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businesses like this will be affected by the new shelter in place orders that have been extended. parks and dog parks also affected here. we'll explain. teacher, parents and school districts react to a letter from the state superintendent that says campuses may very well be closed through the end of the school year. in downtown san jose, a new mural honoring the men and women on the front line. abc7 news starts right now. >> now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. >> a grim prediction from the white house tonight. as many as 240,000 americans could die from the coronavirus. >> as sobering a number as that is, we should be prepared for it. >> but this is going to be a painful, very, very painful two

weeks. >> the shelter-in-place order for most of the bay area is being extended now until at least may 3rd. officials remind us lives are at stake. >> someone's grandfather, someone's mother, someone's child will survive this pandemic because you've done the right thing. >> the school year now appears to be over. with the state superintendent sending out a letter saying it's unlikely students will return to the classroom before summer. >> i mean, it's definitely devastating. i think all of us, the entire staff especially, teachers in general were just hoping we could finish out the school year. >> the bay area is up to more than 2400 coronavirus cases. santa clara county continues to have the most, closing in on 900. 30 people in the county have died. in the entire bay area, 63 people have died. alameda, san francisco and san mateo counties all have more than 300 cases each. balloons and flowers have been left outside santa rosa police headquarters today after

an officer died today from the coronavirus. marilou armer was a detective and had been with the force more than 20 years. a total of eight officers have tested positive for the virus. detective armer was 43 years old. an employee at cardena's market has tested positive. the store on south white road so it can be deep cleaned. it's expected to open tomorrow. other workers who came into contact with the infected employee have been told to stay home for two weeks. two our north. mendocino county has reported four cases of coronavirus while no one has tested positive in lake county. >> in just under an hour, new stricter shelter in place orders go into effect for most of the bay area. >> tonight sonoma county joins six other county, alameda, contra costa, marin, san francisco, san mateo and santa clara in extending the order. >> the new restrictions include the closure of playgrounds, dog parks and similar recreational areas. all golf course, tennis, and basketball court, pools and

rockwalls will be closed as well. >> essential businesses that have to stay open like grocery stores must develop a social distancing protocol. >> and most construction is going to be prohibited. >> jr stone was in the east bay tonight and found there is mixed reaction to these strengthen in measures. >> no playground. no tennis. no basketball, and no running your dogs in the dog park as new shelter in place orders go into effect all across the bay area, starting wednesday. >> that's definitely more than what i expect, because currently people are stuck at home with their kids and their dogs. >> a thought echoed by so many at the parks we visited in richmond and el cerrito. those who learned the shelter in place was being extended and strengthened. >> closing the dog park, it seems draconian. you need to do that? when you're walking on a trail, how often do you get within six feet of people? >> but while there are many question, most agree if closing

public areas and putting stricter requirements on business series for the greater good, they're okay for it. >> i would support it. i'm not happy about it. >> i would assume it's based on validate that. >> some are on grocery stores that must have a social distancing protocol in place by friday. those we spoke with at the el cerrito natural grocery company say they already require distancing outside and inside. they scrub carts and will scrub knobs and handles in the store every 30 minutes instead of 60, starting tomorrow. >> we just had our operations meeting, and we decided we're going to do a half hour. >> so less open parks, less parks and longer shelter is frustrating to those we talked with, everyone isli alis quiett thi grocery store in eller is recent toe right now. but it's been busy today and it was busy into the evening hours. one of the employees was here late putting this tape out so people will line up prop flir

the morning. this is a shelter in place that will go all the way until may 3rd. in el cerrito, jr stone, abc7 news. also in the east bay, oakland mayor libby schaaf had this message for residents regarding the extended shelter-in-place order. >> things like playground equipment, picnic area, tennis court, those are off limits. we have got to take social distancing seriously over these next critical weeks. look up the order and follow it, because our lives depend on it. >> the mayor also reminded residents about the moratorium on evictions. school campuses may be closed through the end of the school year. that's according to a letter the state superintendent sent out today. abc7 news reporter kate larsen joins us from the newsroom with reaction from teacher, parent, and bay area school districts. kate? >> well, ama, you may remember two weeks ago governor newsom said it was unlikely that schools would open before summer break. then last week bay area schools

