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The peninsula, San Mateo County has reached 453 cases, 10 deaths so far San Francisco county has 458 cases with 7 deaths and the east bay Alameda County 396 cases with 9 deaths Contra Costa County stands at 276 cases and 3 deaths and in the north bay moraine county is it 118 cases so far and 6 staff Sonoma County reporting 95 cases with one death Solano County has 61 cases with one death and that the county has 20 cases and one death. New reported cases of coronavirus a homeless shelter saw its first case a person was staying at a Navigation Center but has since been moved to isolation. Now a handful of San Francisco supervisors are calling on the mayor to do more to help the citys phone rubble, Homeless Population. Kron fours dan thorn has that story. Weve learned that this person is in Good Condition and they are right now recovering in an isolation room, but the supervisors say that this case could have and should have been prevented. Theyre demanding action and theyre calling out the city for not getting all of San Franciscos homeless into hotels, San Francisco records, its first coronavirus case in a homeless shelter city Officials Say the person was staying at the Division Circle Navigation Center when they tested positive for covid19 the announcement raising concerns for San Francisco the supervisor Hillary Ronen and other city leaders called on the mayor to have every resident and staff member at the Navigation Center tested supervisors, matt haney shame on walton an errant pass can join drone in in saying the citys response has been weak and that San Franciscos Homeless Population should have been moved out of all shelters weeks ago homeless advocates say they too are disappointed by the citys response they say social distancing is nearly impossible in congregate living situations like Navigation Centers. Thats why they want people off of the streets out of the shelters and into hotels. Supervisors plan to introduce an emergency ordinance requiring the city to use 1000 rooms to relocate people who are currently in shelters. This ordinance would also require the city to lease an additional 14,000 rooms by april 28th. When the coronavirus is expected to peak. Reporting in San Francisco, dan thorn kron 4 news. Is the first bay area county to top 1000 cases of the coronavirus and now theyre trying to prepare for a surge in hospitalizations despite the fact that the county has the most coronavirus cases in the bay area the county does have enough beds to go around the county currently has about 200 covid19 patients hospitalized county wide hospitals have been planning for a possible surge in demand for socalled surge beds and they do not know if or when that surge might occur, but for now there is no shortage of beds or ventilators. As of march 31st, there were 936 available acute hospital beds in the county. There were 92. I see you beds. 1456 search beds and 392 ventilators that work where available in the county. Health officials also say that the Santa Clara Convention center has been converted into a temporary Search Center with 250 beds available in addition to adding bets. The county is working to secure enough personal protective equipment. Such as masks and gloves and also at staffing. Well happening today, the city of fremont will also a free drivethru coronavirus test site it will be located. Right at the Fremont Fire Tactical Training Center addresses on your screen at 7200 stevenson boulevard. The site will be open from 10 00am until 05 00pm or until it runs out of tests, everyone who wants to get tested will have to go through a 2 step screening process. First you have to have a fever of over 100 degrees and then also you have to show symptoms such as shortness of breath. A little east bay theres also a plan to convert the crane way pavilion into a medical station for coronavirus patients and Contra Costa County. The 250 bed temporary facility could be up and running by the 3rd week of april thats the goal. Thats about the time experts predict that the bay area will see that peak in virus cases. And medical supplies are being brought in by the National Guards thats happening this week and the federal medical station would be an alternate care side for patients who ont need i see you level care and it would also be used only if local hospitals can not handle the surge in cases. More than 1100 cases of coronavirus in california with over 240 deaths. And theres also more than a million cases worldwide. Nearly a quarter of that total is in the United States where some states are in need of supplies. John lawrence reports. The Trump Administration says it will soon release nationwide recommendations on wearing face masks during the covid19 pandemic i dont think theyll be mandatory because some people dont want to do that. But. If people wanted as an example in the mass of people wanted to wear them. They can some officials support the idea of people covering up its more. Not to protect you from getting infected but to protect a person from getting infected from you others like the World Health Organization stress masks should be prioritized for health care workers. These are people who are putting their lives on the line to help us. To care for other people and they must be protected as the medical world deals with a constantly increasing number of infected patients supplies are running low in some places at the current burn rate. We have about. 