self-quarantines at home. this also applies to close contacts, including oir people in the home and care-givers. >> a livermore police officer tested positive and is self-quarantining at home with minor symptoms. other staff in contact are also now in quarantine and being tested. >> san francisco police chief william scott says his department is issuing citations for violating shelter in place rules. >> an outbreak results in 27 people testing positive for coronavirus in orinda at a nursing home. legislature won't be back to work as usual. they were scheduled to reconvene on april 13th. members -- they approved a $1 billion spending package to address the covid-19 outbreak. f > the supreme court postponed pandemic extending an historic delay of major legal cases.

here's a look at where cases stand in the bay area. there are now about 3200 confirmed cases and 86 people have died. santa clara leads the bay area in confirmed cases with more than 1,000 and contra costa county with the skilled nursing facility outbreak is at 307 cases. farther north, mendocino county reports at least four confirmed cases. lake county is unchanged. still no positive cases. we're plotting the case numbers on to a graph so we can really get a good picture of where we stand. this trend includes data for 14 counties. the bay area and surrounding areas. as you can see, we're still on an upward curve. >> federal, state and local health departments are now recommending people wear some kind of mask for face covering when out in public. >> cdc recommends and the task force recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. >> san francisco mayor london

breed says there are two points to remember. >> number one, this is a recommendation from our county health officers. and number two, this does not take the place of physical distancing. >> abc 7 news reporter kris reyes is live with more information about masks. great information. kris? >> reporter: good evening. this weekend you might want to go for a walk, go to the grocery store. what are you going to wear? i'll show you what i've been doing. this ski scarf, i'll tell you why a doctor told me it works. it covers my nose, my mouth and it stays on. us a few other tip. >> we took a drive through downtown san francisco in chinatown and saw all kinds of face coverings, including a scarf and a t-shirt. many people asking what should i be using? we put our viewer questions to epidemiologist, dr. george rutte r ford. >> do i need a face mask in my

yard? >> if you're not doing something, i don't think. >> is it okay to wear a scarf over my nose and mouth? >> yes. we're trying to cut down on you expelling, cough, sneeze, respiratory particles. the goal is to protect others from you. >> how should the cloth masks be laundered? any special instructions. >> i would wash them in hot water. >> what would be the best protection if you're going for a run or a bike? >> you have to experiment. try t-shirt or something like that. just a bandana. >> experiment for comfort and fit but also how we tried to spray through different materials from a thick to a thin scarf. a towel and a thin t-shirt. the thinner the material, the lest effective at holding the spray. online on et cetera i and amazon, the choices are endless. fashionable to high tech. this one boasts breathability and filter technology. but the doctor says keep it

simple. cover your nose and mouth and save the professional stuff for the people who need it. >> remember the masks from are just for when you go out. an adequate mask covers your nose and mouth and cuts down on respiratory particles. cloth is fine. cotton is fine. fabric is fine. there's no way it will be perfect. we have to reserve the perfect solutions, all the surgical masks and the n95 masks for the hospitals for now. >> reporter: again, it can't be emphasized enough. the mayor said as well. it doesn't replace social distancing and the best advice of all, stay home as much as you can. keep us all safe. live in foster city, i'm kris reyes for abc 7 news. kris, thank you. to boost supplies ofas a personal protective equipment, ford is producing face shields for health care workers. the automaker shipped thousands of them to hospitals here. ucsf, san francisco general,

valley medical center and regional medical center of san jose. a lot of you have kbes about masks. we know because you've been asking us for answers. to get your questions answered, reach out to us on facebook, look for our abc 7 news page. there is a new coronavirus hotspot in the bay area. health officials in contra costa county is at the orinda care center. it's a senior living center where half the patients are over the age of 80. it's a high-risk group. leslie brinkley is live with the story. leslie? >> reporter: well, this is orinda care center behind me. they now have 27 confirmed covid positive patients or people affiliated with the care center testing positive. the county just announced all this today. they started an investigation here just three days ago as you'll hear. >> our initial investigation revealed five cases of covid-19.

