Unemployment benefits last week. That is double the previous weeks record of 3. 3 million. Ringing the total to almost 10 million. Here in california 878,000 people filed first time and implement claims last week compared to 186,000 the week before. California has twice as many claims as any other state. Relief is now available for Small Businesses in california affected by the outbreak. Governor newsom today announced a relief package that extends the sales tax deadline for Small Businesses to july 1. Businesses with less than 5 million in taxable sales will be able to defer payment of up to 30,000 for one year without a fine or penalty. In essence it is a bridge loan. The money youve already collected, you will not have to pay the state for 12 months, no penalties or interest, de facto, alone. Governor newsom also announced a new job search website called on rca. Org. It will assist people that are laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic find employment and other resources. Today the mayor of San Francisco announce the Small BusinessEmergency Loan Fund and directed 9 million to the program. Small businesses can apply for zero interest loans of up to 50,000. The city has also created a task force to help businesses during the stay at home order and the Recovery Process after. A new drivethrough covid19 opened it today at zuckerberg hospital. There is also walkup testing. The site is located in the hospital parking lot at 23rd and potrero. To be tested patients must have a referral from a Health Network provider or clinic, Emergency Department or urgent care facility. Across the bay area there are now more than 2800 cases of coronavirus in nine counties. In the hardest hit candies, San Francisco reported 16 new cases for a total of 450. Seven people have died. San mateo added 65 new cases with a total of 453, 10 people have died there, and santa clara has more than 1000 cases with 63 new cases today. Santa clara countys covid19 dashboard tracks the number of confirmed cases. They are also providing information on the number of patients hospitalized at nearly 100 tonight. They are also providing real time information on how many beds are available including icu beds and how many ventilators are in use and available. In the south bay, a nursing home has a cluster of coronavirus cases with at least a halfdozen residents and staff testing positive for the coronavirus. Jesse gary tells us whats being done tonight to keep a bad situation from getting even worse. Reporter Officials Say multiple positive test results were revealed, one as recently as this week, to residents and for staffers are infected with covid19, one resident was discharged before the test results were known the other is hospitalized. Additionally, 26 other residents and staffers are being tested to see if they to come are infected. Is such an nursing home or anything of confinement like a prison for example can be very dangerous. And reps as weve been vigilant and early for weeks adopting the practices and particles directed by the centers for disease control, centers for medicare and medicaid services, state and county guidance to protect the frail and vulnerable residents entrusted to our care area Canyon Springs caters to residents needing care after hospitalization as well as those with dementia or alzheimers. 199 residents are housed at this East San Jose location on any given day. There is tremendous concern among the medical repression and the politicians that the next front will be Nursing Homes and prisons and other areas where people are confined and cant leave. Officials say stricter protocols are in place, among them, more stringent is the restrictions, screening of staff and essential visitors, and more frequent monitoring of residents conditions. Canyon springs Officials Say our top priority remains the health and wellbeing of everyone in our facility. This is essentially a war, and its a matter of triaging every situation, every patient. Triaging your facilities and equipment to put to the best use. Dr. Mark schwartz says there are signs that the infection rate in the bay area is slowing due to things like people staying inside, social distancing and sanitizing hands. As for Canyon Springs, they did not answer the question of if they considered closing the facility in the short term due to the infection which seems to be growing, or what family should do if they cannot get their loved one and bring them home for a 14 day quarantine. Tonight Bay Area Health officials are given more guidance for Wearing Masks in public. They now recommend that people should cover their noses and mouths with some kind of fabric to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Health Officials Say face coverings can be hand made or improvised using scarves, shirts or bandannas. Officials want to remind people that regardless, social distance is still the best precaution. And they say hospital grade masks should be left for Healthcare Professionals and First Responders. The white house says its considering new guidance to encourage people to wear face masks while out in public. The recommendations will reportedly apply to people who live in areas with Community Spread of the virus to wear nonmedical masks or antennas. Also the white house says it will not reopen the Enrollment Period under the Affordable Care act for people who Lose Health Care coverage when they lose their jobs. The Vice President said the task force is looking at other ways to help an estimated 30 million uninsured americans. At this point the White House Coronavirus task force is working on a proposal for the president to use some of the 100 billion that we are making available to hospitals, to compensate the hospitals directly for any coronavirus treatment they provide to uninsured americans. California has extended open enrollment and covered california through the end of june. In the meantime President Trumps that he tested negative for the virus again today after taking a second test. On wall street today stocks rose despite the 6. 