joining us live from the uust lw informationvice >> dion be hf their operators will not show up to work this week. right now there are 68 active lines, and starting tuesday that number will be cut down to 17 lines. this could be affecting from the sunset to the marina district. they're currently working to identify the high ridership lines. according to the director jeffrey tumlin, tomorrow's service will be, quote, messy. >> i never thought i would be saying this. if you have another means of getting to your essential job, please don't take muni. muni in this emergency period is only for essential workers and for people making essential trips like getting to the grocery store or the pharmacy. if you don't need to take muni,

please save space for somebody who has no other option.cris, sfmta says00orrs he serce industry and who rely on this service for their transportation. also, sfmta confirmed that so far five of their staff employees tested positive for covid-19, including several operators. again, the service will continue, but starting tuesday, 51 of their active lines will be shut down. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc7 news. >> luz, thank you very much. now to the latest headlines, san francisco's laguna honda hospital has 14 confirmed cases, 11 among staff members. three are residents. all are in good condition. a tiger at the bronx zoo tested positive for covid-19. nadia, a 4-year-old female mall lane tiger was tested after developing a dry cough.

she is expected to recover. washington state is returning more than 400 ventilators to the national stockpile. officials say the machines could be better used in states facing larger outbreaks. and boston's mayor today recommended a curfew for bostonian, saying city residents should stay inside their homes between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. starting tomorrow. >> a man from south san francisco who was on board the coral princess cruise ship now docked in miami has died of the coronavirus. his daughter is now worried about her mother, who was also on the ship and has symptoms. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke with the couple's daughter, and cornell, this is heartbreaking. >> eric, it really is. three people have now died on board that coronavirus-stricken cruise ship, including wilson maa. his wife now showing symptoms. her daughter trying to get her medical attention. and we just learned it appears that will happen. >> anything anyone can do. i'm asking for help here.

>> julie maa spoke to us from her home in new york, making an emotional plea for help. >> helping my mom. i have the try to save her. >> julie's mom is now showing symptoms of coronavirus. she is a passenger on board the coral princess, docked in miami. >> we have people telling us that three ambulances showed up, took -- potentially took other people and my mom still on the ship. i understand there is other people, there is other priorities, i just can't lose another parent today. >> sadly, her dad, 71-year-old wilson maa, died yesterday, after contracting coronavirus. julie says he died at a miami hospital after waiting four hours to be transferred off the ship. >> i don't know who makes the decision. everybody says it's not my fault. >> the maas from south san francisco were on their dream cruise vacation which started before the pandemic began. julie now begging anyone for help, even tweeting the mayor of miami, can you please help here?

i need to help my mom get to a hospital. >> she does have underlying conditions. so it does make me more worried. and this is just a replay of what happened to my da rched ou cruises several times, but they only told us this, it is our understanding that mrs. maa is high priority to be transferred to a local hospital. julie maa fears the time is running out. >> i just want my mom to be safe and get the medical care that she needs. > we do have an update. julie maa texted me within the hour, says her mom is off the ship, now awaiting care at a miami hospital. she says, yes, that is good news, but the situation still very critical, still very tense. we do know that five crewmembers, seven passengers have tested positive for covid-19 on board that cruise ship. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> still a long way to go. cornell, thank you. we are tracking the number of all coronavirus cases in the

bay area where 90 people have now died that is one more than yesterday. and there are nearly 3700 confirmed cases across these ten counties. santa clara county leads the bay area in confirmed cases with 1,207. to the north, lake county is now confirming its first case of covid-19 while mendocino county has four cases two. have since recovered. santa clara has settled its first coronavirus patients at the convention center. the center is serving as one of the first active field respite center. the site was converted and outfitted with bed supplies and medical supplies by the national guard. it was developed to serve people infected with coronavirus, but who have less severe symptoms. >> current capacity seems to be normalized within our hospital system today. but if for some reason we do surge up, they'll have the ability to transfer low acutac e

