opening sites specifically for first responders to get tested for coronavirus. governor newsom says california will loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile so new york and other states experiencing a surge in patients can use them immediately, but if we see a surge the governor says we will get them back. >> they're conditioned on changing conditions here in the state. these are lent, they have not given. >> the governor held today's update at sleep train arena in sacramento, the former home to the kings is being converted into a surge hospital to treat coronavirus patients in case hospitals become overwhelmed. tonight santa clara county reports three additional deaths because of the coronavirus. there have been 42 deadly cases in at a county and 1,234 cases overall. total cases around the bay area now number more than 3,800. more cases have been reported in just the last few hours in slaw

know and sonoma countys. here are the latest numbers for viewers in lake and mendocino counties, lake county reports another confirmed case today after getting its fist just yesterday. mendocino county reports four cases and we are charting the total number of local cases on this graph so we can see the trend. this includes data from 14 counties, the bay area, and beyond. >> residents from an east bay nursing home died from coronavirus, among two dozen patients. residents have been infected, one of the largest nursing home outbreaks anywhere in thethe ab digging into the records. dan, you saw alarm bells in the documents? >> reporter: yes, there are some there, dan, nursing home advocates tell me that this pandemic exposes some long simmering problems with oversight. in this exclusive video crews in

hazmat suits performed a deep lean for coronavirus at arunda care center, seeing a nurse from the county arrive, her second day working at the facility. >> just helping. >> helping to clean things up or test. >> no to help with the pictures. >> a pharmacy driver had to adjust to new rules. >> put a box over there so i drop it there. >> reporter: all the precautions after a resident who tested positive for covid-19 died over the weekend. the county tells me he was already in hospice. three staff and 23 other residents have also been infected. half of those cases are over 80 years of age. >> we know that with covid-19, the mortality and the seriousness of the illness is very much related to age as well as other illnesses. >> reporter: the care center is one of 11 facilities owned by crystal lazono who has an active instagram account. >> we got masks. >> records show in may of last year the state revoked her

nursing home administrator lie sense for unprofessional conduct, based on using fraudulent, he's still permitted to operate, while appealing the decision. an attorney for the california association of nursing home reform tells me the coronavirus crisis is exposing serious problems with oversight. >> you, dan, could go out tomorrow and buy a nursing facility, and run it for years without being licensed. >> i'm just trying to get an update on what's happening. >> through a spokesperson she first agreed to an interview but then backed out. i wanted to ask about the record of violations at orinda care center, among them august of last year, public health found they failed to meet minimum staffing requirements on 16 of 24 days checked. in july the state cited the care sister from misuse of anti-psychotic drugs, and failing to properly sanitize table ware and cook ware. in may an investigation found

the facility failed to keep a resident with dementia safe from sexual abuse by a housekeeper who had two previous complaints of sexual abuse. through a spokesperson she says we believe these were unacceptable but isolated incidents. we're doing everything we can to ensure they won't happen again. the nursing home advocate primarily lays blame in sacramento. >> the fact that the state department of public health has let this happen for years, it's let this happen by being asleep at the wheel in terms of licensing these facilities. >> reporter: she says her other ten nursing homes do not have covid-19. i'm posting her entire statement at abc7news.com. by the way i did contact the state department of public health by phone and email and have not heard back. for the i-team, dan noyes, abc 7 news, dan and ama. at least two major bay area cities have issued citations to

individuals violating public health orders in light of the coronavirus pandemic. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has the story which has new at 6:00. this is what it looked like friday in oakland, people making their way around lake merit who did not appear to be social distancing six feet apart. law enforcement officials in two bay area cities have issued citations to individuals violating public health orders. two citations handed out the in san francisco and two in san jose. none handed out in oakland. san francisco police chief william scott. >> this is a matter of life and death so we're asking that the public, please comply withic hed conversations with the san francisco district attorney about the possibility of the da's office filing charges stemming from the citations issued. >> i will say that he has been extremely supportive. we've talked specifically about the need to -- if the need arises, he is supportive. >> reporter: chief scott didn't have the cases to discuss the