announced that they would be closed until may 1st. and now today there is more news from the california department of education that the closure will likely be longer. state superintendent tony thurman sent out this letter on tuesday to superintendents throughout california. thurmond wrote because of safety concerns and social distancing needs, it currently appears that students will not be able to return to school campuses before the end of the school year. >> it's definitely devastating. >> stephanie lee is a third grade teacher in the richmond district. thurmond's letter is not an order. sfusd said thursday they have not a decision to extend the closure through the academic year. but lee feels it's inevitable. >> it's a lot of learning loss. it's something we're going have to adapt to because public health trumps everything else. >> lee is also a mother of two. >> this is my son. >> and when spring break is over next week, she has plans for more distance learning. >> at least face-to-face conversations with student,

giving them feedback on their next week i'll have to juggle my schedule more. >> on tuesday they passed out chrome books to help the 4,000 students who don't have access to the electronic devices they need at home in order to learn remotely. oakland unified school district is still troubleshooting. >> we're holding out hope that it's not going to be in a situation where we keep our schools closed until the end of the year. but we're going to be prepared if it gets to that. >> ousd spam notes that thurmond's letter is not a directive, but rather an assessment of the coronavirus's long-term effect on schools. >> because of the changing nature of this pandemic, we really can't make that decision. we can't really say definitively what's happening. we are waiting and we're okay, but we're preparing for the worse. >> other districts have been chiming in too. san ramon unified sent an email saying their district and others were surprised by superintendent thurmond's letter, while dubline

now preparing for summer school, but there is no guarantee that even that will be offered. in the newsroom, i'm kate larsen, abc7 news. >> so much uncertainty. kate, thank you very much. a somber message about coronavirus today from president trump calling on americans to brace for a tough two weeks at least. while first responders and medical workers are worn out and worried. here is abc reporter romina puga. >> president trump calling the coronavirus a plague, warning the country faces tough days ahead. >> this is going to be a rough two-week period. >> numbers will likely go up, but we cannot be discouraged. >> the mitigation is actually working. as we look forward to the next 30 days, do it with all the intensity and force that we can. >> new york city tuesday night reaching a grim milestone. the death toll there alone more than one thousand. >> we have to look at this pattern and conclude that the worse is certainly in the next few weeks minimum. i can see it going into may.

>> the gravity of the crisis felt across the country as hospitals and state governments battle to get ventilators. >> it's like being on ebay with 50 other states bidding on a ventilator. that's literally what we're doing. >> in los angeles a mass quarantine ramping up. people moving into these rvs. cases in california have spiked roughly 30% to at least 7,400. >> los angeles, of course will, be the new new york in the way that new york is the new italy. >> health care workers on the front lines afraid of infecting their families at home. first responder john ruggin hasn't seen his son in a week. >> last night he asked me, when are you going to come -- when are you going to come get me. and i told him when everybody stops getting sick or they stop going to heaven. >> new jersey icu nurse michael sharing a chilling warning as more medical workers test positive. >> once your doctors and nurses die, you don't stand a chance. if we die, you die.

and that is the truth. >> but some good news earlier tuesday president trump unveiling a new testing device whose makers abbott laboratories say it will deliver a positive result in just five minutes. the fda has provided an emergency use authorization of the new five-minute test, allowing it to be shipped out wednesday and it could be available at local urgent care clinics around the country. romina puga, abc news, los angeles. >> we have complete coverage of the coronavirus on our website, abc 7 news.com that includes one of the most clicked on stories on how cell phone data can show which bay area counties are abiding covid-19 shelter in place orders. coming up next, the terrifying prospects one cancer survivor faces during this coronavirus pandemic. it's a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. in downtown san jose, dr. fauci and other health care workers are being honored. the message behind this new mural. that story up next. and i'm meteorologist drew

tuma. april officially begins tomorrow, and soon we'll be tracking some april showers. i'll show you when the rain returns in the accuweather forecast, ahead. >> drew, thank you. and watch a special edition of "nightline" right after the abc7 news at 11:00. tonight you'll hear stories of people who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and fear they won't be able to pay their bills next month.