two of those persons were residents of the facility. and they're hospitalized. we're not aware of their current situation or their current condition, rather. three additional persons are staff of the facility and they are now on home isolation. >> the county tested all 45 residents of the 47-bed facility and revealed today another 22 tested positive for covid-19. for a total of 27 in orinda care center alone. half of them are over 80 years old. >> in this facility, residents who are positive will be isolated and separated from the residents who have tested negative and are asymptomatic. we have advised that the staff do not intermingle between these two groups, rather that dedicated staff are assigned to work with one group only. >> so what we do know is that he staff members here at esting

orinda care center. those test results aren't completely back in yet and they are also, they say, investigating two other senior care facilities in the county right now. they won't say where they are or what names they are. but they are on top of it, they said. they're urging people to take great care. the social distancing and really strict visitation standards at many of these senior facilities if you have a loved one who is older. reporting live in orinda, i'm leslie brinkley. abc 7 news. leslie, thank you. alhambra high school in martinez will not be used as a makeshift medical facility after superinl says it was just getting too complicated to make that happen. a crew member from the grand at the port of oakland died of coronavirus. the person passed away in a san francisco hospital after being transferred off the ship last month. hundreds of workers still remain on board. their 14-day quarantine ends

tomorrow. for the first time, we're getting a look at death certificate data from people who died after the coronavirus. cdc made that information public today. most of the deaths were people over the age of 75. about a quarter were people in their late 60s and early 70s. almost one in five of those people who died were adults in mid-40s to mid-60s. one child has died. coronavirus is changing a lot of businesses. that includes the people who do a job that you don't want to think about. crime scene cleanup. how they're dealing with the crisis can provide important clues for all of us. i team reporter dan joins us with the story. >> how they keep their spirits up during a difficult job. they've had to make adjustments for covid-19. >> the team from crime scene cleaners gathers at a diner. to eat breakfast and to receive their marching orders.

>> mcguire facility first for a van that's a corona van. >> they tackle the job few of us want to do. clean up after homicides, suicides and accidental death. >> i kind of put it out of my mind and don't think about it too much. i'm just there for the mess. i clean it. >> they count on dark humor to help deal with what they encounter. see the blood drip design below the door handle. they keep an instagram account. i won't show the crime scene pictures they show. they take after shots what they've done. the shelter in place, less crime, fewer conflicts. >> we are heavy duty with corona calls. smithers getting calls from an employee with coronavirus and police stations and jails who want deep cleaning. >> if you have an intake area, a hundred. if you have a cell, a hundred. if you have a bathroom, a hundred. we stack hundreds. >> he's running 12 employees 24

hours a day. a call came from a san jose hotel being used to isolate covid patients. a man in his 50s with preexisting conditions passed away. they must fully suit up before entering any building. haz-mat suit, puncture proof boots, all seams tape. >> we assume that you're disease filled and he's disease-filled and we don't want to get it. >> business is booming here and around the state as our sister station kabc found this week at the culver city police department. >> i believe it has to be done right now. i think just to give the officers peace of mind when they're in the field. they're the ones that are contacting people on a daily basis. they're out in the field every day. >> from the frontlines, you can see the coronavirus does not discriminate and it targets all ages. >> when one of my guys went last night to kaiser and got tested and tested positive. he's out for two weeks. he's 24. >> reporter: that's the message i want to get across.