merits of either but eventually the two cases would make their way to prosecutors. >> we'll see what happens. >> reporter: chief scott says certain parts of the city like the tenderloin have remained a challenge. in san francisco 26 total warnings, 22 for individuals not social distancing and four for non-essential businesses. >> those that have been warned will be cited if we have to go back and warn them again or deal with that situation again. >> reporter: as for the prospect of a city wide curfew. >> not on the table at this time. >> reporter: sfpd has stepped up patrols around areas where officers are trying to educate the public about social distancing. in the newsroom melanie ns. of th city of oakland is taking steps to make sure those serving the residents of its city during the coronavirus outbreak are not themselves infected and spreading the virus. mayor libby schaaf opened the city's second covid-19 testing

center, abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live in oakland tonight with the story. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, dan. this site is actually closed up now for the evening. it will be open, though, six days a week to certain individuals, it's really an expansion of what oakland has already been doing, providing testing for first responders. this is an expansion of that to what they're calling front line workers. >> they have to go through a screening process. we're trying to follow the cdc national criteria. >> oakland is expanding its covid-19 testing beyond traditional first responders to now include those considered vulnerable because they're working on the front lines. >> all of those who have, because of their care duties, extra risk and exposure to covid-19. >> reporter: specifically the list includes health care providers, grocery store, food bank and restaurant workers, homeless service providers, funeral home providers, child

care workers, and residential and sheltered caregivers. the newest test site in oakland is in the parking lot of the old kaiser convention center, a drive up site by appointment only and only with prior arrangement through certain organizations and businesses. >> this mission critical testing here will help to ensure we're doing all we can to protect those who provide security, deliver care, and give comfort to us all. >> the facility has the capacity to administer up to 240 tests per day, monday through saturday. unlike hayward, oakland city leaders have no plans yet to expand their testing efforts to the general public. >> we still recognize that testing is a very limited commodity. we are hoping that that will change any minute now. but while it is still so limited we have to be strategic about who we offer these limited tests to. >> reporter: now it's important to point out at this point this testing site will be following

alameda county health department guidelines, those who are offered the tests here must be screened, they must have symptoms. and in many cases that includes a fever. live in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> raur a, thank you. in san francisco, piers 30 and 32 are being set up as a coronavirus test site. a drone view gives you a view. this site is designated for san francisco's first responders, including police officers, firefighters and health care workers. >> they are taking care of us so it's important that we take care of them. and one of the most basic things that we can do is to ensure that they have access to testing. >> the testing site opens today and by the end of the week expects to be running 200 tests per day. the mayor also announced that san francisco has leased hundreds of hotel rooms for health care workers who don't want to risk going home to their families and possibly infecting them. the director of the department of public health says the city has expanded the number of

available hospital beds beyond what's been asked by the state. the number of icu beds is practically doubled, in fact, and 50% more regular hospital beds are now available. the city no longer plans to use the palace of fine arts annex as a temporary homeless shelter, although it may be used as an overflow medical facility, if that's needed, and there is a change of plans to create a homeless shelter at the moscone center. it will house less than half the number, so everyone will be more spread out, more socially distanced. the city has leased almost a thousand rooms, in eight hotels across the city for the homeless during this pandemic. that priority, there, is housing people who are over the age of 60 or have underlying health conditions that would make them more susceptible to contracting coronavirus. federal health officials are recommending all of us wear a face mask whenever we're out in public or just leave the house in general.

this is a serious recommendation, although many are trying to inject the situation with some levity by getting creative. here are some ways you can make your own mask right at home. hi, luce. >> hawaiyou can use a face mask this one, if you don't have one like this at home, grab a scarf or bandanna, put two skrunchys at the end, fold it again, tuck one end, grab the skrunchys and that's it, here you go. bay area, we asked you to show us your face masks with the hashtag, my mask, abc 7. and you delivered. she made her own mask with a regular sewing kit since she couldn't go to her mom's house. >> she gave me a kit a while back and the little kit had a needle, some thread. >> i'm just going to sew two

seams down here. >> he's a fashion designer with lots of fabric and now lots of time in his hands. >> this has ties that come off and tie around the back of your head. >> you're a professional mask maker now, not only a fashion designer -- >> add that to my resume. >> give us some tips for people another home who want to make their own masks. >> make it fun, out of a fun fabric you enjoy to wear. i would say if you don't have any sewing skills there's a lot of youtube videos, you can hand sew them. >> 15-year-old adita is using a 3d printer, raising money with a goal to purchase supplies to supply 1,000 health care workers with face shields. >> i started looking for designs and as a part of that i came across maker nexus who had a design that had been approved by valley medical health center and i wanted to start working with them. >> we've repurchased our

embroidery machines to be mask making machines. >> from a t-shirt making production, to a mask production. >> we're getting anywhere from two to four masks on the bottom half of the shirt. >> the cdc has tutorials how to properly make your own mask. the safest thing is to stay home. the cdc also recommends for you to use a coffee filter like this, if you are going this route. i want to keep seeing how you are wearing your mask out there, bay area, keep on cruising the hashtag my mask abc 7. in san francisco, luce pena, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. on midday live today we asked you if you were wearing a mask, 89% said yes, last week when we asked, 41% said yes, 59% said no. >> we're going to be at this for a very, very long time.

