my employees' jobs. >> reporter: that's what hurts the most? >> yeah. >> reporter: even though california does have an indefinite stay at home order, no jurisdictions have changed. san francisco chamber of commerce has shifted their conversations with small business owners preparing them for the worst. >> we are talking about two to three weeks. how do you get your business in two to three weeks. now a period of two to three months? how do you bring workers back and customers back to the door? >> reporter: 175,000 small businesses in this city closing. >> we are expecting some of those businesses may not be able to come back, again. >> reporter: we contacted governor newsom's office and have not received a response yet. in the newsroom,

many are relaying on insacart to get food. workers are now demanding more protections against coronavirus. julian glover is live with those details for us. good morning, julian. >> good morning, jobina. convenient for us. we open up an app and place our order and someone does the grocery shopping for us and so many people have depended on that during this pandemic. but now many of the instacart workers are saying it is not safe for them to do their jobs and to go shopping with so many large crowds packed inside of these stores. threatening to stay home demanding that the san francisco-based company provide hand sanitizers and disinfectant wipes and $5 per order and expanded sick pay order. they are playing russian roulette every time they shop. >> if shoppers aren't provided with necessary equipment to shop safely, customers are absolutely

at risk. >> reporter: now the demand for this service has boomed in the pandemic. the associated press reporting that instacart ordered 50,000 new shoppers last week alone. the health and safety of customers, shoppers and employees is its first priority and with the strike planned today it's unclear if grocery orders from sites and stores they service will actually be delivered. for now reporting live in fremont this morning, i'm julian >> thank you. happening now. say good-bye to muni light rail and subway. service is being covid-19 outbreak. muni buses will start running and act as a replacement on all muni metro lines. they're calling for muni to stop their collection and encourage rear door boarding to be able to keep riders socially distanced. in the south bay, vta is suspending light rail service today replaced by a reduced bus

schedule with no fare collection. reduction collection today. it will ride fewer trains and the daily schedule is down to 42 trains a day. usually there are 92. since the shelter in place, daily ticket sales are down 95%. the restaurant industry may take years to recover from the shelter in place measures. the california restaurant association says as many as 30,000 restaurants could close industry.rges the governor to delay tax payments and planned minimum wage increases. the number of coronavirus cases in the bay area continues to rise. right now 1,951 confirmed cases. 49 people have died. santa clara county still has the most with 646 cases and 25 deaths. san francisco has 340 cases with

five deaths. san mateo county reports 277 cases and six deaths. alameda county has 270 cases with seven deaths. co contra costa county has three people that died there. fewer cases in the north bay. coronavirus has had less of an impact just north of the north bay. so far mendocino county reports a total of four cases there and lake county has none. santa cruz county is reporting its first coronavirus death. the victim is a man in his 70s who had an underlying health condition. he worked in santa cruz and santa clara counties. he was hospitalized on march 19th and died on saturday. the county has 44 cases so far. the santa cruz police chief has released a video with a warning to people violating the shelter in place order. >> have extra patrols out there. a lot of police officers out roaming the streets looking for people who are trying to take advantage of everybody else.

we will find you, we will arrest you, we will prosecute you. >> the chief also has reiterated to only call 911 if it's a true emergency. the fda has issued an emergency authorization for a decade's old malaria drug to be used to treat donated hydroxy chloroqine. the drugs have been championed by president trump, despite minimal evidence that they work. this morning, strong accusations from president trump as u.s. hospitals beg for more medical supplies. he is claiming some hospitals are hoarding ventilators, more than what they should be. the president didn't back up the claims by providing evidence or naming facilities. later he doubled down questioning the true reason behind the surge in demand for masks, especially in new york. >> so new york hospital is

packed all the time. how do you go from 10 t 20 to 300,000, 10,000 to 20,000 masks to >> overnight, new york city mayor bill de blasio's office called the claim ludicrous and no hoarding or conspiracy just a simple fact our doctors and nurses need masks. we have a link for how you can donate supplies on ineeee of t shte in place order. next, a day in the life of our new normal here as told through pictures and videos from abc 7 viewers. yeah, you hear that. you can't say thank you in person, but you can definitely shout it out. your gratitude for people on the front lines of this pandemic.