6 days. Ventilators in our stockpile new york is hardest hit with the most cases in the nation but other states are also in need. Were continuing to demand that this president. Step up in use his power and authority to help people in new jersey across this nation. The president says the state could have helped her own cause by stocking up in advance, its like one of those things they waited. They didnt want to spend the money because they thought this would never happen. Im John Lawrence reporting. The President Trump has invoked the defense production act against 3 m in order to get more face mask us the largest maker of medical face mask and more specifically those in 95 respirator mask. So the company has already doubled its global output in january and they also plan to double the capacity again to 2 billion globally thats within the next 12 months right now in the u. S. 3 m said that it expects to reduce 50 million in 95 respirators per month by june which is when a 40 jump from current levels. The company says that even with the accelerated production, the demand is much higher then the industrys ability to deliver. Bay area officials are now recommending that residents should actually wear masks to cover their face you know when leaving Home Health Officials in contra costa alameda, San Francisco and also san mateo counties theyre all recommending that yes you do put mask on Health Officials do not recommend that the public try to buy medical mass like in 95 war. He sort of surgical masks which are in limited supply. Instead, theyre suggesting you use a bend down or some sort of fabric mask. Masks are not. A substitute for physical distancing if you are going into an environment where physical distance seen as all but impossible for example into a grocery with small isles in a long that we do it would be additive and beneficial to have a face covering. Well the governor also says he is not mandating the public to wear facial coverings because as far as the state is concerned First Responders and healthcare workers are the priority. And medical experts have said that wearing a mask really doesnt prevent you from getting covid19 but it can prevent you from giving it to someone else if you have no symptoms and you dont know you have it. Our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com. Youll find the latest on the outbreaks there you know all the specifics in the bay area or you know we break it down county by county. Theres a interactive map its easy to follow along with lots of information how you can stay safe. So when you go to our website just look for the coronavirus tab, its all under that happened once again its on kron 4 dot com. On the kron 4 morning news despite the growing cases of coronavirus one bay area doctor says that hospitals are not overwhelmed. Why he credits the shelterinplace orders. And governor newsome giving a lifeline to Small Businesses how hes working to keep the economy up and running while so many places are shut down during this health crisis. Also after the break parents are now being forced to homeschool less homes as schools remain closed for what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Welcome back to the kron 4 morning news a time for 13 happy friday, good morning and thanks for waking up with us we are still practicing social distancing so. Im here in the studio dave spahr is reporting from home. He has a check of the forecast lets see whats in store for friday and the weekend which is basically here i was going say right around the corner, but its your day of mourning for us thats right. Yeah, good morning, robin and good morning, everybody were dealing with what were talking about rain coming this weekend and all hunkered in the bunker that will be good news. We can use it more mountain snows for the sierra to for that. Thank you count up there. Heres a live shot coming in from u c berkeley were not dealing with much the way of months, no bars, no excuse me a haze already faa going on or clays so hes the shoreline all went up pretty nicely in the bay you can see behind all that meanwhile the shock of the golden gate who were just alone traffic driving into the city as you can see coming from the north bay not much the way of fog here either thats typically a fog trap so future cast wind gusts. We were talking a little bit about this yesterday still kind of an onshore flow happening here. Throughout the day today kind of weakens a little bit but then re intensifies late this afternoon. Its a little bit on because typically when we have a system like this coming in from the gulf of alaska or just call it a low pressure system you typically get a little bit of of a flow coming from the south a little bit that means shift later but definitely getting a breeze before our storm system comes for the weekend and you can see the winds continue as we get finally into saturday morning there look in the south bay, those arrows are finding pointing from the south and the storm is right off to see if that point what have those projections here as you can check it out on the satellite radar this we have right now. For today, lets caulk more kind of like high cloudiness i think well see a lot more of skies get a more pasty white in spots. More so than we saw from yesterday so thats whats going on with all of that and again its very typical when you have a quote storm system moving through you get some of those high clouds at first temperatures across the region weve got 30 a chilly degrees santa rosa expect a little bit additional cooling waiting for the sun to join us. Midday 50 for a work 45 fremont 45 down to san jose and santa clara valley, there 47 per concord in tri valley livermore youve got about 44. Comparison sake. Whisper warmer for good portion of the bay this morning with the exception of the north bay napa 3 degrees but elsewhere its little bit cooler. So lets watch the storm system roll on and will stop at about 7 oclock here 7. 