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so those on the front line can do their part. and when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. when have you ever seen the drive into san francisco look like this? drone view 7 flew over a nearby empty interstate 280 this morning. the coronavirus pandemic and resulting shelter in place orders continue to take their toll on the bay area, and it's most apparent on our transit systems. of course, which is what we want. people staying at home. bart is cutting service more, more trains will run just once every 30 minutes during weekdays. weekend service is not changing. starting today the sfmta is reducing service on all but 17 of the most popular muni routes. usually muni runs almost 70 bus lines. cutting back dramatically. in the north bay smart is running half the trains it used

to on weekdays and has suspended weekend service. effort is under way to fund emergency housing for coronavirus patients who can't self-quarantine. >> it's important for us to have an inventory of housing that will be available also weeks from now when this krooicrisis over so those folks aren't simply pushed out into the street. >> members of the city council join it had mayor in a call to devote $17 million to house those who are sick and live in overcrowded housing, a shelter or homeless encampment. the full council could take up the issue tomorrow. two council members proposed a 90-day rent suspension to protect people who can't pay rent because of lost work or illness. santa clara county's public health director was the first to sound the alarm about the outbreak of the coronavirus. she's seen some as a dr. fauci of the bay area, our expert. liz kroits talked with her how

that early action may have slow the spread of covid-19 in the bay area. liz is in the newsroom with more comments. >> the doctor said she's cautio otifw flatten the curve. the bad news, it may be longer than any of us hoped for before things get back to normal. here's a big picture look at the doctor's efforts to slow the spread of the virus. it came at a press conference on the 31st. dr. sarah coty made the grim announcement, a man who had been in wuhan, china came with the virus. >> did you expect we'd be where we are today with more than 1,200 cases in your county, more, less? >> what i can tell you is that in january, you know late january and early february the you knowne traveler and then two travelers returned with this

infection. >> across the country and the globe the number of reported cases has continued to climb, over 350,000 cases in the united states alone. on march 16th dr. cody led the charge to order people to stay home to slow the spread of the virus locally, across six counties. >> these orders were crafted with great thought and with great care. they're also crafted very, very quickly. >> the state of california followed with its own order three days later. >> we're entering our fourth week sheltering in place here in the bay area, why is a surge still continue expected to come if we've been sheltering in place this long? >> everyone in our community is likely susceptible. in other words, if exposed to the virus would become infected. and so when you have conditions like this we expect a surge. >> the bay area's early adoption of shelter in place rules have since led to a slowing in

infections, a possible bending of the curve we keep hearing about, over 3,700 cases have been reported in the bay area, new york city waited six days to take the same measures. today they have more than 65,000 cases. >> while we're not out of the woods, i am cautiously optimistic. that we've put our hospitals and health care partners in a better position to manage the infections that we expect will continue to be coming. >> but dr. cody says the coronavirus is here and it will be part of daily life for the foreseeable future. >> i just have to keep reminding myself that this is a marathon and we have to keep ourselves nourished somehow. and we have to keep our energy good because we're going to be at this for a very, very long time. >> when you say that, a very, very long time, what is your timeline? when do you think we might start to get back to some kind of normal? >> the honest truth is i don't know but looking at patterns and

other places in the world, the pattern seems to be that when the community lets up on social distancing, for example, cases tend to resurge. part of our new normal and our new life is living with a lot of uncertainty. we just don't have certainty about what things are going to look like, you know, a month down the line, or three months down the line or six months down the line. >> a grim prediction there, additionally she is it is very possible that every single person is likely to become infected at some point with coronavirus since it will be a long time before a vaccine becomes available. live in the newsroom. liz kroitz, abc 7 news. >> she described it as a marathon. one estimate, maybe six months, she says, is one estimate for when we might return to normal life. does she mean we may not have school resume until the fall. >> i did ask her about that, what do you tell your own

children if they ask will we be going back to school in the fall? she would not commit. she did say, again, everything is uncertain and that she is telling her own children to get used to the idea of doing school remotely. dan? >> i see, okay, thanks, liz, very much. well, after a rainy weekend, some sun will help, we should get some of that this week, spencer has a seven-day foreca

