ynow your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. >> i own that and i have a responsibility as your governor to do better. >> a pledge today by the governor who said he's disappointed in part of the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic and blames himself. hello, thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim. we'll hear more from the governor in just a moment but first, let's begin with the latest headlines. there are more than 278,000 confirmed covid-19 cases across the u.s. and more than 7100 people have died. here in california, officials say more than 12,000 people tested positive for

covid-19. there are 265 coronavirus deaths in the state. >> and 11th staff member tested positive at san francisco's laguna honda hospital and increases the total to 14. the governor said california delivered more than 41 million n-95 masks to health care providers statewide. now, governor newsom announced today that labs across the state are beginning to catch up with the enormous backlog of unprocessed covid-19 tests. the state among the worst in the nation with 59,000 people waiting for their test results. >> 13,000 are waiting for results, so we have substantially reduced that backlog. a lot of that had to do with the commercial labs stepping up and we congratulate them for their good work. >> newsom ams announced a new task force to help ramp up testing in california. he said that stanford has developed a blood test for

covid-19. newsom also announced a new web site where people can post medical supplies that can be donated or sold to support california's response to the virus. governor newsom issued an p sellers from increasing prices on more than 10% on consumer goods and medical as well as emergency supplies. the order will remain in place for five months. they can charge vierolators wita misdemeanor. here's where the cases stand in the bay area. 88 people died from the coronavirus there, nearly 3500 confirmed cases. that's 286 more cases than we had last night. santa clara county leaves tds ty with more than 1,148 and contra costa jumped by 94 cases since yesterday. we're also tracking the number of cases to the north. mendocino county reports at least four confirmed cases, lake cunty remains unchanged with no

reported cases. we are learning about acts of kindness this weekend across the bay area. people are stepping up to help ease suffering and need as our world struggles to deal with this health crisis. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard has the story of two local efforts today that highlight the power and importance of humanki kindness. cornell? >> reporter: dion, kindness is something we all need in the bay area and we saw a lot of that today from students to ppe for health care workers to an amazing grocery store worker giving back to loyal customers. >> i got water, so it's a ye >> btyacksoner rune shoprite grocery shop, where she found lots of produce available and water. the most amazing part, it was totally free. >> i think this is a blessing. blessing to help those that need

it. >> we are here supporting the community during this crisis. >> market owner ari said he wanted to give back and help customers out at a time when many are scared and running low on cash due to job losses. >> it's like a war zone out here. life and death. >> the market is partnering with oakland city councilman lauren taylor who's getting vital information about the pandemic to his constituents. >> it's absolutely critical that our residents get both the basic needs as well as the support for withstanding and reun stay safe. >> collecting personal equipment for the local hospital. >> reporter: these pharmacy students from ucsf stood in the rain outside a pharmacy collecting masks and gloves for health care workers who need them. many folks stopped and donated.

>> thank you, thank you so much. >> this should be okay. >> just frustrating when you're a student and being taught to advocate throughout your entire curriculum and it comes to this point where the betts thing you can do is stay at home, so i think all of us are really passionate to try to do a little bit more than that and that's what brought us here. >> reporter: permanent dropoff bin for masks and gloves can be found at the 10 rx pharmacy on market street but the pharmacy students trying to get major pharmacies involved in the effort. as for that amazing grocery store owner, heo anher customers because he said it's the right thing to do for his community. live in emeryville tonight, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. kaiser permanente said it will refill a south bay woman's prescription for a life changing medication. the i-teameported that maria was denied a prescription

hi hydroxychloroquine. for 16 years, she's used ita to treat an autoimmune disorder. they will provide her with the drug as long as it's available. another i-team update, assisted living facility member tested positive for coronavirus. i-team first medical center. they're recovering in self-isolation. a san mateo county supervisor asking congress to suspend mortgage payments during the covid-19 shelter in place owner. >> just because you own property, some people on fixed incomes, especially our elderly, so this legislation that we're putting forward is urging the

president and congress to create a uniform policy, so not just for certain banks, but for all banks and deferment until this pandemic is over. >> david canapa announced the mortgage relief resolution this morning. the last thing they need is for the homelessness issue to spike. if passed, the resolution would apply to both residential and commercial mortgage payments. president trump said he's considering a second coronavirus task force focused on reopening the country's economy. abc7 news reporter devin dwyer with more details by the white house coronavirus task force. >> reporter: as the coronavirus death toll continues to climb, president trump and the white house task force briefing the nation on saturday afternoon. >> this will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week, and there will be a lot of death unfortunately. >> reporter: new cdc guidelines now recommend all americans wear

non-medical face coverings if they need to leave their homes. >> medical masks would be better, okay, but we know there's a national shortage, so these cloth face coverings may be the next best thing. >> reporter: the cdc also continuing to recommend regular hand washing and social distancing to help stop the spread of covid-19. the call for face coverings comes as health care workers are demanding more protective gear. saying they're unprotected as they fight on the front lines. >> we as nurses cannot do this on our own. we can't fight for the safety of our patients on our own. we can't fight for the safety of our community on our own. we need the community. >> reporter: as state leaders complain about bidding wars over medical equipment, president trump facing questions about the national stockpile. >> we've got nothing at first and then last week, we got the first distributions of anything to anywhere, but it's still a small percentage and i continue to push. >> reporter: the president said the states should have been more

