Okay should be and we also have the white sandy of course everybody in the bay area and across the country in the world should be doing this in order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus and we do have breaking news this morning just in to the kron 4 news room. Corona virus related deaths in the bay areas now 25 is 4 more deaths were reported just this morning in San Mateo County. Heres a look at the numbers. Santa clara county now with 375 cases, 16 people have died. As we mentioned 100s, 65 cases in San Mateo County with now 5 deaths, San Francisco county has 152 cases and one death to the east bay now where Contra Costa County has 86 cases and one death. Alameda county with 124 cases and 2 deaths in the north bay marine county has 53 cases that are 24 cases and Solano County 34 cases and one death in Sonoma County and napa county has 3 cases. Wifi help is on the way for people impacted by coronavirus overnight the senate reached a deal with the white house that would send money directly to you. So vote to pass the bill is expected later on today but John Lawrence has the latest update. The stalemate is over at last. We have a deal after days of back and forth the white house and senators agree on a package aimed to boost the covid 19 ravaged us eeonomy to all americans. I say help is on the way. Big help and quick help at trillion. This is one of the most expensive and far reaching deals ever made in congress is good news from the doctors and nurses in Emergency Rooms around the country are waiting for more mouse and more funding. Thats good news for families all across america while all the details havent been released yet the breakdown includes billion for direct payments to individuals and families and billion in Small Business loans. There is also 250 billion in Unemployment Benefits and 500 billion for Business Loans were going to take up and pass this package to care for those who are now caring for us. And help carry millions of americans. Do these dark economic times, im John Lawrence reporting. A lot of you may be wondering are asking you know what does this mean for me and my family take a look at the screen the stimulus package, this is what it means for you. So according to cnn adults making 75,000 or less receive a payment of 1200 couples who are in a 150,000 a last will get 2400 plus families will get 500 per child. Now the payment will scale down based on your income and individuals making more than 99,000 will not receive a payment. Right now its still not clear exactly when that money will be sent out, but well keep you updated. Was likely going to help the thousands of workers who are filing for unemployment who are in the Service Industry most restaurants has you know been forced to drastically cut staff as their kitchens closed or transition to takeout and delivery only. But now some businesses are looking to hire more staff funeral on polk street in San Francisco says it got slammed with orders for petes over the weekend and quickly made some changes to meet the demand. Business has been you know very very we have one or 2 nights really challenging services and in terms of meeting the demand of the extreme be grateful. That weve been able to and we want to retain 20 members of our weve been able to be higher for people um you know thats years. This huge over at this point restaurants say they arent focused so much on revenue but instead of keeping their workers employed. Well to the north in our resident at the art rear Senior Living center has tested positive for coronavirus officials learned of this just on monday and theyre taking the necessary precautions to keep for the rest of the staff and the residents safe. Hes urging everyone to observe socialdistancing as much as he can as the numbers of the coronavirus cases they just continue to search throughout california. He says that this disease impacts everyone. Young people disproportionately are the ones testing positive. In the state of california 50 . Of the 2102 individuals that have tested positive 50 are between the age of 1849 and thats why it is incumbent upon all californias to continue to take our stay at home order seriously to continue to do the kind of the common sense dictates and heed the warnings we have asked yesterday to stay out of settings like beaches and parks where youre coming into close contact with others practice, social distancing. Well there are now 40 deaths and more than 2000 infections in the states and half of them as you heard or people between the ages of 1849 years old. California reported what may be the first call that 19 death of a minor. So the child lived in lancaster thats just north of los angeles and ellie Public Health officials they say that early tests they indicated a positive result for coronavirus but theyre looking further into this case with the cdc. They also say that there may be an alternate explanation for that childs death. Lets go to the east bay in our schools and berkeley could actually be close longer than they originally thought thats because the Berkeley BerkeleyUnified School District now considering extending School Closures because of the coronavirus they say they also have a plan to keep feeding students during this closure. Thats big news in the east bay we want to get the latest now from will tran who is at the School District office high will good morning. Good morning. Marty good morning for the needy families this is good news for them the Berkeley Unified School district doing basically what the governor is doing by not shutting down the schools because the governor has not officially said no more school for the rest of the school year because he realizes needy families unfortunately they rely on the schools to feed their kids and thats what the Berkeley Unified School district has announced last night that in a Perfect World and weve done this story. Numerous times a couple of weeks ago that they would return after the first week of april but thats before coronavirus just swept across the country in the world and then at that time its now been called the pandemic and that is why they say its a very fluid situation and they will continue feeding the kids through spring break and through the rest of april they even have a sign on the door marty and robin this says that school is closed until further notice there following the lead of many of the School Districts throughout the state just keeping their School Closed in the meantime but feeding the kids so come friday, the kids and their needy families will get 2 meals every day. Breakfast and lunch they can take it home and then on the week of april 6th, they will feed the families 3 times a week at certain locations and you can find though find those locations at the Berkeley Unified School district website. They will feed the families and how generous is this robin marty you dont even have to be a member of the Berkeley Unified School district or live in berkeley because obviously coronavirus or not they need is always there. But it looks like no school at least through april if youre Berkeley Unified School district student and teacher. Back to you all right well, thanks a lot for a live report and this is big news alert for a lot of families were wondering. About their kids so wills on top of that for us this morning, robin. Well to help with the protective