But she also says San Francisco is doing better in flattening the curve. Hello everyone, im Catherine Heenan a big update today in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic mayor breed announcing a program to streamline Contact Tracing thats one of the Things Considered essential in california before restrictions are loosened kron fours kate rooney explains how the program will help. Its called contact. Tracing and the city of San Francisco hopes it will be a major step both in getting through shelter in place and jump starting life afterwards. We can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is to chase down all of those people. And to either help them if theyre covid and get them into quarantine or to basically give them the relief that they are not infected. The department of health is partnering with ucsf to get the program up and running 50 people have already been trained to work on Contact Tracing with a 150 expected to be ready in another 2 weeks we are building a fastmoving comprehensive system to track cases. And support people to prevent the spread as much as possible that system will include confidential interviews and an app with a Symptom Tracker another part of the project is expanded testing for City EmployeesFirst Responders and members of the public who meet screening criteria. Reporting in San Francisco, kate rooney kron 4 news. We are tracking the number of coronavirus cases and deaths across the bay area weve got to break down by county, San Francisco county reporting a jump of 30 cases tuesday, bringing the total to 987 15 deaths both san mateo and alameda counties i have more than 20 deaths napa county has the fewest cases. California the first state in the country to offer Coronavirus Relief checks to undocumented immigrants are Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has that story. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing undocumented immigrants will get direct Disaster Relief payments amid californias covid19 crisis regardless of your status documented or an documented there are people in need new someones day said individual workers will get 500 or up to 1000 per family. The million effort is a blend of state and philanthropic funding undocumented immigrants make up 10 of californias workforce in the areas that are so essential. To meeting the needs of 10s of millions of californians today in the healthcare sector in the agriculture and food sector in the manufacturing and Logistics Sector and in the construction sector. Theres per representation of people without documentation newson also announced independent contractors and gig workers can apply for Unemployment Benefits under a new state plan. The governor says Gig Companies will have to provide wage information to the state for their employees to be eligible. The Program Launches april 28th, we are going to be turning around payments. Within 24 to 48 hours so those first payments should be out by april 30th. Wednesday said of announcement comes as california hits 2. 7 million unemployment claims newsome is taking executive action to increase hours and 100s of staff to Californias Employment Development Department to handle those claims. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Best buy is furloughing at least 51,000 employees but says those workers will continue to have Health Benefits this move being made as a coronavirus sales surge is ending people initially were buying up things like freezers and the computer monitors further stays at home but things getting tougher for the company. Best buy initially continued paying employees but says its now making the same decision as many retailers by doing some cost cutting. But 82 of fulltime employees who work in the stores are in the field like the geek squad employers well continue to be paid. In san jose a temporary moratorium on residential eve it has now been extended kron fours rob fladeboe joins us live with details, including rob, a plan that could also freeze. Rent hikes correct. Yeah thats right catherine, a proponents of these actions say they are a lifeline out of people struggling to pay the rent. In addition of the mayor is also proposing that a wrench be least a suspended for the time being not suspended, but awesome some help for for a a tenants lets hear from the mayor now. Anyone who has lost income is no longer able to pay rent we want to do everything we can to keep them housed, san jose mayor sam liccardo last month announced and the city Council Agreed to place a temporary moratorium on the eviction of residents who cant pay their rent because of lost wages due to the coronavirus pandemic now the moratorium has been extended to may 31st. I spoke with the mayor today on soon. We know that the more time patience is helping because found some families are really hanging on by a thread right now. And right now were finding out keep around in their homes. The mayor says the city council will be considering a plan to freeze the rent for the rest of the year for thousands of rental units across town. But landlords remind the city they too have bills to pay says the California Apartment Association is joshua howard. But the real issue thats not being talked about is what about these owners who are going without rent and could be going without rent for several months. While the residents are