patients to this site where they can then carry out their recovery. >> the convention center has the capacity to serve up to 250 people. this will enable area hospitals to maintain their capacity to treat patients requiring hospitalization. san francisco's palace of fine arts may be used as a temporary homeless shelter, an idea some marina district residents may oppose. supervisor katherine stephanie sent her constituents a letter detailing the city's plan. it calls for housing 162 people inside a vacant hall at the landmark. recreation and park department head phil ginsburg said it is one of many facilities that is taking on a new role during the pandemic. >> all of our facilities have been made available to help us respond to this emergency, not just the palace, but all of our recreation centers, our emergency child care operations. we've got food distribution points. >> one marina resident says he is urging his neighbors to join him in taking legal action

against the city's plan. stephanie says the first people to come to the palace of fine arts possibly as soon as the end of the week. the u.s. navy captain who was fired after superiors detai outbreak aboard a warship has tested positive for covid-19. close friends of captain brett crozier said today he began showing symptoms on thursday. his letter details failures to provide what's necessary to curtail the outbreak. his bosses say they lost confidence in his ability to lead. the letter was leaked to the media. there are now 155 confirmed cases of the virus among sail owners the aircraft carrier. crozier is a native of santa rosa. medical military personnel are on their way to new york to help deal with the growing coronavirus crisis in that case. zachary kiesch brings us the latest from new york. >> military medical personnel are being deployed to new york as the coronavirus crisis deepens across the state. >> we will be sendin up over a

thousand medical profesionals today, tomorrow and the next day. we decided a few hundred of those would be deployed in new york city hospitals. >> governor cuomo says new york could be reaching the apex as the daily rate of deaths dropped for the first time, but also stressed there are still challenges ahead. >> so we have to adjust that patient load among all of the hospitals, which is a daily exercise, and it's very, very difficult. we're running short on supplies all across the board. >> in neighboring new jersey, cases topping nearly 35,000. the governor there saying it's now lost more people to covid-19 than it did during the 9/11 attacks. >> please let that sink in for a moment. >> the white house coronavirus task force is urging everyone in areas like colorado, pennsylvania, and the nation's capital to heed to warnings and stay home. >> this is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not be going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe. and that means everybody doing

the six feet distancing washing your hands. >> the u.s. surgeon general on nbc's "meet the press" warning of the difficult times ahead. >> the next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment. it's going to be our 9/11 moment. it's going to be the hardest moment for many americans in their entire life. >> louisiana state officials say hospitals and medical staff are stretched thin. this new orleans convention center has been converted to a temporary hospital. >> we're not going to have ventilators, and we're not obtaining staffing from the local hospitals. we are here to augment the hospitals. >> another hot spot michigan. cases in detroit are expected to peak later this week. and in this age of social distancing, palm sunday being celebrated a little differently. this virginia church offering drive-through service to distribute palms to parishioners. zachary kiesch, abc news, to th coronavirus pandemic. coming up, the bay area drone

company pushing to be a part of the effort and the concerns that are keeping the plan from taking flight. >> i came in to my husband and said look at this, we need to do something. >> and do something they did. how this couple is taking action to hel strug obr and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. it's been a rather wet weekend. we're tracking more showers, though, for your monday. not a complete washout in the seven-day. we'll have t

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stanford undergraduate students start spring quarter tomorrow, all online and petit university leaders to lower the cost since they can't take advantage of in-person teaching or research labs, but the tuition won't be changing. the uc and csu systems are reportedly following suit. however. that will give refunds for housing and dining since students are no longer living on campus.

a south san francisco startup is looking to use its network of drones to deliver medical supplies and drugs during the pandemic lockdown. zip-line says their drones are ready to help deliver prescription drugs. their unmanned drones are already doing these deliveries, flying units of blood and protective gear to hospital and clinics in rwanda and ghana. now they want to do that right here in the u.s. >> the saa has the emergency powers necessary to kind of green light operations and get this -- bring this to the u.s. to save lives in the next few weeks. >> the faa says it has been inundated in recent weeks with requests from companies like zip-line, but the agency is concerned about issues, including drones running into each other and possibly hurting somebody on the ground. an east bay couple is mobilizing friends and contacts to provide food and money for people in need. they saw a news report on friday that shodonint th the number for food.

