Grim milestone tonight, 15,000. We are hearing details about a san jose woman who appears to be the nations first coronavirus victim. Reporter friends tell me they cant believe it. A southbay mother and wife who has now become the nations first covid19 death. That was 12 days earlier than the previous case. Patricia dowd of san jose was 57 years old when she died february 6th. This week, a new wave of grieving as many learned their friend tested positive after her death from covid19. ; was absolutely shocked, speechless. Reporter s be steve banner worked with her at research. Her linkedin page shows she was there for 27 years. She was a wonderful friend and colleague. She was warm, engaging, friendly. She was a great teammate, both at lam research and even after work. She was one of those people you like to be around. Reporter friends tell ktvu she was a graduate of st. Francis high school in mountain view, a wonderful, caring person. She became sick in late january with flulike symptoms, but seemed to get better. She died while working from home. Her daughter found her, according to the l. A. Times. Dowd reportedly traveled several times overseas and was going to visit china later in the year. This is the first incident of somebody that i knew that has passed away from it. So its, its a real gut punch. Reporter California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered all counties to review their death records back to december. Medical examiners and contra costa and marin counties told ktvu they have already started the process of checking for deaths with undetermined, or respiratory causes. Experts say the coronavirus can remain in samples for months, or even years. The virus is regularly stable in the freezer for two months. It can be stored for three years and one of the standard phrases and you can still detect the rna. Reporter postmortem tests can be important to know if the virus killed other people even earlier appeared that there might be very limited samples. Very few people get autopsies pick everything in the population very few of all people get autopsies particularly. The sample sizes going to be small. Re max Santa Clara CountyHealth Officials say they are investigating how dowd got infected and what context she may have had. In the east bay a nursing home as reported several residents have died. An official at the Healthcare Center in oakland tells us three patients have died from the coronavirus. They tell us a total of 36 residents have contracted the coronavirus. The facility is on high street. We have 99 beds and say they are taking quote, immense measures to safeguard those who are not infected and isolate them treat those who are. A homeless shelter in San Francisco is closing after a second person tested positive for coronavirus at the Division CircleNavigation Center in the citys mission district. The remaining 59 people will be moved to isolation and quarantine and hotel rooms pierced the first positive case at the shelter was found three weeks ago. The city says the cases do not appear to be related. Tomorrow president from a schedule to sign the latest round of federal assistance for Small Businesses into law the white house their money. The white house past the nearly 500 billion measure this afternoon. The vote took longer than normal because they voted in eight separate groups to keep social distancing. Speaker nancy pelosi says the new funding should help more women and minorities, veterans, native americans and Rural Businesses along with hospitals. All of it in interest of Job Retention and first and foremost to address the key issue of health. However, Banking Industry groups say the 310 billion that was added to the paycheck protection act may already be spoken for. They said that money may go to the businesses that are already in the pipeline. Today napa county became the first in the bay area to relax some of the shelter and place restrictions. The company, excuse me, the county has 57 cases of coronavirus and so far there businesses reopening, eagle vines golf clubin american canyon. Terrible coming golfers for the first time in more than a month. Only napa county residents are allowed. They can golf in pairs. No cars are allowed, only walking. Its exciting, im a little nervous youre just trying to make sure everybody is doing the right thing. I think golf is a sport you can really socially distance. I think it should be okay. The county is also allowing construction to resume. Landscaping and gardening are also allowed, as long as its not purely for cosmetic reasons. Napa has also become the first bay area county to relax the rules on real estate showings. Buyers and agents have to take precautions and practice social distancing. New at them, how the industry is weathering the coronavirus. Reporter shelter in place pushed real estate off a cliff. Sellers stopped listing, shoppers stopped looking. At the bay area, always a tight market, may rebound faster than most. Two master suites with walk in closets. Reporter this napa condo ic, but the agent isnt deterred. Its getting looks online and vacant, easy enough to manage a walkthrough. We have actually seen multiple offers still. Reporter inventory was low, demand high before coronavirus. Now finances have forced some shoppers out. Regularly have been laid off or furloughed or they fear that might be the case. And thats just good common sense for them. The Housing Market going into this in february was a strong as ever. Reporter redfin tracking national numbers, says there are half as Many Properties listed as a year ago. Even though march sales tanked over the last two weeks demand is coming back. Reporter prices remained steady amid the uncertainty. We havent seen demand in the bay area fallback as