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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At 6pm July 13, 2024

So far. State Health Officials say they have reached more than 11,000 results with another 11,000 still pending. California has 22 state and county health labs capable of testing for covid19. As well as commercial and private labs. Today is the first full day that the entire state is under the stoemdz order. The governor tweeted it requires all residents to stay at home except to get essential serves or work in a critical industry. The Services Include gas stations, pharmacies, bank, food and laundry. Officials in Santa Clara County are working to enforce the stayathome order. Jesse gary tells us the San Jose Police department is beginning outreach to city businesses. Reporter for officers andrew gomez and jimmy vela, an extra shift equals another day in the front line battle. The San Jose Police officers work the Departments Health compliance unit. Were just advising and educating the public on the certain parameters provided by the county. And our essential businesses currently functioning. Reporter others traveled to North San Jose where they reiterate the shelterinplace order. A medical Device Company can stay open during the order, but its Vice President says hes appreciative of the police check. It will be safer for everyone. I think it should be that way. Reporter according to the california governor, gavin newsom, only essential businesses are committed to remain open. All others must shut down as part of the effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. We know this is a difficult time and we appreciate the publics continued cooperation and support with our efforts to keep all of us safe and healthy. Reporter police brass say as of thursday, 55 businesses have been contacted for noncompliance. Everything from restaurants to auto repair shops. Flea markets to furniture stores. Gun shops to video gaming stores. The Educational Outreach becomes Something Else next week. Our current plan is to move from an educational stance to an enforcement stance on any business that has been contacted, warned and then reopened. Were looking to begin that enforcement next week. We have several remedies that will include criminal citations, business license sanctions, and health code violations. Reporter the officers say theyre finding receptive ears to what is a very difficult message and job. Making sure all but essential businesses are effectively shuttered. Its difficult but its part of my job. And i have to educate people on what the county ordered. If we see a violation, well be able to educate them as well. And well move on from there. Reporter aiding police in this task is the public. Officers. Residents to call 31 h 1 if they see a business that should be closed but is open instead. The mayor says this is significant but you shouldnt be calling the police if you see this crime. Call 911 if you have an emergency. A new covid19 Emergency Relief Fund is now available for vulnerable open residents and First Responders. The mayor says it will help the city avoid a major catastrophe. One of the first uses of the oakland fund, the oakland covid19 relief fund, is to stand up a testing site today. That will specifically focus on First Responders and other front line workers who are exposing themselves to the relief fund has seen donations of more than 2. 5 million. And the mayor says residents will also be able to contribute to that fund. It will also be used to help seniors and people who have Chronic Health conditions and struggling Small Businesses as well. Some restaurants are staying open in a limited capacity to help feed people while the stayathome order is in effect. There are several San Mateo County restaurants like original joes in daly city that are wrapping up takeout and delivery services, while being closed to dinein customers. The restaurants say theyre open for business and especially want to be able to provide food for seniors, First Responders, and healthcare professionals. Now more than ever, our Community Needs us. And we plan on being there for them. Food security and safe access to food is critical to keeping everyone as calm as possible during the shelterinplace mandally. Mandate. San mateo county is starting a fund to help struggling restaurants and Small Businesses. You can get cocktails delivered to your home when ordering takeout. The california alcohol benge control is temporarily allowing restaurants to deliver beer, wine and spirits during the stayathome order. The department is allowing alcohol to be sold at drivethru windows. Alcohol will only be sold when buying food. No Alcohol Deliveries will be aloud between 2 00 am and 6 00 am. The Department Says that temporarily lifting restrictions will help struggling restaurants survive. More steep losses on wall street today, ending its worst week sin the financial crisis of 2008. Evidence that the coronavirus is taking a toll on commerce nationwide. The dow fell 913 points. Its down 17 for the week. The nasdaq was down 271 points. And the s p was up by 104. The Trump Administration is invoking the defense production act. Aimed at speeding up the production of medical supplies and equipment in the fight against the coronavirus. It comes as Congress Continues negotiations on a massive stimulus package. Reporter the Trump Administration is enacting new travel restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus. The white house has reached agreements with mexico and canada to restrict nonessential travel across borders. It will not impact trade or business. The Trump Administration also announced people caught crossing the border illegally will be returned. They threaten to create a perfect storm. That would spread the infection to our border agents, migrants, and to the public at large. Reporter the state department is also putting out its highest level travel warning. Urging americans not to go abroad. A Top White House doctor shared new statistics from italy. Showing males have twice the mortality ra females. The senate is here. We are working. And we are going to deliver. Reporter meanwhile the senate has selfimposed a deadline of monday to pass a third Coronavirus Response package. An initial draft Shows Americans making up to 75,000 a year would receive 1,200 each. Small loans to help with payroll, and other facilities. Lawmakers are still negotiating the details in making additional proposals. Every worker gets a paycheck equal to what they were earning before this crisis. Paid for by the federal government. Reporter the ires is extending the frl tox filing deadline to july 15th. Many states will automatically change too. And its expected the rest will follow suit. We learned that a member of Vice President mike pences staff has tested positive for covid19. The Vice President spokesperson says step are being made to trace who that person came into contact with. The number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Now tops 18,000, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins university. They say that there are at least 18,500 cases across the country. The number of deaths is up from 200 yesterday to 227 today. New york has the most cases followed by washington and california. New york and illinois today joined california in asking residents to stay at home to stop the spread