Out at home. The requirements to wear face coverings does not take the place of social distancing. Reporter they do not need to be medical grade, Health Officials say bandannas or cloth masks will do. This just feels like another order, it is important to realize that this actually enables us to lift other, more restrictive orders. That is the hope. Right now, no easing of restrictions has been announced. Notably, Santa Clara County is not mandating masks yet. Resident say they would support it. It is hard to distance yourself in the store when there are others around and if we can reduce the amount of come you know, spray going all over the place, that is probably a good thing. I think it should be a requirement, i feel guilty not wearing one right now. I think we have a responsibility during this quarantine to limit the spread of the virus as much as possible. Reporter the new rule will take effect tonight at 11 59 but wont be enforced until april 22. Officials want to give people enough time to get masks if they dont already have them. Taking a look at the latest numbers on the pandemic, there is nearly 6 taking a look at the latest numbers on the pandemic, there is nearly 6000 confirmed cases of coronavirus now in the bay area. 196 people sadly have died locally. Up and down the state, there are nearly 29,000 cases. The governor said 95 people died in the last 24 hours, the most in one day and as you mentioned at the top of the newscast, that brings the death toll in our state from covid19 to more than 1000 people. Another set of dismal numbers were released today, signaling the end of californias 10 year growth streak. The new state employment numbers show california lost nearly 100,000 jobs in march. That list raised it to 520 . Up from 3. 9 in february, marking the largest monthly increase on record. And as big of a jump that is, they worn it is just a portion of the job losses since the survey ended march. At the briefing today, they are now a pandemic used recession. His forming Advisory Group to help with the economic recovery. The panel will be composed of dozens of members including former governors, peoples in, greg davis, arnold schwarzenegger, and jerry brown. We have tasked 80 of them to begin to work through each and every sector of our economy to put together tangible, actionable ideas for short term, medium and longterm economic recovery. They will be its numbers also include former fed chair janet yellen and apple ceo tim cook. Many Small Businesses in the bay area are going to miss out on loans from the federal government, paycheck protection program. They have ran out of money in just 13 days. Tom spoke to two Small Business owners who say they are in limbo. Reporter two years ago started a yoga studio and a coffee and sweet shop. Then came the federal shutdown which led to their shutdown and the layoff of their 16 employees. As things were evolved it became clear that we had to put our personal safety and the safety of others ahead of anything else. So can the Small Business survive without federal paycheck protection programs assistance . Absolutely not. Know. I could not compromise my family, i cannot think of any further. Reporter even though he quickly applied as recommended, including wells fargo, they have heard nothing of substance from anyone. We have done our best to try to do our Due Diligence but there is come you know, not a lot of clarity around how this thing will roll out. Reporter another Payroll Protection Program applicant, primary care doctor David Goodman and his closeknit staff of four employees have served patients in and around novato, including many regional First Responders for almost a quartercentury. I thought it was a program that had my name all over it. And other Small Business is. Reporter when the shutdown came, business sharply declined. So much so the doctor applied for a loan through bank of america where he had done business going on 40 years. But he was shocked to be told that his practice did not qualify for the paycheck protection program. I was blocked from applying because bank of america had instituted a policy that only allowed businesses to apply if they had both a depository as well as a lending relationship. Reporter that was not part of the rule, so bank of america opened the program to all borrowers. Though he then reapplied, dr. Goodman has no idea where his application and the fate of his employees who he says are like family really stands. My application and so many others like mine are in limbo. Reporter that makes joanne wonder even more about her limbo. I think wells fargo is probably doing the best that they can but also, it is hard to know who is been prioritize. On wall street, stocks rallied positively. The dow was up 704 points, nearly 3 . The nasdaq was up 117, and the s p rose 75 points. Traders were encouraged by reports that they were shown promise in treating the virus, Energy Shares and banks also saw gains today. President trump declared that states are responsible for testing there residents to meet the goals for reopening. They have complained of insufficient testing supplies but the White House Task force says the u. S. Has enough tests to begin phase 1 of reopening. Dr. Deborah burke says a number of states including california are considered to have the ability to run 1 million test per month. Really, there is capacity out there. It is our job, working with this state and having the state and the leadership role and Laboratory Director and