Business but the mayor says she was to get the city back up and running especially now with more than a billion deficit projected for the next fiscal year. Open for business. Its the news that many San Francisco retailers have been waiting months to finally here. Starting monday retailers directly connected to streets can begin offering Curbside Service to customers were talking about many of those Small Businesses in various neighborhoods where you see many of those shops that are closed. They will be able to open for pickup and or. Curbside pickup and delivery which is going to be incredible mere breed says that wednesdays announcement will have a positive impact on 95 of businesses in the city. Theres the malls will still be closed and retailers must comply with social distancing guidelines. But she calls it a first step in getting folks back to work and getting the city back up and running from the Coronavirus Crisis even though we continue to see in some cases, the numbers increase. We do see the numbers flattening they have not declined. But the fact is we are in a better place not but the city she says is not in a better place when it comes to the budget. The mayor says that san franciscans need to prepare for a rough patch that could last a while were going to basically be in a situation where were going to have to make really hard financial decisions. She says the city is projecting anywhere from one 0. 1 to billion budget deficit for the next fiscal year. Mayor breed says the city is already in the hole million during the current budget the economy here locally. The economy in our state and our country and globally its going to be very challenging. And its going to require a lot of sacrifices. Sacrifice is a de mer breezes she is now looking to the state and federal government for reimbursement but with california now facing its own 54 billion budget gap, shes not counting on any help any time soon live in the newsroom Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news. Thank you jonathan. As of monday San Mateo County. Theyre also easing restrictions on shelterinplace orders the county is going to issue a new order it will allow for retail curbside to pick up. Logistics and manufacturing and some other businesses also be allowed to reopen with modifications and like San Francisco, the order will bring San Mateo County and early phase 2 of the governors reopening plan. We have a new page on our website kron 4 dot com called yes were open this is a list of restaurants and other Dining Options open for takeout or delivery in the bay area Restaurant Owners can submit their businesses to be added to the list viewers can look for places open near them. Starting today, Sonoma County has made access to local parks and beaches a bit easier kron fours Maureen Kelly explains the changes to the Health Orders there. I met Helen Putnam Regional Park inpetaluma which is one of several inland Sonoma County recreation areas. That now has its parking lot open. So people can drive in to enjoy it. Its part of a change to the countys shelter in place order now in effect coastal beaches are now slightly more accessible open from sunrise to 11 00am and from 05 00pm to sunset meaning theyre still off limits during the bulk of the day and theyre only open to people who live within walking or biking distance. Those beach parking lots are closed and a park official tells me pull out along highway. One are closed off. And Law Enforcement is actively ticketing those in violation to discourage people from driving in from out of the area to spend the day at the beach but parking lots at some of the bigger Russian River beaches are back open people are now allowed to go and swim fish or kayak but its still not ok to spread out a blanket for sunbathing or pick the king back here at Helen Putnam Regional Park, several signs are up advising people that social distancing rules still apply. Despite the grey and rainy day. They were people out here enjoying the trails who say they are excited to be able to drive out here inexperience nature todays my birthday want to come out and walk around the park. Get some fresh see some folks say hi. And its been beautiful, this is like. Its like for me and honestly i mean i live a mile from sean burgers i was able to kind of walk there but. This is what i needed more than anything you can find a list of which Sonoma County parks and Russian River beaches now have their parking lots open. Links to our website. Kron 4 dot com. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. And we have the latest coronavirus numbers and the bay area there are 10,200 confirmed cases 371 people have died from the virus Santa Clara County thats been the hardest hit and that still is it has the most cases, a 2364 infections. 