don't overwhelm our hospitals with the growing number of coronavirus patients. an overview, additional public areas like playgrounds and dog parks are closed now. most construction as you mentioned, kumasi, is banned. and all essential businesses must come up with guidelines to keep customers spread out in stores to maintain that social distance. they have to figure that out by friday. >> our hospitals are beginning to fill with covid-19 patients. they need more time. we need to do even more to give our health care facilities and providers every advantage we can so that they can care for us when we need them. whether for covid-19 or for any other commute health care need. >> and that is the plea from leaders there. now, we also know restaurants are still allowed to be open, but for takeout only. the same as business. some businesses like ride share businesses and real estate agencies were added to the list of what is being deemed

essential. these new guidelines are in place until may 3rd. leaders across the bay area did acknowledge all the sacrifices that we're all going emotional, social and the financial strain. they're asking that we embrace the shared sacrifice and embrace this moment to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. reporting live in fremont this morning, julian glover, abc 7 news. school campuses might be closed through the end of this school year according to a letter that the state superintendent wrote yesterday. due to the current safety concerns and needs for ongoing social distancing, it currently appears that our students will not be able to return to school campuses before the end of the year. therman's letter is not an order and san francisco unified school district says they haven't made a decision yet to extend the closure through the academic year. they passed out chromebooks to help the 4,000 students that don't have access to the

electronic devices they don't have at home. oakland is still trouble shooting how to the number of coronavirus in the bay area and santa cruz county has surpassed 2,400. two more people passed away from covid-19 in the south bay bringing the total number of deaths there to 30. alameda, san francisco and san mateo counties each have more than 300 cases. to our north. mendocino county reported four cases of coronavirus. no one has tested positive in lake county. look at this, balloons and flowers popped up outside of santa cruz police officer who died. marylou armer was with t t t t

and four police officers have tested positive for coronavirus. jobina. >> thank you, kumasi. at the live desk, i'm tracking the federal government's response to the pandemic. the trump administration says we should prepare for a tough two weeks. dr. anthony fauci warned yesterday as many as 240,000 americans could die from covid-19. states are calling on the trump administration to do more while the administration says testing issues have been resolved, the states say that's not the case. >> they are out. they're in the states. they're not being run and not us us utilized. >> that's just not true. i know they have taken steps to create new tests but they are not actually produced and prohibited out to the state. >> new york governor andrew cuomo has begged the federal government for more ventilators, but he says he has to compete with bids from other states like

california and illinois. despite calls for social distancing, some states still do not have restrictions. in florida they're only implementing those restrictions in the southern part of the state and in mississippi only one county with a shelter in place order. kumasi, i'll send it back to you in the studio. california seeing another jump in coronavirus cases. the state has 8,553 confirmed cases. the state says the number of patients in icu increased 10% in just one day yesterday. the economic fallout from the pandemic could leave san francisco with a shortfall of up to $1.7 billion. this is according to city leaders. fairfield assemblyman jim frasier wants a suspension of bay area tolls, all of them, until the shelter at home order is lifted.

now b.a.r.t. just set a new record for ridership loss. fewer than 30,000 people road b.a.r.t. on monday. to give it some context 400,000 people would take b.a.r.t. in a single day. california has more than 5 million people over the age of 65 and the state will do more to help them. >> we have to do it in a way that not only 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. >> now, here's that hotline. it's 833-544-2374. we have it on our website. abc7news.com. well, as you might expect, bay area residents are drinking a lot more while sheltering at home. data from back track san francisco company that makes smartphone connected breathalyzers finds that alcohol

consumption increased by 42% last week. online retailer wine.com has also seen a huge uptick. sales have surged, not even 40, you guys, 400% since the stay at home order started. is that you guys? well, coming up next, an east bay woman is sharing her anguish. >> lifetime. >> her husband, this is his picture here. he's a lottery worker and now in a medically induced coma from covid-19. the concern he voiced to her about his risk as this whole thing unfolded. free help to deal with the pandemic and all found at your local library. even though the branches are closed, their resources are still open. also checking in -- why are you over there laughing, mike? >> because i'm part of the uptick in the drinking. i don't drink a lot. let's be honest.

i don't drink much even on normal weekends, but when you're home with your wife more and you're having meals at home more it's like, let's have a glass of champagne or the neighbors are like let's come out and socialize staying six feet apart and, you know, we tend to consume some drinks there, too. so, yeah. >> for me, it's brunch. >> i just thought it was funny. let's talk about what is going on, i won't ask you if you're part of that. let's look at what's going on weather wise. partly cloudy sky across the east bay shore. some 40s out there and some low 50s and the temperatures little bit cooler than yesterday and nothing we can't handle. if you look around 42 up around santa rosa is one of our cool spot and 50 in concord and san francisco 50 along with fremont and 48 in san jose. all right, talking about the commute and the bay bridge toll. you can see a few people rolling through there and it's about ar

