Vaccine. Good morning to you. You see a beautiful picture of San Francisco there. Happy birthday to willie mayes. I know a lot of us wished we were playing baseball. Willie, if youre watching, those of us at cut cut and we missed baseball earlier. I got a ball in my hand. I always have it on my mini desk. Baseball, i dont know. I remember interviewing larry bear about a month ago. We had the conversation and i pressed him and i said, look, if we get to july 4th and we havent played a game, do we play the season. Lets say you win 60 games and won the world series, does that really mean you won the world series . Right. They could be in trouble. Professional sports as a whole, when you look at the pandemic as a whole, how important is professional sports compared to what were doing on the front lines, too. I know a lot of people are more important now than ever. Many people are nooking to what they love. I remember how you did a driveway draft party when the nfl had a draft a few weeks ago. Yeah. And were see deep into this. I say if it makes you feel better and happy, go for it. Find your passion however you can. Well talk more maybe one day about the return of baseball and before we get to that. Lets focus on the news of the day and focus on what is happening on the peninsula. The San Mateo CountySheriffs Department is investigating this morning after deputies shot and killed a woman in Half Moon Bay. Deputies say they only opened fire after she fired at them first. Ktvus sara is live with more. Reporter good morning, gasia. Were waiting on more details about this shooting. Our photographer chip vaughn is in Half Moon Bay right now. He spoke to a local Business Owner who called 911 after speaking to the woman. You will hear from her in a moment. This all started when they got reports of that woman carrying a rifle and alcohol. They were called to main street and Half Moon Bay before 7 8 30 last night. Sheriffs deputies said they told the woman to drop her gun but she didnt listen and up stead shot at deputies who fired back at her. She was taken to a hospital where she died. The Sheriffs Office didnt say whether or not the deputies were hurt. The woman has not been identified yet but we know she was in her 30s and 40s. Lessen to what one woman saw and why she called police. And she told me to be careful tonight because there is going to be a race war. I turned around and i looked at her and i thought okay, race down main street, but then i saw her walking continually down the street with a rifle in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other hand. And i said, oh, my gosh. So then i ran upstairs to get my phone and i called immediately. Reporter we reached out to the Sheriffs Office for more details and were waiting to hear back. Reporting live [ inaudible ] a brush fire started before 3 00 a. M. And its affecting traffic from willow pass road. We spoke with firefighters who said it started in an abandoned building where a homeless person was living. And an overnight crash on interstate 880 killed one person and injured another. This crash happened around 1 00 this morning through san leandro. Chp said an suv veered to the shoulder and crashed into a wall of rocks sustaining major damage. If there was anyone travelling through the area that might have seen something, were asking they call the heyward chp office. Highway patrol said its too early to tell what led up to the crash. The name of the victim has not been released. Also, a complaint will be filed against the city of oakland over the firing of the former police chief ann kirkpatrick. She was dismissed last february. At that time, part of the reason was because she refused to grant the Police CommissionerJanelle Harris special favors. Ktvu obtained document showing a private investigator to look into claims that harris demand the Police Department reimburse her for towing fees. The city has until the 20th to respond to the complaint filed this morning. The aclu is requesting records from San Leandro Police after the city refused to identify a man who officers shot and killed suffering from mental illness. They will not be named for 60 days due to recent death threats. The citys deputy manager will reconsider releasing the napes of the officers when two months is up. The aclu said the city needs to be more specific about the threat before deciding to withhold the identities of the officers. Taylor was carrying a bat when police shot and killed him. Today, california could reach 60,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. According to Johns Hopkins university, nearly 59,000 people in the state have contracted the disease. Morethan2500 were reported just yesterday. So far, about 2400 people died from the virus here in california. There is a new study suggesting the coronavirus mutated into a mew strain that is more dominant worldwide and could be more infectious. Jana katsuyama has more on why researchers say this is an urgeint concern. Reporter since the pandemic began, scientists have been collecting jep onlies from infected Patient Samples around the world. Now, the Los Alamos National laboratory published a study saying a new strain emerged and is becoming dominant. The study reviewed 6,000 of the genomes and scientists elsewhere said it brought interesting results. The data showed it might be more contagious than the original strain found in china and, you know, the strain that originally, you know, found in italy. Reporter professor lu an Infectious Disease specialist at Uc Berkeley School of Public