Before it get better. How the governor plans to help hospitals that have reached capacity. 7 01. Im gasia mikaelian. Youre way over there. Six feet at least. Were practicing social distancing. Good morning. Im dave clark. Its a chilly wednesday morning with light rain for some people. Steve is going to tell you about the forecast and how everything is going to be. Steve . I am indeed. At last a little snow up in the sierra, just in case you have to go there. That will continue today into tomorrow. Not a lot, but maybe an additional two to four between today and tomorrow. We have some light rain around, 40s on the temperatures, livermore 42, santa rosa 44. The system to the north is sending in light rain. Theres been some pocket around the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Nothing too heavy. Its not going to do much as it moves south toward the Santa Cruz Mountains. Well see mostly cloudy skies, offandon rain, highs cool in the 50s. Anything new, sal, or still quiet . Even with the rain coming down on some of these commutes, it hasnt slowed things down. Nothing caused slowdowns out there. This is a look at the bay bridge. You can see it is moving well. Its a little damp. It wasnt before. All bay area airports are open. Public transportation is open. And it looks like its drying off in richmond at the Richmond Bridge, Silicon Valley commute light. Back to you. New this morning, the number of coronavirus cases tops 200,000 worldwide as of today. Johns Hopkins University is track the number of cases which currently stands at more than 204,000. To focus on whats happening near the bay area, there are at least 367 confirmed cases of covid19. Santa clara county had more than double the number we see in any other county. Santa clara county has 155 cases and 5 death. San mateo county second followed by San Francisco and contra costa and alameda counties. 7 03. There are signs the coronavirus in california could get a lot worse before it gets better. Governor gavin newsom signed a bill to spend as much as 1 billion to help hospitals handle a rush of patients, and he warns california may need as many as 20,000 more hospital beds. The governor did not answer questions about a possible shortage of hospital supplies, including ventilators. And today is day two of the bay areas shelterinplace order. And once again, the order says stay at home as much as possible. We expect to see empty streets and neighborhoods again in areas that are normally busy. And skyfox is flying over several San Francisco landmarks getting a birdseye view of those areas. Only those stores and operations that provide what are considered essential services will be open, like hospitals, Grocery Stores, banks, gas stations and post offices. Now, Sonoma County is requiring people who live there to stay home. And this comes as the county confirms they are seeing more cases of covid19. Ktvus allie rasmus is in santa rosa right now, where its quiet this morning, im assuming, allie. Reporter it is quiet, although we are at the mall in santa rosa where one of the types of businesses that is allowed to remain open, a Grocery Store, is open with workers inside. It looks like the shelves are stocked. This order went into effect at midnight this morning in Sonoma County for three weeks. What it means is only essential businesses are allowed to be open. That includes Grocery Stores like we showed you, pharmacies, restaurants can remain open only for takeout and delivery, Hardware Stores, gas stations and banks remaining open e it means that only people working in what are considered to be essential businesses are allowed to leave their homes to go to work, including healthcare workers, police and firefighters, delivery drivers, journalists, taxi, uber and lyft drivers. Sonoma is the 7th bay area county to enact a stayathome order like this because of fears and an attempt to stop the spread or slow down the spread of coronavirus. Health officials made the decision yesterday after the county said there were six confirmed cases of people infected here in covid19 two new cases this weekend. The only bay area counties that dont have a shelterinplace order in effect right now are napa and solano counties, although napa Health Official have said they are strongly considering a move like this. This Grocery Store which can remain open will probably be busy. We have already seen people come to the door and be turned away because they are closed still. Live in santa rosa, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. People are adjusting to new ways of life. Touristists touring San Francisco are noticing the difference. Its eerie with it not a backup on lombard street. Normally this cafe would have been packed with people on st. Patricks day which it was yesterday but they were packing up food to go only. A couple wondered if they should stay in the city after both of them were just laid off from their jobs. One is a server, the other a dog walker. We are trying to figure out the next move. Do we stay here in the city . You know, even though we dont have work, are we going to go seek out family . If we knew it would be just a couple of weeks, we would probably stay. But we have no idea. It could go on for months. Mayor london breed is asking the public to be patient, saying this is about saving lives, even if officials dont have any real idea as to how long the Health Crisis will last. Governor newsom doesnt expect schools to reopen before the end of the school year. I would plan and assume that its