Slide. We dont want to go back into a tougher shelterinplace order. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman and today the shelterinplace order that impacts most of the bay area was officially extended through may 31st. The new order largely keeps the existing order in place, bars and restaurants will remain closed. Kron fours rob fladeboe takes a look now the most obvious changes and a set of indicators that will be in place to measure the progress going forward. The sound of construction may herald a first step toward a resumption of business as usual in the bay area on monday, the bay area shelter in place order which applies to Santa Clara Alameda contra costa, san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties will be loosened a bit impacting certain Outdoor Activities most construction will be allowed as long as physical distancing protocols are kept in place. Other Outdoor Activities like golf tennis and landscaping will also be permitted childcare and summer camp settings are to be permitted in stable groups of 12 or fewer, says Public Health officer doctor sara cody, the new order that will take effect next week is designed to preserve the progress that weve made. To continue to prevent a surge in cases and to gradually ease restrictions allowing for a few additional businesses and activities to take place. Any further relaxing of restrictions will be based on 5 indicators whether the current number of cases is flat or decreasing whether hospitalizations are flat or decreasing an adequate supply of ppe for Health Care Workers and whether we are meeting the need for testing and Contact Tracing we must all abide by both the local Council Orders and the state. Health orders. That means which ever is stricter controls. In some cases thats the local water but in other cases that is the state over. And the state order does continue to impose limitations on certain activities that the new order might otherwise allow. Officials urged the public to guard against a false sense of security that could lead to a backward slide. But noted considerable progress on those indicators through gradual and collective action by working from home and physical distancing. We have slow the spread flatten the curve preserved our Hospital Capacity and prevented many many deaths rob fladeboe kron 4 news fine. Tonight, theyre nearly 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 280 people have now died from the virus. Here are the latest numbers broken down by county alameda and Santa Clara County both reported new desk today and Santa Clara County continues to lead the bay area with more than 2000 covid19 cases. San Francisco Mayor london breed joins us here on kron 4 news at 5 oclock to talk about the citys progress in the fight against covid19. The mayor touched on what the next steps in reopening will look like. A lot of it has to do with number one the number of cases that happened every day the number of hospitalizations im looking at that the number of deaths and what happens in those categories and also ensuring that we continue to increase our ppe we increase the number of test kits. Everything that be provided in terms of information on the criteria, theyre looking at is what helps to allow us to open up various industries over time. But if we see a shift and in our hospitalizations and then there will be adjustments to accommodate that. Its pretty clear that if we start to test more people will see more cases but does the city have enough resources to keep people safe like pp and testing and when would Antibody Test be available for San Francisco residents. So i think that gradually the amount of ppe and has kids that we need we are not were to a point where we can open the city up quickly. Its definitely going to take some time because were not just talking about personal protective equipment for those who are in hospitals. When we open businesses. We of course are going to expect that they will be wearing mask they will be wearing gloves and so we want to make sure that our Business Community is we just open up and the Construction Industry so ensuring that the guidelines are met and may have sufficient protective equipment so were not out of the woods yet its going to still take us some to get through this process and to have enough resources to start to open back up various industry. Mayor breed also talked about the importance of prioritizing your Mental Health during this pandemic and you can hear our full interview on our website kron 4 dot com and tomorrow on kron 4 news at 5 our own Catherine Heenan will be joined by san joses mayor. Sam mccargo to talk about some of the issues that his community is facing during this pandemic now San Francisco officials are also looking ahead to whats next. They say there are several key factors there following to track the progress in the fight against covid19 so here they are. Is the number of coronavirus patients in the hospital decreasing or staying flat. Do we have enough ppe for Health Care Workers are we expanding our testing capabilities, especially for vulnerable populations. 