the leadership role to provide support to ensure that all the potential for testing in the United States is brought there. Some Democratic Senators expressed their concerns about the lack of testing, and a Conference Call with the Vice President mike pence today, the may sen. Reportedly told them that the failure to develop a National Testing program is dereliction of duty. The numbers released show that covid19 disproportionally impacts minority communities, especially the Africanamerican Community. Jesse gary tells us what is driving those numbers and what you are doing to address this issue. Reporter in San Franciscos fillmore district, a grassroots effort to protect the vulnerable segment of the populace, actor and activist amal truelove tells anyone and everyone the freebies handed out can save lives. A lot of the underserved in africanamerican committees have been hit the hardest by the covid19. According to National State and local statistics, the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the Africanamerican Community disproportionally. There seems to be either something disproportionate in the treatment side or something is proportionate in the preventative side. Reporter it is most severe in Santa Clara County where blacks make up less than 3 of the population but account for 7 of the 1800 cases. I think many African Americans may be working in the caregiving field. Where they are working at hospitals, nursing homes, assistedliving homes, health agencies. So they are working in high risk jobs. We need doctors that look like us. Reporter naacp president rev. Jethro moore the second says occupation and a mistrust of the Healthcare Industry as a whole are both contributing factors in the skewed percentages. Sometimes the same doctors they are asking us to go see are the ones that told us that there was nothing wrong in the first place so the trust is down. Why should we destroy that trust barrier when there is a consummate comes up . Reporter oakland mayor is creating a covid19 Racial Disparity task force, made up of local and state leaders. The group will immediately address the racialized impact of the virus as well as craft legislation to lessen the disparities of people of color. Among the stated objectives, task force will create a Vulnerability Index measure so that at Risk Communities can be targeted with preventive treatments. And provide proactive outreach and at Risk Communities to promote healthier living. Tomorrow truelove is teaming with a Science Policy Group to produce bottles of hand sanitizers and facemasks for distribution. It is important that come you know, my community and our types of communities can see somebody like myself, with my type of background, you know, doing the work and spreading the awareness of how severe the covid19 actually is. Reporter is a crucial message delivered to a vulnerable segment of the community that this time may be more at ease hearing these words of warning. These workers who provide personal Care Services are among the lowest wage earners in the country. And taking on the highest risks. Coming up, a story about a push to protect Home Healthcare workers including a call for congress to step in. Warnings for San Franciscos mayor and police chief to stay away on 420. What will happen if you dont and how marijuana dispensaries are preparing for the unofficial holiday. A lot of sunshine and temperatures in the 70s and 80s, a bigtime change coming up. Well let you know with the quote and will continue as we head into the weekend. First after the break, the man accused of kidnapping, beating, and dumping a woman that leads police on a chase to several east bay cities, details on how it all ended. Taking a live look out toward the nearly empty bay bridge toll plaza on a friday evening, this is something you are not used to see. Ktvu fox 2 news at six will be right back. A Police Standoff in richmond last night ended with a deadly officer involved shooting. Police say this is that had left a woman for dead in the east bay hills before he led police on a chase to richmond. Henry lee explains how it all unfolded. It was one shot and then about 20 shots after that. Reporter a chaotic scene where a suspect accused of kidnapping and beating a woman was killed after a wild chase from oakland and a barrage of police gunfire. Reporter there was cops all the way down this way, cop cars there, the cop car that looked like it had been hit. Reporter Juan Ayon Barraza pointed a gun at them. Richmond and Oakland Police opened fire, during the confrontation bullets tore through cars and in Oakland Police cruiser. It happened so fast, must be at least 30, 40, 50 cops within 15, 22nd. Reporter when it was over the suspect was dead, it is not known if he was killed by police, a selfinflicted gunshot wound or a combination of both. It began earlier thursday with the suspect kidnapped a woman in solano county, beat her, then dumped her in the Oakland Hills to the Contra Costa County line. Oakland and Morocco Police spotted the suspects chevy astro van and began chasing it along pikers and along i580 into richmond. He ended up in an apartment complex where his childs mother lives. She is not the victim left the site of the road. The suspect rammed a police car, injuring two officers, one of them suffering a broken leg. They pulled the officer out of the car, he was limping on the way. There was an ambulance at the same time, right here at the corner. They lowered him up. Reporter they opened