during the school shut down. the options for lunch pickup. it is thursday, march 19th. >> we'll get to all of that and we'll get to mike nicco with a look at our day ahead. >> good morning, welcome to thursday. what we are going to be talking about today are just some random showers as you can see a little curl in the atmosphere. that area of low pressure and make over towards mt. hamilton the most likely areas to see random showers today. we also have some thick fog as we expected in the 101 corridor and also out in the trivalley in the east bay. here's a look from our east bay hills camera. temperatures are cooler this morning around 40 to 43. slightly warmer this afternoon mid-50s at noon and mid to upper 50s at 4:00 and back into the low to mid-50s at 7:00. enjoy more sunshine and less rain today. >> all right, thanks, mike. now to the very latest on the coronavirus. for the first time since the

pandemic began, china reported no new cases today. but as we know, the crisis here in the u.s. and in other parts of the world, it is far from over. john hopkins university has reported about 9,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the u.s. 150 people have died, including a sixth person in santa clara county. it is day three of sheltering in place for much of the bay area. solano county began its shelter in place order yesterday. napa county will start its shelter in place tomorrow. with all the kids out of school, more schools are offering meal pickup today. more than a dozen places where kids in san francisco can get breakfast or lunch while school is closed. abc 7 news reporter julian glover live for us in san francisco. julian. >> good morning, reggie. help is on the way for those families here in san francisco who may be worried about putting food on the table with the shelter in place order in effect. we know now that rosa parks elementary school is one of the latest schools to come online to

hand out free meals to anyone 18 or younger. here's how it is going to work. 19 schools within the san francisco unified school district that providing free breakfast, lunch and snacks that could last on the shelf for a while to those hungry kids. no i.d.'d but the child must be present. open monday through friday from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. >> students need to eat even though the schools are closed. >> certainly concerned families are dealing with. we've seen family all across the bay area take advantage of the meal to go resources and we talked about how many kids depend on that guaranteed meal from school every day and with schools being out and with some fam parents out of work, it's tough for them to keep the food on the table. there are locations up to north beach where you can take advantage of this program. again, happening from 9:00 a.m.

to 10:00 a.m. today. for the full list head to abc7news.com. i just tweeted out a link to all of those sites. for now reporting live in san francisco this morning. i'm julian glover. san francisco mayor london breed is set to give a response to covid-19 today. it comes as she clarifies what the shelter in place order actually means. jobina is at our live desk with mre on that. jobina? >> video of people walking and jogging along the embarcadero that was criticized on cnn tuesday is getting push back from mayor breed. the clip was shown on anchor jake tapper's show "the lead" calling it kind of enraging to see people ignoring the shelter in place and social distancing guidelines. many people on social media pointed out that the video was not a fair representation and mayor breed appeared on cnn's "the situation room" to respond. >> this is not about a vacation,

but if people are in the same household, they don't necessarily to keep the members from members of their household. it would be impossible for them to do that. it's not a fair assessment to say people were out and about and not necessarily following the distancing protocols we put into place. you see the buses are empty and the roads are empty and people doing everything they can to comply. >> jake tapper definitely called people out. mayor breed will provide general updates on the city's response at a press conference scheduled for 11:00 today. we'll carry that live on the air and stream it to you. >> i can understand the confusion. as you're getting all the phone calls from people across the country who think we are literally in the house every minute of the day. >> they think that no one is leaving at any point. they don't know how we're doing our jobs, but, again, those essential things. as mayor breed continued in this

response she said people do need to get outdoors and they're fine to walk around. so, clarification there. >> yeah. understood. jobina, thank you. bay area counties are ramping up response and went inside the marin county emergency operation center in san rafael. coordinating emergency operation activitiy ies among all the jurisdictions in the county. partially activated. the sheriff's office this photo collage. a doctor in washington state said his hospital could run out of protective gear by this weekend. as kenneth mulolten explains, jumping in to help. >> reporter: the next supply could be the auto industry. ford and general motors confirming they're in talks with the trump administration to make

