will also keep isolated showers going with snowfall remaining up in the Sierra Nevada during this time not so much a drought buster in the bay area but for the sierra some valuable snowpack continuing to accumulate exactly what we need to see up there. Temperatures today in the 50s and 60s cooler than yesterday as i noted, but warmer than the next couple of days. Tomorrow, wednesday and thursday being our coolest of the forecast highs at their maximum only in the 50s best chances of rain will be tuesday and wednesday after that it looks like were settling into a dry period for a bit with skies proving to be mostly sunny and highs eventually rising near 70 degrees by next sunday. James all right, thank you very much john. Heres a quick check of the bay bridge camera this morning. And a reminder here as we turn the camera to show you the toll plaza. If you are going to be in a cash lane if your cash pay or do not slow down and stop thinking youre going to pay the attendant because theyre not collecting cash, its an effort to try and slow the spread of coronavirus so theyre asking you just drive on through. Well take a picture license plate to send you a bill later on so you can take care of that at some other point there will be no cash transactions going on at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning or any of the a state owned bridges which include the majority here in the bay area so just keep that in mind. Our business is the bay area giving back to Health Care Workers one restaurant in palo alto is now providing meals for local hospitals. Its an event called corners kron fours taylor, the sacking has the story. First day was 7 and a few to request. I was like oh my oh be busier than actually what i is good is really to see the Community Come any minute summit to support marcos cordella owns tutsis at the stanford a barn in palo alto when he was forced to close his other restaurant. He kept hooked. Hes open for takeout and delivery to support local Health Care Workers through the communitys help he recently started something called corners to our guest or a child were very sad that we were you know and its can we all like you know i have to its credit. So you know because the catering the and also at the very end that money and people Something Like you know what. Something that people like ok lets to adopt a dock the word quickly spread through palo alto in customers like Brian Omalley build in the help he decided to work with sponsored the first week of meals for for 50 people for breakfast and lunch. And then that the word out and its been really exciting to see people not just jumping on the bandwagon and supporting to cease. But also trying to do something similar far in their own area. With the help of omalley and the rest of the community to tease already has over 2000 meal orders to feed ares a nice use at stanford hospital and Lucile Packard childrens hospital, stanford next week because of the orders scored ellis says hes now been able to bring a few employees back to work i i think you ought to again that ends our important specials on and you know its a place for them to conjure still just sad to see people getting laid off losing her job and i think you