even to my own sons. you're young but not invincible. by the way, that diner is open but the owner keeps only three customers in there at a time to try to protect everyone. dan, ama. >> dan, thank you. the bay area has been sheltering in place for 18 days as of today. >> next some perspective on how we're doing and what it's doing to us. from abc 7 news contributor and insider phil ma tier. i'm meteorologist

stocks fell today following bad news about the job market. it closed slightly above 21,000. the nasdaq dropped 114 points. the s&p went down by 38. the market reacted to a report released today showing a loss of more than 700,000 jobs in the month of march, ending

nearly a decade of uninterrupted job growth. america's unemployment rate last month jumped from 3.4 to 4.4%. economists say it could reach 15% in april. the stimulus checks americans will be getting as part of the $2 trillion federal relief act may not fulfill their purpose of stimulating the economy. california's legislative analysis office, analyst office, excuse me, says that because so many businesses are closed due to the shelter in place order, people may not be able to go out and spend the money in the way the government hoped. today the white house launched a nearly $350 billion lending programhe busiaflo. eytrugglg sobadl protection program. but as abc 7 news eye team reporter explains, this rollout comes with a lot of complications. >> it was really a decision of do we want to keep our doors open? >> small business owner josh kiz letter tearing up as he comes to terms with a difficult decision.

whose hours on his staff will have to be cut. >> it's incredibly difficult to cut people's livelihood. >> a tough reality facing thousands of small business owners like him who are struggling to make ends meet. >> it was one of the hardest decisions and the hardest decisions that i made in a matter of minutes. >> like anyone in his position right now, he wants help. but as he was trying to apply for a loan which he's eligible for under the paycheck protection program, he received this email from jpmorgan chase stating, financial institutions like ours are still awaiting guidance from the sba and the u.s. treasury. as a result, chase will most likely not be able to start accepting applications on friday, april 3rd as we had hoped. the delays affecting customers banking with wells fargo. the company posting this update on their website saying we are

working as quickly as possible to be ready. but those with bank of america have had success. just before noon friday, staffers received this letter reporting more than 60,000 clients were assisted with a loan, receiving over $6 billion in applications. leaving kizzler hopeful he'll be a part of that soon. >> i hope to keep the team together. >> there are different types of assistance in this program. two of them are loans. a loan, won't need be to be paid back if you keep paying employees. we have more information on abc7news.com. in theom ernnha money from me will hel pay rmsor homeless during the pandemic. >> it's all around making sure that we address the most vulnerable californians with kind of acute and focus required at this moment.

>> the person at this navigation center has tested positive for coronavirus and is now being isolated at a hotel room. today protesters held a car parade to demand more rooms for the homeless. mayor breed says the city doesn't have the resources to put every homeless person in a hotel room. >> it's awfully eerie out there. let's bring in abc 7 news contributor phil ma tier for perspective. remember the of movie, the omega man. eerie to see the streets like this. >> the long-term consequences of this are scarier. >> i've been out and around san francisco and the rest of the bay area. i have to tell you one of the most visually impacted statements about where we are is union square in san francisco. they did a survey of businesses and out of 340 locations checked, 284 had closed. 90 had boarded up.

we're talking about everything from louie vuitton to gucci to sergio armani. a host of what were once high end stores that attracted tourists and conventioneers and high dollars are boarded up plywood. it's not just the high-end. old navy, gap, the front of the westfield mall in san francisco boarded up. it's not just in downtown. i took a walk through the mission. eight boarded up stores. one block between 16th and 17th on valencia. much the same story in the castro. what we're seeing here is something unprecedented, dan. we're seeing the virtual shutdown of the economy overnight and the repercussions of that are being told could last for years to come. a big question is how do we get back on our feet? as you just explained, we might be getting checks. is anybody going to have a place to spend them? >> i think once life starts to return back to normal, once the shelter in place is lifted, i don't think people are going to

be rushing out and hitting the stores. i think everyone will be more cautious, phil. >> i was talking with a leader consumer this morning, former mayor willie brown. he was a regular at union square. he said, you know, staying indoors is going to have everybody reevaluating what they eat, what they wear, where they go. they might not need as much as they did before. i was also talking with joe dell sandro, the head of the tourist and convention bureau in san francisco. they are taking a huge hit with the closed hotels and conventions. he's saying, we've never seen anything like this before. people might actually want to get out. they might want to go to disneyland and might out and spend some money because they've been cooped up for so long. look, it's going to be tough. we've got to stay in place. it's going to be a downturn. how we turn back up. some people are saying we're in a recession. when you press the people, they say yes we are, but we don't know how it's going to go because we quote again, never

been in a situation like this before. >> there will no doubt be some rebound. but i think people will readjust. i've talked to so many people who are saying working from home will be more common. you can read phil's columns every wednesday and sunday in the chronicle. we'll take a two-minute break on tv and get out your phone and go to abc7news.com to read our most popular story on the home page. >> it's the grim forecast that stanford researchers are predicting. our shelter in place may las