ventilators and other hospital equipment at factories closed. >> things we need on the front lines is personal, protective gear for my colleagues and myself. >> reporter: hospitals across the country are facing a critical shortage of protective gear. this hospital in auburn, washington, could run out of supplies by tomorrow. at putny health system in georgia, they ran through six months of protective gear in seven days. >> where we thought we were ready, we had no idea what this has been like. >> reporter: volunteers are now helping the hospital by sewing covers using surgical sheets to help the masks last longer. >> we have an army of seamstress making these and we have more than 50 people making these right now. we think we can make 200 of them. >> the federal government is ramping up production of a self-swab testing kits. the kits can be sent home where the patient would do a simple

nose swab themselves. in the meantime as work on a vaccine continues around the clock, scientists in san francisco are checking to see if any drugs are already approved by the fda will help fight covid-19 now. >> basically 24 hours a day of, you know, data flying back and forth. >> reporter: kenneth motten, abc news, new york. another sign that our health care system is overwhelmed. this soccer field is being converted into a field hospital. you can see the workers started setting up the tents yesterday. the hospital will eventually have 200 beds. the county says it needs 3,000 more medical beds to fight coronavirus. governor newsom wants to suspend standardized testing for grades k through 12. put standardized testing on hold in response to covid-19. newsom says this time is stressful enough for families, students and educators without the additional burden of annual

testing. the order still needs aprucha approval to take effect. parents are now finding new ways to make homeschooling a success. becky worley is in oakland. >> reporter: a home schooling twist. call it adulting 101. author of "how to raise an adult" says seize the moment. >> i was the dean of freshman from 2002 to 2012 and over the course of those years, i saw more and more students relying on their parents to handle the day-to-day management of life. >> you write your return address here. >> reporter: the first idea, remember snail mail? >> have you ever done this? >> i'm horrible at this. >> reporter: of course, kids of all ages can cook. i'm asking my 12-year-old to cook a meal every few days. and we'll have more tips for mixing up your home teaching

coming up at 7:00 a.m. how to make sure you're disinfecting with the right way. with your gma first look, i'm becky worley. >> we'll teach them how to do chores, too. i like that. all right. 39 in danville and blackhawk. some of our colder temperatures in the east bay. everybody else in the low to mid-40s until you get to brentwood at 47 and watch out for patchy, thick fog in the area. low to mid-40s there and the bay shore down into the south bay and out to the coast, mid to upper 40s. here's a look from our roof camera and you can see pretty quiet out there and no rain on the horizon except for down around santa cruz in that area. so, can't go outside today so you have cabin fever and want to get outsid and do yard work or exercise, everything is pretty good today. milder and humidity in the air and still a slight chance of showers around the south bay. from the north bay fog at 44 and

increasing sunshine and 60 a couple hours in the afternoon. east bay, we're stuck in the 40s through 9:00 and then by 11:00, we're 54. we hang out around 58 during the afternoon hours. and we'll have a mixture of sun and clouds and 48 at 9:00 in san francisco. and we'll hit the upper 50s during the afternoon hours with more sunshine. we do have a chance of some random showers today. i'll show you that with future radar coming back up and also the 50/50 weekend on the way. one is better for outdoor activities, if you need to get out. we'll talk about that first coming up. here's jobina. >> 50/50. what a tease, mike. you got me. i'll stay tuned because i can't go anywhere. >> i'll have it for you. >> good morning, everyone. first off, i've been continuing to check the log from the chp. no major issues coming in. for anyone that needs to leave your house this morning, things are looking good. nice and clear on our roads. we'll check out here the san mateo bridge. just kidding. bay bridge toll plaza here. some things are clear there.

no metering lights. metering lights have not come on since the shelter in place order. i don't expect that to continue. i do have a new update coming in from b.a.r.t. because fewer people are taking public transit these days. people are cutting temporary service and starting today fewer trains between antioch during peak commute hours. riders can still expect trains to arrive every 15 minutes. b.a.r.t. says social distancing is possible and ridership at an average of seven riders per car. definitely possible there. >> that sounds about right to me. stranded overseas. coming up, we'll hear from americans who are desperate to get home. san francisco stands in