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coronavirus cases could affect hospitals across the nation, and how staff are preparing to make life-and-death decisions about ventilators. today wayne freedman spoke with someone with a preexisting condition who has been told she may not be a priority. her story is one you'll hear only on abc7 news tonight. >> it's awful. this is awful. >> even without an order to shelter in place, valerie roberts of sacramento would not be allowing anyone but immediate family to get near her. >> nobody. nobody is allowed in my house. >> she is a wife, a mother, a grandmother whose wonderful life changed three years ago after a cancer diagnosis. covid-19 has made that life even more precarious. last weekend, valerie received a call from an oncology supervisor at sutter general hospital who advised her in the case of a coronavirus surge, to stay away from the emergency room for her own safety, and also because they would be prioritizing more healthy patients first. >> i wouldn't be probably a

candidate for a ventilator if it was between me and a healthy person, no. the conversation was tough if you get this virus and get complications with it, we need to discuss comfort care for you. >> comfort care as in morphine? >> yes. >> these appear to be some of the difficult triage decisions that hospitals across the nation are anticipating or already dealing with. if coronavirus patients surge, medical professionals will have to pick and choose who to help or not. it is a sad and frightening abstract, especially on the receiving end. valerie says sutter told her they would have to treat her for any cancer complications or coronavirus at home. >> am i angry at the hospital? >> yeah. >> no, i'm not angry at the hospital. i'm angry at the situation. i'm angry at the fact that our country isn't prepared. >> we did reach out to sutter health today. asked if such conversations are becoming commonplace. in a statement, sutter health said in part clinicians

regularly communicate with medically vulnerable patients to fulfill their current health care needs. it is our responsibility to have those discussions well before a hospital surge occurs. we will do everything we can to fulfill those wishes. meantime, valerie roberts is one potential patient in a class of people with chronic problems at higher risks with reduced options, she is certainly among the first, if not the first to talk. >> i may might not be one of the people that got taken care of at the end of the day, because i have cancer and i have an advanced stage of cancer. the fact of the matter is i have a whole life to live, and i want to. >> from the north bay, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> california has more than 5 million residents over the age of 65, and govern newsom says the state is going to do more for them. >> and we have to do it in a way that not only just checks in on someone to see how they're feeling, but be able to deliver

something on the back end, not just a meal, or medical supplies. and that's why we've created a hotline. >> that hotline is 833-544-2374. we will put it on our website, abc7news.com. tomorrow is the first of april, and a lot of people tonight are worried about how they're going the pay their rent tomorrow. an effort is under way to expand measures to protect them. san francisco supervisors today unanimously passed a resolution calling on state and federal leaders to issue a moratorium on rent and mortgage payments. many in the bay area just find themselves juggling expenses. >> my student loans are just a bunch of executives catching up. and it's hard when you don't have a job. >> you're making the decision between food, obviously, and then learning and development or, you know, just paying the rent. >> san jose, san francisco, and oakland are among cities that have placed a freeze on evictions tied to the financial impact of the coronavirus.

for a city by city look at these eviction moratorims in the bay area, go to our website, abc7news.com. in the south bay, a local artist is using her talent to reach those confronting covid-19 daily. a message of gratitude to medical workers is spelled out in a new mural in downtown san jose. here is amanda del castillo. >> new shelter in place recommendations may make it difficult to catch the mural in downtown san jose. >> i weighed going out of the house. >> but artist denise decided the mural was essential, showing medical works they are are supported. >> health care workers are really doing the dirty work for all of us. and all we have to do is stay home. >> a painting contractor by trade, she teamed up with her best friend alex alvarado. the mural features dr. fauci and a quote from winston churchill. never was so much owed by so many to so few.

>> how much gratitude we hold for people who are workingrelyt. >> i don't think you can thank them enough. >> the art attracting those passing by, including christopher rodriguez, who says it's a message we can all get behind. as he snapped pictures, rodriguez noticed there was no credit to the artist. she didn't sign because she said this wasn't about her. >> she doesn't want credit for it. just like the doctors and nurses that. >> don't want credit for it, but they're still doing it for the people. >> soon alvarado will work the front line. she graduated nursing school and is now an rn in the state of california. she also answered governor newsom's call to join the new halth care corps. >> nobody think yourself going graduate nursing school and a pandemic is going to ensue. >> this mural is a small show of support for those making a world of difference. oleinik learned even that message can't keep vandals away. it was back to tuesday tuesday as she pained over a tag.

>> i'll keep fixing it. all have i is paint and time. >> amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >> have paint and time. what a great message. time to get to our weather. it's been pretty nice this week. >> it's been a really nice week. drew tuma working from home tonight. but that's changing by the weekend, it sounds like, drew. >> yeah, it really is. we'll start april out with a lot of sunshine. but by the weekend, we will find wet weather returning. live doppler 7 tonight. you can see giving a sweep across the region. and it is a quiet one. in fact, if you're able to get outside for maybe a little bit of a walk earlier this evening, you notice a pretty tranquil weather. the forecast features mainly clear skies overnight. temperatures will cool off into the 30s and into the 40s. it is a cool start tomorrow morning. bright, breezy and dry days ahead the next few day, at least through friday. and then we'll track that rain returning as the weekend begins on saturday. right now numbers are mainly in the 50s for the most part. 53 in city. at 54 in hayward. 50 in palo alto.