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ask your doctor about piqray. the breeze picked up today. is the rain next? >> we can't get a break on the weekends. sandhya patel has the forecast. these storms have had impeccable timing every weekend. it seems like we've been getting storms. we need them. let's take them while we can. it is april and our stormy

season will be winding down soon. as we look at a live picture from our exploratorium camera, we're seeing plenty of sun right now, brightness in our lives looking towards the transamerica pyramid. temperatures 56. in oakland, 60 degrees. upper 50s in san jose and gilroy. a lovely view from the golden gate bridge camera and you can see the flag just blowing in the breeze there. we do have sunshine with 66 in santa rosa. currently, 64 in fairfield and 59 in livermore. all right. on live doppler 7, we have pretty much clear skies. but that will be changing come tomorrow. san jose camera showing you sunshine as well. back-to-back storms for the weekend. heavier and windier on sunday. we have two storms coming in. it's going to be unsettled into the middle of next week. it's a 1 on the storm impact scale. tomorrow through sunday, expecting the wet weather. it begins with just a teaser. light rain tomorrow. then it gets heavier for sunday. the winds will pick up on sunday as well. gusting 30 to 45.

thunder, hail, certainly possible and looking like i for sunday, monday and that snow level will be dropping sunday night into monday. about 3500 to 4,000 feet. hour-by-hour forecast tomorrow morning. the north bay gets the rain at 7:00 a.m. you will notice by 11:00 a.m., pretty much most areas will be seeing the wet weather. it's going to be light initially for your saturday turning to scattered showers for the afternoon and the evening hours. so if you do have anything that you need to do outside, even if it's just for a couple of minutes of fresh air, you're going to your backyard, make sure that you have your rain coat on. because you will be looking at wet weather, even on sunday. sunday, the pockets of yellow, the moderate rainfall, even heavier at times, around noontime into the evening, the scattered showers before it switches over to more showers and possibly some thunder going into monday. rainfall estimates, this is going to be two storms that will bring us healthy rainfall totals. most of you will be in the half an inch to inch category. some spots a little less and

some areas more than an inch of rain for the weekend storms. temperatures in the morning, most of you in the 40s, except in lakeport. 36 degrees. rain begins in the north bay and then shifts elsewhere towards late morning and the afternoon. the afternoon will certainly be cooler. today was cooler because of the breeze. the on-shore breeze. tomorrow the temperatures drop more. 50s, 60s for highs. the accuweather seven-day forecast, it's a 1 for tomorrow. morning rain turning to scattered afternoon showers. sunday is going to be stormy and cooler. and then monday we bring in more showers, thunder possibility with a lingering chance on the seven-day forecast for tuesday. turning things around with drier, milder weather. latter part of the workweek. but until then, essential services, if you have to go out, make sure that you carry those umbrellas with you. you know we all need to get outside to just get our essential services like groceries or you have to get gas or something. dan and ama, thank you.