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it is 5:14 if you're just joining us, seven things to know. 422 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the bay area. santa clara, once again, has the most with 175. san mateo reports 80 cases. 14 more than tuesday and eight new cases were reported in san francisco. that total now in the city is 51. >> number two, a shelter in place order now in effect in solano county because of the outbreak. it comes after one of the county's top health officials say it wasn't needed because it would create panic. the county has joined the rest of the bay area. london breed will update us on the city's response to coronavirus. one day after she went on cnn to defend san francisco earlier this week there was criticism on the network that people were ignoring the shelter in place and social distancing guidelines that are now here.

number four. three residents of a san mateo county assisted living facility have tested positive and have been transferred to hospitals. they're investigating how coronavirus affected the residents at atria burlingame. the district is providing free breakfast, lunch and pantry items to all children under 15 that happens every week day. number six weather wise you can see on live doppler 7 a few showers around the santa cruz mountains and monterey bay and that will be the case this afternoon while the rest of us have a drying trend before the next storm arrives this weekend. >> number seven. we're going to check in on a live camera here and look at the conditions out on our roads this morning. here you're seeing the san mateo bridge where everything is clear. many americans are stuck abroad during the pandemic and they won't be coming home soon.

some were told to find an apartment for the next three months. >> american medical students michelle mu grau and matthew long were traveling in morocco when they realized their vacation escape may have gone too far. >> it was, yeah, pretty shocking how quickly things changed. >> reporter: when president trump's travel ban to fight the coronavirus came down, they immediately started looking for flights. >> we since traveled to cosa blanka to be closer to an airport but now all flights out of the country, we can't find anything. >> reporter: no flights and no help from government officials. >> we are very shocked at how the u.s. is handling this. when we went to the embassy they told us that, oh, morocco has banned all travel in and out of the country. >> reporter: they say they're taking precautions, scared of what may happen if they get sick in a foreign country. they're not alone. stephanie goldburger is in peru under a 15-day lockdown. in honduras, a woman's football

team is stranded. >> most people who have concerns are people who have kids at home. your kids are worried about you and your family is worried about you. >> reporter: and sandy is stuck in morocco. >> never in my life have i not had control over what i can do and where i can go. >> reporter: she says calls and e-mails to u.s. officials have gone unanswered. >> it's just very unsettling. i think that's the best word i can come up with. >> reporter: all determined to get back home. >> everything i'm reading on twitter and facebook are saying that the people who are following through are unable to get anywhere. but we'll keep trying, obviously. >> reporter: zor even. when you were cleaning and disinfecting your house, you should not mix certain chemicals together. from the riverside branch showing toxic combinations. do not mix bleach with vinegar,

ammonia or rubbing alcohol and also do not mix hydrogen peroxide and vinger. the stress of coronavirus is impacting us like we have never felt before. many people in the bay area are doing small acts of kindness to let their neighbors know that they are not alone. abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez is in san francisco with how people are coping during this difficult time. >> we want to be able to do something. >> reporter: diane is handing out fliers in san francisco district. part of a neighborhood help group that is offering to get groceries or pick up medications for the elderly or unable. >> for all of us to help each other so that we can get through this. >> reporter: owner of v eer offs of toilet paper or eggs he

picked up at a warehouse. >> as a restaurant we have access to these supplies. just shows we're still, we're still connected. >> reporter: at labo's market, volunteers are delivering groceries to those who are concerned about shopping in public. >> we don't know how long this is going to last and i'm not a doctor and i don't have a cure, but i can help deliver groceries. >> it's just a crazy time and we all need to do what we can to help each other out. >> reporter: ben says neighbors can now connect with neighbors. >> it's part of the neighborhood empowerment network. and they put out a call to turn on unity lights. >> reporter: people can turn on a lamp and put it in the front window to know you're not alone in a time of social distancing. >> let everyone on our block knee we' know we're in it together. >> reporter: some are hanging up holiday lights to show a sign of hope.