130 deaths. And you can find a complete most of the cases broken down by county on our website kron 4 dot com. As the weather is getting warmer and drier california is getting ready to juggle wildfire season along with worrying about the coronavirus Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has that story. Well its put many parts of life on pause, the coronavirus isnt stopping californias wildfire season state leaders said wednesday. So far the state has fought more than 1100 wild fires in 2020 response. Prevention and preparedness. Very simply those 3 things every one of them. Is being invested in despite a billion budget deficit governor Gavin Newsome doubling down on funding boosts for cal fire. The governor wednesday affirming his commitment to appropriate money for 450,000 acres and forced management 600 additional firefighters 26 new fire engines for incident command units and 12 black hawk helicopter were not going to walk that back just too important in terms of our mutual aid and Public Safety well as state leaders work to make sure covid19 doesnt financially hinder the fire fight the virus will change how state Emergency Management handles future fire evacuations possibly doing them even more ahead of time than usual. Were looking at possibly using hotel. Where we have the opportunity to evacuees in hotels, single rooms. Versus congregating in a large. Sort of like a dormitory or our School Gymnasium which we typically were looking at an event that we do do putting in partitions is segregating appropriately pretty air cleaners and air purifiers in place how much all of this will cost cuts might be made and how it could affect taxpayers governor newsome is set to lay it all out in his updated Budget Proposal thursday. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. A question that has been looming for millions of students and teachers and School Districts across california. Wonder schools reopen kron fours rob fladeboe joins us live with details about what that might look like dropped. Thats right catherine a state task force is that working out some guidelines to help local School Districts proceed with reopening but based on what we learned today dont expect all of the schools open at once heres more. The issue of eye is school year old buddy. In a virtual media check in wednesday state superintendent of public instruction Tony Thurmond spoke of a scenario where most Public Schools would likely open again by late summer or fall, but not at the same time. Want to be clear youre not a it is a painting a common opening across School Districts or and Andy Borowitz only if you recognize this and it was a shooin opened early for him and said that with state guidance individual School Districts will likely make their own decisions on when and how to reopen san joses east Side Union HighSchool District for example is looking at early august but flexibility is the key says superintendent chris funk. Our karen cheek are spending. If we dont have all instructional minute. Could have complete flexibility i reducing class size by having kids come at different times throughout the day and throughout the week. Aside from staggered openings districts are looking at learning in shifts with smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing prioritizing safety may mean everyone wears a mask to school. We know that a school may reopen the labor says may have to wear a mask. Were teachers and staff what happened where nasas we want to thank those who are working on our own health and safety issues will a Shuttle Program life. We know that many schools are you out. Im having should as soon as they come and morning sure and then in the students name is at the new ship. That may be a way to accommodate the have much smaller class sizes so that School Campuses can go with social distancing provisions in place. Now regardless of when they reopened there also could be a some districts may opt for a kind of a hybrid where there will be a some classroom sessions and also a continuation of the Distance Learning has been going on so far this spring and into summer. Those state guidelines though no word on exactly when they will be made available reporting live rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you rob. The California AirNational Guard flew fighter jets over the bay area today they were doing this to honor healthcare workers and First Responders across the state there why of saluting them. Some low morning clouds in San Francisco, but they were all over the place they were spotted over the bay, including alcatraz. We have a map of the route to they began in fresno this morning return north after stop him. Santa barbara. And our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com. Youll find the latest on outbreaks in the bay area and interactive map and information on ways to stay safe. You can find all this and more on our website kron 4 dot com. A big story. Were following a former San FranciscoCity Building commissioner has been charged with bank fraud Rodrigo Santos he was arrested to stay booked into jail. It was later released on a 100,000 bond. Investigators say he pocketed a 478,000 intended for city agencies santos cofounded a Structural Engineering firm. He was appointed to the citys Building Inspection Commission by mayor willie brown in 2000. Coming up the new guidelines if you are flying out of sfo and what youll really need to bring with you and a new study by ucsf it says smoking makes a drastic difference and coronavirus patients and a group gathered today to support tesla fortifying tesla will continue making cars at its headquarters in fremont up beginning monday, the company did work out a deal with the Alameda CountyPublic Health department. It includes safety provisions at the factory today kron fours felipe chagall reports from fremont were a group rallied in support of the defiant carmaker. Bring back jobs and get americans back to. Automaker Alameda County to begin making cars again we want to show us