55 in san jose. and right now fairfield checking in at about 51 degrees. so overnight tonight, with mainly clear skies, a pretty light breeze out there. numbers will continue to drop into the 30s and into the 40s. you can see santa rosa getting chilly at 37. 47 the low in san mateo. fremont dropping to about 44 degrees. so we'll take a look at the 12-hour day planner on our april 1 tomorrow. nothing but sunshine from start to finish that sun gets up here shortly before 7:00 a.m. and by the afternoon, temperatures will warm into the 60s away from the coast. so it's slightly above average for this time of the year. and that sunset tomorrow happening at about 7:33. a closer look at your highs on our wednesday. you can see a lot of 60s on the board. 62 in oakland. breezy on the coast. half moon bay cooler at 59. 64 in san jose. 61 in the city. and high of 66 in santa rosa. by the weekend, we do bring back the storm impact scale. and both saturday and sunday, it is a level 1 light system we are

tracking. light to moderate rain very similar to the pattern we had last weekend. we could find occasional downpours, and rainfall will like by be over half an inch in some cities. future weather. we'll get you into saturday afternoon there you can see the rain moving in from north to south fashion. and once it arrives over the weekend, it's really on and off showers through saturday evening and continuing into sunday. not only rain here. we do expect snow in the sierra, more than a foot is very likely once the weekend is over. so the accuweather seven-day forecast, plan the next seven days for you, april sunshine tomorrow. we'll keep that trend, at least through friday. and then the rain returns over the weekend. saturday and sunday with those april showers. but dan and ama, the rain gets out of here on monday and tuesday we'll brighten up our skies and warm the temperatures back into the 60s. >> all right. nice. well can always use the rain. thanks, drew. be sure to join thus thursday for a special town hall as abc7 confronts hate crimes against asian americans during covid-19 and the pandemic.

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"hamilton" officially ended its run early in san francisco. the production was scheduled to resume performances through may 31st. "hamilton's" producer announced today it would cancel the shows after the city revised its shelter-in-place order. it live events through may 3rd. people who purchase tickets through broadway sf will get a refund. let's turn your attention to the bay area in pictures during this shelter in place.ablimpse . here is a day in the life.

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they're planning on a full season in accept with fans. full speed ahead on the nfl draft as well, april 23rd game. will be without fans. and one man who is hoping to hear his name called is cal linebacker evan weaver. he led the nation in tackles last year, 181. he has been doing facetime interviews with nfl teams and joined us on a quarantine edition of our with authority podcast. and we were told the strangest thing that he was asked during the nfl combine. >> how competitive are you? i think i'm more competitive than anybody in the nation, i always want to win. all right. stare at this wall and don't blink. i'm going to time you. so i get up to about two, 2 1/2 minutes, all right, you're good. i believe you. and by that point, i couldn't even see anymore. i was kind of just so my eyes were so dry. it was kind of ridiculous. >> how bizarre. another podcast guest. sharks star evander kane.

while the rest of russ just getting used to the idea of carrying wipes and purell for the first time, maybe, kane is a self-described neat freak. he has been doing this all along. >> this whole thing, everybody has a heightened sense of sanitizing and being a lot more clenly. i've always been like that. you can ask my wife. she is sitting next to me. i clean the house twice a day, three times a day, every day. i disinfect my phone every time i come back home. i disinfect my steering wheel, my remote. >> so he was ready. former shark patrick marleau now with the penguins, feeling the need for speed. rollerblading through his house. i just love his kid yelling dad, dad, there is no rollerblading in the house! mom probably wouldn't want that.

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time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. for all of us here at abc7 news, next, a special edition of "night this is "nightline." tonight, covid crisis, dwyire predictions of the potential death toll. >> we're going to go through a very tough couple weeks. >> i have $135. i have nothing. >> with rent and bills due tomorrow, many americans struggling to make ends meet. dave ramsey ready to help you fight the economic fallout. >> don't go past the word concerned into panic. >> plus, one on one with the surgeon general in a shift on thinking in face masks and a game changer in testing. >> "nightline" starts right now with juju chang.

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