>> i love seeing city hall lit up in as long as you maintain that social distance, here's a look at the oakland coliseum north on 880. we see that it's fairly quiet weatherwise this morning other than a few showers that we just showed you around the monterey bay and the santa cruz mountains and fog in the east bay valleys. extra sunshine milder this afternoon and fog will form and we'll need the umbrellas, again, starting sunday. for today you'll see the best dots in the higher elevations of the south bay and few random showers up in northern sonoma and 58 to 62 degrees. still just a little bit shy of where we should be for this time of year. tonight mid-30s to mid-40s and you can see some of that fog developing right there.

all right. let's take a look at future radar and keep an eye down south and you can see there and also up in the north bay. just some random showers developing at noon and they realy don't move much. they just kind of meander and rain themselves out and we lose the heating of the day and we lose the energy. and overnight pretty quiet. tomorrow, even what a few, one or two maybe in the same area. so, a lot of us are going to miss out on that. let's take a look at the rain totals. you can see just a couple 0.01 if those showers do come out of the higher elevation and hit some of our reporting stations. it's going to feel like spring for at least saturday and sunday. sunday night, the rain rolls in and chances continue. a one on the storm impact scale. all the way through wednesday when we're back in the mid to upper 50s. even though spring starts today. we can't shake winter temperatures. >> oh, okay. thanks, mike. in the north bay. marin county officials are calling on stores to make senior only shopping hours.

safeway, whole foods, safeway and target have started doing this and announced plans that they're going to start. marin county has one of the eldest populations in the state with nearly 35% of residents age 65 and up. >> the vulnerable residents or seniors to get their essential items when the sterile, you know, the environment is sterile. it's always been disinfected and we help flatten the curve and now continue the curve of covid-19. >> we do have a list of all the stores offering special hours, go to our website, abc7news.com. zoos and aquariums are closed and that doesn't mean that the animals are off limits. >> what is happening? what is happening? >> this is mr. sloth and he is, i don't know what he's doing. we'll find out and give you a look behind the scenes. >> i'm just so. well, look at this. not much happening on the golden gate bridge this morning. a far cry from what we normally see and we know all of us are

sheltering in place and doing our bes

as far as daylight goes. winter, the winter solstice we have the least amount of daylight and 9 hours and 32 minutes. so much more darkness and that's why it's so much colder. and spring we're getting equal amounts and in the summer 14 hours and 46 minutes. now, just because of that start, it will not start getting warm. a pretty active pattern next week and the possibility of nearlyannear ly an inch of rain from sunday through tuesday. people are doing whatever they can to keep spirits up during the coronavirus pandemic. in colorado a man wearing a mr. incredible costume, okay, sir, thank you. he ran from home to home leaving roses as you can see here on

everybody's porch. a neighbor's home security camera captured that outfit first of all. and that act of kindness. >> yes. it's unusual. but we'll take it. >> yes, we will. the san francisco zoo is doing its part to entertain people who are sheltering in place. so, yesterday the zoo tweeted this video of pooky, a a a a a a sloth. we may be closed to the public but our vets, nutritionists and animal care team are committed to providing excellent care for our animals. >> what is he eating? it looks good. it looks like he is enjoying it. >> pooky likes that. has some nails. do you see this? >> that's how everybody's nails are going to look after this. >> that is a true story.

oh, my gosh. >> okay. >> and the lack of hair cuts is going to be a mess. which will you see happening over the next couple of weeks. other museums are now streaming live cameras of their exhibits. this is beautiful. monterey bay aquarium. a recording of their jelly cam. catch that show live every day it happens at 7:00 a.m. >> that is soothing. >> very peaceful. but i still like pooky. coming back with a full 90 minutes of news including video of spring breakers, now, this is not cute. >> florida. >> in florida. thank you. ignoring the nation's social distancing effort. >> plus, one click for all of your coronavirus resources. a new website that the governor is launching. another bay area county has issued a shelter in place order

