Businesses such as Gardening Stores and carwashes to reopen provided they can maintain safe distancing. It means gardeners for example but not a restaurant can open the outdoor patio. It also applies to flea markets which will be allowed to reopen if they can follow safety guidelines. These can happen with relatively small amount of contact and both the seller and buyer can wear masks. For a restaurant, even if they were able to do spacing for patrons it is difficult to maintain spacing for the server. The mayor says its critical that the city move on projects to help resolve the homeless crisis . It not only means opportunity for the people working in the industry to go back to work. Again, there are guidelines that have been put in place to keep workers safe. It provides the opportunity to continue what we know is important construction work around housing. As for how long the order will remain in place, the Public Health director says it depends on the data. We are going to need to have protections in place for a long time. When it comes to Recreational Activities and the golf courses are set to reopen next week but also in San Francisco, activities with shared equipment like tennis are still not allowed. Christien kafton, ktvu fox2 news. 13 parks will be reopening including some of the countys most popular hiking spots like San Bruno Mountain and pescadero creek. Crystal springs regional trail will also reopen to walkers and joggers but not bike riders. A segment of the bay trail will be accessible but the park will remain closed. Some positive news to report as we look at numbers from the bay area. There were 3 deaths reported across 9 counties in the past 24 hours. 2 people died live in Alameda County and santa clara saw just one. The number of cases rose from 7800 to 7960 today, an increase of about 2 . The results are in from the small count county of molinas. Not a Single Person tested positive for the virus. The town set out to test everyone and nearly 800 people took part as part of a study which also included antibody tests. Those results are expected next month. The cost of the study, an estimated 400,000, was paid for by tribe it private donations. Donators announced a collaboration on 2 studies to better understand the spread of the virus. To determine how prevalent the infection rate is and how easily it is transmitted. The other study will focus on antibody protection in 3500 local healthcare workers over 9 months. The fda is expected to approve the treatment for coronavirus patients. The drug remdesivir is shown to help patients recover more quickly and offers an improved chance of survival. The drug is made by gilead sinensis. We talked to another Infectious Disease expert about this breakthrough. In the battle, a line of defense is taking shape. The Biopharmaceutical Companies drug remdesivir according to the director of the energy Infectious Diseases shows results. What is proven is that a drug can block this virus. In major advancement efforts to get ahead of the virus, Scientists Say on wednesday the experimental drug is intended as a treatment and not a vaccine, and can speed the recovery of patients. Uc berkeley professor of Infectious Disease doctor lee riley says the drug shows promise. If you get it early enough, we may actually stop killing the virus so that it doesnt have the opportunity to cause a lot of damage. But a separate study posts results triggering the question how can researchers in both countries garner such different results . Dr. Riley suggests this. I think patients there were severely ill and i think the drug was given perhaps at the later stage of the illness. Weve heard all this before drugs show promise so what makes them optimistic about remdesivir as opposed to hydroxychloroquine touted by the president himself . The trials they did show no efficacy, no difference between placebo and the drug. In the case of remdesivir, the trials appear to be the only difference in the fight against the unseen killer. The challenge will be to scale it up enough and to be able to distribute both in this country and throughout the world. The other issue is it has not been peerreviewed to verify the results. Nevertheless, experts say results suggest that Recovery Time in covid19 patients is cut by 4 days. Andre senior, ktvu fox2 news. I am on the wrong story, excuse me. The positive risk news, i will read that for you, sparked a rally on wall street. The dow was up 532 points, nasdaq was up 506. More than 3 1 2 . And, the s p 500 was up. Stocks also declined after google announced stronger revenue and its shares were up nearly 9 . The city of san jose is furloughing parttime and temporary employees starting on monday, saying they are facing a 45 million shortfall because of lost revenue due to the virus. The cuts will end administrative leave for people working in areas such as parts, workforce as a result of drop in demand. The San Francisco company lift, plans to cut 982 jobs and furlough employees. Other workers may see a reduction in pay. Lyft and uber are reporting jobs and businesses. The company juul is laying off close to 1000 employees. The troubles are part of an ongoing restructuring and are not a result of the pandemic. A program that originated here in the bay area to help those in need is going statewide. Gov. Newsom announced the expansion of the farm to Family Program is Going Forward sending produce to local food banks saying that farmers and ranchers are seeing a drop in demand because of the closures of restaurants and other outlets. The program will send products straight to food banks which have seen a 70 increase in demand. To work with ranchers, farmers, to connect them to food banks and do so in a way that jumpstarts capacity to deliver nutritious food, high quality, locallyproduced produce, poultry, and dairy, and the like, to those most in need. The governor says 128 farmers and ranchers have signed up to provide products to 41 food banks. Resident trump said today the federal Government Social distancing guidelines will be fading out when they expire tomorrow. The president said thats because governors are issuing their own recommendations for individual states. Pres. Trump made the remarks during meetings with the louisiana governor. Louisiana has extended stayat home orders through may 15. The recent increase in crime that weve seen over the past few weeks. Also coming up, a 14yearold boy pinned and punched by a Police Officer. It is an incident captured on camera. Tonight we hear from the boy and what he says he did wrong. A significant drop in temperatures. Some areas are 15 degrees cooler than they were last night. More frustrations for people applying for Unemployment Insurance. Why some people are being told they are ineligible for up to 6 months. Taking a live look on this wednesday evening, it is smooth sailing. Ktvu news at 6 00 will be right back. A teenaged boy from Sacramento County is speaking out after video shows a Police Officer pinning him to the ground and punching him. The 14yearold says Rancho CordovaPolice Officer brian foul became aggressive when the teenager resisted being handcuffed. He says he was initially approached when he saw he had just asked a stranger to buy tobacco for him. I did lie to him and i didnt cooperate, and i know that, and i made that mistake but that didnt give him no right to do what he did. The Sacramento CountySheriffs Department says its important to put video into context. They see the juvenile was uncooperative and refused to give the