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exchange over social distancing. school will be closed until may for 60 area counties. tonight an online teaching expert shares tips for parents and students. all is quiet in san francisco but it was a much different story earlier this evening when there was a sing-along right here involving at least two opera singers. i'm meteorologist sandy patel, a wintry mix today and the cold is going to follow. i'll let you know where the frost advisory is going up and how much the temperature lewis structure plunge. >> announcer: now from abc 7. on this vote, the yeas are 96. the nays are 0. the 60-vote threshold being achieved, the bill is passed. breaking news tonight where a 2 tril dollar economic stimulus has passed unanimously. alex has more on what's in the bill. >> a fight has arrived at our

shores. we did not seek it. we did not want it. but now we're going to win it. >> the deal would give people earning $75,000 or less a $1,200 check plus $500 per child. those earning up to 99,000 would get a smaller check. >> help is on the way. big help. quick help. >> the bill allows people to receive unemployment benefits up to 39 weeks. the norm is 26. and the size of that unemployment check would go up $600 for four months. the bill also includes a $367 billion loan program for small businesses who did not lay off their workers. that could be a much-needed lifeline for scott skobales company. >> we went from projecting a couple million income in the future to zero in under a week. >> big businesses would benefit too. $500 billion earmarked for large

corporations hard hit, airlines, hotels. there's more than $100 billion for hospitals and health care systems. all of this as the president pushes for the easing of social distancing practices that could allow some businesses to reopen by easter. >> what a great time line this would be. easter is our time line. >> some pointing out those social distancing measures may be working. >> i'm not 100% sure it holds or its accurate, but the arrows are headed in the right direction. >> abc news, washington. the bay area will see a number of benefits from the stimulus including $1.3 billion to help b.a.r.t. and other transit agencies. >> $254 million for sfo where many domestic and international flights have been cancelled. >> $11 million to help homeless people vulnerable to the pandemic. >> and the bill includes

expanded for freelance and gig workers. >> and there could be another stimulus bill to address future economic impact. a grim new milestone tonight, the coronavirus death toll in the united states has now surpassed 1,000. empty streets likely as seen we'll have to get used to after bold words from the governor. >> the stay-at-home orders are real and don't think for a second we're a day or two away from lifting that order. we're not. we're not even a week or two away. >> stark numbers from the governor on testing in the state, 67,000 have been given with nearly 49,000 results still pending. >> we have to make that, we will need about 5,000 more hospital beds on top of what we already have. >> that dire prediction from san francisco's mayor,he s to t gerr and lin out san francisco's need. one certainly, school will be cancelled longer than first thought. most districts here in the bay area will remain closed through may 1st.

>> i miss seeing my teachers. i miss seeing everything i was doing at school. marin, napa, and sonoma counties reported new coronavirus cases tonight. five people died. four cases are in san mateo county. santa clara county also reports another deadly infection with 17 deaths. there are now a total of 1,208 cases in the bay area. there are two confirmed cases in mend see know county. the most recent case is related to high-risk travel and the person is isolated at home. lake county isn't reporting any cases. here is a stunning figure. nearly half of the figures at the san jose kaiser hospital have tested positive for covid-19 or suspected of being infected with it. >> sky 7 was over that hospital today. kaiser's vice president who is also an infectious disease expert says the hospital has

increased staffing and revamped the 242-bed hospital. >> we have to repurpose another unit to take care of regular icu patients as well. >> in a statement tonight, kaiser vice president irene chavez says the number of covid-19 patients is currently lower. chavez says given that it is located in a covid-19 hot spot and that we count so many south bay residents as our members, it should not be surprising that we would care for a significant number of our patients in our san jose hospital. san francisco's hospital is under a lockdown tonight after three employees tested positive for coronavirus. it is a city-run nursing home now. most of the 750 residents are over 65 with serious health conditions. seton medical center is now accepting covid-19 patients.

governor newsom announced the state would be leasing more than 200 hospital beds at the facility. california has 90,000 hospital beds. governor newsom says he expects the state will need 50,000 more. new pressure for students, parents, and teachers. school districts in six counties announced they will remain closed until may 4th. abc news reports with now this is going to affect families. lauren. >> dan, there's a lot of stress. students are worried they're going to miss out on graduations. parents are now having to work and teach. tonight i spoke with an online teaching expert that says you need to get organized and don't be too hard on yourself. >> no one to help me at home or my mom's working. it's not the same before. >> this eighth grader is trying to adjust to online learning while helping her two younger siblings with their homework. >> it's stressful because i've