gear shortages and hospitals californias office of emergency services. They delivered 4200 n 95 mask plus thousands of facials and surgical mask to queen of the Valley Hospital thats in napa and the napa county Emergency Operation center. All right now napa has 3 confirmed cases. Well Health Care Workers are on the front lines of the Health Crisis and many of them are in desperate need of medical supplies. But there is a shortage of mass that they need so badly so across the country caring and crafty volunteers are now taking matters into their own hands. Kron fours Maureen Kelly talk with 2 women who are helping now. Retired Home Economics teacher in arizona is now putting her sewing skills to work, making masks for Health Care Workers. After getting a call last week making calls dire need of a nurse. And pennsylvania. A half. Masks she said can you just scraps she whipped out a pattern of a washable reusable mask that you can see her husband showing off in this video. It has a place for inserting a replaceable filter may new yorks time order. And as and he says a b have a vacuum cleaner banks. And they can be kept out and started her San Francisco basin is thrown together a web site with the pattern so others can help out. Meanwhile, peggy has pivoted and is now working on a prototype of a washable cover to go over masks that Health Care Workers have been issued but have to reuse because of a shortage of supplies just touching that masses germs of michigan where but often wash if shes been working hard of her sewing machine and has family and friends trying to get someone to help mass produce these masks the same people helping her are also peggys motivation behind all this work. I have family and they work and family in california she can do she this brentwood resident has been using leftover fabric to make reusable face masks that shes lining with coffee filters. Shes giving them away to other essential employees like Law Enforcement who dont have access to and 95 masks deanna says she has extra time now that shes working from home and not commuting. It makes her feel good to use that time doing what she can to help make those in her community feel more secure. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. Well new this morning, Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus hes a first in line to the british throne. According to palace officials the 71 yearold prince is showing mild symptoms but in the know otherwise hes in good health. Hes and hes selfisolating in scotland where he continues to work from home. Well our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com. There we have all the latest information on the outbreaks here in the bay area. Theres an interactive map that weve set up for you and lots of information in ways on how you can stay safe. So once again you can find all of this and more just go to the coronavirus tab on our website kron 4 dot com. On the kron 4 morning news a drivethru Grocery Service in the east bay, this is pretty cool. Its helping parents feed their School Age Children and how its also helping employees who lost their jobs. 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As youll see that around san bruno too and to the east bay ron Hayward Fremont we see another dose there that extends all the way back to the Santa Cruz Mountains and off to the far right. Yep and mount Mount Hamilton that that crossed over the peninsula. We joined you this morning at 04 00am so the general pattern west to east. Meanwhile, this is the shot from timber on its kind of a shot there we had some well, thanks lyn particular clouds earlier theyre going down through the peninsula a little bit in San Francisco, drifting from the north to the south but generally speaking its going from west to east. This is what it looks like on the satellite picture radar should say and there we see the spotty showers at work we add the sunshine in the afternoon. Thats going to give the Atmosphere Energy its i say sometimes kids is a it is candy to kids that makes of excited and so forth and thats where we get maybe some isolated Thunder Showers going on with some hail because of the cold air aloft. We see some clearing happening in the north bay and notice that thats a deliberate now because overnight it looks like theyll be very little activity going on there unlike whats going on saying the Santa Cruz Mountains and the coastal peninsula and because of that that allow those temperatures to fall in a frost advisory has been posted there until tomorrow morning little bit of flair we can see in thursday that happens but after that everybody critters out for friday. Pretty much just for friday because a longerrange forecasts tell us over the weekend and show what will be the words we see another batch coming our way. So again it looks like a variable clouds on ballots for this afternoon. Pop corn variety showers and potentially Thunder Showers snow spurts and those Higher Elevations like Mount Hamilton mount diablo boy just cant get a break up there in the north bay where 33 santa rosa, 35 for now up as were looking at mid 40s across most of the rest of the bay 37 about to switch free, slow warming things up. Our forecast highs today are nothing great 55 San Francisco, 58 san jose and oakland. Everybody is looking at a few more showers potentially year. Again the concentration, less so in the north bay is conditions dry out there were looking at a frost advisory thats going cover most of the north bay except Solano County and also coming up a little bit well take a look at the unsettled weekend weather pattern, however, there is some light at the end of the tunnel. It looks like a little bit of warming into next week robin back to you all right sounds good. All right, lets check in on traffic now we want to take a peek at your commute around the bay area for those of you who do have to commute. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza we dont have any delays nothing to worry about an 80 into San Francisco, just know that there are no toll takers available they are also practicing social distancing so you dont have to stop and pay cash. He just roll through and youll get a bill and the male heres a live. Look in 92 the san mateo bridge and a good example of just how wet and soggy. It is out there so just remember, although we dont have a lot of traffic you should be driving at a reduced speed, but so far marty its looking good here from hayward over to foster city insurance, yeah, all right robin thanks. A lot. A new report from the cdc that says traces of the coronavirus actually lived in the cabins of the diamond princess cruise ship for 17 days after passengers had left prior to the cabins being cleaned now this data doesnt show whether transmission had occurred, but it does tell you just the strength of the virus. The cdc also found diamond princess passengers had transmitted the disease before the quarantine and crew infections peaked after the quarantine was implemented. All told more than 17 of those infected. Never develop symptoms which the cdc says could partially explain for the high infection rate among the ships passengers and crew. Well to the east and now a local Delivery Company that once served School Lunches theyre now taking grocery orders online, its called choice lunch and the ceo his name is justin got none. H