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entrust your heart to entresto. this really may be a once in a lifetime view. take a look from droneview 7, this is lombard in san francisco, the crookedest street in the world with only one car driving down it. no crowds. no people out there. just that one car. >> a little eery. it wasn't all blue skies in san francisco today, check out the rain downtown along the embarcadero. came down heavily for a while today. of course there aren't many people out to begin with because of the shelter in place rules. i did stick my head out the

front door between newscasts and it has cleared up quite nicely, dan. >> that's good to hear. we've been waiting for nice weather after a pretty bleary -- dreary, i should say, weekend. spencer christian has a forecast that looks more like spring coming? >> it does look more like spring. at the moment we're getting a little taste of winter's leftovers. here's a look at live doppler 7. we got a batch of showers, mainly north of the golden gate. actually, from san francisco, then up into ma rin county, light to moderate showers and current temperature readings are in a fairly tight range, cool to chilly. these are forecast features, seeing showers continuing, batches of showers, not very widespread overnight, a chance of thunder and hail mixed in, areas of morning fog and a slight chance of showers in the early morning hours but a warming trend with days will begin mid-week. the current storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale, storm of

light intensity and it will continue to produce showers tonight. brief downpours from time to time. maybe a chance of thunder and hail, possibly with some light snow on the higher bay area peaks. overnight lows as we watch the forecast animation here, notice most of that activity will push offshore, moving east to west because of the counter clockwise circulation. most of the shower activity will push out of here before midnight but we could have some residual showers in the north bay early tomorrow before we have partly sunny zskies in the afternoon hours. beach hazard. this is in effect from 5:00 a.m. tomorrow to 5:00 a.m. wednesday. there's the increased risk of speaker waves and strong rip currents. stay away from the coastline if you don't need to be there. overnight lows in the low to mid-40s, a few upper 30s in inland valley locations, highs tomorrow afternoon, under partly sunny skies, generally about 60

at the coast with low to mid-60s near the bay shoreline and a few mid to upper 60s inland and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast, wednesday is the start of more spring-like weather. you'll get gradually warmer going into easter weekend and it looks like the weekend is going to be lovely, high temperatures in the mid-70s inland over easter weekend. >> that's nice. sounds great, spencer, thank you. i'm wayne freedman in -- coming up, perspective on infectious disease. we have been through this before. stepping up in times of need. i'm chris nguyen in san jose with a story how one local company is helping those working on the front lines. colleges have closed. students at home. and yet many of them are still paying rent. i'm michael

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as of today coronavirus has claimed more than 10,000 lives across the united states. >> shocking. it is the third highest death toll in the world following italy and spain. however, the steep rise in coronavirus deaths in new york appears to be leveling off. a possible sign that social distancing is working in the most lethal hot spot anywhere in the united states. new jersey is seeing its curve flatten some when it comes to new cases. louisiana's governor says it may be seeing the beginning of the flattening of its curve. as the number of new cases every day slows. according to the u.s. chamber of commerce nearly a quarter of small businesses have shut down nationwide during shelter in place rules. and the bay area, some big tech companies are stepping up, and received praise today from president trump. >> today apple announced that it is now producing plasticor heal at the rate of 1 million per week. 1 million, and these are the shields that you see on television quite a bit.

and they're at the highest level of quality and safety. we're grateful as well to sales force, which has donated 48 million pieces of personal protective equipment including masks, gowns, suits and face shields. >> speaker nancy pelosi held a telephone town hall just about an hour and a half ago. she talked about the effort to make sure that the millions of people who have lost their jobs will get additional unemployment benefits. >> but we had in our bill $600 a week for anybody, a recipient of unemployment insurance. 49 republican senators voted to take that out but they didn't get a majority. the democrats all held the line. >> thousands of students nationwide are paying rent for apartments they left empty to return home after their colleges shut down because of the pandemic. and many are wondering if there's a way to get out of the lease now. it's a great question.