looking for a new job or recovering from the virus. And thats where the government needs to step in and provide mortgage relief to rental Property Owners to help them pay their bills if approved the emergency ordinance would temporarily freeze ranson about 39,000 rent stabilized apartments and mobile homes built before 1979. Single family homes and most newer apartments are exempt. We know a lot of residents are going to have to pay and we want to see how we can reduce that burden. Negotiate out comes out well forgive some debt background and allow for a minute the remainder of her time smaller socalled mom and pop landlords say rent increases are needed to pay their mortgages. Advocates say landlords are willing to go along with the city to a point but are calling for some flexibility says joshua howard. Any renter who feels theyre having a tough time needs to contact their landlord and work out a solution that can benefit the renter and benefit the property owner. Its important that when these agreements are reached that theres reasonable time frames for the the for trent to be repaid. But the. The city council is expected to a vote on this next week if approved this would apply to not just those 39,000 to rent stabilized apartments, but also 10,000 rentcontrolled mobile homes across the city reporting live rob fladeboe kron 4 news. You rub. There is a new plan to make a digital version of the s a t test this fall in the event that students still wont be able to return to school the College Board has already made a p Testing Available at home and says at home as safety testing would be equally simple and accessible. The board also talking about administering the tests on a monthly basis through the end of the year beginning in august. This years marin county fair has been canceled because of the coronavirus the fair has been a big yearly event since 1946. Organizers trying to put a positive spin on the message saying they hope to soar into the future with more resilience that scarce a county fair has been tentatively scheduled for july 1st through the 5th. We have the latest numbers of coronavirus cases in california and the u. S. There are more than 630,000 cases in the u. S. More than 27,000 deaths in california more than 26,000 cases, 859 deaths and globally more than 2 million cases. Members of the California National guard are at Sonoma State University. They are helping to convert some of the vacant buildings there in the housing for a potential coronavirus patients kron fours Maureen Kelly has that story. Looking at members of the 3 49th Quartermaster Company and National Guard troops out of the as they helped set up cots inside one of 2 gymnasiums on the sonoma state campus one will be set up for patients who have mild symptoms one little bit more moderate symptoms. And so we have a capacity for about i think a 110 cars are being set up there several 100 dorm rooms vacant since the campus which to Remote Learning back in march are also being converted going to be used for those patients who are waiting for test results or are at risk some will be those and that 65 and above age group who are. Not position to be quarantined in and new place to stay after the work here is done sonoma state will be ready for 500 plus patients overseen by the countys Health Services department. This alternative care site is part of governor Gavin Newsoms push for 60,000 beds across the state for Surge Capacity if we dont use these beds all the better, but its better to be here that not to the county has contracted the space for 30 days with an option to extend, but because so much is unknown about this virus. Its hard to say how long the beds here will be needed. So we really dont know whether this is going to be for 30 days 3 months maybe more the buildings being used as the alternative care site will be fenced off and are in a more secluded part of the campus. So the patients can be kept at a safe distance from those still working here with a 150 students still living here. The first group of patients are expected to move into Sonoma State University sometime next week. Maureen kelly kron 4 coming up the president takes aim at nancy pelosi accusing her of encouraging parties and San Franciscos china town amid the pandemic and the investigation into a nursing facility in the east bay after more than 10 people have died from the virus. There. And when we come back how we might be able to resume a sporting events but probably people are wondering of course when we will ever be able to gather for big events again things like concerts and sporting events festivals all canceled because of the pandemic now the mayor of los angeles as big gatherings, including concerts and sporting events are out of the question until next year and he says unless there is a vaccine there will be no exceptions and as we adjust to life during the pandemic there have been a lot of questions and suggestions about how we can get back to some kind of normalcy one resumen professional sports spot without and the fans in attendance. Kron fours jason dumas 6 floors that idea with a professional basketball player. Pro sports without fans that is a real possibility as we look to get into the next phase of the current Global Pandemic michaud basketball player dante green said it would definitely take some adjustments is starting to take the