Announcement was met with some confusion and also some disappointment but we got a clarification tonight from the states Parks Department saying that not all of the states parks parking lots are closed. Its about 3 dozen of them and most of them are in the bay area in an effort to flatten the curve a California State Parks governor Gavin Newsome says its time for soft closures he announced monday Effective Immediately that 36 of the states 280 parks will be closed to vehicular traffic. It breaks my heart but i understand the reasons. We know a guy ive been wondering how long it would last that were still able to access the stuff, rock climber adam sandler says for the most part hes seen people on the trails of Mount Diablo State Park practicing social distancing right now the East Bay Park does not fall under this closure ambler says thats a good thing because the outdoors have been helpful for leaving his anxiety over the pandemic it today in a church is always good for the soul and the body. And then it also gets my mind off some of like the more stressful elements of whats going on the governor called for the state parks parking lot closures after a weekend that saw people flood the parks and beaches in places like moran, sonoma and san mateo counties, the parking lots have been closed in 26 parks in those counties, but the list may grow if visitors cannot maintain social distancing in a sense, its but i think its a probably not for the better in general. James costello says places that are wide open like mount diablo should stay open because theres plenty of room for people to stay apart basically the only activity we really can do is get outside walk or run. You know that office to finish. The kind of the biggest area we have around to do and not to blow. His a parking lots are shut down you know it makes a lot harder. Well for people that are actually looking to take a break in to go outdoors local Health Officials have been advising people to walk run and hike in their local communities. And also if you go outdoors do not gather in 2 groups reporting live in danville dan thorn kron 4 news stan. Thank you meanwhile, San Franciscos mayor says she does not want to close public parks in the city, but she says she will have no choice if people do not comply with the social distance saint order. Its really the last thing that i want to do so i want to ask i want to plead to the people of our city to comply with the order. The folks who are out on the streets have been drinking parties the folks who are out on the streets socializing in coming together and not taking this social distancing. Requirements seriously you are putting lives at stake, your putting Public Health in jeopardy. This is important its serious and ultimately our goal in preparing is to make sure that our hospitals have the capacity have what they need to prepare for what we know is coming. Its not a matter of whether or not were going to have more people get sick. They are. And what happens if its your grandmother, what happens if its your uncle and what happens if we dont have a bad for them to be in because they got sick. To prepare their breed announced the city hired 82 nurses over the weekend in addition, she said the private sector has stepped up to help provide protective gear for frontline workers, including masks gowns and gloves as of tonight, San Francisco has 131 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in total there are 865 coronavirus cases in the bay area santa clara has the highest number with 321 cases and 13 deaths, san mateo has 142 1 death San Francisco as we said has 131 contra costa 71 cases and one death alameda has 112 cases and one death. Were in county has 47 cases of the virus solano has 21 sonoma has 27 napa has to. Governor newsom says the state is looking to buy a billion gloves, hundreds of millions of masks gowns and shields for the states hospital system. The state distributed close to 21 million 95 masks throughout the system so far it is hoping to continue to get millions more the governor said today 6 unnamed California Companies are working to repurpose are Manufacturing Capabilities to make downs. He also said Tesla Ceo Elon musk delivered his promise to provide a 1000 ventilators the hospital ship usns mercy is in los angeles tonight, it departed Naval Base San diego earlier. The ship is equipped with more than 800 Navy Medical Personnel and support staff along with more than 70 Civil Service mariners and has a 1000 hospital beds. The navy says the hospital ship will be used to treat patients who are not suffering from coronavirus the goal is to free up local Health Professionals to treat those who are infected with the virus. The usns mercy was supposed to dock in the seattle area but governor newsome sent a letter to President Trump last week requesting that it be docked in l a. Well the public can help make sure that Health Care Workers in the bay area do have the supplies they need Contra Costa County is asking for donations of critical supplies, including those goggles and face shields and mass sanitizer and much more kron 4 dan kerman explains how you can help. These masks and Hand Sanitizer and other protective equipment of critical need to Health Care Providers and First Responders dealing with those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic you know one a Health Care Worker may go through several mask, several pairs of you know sets of downs an ioc whitman, a in one shift. At a News Conference