Safeway stores, a lack of fresh fruits and vegetables on shelves this may be linked to a coronavirus related deaths at one of their Major Distribution Centers kron fours dan thorn talked with shoppers who know to see empty shelves see has more in this report from Pleasant HillPleasant Hill. Sent to a shoppers are telling us here they started noticing a shortage of produce on the shelves here about a week ago and we spoke with an employee who works here at the safeway that says that they too started noticing the low stock and it may be possibly connected to an issue that happened at the Tracy Distribution Center safely has confirmed that one of their workers at that center died earlier this week because of complications with coronavirus the company is also acknowledge there is a shortage of staff at their Tracy Distribution Center. But its for quote a variety of reasons they did not explicitly say was because of the covid19 debt in the meantime viewers have been reporting that the produce aisles at their Stores Across the bay area have been looking like these pictures that job were showing you here when people are not able to find out what caused those peppers any of the romaine lettuce that theyve been looking for him one shopper says that they were actually unable to grab a number of things that they were looking for. Nothing there nothing i was looking for bell peppers strategy, less i couldnt find anything even the bag items that they have the package never is absolutely nothing pretty limited selection of what you can get and how many combined. A Police Chopper say theyve been going to other stores in hopes of finding the veggies and salad that they need theyre also hoping that this Distribution Center can get back up to speed to help meet the demand safeway says that about 50 of their 1700 associates in their warehouse at the Tracy Distribution Center have tested positive for covid19 right now they say they are trying take those remaining employees and streamline their operations so that they can bring out Additional Resources and get people the supplies that they need thats the latest here live in Pleasant Hill dan thorn kron 4 news stan. Thank you here in the bay area there are now 185 deaths and more than 5800 confirmed cases of covid19. This is a breakdown county by county. Its on your screen Santa Clara County still leading the bay area with 69 deaths Alameda County has 39 deaths. 28 deaths are recorded in San Mateo CountySan Francisco has 17 death contra costa, 16 deaths, 10 deaths in marine county and Solano Sonoma and napa counties have all seen 2 deaths from covid19 tonight, there are more than 2. 1 million confirmed cases of covid19 around the world and more than 143,000 deaths. Thats according to the Johns HopkinsUniversity Global coronavirus tracker. Here in the u. S. Are more than 670,000 cases and more than 33,000 deaths and in california. There are more than 27,000 cases of coronavirus and it is claims the lives of more than 900 people. President trump has now unveiled guidelines to reopen the u. S. Economy. It is a 3 phase plan and the president says it will be up to each governor to determine when a state goes to the next phase Camilla Bernal has the latest. The decision to reopen the country will not come from the president is going to be up to the governors will work with them were going to help them. But its going to be up to the governors the white house issuing guidelines to help but the states will not be forced to follow that our approach outlines 3 phases and restoring our economic life. We are not opening for once. But one careful step at a time that on light switch on and off is the exact opposite of what you see here. Which is a gradual read asian in america can then make at the Center New YorkGovernor Andrew Cuomo saying theyre not ready to reopen ready to open tomorrow because were afraid the infection rate will go on. Hospitalizations are down but the state is seeing about 2000 new cases a day and are setting their sights on another major concern weve been watching the Nursing Homes is Nursing Homes in many ways are ground 0 for this situation across the country. Los angeles county facing their highest number of deaths reported in a single day so far after reporting high totals a bside yesterday and the day before. And it really reflects a devastating power of covid19 derby flip President Trump says governors in states with less cases. Well be able to order people back to work soon. Some states will be able to open up sooner than others some states. Not in the kind of trouble that others are in. Im Camila Bernal reporting. Another 5 million workers filed for Unemployment Benefits last week thats according to the u. S. Department of labor in all 22 Million People have filed for jobless claims over the last month thats the largest and most dramatic rise in claims on record however, the skyrocketing number of claims is overwhelming state labor departments in some states are expected to run low on funding for state Unemployment Benefits the u. S. Governments emergency Small BusinessLending Program is already out of money this morning, the billion Program Officially tapped out. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and democrats are reconvening to try and Reach Agreement on a package that will immediately increase the program funding. If a deal is not reached not only will the program go without replenished money through the weekend but possibly on to the rest of the month. The vast majority of Small Businesses did miss out on the billion paycheck protection funding, according to a San Francisco based Accounting ConsultingWealth Management firm. There are a number of reasons why that happened among them a number of banks did not accept applications others ran out of money, a mountain of paperwork and major franchises going up against the mom and pop shops applying for the same money. Each of these create and huge and frustration the altered a Small Business, you know the corner store. And you are just trying to stay light, you dont have all of these. S s. Stephen meyer of estima an associate says he remains hopeful his firm is assisting close to 200 Small Businesses to get ready for the next round of government funding. It is not being for the undocumented families are actually the most memorable. Teachers in oakland are raising money for undocumented immigrant families within their School Districts who are not eligible for stimulus checks. They started a web site stimulus pledge dot org days before governor newsome announced the state would spend 75 million to create a Disaster Relief fund for undocumented immigrants. Many Oakland Unified School district educators are now donating their stimulus checks to the families of their students who dont qualify for federal aid including stimulus checks on employment and others. So far theyve received 300 pledges from Teachers Principals and Community Members kron fours michelle kingston shows us. How you can help. I teach your is calling families every day. And sow we are hearing directly from my students and their families and what theyre going to meet iverson camello is the principal at Bridges Academy at melrose in oakland and saw firsthand how many of her students families who are undocumented immigrants for unable to afford rent pay their bills and buy essential items because of the shelterinplace these families are not eligible to receive the federal stimulus checks or to file for unemployment iverson camello says she first asked a few of her teachers at they be interested in giving their stimulus checks to the undocumented immigrant families within their school we saw how much. They why are suffering the families were really need. So we are we decided what we can do is