of coronavirus. In illinois, the order takes Effect Tomorrow at 5 00 pm. It runs through april 7th, affecting 13 million residents. In new york, the governor is telling workers to stay home. And for everyone to keep their social distance. Two basic rules. Only essential accidents will be functioning. If you can work at home, god bless you. But only essential businesses can have workers commuting to the job or on the job. Second rule, remain indoors to the greatest extent to protect physical and mental health. Today the Trump Administration says states can cancel federally required School Testing this year. And people with federal Student Loans can get their payments paused for 60 days if they submit a request with their Loan Servicing company. Coming up, many Construction Projects are still underway despite the shelterinplace order. Why . They are deemed essential. And what some workers say about the safety at their job sites. And warnings about coronavirus scams. Alameda county sheriffs deputies tell us about the schemes theyre already seeing reported. Bay area weather, some sunshine, some clouds popping up throughout the afternoon hours. Well let you know if those showers will continue. Plus, after the break, some positivity as communities come together. 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Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. A group of neighbors in berkeley using music to try and cope with the stayathome order. Residents on stewart street have been singing and playing their instruments every day at noon. One neighbor sent out an email to get the daily ritual going after seeing people in italy do the same thing. They are fortunate to have a number of private and professional musicians living on their block. In livermore, neighbors are listing each others messages of support in front of their homes. A way of keeping a connection with each other during the shelterinplace. I dont really like the coronavirus. Because its keeping people in and from doing what they like. And they dont get to go to school which keeps them entertained. It gets them out here talking to each other. Even if its just for a business. They were over there talking to our neighbors, and what they were gonna draw. And its a wonderful thing. Chalk sart another way to keep the children away from their devices. A struggle these days, especially with the schools shut down right now. Absolutely. And the Oakland Unified School district plans to ensure students who rely on School Programs dont go hungry. It seems to be working. The district is giving out tens of thousands of meals in just the first week. On monday we had 25,000 meals we gave away to about 4,000 families for students here. Yesterday we had another one. We gave away 50,000. You can see just in three days, the demand has doubled. The grabandgo meals are distributed every monday and thursday at 12 school sites across the city. They are available regardless of family income. The city of clair. The city of santa clara is working with the santa clara firefighters foundation, venue management, and Premium Food Services to organize a Food Distribution program. The meal packages include two breakfasts and two lunches. The city says the new effort will supplement the existing mondaythroughfriday meal service for those 60 and older in santa clara. And bay area weather, a little bit of everything today. Some sunshine, some dark clouds. And even a few scattered showers popping up throughout the afternoon hours. As we head into the weekend, were still going to hold onto that slight chance. An isolated shower. Tomorrow were expecting partly cloudy skies. Really mild out there. Upper 50s to the upper 60s. Sunday is the day we definitely thicken up the cloud cover. And we will be tracking some shower chances, especially in south bay by sunday afternoon. Right now the satellite showing some clouds streaming into southern california. And a closer look at our radar over the past few hours. You can see some clouds developing. And even a few scattered showers developing over the past few hours are. Even out in the oakland area in the past hour. Here on the radar right now, not a lot of coverage to show you. And well check out the next system, the wider view on the satellite. Showing you the circulation out here in the pacific. Here is live camera look toward the golden gate bridge. Showing you this. Some sunshine, clouds, and not much in the way of shower activity right now. Current numbers in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. It has been a mild friday afternoon. Overnight lows will be in the upper 30s to the 40s. And we will be tracking a few scattered clouds throughout the day on your saturday forecast. So increasing clouds through tomorrow. Sunday. Well talk more about the showers returning to the bay area. A valley store is closed for business after several days of defying the shelterinplace order. The sheriffs Department Says they resist shutting the business themselves in hopes the owner would eventually comply. A spokesperson told us they support the Second Amendment but selling guns is not considered essential. We were in the trying to take away anyones right to bear arms out of the Second Amendment. We were just saying you cant operate your business. People can still have their Second Amendment rights. At one point the lines to buy guns were out the door. During the stayathome order, many Construction Projects are moving forward under the essential business criteria. As greg lee tells us, some construction workers are worried that their job sites arent following the appropriate guidelines for social distantsing and hand washing. Reporter activity in bay area cities has screeched to a halt as people heed shelterinplace orders. One of the groups continuing its normal operation, construction workers. They exempted housing projects, deeming it part of essential serves. As much as it cant be business as usual in the sense of these times are not usual times we have the opportunity to continue to move our projects forward. And our projections are foundational to everything that is in our economy. And in our society. Reporter peter takaishi is the president of agc, representing union and nonunion members. Hes working to clear confusion for contractors about what qualifies and supports a broad approach toward the exemption. Not everyone agrees. Ktvu has received dozens of emails from confirmed construction workers about their safety during the coronavirus pandemic. All across the bay area, workers told us theyre remodeling bathrooms, working on room extensions, or luxury condos. Work they say is not essential. Conditions, bottom line, are not suitable for work. In the unprecedented time were in. Reporter we spoke to the owner of a subcontracting business currently working on a project in San Francisco. He wanted to remain anonymous. Theres hundreds of laborers in various sites at one time, working in close contact with one another. In hightraffic zones. These areas are generally poorly ventilated. Close proximity. Its inevitable. Reporter we asked the Mayors Office about ongoing construction. We were directed to this website listing what is essentiala and what is not. In the wake of the coronavirus, he saysa, gc formed a task force to ensure contractors take safety precautions outlined by the cdc and

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