Be tested their daily kron fours will tran has been watching this from san jose was gone. Im watching across the street because its busy and the people possibly highly contagious which is why theyre allowed to do the testing we chose this particular site to give you the lay of the land a lot of people coming down confuse jeans and area. Yes, technically is that james Lake High School but its not in the front is actually on the side of alum rock and you can clearly see one person walking to the locations so its right next to the Fire Service Center and you can clearly see right there on the side a high school. Let me show you some video that we shot about 10 minutes ago they got off to a fast are people who are already lining up before 7 oclock in the morning. Really no need to nobody ran to the location because its appointment only they want to make sure that you have flu like symptoms and the jumping off point like all the other sites at least a 100 degree fever. And then they want to make sure that his First Responders they are doing it here from 7 oclock in the morning until 7 oclock in the evening. If you live in gilroy you can stay in your city provided that you also make an appointment at chris hot christopher High High School down over there as well the reason being they want to collect as much data as they possibly can james and area. One is to obviously isolating anybody who has coronavirus and if so to get that person korean teen and treated and the other is to get Research Going because right now california even governor Gavin Newsome would admit that they dont have as many testing sites as they would like and those sites work in many facets including getting all that data giving it to the experts letting them know if the curve is truly flattening for them to start to loosen up some of the shelter in place. If you cant come here there is another location, so good news is james and area theyre starting to pop up in the many locations if you cant come here. They are also testing at the Police AthleticLeague Stadium in san jose thats also an East San Jose no accident why they chose this particular community because they know its a little bit harder for these people. To get their hands on health care and an access to some of the benefits that some of or affluent communities might have a little bit easier time which is why theyre choosing it here again dont come down here unless you have an appointment its going to happen monday through saturday for as long as they possibly can continue with the tests back to kate will is this one the like 5 swabs up the nose or is this the easier one because we just saw your video. And wow that guy it looked pretty painful he. But lou after they took out the on his nose. We did not go inside to stand right next to them for obvious reasons well, yeah because they would not allow us into just for our own safety. Yeah, yeah we did see some of that cotton swabs go into each nostril at although ive seen it deeper before i its its not a they say this is out of that deterrence ive seen him before posted on social media, yeah, youre thinking about going out and lifting shelterinplace take a look at some of the test and maybe thatll encourage you to stay indoors i along one of those yeah that guy it looked like it really was he ok, thanks a lot wealth now no picnic for sure. Doctors have discovered though that there is a new strain of covid19 thats apparently more contagious. Then the original and thats the worry is that this would mutate into something harder to fight it looks like were seeing signs that might be happening. This is all according to a new study by the governments Los Alamos National laboratory. They say this new strain first emerged in february in europe and now theyre seeing it, popping up on the east coast of the u. S. , the first sightings are in march, scientists are warning that this new strain appears to spread faster and may make people vulnerable to getting covid even if theyve been previously infected and recovered so the anybodys dont seem to be effective against this new strain of coronavirus now statewide there are now more than 50,000 cases and more than 3,000 deaths here locally as you can see on the graph there are almost 9,000 confirmed cases here with 328 deaths and then nationally the numbers are much larger course with over one 0. 2 million infections and 71,000 deaths if you want more detail numbers for a Global Statistics or also for local by city cases you go to our website at kron 4 dot com and as we are continuing to see the cases go off the president this morning. Has changed his mind and tweeted that the Coronavirus Task force isnt going away. He says it will continue indefinitely and this came just hours after he hinted that he was going on wind it up. And kind of dispatch that grew and then the crew and bring on a new group that would focus on reopening the its not clear what prompted this shift in his thinking. But it seems like a no fauci and berks will still be regular. Installments in his task force seizes are going to be focusing on. Coronavirus vaccines at this point. New this morning over is laying off 3,700 employees because of the pandemic uber made that announcement this morning its 14 of its workforce. The ceo says that hes giving up his salary for the rest of the year. This is california Just Announced its suing uber and lyft alleging they misclassified their drivers as independent contractors under the states new labor law. Were just 2 days away from easing of restrictions here in california for Retail Stores and as businesses get ready to reopen people in the bay area are waiting to find out if county Health Officials will follow the governors