marilyn and mark weiss decided they had to do something. so over the weekend, the rossmoor couple collected an suv full of food and $3,000 in cash. >> there are people who live here on social security who are handing over a couple of cans or a bottle of jam. >> find something you can do. take care of your neighbors. find an organization you can help. lots of them are in need. >> the weisss plan to have all the food at the crisis center tomorrow morning. >> it is impressive. well, clearing the air. up next, what air quality officials are saying now about one of the most polluted parts of california. >> also -- ♪ baby you're a firework, come on ♪ >> you're invited to a daytime dance party, though the crowd is going to be really young. how one local arts group is getting families into the groove of staying at home. >> and can we expect a third day of rain tomorrow? meteorologist drew tuma is coming up next with your accuweather.

coming up in sports, we have a former cal soccer star sipping on "american idol." who you need to be rooting for tonight. plus, the pga cha ptpedas. p

♪ come on let your colors burst ♪ >> you are looking at the first the bay area children's heater in oakland launched the event this morning. behind the beats is the dj and dad who normally spends the magic music at the families in person baby raves. since this month's in-person event was canceled, the theater company says it decided to offer a variation so that families can share the joy of music and dance together in their own homes. well, with millions of us working from home, the demand for many tech gadgets is surging, and that means shortages are emerging and that means prices are going up when people search online for a variety of items.

all of the sudden web cams and laptop docks have become hot items as people transform dining room tables into desks. san franciscans have found a way to share and keep their distance. residents are crowd sourcing sour dough starter. you'll find it pinned to trees or telephone poles around the city, all to help people make their own bread. a few weeks ago it might have seemed a little risky to take something left by a strange owner a pole, but now it's a way to help. and if you can't find sour dough starter on a tree near you, there is actually a google map with some location. >> so it does grow on trees. >> ah-ha. celebrities have been taking to social media to spread messages of self-care and health. supermodel naomi campbell is doing her part, tweeting a video about proper hand washing techniques. >> make sure you go in the top and under the nails because they carry the germs. >> well, the online campaign she is joining is called the safe hands challenge. many are doing it to promote

healthy hygiene.ws eve daytn e wee to the virus. here is one benefit to the statewide stay-at-home order, clean air in los angeles. this is the third straight week with reduced traffic because people are hunkering down at home. air quality agency says there are lower levels of dust, soot, and ozone which create all that smog. scientists are looking at the data to see if there is a link between deserted freeways and better air. officials say the recent cool wet weather is also having a positive impact on air quality. >> air quality should have been pretty darn good here in parts of the bay area. if you stepped outside today, you likely took your umbrella with you. either that, or you got wet. abc7 news was in san mateo catching some spring showers. a few cars out, even fewer people. someone who has been staying at home, drew tuma social distancing with more on our forecast and if we need to keep that umbrella, drew. >> yeah, i would keep it for the next 24 ydion.

we're tracking more showers for your monday. it won't be nearly wet as it has been today and yesterday. just soaked across the region. drive doppler 7 is still tracking showers in the south bay. we'll put this into loop over the past two hours in the south bay, and you can see the intensity and the coverage of the showers is dwindling as the evening wears on. so we'll start to dry out in a lot of spots. look right now. live doppler 7 showing you around mt. hamilton. see that white your screen? that's snow. dusting on the peaks not out of the question. stormy skies. some breaks of sunshine in the north bay and in the city right now. but we're still going to hang on to a lot of that cloud cover overnight tonight. here is the reason why we're seeing the rain. live doppler 7 along with satellite. we had a cold frontre ofowsse responsible for pushing it through is about to move through northern california tomorrow, and that will supply us with the additional chance of showers on

our monday. it's a whe they should be for april. 53 in the city. 51 in san jose. 54 in concord. 53 in santa rosa. and it will be chilly overnight tonight, especially in lake county and mendocino county. a frost advisory and a freeze warning going into effect early tomorrow morning. and what that means, we do expect subfreezing temperatures in these locations over the next 12 hours. so tonight it's a mainly cloudy night. we will get a brief break from the intense wet weather we've been dealing with. so we'll see a lot of 40s on the board around the bay shoreline. 30s in our coolest spots in the north bay. so the storm impact scale tonight and especially tomorrow. it's a level 1 light system with light to moderate showers. we'll find pockets of downpours here and there, and likely find a dusting of snow on the highest peaks like mount hamilton. by 8:00 p.m. tonight, you can see some showers focused in the south bay. there is that temporary lull we have overnight tonight. so first thing tomorrow morning,

