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Mostly sunny today with a little breeze, more so towards the peninsula, sso and Half Moon Bay which is holding up temperatures a little bit. A system on the way for the weekend and there is more that with two pieces of it and heis did a little below average but still okay before the big weekend change. And on this friday Sal Castaneda is here and good morning. Good morning sir, happy friday and here we are with not a lot to say which is good, when we open up the morning if you do have to go to your job at your essential workplace it does look good, san mateo bridge traffic you do see people are out but not very many on a friday heading out to the other side. No major issues on 880 or 580 on the east bay and i will look at know if anything is happening but now bathis morning, at 5 30 the Us Labor Department will release the monthly jobs report or march and it is expected to show a fraction of the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus the employment numbers were collected in the first half of march before states enacted shelter in place orders, shutdown businesses and most layoffs occurred and that is why economists are only predicting 100,000 net job loss factoring in both layoffs and hiring. This mornings job report will not reflect the millions of americans who have filed for unemployment benefits. Here in california 880,000 people filed firsttime claims just last week which is a nearly 370 increase from the week before. The California Employment Development department shifted 850 Staff Members to help process the claims that applicants are nervously waiting for word about the status of those claims. I have had nothing in the mail and no emails, i checked sometimes more than once a day, ive heard nothing. One reason for the Delay Estates are waiting for federal guidelines before they can cut checks and under the new Pandemic Unemployment Relief Program which extends benefits to people including independent contractors, selfemployed and gig workers. Right now the futures indicate a down opening about 1 across the board but it could change after the report is released for the monthly jobs. Stocks got a boost from the announcement on Oil Production yesterday which helped the dow jones rise 470 points by the close and the nasdaq up 100 the nasdaq up 126 and s p up yesterday but it looks like a 1 drop at least at the opening. Also more help is on the way for Small Businesses which have been affected by the pandemic and Governor Newsom unveiled a package of state and federal assistance and that package includes 50 million in loan guarantees for businesses not eligible for federal renewsom i proposing a oneyear deferral of sales tax receipts up to 50,000 and federal disaster loans for Small Businesses and nonprofits and a Program Offering payroll protection grants. If you commit to keeping your employees even if you have no business and even if your business is closed, but you pay your employees, this is a grant program, not a loan program. The state of california has set up a website called onwardca and the site connects them to hiring now and emergency resources and help her training for a new career. Later today the number of confirmed coronavirus cases here in the bay area expected to surpass 3000 in San Francisco county reported 16 new cases for a total of 450 and seven have died and San Mateo County had 65 new cases rising the 453 with 10 dad and Santa Clara County is the first bay area county to top 1000 cases and 36 have died there. A new type of investigation has been launched by the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office and they created a special covid 19 Investigative Unit to track potential exposure to the coronavirus within their department to know exactly who someone with the virus came in contact with. So far 11 Sheriffs Department Staff Members have tested positive for the virus. Going for hours and hours of footage to identify anyone who maybe they do not realize at the time had come through with exposure to any respiratory droplets in sneezing, there is a lot of interaction in a custody citing. The Sheriffs Department Incident Command Center is running the operation and making sure there is adequate protective gear and staffing also the Sheriffs Department has a Virus Response Team and their helping with high risk calls and also decontamination if needed. Santa clara county has set up a public website to track a number of confirmed coronavirus cases with information on the number of patients who were hospitalized, realtime information on the number of beds and ventilators being used. We have a link to that website on ktvu. Com, click on web links at the top of the page. Later today in fremont a coronavirus testing site will open at the Training Center on stephenson boulevard. The vice mayor of fremont says to be tested that you need to have symptoms of the coronavirus you do not need to have a referral from a doctor. It in San Francisco a new drive through coronavirus testing site is open now at zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital which allows two cars at a time with two people in a car at walkup testing is available as well but the drivethrough site is in the hospital parking lot on 23rd and potrero and you will need a referral from either a San Francisco Health Network provider or a clinic, Emergency Department or an urgent care center. Health Officials Says as of this morning california has a backlog of almost 60,000 coronavirus test waiting to be returned and the lag eating results can be as long as 12 days. 90,000 tests have been administered so far and federal Officials Say only two states are reporting more than one third of their test for the virus are positive, new york and w ch lower. California and washington remained steady at an 8 rate. What we are seeing finally is testing approving and more testing being done and still a high level of negatives and states without hotspots allowing them to do more the surveillance and containment. The federal government is sending new rapid test kits to areas where the doctors may not have access to labs that can process large numbers of tests. Bay Area Health Officials are giving more guidelines right now on Wearing Masks in public and they are now recommending 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 handmade or improvised using scarves or bandannas but officials want to remind people that social distancing is still the best precaution. Hospital grade masks should be and the white house says it will not reopen the enrollment timeframe under the Affordable Care act for people who Lose Health Coverage when they lose their jobs but the Vice President that the Coronavirus Task force is helping with other ways it up 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 where making available to hospitals to compensate the hospitals directly for any coronavirus treatment they provide to uninsured americans. California has extended open enrollment covered california through the end of june and President Trump addressed the media yesterday and he showed a letter from his doctor saying he tested negative for the virus again after taking a second test. These are the latest numbers for the coronavirus here in the us. Johns Hopkins University now shows more than 245, 000 confirmed cases across the country, more than 6000 people have died, 9200 have recovered and new york state has the largest outbreak with 92,000 cases followed by new jersey at 25,000 and then california at more than 11,000. Nearly 300 Million People are under mandatory stayathome orders around the United States and just five states have