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wete negative so we're very happy. >> very happy. >> and now we're going to go sleep for a million days. >> relief. new at 5:00. two weeks of quarantine over. people who were on the grand princess cruise ship are starting to be released. >> hayward opens its own coronavirus testing site. why most people were turned away today. >> local officials taken to task for crowded parks and beaches when they are supposed to be stay ago way. >> it is a matter of life or death. this is not the time for a party, for a play date.
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>> strong wore words from the san francisco mayor as the city works to drive home the point of shelter in place. good evening. >> thank you for joining us. let's get to it. governor newsom moments ago joined in with stern words admonishing big crowds that didn't practice social distancing over the weekend. when you can't even find parking at a beach suggests you're not going to practice social distancing and may suggest you may want to find a new location. to make it easier for you we're going to shut down all state parking lots, that will go into effect immediately. >> governor newsom said the state will step up enforcement to require social distancing and californians need to abide by the shelter in place order to slow the virus. >> san francisco mayor warns to close city parks if people don't
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listen to the order. which allows people to go out for brief visits to get air and exercise. >> but the mayor said people missed the point. >> it's not a matter whether or not we're going to have more people get sick, they are, what happens if it it's your grandmother, your uncle, what happens if we don't have a bed for them to be in because they got sick. we don't want to get to that point. >> the mayor said she doesn't want to order city parks closed but she will if she has to protect public safety. >> over crowded beaches, parks and trails were familiar seen all over the bay area. marin county closed all of its parks late yesterday afternoon because of it. we're live now with the latest. wayne? remain closed, there's place
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here where people go all day to walk their dogs on the trails. it's usually credit crowded was extremely crowded last weekend and likely to be less crowded from here on out. >> in marin county parks it's been a population explosion on the trails. not what the doctors ordered. >> it's nice to get out to get fresh air but yesterday it was a super highway here. >> was it social distancing? as you see it? >> no. >> what was it? >> i think a lot of people were acting like it was just a normal day. >> but these are not normal days and nothing brought the concept home faster than this video announcement from marin county health official. >> today i was diagnosed with covid-19 so i'm here on home quarantine as marin's 39th case. >> with that as a back drop and as an example,
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the health department has tighter restrictions of parks and open-space areas, trying to avoid repeating scenes like this where fresh air is no place for social distancing. >> i am an old gray hair and want to be safe. i don't feel i can even walk my dog right now. >> and the same in the scene of a well-meaning invasion yesterday. the throngs of people alarmed and worried the residents. >> we want everyone to be aware that this is not a spring break, it's not vacation, there's a pandemic, we're all supposed to stay at home. >> here a steady stream of people all day long. hopefully not a virus, that would be the worst of outcomes in one of the most beautiful of places. places. >> i'm worried we're going to overwhelm the health care system. >> we don't want to take any chances. life is precious. >> as we come back here to the open space in marin county, worth noting, dr. matt said he's
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if you can walk to an area or ride your bike your good. but if you are pashing in a lot that's where you get in issues and problems and that's where you're in violation. by the way, the doctor is feeling better, matt willis. he said today his temperature is down. a lot of people are happy to hear that because he's a really good guy. live in marin county. abc 7 news. >> that is good to here, wayne, thanks. here are the latest bay area totals. alameda county recorded its first death total increasing 122 confirmed san francisco now reports 131 cases, increase of 23 overnight. overall 860 reported cases in the bay area and at least 14 deaths. in northern california mend seeno one case of the virus.
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none so far in lake county. in the east bay cars stretch for blocks waiting in line at the bay areas first mobile coronavirus test site that opened this morning in hayward. but most people got turned away, why, laura? >> well, right, that's an evolving situation. we just talked with the fire captain who said they're changing their criteria. up until now if you did not have a fever of 100 or higher higher being turned away, now they're saying some of the people who got turned away, if they got simms could potentially come back and get a test. >> this is not a scene from a movi movie. s people lining up in cars and on the sidewalk it's, some wearing masks, hoping to get tested for covid-19. >> i'm just getting double checked here.