deputy basic identifying information, that is a quote from them. Tavano says hes sorry for the way he acted in hopes to meet the officer in better terms. A drop in crime initially but now there has been an upswing. Henry lee explains that Law Enforcement hopes the recent uptick in Violent Crime is only temporary. There seemed to be a lull in crime after the shelter in place took effect. Some crime blotters were empty and streets were quiet. At the beginning we were not seeing as much. But that seems to have changed. Weve seen it perk up as people go to the beach and gang members feeling comfortable to come out and have confrontations. A man was shot dead in a possibly gangrelated in 7 cisco. In pleasanton there was a deadly stabbing apparently tied to drug sales. These are isolated and frightening incidents. When criminologist says crime as a whole is down but if this bite continues that may mean one thing. The more that general rates went up, the more thats telling you that lots of people are not socially distancing. The schedule set up due to the coronavirus, and some dont seem to care about leaving space whether its at a sideshow in oakland or an illegal cockfight. We had 60 people inside of a barn not social distancing or following health guidelines. There has also been a spike in shootings. Justin silver was shot dead by San Francisco police but that case in itself is unusual. They are looking into whether he was tied to a grisly homicide in San Francisco. Law enforcement hopes the up tick does not extend through the summer when crime traditionally goes up pandemic or not. Ktvu fox2 news. In san mateo, a man accused of trying to strangle his girlfriend has been arrested on Domestic Abuse charges. He was he violently attacked the women during an argument last night. Later they found the suspect in a nearby park and also recovered several guns. Was taken to jail and the woman was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment. Another nice day but much cooler. Check out numbers from today. 79 fairfield. 93, so a big drop in numbers and 14 degrees of spread. 84 in antioch. Theres the cool down. The wind in fairfield, the wind is gusting up to 30 miles an hour so the strong seabreeze is slowing things down. As we go into the next couple of days we are going to stay in a mild pattern. The warm spots will be in the 80s and if you look into that tree or bush, its blowing. The camera is moving around and i have it on Good Authority that the cameras are bolted down. Wind gusts at the airport are 30 miles an hour. That is significant. Along the beaches it is pretty windy as well. Half moon bay, 17 miles an hour. What is the plan . A little warmer but not hot. And, less cloud cover. Cooler or mild pattern will continue. We will take a look at the weekend when we return. Selfemployed workers applying for pandemic unemployment assistance say they are running into problems and its not just independent contractors trying to get through. We are told about another group struggling to get help. Absolute nightmare. T on a Tiana Sullivan is one of the many who have applied for Unemployment Insurance and has been waiting for more than a month. I have bills i have to pay and i dont have anyone else that can take care of me. Im a Single Person so without this income im screwed. Sullivan is one of the many people who have contacted them ineligible for state benefits for serving and an appointment penalty. For example, someone who received state health help for time they should have. After being approved, she was told she was disqualified for an overpayment caused by her clerical mistake and already paid it back. I have no idea how long im going to be penalized. Im going on 6 weeks right now. Cant get a hold of anyone, and i have no long idea how long this is going to last. She really served her 6 weeks, but because she cannot get a hold of anyone she says there is no way to get her money. Am i going to continue with ui because theoretically im eligible to receive payments now, right . The Employment Development department announced that people can receive aid through pandemic unemployment assistance , the same program live for selfemployed and independent contractors. If you are a claimant who has already filed, you are not going to have to reapply and we are asking you right now not to apply because we are going to send you a notice about how to access pua. It seems like processing is going to be much faster. Im hopeful that workers will receive benefits as soon as possible. The attorney for legal aid, a workers rights group encourages clients who appeal to appeal the penalties and is worried about the added stress of a system already taxed by the massive number of claims. She believes a better solution would be to postpone these penalties. I think theres an opportunity to consider suspending these penalty disqualification weeks in the interim especially given the economic crisis that so many people are in. If youve already applied, edd says do not reapply and instead you will receive a letter advising you of next steps. Greg lee, ktvu fox2 news. The federal government is providing a window of opportunity for small banks to get applications into the paycheck protection program. The pressure Treasury Department is keeping big banks out until midnight. The Small Business administration wants to give opportunities for small lenders to submit applications on behalf of Small Businesses. Only lenders with assets of less than 1 billion will be accepted. Congress, meanwhile, is considering another bill. Democrats say they want money for states to help with the coronavirus response. This really means honor our heroes. Republicans say they are weary of giving money to states with no strings attached. The senate is set to return to washington next week. The crackdown it beaches. Restrictions announced and what you need to know about the new rules. College athletes could soon get paid for the use of their name, image, and like this. The announcement today from the ncaa. When you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. But when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. So, when you get a check. You can deposit it from here. And you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. You can save for an emergency from here. Or pay bills from here. So when someone asks you, wheres your bank . You can tell them heres my bank. Or heres my bank. Or, heres my bank. 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No barbecues, beach chairs, tents, or other equipment will be allowed at any time. The San Francisco giants are going to give refunds to people who bought tickets to games canceled because of the coronavirus. The giants say seasonticket holders with tickets for april and may will be refunded or credited toward their 2021 season renewal. Fans with singlegame tickets will be able to receive a full refund or credit for future games. Major League Baseball is discussing a plan to begin a shortened season in june playing games in only 3 parts of the country without anyone in attendance. The ncaa moved toward allowing athletes to be paid for their name, image, and likeness. It is recommended that College Athletes should be allowed to earn money for such things as endorsement deals. Details are being worked out but they are expected to be drawn up by the end of october. Schools could vote as early as next year. If passed, the rules would likely go into effect for the 202122 academic year. 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