recommendatis from first and kerman takes a closer look. Its hard not to see how the shelterinplace orders impacted businesses. Most everywhere you look the sign says closed now a glimmer of hope that some stores may soon be able to reopen for Curbside Pickup only im hoping that the that the mayor will follow suit to the governor but im im happy to wait and see it on over books on food in San Franciscos know italia theyve been doing a lot of online ordering and shipping. But having some contact with customers even in the doorway will be helpful if they want advice about another book whats your best. Bread baking book for beginners i can show them a few different options and they can decide what theyre more attractive to which is a really nice choice to have for them outside is to serve the community because people are really anxious to try to spend their money. In their we have a very faithful following the dead in their 38 years david island owns just for fun, a gift and Stationery Store in know your value. Filled with everything from fine art supplies to greeting cards to toys to puzzles. He says Curbside Pickup will be a good service for regulars, but it wont do much else. Its not a Sustainable Business where its not going to pay our to pay our bills at all. Island says if Retail Stores are to survive the city must mandate that landlords renegotiate rent terms. He says thats preferable to allowing customers back into stores too soon and running the risk of the virus getting out of control and forcing another hard shut down this winter during the busy Holiday Shopping season. If this goes through to the 4th quarter or theres another shutdown in the 4th quarter, however, rio. Straight into liquidation. The mayors indicated she saw for Retail Stores opening up as long as it can be done safely and under certain restrictions she says that decision will lie with the areas county Health Officers in terms of how it can be done and when it can be done in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Coronavirus things just got real real real quick as the meat shortage in the u. S. Now has wendys saying we dont have enough beef. And that their restaurants are trying to push each other stuff i guess or did they take it completely off the menu cover Sarah Stinson is live in daily cell city move i read it so that burger king i guess or wherever you go. Yeah thats because verging has rely responded if theyre experiencing the same. Mcdonalds says they have no issues at all but wendys at about 1000 of their locations theyve had to take beef off the menu altogether. And thats why theyre pushing you to get the chicken sewage or try or Breakfast Menu and its been hard for them. Theyre being hit extra hard because they apparently they go for the fresh beef, more than other stores more than other chains so they are the ones who are most affected by disney shortage that were seeing across our nation. A financial analyst estimates that nearly one in 5 wendys aestaurants are out of beef completely wendys is more exposed because they do rely on fresh beef wendys says me some restaurants are very limited during these times and while the delivery schedule is unchanged supply has been tight because beef supplies in north america are facing production challenges as we know many meat suppliers have shut down factories due to workers falling ill from coronavirus and weve been worried about whether at the Grocery Store weve been a we would be will be affected and if we would be able to find beef. But now were seeing it a food chains, i mean if theyre not being able to find it what does that mean for us when youre trying to like beef at home. Did talk to one customer they said i was able to get a breakfast sandwich not too worried about it. And it seems like many bay area locations should be okay but those on the east coast, youre definitely seeing hit for now live in daly city Sarah Stinson kron 4 news all right, thanks a lot sarah again too bad for you james i i dont really all of us a vegetarian were like yeah, well for the latest on coronavirus stories like that with where and when hes running out of beef and Everything Else just go to our website at kron 4 dot com every time a new story comes in we posted their first solid the word when we wanted carry on the latest run a candy apple and thats when youre now, a different. The 13 see i got off covid talking about candy and said while he does have to try whether yeah the weather has been pretty on the warm side of course, but john youre talking about more sunshine and yes temperatures continuing to climb hot. Yeah, shortages of candy certain side out it or looking out there today yeah, Crystal Clear to start this morning there has been no cloud cover whatsoever in areas like the east bay where she can see from berkeley skies might just be a little bit too bright for essential workers who are taking to the roads got to get those sunglasses on the sunscreen 2 nights to prepare for a bright sunny and what will be a toasty day temperatures have now climbed back into the 60s her fairfield and in spring as well as alameda youre at 61. Elsewhere were still in the 40s and 50s so a good chance to get outside earlier in the day. Allow yourself a chance to enjoy some of these cooler morning temperatures before the heat of the afternoon skies remaining clear and stormtracker 4 and theyre going to remain clear into tomorrow and friday to as this High Pressure ridge you see sitting to our west really builds back in across the state so Crystal Clear today on future cast for really quite into tomorrow too and well stay dry clear as well on its of friday thursday and friday in fact some are warmest days of your