Watching kron 4 news. Rising the years of. Covering as an additional vontary Public Health measures so its voluntary you have do it. I nt think im going to be doing it. Now at 9 President Trump tellingthe nation. He refuses to weara mask, a face mask despite new guidelines from the cdc. Thanks for joining us tonight, everybody im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus the president made that Statement Today during the coronavirutask force briefing saying the cdcs guidelines are volunry. People wear nonmedical grade clh masks when theyre out in public,bu. They are stressi that the mas are not a substitute for physical distanci stay 6 feet apart, this though is a big chane from the cdc after weeks of lling the country that people shouldonly wear masks or facil coverings if they are sick exriencing symptoms kron fours gayle ong joins us live. She spoke with a medical professional today about at these masks really do how effective they are and who theyre protectingayle. Will grant a medical experts say these d i y massive they are not going to protect u from coronavirus lie the n 95 respirators at the docto and nurses where but they are an added health measure, especially for ymptomatic people who dont ow they have the virus. After eeks of advising americans to only wear a mask if youre sick the centers fodisease control and prevention is now recommending people to use clock face coverings to help spoke to doctor george 19 we rutherford an epidemiology professor at ucsf and wt were trying to do now. Is to prevent people who may beasymptomatic or mildly symptomatic spreading infecti. Soits a its the reverse logic. The guidelines were designed to make su medical workers on the front lines have enough supply of surgical masks and respirators the idea was was clocked masks is that you can either have them or by oror use a scarf or use abandanna. Or use a a handkerchief so when you brthe out when you cough when stays youre infected. Its going catch up in front of yo face and not sead it around the cdc advises teams clock mast in areaswhere its hard to physicallydistance like Grocery Stores and Pharmacies Medical experts are stying the spread and effects of the evolvg coronavirus us Surgeon General jeromadams talked about the chges at fridays Coronavirus Task fromrecent studies that a signifint portion. Individual with coronavirus lak symptoms that what we call asymomatic. And even ose who eventually become pre symptomatic meaning that they will devop symptoms in the future can transmit the virus to othe before they show symptoms doctorrutherford says in italy abou12 of covid19 cases are health care workers. One of the reasons theyre shortstaffed one of the things wcant afford. Having a sick health care c is workers o cant work. Oclock mass they are not a substitute of social physical distancing e best thing to do is to stay home and i am reporting live from home back to you. Practice what you preach i thank you gayle, ong here in the bay santa clara unty is now getting close to 1100 coronavirus cases, 38 people have died in Santa Clara CountySan Mateo County up to 486 cases with 13 deaths, sa francisco county nearing 500 cases, 7 people have died. In the city Contra Costa County was 307 cases in 5 deaths. Aleda county is repoing 443 cases to go alonwith 12 dehs marine county up 231 Solano County 73 cases and one deh. Sonoma county 79 cases and the deh and napa county has 20cases and 2 people have died bay area restaurants already struggng through the coronavirus pandemic are now dealing with vandals and burglars. Yeah places ranging from Popular Ice Cream shops and barbecue spots in high end restaurants havebeen hit. Our first and torn rerts now from walnut creek where he spoke with Business Owners affected by these imes. For rtaurants acrossthe bay area the coronavirus pandemic has become a fight to stay open. Its also become a fight against thieves and vandals this video shows the thief quicklybreaking into a restaurant in pleast hill and stealing the Cash Register by leaving that mean its just a crappy thng to do somebody dan franks says the thief broke into the front door of hirestaurants lohan barbecue early tuesday, costing t business of 550 glass repair. Hes thankful. There was nothing in the Cash Register, but this crime at this time hurts itsnot fair to Small Businesses fair to people. You know me you know thing going on the everyday business to stay in business. The next y businesses that have had totemporarily cle up are being terrorized well in a facebookpo mitchells ice cream in San Francisco says someone tried to eak into the shop by using a blow torch. And these pictures show th decided to party inide of a Half Moon Bay restaurant thats been closed because of the shelterinplace order doesnt make all up it all. This is something yo dont want it you dont want manager giorgio policy says look host an era suffered thousands of dollars in damage will also losing several bottles of expensive liquor. He says restaurants and her Small Businesses cant afford to survive if criminals theyre down day she thought that the supply ship. The commute is going to be with another at the restaurant. San Francisco Police say theyve seen an overall reduction in crime since the shelterinplace went into effect however, closed businesses face a higher risk of being burglarized and also Vandalism Police say that they have tried to have an expanded presence to make sure that theres no crimes that are happening and to make sure that people are abiding by the shelterinplace reporting in walnut creek dan thorn kron 4 news. Tonight there are nearly 1. 