conditions. i couldn't find any fog this morning. increasingly dry air today and that means any cloud cover that is out there is going to go away. so your commute whether it's by land or by bay is going to be quiet or if it's by mass transit if you can find it. let's talk about some neighborhoods. little more cloud cover and shed that and head into the low 60s this afternoon. a couple degrees cooler than where we were yesterday. the east bay valleys, you can see, we start off a little bit sunnier and push us into the mid-60s during the afternoon hours. and if you're going to be out and about on the peninsula, 48 this morning. we'll be about 58 at noon, near 60 at 3:00 and down to 55 degrees at 7:00. delightful start to the month and i do have rain on the way. here's a quick look at the storm impact scale and it's a one for the entire weekend. more rain is possibly coming on the way. here's a look at what's going on

outside with jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. i'll tell you what's going on. nothing at the moment. i'm looking at the chp log right here. the last incident came in at midnight. we'll take you now to a live look showing you the san mateo bridge which is the only bridge around our area with some cars on it. see that live picture here and the biggest news is something that i have been mentioning throughout the week which is the mass transit changes. if you rely on that, of course, check the schedule. we will be right back, after the break. i'm abc news chief medical correspondent dr.en jennifer ashton. it's normal to feel nervous over the coronavirus outbreak. remember what protective steps you can take and what your community is doing to stay

they don't help single moms. hi. hi. what happened to our house last year? it flooded. and the water flooded out. yeah. the red cross arranged the hotel for us.

they gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. this is abc 7 mornings. welcome back from the nicco household. pointed back towards a mainly clar sky over san francisco where it's 49 degrees. let's talk about today. look at all that sunshine. the breezes will pick up this afternoon bring in drier air and also slightly cooler weather. that's why in the mid to upper 50s at the coast and most of us at the low 60s at 4:00. things are starting to quiet down. chances around eureka and 53 in

yosemite and the snow pack officially ended at about 53% of average. look at this. mother nature knows no calendar. i'll give you a couple feet of snow this weekend, even if it's outside the snow season. kumasi. california lottery sales rep tested positive for covid-19 and now in a medically induced coma at a walnut creek hospital. his family is pleading for other workers to get tested if they're feeling sick. >> reporter: their love story has been 40 plus years in the making. >> we got married in 1980 and we've known each other since sixth grade. so we have known each other a lifetime. >> reporter: what's hurting rosemary the most is that she can't hold her husband's hand while he fights for his life alone in a hospital room.

he tested positive for covid-19 a week ago and is now under a medically induced coma. >> my husband is a very healthy man, for me to see him in that state was just, it was a very difficult thing. >> reporter: michael was concerned about their exposure to the pandemic for weeks. >> at one point early march mike said this is ridiculous. we don't belong in the field. we're going to affect all the retailers in the community and they'll take it home to their family. >> reporter: frequent places like supermarkets and gas stations according to their union could be in contact with at least 100 people per day. >> it's heartbreaking. we saw this coming. this was preventable. >> reporter: on monday during the california state lottery commission meeting the lottery commission said we have been

adapting to this crisis and working 24/7 to address the needs our team members and our communities. with implemented a number of changes, sometimes being amongst the first in state agencies to respond. as she prays for mike to survive this, rosemary is pleading for other sales reps to get tested. >> this is real. this is real. and employers need to know they need to keep their employees safe. >> we are praying for them. that is horrible. well, a member of the board of supervisors has introduced a plan to give families in san francisco money to pay their bills if they don't qualify for federal relief programs. the proposal would target families with kids under the age of 1 becau8 because a lot of thl squeezed right now. >> trying to figure out what to do as it is hitting the first of the month. rent is due. certain bills are due. >> we are setting this

legislation up so we can serve 5,000 families at $500 a month for up to a four-month period of time, if things need to go longer or if we need to do something and adjust, of course, we'll be prepared to introduce other legislation. >> walton believes families could see money within a month if the board of supervisors passes this plan and mayor breed signs it into law. with neighborhoods branches closed, libraries are reinventing them selves to reach out to users with new online services. in san mateo county more than half of the librarians and the staff have been launching online experiences like storytime with the library assistant and a drawing class and an interactive bilingual english/spanish sing along with the communication specialist. one mom of twins is pretty enthusiastic that turns screen time into something interactive.