2 we have capacity to investigate every case and conduct Contact Tracing is the total number of cases in San Francisco and across the bay area decreasing or staying flat those are all the indicators that can help us e is more of the shelter in place restrictions. And while overall crime is down 23 in San Francisco. There are some troubling trends that police are tracking. Chief bill scott says the 4 elderly women have been robbed in the last 2 weeks some of the victims were attacked at gunpoint some are even pushed to the ground the thieves targeting the victims purse, Us Commercial burglaries are also on the rise. And police say in 34 arrests, charges of looting have also been added because the crimes took place during a Public Health emergency. Chief scott says that the Community Involvement is key and cracking down on crime. We cannot allow this type of violence in our city so although crime is down. We do still have challenges that we need to tackle him were going to need the publics help and working with us to make sure we keep our community safe. But we need these crimes reported because we have to get on top of this and make sure that we dont have people in our city victimized. The police chief also says voluntary compliance is still a priority. But if necessary officers will enforce the shelterinplace orders. She scott says so far 19 citations have been issued that breaks down to 10 businesses and 9 individuals. Police have also given out 86 warnings. Tonight the death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 60,000 a number that we once were not predicted to hit until august and there are more than a million cases overall here in california there are over 40 8,000 confirmed cases and it has claimed the lives of 1900 people. Some promising news did come out of the white house today concerning a study for those suffering from the coronavirus doctor Anthony Fauci is calling the results significant are forced to resist osseo has details including how this has ties to a bay area company. The data shows that round s to be a has a clear cut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. This is really quite important. Doctor Anthony Fauci the director of the u. S. National institute of allergy and infectious disease. And a key member of the White House Coronavirus task force wednesday. On the results from a global trial that began on february 21st the data shows. That round s to be a has a clear cut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. This is really quite important doctor fauci normally very conservative in his approach broke down why this trial is so significant. And the study could be considered a breakthrough. The significant if you look at the time to recovery. Being shorter in the written test of your arm it was 11 days. Compared to 15 days thats a p value. The scientists to listening of 0 0, 0, 1, so thats something that although with 31 . Improvement, doesnt seem like a knockout 100 is very important proof of concept. Gill you had based here in the bay areas not talking publicly about the trial but on its website. The chairman did praise all of the work. The company is doing. Doctor fauci also said that the results open the door for further Promising Research on covid19. Because what it is proven is that a drug can block this virus. Doctor fauci also added this that not only did the drug reduced the length of illness, but also curtailed deaths doctor fauci has long put forth that we could be in for several more waves of the virus spreading. And that work on treatments and vaccines are imperative to gaining an upper hand in this pandemic theresa kron 4 news. Coming up tonight at 6 real estate has been good been hit hard by the covid19 pandemic how the industry will benefit from it new shelter in place changes. Plus at 6. 30 doctor fauci has become a popular figure during this pandemic and Many Americans say they now trust him. More than the president. And up next some people are taking advantage of all this extra time theyre spending at home the extra time on our hands due to the pandemic us leading some people to focus on making some Home Improvements and even. Build some gardens kron forcing to go reports now from the east bay where families are turning to growing their own food and maintaining their homes landscaping. Whether it be plants or seeds chris hill says the struggle to find Fresh Produce in stores has inspired him to grow a garden looking forward to getting my hands dirty morocco Garden Center in morocco, his first stop the nursery says sales are spiking as people transition into becoming more independent frustrated by empty fruit and vegetable shelves at local markets from natos are really popular terms. Basically everything you can eat hill says he first tried his luck on the web its hard to get seeds online and although plants and seeds are selling fast that the nursery they received several deliveries from a full rack in the front in the morning will be 3 quarters gone and for 5 hours bills Ace Hardware Store in Pleasant Hill also seeing high demand they came looking for a knife sharpener and a garden stakes and drip line parts are lisa busby is the stores front and lead and says lines have been consistently long were constantly restocking seat here. We havent had a shortage and seeds are having heard anything of a shortage in seats for us must be says paint is also selling fast homeowners taking matters into their own hands while sheltering in place. Fully to call for on for news. Today Health Officials in the bay area announce when the shelterinplace orders are extended starting on monday. They will loosen some restrictions that includes adjusting rules around one Major Business sector here in the bay area which is real estate kron fours ray kelly talk with local realtors about what will be different for buyers and sellers. Ok so were just going to take a little walk inside here on sunday john meyer conducted an open house via zoom a Single Family house for sale in San Franciscos anns of this the neighborhood. Its how she and