30. Heaviest rain true to form with the systems very much like theyre on the winner favoring the north bay at that point it looks like some modest to some heavier rain showers up there to the north in Sonoma County. But it is spreading into the peninsula and the east bay that again projected about 7. 30. And then throughout the the rain will more spotty and scattered a second wave on our sunday is expected in that second way thats where the instability kind of lies that that colder air aloft. But thats kind of where the question mark of where that cold clean will be thats going to drive those Thunder Showers and hail and what were those snow levels for places like mount diablo in mount hamilton. So thats a little bit up here on sunday, but a by the way the mountains they expect to have your dose of snow on sunday. For our forecast again today, some of those high clouds breezy in the north bay mild with 60s they continue and for this weekend weve got showers and Thunder Showers rain cooler temps back to the 50s and again we talked about sunday, the instability day next week rain and Thunder Showers on monday. It will go with variable clouds for the remainder of the week so this instability probably wont hold all week long calling it somewhat partly cloudy. But thats the high cloudiness that i referenced 60 San Francisco, 64 open 65 for san jose and coming up a little bit well take a look at the long range forecast models which are real as are not as promising to get rain in here as it was from before. But just as a note. There is still a chance of an isolated shower and then that will be followed by next weekend and the next week that will have with it more rain along the way which we need proper all right. Thank you dave, well take anything we can get at this point. Lets check in on the traffic for those of you have to do i get to work on this friday morning. Were looking good to San Francisco. Of course, no major delays right now traffic is much lighter than usual because of that stay at home order but some folks do have to get to work like the essential workers and if thats you well be fine right now from the maze through the pay gates across the upper deck, its just smooth all the way through downtown San Francisco. Big problem for hot spots were checking in on 92. Another busy bridge stop this disease yesterday. I noticed signals may start to pick up a little bit later but were ok for now go ahead and use at west 92 is wide open from hayward into foster city and san matteo you can make the strive in under 30 minutes, well check out some more bridges and drive times coming up a little bit later. What california schools. Close for the remainder of the Academic Year parents are being asked to oversee the education of their children. Kron fours kate rooney spoke to some local educators to get some tips on. You know how to make home schooling successful. Its been one of the Biggest Challenges for parents working from home during covid19 how tough it educating children into a busy workday the good news experts at a bay area tutoring center an Online School say it may not require as much time as you think. We tend to recommend one to 2 hours for elementary kids. 2 to 3 hours for middle school kids and 3 to 4 hours a day for High School Kids roselyn explains that a typical day at school isnt 6 straight hours of academic work. He recommends a technique called stacking mixing shorter windows of school work with breaks for play and other activities including breaks for parents to be a calendar and a schedule that gives the parents a break to is really important so including things like lego timer puzzle time or independent reading time trying to get used to really be on their own. Gives the parents a break, its also still learning when it comes to learning its ok to stick to the basics in terms of the most important skills and subjects that parents should be focusing on really mass and reading and say you know if youre focusing on a couple of essential things spoke some out because some reading and we will tell parents you know. Read in the restaurant takes care of itself if its not taking care of itself. There are plenty of physical and online resources to her core and pacific Preparatory School have seen about a 15 increase in enrollment during shelter in place. And theyre getting creative when it comes to support next week on wednesday april the 8th from 11 to 1145 are offering a free webinar for anyone to join in. And its just packed full of a lot of great tips him, im sort of getting more gaps on what weve mentioned here to register parents can go to the website www dot tudor court dot com in San Francisco, kate rooney kron 4 news. Well School Campuses in the state and of course right here in the bay area theyre empty and unfortunately people are taking advantage of that