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this is abc 7 news. >> i don't know how i feel about that. like staying home all day long. right now at 5:30. more bay area counties announce shelter in place orders where they're now in effect and where another one starts tomorrow. concerns about coronavirus at an assisted living facility in san mateo county. the abc 7 i-team is talking to families. a warning about hackers during the coronavirus. the scams we need to watch out for and how we can keep our information safe. good morning on this thursday, march 19th. >> we'll get to all those stories in just a few minutes. first, checking in with mike, never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. >> good morning. hi, everybody. thanks for being with us. here's a look at some of that fog. the thickest and you can see some of the streets and highways there affected by visibility that is down to a quarter of a mile and the fog stretches as far south as novato and as

we have showers rotating and in the monterey bay. that's mainly where they're going to be this afternoon as we will see more sunshine with that random shower possible. temperatures still a little bit below average from the low to mid-40s this morning to 54 to 56 at noon to 55 to 59 at 4:00. kumasi. >> thanks, mike. this morning people living in solano county are waking up under an order to shelter in place and join all the other bay similar orders one day after the top health official said it wasn't needed. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield joins us live with more on this. amy? >> hi, ku amasi. this county was the last old out. the county health said he didn't think it was necessary and it would cause unnecessary panic but now the county has decided to join the rest of the bay area and issued an order. nonessential businesses are now closed. restaurants can be open for take

out and delivery only. child care centers can remain open, but need to practice social distancing. but other businesses like bars and movie theaters are closed and no visitor are allowed at hospitals or nursing homes. >> i was surprised that it took them that long to issue the order. i don't know how i feel about that. like staying home all day long. i'm sure we can still like go out and to the parks and stuff. >> affecting all these other counties and starting to spread and eventually going to have to come here and i think it is to keep everybody safe. >> solano county is home to travis air force base which has been a quarantine location. americans evacuated from wuhan, china, and those on the grand princess cruise ship have been here. one of the first cases of community spread that one happened in late february. this county has eight known cases of coronavirus. the shelter at home order is in effect until 11:59 p.m. on april

7th. that's about two and a half weeks from now. live in fairfield, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. this morning, we are following several major headlines involving the coronavirus pandemic. jobina has more at the live desk. >> later this morning mayor london breed will provide updates on the city's response and in the south bay a sixth person has died of the virus in santa clara county. the county now has 175 cases up 20 from tuesday. san mateo reports eight new cases reported in san francisco which now has 51 confirmed infections. napa is still the only county with no reported cases in the bay area. cal trans has learned that an employee at its oakland office tested positive for covid-19. kaiser is limiting medical offices and cdc is suggesting

live streaming funerals to limit crowds during the pandemic. california's dmv canceled all behind the wheel tests for the next 30 days. offices remain open, though. jpmorgan chase is temporarily closing some branches in the bay area and across the nation. kumasi. >> the news i-team has confirmed that three residents of the san mateo county assisted living facility have tested positive for coronavirus and they have been transferred to the hospital. san mateo county health says it's investigating how the coronavirus infected the residents. the assisted living facility is closed to visitors and family. the i-team spoke with a woman whose parents are residents there. >> the families are freaking out. and also because they can't see their loved ones. they can't see them physically, at all. we don't know when we will. >> that is tough. another family of an atria resident provided these e-mails that the faculty sent out and they said the residents that have coronavirus went to the

hospital this past thursday, friday and sunday. the remaining residents are restricted to their apartments and their meals are being delivered to them. last night atria's headquarters in washington, d.c., sent a statement revealing that three more residents from the burlinggame facility are in the hospital awaiting their covid-19 test results. the health and well being of atria residents and employees is our first priority. you can read their entire statement. congress to pass a $1 trillion economic package. it would help companies and americans affected by the coronavirus pandemic and all of this comes as two members of congress have now tested positive for the virus. here's abc news reporter alex. >> reporter: of the thousands of patients with covid-19 two are members of congress. mario diaz-balart and ben mcadams. other members who made contact

with the two are low risk. this comes as the senate passed a relief bill wednesday. finding ways to quickly put money in the hands of americans. >> i view in a sense a war-time president. >> reporter: pushing congress to pass a $1 trillion economic recovery package include $500 billion in direct payments to americans. two rounds of checks sent out on april 6th and may 18th. $300 billion for small businesses. and a $50 billion bailout for the hard-hit airline industry. but any deal would have to be worked out with democrats. and now the president is prepared to invoke a korean-war era law allowing the president to direct american industries to produce critically needed protective equipment and gear. >> we are all in this together and we'll come through together. it's the invisible enemy. >> reporter: doctors are warning they expect to see a surge in cases over the next four to five days as more test comes back. but say critical protective gear is running low and putting them in danger.