Health said what is significant is the study focused on the so called spike protein that enables the virus to infect humans. The function is to attach and then allow the virus to enter into the human cell. Reporter the study said that researchers found 14 mutations and prompted them to write a warning, quote, the mutations spike d614 g is of urgent concern and began spreading in europe in early february. When introduced to new regions, it becomes the dominant form. This is an important report that shows it and the study rai big concern. Researchers said there are 62 vaccine approaches being developed for the new coronavirus. If the virus is significantly mutating, vaccines developed for a previous strain may not work. Where searchers have been posting studies online to share knowledge quickly. The alamo study hasnt been through a rigorous peer review normally required. I should caution that its not really, really, you know, really clearcut. Reporter dr. Lu said its important for other researchers to consider the studys information, but warns there are still man unknowns. And this is the dire situation. There is so much we need to learn from the pandemic. Until a vaccine is developed, nobody is safe. Reporter jana katsuyama, ktvu, fox 2 news. Tensions between the u. S. And china are escalating with the Trump Administration accusing china of a lack of transparency about the origin of the coronavirus. Heres more from washington, d. C. China should have informed us they had a problem. Reporter the war of words between china and the u. S. Is heating up. The Trump Administration accusing beijing of a massive coverup, including a new crackdown on coronavirus victims in their families with online sensorship, Police Interrogations and pay laughs to silence survivors. They need to still allow us in to talk to early patients and the chinese researchers and scientists. And to have access. Reporter the fight intensified last week, following intelligence reports pointing to a wuhan lab as the most likely source of the outbreak. The white house is considering several retaliatory moves, including possible new tariffs and supporting taiwans bid for a seat on the world health organization, which President Trump said is too heavily influenced by beijing. It continues the occupation because of political pressure from china. Reporter the Chinese Government is pushing back strongly against the allegations, claiming they have been helpful and transparent free news the start. On thursday, they issued a new warning, threatening to restart the trade war if new tariffs are imposed. Tariffs shouldnt be used as a weapon. In general, it hurts all parties involved and is in 19s interest to fight a trade war. Reporter the Chinese Ambassador to the u. S. Wrote an oped in the Washington Post claiming the allegations stemmed from the, quote, always blame china mind set. Griff jenkins, ktvu news. And some bay area businesses are not waiting for permission or additional guidance. 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Well, due to the covid19, there are huge changes how you shop, especially people going to the Grocery Store like costco or sams club. Here to talk about it are one and only, talk about the produce changes in california and the supply chain. Number one in the program and heart, our own expert, mr. Bob. Good morning, sir. Good morning, how are you . Im great. Listen, i am sure there is a lot of negativity but there has to be positives coming out of it. What are they. Reporter one of the things we wanted to talk about is the asparagus out of the Stockton Lodi area. When the pan pandemic began and restaurants closed down, their produce purchase volume was off by 50 and had a Significant Impact on local growers like asparagus growers. A big portion of the asparagus comes from mexico typically because of the problems with imports across the border, they have shut down mexico, which helped local growers to knowds tent. So, jacob, malcolm and birch, the prime distributor of asparagus in the region was nice enough to bring a series of different items that i thought we could talk about. Bob, now, if i walked into a raleys and there was a huge display on asparagus. How do you know when its fresh or ripe . To tell if its ripe, look at the tip. If its firm and has a slight purple hue to it, you know its okay. A yellowish look, you know its past the time and you stay away from that one. One of the types is a ruby haze, a purple asparagus and compared to the green asparagus. It will have 20 more sugar content and less fiber. And a flavor of artichoke after its grilled. You can sautc, steam or frill. Take your thicker asparagus. It will take more time to grill. If youre looking for something to put in the salad and you want to use a pencil asparagus. Is this out of stockton, box, a lot of this . It does. Is come comes out of stockton. That is march through midday and winding do up. As i said, during the beginning of the season, they were in trouble because the restaurant trade was off so much. The restaurant produce buying is off 50 to 60 since were doing dropby or pickups. What about Grocery Stores, though . I imagine they have seen an uptick like lettuce and things like that . It depends, steve. The deli portion is down 20 . As people arinin, theyre buying items with longer shelf life and transforms into the produce department. And they typically have a 10 to 15day should elf. And theyre easy to handle. People are making less frequent visits to the Grocery Stores. So, theyre a big solution. And lets get into