in fremont 4 juveniles were arrested after destroying and burglarizing this classroom, an American High School look at this is just awful. Police say construction crews arrive right there at the school to find a group vandalizing the classroom they caught on the group fled the scene as officers were responding San Mateo County<\/a> has reached 453 cases, 10 deaths so far San Francisco<\/a> county has 458 cases with 7 deaths and the east bay Alameda County<\/a> 396 cases with 9 deaths Contra Costa County<\/a> stands at 276 cases and 3 deaths and in the north bay moraine county is it 118 cases so far and 6 staff Sonoma County<\/a> reporting 95 cases with one death Solano County<\/a> has 61 cases with one death and that the county has 20 cases and one death. New reported cases of coronavirus a homeless shelter saw its first case a person was staying at a Navigation Center<\/a> but has since been moved to isolation. Now a handful of San Francisco<\/a> supervisors are calling on the mayor to do more to help the citys phone rubble, Homeless Population<\/a>. Kron fours dan thorn has that story. Weve learned that this person is in Good Condition<\/a> and they are right now recovering in an isolation room, but the supervisors say that this case could have and should have been prevented. Theyre demanding action and theyre calling out the city for not getting all of San Francisco<\/a>s homeless into hotels, San Francisco<\/a> records, its first coronavirus case in a homeless shelter city Officials Say<\/a> the person was staying at the Division Circle<\/a> Navigation Center<\/a> when they tested positive for covid19 the announcement raising concerns for San Francisco<\/a> the supervisor Hillary Ronen<\/a> and other city leaders called on the mayor to have every resident and staff member at the Navigation Center<\/a> tested supervisors, matt haney shame on walton an errant pass can join drone in in saying the citys response has been weak and that San Francisco<\/a>s Homeless Population<\/a> should have been moved out of all shelters weeks ago homeless advocates say they too are disappointed by the citys response they say social distancing is nearly impossible in congregate living situations like Navigation Center<\/a>s. Thats why they want people off of the streets out of the shelters and into hotels. Supervisors plan to introduce an emergency ordinance requiring the city to use 1000 rooms to relocate people who are currently in shelters. This ordinance would also require the city to lease an additional 14,000 rooms by april 28th. When the coronavirus is expected to peak. Reporting in San Francisco<\/a>, dan thorn kron 4 news. Is the first bay area county to top 1000 cases of the coronavirus and now theyre trying to prepare for a surge in hospitalizations despite the fact that the county has the most coronavirus cases in the bay area the county does have enough beds to go around the county currently has about 200 covid19 patients hospitalized county wide hospitals have been planning for a possible surge in demand for socalled surge beds and they do not know if or when that surge might occur, but for now there is no shortage of beds or ventilators. As of march 31st, there were 936 available acute hospital beds in the county. There were 92. I see you beds. 1456 search beds and 392 ventilators that work where available in the county. Health officials also say that the Santa Clara Convention<\/a> center has been converted into a temporary Search Center<\/a> with 250 beds available in addition to adding bets. The county is working to secure enough personal protective equipment. Such as masks and gloves and also at staffing. Well happening today, the city of fremont will also a free drivethru coronavirus test site it will be located. Right at the Fremont Fire Tactical Training Center<\/a> addresses on your screen at 7200 stevenson boulevard. The site will be open from 10 00am until 05 00pm or until it runs out of tests, everyone who wants to get tested will have to go through a 2 step screening process. First you have to have a fever of over 100 degrees and then also you have to show symptoms such as shortness of breath. A little east bay theres also a plan to convert the crane way pavilion into a medical station for coronavirus patients and Contra Costa County<\/a>. The 250 bed temporary facility could be up and running by the 3rd week of april thats the goal. Thats about the time experts predict that the bay area will see that peak in virus cases. And medical supplies are being brought in by the National Guards<\/a> thats happening this week and the federal medical station would be an alternate care side for patients who ont need i see you level care and it would also be used only if local hospitals can not handle the surge in cases. More than 1100 cases of coronavirus in california with over 240 deaths. And theres also more than a million cases worldwide. Nearly a quarter of that total is in the United States<\/a> where some states are in need of supplies. John lawrence reports. The Trump Administration<\/a> says it will soon release nationwide recommendations on wearing face masks during the covid19 pandemic i dont think theyll be mandatory because some people dont want to do that. But. If people wanted as an example in the mass of people wanted to wear them. They can some officials support the idea of people covering up its more. Not to protect you from getting infected but to protect a person from getting infected from you others like the World Health Organization<\/a> stress masks should be prioritized for health care workers. These are people who are putting their lives on the line to help us. To care for other people and they must be protected as the medical world deals with a constantly increasing number of infected patients supplies are running low in some places at the current burn rate. We have about. 