>> i've got my mask for today right here. and i'm guarding it with my life. because it could be my life. >> reporter: new york city's mayor saying the president's actions coming far too late. >> president trump at this point is the herbert hoover of his generation. there's a massive national crisis going on and he is consistently late and very, you know, marginal in what he does. >> reporter: senator mitch mcconnell says americans will move at warp speed to craft that economic stimulus package saying the deadline is this morning. alex presha, washington. starting monday, trading on the new york stock exchange will become fully electronic. you will no longer see these people on the trading floor. it comes after two people there tested positive. and the market is going to reopen in about an hour. there was another tumultuous day on wall street. the dow closed yesterday below 20,000 for the first time in three years. it had lost 1,300 points equal

to 6.3%. i don't think it will become a huge surprise to you to hear that the markets are all down this morning in premarket trading, futures are actually considerably down, especially for the dow. we'll watch it when it opens next hour. well, as many workers around the bay area hunker down to work from home, cyber security experts are warning us to step up their attacks. amanda del castillo has the details. >> reporter: the coronavirus is changing the way we work. bringing with it a new set of cyber security challenges. who is most at risk? >> everybody. the level and degree of how hard the bad actors or the hacker is going to try. >> reporter: but the professor assures there are ways to keep your information safe and your connection secure while sheltering in place. those forced to work from home shared their set up. tolana williams works in tech. >> for me mostly connecting my

computer to my home desk so i can have another monitor. >> reporter: other companies rely on a virtual private network or vpn, a secure pipeline between employees and work. you want to steer clear of public unsecured wi-fi. configuring your firewall and sticking to company equipment and only visiting trusted sites are key. since the end of february researchers have found domain names related to covid-19 have greatly increased. so far 0.8%. 93 were found to be malicious. 2,200 others found to be suspicio suspicious. >> for example, the famous website for john hopkins university that everybody is using to track the cases, so many copies of that. of that website. and they are malicious. >> reporter: pandemic or not, he says tech has always been under attack. >> we have to be careful about many, many things when we're completely virtual. >> reporter: also targeting cell phone apps. realtime tracking of covid-19.

sometimes the app locks you out of your phone and demands ransom for release. if you have questions about coronavirus, you can find answers on our website. we have a whole page dedicated to information and to resources. just head to abc7news.com/coronavirus. coming up, dedicated to the job. "gma" is talking to this san francisco worker who is taking his duties more seriously than ever. plus -- >> animals in need. the urgent call for foster parents during the shelter in place. and here's a live look at your accuweather forecast that is coming up in just one second. we're looking outside right now from our tower, from our camera here at the studio showing that it's pretty dry out there and we'll talk more about that coming up. like right now. all right. here's what's going on.

39 degrees right now in castro valley. everyone else along the east bay in the mid to even upper 40s around oakland. 48 and alameda 49. you can see temperatures pretty much in the mid to upper 40s except for up in the north bay in the low to mid-40s. here's a look at walnut creek. some people out commuting this morning. let's talk about what to expect weatherwise. some foggy areas, especially if you keep heading south on 680, you'll run into the fog in the valley. milder this afternoon and random showers, especially around the south bay. but you can see for the most part, looks pretty dry. a lot of the showers will develop in the mountains on either side of the south bay and kind of drift over the bay itself as we reach near 60 degrees this afternoon. east bay valleys, the fog will fade to a partly cloudy afternoon. we'll jump from 46 at 9:00 to nearly 60 this afternoon. and the peninsula we're starting off in the mid-40s and we'll stay in the 40s through 9:00 and you can see mid to upper 50s from 11:00 all the way through 7:00.

