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Bill aimed at saving americans from facing financial turmoil as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Our kron fours ellis said the monon is live in the newsroom with what you can expect now l a. Well americans are going to be getting money from the federal government depending on how much the make from one of the largest emergency package is the nations ever seen the senate voted unanimously just shy of midnight over on the east coast after days of back and forth between democrats and republicans the bill dedicates billion is direct payments to individuals and families. Another 250 billion for Unemployment Insurance benefits, 350 billion for Small Business loans and billion in loans for distressed corporations. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell commended the highly partisan senate for coming together when americans needed most. Proud to announce tonight not a Single Center voter ago. Theres 2 trillion rescue bill. To save american. Individuals Small Businesses. Larger businesses. To provide considerable Funding Health care. Workers and the site is the doctors and others who are trying to. Its all those founder mark. So lets break it down here is what the stimulus package means for you adults making 75,000 or less well get a 1200 payment couples who earn 150,000 or less will get 2400. Families will get 500 per child under the age of 17 the payment will scale down based on your income but there are some limits people making more than 99,000 a year and couples making more than 198,000 a year will not get a payment. Thats not over yet the bill now goes to the house for a vote which will get together friday morning at 9 and as you may remember there are several Congress Members who are still recovering from the coronavirus himself so they will have to resort whats called a voice vote after that President Trump has indicated that he will sign the legislation into law live in the newsroom allison monae and kron 4 news. Lives we can save and the sooner we can eventually get people back to work. Back to school and back to normal. And there are large sections of our country probably can go back much sooner than other sections. Today president doubling down on his easter timeline of when the country could kind of get back to normal said the country could reopen maybe in sections. Yesterday he famously said that it would be a beautiful sight to see churches across the country packed on easter. However, most Public Health experts and economists are warning that that is both unlikely and unwise and confirmed cases in the country. Are increasing by the hour governor newsome pushing back on the president s prediction earlier today during a press conference. Dont think for a second that were day or 2 away from that in that order were not were not even a week or 2 away. California can meet this moment. California has a just over 3,000 cases right now and 65 deaths and in the bay area Santa Clara County has the most trouble locally. 459 cases with 17 deaths. Tonight we also know that the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office has 5 confirmed cases in their department. The latest case theres a deputy who had been assigned to the Custody Bureau that deputy is now selfisolating at home. Meanwhile, there are 165 cases in 5 deaths in san mateo county, San Francisco county has 178 cases and one death contra costa 108 cases and one death. 124 cases and 2 deaths in alameda county. And tonight. We know a gate agent at Oakland International airport has tested positive. The the individual worked at the airport was march 22th sunday at terminal 2 and tonight. A marine county shows 53 cases, 24 Solano County sonoma county. 37 cases with one death there and napa county now reporting 6 cases. And if youre a parent who woke up this morning anxious speakers, youre still homeschooling year children and that can be challenging today did not help because 6 bay area counties said today theyre going to be extending School Closures until least may 1st of course on an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus kron fours dan kerman reports from San Francisco. The signs outside San Francisco Sanchez Elementary School might say the school is closed through april 3rd. But now the San Francisco Unified School District along with the county offices of education in alameda contra customer in san mateo and santa clara had extended the closure another month, we want to truly embrace what is being put out there not only across the bay area but across the entire state of california when it comes to social distancing and the importance of that as things stand now playgrounds and classrooms will be empty at least until may first this is the most important to keep our students safe and to keep the community safe. So. We miss our students and we would rather be in the classroom teaching, but we accept it. Right now the level of instruction varies from district to district. But before there can be a formal online classroom experience. All students must be able to have computers and get on line. Were focused on really making sure that we can access all students when learning does happen so that its an equitable Distribution Information so we have are facing and what were going to be doing over the next 2 weeks and working on how learning well turning would look like with this extended School Closure in the meantime many districts are continuing to provide meals to students. Who would otherwise go hungry last monday that was the 16th we had 25,000 meals we gave out to students to take on for breakfast lunch and supper. For 3 days. On thursday which was the next day the program in 50,000 meals we gave out this past monday, the 23th year about a 100,000 meals so the need is very obviously there and were going to do everything we can to get those meals to our Students School Officials Say during the last week of april will reconvene with Health Officers and decide if the School Closure needs to be extended. Even past may 1st in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news San Francisco is preparing for an expected surge in diagnosed coronavirus cases in mayor breed. Is pleading for as much help as possible. Shes asking for more equipment. More staffing more support in general with 26 new confirmed cases of covid 19 just today in the citys first reported death yesterday, breed estimates San Francisco will need 5,000 more hospital beds in the weeks to come among the solutions will be Saint Francis Memorial Hospital where 48 beds will gradually be made available beginning with the next several weeks. Think about when youre out there and youre socializing and youre not socially distancing from one another. The difference that could make and the spread that occurs as a result of your interactions with other people and if you went to the hospital because you are sick or a relative or Family Member and they were turned away because we didnt have enough beds to accommodate them. And today as she has in each press Conference Since this crisis started breed reiterated her plea for san franciscans to be diligent as when it comes to social distancing as the city braces for this surge in illnesses comparable to those that have been seen in other us cities City Services goes now consolidating its covert 19 response efforts at the moscow knee center San Franciscos Emergency Operation center along with the Departments Centers for. Public Health Human Services and Human Resources are now located there. The city says this space allows for greater collaboration while also keeping workers safe with social distancing. Then comes to the bay area certainly south bay has been hit the hardest with this outbreak. Kaiser permanente executive is speaking out about