work got a front tire but left stranded because she had a flat tire. >> i'll have the temperatures coming up. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> announcer: now your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. tonight we're learning more about the south bay woman now known to be the first person killed by the coronavirus in the united states. governor newsom wants deaths from the beginning of the year reviewed and today he made the %-p california. >> when can we go back to some semblance of normalcy? there's no date. >> as some states plan to reopen business by may 1st, president trump urging them to pump the brakes. >> it's just too soon. i think it's too soon. good evening. i'm dan ashley. and i'm ama daetz. we're learning more details about the first woman who may be the first covid-19 death in the country. >> r.r. stone is in the news

room with more information. >> i've been on the phone with family members all night long. this is a tough one for them. here we are two months later and they are learning new information about their loved one, patricia daoud. she passed away on february 6. she's from san jose. it was initially thought to be a heart attack, but now according to the "l.a. times" it is being classified as covid-19. daoud worked at lamb research and her family tells me she loved her job because she was able to travel the world. it would be the first u.s. death from covid-19. >> back in early february as you may remember, we did know that we had had covid-19 in our county, but we had not yet identified our first case of community transmission. that didn't happen until february 28th. what these deaths tell us is

that we had community transmission probably to a significant degree far earlier than we thought. >> i talked with patricia's brother who said that his sister is someone who is healthy and involved in spin and aerobics classes. he said she wasn't taking any medicine. she was supposed to go with him to a funeral, but then suddenly got sick. dan, ama, now back to you. >> okay. j.r., thanks very much. new at 11:00, police in san jose are looking for the person who smashed the win toes of several vietnamese businesses. nothing was stolen from the businesses and no message was left. police are considering a hate crime investigation. in the south bay, a nurse on the front lines was left stranded on the side of the road by a towing company. the reason? she believes it's because she had contact with covid-19

patients. amanda dell castillo has the story. >> reporter: front line nurse had a blow out, waiting at the end of her drive a 12 hour shift. >> you cannot be late as a nurse. it causes problems for everybody. somebody's been working 12 1/2 hours and they're waiting for me to come in to take their patients so they can go home. >> she reached out to triple a. the company required her to answer several covid-19 questions, one specifically asked if she had come into contact with an infected person. she answered yes. stuck on the side of the road, she learned help was not coming. >> i believe they did not pick me up because i answered i had taken care of covid-19 patients. >> according to king, the triple a agent named rossi's towing. they call themselves insanisant cruz's one and only towing company. we reached out to the companies to see what happened. triple a says this situation was

not handled in the best way. in this case, there was limited tow service coverage in her area. as the app shows, members respond to health screening questions before aaa provides service. if someone responds yes, we connect them with a specialized servicing team. >> after the specialized team called her, she sat another half hour before someone told her rossi's refused to pick her up. >> instead a passing officer helped her get back on the road an hour and a half later. >> rossi's towing has yet to respond. in the south bay, i'm amanda dell castillo. abc 7 news. governor newsom has made the first significant change to the stay-at-home order. hospitals will be able to start scheduling procedures once again. he announced his desire to dramatically increase the number of daily tests from 16,000 to 25,000 a day by the end of

april. the goal is to get 60,000 tests a day done. to help make that happen, the governor says he received a pledge from president trump today of 100,000 swabs from the federal government. >> i want to thank the president not only for being available for a phone call at a moment's notice but being willing to directly commit to all of us in the state of california to substantial increase in supply of these swabs. >> the governor gave no indication of when non-essential businesses will reopen. san francisco's offering free coronavirus testing to all essential workers in the city. it's open to public and private sector workers exhibiting symptoms. san francisco has two testing sites, an existing facility on the embarcadero. we spoke with stanford professor about which workers should be tested first. >> who should get a covid-19 test? >> we need to take care of the

people who are symptomatic first. once we get through people who have enough testing for those symptomatic individuals and people in high-risk groups like people in skilled nursing facilities, i think people who have immunocompromising conditions, et cetera, then i think you can start thinking about testing asymptomatic individuals. >> we have a guide to testing centers in the bay area on our website, abc7news.com. special mobile teams are now providing covid-19 testing to nursing home residents and employees in hayward. the information released today, the teams are made up of specifically trained firefighter paramedics. so far the testing has taken place at seven homes and among employees at work sites. at least 13 patients have died at the gateway care center in hayward. however, city officials say it is their policy not to name the nursing homes they've tested or wat the rate of infection has been. tonight a team of ucsf

health care workers is in arizona and new mexico to help the navajo nation which is being hit especially hard by coronavirus. the navajo nation is the largest u.s. american indian reservation. in recent weeks it has had 206 positive cases and 48 confirmed deaths. 17 physicians will be there for one month to help ease their strained health care system. less than two weeks after a massive outbreak at san francisco's largest homeless shelter, the facility is inviting guests back inside. only on abc 7, our reporter kate larson got an inside look at changes in the shelter and spoke with a homeless resident to tested positive for the virus. >> proud to be on the front line, this group of homeless shelter employees was in the middle of san francisco's largest covid-19 outbreak to date. >> how many of you all were at the shelter during the outbreak two weeks ago, raise your hand. >> all of uls. >> she overseas multiple centers