just give us get what we have and then. But now we can actually open up most of ai donations and pledges actually coming from the public after so many of her teachers offering to help iverson camello asked other principles within the Oakland Unified School district soon enough they had 300 pledges from educators and Community Members as well as close to 100 donations, it makes me feel good it makes me feel like im just im ce up sad and angry by whats happening and saddened. But he says something that i can do thats within my sphere of control and influence. If youre interested in learning more donating or pledging your stimulus check head to stimulus pledge dot org in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news and food banks around the bay area are doing what they can to help those in need during this pandemic in the south bay Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and san jose is in need of volunteers as well as financial donations kron fours gayle ong joins us live with details on that scale. And the Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is not short on soon, but they are short on volunteers specifically at their Distribution Sites and they need financial donations to help serve better serve those who are in need at this search this difficult time. Theyre not the typical helpers at the food banks so they are much needed after Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and san jose saw a dramatic drop in volunteers after shelterinplace orders last month 40 of our workforce consisted of volunteers and that almost went away completely first before that we have about 200 volunteers a day in this location we were seeing maybe 17 people come meet the need with that many volunteers so called in the National Guard and they responded yes, the food bank has they trained us and we basically folded into their fulltime staffer here everyday money for it. Helping out. The food bank serves santa clara and san mateo counties, the challenges theyre facing is not a shortage of food ceo of Second Harvest leslie says the facility has received an abundance of produce thanks to restaurants. That are closed, but the food bank is not accepting personal donations at this time were looking for financial donations because really we can stretch your dollar so much farther were paying the trucking for all of this donated produce we are are purchasing products provided by the truckload and trying to negotiate the best deal possible so the best thing folks can do right now is to provide Financial Support just like the Grocery Store items like pasta and rice are hard to find and the food bank has to pay more for those items. More than 5,000 boxes of food for package today and that is that a legal reporting live gayle ong kron 4 news. Thank you gayle kron 4 visited a food banks all around the bay area today to see how theyre handling the increase in demand we will have more Team Coverage on the food banks coming up. This experience is stressful its different and its just dropped and its a big change coming up were going hear from californias for Surgeon General about how we can all manages stress and fall out dealing with the covid19 pandemic. More from the governor of new york it is not over yet Governor Cuomo extending the stay at home order there we have details on how long and wide. And after the break residents forced to shelter in place are now allowed to venture out in Santa Cruz County but it doesnt mean you beaches and parks have reopened in Santa Cruz County the temporary closures were initially aimed at discouraging people from coming to town over the Easter Holiday weekend. But as kron fours rob fladeboe reports tonight there are still some restrictions in place. The shelterinplace order that last week closed beaches and parks lapsed at midnight and a handful of servers were back in the water here along west cliff drive this morning. Most parks are open again to although parking may be limited says county spokesman jason happen so for example you know, which is a very popular surf spot here in Santa Cruz County. That parking lot we noticed prior to the parts of beach closure was very popular so in the day or 2 before that our beach closer in their back. We actually put out a large air years. We kind of blocked off every other spot, an attic so that when people get out of their cars. Theyre not rubbing up against each other we dont want that to happen the popular seacliff skate park will stay closed along with dog parks and park restrooms are still closed for the most part. The restrictions were eased in part because Santa Cruz County has a relatively low level of infection compared with other counties statewide and because surfing visiting parks and other forms of recreation is considered essential at locals what is not a are working journeys, traveling several counties over for recreation. So were really trying to discourage people from coming out of the county to Santa Cruz County. There is not as far as we can tell an essential need to depending on cooperation Officials Say restrictions on outdoor construction gulf landscaping and other gatherings of 10 or fewer people may also be relaxed soon. But to those thinking of heading to santa cruz to hang reminded that several visitors from fremont last weekend were fined a 1000 each were doing just that we are still in forcing the shelterinplace order and physical distancing. We have given out i believe its over a 100 tickets at this point. People who are not doing and so that means stay 6, you are one another its not a vacation. I realize a lot of people are out of work in a small, but its not the time to come to the beach just to hang out if you want your dog gets treat offering your neighbors. That will be in force you to shelter in place order. Rob fladeboe kron 4 news. In San Francisco laguna honda hospital has recorded an increase in coronavirus cases there are currently 19 confirmed cases there 15 of which are Staff Members while the other 4 are residents of those Staff Members 11 have been in patient care physicians. The hospital says most cases and that will go into hama community rx more cases are expected there the surge in demand for help from food banks during the coronavirus pandemic is meant thousands more people need help and new ways to distribute the food com for visited food banks all across the bay area today to get a closer look at the work being done well force and current reports on the San Francisco moran food bank. Thursday afternoon order builders with the San FranciscoMarin Food Bank started gathering food unloading a pallets to deliver to pantries and papa pantries for fridays distribution. Since the pandemic broke out the need has skyrocketed. Before the pandemic started we were serving about 2 32,000 households a week with fresh if your Country Network and at this we are serving 49,000 households this week well thats happening inside the warehouse outside volunteers are loading bags with groceries for the food banks new pantry at Home Delivery program. Its for seniors and other vulnerable populations who shouldnt leave their home. I sell it so i can get money but one thing i can get this time and it seems a little bit better to a 100 people in my community. Whats the bags are loaded their move to the curb or drivers picked them up and head out on their deliveries. And while the food bank has enough food to service these 20,000 additional households. They could use more volunteer drivers and packers as well as donations. The need is always volunteers and is always Financial Support because we know that even once the shelterinplace has left 8 even things get back to quote unquote normal many of those participants that were serving right now are a direct result of