starting tonight, we're going to be doing it here in the bay area, which is really cool, mike. a lot of people around 7:00 outside their windows clapping, cheering, letting everyone there on the front lines know that we are supporting them and thankful for all of their work which is really, really nice. >> love it. love it. can't wait to be a part of it, jobina. thanks. may 1st is my wife's birthday and a great birthday present for her if we can get her back to work and i'm sure he is like most of you out there, getting a litt little. temperatures in the upper 40s and that's due to a mostly cloudy sky. how about else where. all right. so, you can see mostly cloudy sky just about everywhere with temperatures in the mid-40s in the north bay to about 55 in today, especially around santa rosa. we want to keep an eye on the north bay commute and you're also going to be the area most active this afternoon with scattered showers. right now walnut creek with the

temperatures about 48 degrees or so under mostly cloudy sky. for driving just the pm showers your only issues there. slightly warmer and you'll need the sunglasses from time to time. if you're heading out, 49 in the north bay in the morning. you can see we reach about 60 in the afternoon and that's it as the chance of showers does cap us. for the east bay, we're in the 50s through 11:00. low 60s in the afternoon hours and then for san francisco, yeah, may even make it to 60 this afternoon. most of the day in the upper 50s. jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. we are taking a live look right now showing you the bay bridge toll plaza here. remember, no cash lanes for any of the bay area toll bridges and rage ocoronavis right after the. i'm abc news medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. it's normal to feel nervous over the coronavirus outbreak. remember what protective steps

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you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> welcome back. let's take a look at what's going on down in san jose. mostly cloudy right now to about 54 degrees as we roll out your planner right now, we're looking at temperatures that you can see jump into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees by noon and aer

lyunny dotrg,e have that stray shower possible. you can see right there, some showers and higher elevation snows moving across the northern quarter of the state, even tahoe could get a little bit of light snow. here's my seven-day forecast for tahoe. what you're going to notice are temperatures that are below average and even a chance of snow coming again this weekend. we could still use it. snow pack is about 50% of average. >> thank you, mike. we definitely could use that. even with a 92% drop in ridership this past week, b.a.r.t. is still sticking by its sunday train schedule but some staff members posed the idea of eliminating sunday's servicing.at is oion here. the agency is looking at other options like looking at the number of trains it runs and stations closed early now. last week the agency said if the shelter in place continues through the

in revenue for its budget. make sure you're keeping an eye out for scammers during this coronavirus shelter in place. police say they may come up right up to your door. they had reports of people going door to door claiming to be employees with the cdc or san francisco's public health department. officers say they're sometimes asking for entry into residences to conduct fake inspections. city officials with real i.d.s are putting up informational door hangers to make everyone aware of this. you can also always report to the police. criticizing him for downplaying the virus. >> his denial at the beginning was deadly. delaying getting equipment to where it was needed is deadly. people are dying. and we have, we just have to take every precaution. >> speaker pelosi added that

they want to work with the president but cannot let him get away with making false statements. nobody could have foreseen the possibility of a pandemic despite warnings by the u.s. intelligence committee. the bay area closedic ab news viewers ran into more challenges but also discovered some little joys which we're happy to see. here's a day in the life. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> love seeing those. the san jose autorepair shop is offering free oil changes to medical workers and first responders. gic car clinic is on bird avenue near san carlos street. if you're a medical worker or a first responder, you just have to show an i.d. the shop is open monday through friday 7:30 in the morning that if you can.

happening tonight, this is also a positive story here. everyone in san francisco is being asked to show our heroes and it starts tonight at 7:00. you're being asked to spend a couple minutes clapping for health care workers, restaurant workers, grocery store clerks, first responders and all other essential employees. you can go out on your porch or your balcony or your rooftop or maybe just clap out the window to have those options. this will continue every night at 7:00. new york is doing this and now we have to do it, too. this is video of new york getting loud for health care workers. this was the scene last night as cheers filled the air. thousands screaming from their windows and balconies to show their appreciation for everyone out there working their hardest, mike. i thought that was so amazing. and they're doing it in atlanta, too, my hometown. i saw some videos there.

>> love atlanta. love new york, love us. and wealer be just as loud, won't we? >> we will, if not louder. >> i hope so. going to bed later because of this. it's worth staying up late to cheer those folks on and let them know we appreciate them. 7:00 this evening, too, pretty comfortable. so, here's what we have. look at that right there. you can see san jose mostly cloudy this morning. let's roll out your accuweather highlights. partly sunny day today with showers across the north bay. if you wanted to, you could put you, meaning the north bay, under a one on the storm impact scale. a couple hundredths of an inch while the rest of us mostly cloudy and dry. and then an unsettled weekend is likely. right now not a storm impact scale on it, but the potential for some wet weather. here's a look at two areas of low pressure there.