"7 on your side's" michael finney looked into it, live from his home this evening with the story. michael? >> you know, this is something that you could look forward and see, so here's what you have. you have landlords making their usual profit a lot of the time and students left holding the bag. drew is back home with his mom in hercules after sacramento state, like so many other schools, moved their classes online. he still has four months on a lease he shares with other students, and his landlord isn't letting him out of it. that's $3,400 he's putting out for something he's not able to use. >> it's -- sometimes it hurts. you see that money go away to something that you're not using. >> his mom called her son's landlord to see if she could cut him a break on his rent. >> she said they had gotten a lot of calls but as of right now we signed a lease and so they're, you know, it's what's

legally binding. >> jacqueline is a tenant rights attorney based in san francisco. she suggests tenants who want to get out of an apartment look closely at their leases. >> they're typically known as the act of god clauses, if there's a hurricane and it destroys your house, then your lease is terminated. or if the house cannot be used for the purpose it was rented for then the lease can be terminated. >> she says it's unnear whether a pandemic might be considered an act of god but it is something you can use to negotiate with the landlord. >> landlords are also -- have an incentive to work out a deal with the tenants because they want to get at least some portion of the rent at some time, or the ability to rerent the unit. >> if a new tenant moves in before your lease expires your obligation to fulfill the lease would end. >> we have to pray and hope i get some type of compensation for the months i'm not going to be there. >> frustration of purpose,

because you rented the apartment to go to that college and now that college isn't open. that's probably your best legal argument. dan, ama, making legal arguments costs a lot of money. not very many people are going to do that. >> good point, michael, thank you. prepares for a surge of coronavirus patients there are questions about whether hospitals have enough beds, supplies and personnel. lyanne melendez takes a look at the number. >> reporter: it is a much welcome site, a new floor at saint francis memorial hospital with the first ten of 40 beds dedicated to the coronavirus response. >> we would be able to share and pull our supplies as needed if we did indeed need all 40 beds. >> according to health officials in san francisco the number of medical surgical beds has increased from 1,055 to now 1,600. the greatest increase has been in the number of intensive care unit beds.

>> san francisco hospitals have managed to increase the city's intensive care unit beds from 277 to 530. a 91% increase. >> reporter: more beds became available after the department of public health ordered that all routine medical appointments and elective surgeries be postponed. in addition to saint francis making more beds available ucsf health will add more than 50 at its mount zion campus by may 1st to help meet the anticipated demand. also sutter, california pacific dienran, which has ben closed, will reopen, giving the city an additional 290 beds. >> the site will need some minor improvements before it's operational but we anticipate opening it within the next ten days. >> the key, health officials say, is to make sure that not

everyone gets sick at the same time. that's why the stay at home order is so important to keep this virus in check. in san francisco lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. as we head to a break here on television, get out your phone, go to abc7news.com. our most popular story right now is one you just saw here on television. about dr. sarah cody's prediction, that it will be a very long time before life gets back to normal. share the story with

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communities and also see if we can have a broader reach as well, since the whole world is affected by this. >> the goal is to produce about 100 face shields and masks each week until they are no longer needed. students are working in shifts and small groups to make sure they're practicing social distancing. while they're getting this work done. good for them. in san jose, a leading visual communications company has gone from building eye popping installations for major corporations to producing valuable things involving protective gear to help those fighting covid-19 on the front lines. chris nguyen is on that story. >> reporter: during these trying times a makeshift assembly line provides a glimmer of hope. >> we had to pivot quickly. >> reporter: a massive operation is under way here to produce personal protective equipment for th hltrendtr ma h 2 million of these face shields have been

ordered since the company began offering them for sale. prior to the pandemic the team mainly produced large dimensional fabrication and experiential installation. >> i've got friends whose daughters are nurses and can't get the equipment they need. knowing these are going out into the medical community, protecting our front line workers, it's a great feeling. >> image options recently unveiled a new checkout shield to protect grocery, retail and quick service restaurant cashiers, they're also capable of making other critical emergency products such as pop-up stations, intake centers and emergency beds for hospitals. >> i'm glad that my team asked if i was -- if i can help out with this. i feel like i'm giving back to the people helping us out the most. >> reporter: the production staff had its hours cut when the shelter in place order went into effect but were called back to work within a week and a half. >> it's changed my life a little bit. i get to sleep better at night knowing i'm doing something