1 million confirmed cases of covid19 out there in the world with nearly 60,000 deaths. The United States there are more than 277,000 confirmed cases with more than 7,000 deaths and here in california. There are more than 12,000 confirmed cases was 278 deaths. Tonight, we know a crew member from the quarantined grand princess cruise ship is died from the coronavirus at a San Francisco hospital. The grand princess docked in oakland, you may recall after passengers on board were diagnosed with the virus last month. Hundreds of crew members are still on that ship is now docked near San Franciscos Hunters Point theyre 14 day quarantine ends tomorrow. Theyve been on that ship for more than a month now the first case of covid19 was detected on that ship in early march. Tonight in the east bay, 27 people have tested positive for coronavirus after an outbreak at a nursing facility in orinda ah the good news here that so far no deaths have been reported as michelle investigatiointo that are in the care center started earlier this week. So so we that this is a very vulnerable population and so weve really been putting in strict recommendations and guidelines about. Howling how to reduce the risk of an outbreak. A coronavirus outbreak at are in Day Care Center at least 24 residents and 3 Staff Members infected Contra Costa CountyHealth Officials are still conducting tests in awaiting results from some Staff Members right now 14 tests have come back negative. Were told staff and residents who do not have serious symptoms are medically isolated to people who have tested positive are in the hospital covid19 is a disease with no proven medication treatment. And no vaccine. Our primary weapons against this pandemic virus are isolation and quarantine of known cases and their close contacts. And for everyone else in the community to strictly follow the stay at home and social distancing directives. The investigation into the outbreak began on tuesday the 47 dead facility is still operating but for weeks now have that no group events in it not allowed any visitors county Health Officials say they are working closely with the Skilled Nursing facility to decrease risk of continued transmission to other staff and residents who have not contracted the virus does not come as a surprise this is something weve been worried about and preparing for. For quite some time that the facility in our rain does not the only senior care facility to be investigated by Contra Costa CountyHealth Officials they will not tell us how many others are which ones theyre investigating but they say. It is not the only one in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news today, San Francisco mayor london breed held a press conference at the Moscone Center to address concerns about how the city will care for the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic. Mosconi centers become the citys Emergency Operations nter. Protesters were seen driving around the building hawking their horns asking the city to immediately place Homeless People inside mt hotels and close up shelters. Mayor breed says the city is doing the best it can amid the pandemic. So this is more complicated than opening up every hotel room in San Francisco and making it available. If that were possible we would do it in a heartbeat but there are a lot of other things that come with doing this right and ultimately our goal is to focus on our Public Health experts and the recommendations there and to do this in a way that provides the help and the support that we need to those who are most vulnerable in order to get through this. You may have read also went on to say that the city will not be able to move all of San Franciscos homeless in 2 hotel rooms. Governor Gavin Newsome also weighed in on californias homeless during the coronavirus pandemic Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the governors soon to come efforts. Governor Gavin Newsome announced the state secured about 7,000 hotel rooms to help house theomeless during the covid19 crisis at his Daily Briefing friday in front of a hotel, the governor said the state is almost halfway to its goal of 15,000 hotel rooms in a new program called project room key, but we want to do is relieve the stress in our shelter system. So we can separate individuals and ultimately again relieve the impact in our medical care delivery allow our most vuerable ed we residents. The state of california to be exposed to this virus. The rooms will be provided to homeless who are at high risk of tested positive or have en exposed to covid19 fema will reimburse the state 75 of the cost newsome sa 869 unsheltered californians now have roofs over their heads and Hotels Leader of the states Homeless Task force in sacramento. Mayor Darrell Steinberg says this effort help speed up the sheltering process that could have taken the state years to do the covid crisis. Has given us together an unprecedented opportunity to move up that timeline in a most appropriate and aggressive way project room key builds on the states work that began earlier this year to purchase and provide hundreds of emergency trailers as temporary shelter to homeless across california. This