some people are waiting days to get results back from coronavirus tests. a bay area biotech company is working on a hand-held device to deliver results in minutes. california has a lot hf catching up to do when it comes to testing. they dig into data from the covid-19 tracking to see how we compare to the rest of the country. the stimulus bill promised most americans quick cash. but as it turns out, it might not be so quick

well, it's now official from the federal government. we should wear some sort of mask or face covering when we're out in public. >> it's no substitute for proper social distancing mal medical personnel. >> absolutely. today, alabama and missouri announced stay-at-home orders to take effect in the next few days, leaving only nine states

with out formal shelter in place orders. >> there's no federal order although one of the top members of the coronavirus task force, dr. anthony fauci said on cnn, there should be. >> the tension between state's rights to do what they want and federally mandated is something i don't want to get into. i don't understand why we're not doing that. we really should be. >> another member of the task force, dr. deborah birx praised the early actions we've taken here in california. >> we really do appreciate the work of the citizens of california and washington state because we do see that they're curve is different. their curve is different from new york, new jersey and connecticut. >> that's encouraging news. today the 18th day that the shelter in place rules have been in effect in the bay area in case you're losing track. >> the $2 trillion economic relief package promised to get money into the hands of most americans quickly. but now we're learning tonight

that more than 100 million taxpayers without direct deposit may not get their checks until mid-august. a scary delay for them. questions are still pouring in to 7 on your side's michael finney. he's live working from home tonight. michael, that's disastrous news for a lot of people. >> it is. let me underline how tough it is out there. over the past two weeks alone, two weeks. more than 1 million californians have filed for unemployment insurance benefits. >> many of the newly unemployed are wondering if they qualify. among them is grace who writes, i'm paid an hourly wage plus commission. the business is closed due to coronavirus. they are still paying my hourly wage but i cannot earn the commission. would unemployment cover this? >> yes. the bill allows to you claim unemployment if your income went down due to coronavirus. you may qualify for the standard unemployment pay plus the flat $600 per week payment.

a common question i'm getting about the stimulus came from bree who says we're waiting for our 2018 tax refund. will this disrupt the process for receiving stimulus money? >> no. you should have no worries. the irs says stimulus checks are issued separately from your refunds. you should receive a payment based on your adjusted gross income from your last return. cleo asks, what happens if i owe back taxes? will i still be eligible for the stimulus check or will the irs take it as payment? >> good news, you are eligible. the irs will not use your stimulus to pay your back taxes. however, other viewers wondered about child or spousal support. those debts are not specifically protected. the irs won't go after you to pay those debts that state and private parties could do so. bill asks, what if i owe money to the irs and i'm currently on a payment plan. do i still get the stimulus?

yes, you do. not only that, the irs says you may suspend your installment payments until july 15th. now, i'm going to keep taking your questions. i may not all be answered on air, but they will be answered. so send them my way. go through social media or the abc 7 news site. dan, as you were saying, moving into this report, a lot of questions and they're just not stopping. there's so much going on. >> so complex, too, michael. thank you. as of this morning, there is a backlog of nearly 60,000 covid-19 tests to be processed here in california. the abc 7 news i-team dug into the data and discovered one states tested fewer than california. melanie woodrow has the story. >> the number of covid-19 cases in california tops 10,000. eople iicu. but those numbers could be misleading because california is so far behind in testing.

an abc 7 news analysis from the covid tracking -- looked at testing across the 50 states and d.c. when standard advertising for population differences, california is 50th with approximately 33,000 covid tests processed. only oklahoma processed less tests with approximately 2,000 tests processed. new york in first place having processed approximately 239,000 tests. >> commercial labs have such large cues because so many tests are being done at the same time. it's taking six, seven, to 12 days to get test results back. >> governor gavin newsom says new testing strategies and protocols will be released saturday. there is a backlog of nearly 60,000 covid-19 tests to be processed in california. san francisco health officials say the city has no backlog. but they understand why the

problem is an issue elsewhere in the state. >> everyone is facing across the country a limitation on the essential collection kits that are needed to do testing. so at the same time that we're increasing laboratory capacity, those tests in the lab are only as good as our ability to get the specimens from patients and send them to the laboratory. >> san francisco city officials say they are considering new ways of testing. like walk-up and drive-up testing. >> governor newsom says the state is looking at a multitude of different tests, not just the traditional swab test. in the newsroom for the i-team melanie woodrow. abc 7 news. thank you. an emeryville company working to get test results faster instead of waiting for days, nanomix says it can deliver them in as little as 15 minutes. david louie is on that story. >> the spread of covid-19 within senior care facilities under scores the need for a portable testing device that can confirm infections quickly. that's why the team at nanofix in emeryville is working hard to