6 days. Ventilators in our stockpile new york is hardest hit with the most cases in the nation but other states are also in need. Were continuing to demand that this president. Step up in use his power and authority to help people in new jersey across this nation. The president says the state could have helped her own cause by stocking up in advance, its like one of those things they waited. They didnt want to spend the money because they thought this would never happen. Im John Lawrence<\/a> reporting. The President Trump<\/a> has invoked the defense production act against 3 m in order to get more face mask us the largest maker of medical face mask and more specifically those in 95 respirator mask. So the company has already doubled its global output in january and they also plan to double the capacity again to 2 billion globally thats within the next 12 months right now in the u. S. 3 m said that it expects to reduce 50 million in 95 respirators per month by june which is when a 40 jump from current levels. The company says that even with the accelerated production, the demand is much higher then the industrys ability to deliver. Bay area officials are now recommending that residents should actually wear masks to cover their face you know when leaving Home Health Officials<\/a> in contra costa alameda, San Francisco<\/a> and also san mateo counties theyre all recommending that yes you do put mask on Health Officials<\/a> do not recommend that the public try to buy medical mass like in 95 war. He sort of surgical masks which are in limited supply. Instead, theyre suggesting you use a bend down or some sort of fabric mask. Masks are not. A substitute for physical distancing if you are going into an environment where physical distance seen as all but impossible for example into a grocery with small isles in a long that we do it would be additive and beneficial to have a face covering. Well the governor also says he is not mandating the public to wear facial coverings because as far as the state is concerned First Responders<\/a> and healthcare workers are the priority. And medical experts have said that wearing a mask really doesnt prevent you from getting covid19 but it can prevent you from giving it to someone else if you have no symptoms and you dont know you have it. Our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com. Youll find the latest on the outbreaks there you know all the specifics in the bay area or you know we break it down county by county. Theres a interactive map its easy to follow along with lots of information how you can stay safe. So when you go to our website just look for the coronavirus tab, its all under that happened once again its on kron 4 dot com. On the kron 4 morning news despite the growing cases of coronavirus one bay area doctor says that hospitals are not overwhelmed. Why he credits the shelterinplace orders. And governor newsome giving a lifeline to Small Businesses<\/a> how hes working to keep the economy up and running while so many places are shut down during this health crisis. Also after the break parents are now being forced to homeschool less homes as schools remain closed for what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Welcome back to the kron 4 morning news a time for 13 happy friday, good morning and thanks for waking up with us we are still practicing social distancing so. Im here in the studio dave spahr is reporting from home. He has a check of the forecast lets see whats in store for friday and the weekend which is basically here i was going say right around the corner, but its your day of mourning for us thats right. Yeah, good morning, robin and good morning, everybody were dealing with what were talking about rain coming this weekend and all hunkered in the bunker that will be good news. We can use it more mountain snows for the sierra to for that. Thank you count up there. Heres a live shot coming in from u c berkeley were not dealing with much the way of months, no bars, no excuse me a haze already faa going on or clays so hes the shoreline all went up pretty nicely in the bay you can see behind all that meanwhile the shock of the golden gate who were just alone traffic driving into the city as you can see coming from the north bay not much the way of fog here either thats typically a fog trap so future cast wind gusts. We were talking a little bit about this yesterday still kind of an onshore flow happening here. Throughout the day today kind of weakens a little bit but then re intensifies late this afternoon. Its a little bit on because typically when we have a system like this coming in from the gulf of alaska or just call it a low pressure system you typically get a little bit of of a flow coming from the south a little bit that means shift later but definitely getting a breeze before our storm system comes for the weekend and you can see the winds continue as we get finally into saturday morning there look in the south bay, those arrows are