one hospital particularly stressed in san jose kron fours gayle ong report. Our san jose facility in california. Actually has an almost half of the hospital, you know with either or persons under investigation doctor steven per adi executive Vice President of Kaiser Permanente telling the journal of the American Medical Association about the influx of coronavirus patients and san jose we really had to the Camp Hospital make sure that youve got not. Im personnel spin begins to provide the air we age spots requires resort some of personnel doctor per audi says the highest reported cases at Kaiser Permanente. Has been in Washington State and northern california, the hot spots of the outbreak in a statement from Kaiser Permanente san jose senior Vice President and area manager irene chavez says the number of suspected or confirmed covid 19 patients changes daily hospital does not provide daily figures but says the percentage of patients in san jose has dropped quote given that it is located in a copa 19 hot spot and that we count so many south bay residents as our members. It should not be surprising that we would care for a significant number of our patients in our San Jose Hospital Santa Clara County has been hit hard with covid 19 cases and deaths in an effort to prevent overwhelming hospitals, the Santa Clara Convention center will serve as a Federal Medical Facility to treat noncovered 19 patients. The facility will be one out of 8 in the state thats 2000 additional medical bags, those sites are already on packing are in the process. Of being made operational the Santa Clara Convention center will have 248 beds, the major benefit of it is that it adds more hospital beds. Medical personnel and supplies, so doesnt strain any of our current resources county board of supervisors chair cindy chavez says the Convention Center will be Search Capacity for a number of hospitals in Santa Clara County, the opening date has not yet been determined. Reporting in santa clara gayle ong kron 4 news. New york city is dominating the situation in the United States about 60 of the infections. Well in the new york city metropolitan area. So you guys are getting hit. Terribly hard it is so unfortunate. Most people know him by now the nations top Infectious Disease doctor anthony found she is highlighting the dire situation in new york city right now which is the epicenter of the coronaVirus Outbreak here in the u s there are more than 33,000 confirmed cases in new york state and 366 people have died in the state with the majority of people dying in new york city where there have now been more than 17,000 cases reported and here in california, at least 1 million residents have filed for unemployment has the state remains under a mandatory stay at home order for covid 19. Governor newsome today announcing a break though for homeowners our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the newest Financial Relief effort. California leaders secured a deal with 4 Major National banks to temporarily suspend Home Mortgage payments for those affected by covid 19 governor Gavin Newsome announced wednesday wells fargo citi us bank and Jp Morgan Chase agreed on a 90 day grace period, another 200 Smaller Banks made similar commitments 4 of the 5 largest institutions. Committed to just stop that 90 day unfortunately bank of america did not publicly commit to that they just committed to 30 days hope they will reconsider the joints of those other that are willing to do the right thing. The agreement comes as unemployment claims in california wednesday passed the 1 million mark since march 13th. Newsome applauding progress on the federal stimulus bill that would provide an additional 600 for approved claims on top of what the state could typically provide known as i naive about the magnitude of this crisis and im not suggesting that the magnitude of this stimulus will even meet the moment i strong points of view that the need to be more in the future governor newsome said the states work with banks will continue on additional issues like atm fees and overdraft charges in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. The National Guard is now in fairfield helping prepare and distribute emergency food boxes at the food bank of contra costa and solano the food bank ceo says he can certainly use the help in light of the organization experiencing a 30 drop in volunteers since the pandemic started sanitation stations and gloves are on site for health and safety reasons of course. Ceo says in times like these Food Bank Services are needed now more than ever. They understand a lot of our volunteers are in that for its troops. So many people that laid off or have lesser income so that is going to push a lot of people to be first time you know need to slow. So fewer people are volunteering in over the past 2 weeks, the food bank of contra costa and solano says it has seen a 50 increase in people needing their services at their distribution sites. Neighbors in San Franciscos an up hill neighborhood are giving back to their community. So far group of 100 volunteers organized to pick up and deliver groceries to their elderly neighbors and theyre doing it offer feelgood story here tonight, crawfords Taylor Bisacky spoke to. We started this movement spoke to her in her hill neighborhood and taylor joins us now with the details tell it. Yes she says it all started on social media post on a next or app and she got an overwhelming amount of positive feedback and responses. So now dozens of people in this neighborhood are helping out the community. The vaccine can at least help deliver groceries how good for neighbors. Their resources that they need counseling so lives in San Franciscos hill neighborhood. As more news came out about the coronavirus she says she immediately thought about her older neighbors, she posted in the next door app on social media asking if anyone else had elderly neighbors nearby who needed help now nearly 2 weeks later, she found more than 100 other volunteers response the next after this it was 300 responses on it now. We created a emails read about it. A volunteers in the area who just are willing to help out the volunteers are delivering food groceries and toiletries tell neighbors in need in hill, fort of their efforts quickly spread on social media and already theyve made more than a handful of deliveries weve kind of form this partnerships with with the now for assistance so it delivery so its just been taking all the necessary precautions even though were young and healthy your worst off mask while flying down the ice and just making sure its safe. Assess for everybody in this difficult time so says its great to see neighbors helping neighbors from my life, i love San Francisco so much the people here for each other. Well not hill isnt the only neighborhood in the city doing this this has been happening across other neighborhoods in the city for some time now. Its important reminder that many of us do feel at home and were isolated but there are people that are willing to help that makes us feel well a bit more like were all together reporting live in San Francisco Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. They can tell a love seeing that as we take a live look outside right now and the bay bridge toll plaza. So not too busy nothing is these days. It is a weird reality in the bay area and throughout much of the country and it was a kind of a bizarre weather day. It was but you know, were were just at the beginning of spring. So lets check in with meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez joining us now live from the comfort of her toasty come people. Well room by reference to. And we did have a winter storm that swept through the bay area earlier today, leaving mind a very chilly air mass bu