better for the community and the world. >> reporter: employees here contrio e>>reer very rewarding doing stuff to help people and that give us a sense of fighting back, we're battling this thing, not just ducking and covering. >> reporter: coming together to make a difference however they can. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> san francisco is making a move to protect its coyote population in the midst of this pandemic. you can help. news anchor dion lim tells us how. >> reporter: the drizzly weather wasn't enough to keep runners and hikers off the secluded trails of san francisco's prasidio today, but when it was the moisture or the messages, visitors with dogs seemed to be mostly obeying thewent effect t. park managers have closed a number of interior trails to dogs in an effort to hold off confrontations. >> we want to thank everyone for

cooperating with the trail closure signages. it's important to give the coyotes their distance. >> on friday we brought you these pictures, showing the scuffle when a newly arrived alpha coyote couple were pushing aside an existing alpha female and laying claim to being the dominant hunters. now that they're moved experts say the animals provide a critical service to the park. >> coyotes are incredibly important for ecosystem health. they really love to consume things like gophers and rats. they control populations of pest pea cease. >> this wildlife ecologist says the coyotes als in an uanvinmen sometir park has seen a heavy ix of dog walkers since the covid shelter in place order so keeping dogs off the marked trails qualify as a different kind of social distancing, one that helps protect a valuable part of the bay area's

ecosystem. at a challenging time for both humans and the coyote. >> really, we hope that people will come and enjoy the park. it's good for your health to be outdoors. it's just not good to get too close to each other and to overcrowd the area. >> reporter: in san francisco dion lim, abc 7 news. >> and the trail warning to dog owners is expected to be in effect until the fall. we have links to maps and information on abc7news.com. check that out when you have a moment. you know, after a wet weekend, you can look forward to some nicer weather this week, really [♪] you want a fresh-smelling home, but some air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. try febreze one; a range of innovative air fresheners with no heavy perfumes that you can feel good about using in your home to deliver a light, natural-smelling freshness. febreze one neutralizes stale, stuffy odors and releases a subtle hint of fragrance like bamboo or lavender & eucalyptus. to eliminate odors with no heavy perfumes,

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crow may be losing track of time while we shelter in place but we are not. today is day 21, as you can see on your screen, since shelter in place orders took effect in the bay area. and listen to this, the coronavirus pandemic is affecting 180 countries around the world. 180 in britain prime minister

boris johnson has been moved to the icu after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. he was hospitalized yesterday. spain and italy, the two european countries hardest hit by coronavirus are seeing an easing on their hospital emergency rooms, three weeks after implementing lockdowns. tomorrow japan is expected to declare a state of emergency that could last for six months. >> well, six days from now will mark the 65th year since dr. jonas solkin developed the polio vaccine. that was a very frightening time. wayne freedman has more on what we can learn now from then. >> if we're going to talk about history, best to begin in the present. and what strange times these are. it used to be we looked at masked men suspiciously. now with the threat of covid-19, it's the other way around. if it feels as if we've entered unfamiliar territory it's only

unfamiliar to us in this generation. smallpox alone killed 500 million people before it was eradicated in the first half of the 20th century, the biggest killer, infectious diseases and there was nothing we could do about them. >> we've been really fortunate to live in a time relatively free of the scariest pandemic diseases of human history. >> reporter: this professor is a medical historian. if the world seems scary now, look back, she says, at polio. >> movie theaters closed. church services cancelled, festivals cancelled, kids kept home from school, swimming pools closed. it shut down american towns. >> this footage comes from a documentary called the shot that sa the world, about the fight for a vaccine. >> polio last century was the most feared disease in america. >> in 1952, 53,000 cases where we're worried about having enough ventilators now we faced a shortage of iron lung machines back then, polio paralyzed

people, mostly children. the mechanical lung would breathe for them and then as now parents and relatives could not visit the wards for fear of spread. >> in those cases you're dealing with an unseen enemy that comes like a horror film and you don't know who it will attack next. >> americans had more faith back then, believed in doctors and the march of dimes and government, and now we have so many pointed fingers. >> today feels like we have a red/blue strategy with everyone doubting each other but back then we had a collective spirit if we pulled together we all could win and we could all defeat the common enemy. >> after the polio vaccine americans enjoyed an extended period free of fears until a.i.d.s. came along. we have just left a golden age. >> for that moment in which we really had excellent control over iec disea was fairly short lived. >> so here we are again doing what we've done since bubonic plague, we're taking refuge,