south at 5th and bryant in san francisco. the city's largest shelter. >> the virus was quickly took over our facility and overwhelmed us. >> benedict too this video before the outbreak started. the shelter's 340 beds were placed about two beds apart. 95 homeless guests and 10 staff members tested positive. >> many of the guests and staff who tested positive were not experiencing any symptoms whatsoever. and that was a very -- it was a shock to us. >> cr >> crews deepleaned the facility. the facility was zeo shelter ck up to homeless he people who have recovered from covid-19. >> i'm going out every day to the park. they knew i was sick.

>> timothy isaiah is one of 17 single homeless men to return after ten days at a city sponsored hotel. he was staying at the shelter during the outbreak and tested positive for the virus. >> i never showed any symptoms. i feel safe coming back here. i was glad to come back here because they're like my family here. >> 11 more recovering covid patients are expected thursday. the shelter's new reduced capacity is 110 beds, kate larson, abc 7 news. in the east bay, dozens of small businesses in oakland have been rewarded grants as they struggle through the coronavirus pandemic. $500,000 all from private donations was distributed among 90 businesses. more than 900 applied. the city of oakland teamed up with working solutions to distribute the funds. working solutions ceo said the program especially helped businesses that may have found the application process daunting. >> just thinking about the nail salon, vietnamese owned

entrepreneur who was grateful was able to access the grant even despite limiting the abilities. we were able to provide the service in the language of their accessed. >> working solutions is a non-profit community development financial institution. you can find resources or donate to the oakland economic relief fund on their website. abc 7 is partnering with iheart radio to support local businesses. thousand of bay area stores and services are still open, offering to help with essential needs and many are hiring government to abc7news.com, click on support the bay. had a vision of a chaos, and i thought oh, gosh, you know, they don't need me in there and i rll want t >> tonit, hear from one bay area woman whose fear of going to an overwhelmed er nearly cost her her life. >> las vegas's mayor pressed on her plans to reopen the city.

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i'm talking life and living. >> that makes no sense. chinese researchers have shown how this virus spreads. i just want to -- >> ooh, that's china. this isn't china. this is las vegas, nevada. >> wow, that's really ignorant. >> the governor says she's eager for the reopening of businesses but only when the time is right. bay area emergency rooms have seen a huge number ot drop of number of patients. doctors say patients with serious concerns were staying away over fear of coronavirus. tonight in a story you'll see only on abc 7 news, laura anthony introduces us to a walnut creek woman who delayed a visit to the er until it was almost too late. >> it was right in the center of my chest. >> she knew something was wrong but with hospitals overwhelmed with coronavirus patients she was afraid to go to the emergency room. i was afrd scenario with lots of people in emergency and in the hallways,

et cetera. and that wasn't the case at all. >> gleason's fear of covid-19 became secondary when the pain became unbearable. >> it was like a screeching pressure, very painful. and the r many it happened the more painful it got. until the last one, the pain went up under my jaw and i got nauseous. >> gleason finally went to the emergency room where doctors quickly discovered she had an artery almost completely blocked. >> this is the blockage right here. so, it's fat and then all of a sudden 90% blocked. >> dr. dublin performed the the stem procedure, one that could not wait even one more day. >> i would have loved it if she came in two weeks before with had the chest pain first started. by the time it came to chest pain arrest, she needed to come in. >> she continued to worry about coronavirus even as she was on the operating table.

she asked dr. dublin if she had done the right thing coming in. >> should i really have come in because it was a sunday or should i have waited until monday and called the office he said no, no, no, no, no, when you have those kind of symptoms you need to come in. >> she got a covid-19 test at the hospital. it was negative. in roma creek, laura anthony, nbc 7 news. bay area colleges are starting to outline their plans for the coming fall. san jose state and cal state east bay will offer a hybrid of online and small in person classes. santa clara university plans to hold regular physical class for the next academic year but keeping options open. stanford, uc berkeley, and san francisco state are still deciding how to proceed. tomorrow, the house is expected to pass a nearly $500 billion relief bill.

president trump has promised to sign it into law shortly after. but even before he signed that bill, there's already talk of another package with billions more in spending for states and cities. b.a.r.t. and eweny are getting a big chunk of the $780 billion in federal stimulus funds promised to bay area transit agencies. b.a.r.t. will receive about $250 million, $200 million. both transit agencies have seen dramatic dhi and and and and fare revenue. the bridge is just empty. okay. there's one car. the toll authority is suspending congestion pricing. starting at midnight, drivers pay $6 no matter w time they cross. car poolers can pay $3. all bay area bridges except the golden gate will starch a $6 toll. in the north bay, napa value