was the crisis we need to address before. The covid19 crisis and were not walking away from meeting that crisis head on the state aiming to keep homelessness at the top of its priority list in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. And now time for 4 zone forecast as we get a live look outside at the embarcadero in San Francisco, yeah, not much going on that is what we do these days says korea. Look theres beautiful picture the bay bridge shar meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez working from home on what appears to be a wet weekend in store. Yeah for big stand home weather but for now the calm before the storms that im tracking this weekend grant vicki, heres a live look outside city hall lit up this evening in red and yellow and current wind speeds out there right now pretty breezy along the bay area coastline, especially downtown San Francisco seeing sustained winds at 25 Miles Per Hour gusts. Upwards of 30 Miles Per Hour in that area this evening. Temperatures out there right now still in the 50s but nap and fremont in the mid to upper 40s this evening. But were all going to be in the 40s tonight with the exception of santa rosa cooling down to 39 degrees tomorrows daytime highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. So because of the storms we are going to be below average with temperatures about 5 degrees below normal and a week Atmospheric River will make its way into the bay area this weekend. First it is going to impact the north bay by saturday morning bringing about half an inch of rain or less that the rest of the bay area getting about a 3rd of an inch of rain or less and breezy winds but its that second stronger colder storm on sunday that were all going to watch out for because thats going to bring us widespread rain throughout the bay area sir right now very calm dry Clear Conditions right now but youre the 2 storms, im acking out in the Pacific Northwest set to arrive early in the morning right around sunrise for those of you on the north bay for the rest of the y area early afternoon were going tosee some scattered showers and heres a look at that second stronger storm right after that first one exits not really going to get a break in between these 2 storms so we are going to notice light to even a slight chance of popup thunderstorms with gusty winds. And even snow throughout the highest peaks of the north bay dropping snow levels to as low as 3500 feet, scattered showers will continue on monday with that slight chance of popup thunderstorms continuing 2 we start to dry out and clear out by tuesday during the overnight hours so rain totals, looking very impressive, but this week Atmospheric River is actually going to be beneficial. More to areas of the south in Monterey County and big surf they could get up towards of tuna inches of rain right along the coast and wind gusts, 50 Miles Per Hour less but for us in the bay area slight chance of scattered showers early into the week until dryout a week from today granted to get back to you. Thank a bris grocery and supermarket chains across the country are trying to increase safety measures. Well Big Box Stores like walmart and target have also announced changes trying to protect shoppers come forced. Anchorman explains. Why there may not be anything like a quick trip to the store anymore. If you think the lines are bad outside your local Grocery Store. Take a look at this line outside the costco in south San Francisco. This is the line to get into the line in the parking lot before you get into the store. Its all part of the new socia distancing policies limiting those entering the store at one time. Among costcos new policies no more than 2 people to enter the warehouse with each membership card. Only members age, 60 or older can shop from 08 00am to 09 00am tuesday through thursday and costcos asking members to use social distancing guidelines by allowing at least 6 feet of space between each person, though that wasnt always happening for those waiting in line at this costco at walmart in san leandro people were pouring into the store and no one appeared to be paying attention to the social distancing signs that likely will change when new guidelines go into effect walmart says beginning saturday stores will now allow no more than 5 customers for each 1000 square feet at any given time inside some stores next week walmart will institute Oneway Movement through the aisles using oor markers and direction from associates. Additional precautions are highlighted in this walmart video. Begin to see tho floor decals and stores promoting social distancing a 6 foot or more, t we also just in our store hours. We both overnight that way we get a deep clean and and speaking of cleaning you begin to see sociates wearing a special backpack and spraying down sanitizing are carts and white down the handles. And were making masking gloves available to any associates now want to wear it. At target in coma people were keeping their distance in line outside the store and a team member was limiting the number of people inside t store, those limits are among new precautions target is taking otrs include stepped up cleaning floors signs to promote social distancing and plexiglass partitions that registers and over the next 2 weeks targt will provide all team members and stores and Distribution Centers with face masks and gloves at the