much either. I think it might be that some markets are a bit more resilient to the shelter and place orders. I was looking at moving into my new home and now im not. Reporter the First Time Buyer ended her five month search and backed out of her purchase. The timing no longer felt rate. I want to give it a little bit more time to see what will happen with the economy, will it, will the rates continue to drop . I figure we need a place to live and im not a big panic or. Reporter the spire went ahead, trading up to a larger, newer home. Even in the pandemic had top dollar. It was weird we paid over asking. Walking through the house as if you were there. Reporter worth have been an industry lifeline and redfin reports one and seven offers are coming from buyers who have never set foot inside. Agents help economists are correct and that pent up demand drives a swift reboun, unlike the housing collapse a decade ago. The Real Estate Market is not a cause of the problem today. Its more a victim and so its recovery will be much faster. Reporter knuckles restart is gradual. No brokers tours, no open houses on the weekend, showings are by appointment only. Two visitors maximum with an agent and if the house is occupied, then gloves, masks and booties all mandatory. Lake county is beginning to loosen stayathome orders effective today. Select businesses can reopen including golf courses, pet grooming services, the Highland Springs shooting ranges, real estate transactions are allowed to take place now and residents can resume Outdoor Activities in public areas. That includes fishing from the shore at clearlake, canoeing and kayaking are also allowed, but no sailboats to maintain physical separation. So far lake county has only seen six confirmed cases of the coronavirus. County officials are encouraging residents to practice physical distancing and wear masks when out. The weather is forecast to hit up this weekend, attracting people back outdoors, but the governor is urging caution. Ktvus andre senior tells us social distancing is still required and can be enforced. We are walking into a very warm weekend, the most beautiful weekend to the extent that you love warm weather. Reporter cabin fever is a symptom so many of us are dealing with nowadays. But increasing temperatures on the horizon could be the cure. Governor gazza gavin newsom acknowledging that and the potential problems it brings during his Daily Briefing thursday. Two people are prone to wanting to go to the beaches, parks, playgrounds and go on a hike. And not how you do each of those things depends on the differences in the shelter in place orders in each bay area county. Earlier this week to we told you about the rules in san mateo county, perhaps the strictest among the region preventing people from traveling more than five miles from their homes for recreation. In the east bay, counties such as alameda have no shelter in place in their orders, but social and physical distancing is strictly enforced and will be watched closely. We are really encouraging park patrons to come to the parks, and jamaica make up the recreation, but do it safely. Reporter captain lance breeders with the east Bay Regional Park District police department, part of a 74 person team overseeing the largest Regional Park service in the country at 125,000 acres in 73 parks across alameda and contra costa counties. One area expected to see an increase in hikers, bikers and dockworkers is tilden park. We anticipate that park will get heavily used. Lake should go is a heavily used park we are monitoring. Reporter as the thermometer rises and the possibility of more people heading outdoors to stretch their legs, a warning from the state governor about the danger that still looms. I will be announcing in a week or so these numbers going back up if people dont practice social distancing. I dont think anybody wants to hear that. Reporter the east bay regional District PoliceDepartment Says they will be using their helicopter to monitor their facilities looking for people who are picnicking or playing sports in groups. They say if they see an increase, they could take measures, which includes limiting access to certain parts. We have plenty of warmth out there, its going to be tomorrow with highs near 90 degrees. Also ahead tonight, a teacher and retired teacher donating most of the stimulus money. Criminals taking advantage of a zero bail schedule because of the coronavirus. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. Police in San Francisco arrested a man accused of robbing two banks and burglarizing businesses. Police say benjamin chase robbed a bank on irving street last friday. Then two days later hes accused of robbing another bank on sixth avenue in the richmond district. In both Robberies Police say chase handed the teller a note, demanding cash. Earlier this month he allegedly broke into some businesses, taking cash and electronics. Chase faces multiple charges of burglary, robbery and grand theft. Many suspected criminals who are caught these days are not going to jail. Thats because of a new statewide zero bail policy. It was set up in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But as ktvus henry lee found out , some of the suspects were let go are being arrested again and again. Reporter its been 10 days since a nearly 0 bail schedule went into effect across california. That means a suspect with most misdemeanors and lowlevel felonies dont have to post bail. Many are being cited and released, instead of going to jail. Law enforcement says career criminals, including burglars, are taking advantage, getting arrested with no real consequence. They absolutely know about the zero bail schedule and if there was a time to do criminal activity, now would be