lie to you know they got that drawing a lot of ultimately athletes will have to look past the fan aspect and get back to why did they started playing their respective sport in the first place you go out there you know you new set. Fan says a you know the fly so anybody says anything you know whether the from the everybodys here now you know. Its so how a green feel about his own safety if it were deemed that it wasnt safe enough for the tour you know do guys that did. In San Francisco, im jason dumas scrum for news. Throwing parties in chinatown thats what President Trump had to say about House Speaker nancy pelosi during the white house news briefing todays accusing her and the World Health Organization of mismanaging the pandemic kron fours Ella Sogomonian is live in the newsroom and she has details. Hello what did he mean exactly. Catherine President Trump was asked about his decision to pull funding from the World Health Organization and he used that time to explain that he believes that it has been unfairly backing china and has been operating as what he called their tool and then to bash House Speaker nancy pelosi you may remember back on february 24th. Pelosi toward her district that San Franciscos chinatown inviting the media long to stifle growing fears from the public of shopping and dining there. Pelosi spent several hours speaking with Business Owners and visitors. Heres what the president said today about that move and the w h o. They didnt want us to close our borders to china to specifically that it won a border straws you take a look mike was there were all there and theyre criticizing made for closing the border. I did that very early by the way did that very early well. Nancy pelosi was trying to have in San Francisco parties and chinatown because they she thought it would be great you want to show that this thing doesnt exist. These are people we have some politicians or the other side that dont know what theyre doing. President trump accuse the w h o for mismanagement, but critics say that thats a deflection from his own administration falling short of getting a handle on the outbreak before it infected more people in the United States now than anywhere else in the world. Thats as far as confirmed and reported cases go with the president pointing out that he believes thats not the case and other countries like china live in the newsroom. Ella sogomonian kron 4 news. Thank you alex. Well more than 9,000 of the Nations Health care workers have been infected by the coronavirus thats according to a new cdc report. That estimate could be on the low side since most case reports do not include whether the Person Health care. The cdc says more than half of those Health Care Workers did get infected on the job, 90 were not hospitalized. A cdc official says Health Workers did not realize at first how quickly people without symptoms can spread the disease. Time for a look outside it has been just a Beautiful Day this is the view from our sutro camera overlooking a San Francisco still clear and has been really lovely good time to check in with our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. We want to know how much longer this kind of weather is going to stick around debris, so. Hi there Kathleen Jaeger going to notice a gradual fall down in the coming days, starting today along the coast but spreading inland tomorrow and we are going to continue with that cooling trend throughout the weekend even into early next week live look outside downtown San Francisco, starting to see a return about marine layer right off the kurds and it is going to blanket the bay area during the overnight hours, a sub out stronger on shore flow in speeds out there right now breezy at around 15 Miles Per Hour or less with widespread cooling especially for the bay area coastline and even a long debate double digit cooling or near double digit calling for those of you at Half Moon Bay and oakland, but as you can see still during with the light offshore flow influence for those of you in the interior valleys of the east bay and south bay with a degree or 2 of warming. Theyre so unique microclimate forecast out there right now in the bay area, the warmest city antioch 84 degrees in Half Moon Bay, currently in the mid 50s on a count of those westerly wind so nearly a 3rd 30 degree prints out there right now in the bay area and were starting to notice since changes throughout south market with that increase in high cloud cover overhead cooler temperatures expected tomorrow, not just along the coast, but also in our interior valleys, overall dry weather but we could see some traces amount of light showers starting friday morning. I mean in continuing through saturday morning. Right along the bay area coastline with the return of wet weather possible on monday and it is storm taps into some some tropical moisture out in the pacific we could see the return of an Atmospheric River making its way into the bay area early next week more my full forecast in just a few minutes back to you catherine all right bruce and talk to them. Still ahead what if anything does a microwave have to do with protecting your mail from the coronavirus well have that answer coming up. And while a lot of people are already getting stimulus check some lawmakers have a new plan were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or ju