been helping around, helping with work. >> with school closed until may 4th, there's a big chance her eighth grade graduation won't happen. >> i'm really upset because i wanted to graduate. i wanted to go to school. i want to keep learning. >> her mom is also feeling pressure having all three children home. >> she doesn't really know what to do and she just coming home from work stressed, helps my brother with homework, help me, help me sister. >> karen gardner recommends both parents and students create a space for each person. >> if you can set up a workstation for each person and have it be as far apart as possible, use head phonos -- >> and getting organized goes a long way. >> there was an incident where a calculator went missing and it was under a pile of things. i said we need to remove these piles. >> gardner says given the opportunity, students will catch up. it's parents that will take more

time to adjust. >> we have demands at work, things at home. so i think, again, don't be too hard on yourself if it takes a bit of time to adjust. >> districts around the bay area are offering their students meal service during the closures. for more details, you can go to a abc7news.com. >> okay. lauren, thanks so much. we use the abc 7 news app to send out a push alert when news broke that schools would be extended into may. download the app so you find out what's going on as soon as it happens. you can customize it geographically so you will know what's impacting your neighborhood. to the south bay for an update on a trail attack stemming from a request to stay six feet away. tonight we have new video and word from the victim. abc 7 news reporter has the latest. amanda. >> many online have come across

video of that violent confrontation. today i spoke with the victim who describes her request for distance and the tense moments that followed. >> get away! oh, my god! >> deliberate cough, audible contact. this video shows a small part of saturday's attack on communication's hill in san jose. speaking anonymously, the victim spoke her story. she admits she could have used better words to communicate. >> i yell out, watch your distance, stay six feet away. do you not understand what's happening. he mouthed what are you going to do and started laughing and looked at me. and i was like okay [ bleep ], so i did say that. >> he returned minutes later with a group of people. >> that's when he grabbed his beanie of his head, start to spit on me, coughed on me multiple times. i had my phone. this happened for a good minute and i only caught about six seconds of it on camera. >> i would applaud her.

>> other neighbors agree that crowds on communications hill can be an issue. >> a lot of people don't take this serious and to me it's a -- that's how it's spread. >> the neighbor who only wants to be identified as mike says he can recall a few times he should have spoken up for his own safety. saturday's victim hasn't started using the trail and found herself in another heated exchange wednesday. >> six feet. >> that's stupid. >> he moved around and i moved around and i saw them again. she started flipping me off and i caught her on film and put her on video. >> still nothing compared to saturday's confrontation, one that involved and happened in front of teens. >> i'll recover from it. i'm okay. i'm not suffering from it. but your children are seeing how you behave. and that's the most important thing right now. >> the victim says she'd apologize for calling the teen an expletive, but says that doesn't warrant an attack. now, police say the suspects got away and have not yet been

identified. i'm in san jose tonight, abc 7 news. >> that's something, amanda. thank you. we have complete coverage on our website abc7news.com. that includes an exclusive story of a california woman who recovered after being treated with a test drug made by a foster city company. >> the community living inside this san francisco building came together on wednesday for a sing along and it involved two opera singers. i'm j.r. stone. that story next. and toilet paper in low supply and cleaning in high gear, a serious warning about what you toss in the toilet. i'm meteorologist sandy patel live from home tonight. we have a chill in the air. i'll let you know how cold and frosty it's going to get by morning coming up.

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a gate agent at the airport tested positive for coronavirus. he last worked march 22nd in terminal 2. all the areas he worked are being disinfected. a southwest w southwest w southw team and said they're all worried about the sick employee. the economic stress from the coronavirus is growing by the hour. and in an effort to reassure its employees, bay area sales force will not conduct any major lay offs over the next 90 days. when we got word of the decision, i asked about the decision. he's sheltering at home in san francisco. >> we're definitely in the m middle of a huge crisis right now, dan. everybody knows that. and one thing we don't want our employees worried about is their jobs. so, we've told them for the next 90 days they can be assured we're not having any major lay

offs. they're hearing about other ceos making different types of decisions and we wanted to let them know their jobs are safe and to stay focused on what they're doing every day. >> mark adds he is urging other companies to do the same. >> the san jose police department is pitching in to help. they discovered a surplus of masks during inventory check. eddie garcia had his officers deliver about 48,000 masks to all 5 san jose hospitals. >> and this tangled nasty mess is actually disinfectant wipes, baby wipes, paper towels, similar products people flushed down their toilets. the city posted this picture to show how it can cause back a san francisco building has decided to raise their voices to show their unity. j.r. stone has the story. ♪

>> reporter: they were singing to feel good in cool, crisp san francisco on wednesday. >> we just thought we would play here in the plaza and get everybody all in their balconies and have a sing along. >> reporter: and they did just that at opera plaza near city hall. some came outside, but did so socially distanced, six feet away from anybody else. ♪ this land was made for you and me ♪ >> reporter: others came to their balconies and one opera singing giving everybody a little more than "this land is your land." >> she did a solo and it was just, woah, totally oka it was wonderful.

people were moved by that. >> reporter: moved and inspired to see they're not alone. everyone together during this song and during these challenging times. >> it just feels good to get out. >> music kind of takes you away from all of the anxiety. >> you heard the opera singer singing from that balcony in the story. the man with the giant sweatshirt also sings over at the opera. not often that you have that kind of talent at that kind of story. in san francisco, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. you know, how we go about doing everyday tasks has changed completely during the coronavirus pandemic. now we're capturing those moments with the help of abc 7 news viewers from all around the bay area. here's today's day in the life. ♪

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look at that. lots of unsettled weather -- wet weather -- it was weather today -- weather around the bay area tonight. an abc news viewer sent this video of hail coming down in santa rosa this afternoon. there were some rain drops out there. it was all just a little crazy today. what can we expect tonight and tomorrow. let's get to sandia patel. >> hi there. it is going to be quieter weather than what we experienced earlier today. let's get to live doppler 7. we are going to talk about what is showing up right now. just off our koeslicoastline wea few showers. they have not moved in. as you just saw we saw the snow showers over mount hamilton and the hail. 15 reports of hail here in the bay area. definitely felt like winter.

and tomorrow morning, even more so. we do have a cold night ahead. protect your plants. don't forget about your pets. obviously frost damage can happen as we head thwarts tomorrow morning. frost advisory has been issued for the north bay primarily between 2:00 and 9:00 a.m. expect lows between the mid and low 30s. we have 30s and 40s right now so turn up the heat or grab that extra blanket because you will notice and feel the chill. in the morning upper 20s to low 40s. there will be cloud cover around, occasional showers, spotty at best. here's a lovely view from the san jose camera. as we look at the forecast, isolated showers tonight and tomorrow. cold morning with the frost. towards the weekend, get ready for more rain. 6:00 a.m. along the san mateo coast we will be seeing the showers as we head towards noon. a couple of showers over mount

hamilton and mixing in with the snow and by 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. we're talking about isolated showers over the south bay and east bay. then it's done. you get a break as we head into friday, and then it's back to the wet weather. highs for your thursday, upper 50s to low 60s. today we only had 50s so it is going to be a little bit more comfortable than it was today, not as much like winter as it did today. as we check out the 7-day forecast, frosty cold morning. high temperatures in mid 50s to low 60s. friday still chilly. it will be cold. back to wet saturday and sunday. cooler weather until early to middle part of next week. we're going to bring in spring warmth. low to mid 70s. i know many of us are stuck outside, can't spend too much time outside. but it will make it easier to enjoy sunshine when it's a little bit warmer from the

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faf arers around the world have begun immolating a san francisco family photographer who is framing her photos in a whole new way because of social distancing. abc 7 news reporter kate larson caught up with her today on one of her window shoots. >> reporter: this woman is a san francisco photographer. she specializes in fine art family and newborn photos but the coronavirus has inspired her to switch up her style. in order to shoot at a safe social distance, she started photographing families through their windows. >> closer to the okay. nice. nice. project a week ago and has scheduled the events all for free. >> i hope it reminds you of the times that it was bad but more about the times that you were never closer with your family at home. we've never been closer than right now. it's very tough and challenging,

but still very close. >> some of the photos extend beyond the window pane. she photographed a family outside the front door. >> i'm so excited about the project and this picture is so -- i know it will be part of something big. >> we're all taking pictures on our iphones as we go, but there's something about the outside perspective and the beautiful photographic qualities that really inspires me and really just kind of hits me in the gut, really connects me to the other families. >> mary pendleton and her family were the first subjects. he equates the subjects from the dust bowl that documented ordinary people during the extraordinary time. it reminded me of this photograph of my friend with her grandmother and aunt during the spanish flu epidemic in san francisco. >> i think she's doing a good job of capturing both the joy and the struggle, just the humanity that we all share.

took an inward turn as we post from our living room window where we've spent so much time last week looking out and hoping for a healthy path forward. kate larson, abc 7 news. >> those are great shots. >> great idea. >> on to sports. lots of them. hi, chris alvarez working from home. coming up in sports, basketbaeb into november. why that might be an you're stronger than you know. so strong. you power through chronic migraine, 15 or more headache or migraine days a month. one tough mother. you're bad enough for botox®.

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