prepared. >> many of the states were totally unprepared for this, so we had to go into the federal stockpile, but we're not an ordering clerk. they have to have it for themselves. >> reporter: new york's governor andrew cuomo said the javits center will act as the main federal assistance location. the white house agreeing to make it a covid-19 positive facility. >> the federal government will staff that and the federal government will equip that. that is a big deal because that 2500 bed facility will relieve a lot of pressure on the down state system. >> reporter: devin dwyer, abc7 news, washington. coming up on abc7 news at 5:00, as many face the struggles of unemployment. two essential businesses are ramping up hiring right now. and more big changes to your grocery store visits. we'll tell you about some of the new rules in effect today at major retailers. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. a cloudy start out there.

rain for some on this saturday and we're tracking more wet weather on

new developments out of miami. two passengers died aboard the coral princess. the ship with some bay area residents on board docked in miami this morning after it was turned away at port everglades. five crew and seven passengers have tested positive for coronavirus. two critically ill patients rushed off the ship and taken to the hospital. passengers well enough to fly are expected to begin disembarking tomorrow. those still recovering will remain on board until medically cleared by ship's doctors. we also have an update tonight on the grand princess that had been in san francisco bay. the on-board quarantine is ending. princess has permission to resume sailing. they will be on board when they head out to the pacific. princess said it will perform routine maritime operations for several days before returning to san francisco to take on

supplies. crew members will keep social distancing and wear protective gear and also work on sanitizing the ship. one grand princess grew membcre died at a san francisco hospital. during a time when many are looking for work after losing their jobs, two companies that remained open are looking to hire nationwide. ace hardware and its locally owned retailers hope to hire 30,000 new employees. hardware stores are considered essential businesses. integral senior living and solstice senior living also hiring. they operate three senior living communities in the bay area. happening today, walmart has begun limiting the number of customers in its stores. the chain now using one entrance for store and customers will be allowed in one at a time and counted on a one person out, one person in basis. stores will now allow no more than 5 customers for each 1,000 square feet. target is also limiting customers starting today with additional store entrance waiting areas. costco made similar changes that

began yesterday, while safeway asking shoppers to wait their turn through the aisles with one-way signs inside its stores. people are staying at home across the country as nearly everything shuts down but just about everyone has to brave the trip to the grocery store. diane masicedo with how we can protect ourselves. >> reporter: we can't avoid the trip to the grocery store. how do you stay safe while shopping? dr. bazia said bring your own bag. >> the bag you bring in, one less thing. >> reporter: wearing something to cover your face, which falls in line with new recommendations from the cdc. another tip, leave the family at home and your phone in your pocket. >> keep it down to you in the grocery store or designate one family member to do so. our phones, we are on them all the time, but they are a vector

for viraltransmission. >> reporter: while shopping, wipe down your cart, keep your distance from others, touch only what you need, use hand sanit e sanitizer and look for prepackaged options. >> wash your hands and when it comes to produce, rinse with water and if you want to be extra careful, you can peel it before you eat it. >> reporter: concern also growing for grocery store workers. many stores like walmart are now limiting capacity, counting and admitting customers through a single door. whole foods also offering two weeks of paid leave but only for employees who tested positive for covid-19. fellow businesses also helping. this new jersey manufacturing displays for retail and restaurants but now transformed its business to make clear barriers to protect workers like cashiers. >> we're building stands that go up and would create a clear barrier so it would give them some protection. >> reporter: also hopes this need for protective dividers will help him bring back his f r

furloughed workers. >> everyone say adapting. just ahead, a flight crew lifted the spirits of a woman on an emotional journey. >> everybody, shoutout to sheryl. >> a heartwarming gesture that made it a flight to remember. that story is coming up. i'm meteorologist drew tuma tracking one storm today and another one tomorrow. look at all the wet

a woman on her way to see her mother got an upgrade to first class and a sweet greeting. >> service to boston. my name is jessica. we will be your flight attendant and we have sheryl as our passenger. yes, everybody shoutout to sheryl. >> that is so sweet. sheryl was the only passenger on the dc to boston flight. she said getting the upgrade lifted her spirits. as you can see here, she did get to spend precious moments her mom and family. >> remember that flight crew namenebut not our >> some of s now. he dealing with lot of cloud cover overhead but line dop ler 7 tracking the wet