other items. The cherry season. This is gasias favorite. Right. And you said the early april rains were not a good thing issue right . No, no, i understand the season is going to be not as good as in the past. About 80 of bing cherries are exported out of the u. S. This year, there will be little exporting, unless there is a major turn around in the virus. That coupled with the fact that rain played a trick on the cherries as they were getting ready to get into their full buds. The anticipation is that the season will be a shorter season. Productivity is going to be way down. The other thing is impacted, i am sorry, go ahead, steve. I was going to say what about strawberries. Strawberries will be a bit of a problem. Theyre hand harvested. Items like tomatos will have a lesser impact the to get the workers out there and maintain a safe distance is a bit of a problem. Even though they look great, theyre going to be in shorter supply and moving forward, leavy items like romaine or iceberg, the growers are planting less. Theyre not sure how long the covid19 is going to last. So in order to ensure theyre not throwing the crops away, theyre planting at 60 to 75 of what they normally would and that applies for the leavy greens and summer squash, zoo 69y and other items. And what about the Imperial Valley out of mexico. Are we going to see that pick up or is it going to be local. Maybe to Half Moon Bayer stockton and fresno. I think you will find more local product. The imports, as i said, crossing the border because transportation is difficult to get trucks. The covid scared a lot of people and put restrictions. Their is not as much product out of mexico as in the past years and were winding into the busiest time of the year for local growers. It could be a good thing and depends, steve, on how the Grocery Stores are loosening up and how son restaurants get back to a semi normal mode of operation. All right, that is bob with borlato. The top tip is asparagus . Yeah, for right now. I would take the asparagus. Its fresh and tasty. If you can find the purple asparagus, try that. Its something i think you will enjoy. All right, the produce expert. We have seen positives and negatives out there the last few months. Thank you, bob. Appreciate the update. Okay, steve, thanks. Youre welcome. And back to the desk new. Ef time you talk, i learn new things. Thank you, thank you both. Coming up, finding a way to celebrate their marriage. Well let you know about the virtual wedding one bay area couple was able to share with friends and family. As we look ahead, considering relaxing the restrictions. Retail for Curbside Pickup, when it could be reopening. Happening today, pg e will host a webby are for customers in sonoma and napa counties. The utility hoping to share information about the man to prevent wildfires and reduce the impact of those Public Safety power shutoffs. Pg e will share how they plan to make them smaller in size, shorter in length and work better for the communities. The webinar begins at 5 30. We have information on the website at ktvu. Com. Look upped web links. The pandemic hasnt had any impact on bay area home prices, although there are fewer homes on the market. Zill on, w said bayers and sellers have walked away from the market. They she median sell prices in the bay area increased in march. There has been a 10 drop in the number of Single Family homes on the market. Marine county is considering opening up Retail Stores for Curbside Pickup in other two weeks. The governor announced monday that retail shops will be allowed to open as early as this friday. You about that counties can choose to keep stricter rules in place. Officials in marine county said they dont feel to be safely ready to reopen by friday but will have in place open. Businesses are defying stay athome orders and reopening to customers. The loss of the next since the outbreak sit them hard and theyre not waiting for permission to reopen. Heres more. Reporter we need to be full and feeding people to make ends meet. Reporter the bistro has been open 18 years and struggling now. 46 days into this. Were having a tough time, you know. Were a simulrestaurant. 36 employees. Reporter the owner is bunking the napa county covid order. He is serving dinner, seated with fewer tables than before and staff getting their temperature taken. Protocols he took from other states already open. Our tables are six feet apart. Youre no more at risk here than walmart or target or whole foods. Reporter locals are coming in to show him support. Were here celebrating mothers day a little bit ahead of time and celebrating being able to get out. We dont want you to come and feel uncomfortable. If youre ready, we feel like were ready to have you start dining in. Glad youre enjoying this. Reporter also, an art gallery in business 24 years plunged ahead, reopening in the deserted downtown. The husband and wife owners are staying silent on their attorneys advice. In announcing their decision, excited napas low infection rate against their right to live and work, pay bills and employees. The fans of the gallery made a point to visit and back them up. They have their employees and customers safety at the top of the list and theyll keep us safer than any Government Order will. Reporter gloves, masks and social distancing are enforced. Art lovers would argue its essential, too. And food for the mind. That term food for the soul, if you will. I think its essential for mental sanity. Reporter how much leeway they get seems to vary from county to county. Th