is bucking the trend by lifting restrictions. construction is allowed as long as workers can be physically distant from one another, so are drive in religious services, as well as real estate showings, landscaping and gardening are okay. golf courses can reopen. sonoma county has new road signs near closed beaches and parks as you can see here. nine signs were installed this week because of an invasion of out of town visitors. it cost the county about $6,000 to put them up. bruce springsteen and other new jersey stars entertained audiences tonight from a socially acceptable distance. ♪ >> jersey for jersey featured a star-studded line up to raise money to fight the coronavirus pandemic. the remote concert included performances from not only the boss but also bonn joe sri and

several others. kelly rip pa and others made appearances from their home. >> it was great to see them come together like that. good show. on to the weather forecast. midweek inching toward the weekend. >> sandhya patel is here with the latest. sandhya. >> yeah, dan and ama, who's counting? the weekend is just two days away. i want to show you a beautiful time lapse. this is the river of fog just rolling in from our sutro tower camera, and you can see how quickly that fog was advancing from the coastline this afternoon and this evening. that is going to change things up just temporarily. tomorrow morning you're going to have to deal with pockets of poor visibility. wind has subsided. it was gusting to about 40-miles-per-hour at sfo earlier. it's down to 28. that wind will continue to relax as we head into the overnight hours. live doppler 7 tracking the fog. visibility is down to three

quarters of a mile. if you're an essential worker in the morning, you want to be careful because it wilatch. temperatures really mild in the 50s and 60s. here's a live look from the emeryville camera where we're seeing that fog looking back toward san francisco. morning fog along the cost and bay will be dense in spots. sunny and warm weather for most of you. hour by hour forecast, we'll show you around 5:00 a.m. the fog pushes locally over the east bay. as we head towards lunch the fog pulls back from the coast and for the rest of the afternoon count on plenty of sun. those temperatures as a result of the morning fog and the afternoon clearing will be held in check. so, we're not expecting the warming to continue like it did yesterday and today. it'll be on hold except near the coast we may see those numbers dropping a few degrees. first thing in the morning temperatures will be in the 50s. we're going to see breezy conditions in the morninglong

the coast t f once again. in the afternoon in the south bay, 81 degrees in gilroy. beautiful day. santa clara, san jose, upper 70s on the peninsula, 75 in redwood city, 62 in pacifica. nice day around san francisco, 68, 61 in daily city. and then the north bay those temperatures from the mid 60s along the coast to 76 in san raffel, 82 in the east bay, 73 berkeley, sunshine in the inland east bay and certainly warmer than average for this time of year, 84 in fairfield, 80 in i livermore, and pleasant ton. temperatures in the low 60s to mid 80s. fog in the morning followed by sunshine. the heat will kick up a bit with near 90 inland. temperatures rebound next week. overall the 7 day forecast is looking nice. enjoy ama and dan. >> it sure is, sandhya.

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players' homes. this is unprecedented but i think we're all excited. i know the players. they would love to be up on stage getting that jersey from goodell but getting that phone call at home hearing their dream has come true will be just as special for them. >> you can watch round one of the nfl draft tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. on abc 7 then our postdraft special will follow. the new documentary on the chicago bulls "last dance," kerr played on that team. kerr says head coach phil jackson has been the most impactful person in his career when kerr had to choose between coaching the knicks. >> someone rattled by cage and i remember who, a good friend. he said what would phil jackson have done? it's like, ooh. it would have gone to the talent because he knows. he knows that's -- you know, that's what this job is about. >> you are the star of the show

and abc 7's call my play. you send me a video. i add narration. so, let's go fishing with carter. carter and austin out on the delta looking to land the big one. oh, this might be it. no. that's not it. but hang on. moments later, carter's hooked up. is it jaws? don't lose it, carter. oh we're going to need a bigger boat. got it! a 6 1/2 pound large mouth bass. dinner time. hey, carter, we just called your catch. >> hey, send me your video. tweet. you can instagram, whatev facebook, use theashag

that'll do it for tonight. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan >> announcer: today on "tamron hall," deepak chopra on coping with uncertainty and anxiety during covid-19.

words to help us get through this crisis. an all new "tamron hall" starts now. ♪ ♪ >> tamron: welcome to "tamron hall," from my home. the passionate debate continues about when the country should and will reopen the economy. in several cities, hundreds gather at state capitols to demonstrate against the lockdown. one of the most shocking themes in the standoff of health care workers and scrubs and masks blocking protesters cars in denver, colorado. in new york, a glimmer of hope this past weekend. the one-day number of lives

lost, the lowest in two weeks. we keep saying we're going to get on the other side of this, and i know we will, but the reality is we have lost tens of thousands of lives, and those are just covid-19 related deaths. as the country tries to move forward, families are left behind struggling to bury their loved ones, and funeral directors, the last responders in this crisis, are desperately trying to help. ♪ with over 10,000 deaths in new york a loan, hospital morgues are overflowing with coronavirus victims. hot spots across the nation, like chicago, new orleans, and new york are now turning to refrigerator trucks and mobile morgues. >> today is kind of getting worse and worse. we had to get a refrigerated truck