you'll keep us even cloudy and even a slight chance of some showers and let's look at future radar and here we are at 7:00 in the morning and you see green across mendocino county and head towards northern marin county into the afternoon hours and then as we head overnight things get pretty quiet and then a slight chance of a rogue shower across lake and mendocino counties tomorrow. here's a look at the potential for some wet weather. a couple hundredths ofittle bit wednesday, thursday. and then you can see right there on friday, our first chance of a 70 and then we're back into the 60s everywhere with that chance of wet weather saturday and sunday. so, again, today the north bay. for all of us a slight chance saturday and sunday and we get a four-day stretch of some dry weather and a little more pollen probably in the air, also. jobina? >> thank you, mike. you know, i think whatever

rain we can get, i love the little bit of wet weather we saw over the weekend. so, i'm going to keep pushing for that. thank you. well, amazon workers or warehouse workers at a fulfillment center in new york are planning to walk out today and google says how to make banana bread is a big trendings. instacart tries to prevent a strike. it is making hand sanitizer available to its workers and allow customers to set their own tipping percentages but workers say that's not enough and the trike is still on. because of the coronavirus. one of their workers tested positive last week and they say amazon isn't doing enough to protect them. social distancing has given rise to trending searches on google during this crisis how to make banana bread. one of my favorites. and the #quarantinebread is

growing on twitter as cooking and baking tweets have doubled. get to baking. those are your techbytes. have a great day. i definitely believe that baking story because i'm not a cooker and i am already in the kitchen more this past week than i have been all year. so, yes. so, coming up here, a former nba star is stepping up to help workers on the front line of the pandemic. the deal he's trying to make for millions of masks. disney is bringing its famous parades into your home. how you and your family can join the fun on virtual main street. and tonight here on abc 7. tune in at 9:00 p.m. to watch "20/20 america rising fighting the pandemic." the third special on coronavirus with david muir. this is one that focuses on the extraordinary work done by

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but over time hepatitis c can cause serious health problems. if you were born during these years, the cdc now recommends that you get a blood test for hepatitis c. so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more. all right. let's talk about what is going on with our temperatures. you can see most of us are going to be dry today under mostly cloudy to then partly sunny sky as you head into the south bay. look at those temperatures where we have the potential for rain in the north bay. in the 50s. same thing as you head down into half moon bay and everyone else around 60 to 65 degrees. let's look at what will happen tonight. the clouds will open up a little bit and where they do, a potential for a little bit of fog to develop but mainly a clear commute with temperatures

to 50 in lakeport and 52 in san francisco. former nba star marbury is working to provide 10 a maply them at a cost of $2.75 each that is less than $5 for what the masks retail for. if he could reach a deal with them, the masks would be delivered over a five-week span. y is a brooklyn native. disneyland remains closed for the foreseeable future but you can grab a seat for the new virtual parade. ♪ so i'm pretty sure reggie might know the choreography to this by now. this is magic happens. first new daytime parade in nearly a decade. this clip was posted on twitter with the message to check back

regularly for more. disney is the parent company of abc 7. a verydelivery service for one household in colorado springs. this is pretty neat. meet funn7-year-old delivery do. he is making trips back and forth to the neighbor's house since the coronavirus outbreak first began. the neighbor has underlying healthssen. >> she gave me the list and she gave it to sunny and i went to the store and he delivered them all to her. >> what a wonderful thing. just a sweet thing. so we started doing here we have next at five, mike, i just like, that's amazing. i love that story. >> fantastic. i love it.

absolutely. me, too. i wish i could get a cat to do that. that is a little harder. unfortunately the rain over the weekend didn't slow it down whatsoever. from nearly 7.6 and just 15 inches and just no way we can make that up this deep into the season. the rainfall potential for today and tomorrow. couple hundredths of an inch possible. let's talk about what is going to happen tomorrow. gets a little drier and you can see the temperatures start to climb as that rain goes away and more rain in the forecast after today, jobina. next a milestones distancing. one south bay couple will remember forever. president trump recommending people stay home until april 30th.

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monday march 30th. >> i need to get this tie right. there. there. >> all right. now, looking good. >> good morning, jobina. good to see you. you know, meteorologist mike nicco looking at our weather and we'll check with him in just a minute. right now we'll talk about this. a local east bay restaurant is switching things up instead of serving regular customers cooking up meals to deliver to regular ambulance crews. let's bring in amy hollyfield who is live in concord where the food is aboutto be dropped off this morning. amy. >> hi, reggie. they just pulled up. you're getting to watch this special delivery right now. it is happening. nice little treat for the ambulance drivers who are about to head out on the front lines. they are receiving a free breakfast. this is from sunrise bistro in walnut creek. the bakers started at 2:00 this morning andhe