fire but they did not immediately rush and afterward. They were giving a lot of warnings, they started calling the person by name and saying that they had their family with them and we are going to send in the dogs and they warned him in english and spanish. Reporter she shot this video from her window. There yelling at him to get up and get on his knees. Reporter getting no response, police sent in a canine to help clear the fan. The name of the victim has not been released. The Police Shooting is under investigation by richmond and oakland pd as well as the Contra Costa County das office. A few days ago we have the sunshine, temperatures, on the warm side, 70s and 80s, things have changed quite a bit. A lot of stubborn clouds and temperatures only in the 50s and the 60s this afternoon. Highs today across the bay area, one low 70 out toward antioch, 72, san jose 67 and pretty chilly in san fran the skull and pacifica in the 50s. Now saturday, here is your weekend outlook, clouds and drizzle will start off the day. And then and sunday, mostly sunny skies, not a big change in temperatures drop the weekend, mainly in the 60s. Talk about two systems out in the pacific, one is heading toward Southern California and kind of a twin, up here and is kind of based on the location of the systems, keeping the clouds in the forecast and also the possibility of a few thunderstorms to the north and to the east of the bay area. Right now, a little bit of green on the radar, not all reaching the ground but in the short term, there is a slight chance of a sprinkle or a light shower, very isolated. Current numbers in the 50s to lower 60s out there, so still pretty chilly, here is our live camera looking out across San Francisco with mostly cloudy skies of ahead. Overnight lows starting out in the 40s and 50s, a lot of cloud cover, as far as the afternoon we will have more on that forecast coming up in a little bit. San francisco officials reinforcing their message now that there will be no public celebration of marijuana next monday on 420. Christien kafton explains the extra measures police are taking to prevent crowds from actually gathering. Reporter in years past, for 20 has drawn thousands of cannabis fans to hippie hill in golden gate park. This year the city is warning that in light of the social distance thing Public Health directives, a public or 20 celebration is officially canceled. Stay home for 420, dont come to San Francisco, we are not welcoming any large gatherings of any nature, not just during 420, but any other time. Reporter fencing was around hippie hill it officers will be on scene ready to cite and arrest if necessary. Reporter he was the officers in the parks, you will see streets closed, you will see us out with the area fenced off. And we want to remind people, please do not engage in for 20 festivities. I have to tap and one time just to say reporter he40 taking to twitter sing public celebrations for 420 make no sense this year. We are bay area strong, lets stay in the house, we love for 20 but lets not get out there and be in a crowd, lets not do that. They have to be canceled this year. Reporter the cannabis dispensaries says safety is the top priority. They are urging users to create Real Community and the Virtual World to celebrate this year. We are not giving up on 420, but we are suggesting that people do for 20 in place and have a nice time at home. We are highly encouraging people to stay home, order online for pickup, preorder and delivery. Reporter they will be working with the rack and Parks Department to make sure people dont just move that Party Somewhere Else in the city, they say this year the stakes are simply too high but people get high with each other. In San Francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. Coming up, Cal State University is announcing plans to temporarily suspend the use of sat and act test results for admission. San diego comic Book Convention becomes the latest coronavirus victim, why this years crowd was expected to be bigger than normal. Today the cal state system announced plans to suspend the use of sat and act exams as criteria for admission in the 202120 school year. The chancellor of the california State University system says the temporary change will ensure equitable access to the university, and should provide some measure of relief to Prospective Students and their families. University california officials announced a similar decision earlier this month. Virtual graduation ceremonies could become commonplace starting next month. Reporter alex hogan looks at the changes being made and a surge of emotions being felt by many college seniors. Reporter more than 3 Million University seniors wont walk across the date at the works page at the end of the semester because of covid 19. Universities are taking unique approaches but after years of studies this is not the combination of a College Career that students expected. It was immediate tears to my face. I am firstgeneration college student, so it was important. Everyone is sad and angry and just confused. Many are offering a lifetime ceremony complete with musical performances and your name read just like it would be in person. Former secretary Hillary Clinton is joining forces with john legend and jimmy fallon to offer students several speeches online. Other schools have left the decision of a vote from seniors, most saying they still want an inperson ceremony but after the pandemic. Students will receive their di