forecast and some of the warmest of the year so far thats how hot were getting 70s and 80s for todays daytime highs conquered an antioch are too hot spots at 85 now to 84. Santa rosa and san jose and the low 80s. Well, oakland and San Francisco among areas in the 70s. Now tomorrow and friday, the core of this warm up as daytime highs inland rise in the 90s and 80s mideighties in some cases right alongside the bay as for saturday still warm but we do begin to see us rounding the corner and beginning to called out by monday and tuesday of next week its back to the 70s we go so there is really just around the corner. But these next few days definitely getting hot back to you in the studio. All right. Thank you john quick check of the roads out there this morning as we get a view here of the bay bridge approach alls well so far on that westbound 80 ride from oakland in the San Francisco. So far so good no issues to slow you down and were seeing pretty nice conditions to on the san mateo bridge. As we take a look at highway 92 both directions moving at the limit with a lot of gaps there between the cars. Must be getting restless in this coronavirus lockdown with the new top gun in the can. Tom cruise is getting ready to blast off on a new movie in space. The actor who is used to the Risky Business of doing his own stunts in Mission Impossible is going to be the first ever to shoot an action movie in space inside the International Space station nasa is on board with it. But just like the astronauts. Cruz is going to have to find his own ride. Hes been working with ilan mosque. Whose Company Space x is set to do its very first. Astronaut transport Mission Later this month. 2 us astronauts will join a crew of 3 already up there right now the iss has room for 7 people at a time and that means there would be room for cruz and cou camera man or costar if you can find another actor on the planet willing to go through the grueling training and risk their lives to make a but this is elan musks newest project musk and his girlfriend grimes just had a baby. Now it looks like a regular healthy baby boy, but it sounds more like an algebra equation, they named him and im just going to spell this change because i dont know how you would pronounce it acts as in the variable the unknown acts. He has in the greek letter ash and then a dash 12. So you see that exe a 12 its extraterrestrial i dont know or would use pass as that. Zara has ash a flash a 12 maybe buehler friday you learn. Pork is going to write that on top of his like papers in Elementary Schools can be a nightmare was the plan that i made is starting has 5 sons from his first marriage monday so he ran out of names, theres just no name left on the planet for my some bad for the kid, you know that its going to change his name on it so i dont i just go by acts. Actually yeah. The man i would one of the best Baseball Players here on earth turns 89 today. Say hey happy birthday to the say hey kid hall of famer, willie mays turns 89 today. He career with the San Francisco giants from 1958 to 72. Hes ever been outer space change but he did once ride on air force one with president obama that got to count for something well president obama is teaming up with lebron james to get high school seniors, a starstudded sendoff even though they cant celebrate in person, its a tv special called graduate together it will feature a bunch of stars and i will air on a bunch of different tv channels on may 16th warriors superstar steph curry has got something for you the day before that on may 15th. Steph is going to get candid about sports covid and kids with Espns Doris Burke during the annual junior nba Leadership Conference its going to be live streamed from 09 00am to noon on may 15th on all the nbas digital platforms. And what else are we working on well what about football. The nfl is going release its schedule tomorrow. And they say that the season is going to be on schedule even though nobody is training yet. The teams right now are focused on other things. Kate rooney takes a look at what the 49 ers are doing. At a time when we cant be physically connected. Some local groups are hoping may 5th giving tuesday now will help make the Community Stronger right now as we speak we are actually working on a new lesson plans new online webinars and forms that we can roll out for people to participate. And still feel connected to the organization to our work in the community the fortyniners foundation is encouraging even a simple facetime call to a lonely friend or helping a neighbor with shopping on tuesday. Meanwhile, the organization which typically supports bay area, students and teachers with curriculum and activity programs is going virtual is our way of connecting with their fans in through the giving tuesday Movement Really encouraging her fans, yes would be nice if they logged on to our web site which is 40 niners dot com slash giving tuesday it made a donation but at the end of the day we really want you to go and help the community in any way that suits you best another group still actively serving the community is the east bay spca theyre hoping to raise money on giving tuesday to support their many programs we see in our community the need in our community h grow tremendously as people are living right and layoffs. Their incomes are changing drastically and a lot of them are pet owners and we they might be struggling to see their acts in addition to a drivethru free pet food pantry the east bay spca offers emergency pet boarding in expanded Veterinary Service hours and they too are going virtual our humanity cation has free activities for parents of and were about Animal Welfare and just different acti