monday contra costa Health Officials announced they simply dont have enough and were seeking donations from the community we can take. I protection such as goggles and face shields. Antibacterial and disinfecting wipes typically alcohol and bleach based. Opens. But please know baby wipes. We can take in 95 in surgical masks in an open boxes such as these. And we can take medical disposable gowns as well as cloth surgical and cloth hospital gowns in good condition. Tuesday the county will begin accepting donations between 10 00am and 02 00pm at the Pleasant Hill library as well as locations in hercules an antioch they hope the public will respond each of us doing a little bit. And it really adds up you know so so we have a county of over a Million People if who has some of the supplies chips in you know that can add up to quite a lot Health Officials would not say just how much protective gear they need. With no end in sight for this pandemic it seems as if they will take as much as they can get. For as long as they can get in Pleasant Hill. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Contra costa county not alone in asking for help you see San Francisco is also accepting donations of critical supplies for its front line care workers. It is asking for a news masks and goggles disposable gloves as well as Hand Sanitizer and disinfecting wipes. It has set up donation size at 3 locations ucsf Mount Zion Medical Center ucsf Mission Center building and ucsf benioff Childrens Hospital oakland, those sites will be open every day this week from 8 in the morning until 5 in the evening and you can find more details on our website at kron 4 dot com as critical medical supplies run scarce across the country. The white house is cracking down on anyone trying to exploit the health of americans for their own profit. Darryl forges reports. Our country wasnt built to be shutdown President Trump signaling that he hopes america will be up and running again sooner rather than later at the end of the 15 day period will make a decision as to which way. We want to go its unacceptable. Medical professionals like lambs to the house as critical medical supplies run short across america, the president made a promise that more are coming as fema is distributing 8 million n 95 respirator masks. And 13. 3 million surgical masks of course the country right now cracking down on hoarding and price gouging of ppe the president signed an executive order to make it a crime if you are. Have a big supply of toilet paper in your house, this is not something you have to worry but if you are sitting on on a warehouse. With masks. The surgical masks youll be hearing a knock on your door. This after state leaders pleaded with the president to put in into bidding wars over those much needed supplies you have manufacturers who sit there. And Camp California offers them 4 and they say will california offered 4 i offer 5 another state cause enough for 6. Its its not the way to do it, im darryl forges reporting. A Financial Assistance program is available for low and come in hourly workers in Santa Clara County who are struggling to pay their bills because of the pandemic the emerging Assistance Program is what its called will help applicants with the rent and other basic needs several Silicon Valley companies, including Western Digital destination home zoom and facebook have committed some 11 million so far cisco committed the most amount of money at million. No matter how inconvenient this crisis may feel too many of us. Its the people who are most vulnerable that actually are struggling the most in us those who are already homeless. Or those who are you know one financial. The issue away from becoming homeless. The program will be administered by Sacred Heart Community services which helps people who are needy all year round Santa Clara County in the city of san jose will consider adding an extra 2 million each to this program. Well we live in one of the worlds restaurant capitals and restaurants as you know are suffering enormously during this pandemic they have been either forced to close or scale back the takeout and delivery and despite all those financial tolls the virus is taking on the industry several chefs and owners are stepping up to help kron fours Maureen Kelly reports. So theres so many people in need this law is going to be what police to still be the owners of beast row sf grill in know you valley been keeping their doors open and feeding their clientele. Entrees at cost meals that normally run over 12 a piece instead are being sold for 5 and 0. 50 an hour on state 72. The many great dishes and a lot more people coming to people who get to go. So to sit here are some people for any reason i the pair who both came to this country after the bosnian war say they are selling or in some cases giving away 400 to 500 meals a day. All not for profit in fact, theyre operating at a loss. And theyve launched a go fund me campaign to help cover their payroll she would not be a case. And you heard from any similar similar situation. We understand the port is all up to you as a mission carry on. You are the less the chef and founder of Mission Restaurant prairie had to lay off about 2 thirds of his staff. In order to keep his doors open. Hes flipped the space into a general store. There he now sells things like dry pasta jarred sauces soups and other pantry items below retail, shoppers can pre order online his clientele can also purchase items that go into pantry kits