get the device deployed. they have the hand-held device and the cartridge in which the analysis is performed. >> the cartridge is plugged into our mobile instrument and that can be done anywhere that the subject is as well. the operator presses go, it takes less than 15 minutes to run through the testing protocol. >> the testing is the biological process that goes inside the cartridge. the nanomix system takes a nasal swab and a blood sample to detect antibodies the immune system develops as a result of the infection. in that way, it can detect both active and past infections. the device is the size of a brick. it can be operated by anyone with minimum training and a wide range of sites such as schools, airports or nursing facilities. they can be tested on the spot without waiting for them to analyze the samples. a similar system was feelt tested in africa during the ebola outbreak. >> we need high volume rapid testing so we know what the real

infection rates are. and we know when we can start moving back towards normal lifestyle. >> it's too early to know if covid-19 patients who recover develop immunity. he believes the nanomix system will allow more widespread systems to determine that. he's working with the fda to get it deployed by the end of may. david louie, abc 7 news. amidst the pandemic, there are a handful of california counties with no cases of coronavirus. one of them lake county. why? we'll take you there, next. new at 6:00 tonight, where do you park thousands of planes? oakland international airport. find out what it takes in both the short-term a

even with the shelter in place order, a coffee shop -- it's

pour trer owe hill in san francisco. stay strong caffeine chris hill yard says he can only do what he thinks is best and hopes the community embraces them. a napa valley ice cream maker showing appreciation for bay area health care workers. rethink ice cream is donating more than 22,000 single-serve ice cream cups to various hospitals. it's a sweet gesture that comes in many assorted flavors. >> the ones we're sharing are mint with chak lot flakes, strawberry with -- myer lemon poppy seeds. interesting flavors. >> rethink says the ice cream is lower in sugar, fat and calories but still tastes good. what can i do to support local restaurants struggling so much right now? go online to san jose.org. >> san jose mayor sam liccardo

is letting the community know about an online resource to find restaurants that offer pickup or delivery. there are 622 restaurants on the list. that list is getting longer. take a look at this. that's not a traffic jam. it's a line to pick up free meals. it's the bird's eye view in the exclusive sky map 7 feature actually measures how long it is. more than half a mile long. hunger at home, a nonprofit in san jose that's focused on getting safe food to people in need organized the giveaway. the group partnered with restaurants, hotels, food distributors and food banks to make it happen. it's handed out more than 75,000 meals since march 19th am. you hear a lot about hotspots of this virus. despite the pandemic, there are still some coronavirus-free bubbles. one of them is actually close by. lake county continues to report zero cases. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman visited lakeport to see what life is like there.

>> the largest natural lake in california and the oldest on this continent seems too quiet these days. recreation on clear lake right now, an idyllic memory. locals describe this as a necessary evil in trying times again. >> this is a disaster that you can't necessarily see. >> five times in five years, residents of lake county have fled fires that destroyed thousands of homes and burned more than half their wild lands. now they're waiting for the world's most dreaded microbe, but covid-19 has not arrived here yet. >> there's no cases in the county right now. we're hoping that that kind of stays that way. >> now the question. why has lake county with 67,000 people fared so much better than only a handful of other rural regions in california? one theory. the place is so remote. >> we do not have a major regional transit hub, not a major airport in here. we're not a hub for travel. >> sheriff brian martin says

they arrive here late. people are spread out here. still he acted early. closing the lake and essential businesses, plus hotels, cutting off access to out of towners, days before governor newsom prescribed those measures statewide. >> as a result of what we did two weeks ago. >> like anywhere else in california, it's led to twilight zone scenes. empty sidewalks, empty streets. dhou they say closed in lakeport, let us count the many ways for the safety of staff and community, until further notice, like the rest of us now. haircuts at home, no strangers allowed inside. >> we're careful. >> very careful. >> extremely careful. >> just not the same. the vibe is very eerie. >> this man owns an ice cream store. no cones here even after a knock on the door. what is his biggest fear? >> not being able to be open for summer. we're a tourist-driven community.

