Part of californias phase 2 those decisions and announcements have led to a little bit of confusion and some frustration by this time next week just about all the bay area counties could move into phase 2 of reopening sonoma napa and solano counties are already in phase 2 on monday, the 18th San Francisco marin and san mateo counties will join in phase 2. And today we learned alameda and contra costa counties are in the process of deciding when phase 2 will start Alameda County says it anticipates moving into earlystage to next week. Contra costa county will decide on monday so while San Francisco marin and san mateo counties are starting face to monday for now contra costa and alameda counties are holding back. Health officers and both of those counties say they will likely reopen early next week but they have not set a date just yet kron fours michelle kingston has more. Its pretty difficult to her side story as early as her theres no sidewalk jim and sandy rowdy on a small yarn shop in livermore they started an online store since the shelterinplace went into effect customers picking up knitting supplies on the front porch of their home, they say even though Alameda County may begin phase 2 of reopening next allowing Curbside Pickup for nonessential retailers will likely continue to operate as is. Its difficult you to see how im going make it work and shop because. Worse small shop to you know as it is but to even try to keep people separate or even from himself or just kind of have their own states its going to be charged Alameda CountyHealth Officers say unless theres a big spike in cases over the weekend will likely move into phase 2 early next week. However, they have not set a date just yet now the same goes for Contra Costa County where Health Officers say theyll likely make a decision on monday if everything. Continues to look good like it is now then well pull put out that order which will probably start the next day or so. Are still so small. Um i dont know that the change thinking vicki little own sippin scoop, california cafe in downtown brentwood where people are currently able to order out the door she too has a small store front but is already thinking about the second part of phase 2 when dining may resume for our story i think that were going to proceed as we are speaking out and maybe allow us to the point that i want to come in and see. Actually is the sea ice in the first shots i spoke to today are looking forward to reopening fully once its safe to do so i think the i 2 we have as a positive attitude. Except the situation and doctor. Thats thats what were trying to in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Oakland mayor libby shaft joined us earlier today, she said her citys early actions to prevent the spread of covid19 were instrumental in saving lives and she added residents need to continue doing their part putting people first. Early caution has saved thousands of lives so we have to have continued vigilance because we will save more. But we do expect some potential announcements in the coming weeks so stay tuned. Alameda county but know that your sacrifice is definitely making a difference. We got to balance the economic hardships with the Health Hardships that we got to put people over profit. The city of oakland is expanding his plan to encourage physical distancing starting today, no food trucks or sales of any other kind will be allowed in or near city parks. Parking next to lake merritt will not be allowed on weekends as well as the memorial day holiday. These changes are effective through the end of the month. Contra costa county Officials Say they are confident theyll be able to move into phase 2 of the states Recovery Plan on monday today local leaders also announced a plan that will allow large gatherings and services by car that will go into effect on tuesday Officials Say as the countys coronavirus numbers begin to plateau they wanted to provide another chance for people to get together especially for graduation and church services. Something else is an opportunity particularly as we go into graduation season as we have many faith communities that have been able to gather in any way for a long time this provides a new opportunity to get just a little bit closer. There are several rules for these gatherings say can be held in large outdoor spaces cars must be park 6 feet apart, a maximum of 200 cars can be involved if more than 10 cars are president there would need to be security and a plan must be filed with respective cities for every event a week ahead of time while some businesses wait until monday to reopen the city of San Francisco also issued new guidelines today for those essential essential businesses which are open right now. Those businesses are expected to maximize the number of staff working from home have all workers evaluate their health before each shift create a health and safety plan and a social distancing protocol. And require everybody to wear a face covering. There are also specific Health Directives for certain businesses for example at places such as Grocery Stores or farmers markets customers will not be allowed to touch any of the products and in the last 24 hours, San Francisco release guidelines for the next phase of the reopening and while some see this as a positive step. Others say it isnt much help kron fours dan kerman reports. The empty retail corridors weve become familiar with during the pandemic like this one on union street are this one on film or could start seeing some activity come monday when San Francisco opens the door for retail pickup and delivery. Its definitely a bandaid its of a small band aid. But the point is we have to slowly start opening the buscan your us with the Fillmore Merchants Association says Curbside Pickup is a good start and its forcing stores and his association to expand their social media presence. Carry on one on one video chats with customers and re imagine window displays during moments of crisis thats when this extreme innovation in the marketplace in tech. Im so im really excited to see whats going to come out of all under San Franciscos reopening guidelines storefront curbside an outside pickup is allowable but customers may not enter stores also no more than 10 personnel may be on site or less and Smaller Stores to allow for required social distancing. Stores must also have access to an adjacent curbside sidewalk street alley or parking lot for customer pick up curbside its not going to work, but the women for and union streets just tools for 36 years and have now postpone their retirement say this is not going to work. I think were ready to open and i understand the safety and were certainly you want to be careful as all our precious customers and everything but we think were ready. Eleanor carpenter and leslie trapped and say their store just isnt suited for Curbside Pickup or a massive online presence. So if your fashion if your a store like ours youre changing merchandise. All the time its impossible to show the brexit of the merchandise at least 1009 its up to each store to decide whether or not theyre going to take part in this retail reopening. Its set to get underway on monday morning. In San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Santa clara county is breaking ranks with the other bay area counties in loosening of the shelter in place restrictions the decision to not move forward yet is fueling some frustration for the Business Community despite making significant headway in Hospital Capacity testing and infrastructure. County Health Officer doctor sara cody said earlier this week that conditions have not changed very much. But the san jose downtown Association Says its unhappy that. Local orders dont match what other lawmakers around the bay area and the state are putting into place. Its really frustrating that were all not on the same page here there was a youre going to be open by this date folks can start planning scheduling weddings again in making plans right now its so up in the air. Everybody still twisting in the wind too much that is no way to run a business thats no way to bring it come back. As for when the county might begin easing restrictions. Doctor cody says a key indicator would be reducing the virus is basic production number which represents a number of people who will be infected by a single case meanwhile, there are now more than one 0. 