random shower, yeah, it's possible. not even possible for a storm impact scale. we want to turn it over to jobina and say, orange, wow, it just flatters you so much. >> thank you. right back at you, my friend. fabulous this morning. thank you. good morning, everyone. so, i have one new piece of traffic news i want to get to involving mass transit for our b.a.r.t. riders. b.a.r.t. for the time being will be cutting the extra service for the yellow line. that's the antioch and sfo-bound trains. this is during the peak commute times for the morning and the evening. this is all due to low ridership. they did some studies and found that there was an average of seven riders per car throughout the day yesterday. so, there will still be trains every 15 minutes but just want to let you know that. we'll take a look now to a live camera here showing you san rafael. clear conditions out there. i have been continuing to monitor the chp log right now. there are no major issues and only four problems there and they're really all hazards or

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really won't add to the snow pack and neither will the scattered showers across the state help temper the drought. here's a look at my seven-day forecast. any more beneficial snow coming. limited showers tomorrow. looks like sunshine saturday and snow returns sunday and we could have some light to moderate snow next week. california has launched a new website dedicated to the coronavirus. it includes a list of financial resources, notices, as well as any public information about covid-19. gavin newsom's website launchd the site yesterday. covid-19.ca.gov. facebook and instagram is promoting this new safety campaign and website. an overlooed worker during this difficult time is garbage collectors and they're still out on the job. "gma" spent time with aaron mier. as most of us stay in our houses, he is determined to get out and pick up our trash. he says now he feels an extra

pride and purpose. >> when the coronavirus thing happened it felt more important for me to do my job. take care of the people of my city and i'm doing it for them and my family and my dad who is in an elderly home and the garbage there needs to get moved out of the way so the people there can take good care of him. >> myers sent an inspirational tweet sharing a message of hope during that difficult time and that post got more than 450,000 likes. you can watch his full story on "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 right after abc 7 mornings and we say thank you. >> i'm glad that "gma" is featuring that guy. that's great. here's something you can do. animal services are considered essential under the order in place. they are open, but some are trying to find temporary foster homes for their pets so that stuff and volunteers don't have to come into work. here's eric thomas. >> reporter: on the back patio

of patty's home, a dozen older dogs all frolic and visit. normally they and more than 70 uth dogs would be housed at her muttville shelter in san francisco, but not during the coronavirus outbreak. >> all 80 plus dogs are all in foster homes right now because we don't want to have to bring people into work. >> reporter: although shelters are considered essential services, franklin says why take the chance of exposing workers, volunteers or clients to the virus. however, for people who are feeling a bit lonely sheltering in their homes, adoption is still an option. >> we're setting them up appointment. one-on-one appointsment. >> reporter: muttville is dedicated to getting these dogs into adoptive homes right now, that during this current emergency period, they're waiving their fees. across the bay in alameda, a family is getting their shepard archie aquated with ace, a dog they plan to foster. >> whatever works. we all have to do our part and

we can help. >> reporter: ace was dropped off at the alameda animal shelter because he was too rambunctious for his current owner. they have found foster homes for 50 dogs, cats and rabbits and are still looking for homes for 15 more. >> we're trying to minimize the number of people that have to be on site to work. >> reporter: the shelter has asked about half its 300 volunteers, many of them seni seniors, to stay home. the same for one staff member with underlying health issues. in alameda, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> now i'm starting to think that i need to get a senior dog to adopt. at least temporarily. if you want to adopt a senior dog, contact muttville.org in alameda. alame alamedaanimalshelter.org. fostering a pet could be a really good idea and give you something to do. >> i am seriously thinking about doing this. walk it, watch netflix, read. >> eat. >> quarantine puppy.