>> hands on interactive and used their minds and used creativity and got them excited and was engaging and to find something like that as opposed to a passive visual view of a movie is very big. >> libraries have plenty of online resources for adults, too, from book clubs to exercise classes. access to newspapers and language lessons. mike, who knew. they have so much. ed i i'd love to see this. we have no excuse to be bored. >> are we going to keep following up on this, i hope. >> i hope so. it looks pretty good. >> you know, i have to ask you a question. yesterday i said you looked lovely in yellow and i was corrected on social media and it was chartreuse. what color are you wearing today? >> i'm going to go with chartreuse because i like how that sounds and i like the

little hand motion you did with it, mike. that's what it was. >> fantastic. oh, i love social media and i love the fact that people are watching us even though they don't have to get up and go to work. thank you, everybody. kumasi, i'll take it from here and talk about what is going on outside at the exploratorium camera. accuweather highlights. sunshine and little cooler breeze and dry and seasonal to start april and then the april showers start to roll in this weekend. let's take a look at a couple players. you can see the swirling air masses out in the pacific and up in alaska and those two lows are coming our way one at a time. one saturday, one sunday just like last sunday and this time more moisture with them and that's why rainfall will likely reach a half inch if not even more. here we go, we'll try to time it. these are the medium range models. lower resolution and as we get towards tomorrow and friday and we get the high resolution and

we'll be able to time it and make the green strength just a little bit because on a smaller grid. looks like everybody is getting healthy rain during the afternoon hours saturday and maybe a break saturday night and again sunday especially during the morning hours and then tapering into the afternoon hours. all right, let's take a look at your rainfall totals and you can see they're most impressive across the north bay and then they'll taper as you head into the south bay because that storm is coming in from the northwest and sliding to the southeast. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. today a little bit cooler than yesterday but we'll gain the temperatures back as the breezes relax thursday and friday and that also means slightly cooler weather those mornings. saturday and sunday, we'll have a one on the storm impact scale. so, have some stuff handy because you'll be inside more than the next couple of days and little cooler than average monday and tuesday but we'll see a drying trend begin then. have a good one, kumasi. facebook has a new tool to make it easier for people to

help during the pandemic. uber is planning 10 million new rides. facebook adds a way for users to reach out during this crisis. posts from other users asking for or offering help. the listings are within 50 miles of your location. they also include fund-raisers. california is now suing the video conferencing app zoom which has been surging in popularity during this pandemic. the company is accused of giving users personal data to other companies, according to the lawsuit, zoom reported to facebook whenever a user logged on for a call. something zoom says they no longer do. and uber is pledging 10 million free rides and food deliveries for health care workers, as well as senior citizens and others in need as an expansion of the company's offer. a few weeks ago of few meals and rides to first responders. we are indebted to them. those are your techbytes. have a great day. coming up next, walmart has new rules. what they are making workers do

before they start every day. a local brother and sister put their creative to the test. tomorrow at 4:00, we hope you'll join us for a special town hall as abc 7 confronts hate crimes against asian americans during the covid-19 pandemic. the town hall will be virtual and also interactive. a panel of expert contributors

good morning. look how quiet the golden gate bridge is this morning. there may be one car coming towards us, but that's not why i'm showing this shot. i want to talk about the march rebound. we had our driest february ever. we tied it with the 1864, but notice every year we've had a very dry february. we've rebounded better than this year. not only a dry february, we also had a relatively dry march. at least in most neighborhoods. now down in the south bay, you guys are close to average. notice it didn't help the deficit whatsoever. down to 7.25 and 15 inches in the north bay. we'll try to make some of that up this weekend, but not a lot. we'll talk about temperatures coming up in a little bit after this. back to you, kumasi. walmart says it's making changes to keep people safe during the pandemic. including checking workers' temperatures when they come to work. they will offer gloves and

masks. walmart says it will create one-way aisles to encourage social distancing among shoppers and make regular announcements reminding everybody to keep a six foot space between each other. a brother and sister are making the most of their shelter in place. they released a rap video of covid-19 ♪ keeps me home and far away from school ♪ >> i wasn't ready. this is 9-year-old ellie de la cruz rapping about what it is like being a kid stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak. okay. and then her 18-year-old brother was making these beats one day when he asked his little sister to help out. >> sometimes he would look up some words and then he would find rhymes with it and we would put together some rhymes so that it would be cooler. >> when i was making it, we were

just doing it for fun but then i thought about it and as of what's going on right now and all the difficulty, we just wanted to bring smiles to everyone. >> i love that. >> so parents michelle and paul, say they are very proud and support their kids creativity. they're going to be dropping a new tune every week during the shelter in place and we have a link to their youtube @abc7news.com. coming up next at 5:00, the san francisco kids who are making new friends while sheltering in place. also it appears that students may be out of school for the rest of the year.the tt superintendent and the problem at least one bay area district is facing when it comes to helping kids learn at home. and a lot of people in the bay area are concerned about how bay area are concerned about how they're going to pay rent t

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>> yesterday's levels but still be pretty comfortable when you step outside. let's take a look at live doppler 7 and what you're seeing is no rain. absolutely out there. notice the breeze is already picking up along the coast and that is what kind of chased away some of the cloud cover except for some lingering clouds along the east bay shoreline and the south bay. those breezes also are what is going to bring in the drier air and that is what is going to also help bring the sunshine about. we're starting off around 39 to 49 on my 12-hour planner at 7:00 this morning. mid to upper 50s at noon and then we'll stay in the mid to upper 50s at the coast while the rest of us try to hit some low 60s by 4:00 and back into the low to mid50