unlikely that many of these schools, few, if any, will open before the summer break. Last night, the governor told parents the s. A. T. And other standardized tests will be canceled. He also said parents should focus on homeschooling as part of californias transition to the new reality of virtual instruction. The California Department of education published a list of Online Learning resources for families as the state is telling schools and parents to plan for the transition to Distance Learning immediately. You can find everything you need including a school map and science lessons. The list is on the our website, ktvu. Com weblinks. The Trump Administration now proposing a massive Economic Relief package to help the nation deal with the coronavirus. Now, the cost of this package could be close to 1 trillion. It could also include a 1,000 check for every american adult. Americans need cash now, and the president wants to get cash now. I mean now in the next two weeks. Steve mnuchin also warned the u. S. Unemployment rate could hit 20 as stores and businesses are forced to close down because of the coronavirus. We are checking stocks. Its going to be another rough day on wall street with the average is down by almost 4 e is, nasdaq down by almost 3 1 2. This comes one day after the markets gained 5 . But also two days after the third worst day in history. February and march have been filled with turbulence. The numbers will be at the bottom of the screen. We can watch them together. Pam cook will have a look again at dollars sense in just minutes. Dont forget, you can find complete coverage. Pandemic at coronavirus now. Com along with articles and videos around the country, a daily live stream and live digital broadcast every weekday beginning at 10 00 a. M. And download the free ktvu news app. Get the latest updates and the breaks news sent straight to your mobile devices. You can also find information about schools closing and options for parents. Talking about traffic and mass transit. You have been taking us to bart stations around the bay area. They are quiet. They are quiet. The Ferry Building, things likes that, quiet this morning. Public transportation is still going if you have to do essential business. You can go out. You probably will be able to easily social distance yourself because theres just plenty of room. We have some video of the Ferry Building here taken a little while ago about 25 minutes ago. We have seen this all over the bay with bart and drives. So if you have to go out and do your essential business, take a bus. Theres plenty of room. And the toll plaza is now wet. We talked to steve about that. We will in just a moment. 880 traffic is moving weather. All bay area airports are open. And you can see that traffic is light. Lets talk about the weather. Sal, thank you, sir. We have some rain out there. Theres not a lot. But in the last 24 hours, yesterday afternoon was livermore down to the Santa Clara Valley with thunderstorms erupting big time hail reports in livermore, over a half inch officially i think i heard some other locations had more than that. Mount hamilton and campbell rain. Dublin, point reyes and kentfield all. 25 inch. Light rain this morning. The city had. 01. 86 the record high in 1914. 41 in 1886. Two lows, one impacting us in nevada, northern nevada, northwest nevada. The other one, the stronger one with dynamics is lighting up like a Christmas Tree in Southern California and eventually going to arizona. We get a weaker system drawing in some moisture. Clearing in mendocino county, lake county, probably the best opportunity for buildups today. This is more show than go. But there is a little bit of rain there just not a lot and not too far south but some light rain in the picture with 40s on the temps, 20s in the mountains, and two systems keeping us cool. Rainfall cut back as we go towards sunday, monday. Well see if they ramp it up and bring it back in. Until then, very light amounts. Highs today still below average only in the 50s. Thank you. Time now 7 12. Still ahead, Bay Area Police departments are changing the way they do business and keep everybody safe. Coming up, one east bay Police Departments unique new work schedule to reduce the exposure of officers to the virus. Plus, Health Officials say the pandemic wont get better without the help of one particular generation. After the break, the nations top Infectious Disease doctor has a message to millennials. Welcome back to mornings on 2. National guard troops around the country are now on notice in case they are needed during the coronavirus pandemic. Governor newsom placed a California National guard on alert. He said they should be prepared to perform humanitarian missions like distributing food and supplies. Troops will also support Public Safety if needed. There are now more than 6300 covid19 cases in the United States. The death toll is over 100. New york, Washington State and california have the most reported cases. West virginia reported its first confirmed case of covid 19, meaning the viruses is now in all 50 state. The nations top Infectious Disease doctor says the u. S. Can only contain the coronavirus with the help of young people. You dont want to put your loved ones at risk, particularly the ones who are elderly and the ones who have compromised conditions. Health experts say they were alarmed at the sight of College Students congregating at florida beaches for spring break. Floridas governor is now shutting down all bars and nightclubs for the