other local realtors are going to have to keep doing business for now so we had 4 participants that time and according talking to other agents that was a pretty good showing. So we have to change our expectations in terms of what an open houses were used to 30 or 40 people coming by on a sunday. But that also means is that people were coming by our to buyers. Theyre there because they want to buy theyre there because they have questions so theyre just changing were shifting new expectations. One of those 4 people who came maybe the buyer while Virtual Tours are still recommended the new shelter in place order going into effect next week. Create some wiggle room for buyers to get a firsthand look inside but with major restrictions in place so were now are allowed to do one on one showings. We do have a lot of restrictions in place they have to sign a waiver ahead of time we wipe down the house before we wind down the house after its only 2 people. From the same household an agent theyre allowed in the house of the time another Big Development for future sales. The new order allows for construction. To ramp up again i think thats a huge deal to get the construction rolling again thats just a big business that has been stopped virtually so for that to be able to resume i think uh you know it will help a lot the president of the San Francisco association of realtors says that since midmarch when those first shutdown orders went into effect. They had just over 200 homes going to contract. Thats a little less than half what they would see normally he and other realtors are hoping to see home sales pick up as buyers and sellers get use to the new way of doing business. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. If you shop at costco starting on monday you will need to bring something to cover your face. Or else the store will not let you win the company says Face Coverings must be worn at all times in the store and they will not service quote a substitute for social distancing. Costco is the largest u. S. Retailer to enact this rule children under the age of 2 and people who cannot wear a mask or some sort of Face Covering because of a medical condition are exempt. Lets check in now with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow as we take a live look outside here in San Francisco and much cooler. Wednesday. Right when the eye. See the wind blowing through the trees but its hard to know day to day is not just a few more these days just kind of seemed to roll into the next one, but certainly today a different day weather. Wise is as we have that nice warm air all around the bay area yesterday we really started to cool down outside today, but right now of their thats a mid to high level clouds that are actually all part of a weak cold front that fell apart, but with just enough to kind of wrap up the sea breeze see some fog there that has long the coastline that has been under the beaches all day long damage done all that cold front swing and theyre looking at much as 15 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago and live morning. Good idea all around the bay area, these temperatures coming way down id today of only 16 degrees in San Francisco. Remember yesterday there are 71 67 degrees in oakland 71 in san jose 73 degrees in livermore almost about the average 78 degrees warmer in concord in 17 i that was the warm spot in santa rosa today numbers outside right now you can see the difference yet the fog of the coast, a cool 53 and breezy right now said gust to 70 for friends of morgan hill 68 in san jose 64 impala loud to 61 in hayward will be checking in 62 degrees still 70 in the napa valley and Still Holding on to 79 degrees very nice in santa rosa on the satellite image you see some of those mid to high level clouds moving on through down below theres already that patchy fog developing well see more that overnight side and its tall morning, those high clouds will move on through leave behind a low clouds down below the sea breeze really cannot now 30 miles an hour at sfo 24 mill valley, 23 Miles Per Hour in fairfield and 16 even in san jose, so certainly a pretty strong wind will see that again i think tomorrow afternoon those breezes pick it up a lot of part of the day, especially along the coastline, but everybody is going to feel that breeze and that will really a cause and effect to bring us some cooler temperatures again increasing low clouds 9 you may see couple batches of drizzle near the coast by tomorrow morning clouds then becoming sunny and breezy think all the way to the coastline were going to see a little more sunshine tomorrow as a little bit of a northerly wind likely kick in the latter part of the day and that will be just enough to clear out but still were going to keep those temperatures on the cool side justine least along the coastline still some of the interior valleys like to see temperatures moving up in the 70s, not quite get the ease but probably called out more so as we head toward the weekend too. Us latest forecast. Thank you so much and coming up at 6. 45. We will take you inside a tyson plant to see what measures the company is taking to protect its workers. And up next some relief is coming to both food banks and farmers across california, find out abou 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 just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. Relief is coming to both food banks and farmers across california families who receive food stamps are also getting some extra help now Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains th