if you are elderly, you're meeting the criteria there. however, if you do not have symptoms, you probably will not get tested. >> you won't. >> elderly plus a fever, plus shortness of breath, cough. >> the symptoms are at the top of the line right now. >> yeah, exactly. >> so, on monday what happened was they were very conservative with their tests and they only allowed people with a fever to get one. that turned out to be too picky and they didn't give as many tests as they had so tuesday and wednesday they loosened the restrictions and that went too far and now they have too many tests. now they're looking for the happy medium. now they're allowing the elderly and the homeless to get a test and now they must have symptoms. if you traveled to europe, you also must have symptoms. that's the key, they really want to see that you have symptoms for the virus before they give you the test. if you have questions, they have set up a help line. i got that number here, but if you don't have a pen right now with you, i tweeted it out and

it's on our website. 510-583-4949. call that number today if you're unsure if you're unsure if you should come here. again, symptoms is the key. everyone else should stay home and give it a few more days and give them time to catch up. we're at fire station number 7. live in hayward, amy hollyfield. >> thank you, amy. the state says there is a massive backlog of people who are waiting to find out the results of their covid-19 tests. all another 77,800 tests done here in california. just over 20,000 results have come back. so, that leaves 57,000 people who are still waiting for their results. uc berkeley professor john schwartzburg says it is appalling how few tests the u.s. has done. >> it's a crime we are in that position. we haven't tested enough people and how many people aren't

infected. where are those people? >> he says south korea has done more tests in a day than the u.s. has done in total. the number of covid-19 cases in the bay area has nearly doubled this week as more and more people get tested. on monday there were 789 cases and as of this morning, there are 1,456 confirmed cases. and that's 248 more cases than we had at this time yesterday. so far 32 people have died and santa clara county has the most cases at 542. we're also tracking the number of cases for our viewers in mendocino and lake county. mendocino has two and lake still has none. a patient at laguna has tested positive. the hospital has been on lockdown on wednesday after six have tested positive.

they were all serving time for nonviolent offenses. an alameda county judge ordered the release of eight inmates and south korean boy band has postponed its north american tour and that includes their april concert at levi stadium in santa clara. developing news this morning as the u.s. struggles to deal with a surge in covid-19 cases. the house will take a final vote today on the $2 trillion stimulus package to help people who are hurting financially during the pandemic. ines. de la cuetara has more on the spread. >> reporter: this morning 5,000 u.s. sailors are on lockdown as it spreads through one of america's largest warships. . >> we are in the process of testing 100% of that ship. >> reporter: at least two dozen crewmen aboard the "uss roosevelt" tested positive. >> the danger is the whole ship is infected and the ship is not

able to carry out its duties. a large part of the u.s. military could be tied up pier side for weeks. >> reporter: this as the navy sends two hospital ships to u.s. and l.a. fema promising more life-saving and much-needed supplies. dr. colleen smith from a hospital in new york taking abc news and "new york times" inside the heart wrenching situation here. >> today is kind of getting worse and worse. we had to get a refrigerated truck to store the bodies. >> reporter: but president trump telling fox news. >> a lot of equipment is being asked for that i don't think they'll need. >> reporter: trump sending governors a letter suggesting he may take steps to reopen the country. saying the administration is working on new guidelines categorizing counties as high risk, medium risk or low risk. >> people want to go back to work. i'm hearing it loud and clear from everybody. i think it's going to happen pretty quickly. >> reporter: today the house

will take the final vote on that $2 trillion stimulus package which would include sending american families checks on the first week of april. ines de la cuetara, abc, washingtons. the pandemic in the dmv. it is closing all of its field offices to the public starting today. let's check in with jobina at the live desk. good morning, jobina. >> good morning. the dmv is worried about its workers possibly coming into contact with customers who carry covid-19. the dmv is closing more than 170 field offices. we obtained a memo for employees that says the dmv is taking steps to address employee health and safety concerns including. workers will be placed on paid administrative time off and offices will be on april 1st but dmv offices will

remain closed to the public until further announcement. after the deadline to get the real i.d. was extected tseea i.d.s. kumasi. >> thank you. b.a.r.t.'s ridership is down 92% from average which translates to a loss of nearly $18 million so far this month. b.a.r.t. says the federal stimulus plan will provide $1.3 billion to the metropolitan transportation commission. it will divide the money among distributers. shut down light rail to the shelter in place and loss in ridership. this will affect the j, k, l, m, n lines and street buses will take their place. >> the route won't change. you will still be able to be picked up where you are normally picked up on the surface. the only changes if you board or exit at one of our muni metro

stations instead of being downstairs, you'll catch the it at the street level. >> muni routes will also be temporarily dith bay. why a popular location that people use to exercise is suddenly off limits. forget the ice bucket challenge. this is a new challenge that people are taking on social media as we all shelter in place. taking a live look outside from our roof camera. always good to see what the embarcadero looks like in the morning. one little lonely car making its way out there and we'll check in with mike to see what our forecast. i'm lonely, too, since we're talking about lonely over here, mike. i miss our morning chats before we start the show. >> i know. me, too. i'm so sorry. but, you know, we're sacrificing like everybody else and i never realized how dark and quiet my house is at this time of the morning.

barbara right above me. so, i'm trying not to be too loud as she's sleeping. hi, everybody. one less car off the road. so that means we won't bump into each other potentially. but it also means we're going to be here for a while. so, i hope you enjoy the backdrop of my, let's say my guest bedroom. let's take a look at some maps out there. look at these temperatures. chilly. once again a lot of 30s and 40s. not quite as cold. still the potential for some frost in our deepest valleys until about 9:00. look at the golden gate bridge and, yeah, one or two cars there. let's talk about your commute if you have to do it. notice everything is good. dry all day today. our driest day moving forward until next week. slightly breezy on the bay as we head into the afternoon hours. here's your 12-hour planner for the north bay and you can see we stay in the 30s and increasing high clouds that will help dim

the sunsne and take out and help your local evening. the 12-hour planner to 53 at t for the east bay. mid to upper 50s with increasing clouds here and in san francisco average highs about 62 this time of the year. little bit short, so you'll need the coats out there and sunglasses from 47 and if you run out of books and movies, i'm sorry because this weekend is a good weekend to stay inside because of the wet weather and we'll talk about that coming up next. all right. we'll send it over to jobina now. how's it going, jobina. >> good morning, everyone, from the bedroom bureau. checking in on traffic i was looking at the chp logs and there are no major -- pretty quiet out there. we'll take a live look right now showing you the san mateo bridge.

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in fact, my seven-day forecast for tahoe is going to kind of mirror ours. a little wintry over the weekend and then temperatures will be above average next week. we'll take a look at that seven-day forecast for where you live, coming up next. thanks, mike. new developments on an attack on a runner in the south bay. we confirmed that communications hill is now going to be closed to the public. abc 7 news viewer shared these photos showing the pass that are closed off now. the city tells thus closure is to protect the health and safety of the public and also because of overcrowding. the decision comes just two days after we brought you thery about a runner who said she was attacked there just because she asked other people to social distance. you can see that story on our website, abc7news.com. thieves targeted a montara restaurant that is closed because of the bay area shelter in place order. now, these are the surveillance images that we want to show you of the break in.

the owners of the restaurant said at least four people broke in. they stole money. get think. drank sparkling wine and then stayed there for two days. the owner said he discovered the mess tuesday and then watched the pictures that we're all watching right now. the san mateo county sheriff's office said it is looking for several possible suspects. sheltering in place and staying social. why many are taking this challenge on social media to help pass the time is just something we're all bored and we need something to do. i'm sure you've seen the popular push up challenge. people are getting kind of a little bit creative with it. here's amanda del cati >> giggles for this family staying in place. a social media challenge. get through ten push-ups and pass it on. >> right now i feel social media is the most truly connected it's been in a

time. >> reporter: there is instructor katie has completed more than 80 push-ups brought on by nominations alone. >> it starts with ten push-ups but then someone does a push-up one hand behind the back and my friend rio did up to 100 and another person did a clap in between. >> reporter: our call for contestants did not discompete. ironman, minnie mouse and how about toilet paper props or this guy perched on a railing. it is bringing out fierce, friendly law enforcement competition. >> i accept your challenge. and here we go. >> let me show you how the san francisco police department doe completed 57. me, i did seven and challenged abc 7 news taltonight ent to do same. david louie coming in hot with eight and chris nguyen with 34.

pup for pup, cat for cat. simple pleasures while all sheltering in place. >> it's really fun to see how playful social media has gotten again. and how authentic. it's been refreshing. >> reporter: now, we're challenging abc 7 news viewers. use #abc7now or tag us on instagram. in san jose, i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> when they challenge me, i say, thank you, that's nice. and i keep going, mike. have you been challenged? >> i think martin ourxecutive p challenged me. you know, i have a bum shoulder from swimming competitively for so many years and chris nguyen. did you see his arms. >> i can't even do half of those, chris.

>> right. i wonder how did he find that tank top. >> you know what. >> i don't have a tank top. >> that's going to be our reason, mike. that's what we're going to say. >> all right. okay. okay. all right. hi, everybody. if you are out exercising. let's talk about how today is your best to do it. 87 where it is about 41 degrees right now. your accuweather highlights. dry and cool today but at least we'll get some sunshine before the high clouds start to take over. rain and showers this weekend. it's a one on the storm impact scale and brighter and warmer next week. here's a look at the cloud cover that will increase. we have two waves of energy coming our way. one saturday and one sunday. so, here we are friday and you can see the high clouds increasing and notice no green dots as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. you wake up tomorrow morning and pockets of light rain and some heavier showers and those will increase as we head throughout the day. that's the first wave. youanee thed ming in sunday wit

in the morning and then scattered showers in the afternoon hours. the rain sunday i think will be a little less than the rain monday. here we are and the total accumulation is looking pretty healthy anywhere from a third of an inch to possibly an inch in the santa cruz mountains. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. one for saturday and sunday. maybe a little bit milder sunday and low 60s when you can find drier pockets to head outside and get fresh air. look at monday, tuesday, wednesday and temperatures from mid-60s to 70s. spring warmth and sunshine is back. shut in the by rain tomorrow more so than sunday. hope you have a great weekend. to stop leaving donations at their area locations in the bay area. nonprofit is closed, but people are still leaving piles of items in front of its stores int.ndy this location. that is a lot of stuff, people.

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going to remain cool even though we don't have the threat of wet weather. we have 57 in half moon bay for the cool spot and upper 50s in places like richmond, oakland, san mateo, san francisco and livermore and the rest of us around 60 to 62 degrees. tonight with the high clouds, it

is going to blanket us and keep us milder. mid to upper 50s and notice the green starting to come ashore as we head into the overnight hours. that is our chance of rain developing overnight. if you wake up tomorrow morning, some of us will be wet, especially along the coast and up into the north bay. kumasi. >> thanks, mike. more than three million americans have filed for unemployment all because of coronavirus. but they still need to eat. already bay area food banks are ramping up. look at this the redwood wit church parking lot in santa rosa. every car got three bags one with produce and a second with frozen chicken, meat and eggs and a third with dried goods. the trunk and that is a new form of social distancing. >> i lived through the fires up here and it was our whole community world. >> we are seeing people who for in large part who have never

sought food assistance before. >> if it's any indication of the need, the pop-up thrive-through was supposed to open at 2:30 yesterday afternoon but when cars lined up at 1:30 they started an hour earlier. from closed parks to social distancing, the bay area has become a different place because of the coronavirus pandemic. with the help of abc 7 news viewers. here's a look in the day of the life. ♪ ♪

. >> expect to see lots of shots of people maybe inside over the weekend because of the wet weather. so, let's take a look at the drought. the latest data that came out yesterday about an hour after this time. so, i wanted to go back and revisit it and the thing you'll notice is the moderate drought has spread across more of the bay area. only the southern part of santa clara valley has not jumped into that, but you probably will. and you can see the moderate drought is starting to spread moe across the states. now, almost half the state under a moderate drought. we'll get some rain this weekend but next week the rebound begins with upper 50s and mid-60s monday. tuesday look at those temperatures. the 70s spreading inland and mid to upper 60s around the bay and

even warmer temperatures wednesday. that looks to be our warmest day next week. so, if you can get through the cool rain this weekend, i have some spring warmth next week. kumasi. >> thanks, mike. schools might be closed, but an east bay city is turning one high school campus into a temporary care site. that's coming up next at 5:00. also how a bay area power couple is making a big difference in this crisis. testing for

now your health, your safety. this is abc 7 news. now at 5:00, san francisco makes it even harder to ignore the stay at home order. the parking lots at some parks in the city are now closed. good morning, everyone. it is friday, march 27th. and, of course, we'll get to all those stories in just a few minutes. it's friday. something to be excited about when you talk about that. never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. want to get you over to meteorologist mike nicco who is working from home today. good morning, mike. >> good morning, julian. nice to see you. nice to see you, kumasi. freezing temperatures. we talked about this yesterday that the national weather service would likely issue another frost advisory and freeze warning. that's exactly what you're protected. not quite as cold as it was yesterday, but we do have freezing temperatures in

calistoga and your neighborhood could be cooler than that. so, remember that. as we head forward throughout the day. you can see we start with a little bit of sunshine with increasing high clouds and a little bit of a breeze. keep our temperatures below average, once again, but at least we are dry for sure. no random pop-up thunderstorms and no soaking rains that are possible. enjoy the dry weather while we have it. we'll talk more about that weekend coming up