that theyre giving away free to other laidoff bay area Hospitality Industry workers for anybody in the industry the you know the restaurant any any part of industry. Recently lost their jobs. You just come by without grab a box on top of the free kits laid off restaurant workers can also get 10 off. Prairie store inventory. Maureen kelly. Mornings. Everyone is just sort sparky. Its been about a week now says San Francisco order people to shelter in place but many bay area families are still adjusting to some drastic work changes new schedules and routines for Single Parents such as kanye all would life has been anything but normal kron 4 state of his sacking has her story. Its sort of a strange. A security that we have with whats going on for Single Parents like kanye allwood adjusting to work life in school and from home has had its stressful moments. Shes been in our house in San Francisco with her 10 yearold daughter and 16 yearold son for almost 2 weeks since the Catholic Schools in the city closed challenges trying to find a balance his free time because they are now on lines like we are for work almost like a great majority of the day. A little blurred when theyre just to screen time for good has been time for leisure time is and then of course the High Schoolers have a little bit more so i did which is a little because theres not much under 18 while many parents are now helping teach materials and wearing new hats. All woods says shes glad schools closed especially since her daughter has one to 10 days. And just to get like milk and a 6 and certainly making sure that i think whos in charge whos the next guy is. Child even though she is really the issue doesnt just kind of allergies are is probably the scariest pieces of this woman all what is also balancing work from home. Its also the workout room and the photos video now been doing a lot of stuff in my house. My daughter likes to work. Helping around the bay area beauty startup called can ship right you know looking at other potential like talked about her you everything is kind of cars and yet we still have to deliver this despite the adversities ahead she says its important to be patient and take care of ourselves. The biggest thing is to sort of be patient with yourself but as adults that the parents the household its. Its hard not to break on that i think that it is. I think its important still be humid a time for cells in San FranciscoTaylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Monday night lets take a live look outside and look out along San Franciscos embarcadero what things are pretty sparkly out there doesnt look cloudy as it was earlier today monday friday saturday theyre all kind of the same right now lets check in with our own chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow a lawrence this is a an adjustment for all of us all the days is planned in each other because if theres a weekend. Its no different from work week because everything is shut down. No you cant go out that one of my neighbors to the cell service and he didnt know what to do you have any cell service, no phone service, no internet what do you imagine if that happened everybody that have some problems right now outside we do have some clouds beginning to move even sources on this one coming up the gulf of alaska is going to roll into the bay area that will bring with it around the sinkhole showers outside for tomorrow. Definitely good reason to stay indoors other kind of quiet out there right now is weve got just a few clouds car want cross the bridge but certainly remains dry storm system or little alaska that serve dropping into parts of Northern California right you can see not a ton of energy with that so its not going to be a real plus all of rain but we are going to see the showers popping up on all throughout the day right now you see some low clouds moving into the main along the raindrops bn just yet i study running well below the average stay only 55 degrees in San Francisco 57 it over 58 degrees in san jose 56 well below the average little more 60 in concord and 60 degrees in santa rosa tonight, mostly cloudy skies overnight some showers developing after midnight and then tomorrow, mostly cloudy well see a couple of sunny breaks the showers are going to continue kind of on all throughout the day but be taking up toward the middle of the day and then tapered off as we get a lot of part of the afternoon a week it has to lose very unsettled as weve got another storm system that could impact in the area as we get into next weekend right here in the temperatures outside right now is 49 degrees in fremont 53 degrees in san jose 55 degrees in oakland, currently 46 get a little chilly in about oh thank you note, temperatures really drop off into the 40s back just dropped to 43 degrees right now in petaluma that cold front moving get a move on him as we head to the night tonight as it drops in a lawsuit some much colder air right out of the gulf of alaska, so thats going to make for kind of a chilly day tomorrow will be breezy at times the possibility that isolated thunderstorm as the cold air is very on state law on the backside of the system so certainly a chance to pop off a couple thunderstorms as well. This time it out for the overnight tonight, you see those clouds there tomorrow there you go in the morning, the rain begins to pick up pockets of downpours dont be surprised if you do see some of that line make some isolated deal to that continues to the middle of the day