it's cool and it's cloudy, and then as the day wears on, you can see by the late morning into the early afternoon, we're tracking more showers moving in from the south. so we'll track those scattered showers, those downpours through monday evening as well. once monday evening wraps up, we'll start to see this front get out of here and the storminess will wear down. but highs tomorrow again. it's a cool day with that limited sunshine. really hard to heat us up in the afternoon. so 55 in city. 57 in oakland. 5 in san jose. and about 57 the high in oakland. we still have a winter storm warning in effect for the sierra. this has been a great late-season snowstorm there. that continues through tomorrow morning. an additional 6 to 12 inches of snow is very likely on the 1 to 2 feet we have already seen. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. scattered showers tomorrow. a very slight chance on tuesday of a shower along our coastline. otherwise, we'll bright up our skies as passover begins wednesday evening. thursday and good friday we're warming up.

and for easter weekend saturday and sunday, no rain in sight with sunshine and mild temperatures. now abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> the sports world continues to be on hold as we wait for a new normal. last month the pga championship set to be at harding park here in san francisco was postponed. but good news. we may have a new date to look forward to. according to a golf week report, the pga championship is now set to be scheduled august 6th through the 9th. this isn't official, but it is proposed in the report. at harding park, it would be golf's first major of the year. however, yesterday, gavin newsom, our governor expressed concern for large crowds in our state into the summer that would make these early august dates very hopeful. the masters were set to begin this week. they're tentatively planned for the week of november 9th. espn is reporting that the nba and espn are working on televised horse competition that would involve several high profile players. the competition would involve

several players at their home gyms or locations in isolations, so safety first. details still being finalized for players and the schedule. the nba has been suspended for nearly a month with no date for when play could be potentially returned. that is yet to be announced. hey, did you see this navesnuryo bec latest "american idol." shs o remaining skes contesta lir is an honorable mention during her time with the golden bears. after graduating in 2019, she eventually moved to nashville where she would go on to pursue her musical dream. she posted this message on twitter ahead of the show. >> i just wanted to say thank you so much to all my cal family for all the love and support you've shown me this season. i'm so lucky to be a cal alumni and to be a part of the cal family. keep watching. keep following along my journey, and go bears.

>> go bears. good luck to grace and the bay area. you can rally around tonight abc7, 8:00. do not miss it. >> all right, chris, thanks. just ahead, check out a new take on the thank you note. >> the story behind a we saw the earthquake grace in bold was offering a grant program. i signed up and i was actually selected it leaves the house in tack. you now know that in the next earthquake your house will be standing and we also got a discount on our earthquake insurance. if there is an earthquake. our house has a better chance of surviving in.

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tonight on abc7 news at 11:00, a tiger at a new york city zoo has tested positive for coronavirus. we talked to local wildlife experts about precautions they're taking. plus two east bay sisters are getting crafty to provide meals for families in need. how they're using key chains to do it. well, there are certainly lots of ways to express gratitude to first responders in this crisis. so riverside police found a colorful way and captured it with a shot from their chopper. check it out. >> it's a message written on a driveway that reads "thank you, first responders and delivery osaic paint ahet. i'm sure those f respoers

appreciated it. any little thing you could do for them is appreciated. >> no matter how big or small, whether it's on the ground or happens to be on the -- in the air. >> i've seen little touches like that, little flourishes around schools and on sidewalks where people are showing their appreciation, not just for first responders, but for heah care worknd everreyone,till working better. >> yeah, almost too many stories to count. you can read more about them at abc7news.com. well, that's it for abc7 news at 6:00, everybody. i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. we'll see you at 11:00.

>> right now, everybody is working a little harder. >> technology is really feeling like a godsend. >> i have also seen a tremendous amount of goodwill. >> and it keeps you from being isolated. >> this will pass at some point. >> "more in common" is checking in. >> hi, dad. >> with a woman from philadelphia who doesn't let social distancing keep her from spreading the love. >> mwah! we miss you. >> a gaming grandma who's been training for this very moment. >> they tell me that they feel like it's a safe place to come to, so they just like to be there. >> and possibly the coolest landlord in the world. >> i don't want my tenants to feel stressed about having to pay me. >> all that and more coming up on the "check in."

i'm michael koenigs, and this is "more in common." and typically we'd be on the road, flying around, telling stories about people coming together. but like so many of you, i'm