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i went to the hospital on wednesday, they said it was allergies. i'm still feeling it. >> he's 14, had a fever over 104. it's been 101 today. and then the coughing >> that young man was eligible for a test. not everyone that showed up would get tested. far from it. there's a series of questions they're asked to screen out those who feel ill but not likely from a coronavirus. >> everyone's worried. that's what's going only in the world today. >> the biggest threshold, if someone has a fever of at least 100 degrees and intake workers taking temperatures on the spot. >> we're taling people if you don't have >> for the walk up, one person gets a test, ten get turned away. as far as the drive up screening process there's about one in five. one person gets tested, five are turned away. >> beyond the fear of being sick or infected with covid-19 those who line up with the testing are also dealing with the reality of being in this place in this
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moment in time. >> did you ever think there would be a line like this? >> no. honestly driving in, it's kind of surreal. we see the signs. everything. it seems like we're in a movie or something. >> and we're back live here, no we're showing you the tents, there's several tents set up there's several tents set up here. this is where people are suspected of having covid-19 they have to have a fever of more than 100 and they go to those tents to be tested. at this point 625 people have been screened here. the majority have been turned away. about 170, dan and kristen, have been tested so far. the test results be back in 6 to 24 hours. fairly quickly. those folks will get a phone call you telling them what that result is and of course they'll get further instructions. live in hayward, abc 7 news. we're out here today to fight for the public. to fight for the community. >> within the last hour nurses at kaiser walnut creek held a protest over the lack of
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personal protective equipment. personal protective equipment demanding more. several donations drives out there today. >> thank you so much we really appreciate everything. >> there's a steady stream of people donating medical supplies for health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. supplies here are okay for now but the future is unclear. >> we have over 50 individual contributors who have come by to provide any kind of amounts, big, small, things like n95 masks and surgical masks and gloves. it's been wonderful. >> gloves. >> other ucf locations also taking donations, in fact, most hospitals in the bay area now accepting donation frz the public because they only have
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enough supplies for the next two to three weeks and some nurses told to reuse masks if necessary. >> i have three masks still in the pack ethic a. -- package. >> anything we can do to help. i have a lot of friends in health care and they're desperate right now. i punish he wish i -- i wish i had more. >> the salvation army is collecting donations as a go between. in a few short hours collected all of this. boxes of rubber gloves and plenty of face masks, the only requirement they have to be unused and unopen. officials in sonoma county will get them to the hospitals in desperate need right now. >> when the fires came we had lots of people wearing masks as you all remember, however, now those masks are going to be repurposed. >> it feels good to do it. i'm fine. i'm safe. i want to make sure, my niece is a nurse, so i want to make sure
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they're safe. >> a generous bay area stepping up in this time of need. >> i feel like as a community anything we can do to pull together is important and even if we can't really interact with each other, just showing we are there for each other is really, really essential. >> abc 7 news. >> a group in san francisco is taking a proactive approach during this pandemic. >> how they're keeping their
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these days all across san francisco you'll see empty store fronts and boarded up windows, neighbors who are worried about an uptick if crime are doing what they can to prevent it. >> hey everybody, we're on two of patrolling china town. sfp tive that started couple days ago during the coronavirus outbreak. >> we're still on grand aveannet
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of nen tn 4, wanting to keep their community china town safe. patrolling the street for hours member look for seniors who need help to looters to prevent incidents like this. >> these are americans, they are not really speaking out, they just came in so we just decided we have to do something. >> sfpd chief williams scott spoke out about the decrease in crime in the wake of coronavirus. compared to last march, violent crime and property crime and service calls are down, not stopping the founding member max leon continuing his mission of watching out for his neighbors. >> finally it got to the point where it is like, okay, i just need to take it upon myself.
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luckily there were other like-minded individuals. we need to become the leaders ourselves. often times true leaders are reluctant. it's not for the fame or the glory or recognition, it's because simply to heed the call. >> we should point out zero hate crimes have been reported this month. however people in the community say and chief williams scott acknowledges they are happening and he encourages people to report these crimes in order to make change. in the news room, abc 7 news. >> the two weeks of quarantine are up for passengers who were on board the grand princess cruise ship, who get to head home, we followed up with several of the passengers who say they're looking forward to sleeping in their own beds. >> after weeks of following their journey it almost feels like we're friends. >> hi. >> nice to see you. >> good to see you too. >> this friendship goes all the
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way back to march 6th, when 19 crew members and 2 passengers aboard the grand princess cruise ship tested positive for coronavirus. after docking in oakland over 2,000 passengers were placed under quarantine and laurie and john miller are one day from finishing their two weeks at travis air force base. an emotional time. >> what are you looking forward to? >> seeing our kids. i know i won't be able to hug them but will still see them. >> she went into quarantine worried about the cases on the ship. and now they're getting out to the news over 42,000 cases across the u.s. >> i feel safer here than i think we will feel when we're at home because we're a bubble. and we're going to go back out into the dirty real world. >> but their journey is not over. their new reality like many of ours include more time at home isolated >> getti head