and we need our tourists to visit lake county. >> aside from soigs distancing outside a few local restaurants, lakeport is pretty much dead. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> it is so quiet we found police sergeant going door to door check to go make sure the businesses remain locked and undisturbed. >> written one citation to a person that was -- didn't have any bisque somewhere. >> what did you say? >> i don't think i want to say that on camera. >> such are precaution this is a -- with a thinner margin. they've ordered fema trailers at the fairgrounds in case of an overflow. where the absence of positive results may simply be a symptom of fewer test kits. only 115 given so far. >> if we tested every person in the county, i imagine we have somebody that's positive here. >> maybe in lake county, luck has nothing to do with it. every bubble does burst, especially with danger all

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i'm dr. jennifer ashton, when the world health organization recognized this as a pandemic, they reminded the world we can still change the course of this outbreak. for more go to cdc.gov. there is a glif good news from the country with that initial rush of coronavirus deaths. in northern italy, the epicenter of the outbreak hospital admissions are start to go go down overall. the daily increase in the number of cases is slower than before. globally, it is estimated that the pandemic will cost the economy as much as $4.1 trillion or nearly 5% of all economic

activity. the head of the umf calls this a quote, crisis like no other. the mexican brewery is no longer producing crone a beer or any beer because beers are considered nonessential products. flights have been canceled in droves around the world. when people don't fly, the airlines respond by taking aircraft out of service. they have to go somewhere. it's not as simple as parking them. eric thomas has the story new at 6:00. >> reporter: at oakland airport, you may have to wait a few minutes or more to see someone being dropped off or picked up. some planes still take off and land but not nearly in the same numbers as before because passengers are avoiding flying because of coronavirus. the jets that are not flying have to be stored somewhere. that's true at airline hubs across the country as well as here at sfo. it has a huge maintenance center for united airlines. check out this group of alaska airlines jets parked and empty.

>> the airplanes are meant to fly and the engines meant to run. >> he chairs the aviation maintenance and technology department at the college of al immediate a he says parking a jet biluilt to carry a couple o hundred passengers is not the same as parking your car. >> they may have to run the engine from time to time or they might have to run the steering system to keep it lubricated and operating. >> reporter: otherwise the a planes could suffer corrosion and need extensive repairs. if the drop in flights continues because of the virus -- >> a long-term process, they will drain everything and kind of pickle them. >> 8500 airliners have been grounded worldwide. that's about one-third of the entire fleet. >> hoyt says boeing, airbus and other manufacturers have manuals with procedures on short, medium and long-term storage of airplanes. he says the flying public shouldn't worry about the safety

of airplanes already in airline fleets when they're back to full strength. in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. all right. plenty of blue sky today. >> but maybe not the next couple of days. meteorologist sandhya patel has the forecast. sandhya? >> yeah, dan and am a. it will be a good weekend to get you from going outside because it's going to be a wet one all weekend long. take a look at live doppler 7. obviously, we're sheltering in place. tomorrow there's a storm coming in. the stronger storm is sunday. both out of the gulf of alaska. one on the storm impact scale. rain, wind. the gusty winds on sunday. there will be a chance of thunder, hail and the snow level will be lowering between 3,000 and 4,000 feet by sunday night into monday. 7:00 a.m., the hourly timeline showing you the wet weather beginning to arrive. spreading by 11:00 a.m. as we head into the afternoon, look for scattered showers, light to moderate tomorrow and then heavier on sunday.