the players. We want safety. It s most supporters rallied outside one of the companys facilities in fremont wednesday with a group called for the state and country to abandon the phased reopening and instead allow nonessential businesses more flexibility to reopen. The restaurant industry. In are tame in person and still be making it in half this comes after teslas founder and ceo elon musk sued Alameda County over the weekend and threatened to move his operations out of the state due to the ongoing shelterinplace been defied the health order and reopen monday anyway. The auto manufacturer and county have since worked out a deal to allow the company to begin making cars again monday as long as it follows through on the safety plans and agreed to. Most demonstrators at a wednesday rally identified as conservative including vice chairman of the California Republican party, peter quote we cannot keep doing this just like kelly is due in. Theyre going to look like theyre going to close until august. Thats just ridiculous to keep american amanda affecting so i think this is the right time. The wheel of a manufacturing here in california teslas factory in fremont employs about 10,000 people. And teslas elon musk also getting support from other Business Owners that they are applauding the fact that he has been fighting to reopen despite the county initially and in illinois, the owner of a gym reopened his business this week against 8 orders and hes calling musk an inspiration and an ally in the fight against what he describes as unreasonable government orders hes insisting for example he can reopen safely like mosque. Teslas plan to reopen was approved tuesday after he had defied orders and remember even President Trump weighed in tweeting his support. Paul manafort now out of federal prison. He is President Trumps former Campaign Chairman he will serve out the rest of his sentence at home because of concerns about the coronavirus t 71 yearold was released today from a lowsecurity prison and pennsylvania, his lawyers argued that he was at particularly high does have a number of Health Problems manafort was among the first people to be charged in special counsel robert russia investigation he was sentenced last year he was not due to be released until 2024. A man in Placer County has been arrested after police say he broke into a roseville home and rahm himself a bath. Sheriffs deputies say he got in through an unlocked door, somebody in the home eventually figured out what was going on. He tried sneaking out of the bathroom but was spotted and ran away. He was caught later by deputies booked into jail. No word given on why he felt so strongly about taking a bath in a strangers home. Time for a check on the forecast meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez joins us time abre so. Hi catherine yet we noticed some light drizzle throughout the bay area pretty widespread heavy at times bringing about a 10th of an inch of rain or less 2 parts in the north bay and also along the coast here pacifica and half baked but overall drier weather out there right now you can see those scattered showers starting to make its way out of the east bay. Right now tracking some drizzle over fairfield but dry weather for those of you conquered in walnut creek livermore seeing some light scattered showers overall but really not going to bring as much as far as rain totals go just racism out at best. You can see the storm clouds overhead in san jose. No rain there, so theyre remaining dry as well and that drying trend is going to continue through tonight. But by thursday morning could see the return of light scattered showers throughout parts of the north a bringing about a 10th of an inch of rain or less for those of you in the north bay, but the rest of the bay area mainly Golden Gate Bridge southward. Well remain dry if anything we are just going to wake up to that marine air once again bring us possible 107 inch of rain or less but overall drying out from the storms that keeps sweeping through the bay area cities week storms right now for late spring and wakeup planner forecast showing mostly cloudy skies for most of the bay area waking up to partly cloudy conditions as well for parts of the interior valleys and were all going to notice a mix of sun and clouds by around 3 oclock in the afternoon and temperatures warming up just a touch to write about your average for this time of year mid 60s along the coast upper 60s along the bay and low 70s as you make your way inland and that slight warming trend will continue even through saturday slightly above average temperatures but i am tracking a second stronger storm set to arrive to the bay area first for those of you in the north bay being bringing light bands of rain iran saturday night with light rain expected by sunday and a slight chance of popup thunderstorms more coming up in my full forecast in just a few minutes catherine back to you thank you bree said talk to in a few minutes. In southern california, the Hollywood Bowl has officially canceled its entire season for the First Time Ever an effort of course to protect people from the coronavirus they say they want to protect performers and audiences and staffers with a Seating Capacity of more than 17,000. It usually hosts about 110 concerts every summer. And it one of the biggest outdoor theaters in the world. The ford thats another outdoor venue nea