finding pointing from the south and the storm is right off to see if that point what have those projections here as you can check it out on the satellite radar this we have right now. For today, lets caulk more kind of like high cloudiness i think well see a lot more of skies get a more pasty white in spots. More so than we saw from yesterday so thats whats going on with all of that and again its very typical when you have a quote storm system moving through you get some of those high clouds at first temperatures across the region weve got 30 a chilly degrees santa rosa expect a little bit additional cooling waiting for the sun to join us. Midday 50 for a work 45 fremont 45 down to san jose and santa clara valley, there 47 per concord in tri valley livermore youve got about 44. Comparison sake. Whisper warmer for good portion of the bay this morning with the exception of the north bay napa 3 degrees but elsewhere its little bit cooler. So lets watch the storm system roll on and will stop at about 7 oclock here 7. 30. Heaviest rain true to form with the systems very much like theyre on the winner favoring the north bay at that point it looks like some modest to some heavier rain showers up there to the north in Sonoma County<\/a>. But it is spreading into the peninsula and the east bay that again projected about 7. 30. And then throughout the the rain will more spotty and scattered a second wave on our sunday is expected in that second way thats where the instability kind of lies that that colder air aloft. But thats kind of where the question mark of where that cold clean will be thats going to drive those Thunder Showers<\/a> and hail and what were those snow levels for places like mount diablo in mount hamilton. So thats a little bit up here on sunday, but a by the way the mountains they expect to have your dose of snow on sunday. For our forecast again today, some of those high clouds breezy in the north bay mild with 60s they continue and for this weekend weve got showers and Thunder Showers<\/a> rain cooler temps back to the 50s and again we talked about sunday, the instability day next week rain and Thunder Showers<\/a> on monday. It will go with variable clouds for the remainder of the week so this instability probably wont hold all week long calling it somewhat partly cloudy. But thats the high cloudiness that i referenced 60 San Francisco<\/a>, 64 open 65 for san jose and coming up a little bit well take a look at the long range forecast models which are real as are not as promising to get rain in here as it was from before. But just as a note. There is still a chance of an isolated shower and then that will be followed by next weekend and the next week that will have with it more rain along the way which we need proper all right. Thank you dave, well take anything we can get at this point. Lets check in on the traffic for those of you have to do i get to work on this friday morning. Were looking good to San Francisco<\/a>. Of course, no major delays right now traffic is much lighter than usual because of that stay at home order but some folks do have to get to work like the essential workers and if thats you well be fine right now from the maze through the pay gates across the upper deck, its just smooth all the way through downtown San Francisco<\/a>. Big problem for hot spots were checking in on 92. Another busy bridge stop this disease yesterday. I noticed signals may start to pick up a little bit later but were ok for now go ahead and use at west 92 is wide open from hayward into foster city and san matteo you can make the strive in under 30 minutes, well check out some more bridges and drive times coming up a little bit later. What california schools. Close for the remainder of the Academic Year<\/a> parents are being asked to oversee the education of their children. Kron fours kate rooney spoke to some local educators to get some tips on. You know how to make home schooling successful. Its been one of the Biggest Challenges<\/a> for parents working from home during covid19 how tough it educating children into a busy workday the good news experts at a bay area tutoring center an Online School<\/a> say it may not require as much time as you think. We tend to recommend one to 2 hours for elementary kids. 2 to 3 hours for middle school kids and 3 to 4 hours a day for High School Kids<\/a> roselyn explains that a typical day at school isnt 6 straight hours of academic work. He recommends a technique called stacking mixing shorter windows of school work with breaks for play and other activities including breaks for parents to be a calendar and a schedule that gives the parents a break to is really important so including things like lego timer puzzle time or independent reading time trying to get used to really be on their own. Gives the parents a break, its also still learning when it comes to learning its ok to stick to the basics in terms of the most important skills and subjects that parents should be focusing on really mass and reading and say you know if youre focusing on a couple of essential things spoke some out because some reading and we will tell parents you know. Read in the restaurant takes care of itself if its not taking care of itself. There are plenty of physical and online resources to her core and pacific Preparatory School<\/a> have seen about a 15 increase in enrollment during shelter in place. And theyre getting creative when