now, highs for your saturday with the scattered showers in the low 50s to low 60s. certainly cooler than today. you're not going to see as much blue sky. winter storm warning for the sierra. this will dump up to four feet for the peaks. tomorrow morning through monday morning, travel is not recommended. i know many are not obviously traveling. seven-day forecast. level 1 for saturday, sunday. gets stormier heading into sunday night and monday and then a lingering chance on tuesday. stay dry you guys. dan and ama. >> thank you, sandhya. we were supposed to be playing baseball. >> i know. but that's not the case. larry beil is here with that. >> if not for the coronavirus, i would have been at oracle park right now detailing the giants/dodgers game. but oracle was empty today. are we going to have baseball in june, ju

good evening. it's april 3rd.

supposed to be the date of the giants 2020 home opener against the dodgers. the coronavirus shut down the sports world. the giants posted a message from mike krukow who knows he has a different job right now. >> we stayed home. we isolate. we contain the spread. that's our job. we have to do this together. it hurts me to see the ballpark stand empty. there are no flags, no bunting. there's no music. there are no kayaks in mccoffey cove. but there will be. >> great moments. >> love crew. the team hosted giants opening day at home with a live stream of the 2014 national league championship series game. now, there have been whispers about a july 1st, august start to the season. he's hoping we get baseball sometime this summer. >> i think it would be great healing for the country. it would be different. everybody knows these are extraordinary circumstances. i don't want to pin a date on

it. you know, there's discussion of possibly resuming initially without fans in the ballpark. so people will be able to enjoy the games from home. and that would be -- that's the way we bring it back safely, we're going to take our cues from public health officials. >> this is pretty cool. the a's showing appreciation for health care workers at kaiser permanente. they sent 300 personal pizzas for a surprise lun. a great job to help out doctors and nurses on the frontline. no hoops. nba stars like kevin durant are playing in an nba 2k tournament. this is on espn today. durant was the 1 seed. he was playing as the -- with a cross over. derrick., dunkerhe plang as thet three in a row. 78-62 the final. george kittle, he is not letting the stay-a-home order

stop him. he worked out with his wife in the background. instagram -- he has a gym in his garage with weights and bands. whenever we get back to normal, kittle will be be jacked as usual. dan, uh-oh. no excuses, dan. as bill belichick would say, no days off. these are upstairs in the office. just waiting for you. >> all right. >> i'll come by. >> he's not kidding. >> i'm not kidding. >> don't hurt yourself, okay? >> want to throw something. join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. is the bay area slipping when it comes to social distancing and sheltering in place. a look at how law enforcement is tackling this tricky situation. another virus-stricken cruise ship unable to make port. a couple stuck on board battling covid-19. finally tonight, a few thoughts about what really matters. another week has passed in this strang new world for all of us. we are all off balance, the

future seems uncertain. that anxiety and even fear is driving behavior, while understandable, can be irrational. you still can't find toilet paper at the store. panic buying has people stockpiling every roll they can find. keep in mind, none of us is using more tp. retailers are able to restock in a day or two, sometimes a few hours. people who likely have plenty for the time being at home, scoop it up as fast as they can. this is a panic buying reflex. we have to fight that urge. we have this salami and cheese thing in our vending machine at our station which i've suddenly started eating. we ran out last week. when the guy restocked, i was tempted to buy all five on the shelf. i didn't. there's no actual cheese and salami shortage either. what really matters in this confusing time is that we keep our heads. leave some toilet paper for the

next person. i always love hearing from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebook at dan ashley, abc 7. >> that does it for this edition of abc 7 news. look for news any time on the abc 7 news app. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. i'm dan ashley. for sandhya patel, larry beil, we appreciate your time. see you again at 11:00. with so many nourishing shades, a color change is easy. nutrisse has 77. from our darkest blacks, to our lightest blondes. it nourishes while it colors. plus avocado, olive and shea. change a little, or a lot. nutrisse. nourished hair. better color. by garnier, naturally! l'oreal's magic root cover up. three seconds to flawless roots. 3...2...1... roots gone. magic root cover up by l'oreal paris. look for the turqoise one.

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