weather moving through right now. zoom on in to where this front is, pretty much over the heart of the bay area, fallen light showers over the city, san mateo but the front is moving to the south. right now in the south bay, we're just dealing with mostly cloudy skies but we'll see this rain make its way into san jose around 7:00 p.m. later on this evening. the wider picture will show you this storm we're trackig moving into northern california as we speak. you can see another line of cloud cover offshore. that's another cold front that's going to move through here tomorrow and more rain for our sunday. right now though, temperature-wise, depending what you're seeing, you're either cool or you're warm right now. we're at 64 in palo alto. and rain cooled in the city. 58 in oakland. 55 in san ramone. 54, the current temperature in half-moon bay. overnight, in and out of the

showers. with the cloud cover overhead and a mild southerly breeze. numbers pretty much on either side of 50 degrees overnight tonight. not too chilly for this time of the year. on the storm impact scale, it is a level one system we have over the next 24 hours. light to moderate showers. we will find some downpours, especially tomorrow morning with gusty winds and there is the chance tomorrow afternoon of an isolated thundershower popping up. if one does, we may see some hail. future weather, let's walk you through it. later on this evening, 8:30 p.m. you notice the showers, scattered in nature. and then early in the morning on sunday, this is when our next front begins to move onshore, another round of rain enhancing. 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. in the morning, that's where we see the showers. the scattered downpours with yellow and orange on your screen. and we'll be in and out of the rain throughout much of the morning tomorrow. as we head into the afternoon, we'll see the front move through and by the evening, we'll begin the drying out process, some of us, especially in the north bay

tomorrow evening, may end with some peaks of sunshine to finish out our sunday. highs tomorrow, it's a cool april day. only in the mid 50s across the board. well below where we should be for this time of year. rainfall, most of us right around a quarter to about three quarters of an inch of rain the next 24 hours. you may see higher in the north bay where we see the rain kind of linger a little bit longer tomorrow morning. snow in the sierra. a winter storm warning in effect through monday. we're talking 1 to 3 feet of snow. that's a good late season storm we have on our hands. up to 4 feet in our highest peak. so back here at home, here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. stormy tomorrow. we'll still track some scattered showers for our monday. we'll dry out tuesday and as passover begins wednesday evening, it is a dry and bright day. sunny skies on thursday, for good friday, we're warm with temperatures near 70 and a steady pattern into saturday. >> drew tuma, many thanks to

you. let's get now to chris alvarez and doing sports from home. there are still sports, chris. >> there are. coming up in sports, a new class with the basketball hall of fame, star studded as you would expect but when will sports return? the

now abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> president trump held a conference call with the major sports commissioners and he believes the nfl will start on time this fall. according to the espn report, trump says he hopes to have fans back in stadiums and arenas by august and september. didn't give an exact date for when he expects things to return back normal. governor gavin newsom on his thoughts on trump's timeline. >> well known athletes just asked me, a football player if he expects to come back, i said, i would move very cautiously in that expectation. i'm not here to second guess anybody, but i am here to say

this. our decision on that basis, at least here in the state of california will be determined by the facts, will be determined by the health experts, will be determined by our capacity to meet this moment, bend the curve and have the appropriate community surveillance and testing to confidently determine whether or not that's appropriate. >> we'll have to white wayt aai. lakers legend kobe bryant with the hall and six others today. today took on a somber note, with word of bryant's note two months after his death. vanessa said the induction is a culmination of kobe's basketball career. >> obviously, we wish that we was here with us to celebrate. but it's definitely the peak of his nba career and every accomplishment that he had as an athlete was a steppingstone to

be here. we're incredibly proud of him, and there's some solace in knowing that he was probably going to be a part of the 2020 hall of fame class. >> well, hey, did you see this? sports center put out a great tweet on this. a little two on two volleyball action. some great athletic ability. the focus, the jumping. how great is this? that's why they call it man's best friend indeed, one of the best videos of the day. a dog playing volleyball. >> the dog plays better volleyball than i do, that's for sure. pretty precious. >> ahd, icocpa htory.

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weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic. >> instead of throwing a bash where 150,000 people, the party moved online because of social distancing guidelines. the web site stated the startett would be with performance at the bluegrass in 2016. >> organizers say the park has been there for us through good times and bad. >> it's our collective memories. it's been around for more than just this pandemic. survived quite a few. it's been there for us during earthquakes, and also there at fle with all rjoy and greatre d kinds of surprises. >> people are hoping for that, because they love bluegrass and events like that in golden gate park. that's it for abc7 news at 5:00. we thank you for your time. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim. we appreciate you tuning in and we'll see you right back here on abc7 news at 6:00.

tonight, bracing for the surge. president trump's stark warning a short time ago. quote, this week will be the toughest week. there will be a lot of death. new york's governor warning the apex of the virus may be within the seven day range, and the state is, quote, not yet ready. the alarming stat -- new york reporting at least 630 deaths in a 24-hour period. the state receiving 1,000 ventilators donated by china. vice president pence sending louisiana 200 more ventilators from the national stockpile. and tonight, inside hospitals across the country, overflowing with patients. one doctor referring to his hospital as a, quote, battle zone. the front line dangers. the sheriff's deputy in florida dying one week after testing positive. authorities say he died in the line of duty. mask confusion. the cdc changing dec