it comes to support next week on wednesday april the 8th from 11 to 1145 are offering a free webinar for anyone to join in. And its just packed full of a lot of great tips him, im sort of getting more gaps on what weve mentioned here to register parents can go to the website www dot tudor court dot com in San Francisco<\/a>, kate rooney kron 4 news. Well School Campuses<\/a> in the state and of course right here in the bay area theyre empty and unfortunately people are taking advantage of that in fremont 4 juveniles were arrested after destroying and burglarizing this classroom, an American High School<\/a> look at this is just awful. Police say construction crews arrive right there at the school to find a group vandalizing the classroom they caught on the group fled the scene as officers were responding American High School<\/a> officials have not comment yet on the incident and we dont know you know the folks who did this were actually students or kids there at the school. Tom lawmakers and Industry Leaders<\/a> say that us tariffs on china or hurting our countrys ability to just get what it needs to fight the coronavirus pandemic and its impacting everything from Hand Sanitizer<\/a> to medical equipment. Washington dc correspondent Trevor Shirley<\/a> reports. Ohio senator rob portman says us tariffs on chinese goods make it harder for Companies Like<\/a> gojo the ohio based maker of purell to get the raw materials, they need 25 tariffs those products. Central no 10 million. He hopes the administration backs off on some of those tariffs i hope that by the end of this week, well have a successful outcome there tend to be able to get an exclusion from those tariffs hes not alone were concerned that access to critical medical equipment. And supplies is hindered by the current tariff policy jason oxman is president of i t i a trade group that represents the Tech Industry<\/a> today, he sent a letter to the United States<\/a> trade representative that listed 62 products impacted by tariffs and these tariffs are. Interfering with our ability to get access to critical medical equipment today, we need these tariffs addressed right now, but this week President Trump<\/a> denied reports his administration might remove some tariffs for 90 days. I didnt do anything about the affair with was talking about arafat was senator Tammy Duckworth<\/a> of illinois says even if tariffs are removed the u. S. Still depends too much on china so we take the tariffs often try to worse too dependent on we need around goods and keep that capacity here in the u. S. , its unclear if or when the an ounce a change in us tariff policy reporting in washington, im Trevor Shirley<\/a>. Still ahead on the kron 00 04am morning news do you wear glasses or contacts. Why some experts believe that one may be better than the other welcome back the time now for 25 do you contact lenses. Well you may want to switch to eyeglasses during this pandemic to ease price talk to an optometrist take a listen. Doctor Michael Minson<\/a> with unc health says hes getting calls from patients who wear contact lenses wanting to know if they should switch to glasses also available to you. This he says glasses can help protect you from any harmful could come from a person coughing or sneezing it also helps to reduce the amount of times you touch your face. But we do know is that one of the ways that this virus is spread by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching your face having the glasses i would be another barrier that you would have to. Doctor munson says glasses are the safest route right now, but contact arent bad. In fact he was wearing contacts during our interview if you are killing your contact lenses if you are thoroughly washing your hands before you put them in and take them out and are not rubbing your hands on the rise throughout the day. I dont see an issue with you to stop. But if you are experiencing issues with your contact lenses. Doctor munson says ditch them if your contact lenses tend to get drier your teammate. And you feel they need to lubricating drop the eyes. You switch over to the glasses in wake county jimmys price. And on the kron 00 04am morning news wear a mask, thats the recommendation for millions living right here in the bay ar lately, ive discovered that while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. Back the Trump Administration<\/a> will be releasing nationwide recommendations about wearing face masks, federal Health Officials<\/a> first said that you know mass were necessary if you felt healthy. Well were also learning about the coronavirus can actually be spread by more than just sneezing or coughing. New research now shows that the coronavirus can also be spread by just talking singing and possibly even just breathing. Officials say the studies are consistent with aerosolization of the virus from the normal breathing. Well to save the Critical Mass<\/a> for doctors and nurses, many have already turned to making their own mascot home kron fours taylor spoke to a woman in San Francisco<\/a> whos been doing just that and how shes helping others. Within the last 2 weeks gen stats kurz already made 200 masks for doctors and nurses across the bay area this is a scary you know i can do now shes teaching others using simple items that are already inside your home. All youll need is a needle and thread. 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