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87-year-old eilenea and henry. >> hi. we're home. kind of. >> this 87-year-old couple became an internet sensation making the best of their quarantine, showing the world a lighter side to an unexpected crisis. >> i got lots of washing and cooking to do. that will be nice. it will be fine. >> how do you feel papa. >> feel goood. >> the granddaughter, p was the roommate in support throughout the journey. their bond growing closer, just what they needed to face the upcoming weeks now shelter in place. >> we all tested negative very happy. >> very happy. >> now we're going to go sleep for a million day. >> in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> they seem like a great family. now to consumer news. 7 on your side. amazon is delaying deliveries and tsa is making changes, now
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michael with those details, hey michael. >> hey guys. this bottle -- this coveted bottle of hand sanitizer is larger than what is usually allowed. check it out. it is four ounces. the rule for carry on liquids i 3.4 ounces. but in this age of the coronavirus rules are meant to be broken. now the tsa says air passengers can bring up to 12 ounces of test test test. don't try to bring spray cans however, most of them are flammable and keeps them out of carry on luggage. deliveries are changing too. amazon is delaying deliveries of non-essential orders, medical supplies, sanitizers and household goods and baby format
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are the what will and won't ship, think in terms of needs versus wants. tomorrow is dubbed the great american take out. order from your favorite rest delivery or take out tomorrow. the restaurants came up with the plan backed by major chains and local mom and pops. the arg niezers point out the organizers point out 15 million are employed in that industry and that is great way to show support and get a decent meal. and they hope you will not only want to the do it tomorrow but wednesday thursday and friday. >> michael. thank you. let's move on to our meteorologist drew tooma forecasting from home. >> yeah working from home like tomorrow we're finding rain comes to the bay area once again
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on our tuesday. let's show you live doppler 7 across the entire region. it's pretty quiet. cloud cover. a live look at the golden gate camera, you see the flag, a light breeze out there. the overcast skies will eventually give us some rain drops, especially tomorrow morning, that's the best chance finding wet weather on tuesday. right now it's chilly only mid 50's, below where we should be this time of year. 56 in oakland. 54 in the city. 56 in san jose. right now santa rosa checking in at 54 degrees. on the storm impact scale. tomorrow level one impact, light to moderate showers. we'll find rainfall totals from a tenth to half an fifth you find yourself under a down pour and another cold system and snow levels dropping to 3,000 feet and dusting of snow in the
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highest peaks. overnight hang on to the temperatures 48 into the city, 46 in freemont. hour by hour, time out the showers for you. stop the clock, 4:30 in the morning best chance to find the showers first in the north bay, scatter in nature and then that activity begins to increase about 9:30 or 10:00 a.m. we'll find more wet weather across the entire bay area and that trend continues through lunch time as well. and then in the evening we'll find as the cold front moves through, the showers become more isolated in nature. rainfall a tenth to half an inch depending where those down pours set up, especially tomorrow morning. highs on your tuesday, pretty much a carbon copy forecast, finding them only in the low to mid 50's by tomorrow afternoon. we'll also get a little bit of snow in the syria. witness snow in the sierra.
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in these times of uncertainty bay area food banks ready trying to assure locals they will not go hungry zbln add they're working so hard s bringing fresh, nourishing food to residents in the bay view neighborhood. >> 500 food bags were distributes this morning. other pantries were forced to close in recent weeks because of the coronavirus. the food bank says there's plenty to go around. >> the food chain is still
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pretty secure and we know people at the state level have really reassured us, there's federal support come as well. we have fresh proceduce and protein and eggs and meat. lots of veggies. >> thank you. >> more than 1800 people were served in san francisco, the first week the pantries opened. really for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities.
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i'm abc social distancing can help spread the slow of coronavirus protecting vulnerable populations and buying us time to respond. more on cdc.gov. all of this week abc's night line will air at 11:35 p.m. after abc 7 news at 11:00. jimmy kimmel at 12:05 a.m. >> insta cart on demand grocery looking to hire 300,000 full service shoppers in the next three months to more than double its current workforce. >> that's our report. world news with david muir is
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tonight, several developing headlines on the coronavirus here in the u.s. the number of cases across america rising sharply, more than 500 deaths. in new york city, now the epicenter in the u.s., the race to build a makeshift hospital inside a convention center. and late today florida's governor now issuing an executive order requiring passengers flying from new york and new jersey to florida to self-isolate for 14 days. in los angeles, a navy hospital ship on its way. late today we learned ten military hospitals are being readied for activation, including one in seattle, as soon as 72 hours from now. mountingonrnov lack of and ventilators. you'll hear from the front lines. and new questions tonight about a tweet from president trump
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