>> think about it. yeah. >> if you can at least foster one. even if you don't adopt. that would help tremendously. one of the inadvertent ways that covid-19 is affecting our pets and animals. here's a look from the exploratorium. we'll focus on weather for a minute. more sunshine, fewer showers. drier and warmer and feel more like spring, especially saturday and then it becomes unsettled again sunday, monday and tuesday at least. possibly even wednesday. here's a look at our temperatures and the stray shower. you can see some green in the north bay and in the mountains and some green in the mountains down on either side of the south bay or the santa clara valley, if you will. 58 to 62. little cooler at the coast, 55. about mid-30s to mid-40s tonight. see the curl in the atmosphere coming out of the gulf of alaska. that will slide southward and tha then turn east. that will bring us wet weather. outside of the stray showers you

see starting around noon in those areas i mentioned before and then just kind of stay in there. they won't move much. if they drift off the higher elevations we could get a light shower in some areas and then you could see friday we wake up partly cloudy and, once again, those same areas with just one or two shower s possibe. mid-60s tomorrow. upper 60s away from the coast saturday. mid-60s, upper 60s sunday and that's also when the storm arrives and brings us a one on the storm impact scale. sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday. >> all right, are you guys ready to shame people? here we go. some spring breakers apparently are not getting the message about social distancing. >> oh, no. >> kumasi. come and get your florida people. >> listen. florida people. i admit, we need prayer

sometimes. >> let's be fair. not all these people are from florida. because it is spring break, they're coming from all over the country. you're watching an actual tug of war and beaches nearby are already closed. i'm not sure why no one was stopping this happening there. but it happened. other parts of florida are also choosing to close their beaches. the city of clearwater says it's closing its popular beach after video went viral this week showing a whole lot of people show ha just hanging out. it only applies to the sand. restaurants and businesses for reasons i cannot fathom remain open. the governor of florida is refusing to close beaches statewide. instead, energ ci encouraging eo practice social distancing. >> my mom has decided to sit down and cancel her trip to miami. and because she heard you say you were going to find someone

to slash her tires. >> sometimes i forget that people watch. i'm sorry, mama. >> it worked. and now she's not going. so, thank you. >> hi, mom. new at 6:00, fighting the coronavirus. what the surgeon general is saying this morning about the efforts to stop its spread. 49ers linebacker

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welcome back, everyone. former a's pitcher dave stewart is awaiting results of his test. he got off a plane and was feeling a litted under the weather and went to get tested. how many people have you touched that touched somebody. do the right thing. stewart says he'll get his results back in a few days.

49ers linebacker fred warner is calling on everyone to take social distancing seriously. he posted this message on instagram. >> i wanted everyone to practice social distancing and stay inside your home as much as possible. i know everybody's situation is different. but like i said, try to stay inside the house. if you happen to be out, being six feet away from others and washing your hands with soap and water. doing the little things to try to eliminate the spread of this virus. >> this is important. we have to have famous people, popular people like fred spreading this message. he also encouraged everyone to follow cdcgov on instagram. >> some great advice. let's look at what's going on today. you probably won't know this because it's, you know, it's going to be a nice day. it means the sun is starting to head back north and it's over the equator directly at 8:49 this evening. and that means we continue to add to our minutes of daylight.

we've gone from 9 and a half during the winter solstice and now a little over 12 and 14 and 46 minutes as we head into the summer. look at this. rain is on the way next week. up to an inch possible. >> all right, thanks, mike. coming up next at 6:00, stranded overseas. we're hearing from americans who are desperate to get home. and san francisco mayor london breed clarifies exactly what we can and cannot do during our shelter in place order. help is on the way for families in san francisco worried about putting food on the table for their kids. more sites now opening up throughout the city. i'm julian glover with the lis

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how they're swirling in a counterclockwise fashion. and that's where our best chance of showers are this afternoon and in the north bay mountains where we're seeing some fog develop down in your lower elevations of the north bay along 101 and also in the east bay valleys. here's a look at san rafael. 40 to 44 degrees at 7:00. 54 to 56 you'll need the sunglasses more than the umbrella this afternon. pretty quiet at 7:00. 52 to 55. >> all right, thong, miank you, for the first time since the pandemic began, china reported no new cases today. >> that is a big new headline. john hopkins university reports about 9,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the u.s. 150 people have died, including a sixth person in santa clara county. it is day three of sheltering in place for most of us here in the