it's in our nature, this generation just didn't know that until it had to. in berkeley, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. to help you keep track of this pandemic we have a timeline on abc7news.com, it's up updated with the major moments that have happened here in the bay area and all around the world. take a moment to take a look when you can. let's talk about the weather and the desperate need for some sunshine. >> yeah, and maybe that sunshine will bring some warmth too, spencer? >> it's going to bring the warmth and, yes, we're going to have some lovely spring-like weather, finally, after this dreary winter like weather we've had the last two or three days. live doppler 7, we still have showers from our current storm. not very heavy at the moment but there may be a few downpours developing during the evening hours. the storm ranks one on the impact scale. for the remainder of the evening look for occasional showers, brief downpours, thunder and hail and maybe some light snow

in the bay area peaks. forecast animation, late night it's going to fizzle by midnight. at least the main body of the storm. after midnight and early tomorrow morning we may see patches of showers in the north bay. as we go into the daytime hours tomorrow, expect partly sunny skies. we have a beach hazard statement that will be in effect from 5:00 a.m. tomorrow until 5:00 a.m. wednesday as that storm out to sea is whipping up rough surf. there's the increased risk of sneaker waves and strong rip currents. the wave heights will also elevate going into that 24-hour period. overnight tonight low temperatures in the low to mid-40s and tomorrow's highs, by afternoon, under partly sunny skies, will range from about 60 at the coast to mainly low in mid-60s just about everywhere else, including the bay and inland. rainfall estimates from this system tonight, generally only a few hundredths of an inch and that's about it. accuweather seven-day forecast, starting on wednesday, you'll get the springtime wish that you

wanted, sunny skies mainly, warming up as we get later into the week and as we get into easter weekend, high temperatures in the low 70s around the bay shoreline. mid to upper 70s inland. it's going to be a really, really gloriously lovely weekend. dan and ama? >> that sounds great. i'm not going to lie, it's pretty cold in my garage. >> you're going to have to get a space heater in there. looks great. >> thanks. >> turn attention to sports. >> steph curry, chris paul, they're intense when they're on the court, going at it. different story online and they did talk about the ankle breaker heard round the world.

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people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. now abc 7 sports with be. th y o fantastic content creator during this pandemic. good photo with steph and chris paul who are ferocious when they face each other on the court but

all laughs on instagram. >> listen, listen, you got me, you got me. >> how many times we've all been dropped, right? like you dropped me at least hree times. i got you that one time in l.a. jennings got me my rookie year. you can never, ever look them down and they're going to pop up. >> you say it in your camp, if you play defense long enough, you're going to -- >> i don't play defense half the time. >> stanford doesn't crank out too many one and done players but tie rel terry is entering the nba draft as a freshman. he can score. needs to put on weight and fill out. he could be pretty good. nfl draft will be done virtually this year. roger goodell put out the guidelines today, all team facilities will remain closed. gms and coaches participate from home, draft april 23rd through the 25th. the nfl all decade team

announced today filled with bay area products, former 49ers linebacker patrick willis made the squad, highlighting the 2010's hometown legends, tom brady and aaron rodgers, the two quarterbacks, other 49ers, joe staley, richard sherman, frank gore, former raiders include shane lechler, marshawn khalil. pga championship has been rescheduled for august 6th through 9th at harding park. originally it was set for may. the masters has also been pushed back to mid-november. danville native and former cal soccer star grace leer continuing on her path to become the latest american idol, on tdv to the t0.ition of idol it's in your hands, america, you have until tuesday morning to vote grace into the top 20. ♪ you're the key to my peace of mind ♪ >> if you loved my performance,

and you want me to keep singing for you guys please vote for me. this would mean the world for me to keep my american idol journey going. i want to keep it going for you, for team grace. i really appreciate the support. >> so three ways you can vote, text grace to 21523. also vote on the idol website, and american idol app up to ten times a day on each platform. so like the old chicago election line, vote early, vote often for grace. >> that's funny. >> guys? > it's easy to vote for grace because she sounds amazing. thanks, larry. >> she really does. well, join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> mountain view, we're taking a look at coronavirus rent relief efforts and concern there aren't enough resources available, that story at 11:00. >> by the acting navy secretary calling a fired captain stupid, what he's now saying tonight.

>> and coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 it's celebrity family feud followed by who wants to be a millionaire secrets and surprises, behind the scenes look at that hit show. and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> and abc's nightline airs at 11:35 with a focus on one of the most crucial piece of equipment in the pandemic, ventilators, and jimmy kimmel on at 12:05. thanks for joining us from home, i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan

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