next month. Dr. Anthony fauci is urging people to practice social distancing. He says healthy young people can get it, not know they have it and pass it to the elderly. We told you President TrumpJust Announced the United States and canada agreed to close the border between the two countries to nonessential traffic because of the coronavirus. President trump says trade will not be affected. The governments around the world are struggling, trying to keep the virus from spreading. The European Union is enforcing the toughest travel ban in it history. They suspended all unnecessary travel through the region for a month. France, britain, italy and spain are just a few of the countries on lockdown. The Santa Clara CountySheriffs Department is making changes in county jails after two inmates were exposed to it and quarantined. Now, to prevent any others from getting exposed, some inmates have been released early. Didnt have assaults on police officers, Domestic Violence or others. The six inmates are on house arrest with an ankle monitor. The coronavirus is changing how many Bay Area Police departments do business. They want to limit the Public Contact and at the same time responding to more serious crimes. Many Bay Area Police departments, you wont see Front Counter Service right now. And all nonessential interviews and appointments are canceled. At the Emeryville Police department, they started a very unique work schedule tailored to this pandemic. Half of the Police Department will spend two weeks working 12 hours on, 12 hours off. Then the other half will work for the next 14 days. Thats the incubation period for this virus. So the hope is that we are staff by keeping them separated. Police are asking people to meet outside of their home or file a Police Report by phone or online to cut down on face toface contact. San Francisco Police are out monitoring bars and clubs making sure they comply with the shelterinplace order. In oakland the police say they are out reminding the public about social distancing. Which is what were doing. Which were doing. Nice to be together. Yes. Sal castaneda is working from his spot in the newsroom helping us get around. Its a different kind of day. It is. The bart stations week checking in on them just to see whats going on the the dublin pleasanton bart station. We took this video not that long ago, and there are not a lot of people out there. So if you have to conduct essential business, you can still use Public Transportation. It will be relatively social di from other people. Live video, not much of a commute. Most people are not going out to school or work. People working from home are just working from home, not on the roads. You can see this is a look at the Richmond Bridge where it was raining. Its not raining there anymore. San jose traffic and the south bay commute, that was the first thing that went lighter. A week ago people were urged and now being mandated in many cases to work from home. We have some rain over us not a lot but there are some pockets where its coming down good. Richmond san rafael bridge one. Napa airport is another one. I think the total level, snow in loch lomond last night. A little in lake county and mendocino county. More over lake county. Still hanging on. Most of this, though, pushed south. , two systems. One impacting us is in nevada. The front in Southern California is going to arizona today. Napa says heavy rain. We can probably see the Little Pocket of it coming in right there. Looks like its gone through there. Right there. So moving off quickly, but still there are a few areas that can get moderate to heavy rain briefly. Most of it is light. Theres not much left. 30s and 40s. The system in Southern California will be heavy rain there. Our system is giving us not a lot of rain. It will keep rain in the forecast through tomorrow. More than likely just today. Then well be dry. But that low will keep some snow in the sierra through thursday. Well get a break friday, saturday. Next system, gasia, is sunday into monday. 7 21. Facebook accidentally blocked and deleted news stories about coronavirus. Still ahead, how the social media giant is addressing the problem as its employees work from home. One candidate is breaking farther away from his challenger in the race for the democratic nomination in the president ial race. After the break, the latest results from the primary. Dad, im scared. Its only human to care for those we love. And also help light their way. Its why last year chevron invested over 10 billion to bring affordable, reliable, ever cleaner energy to america. Iran state television issued a drastic warning about the coronavirus. They say the outbreak could kill millions if people keep traveling and ignoring the governments guidelines. Today iran reported the biggest jump in deaths in the coronavirus saying another 147 people died in the past 24 hours. That brings the number of deaths in iran to now more than 1,000. In italy, officials are struggling to provide enough hospital beds for the new cases of coronavirus. They are setting up tents on the hospital grounds to test and screen patients with symptoms. There were 345 new coronavirus deaths in the country over the past 24 hours. That increases the death toll there to more than 2500. Here in the states this morning, vermont senator Bernie Sanders says he is reassessing his campaign after joe biden won all three democratic primaries yesterday. Biden swept the primaries in florida, illinois and arizona moving closer to becoming the