6 million unemployment claims. Traders were encouraged after President Trump tweeted that he expects russia and saudi arabia will come to an agreement on oil production. The dow rose 169 points, more than 2 , nasdaq gained 126 and the s p was up 56. Crude oil finish the day at five dollars a barrel to just over 25. Historic building on the waterfront in richmond is being converted into a medical station ahead of the expected surge in the number of rotavirus cases in the bay area. Henry lee has our report this evening. The crane way pavilion on the waterfront was bustling with activity, the Historic Building is being transformed into the 250 bed medical station for coronavirus patients. It was very obvious this would be a phenomenal facility to conduct such a mission. A doctor who also manages the property says that they provide isolation, privacy and plenty of scenery. If there are any patients coming in with initial symptoms or any patients recovering, just take a look at this view, this is the view they will have. I personally believe your mood helps in your recovery. The building is huge, no tents are needed for the National Guard is bringing in beds and medical supplies. Contra costa county is coordinating medical staffing. The facility will only be used if local hospitals dont have enough room to handle covid19 patients. It will be used as an icu or for acute care. We will be a Triage Center where we will be sending people either to the hospital or if they are on their way to recovery, for them to quarantine themselves at home. Samantha cringely has been home to craft fairs, rosie the riveter festivals, in february it was the site of a Bernie Sanders rally, but the goal now is to have far less people inside. Ideally i would not like to see a single patient, we are setting this up in case we do. We dont want to be caught unprepared. The elting has a story past, it used to be a ford auto plan, workers then switched gears to help me keeps commit tanks and military vehicles turned world war ii. Now its about fighting this war against the pandemic. There is a lot of history here. A history that will hopefully bode well for the future. We know we will win this war we want to do it in way with the least amount of lives lost. The goal is to get the crane way ready for any influx of patients by the third week of april. New at 6, the fda is easing its Blood Donation guidelines for game and and others in the Lgbtq Community to give. But as andre senior tells us, a state senator from the bay area says the move, while welcome, is still not enough. Reporter since the covid19 outbreak began sweeping the country the red cross says 2700 blood drives have been canceled. We are still treating patients in all capacities and having a blood shortage is never good. As a result the fda has eased restrictions on game and donating blood since it is sorely needed right now. All blood, whether its coming from a man, or from a straight individual or any other individual for that matter, is attested for many other diseases, infectious diseases. This move by the fda is not free of all restrictions. Previously only male donors who have not had sex with another man for a period of 12 months were allowed to donate. The new rule brings that down to three months. The time has also been shortened from 12 months to 3 for female donors who have not had sex with a man who had sex with another man. The fda seems to be stuck in 1985 when we didnt know that much about hiv. State senator scott weiner says the rule still restrict a certain class of people. When we viewed hiv as only a disease affecting men and intravenous drug users, when there was not good testing. That is not the case anymore which is why he and others have been pushing for a complete fda lifting of the ban. Weiner who says he would like to donate blood but still would not qualify as a doing what he can to help, so if you areor bisexual men banned from giving, you can recruit a friend to given they will give on your behalf. The San Francisco mayor london breed will donate on his behalf. He also says all the slots for next tuesdays blood drive are filled right now but there is another donation drive he is sponsoring on april 30. Coming up, a worrisome first in San Francisco, a person in a homeless shelter has tested positive for the coronavirus. The steps now being taken to protect the vulnerable. Plus, helping those in need, locate resources faster, the interactive to lunch today to map out locations for free meals. Some welcome news from families now sequestered in their homes. The credit you will see on your next pg e bill. Taking a live look outside at the traffic on interstate 880. Not much traffic right now. The as should have had it day game in minnesota today. Ktvu news at 6 will be right back. What we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. San francisco is reporting its first confirmed case of covid19 in one of the citys homeless navigation shelters. As and captain reports, San Francisco leaders say they knew this would happen and thats why they had a plan in place. Reporter San Francisco officials are confirming the first case of covid19 in the citys Navigation Center. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing said the individual was found to have tested positive after staying at the Division CircleNavigation Center on south venice. We knew this would happen at some point so we had a process and plan in place which was implemented overnight. Its been a part of that plan includes moving the infected person to a hospital or hotel if they dont need medical care. Cleaning the Navigation Center and testing everyone who came in contact with that individual. The department of homelessness and support of housing acknowledging that practicing social distancing inside shelters and Navigation Centers is impossible. The department saying the city is suffering from a dual crisis of homelessness and a global pandemic. These are not environments where people should be living longterm in the first place. This pandemic has really revealed that to the rest of the community. Things that our colleagues and the people who run these amazing shelters already know on a daytoday basis. The supervisor is leading the push to shelter more of the citys homeless in hotels urging them city to take drastic steps to protect the homeless. A source from the Mayors Office says that would cost upwards of 50 60 million a month, money the city cannot get back from fema. But its unconscionable to allow people to stay in close quarters or on the streets in the midst of a pandemic. From a common sense perspective and from a health perspective, we need to house in hotels in some of the 30,000 hotels that are sitting empty as we speak. People experiencing homelessness. Now the city is still working to open moscone west, dont help within the homeless population. Now with the opening of moscone west, we will be able to accomplish that in a much more effective way. Californias governor also acknowledging the homelessness crisis and he will have more details on a statewide response on friday. This time tomorrow we will specifically be laying those things out. Homelessness advocates say the current pandemic is a perfect example of why they believe homelessness is at its core, a healthcare issue. They say Going Forward they will be looking for longterm fixes to homelessness. A new food map resource is available in the south bay. The city of san jose and their schools have partnered with the Second Harvest food bank. You can find the interactive map, and it shows more than 400 locations where people in need can get food. It also details free meals for seniors and children as well as locations of food banks and which restaurants are open for pickup. Looking into the weather, weve got rain coming your way as we head into the bay area weekend. Tomorrow will be another really nice day. This system here will pop in on saturday and into sunday. That sets us up with a wet weekend ahead, that is kind of what we are looking forward to. We need the rain, the snow, and we will get both. Snow in the mountains and rain around here. As you look at the current temperatures, they are a little ahead of yesterday at this time. Yesterday we were a couple of degrees cooler. Today we had some upper 60s and low 70s and some warm spots, so a pretty nice day. Temperatures are running a little warmer than they were yesterday. Heres a live camera shot. You can see we are looking at the bay bridge, and clear skies, beautiful weather right now, and its all coming around. Tomorrow morning temperatures a little warmer than today. This morning we had frost, tomorrow morning we may see a little frost as well. But as we go into the day on a saturday, the clouds will increase. Heres the model, here is what you want to see for the weekend. As we go into saturday morning, we will see the next system. As we come back, we will timing out for the bay area weekend. The San FranciscoInternational Airport is honoring Healthcare Professionals who are working during the coronavirus pandemic. Sfo posted these photos on twitter showing the airport all lit up in blue in recognition of those workers on the front line. Sfo says it will continue to light the airport in blue each week in april to honor all of those workers. Some Bay Area Grocery Stores are working to help First Responders by giving them extra time to shop without having to deal with crowds. Starting today save mart, lucky and food max stores open an hour earlier for all medical, Law Enforcement and fire personnel. A nurse who woke up early to shop this morning said this new window to shop is a help for both her and her family. I have my mother in the car, she wanted to support me, so she came along. But she cant go in the store because she is older and shes had some health issues. So i want to keep her safe. Not only do i have to go to work but i have to take on the responsibility of providing for my family. Its hard when Services Like these are not available. The extra hour is to think First Responders for their service. All they have to do is show an employee id to enter the stores. Pg e customers will be happy to see a discount on their bills this month. Twice year residential customers receive a state mandated climate credit. The april credit total is up to 63 for customers with natural gas and electric service