no shelter in place orders, the two dakotas, nebraska, iowa and arkansas. Floridas safe ride home order takes effect today and new york state has nearly 40 of the nations cases at hospitals are so overcrowded that some paramedics have been instructed not to bring patients in cardiac arrest if they cannot be revived on the scene. Do not forget you can download the free ktvo news app and get the latest updates and breaking news sent straight to your phone. You know it is always good to see you pam especially on friday since fridays belong to you which you know. Well thank you. While they belong to me as well for crying out loud. Yes a new bring a change to the weather good spirit rapidly towards tonight and already in the Mendocino County area the leading edge is coming in so the lows will not be as cold this morning, 49 in the city which did make it to 46, Goldengate Park 48 and they were 41 yesterday, patchy fog and mostly clear and a little bit of a breeze has picked up out of the west at 13 miles per hour. We will get partly cloudy and also partly sunny here today is the leading edge of cloud cover make the move and you can see it moving into Mendocino County. That will play into the weather after yesterdays sunny side up, apple bay north at 16, 30s to the north but not nearly as many as we saw yesterday when we had medical minimums. Maximum is still 38 and petaluma 39, but much colder than that yesterday, we will keep an eye on things, cloud cover and a little bit more of a breeze is setting the stage for transition days i get ready for weekend rain. There will be two systems, one on saturday and the stronger system starts to go down the coast and it will take its sweet time before it clears the area may not be until monday night or tuesday it looks like a major sierra snow event and for us about half an inch of rain to maybe 2. 5 or more and 2 snowfall it will crank up feet. Were setting the stage for pretty impressive early april system and today 50s and 60s, mostly to partly sunny, cool, possibly a break saturday late sunday. For the first time a homeless person has died at a San Francisco homeless shelter after testing positive for the coronavirus and what is next, those being protected who live and work on that vulnerable environment. When you expect a child your nerves are already shot. Anxiety growing during this pandemic and how expected parents are forced to change their birthing plans. This is gonna be americas favorite breakfast. They just dont know it yet. ding these are a few of my favorite things. 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Dr. Anthony fauci not going to bars, not going to restaurants, not going to theaters where there are a lot of people. It all just means physical separation so you have a space between you and others who might actually be infected or infect you. Dr. Jerome adams we all have a role to play in preventing persontoperson spread of this disease which can be deadly for vulnerable groups. For more information on how you can social distance good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2 it is for 15 a. M. And San Francisco is reporting is first confirmed case of coronavirus. One of the citys homeless navigation shelters and the Citys Department of homelessness and Supportive Housing for the individual tested positive earlier this week after staying at the Division Circle Navigation Center there are now concerns about other cases since social distancing inside some of these shelters and centers is impossible. These are not environments where people should be living long term in the first place and this pandemic has really revealed that to the rest of the community. Things are colleagues and the people who run these amazing shelters already know on a day today basis. The city is now trying to test everyone who came into contact with that person but it is hard to track down who was staying at an individual shelter each night. Roughly 1 million women are now expecting a baby within the next three months but many are questioning a traditional hospital delivery and they are worried the hospital will be understaffed and full of coronavirus patients. Ktvu talk to some couples now scrambling. Reporter when you are expecting a child your nerves are shot. Pregnancy is a challenge at the best of times but even more so for this couple expecting their first child, eric works in a rehab hospital so he sanitizes everything when he comes home and he goes straight to the shower, workloads left in the garage. They sleep separately and they use different bathrooms to safeguard brionna and their daughter who is due in six weeks. At first it felt shocking to cancel baby shower. Now the coronavirus has shaken their birthing planets hospitals been partners and some hospitals are separating moms from babies after birth. Concern about him not being there but concerned about the skin to skin contact which is so important for baby bonding. Not to be able to be there and support during this time is hard to deal with. This midwife of 30 years cofounded a birthing center in berkeley where calls have tripled two weeks and women with due dates near our frantic to switch their delivery from the hospital. If people are low risk and seem like a good fit we are doing that just to help with this pandemic. But the birth center cannot fit everyone in so there is a waiting list disappointing many colors. It is so heartbreaking and it is so hard that they dont know where they will end up birthing which is so sad. Spend some opt for homebirth if they can find an available midwife or do love but homes have their own infection risks so precautions are needed there as well. Where wearing ppe and screening people carefully and taking temperatures and being cautious about any potential contamination hundred we are little too far from the hospital and im a little too far high risk brionna has ruled out homebirth but waitlisted. Spinning i think we wouldve looked into it sooner. She says so and up as kaiser as planned and fingers crossed the environment does not worsen in the weeks ahead. It feels odd to be isolated for such a milestone, baby showers canceled and families meeting newborns over video. What matters is bringing a healthy baby into the world. It is not the birth story envisioned but a new one. It will still be exciting at a great time in our lives but it will just be that much more memorable i guess that it is happening during this period. Another example of how our lives are changing so dramatically, all over the place . So tough. And Steve Paulson is now back and talk about some big changes coming to the bay area. Significant changes for early april which will play into the weekend was will equal rain and a lot of mountain snow but today is an in between day which was not as nice as yesterday but does not nearly as cold, livermore 44 and a san jose is a 45, some low 70s yesterday, santa rosa though had 68 but not today, mid 60s a down a few degrees and continuing into the weekend. Leading edge of the cow cover making a move to the north, north 23 at50 and fremont is it 45 and a couple of 30s in the east bay like san ramon and lafayette but a lot more 40s up considerably compared to yesterday this time when we had 30s 50 around monterey and Crescent City still 38. Mostly sunny and partly cloudy and partly sunny will roll in, the leading edge of the system is inching closer and as it does it spreads rain Early Saturday Morning and it weakens as it goes south and stronger system arrives on sunday. Rainfall marin county and Santa Cruz Mountains north with possible decent totals, half an inch to 2. 5 and mountain snow for shasta and South Lake Tahoe