a good time. Reporter Alameda County sheriff sergeant says countywide 27 people have been rearrested during the health emergency. He says repeat offenders are getting a free pass and wasting officers time. You in theory could go steal a car every single day and do the revolving door out of the county jail. Reporter in fremont on wednesday night Jonathan Reyes allegedly ran from a stolen bmw on 880 while the car was still moving. The empty vehicle crashed into the center divide. Police say reyes fought with officers and was subdued and ended up being cited and released your also in fremont, crystal sylvester was freed from jail after a spree of school burglaries. Nine days later he was arrested in connection with a theft of 23 cars from hertz car rental in san jose. He was again released on zero bail. And rocky music, busted from gastric and didnt sit idle for long. Then he was down near our bart station in dublin when he decided to carjack the first victim. Reporter even try to carjack a second victim in san ramon but was arrested. Robin lipinski is the Contra Costa County public defender. This idea that dangerous and violent people are being cycled in and out of the jail is not accurate. Reporter public defenders say Everyone Needs to be protected from covid19. They say Law Enforcement is being unnecessarily alarmist because recidivism is a fact of life. That was the case before the pandemic, the case before zero bail, that will always be the case. But thats not a reason not to try to address the critical situation we are in right now. Reporter in britain when adam ortega was cited and released after he showed up at a doorstep with a machete. The victims and officers didnt know that at the time. He was arrested after a second incident and spent hours in jail. Thats how it is. Its just hard. Especially for somebody, a suspect like that, that can cause potential harm to people. Reporter zero bail schedule will be in effect for 90 days after the emergency is over. Law enforcement says it all but guarantees a busy summer for cops and criminals alike. A federal judge has blocked a California Law requiring background checks to buy ammunition. The judge today ruled the restrictions violate the right to bear arms and said that even though the law is intended to keep ammo from criminals, it blocked sales to lawabiding buyers. Voters approved telephone is that we approved strict gun laws in 2016. Those restrictions took effect last july. The ruling now abolishes the law, requiring background checks for ammunition. State officials havent said yet whether they will appeal. Pg e is facing a big fine for 2017 gas explosion in San Francisco. The state has fined pg e 900,000 for failing to seal off an old line in the Bernal Heights neighborhood. The blast without a garage door and windows along mission street. Fortunately no one was hurt. Investigators now say that a plug was not properly capped for 14 years. It also took pg e three hours to turn off the gas and more than 100 people were forced from their homes. Pg e says that fell short of its responsibilities and has identified improvements to prevent incidents like this one in the future. Turned out to be another nice day, temperatures about where they were yesterday. Some areas, like fairfield and santa rosa, came up a couple degrees. Fairfield came up about two degrees, 83 in concord, little bit cooler today. But temperatures generally 2 to 3 degrees warmer than yesterday. Thats where we go tomorrow. Another couple degrees of warming. That sets us up with the potential for some of these inland spots, like santa rosa, fairfield, and antioch to make it near 90 degrees. There was little patchy fog, but not a big, robust fog bank out there. We are not going to see the big push of fog like we saw this morning. Tomorrow you wake up, 95 of us are straight on sunshine and temperatures will begin to warm rapidly from there. Thats how we hit 90 degrees perhaps in fairfield or livermore or a place like that. Everywhere else we will see San Francisco could go 77 degrees tomorrow. Pretty warm, temperatures warmer than they have been in a while. Tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week and then temperature slide a little bit after that. Next time you see me, were going to talk about the weekend as we go into saturday and sunday, the temperature slipped. And then the warmup we see right before the weekend ends. All of that after the break. At least seven people are dead tonight following a series of tornadoes that tore through parts of oklahoma, texas and louisiana. The Severe Weather was forecast for the region, but many say it took them by surprise. The National Weather service is reporting at least 26 different tornadoes across the Southern Plains and southeast last night. Trees were uprooted, cars tossed around and homes destroyed. Still had tonight, a bay area couple donating their stimulus money. This specific money was to help these people who are hurting. And we are not hurting. How the teachers put the money to good use, helping others. Later, frustration with the edd. How californias Unemployment Office is struggling to clear an unprecedented backlog of claims. Californians who are struggling with Student Loan Debt are getting some help tonight. Today Governor Newsom said that 21 out of the 24 largest student loan servicers in california have agreed to hold off on payments for 90 days. The governor said that will help more than 1 million californians. The governor also signed an executive order to stop debt collectors from garnishing government stimulus checks. And east bay couple who qualified for government stimulus checks decided to put their money to good use, they paid it forward. New tonight, ktvus amber lee shows us how the couple is makin