4 million confirmed cases of covid19 across the nation and the virus has killed more than 87,000 people across the state there are more than 76,000 cases more than 3100 people have died. Those numbers, according to the Johns Hopkins global coronavirus tracker tonight, democrats in power to massive trillion Coronavirus Relief bills through the house of representatives. It is the largest relief package in history. The bill has funding for coronavirus testing and a new round of direct payments to americans who are in urgent financial need. However republican senator Mitch Mcconnell has said it will be dead on arrival in the senate calling it quote a liberal wish alicia list rather and President Trump says he will not sign the bill but promising it will quote happened in a much better way. Right now the kron on app is free to download 24 hour local news streaming commercial free service so you can stay informed and updated on this Health Crisis coming up on kron 4 news today, the gracious gift from a social media giant twitter helping the east bay close the Digital Divide plus minority owned Business Owners across the country are not seeing the same support as their now already own businesses across the nation have complained that the federal dollars meant to shore up small operations like theirs. Have not been trickling down to help them survive during this crisis in response the open African American chamber of commerce has set up what it calls a Resiliency Relief Program that program is designed to offer financial help to members of the chamber who have been hurt by the coronavirus pandemic we talked with the president of the chamber kathy adams for details. We have been getting a lot of calls from Small Businesses that were suffering not giving up belongs and some of the ppp programs that the federal government has made available and we are right, we need to do something people call to action by not raising these funds will be able to give actual grant between anywhere between 5,000 or 10,010 1000. The problem is with your mom and pop in the Small Businesses, some of these companies when those like as a grant became available. They got people they got staff and one of our company sent us today, they said look at the. Ive got to wash dishes. I tried to take menu or his ive got to go to the door, im you know a ton and people that food out there in all says the pain is and so when you are Small Business and you dont have the luxury of having staff people to say oh susan can you fill this out you know thats and so and then by the time you get to the point where you get bill, guess what all the money is gone and that money is not making it to the Bank Accounts for African American all this. Kathy adams says more than 35,000 has been raised in just 2 days so far the link to the website to make a donation or to apply for a grant is shown at the bottom of your screen. And you can donate today applications for grants will begin opening on may the 20th. Millions of dollars were donated to help close the Digital Divide for students in an east bay school district. It was a huge surprise and a muchneeded contribution to help educate children who dont have the same resources as in the wealthier School Districts and the donation was made by a major player in the world of social media whose headquarters is right here in the bay area kron fours Haaziq Madyun has the story. I dont know if you know this, but i woke up to that tweet of the week that tweet was from twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey and agreed 10 million to give every single child in oakland access to a laptop and internet in their homes, closing the Digital Divide the tweet this morning was a big game changer dorseys generous donation came in the day after mayor libby shaft and the Oakland Unified School district put out a call for help closing the Digital Divide for oakland students who are now engaged in Distance Learning at home but schools being closed due to the covid19 pandemic students like Skyline High School junior Jessica Ramos says this is a really big deal so i didnt have a computer until starts right computers. My internet was unstable because my parents couldnt afford it. She says those circumstances are common among her classmates so most of my friends are from bp stoker him and now many of my friends have wi fi or Home Internet access. And so just for them to be able to connect with internet is a big you know we have a 83 total schools also got about 45 charter schools, weve got a dull school and we got a about 10 preschools well so were weve got a lot of schools, lot of kids here and this is going to the lives of so many of them so much better. And its not just the kids, their families dont have that connectivity to the outside jessica rob lowes help put out the bridge, the divide called during the press conference that ultimately led to the surprise million donation from twitter how does it feel to be that it for me it feels amazing because im helping my community has he let you kron 4 news. Also in the east bay faculty and staff and Hayward High School held a drivethru today where they handed out caps and gowns to graduating seniors. The seniors of course wont be able to have an in person Graduation Ceremony because of the stay at home order. But staff say theyre doing everything they can to make it a memorable experience. There are 310 seniors graduating from Hayward High School this year, a virtual Graduation Ceremony is planned for next months and kron 4 is also saluting the class of 2020 every night were shining the spotlight on a specific senior and tonight it is i g a vega. And gm is graduating from Castro Valley high school she plans to attend the academy of Art University in San Francisco. Congratulations, a g a and you can submit a graduate just go to kron 4 dot com fund salute to grads 2020 its under news submit a photograph of your grad and let us know which high school the graduate attended and whats next for him or her. The wooden panels protecting the historic Flood Building in downtown San Francisco. Theyre getting a make over during this pandemic as a tribute to First Responders and frontline healthcare workers khan forcefully chagall shows us how the flood family turn those panels into art. Parts and shapes the theme were trying to bring people together and it will brighten their day urals painted in honor of First Responders and frontline healthcare workers serving the San Francisco community during the covid19 crisis decorating wooden panels, protecting businesses closed down. Well the city shelters in place well to up lift peoples spirits during this very challenging time with a little bit of beauty and some hope kiran flood is executive director of the Union Square BusinessImprovement District attorney jaime her late father james see flood held when he founded the organization in the late 90s she says when he had the historic Flood Building downtown on Market Street renovated years ago young kids from the tenderloin district use paint to transform who were otherwise dont barricades on the windows into our work. Now the flood family has teamed up with General Hospital and the together to once again turn an eyesore into Something Special we loved our father. We love our community we love San Francisco. And its a tribute to everyone several generations of the flood family involved in your work, including k