>> unfortunately, we will need to extend the deadline for the stay-at-home order through the month of may. >> we had a feeling this was coming. millions of people will be spending another month quarantined at home. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm kristen sze. six bay area counties today extended the stay at home orders through may. california now has a total of 44,861 coronavirus cases. that's according to johns hopkins data. that's the fifth highest number out of all u.s. states. now, president trump told governors during a phone call today that they should seriously consider reopening schools, saying young children have done well during the pandemic. so you want to get ready for another at least another month at home. dan ashley has more on today's

announcement from san francisco mayor london breed. >> as we said, it was not a big surprise to anyone that this was coming. she has been the face of the stay at home order for the bay area and we expected this announcement was coming. on friday, she said it was likely the order was going to be extended through may. and today she made it official. >> this has been pretty much the most difficult thing i've had to do is to ask the people of this city to basically stay at home and only leave your house for essential services or if you're an essential worker or to get fresh air and exercise. adeadlih the to do that hopes of maybe moving back to allowing the city to open. and today, unfortunately, we will need to extend the deadline for the stay at home order

through the month of may. it has already been very difficult i'm sure for many of you, especially kids who cannot play with their friends or a lot of the seniors who are graduating high school. the kids who want to go to the parks, not being able to see your grandma or grandpa. i can't each imagine just how challenging, i'm sure, this has been for so many of you. and, again, i want you to know that we realize these are real challenges. and as we extend this stay at home order, it is going to be eshat us back us to look at wayn to plans in order to open our city again. >> some of the key comments from mayor london breed today. she had one other announcement i

want to pass along. part of jfk drive and golden gate park and shelly drive and mcclarn park are closing to vehicle traffic starting tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. but, again, the big news is that we are in for several more weeks of staying at home, as the mayor extends the order through the end of may. the san francisco mayor along with so many other officials in california taking a very conservative approach and in many ways it has been paying off. larry, there's no guarantee that this won't get extended into jup. we'll have to see when we get closer. >> dan, i was saying i'll see you in person in june. maybe. >> seems that way. >> that's clearly the direction -- who knows? maybe thing also get better to the point where we can go back to normal. the governor expressing his frustration with the crowds of

people who flocked to southern california beaches. police put the number around 40,000. the governor says he doesn't believe handing out citations is necessary in most cases, but that could change if people don't abide by social distancing guidelines. >> my gosh, someone has lost their job, the last thing they want to do is walk their dog with their kids, and they have cabin fever. and they just want to take a rest on the beach and all of a sudden they get a citation. i don't want to see that happen. but if people are abusing it, putting their lives at risk because they're impacting the lives of others, and ultimately setting back the cause of reening the economy, as quickly as we would like to, we may have to do a little bitmore. >> he says everybody needs to follow the stay at home orders, because data shows this is working. deaths are down, icu stays are flat compared to last week's peak. testing is beginning to hit the benchmarks, with more than 550,000 performed so far.

nevada and colorado have joined the western states packed to reopen economies amid this pandemic. they join california, oregon, and washington, the five states say health and science will guide their decisions on when to reopen and ease the stay at home orders, not politics. the phased reopening will be based on six key indicators, which begins with expanded testing. as bay area counties ex-tyi their stay at home orders, vallejo announced it has been approved to resume face-to-face classes. our anchor is there now with what that means and what it might look like. liz? >> reporter: hi, kristen. yeah, a parent here in marin county whose son is a student here, she was shocked and concerned when she heard that clases could be resuming as lt. as next

thtry, cal maritime looks like a ghosttime. no students on campus. but that might change and soon. sarah sanders' son, nornor noahs a freshman there. the school's president says it was run through the governor's office and the state department of public health. >> it's interesting. all my friends who have college age students have their kids for the summer and can keep them home. that's not our case, which is good and bad. >> reporter: cal maritime says the school is planning to take serious precautions for when students return. all cadet also be health screened daily. they will live in their own individual rooms and be required to wear face coverings any time they leave. cafeterias will be closed with food delivered to their doors.

it 10u78ds like there are a lot of restrictions put in place, but how are you feeling as a parent when every other college kid is at home? >> it's mixed. we're taking the lead from our son. so i guess they're kind of a trial case. we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: cal maritime is a small, isolated school, just under 1,000 students. many classes cannot be taught virtually. that's why she says she realizes this might be a good school to try first. >> if it doesn't work, we know it will be harder for the bigger schools. >> reporter: we reached out to the governor's office for comment and we have not heard back. according to cal rimeere told t. but because the county has extended their shelter in place order, the date is now may 20th.

>> liz, thank you. sales force ceo mark bennyhoff has his own action plan to reopen the economy, including masks for all, and a vaccine manhattan project. he suggests workplaces could resume by june 1. a company spokesperson says that is not a hard date for workers to return to the office. sales force is san francisco's largest private employer. the new drive-through testing location in pleasanton pabiliign of expanding testing amhoyfir:hi shows you the demand for coronavirus testing. this is the line for a new test site at the alameda county fair grounds. police say it was about a quarter of a mile wrong, so they opened an joef floverflow parki

to handle the cars. >> i didn't expect the line to be out to valley road before we started, but we prepared and planned for that. >> reporter: david nelson and his son, adam, expected a crowd. they were the first in line. >> we thought it was going to back up really quickly. so we got here at 4:00 in the morning. and we sat here two hours before anyone else showed up. >> reporter: officials ask that you neat one of these requirements. fever above 100 degrees, shortness of breath, recent exposure to confirmed or suspected coronavirus patients. other chronic diseases. over the age of 65. currently or recently pregnant. and homeless. >> i'm going because i'm over 65. and he was exposed to a friend recently. >> this is intended for the residents of livermore,pleasant. >> reporter: stanford health valley care is putting on the

clinic. they have about 750 tests a week, and hope to be here for about four weeks. >> this is a great opportunity, again, for us to start in our community. to begin that work. that doesn't mean we've stopped turning over rocks. we continue to look for testing sourcing. so that we can do more. >> reporter: those in line say they are grateful this is here. >> i thought it was fantastic. i think this should be happening more and more all over the united states. >> reporter: after that morning rush, the demand slowed down significantly. by 11:00 a.m., no line to get inside. this will be open from 9:00 to 5:00 every weekday, hopefully for the next four weeks. amy hollyfield, "abc7 news." so could the coronavirus have been in the bay area as early as january? we talk with one man who has tested positive for the antibodies, where he thinks he may have contracted covid-19. plus -- >> i'm wayne freedman in wind

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hawaii and california remain the most expensive markets in the country. as usual, california's average price is $2.76 per gallon. we know so many people are having problems paying their bills because of the stay at home orders. >> michael finney joins us live to say there is a call for change. michael, tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah. you know, a lot of mortgage holders, many of them as a matter of fact, have received a vacation from making monthly payments. and consumer advocates, and some lawmakers are applauding that, but they say more additional bold actions are needed. for instance, the consumer federation of america and senators shared brown of ohio and brian sach of ohio are calling for credit agencies to place a moratorium on negative credit entries. >> people have to remember that your credit score is incredibly important, from how much you pay

for a cell phone, to getting credit, to your mortgage cost and so forth. and that's why during this covid time, you have to protect your credit score like there's no tomorrow. >> reporter: lendors are opposed to this. they're concerned that bad actors will take advantage of this. the consumer advocates i've been speaking with say it is extremely important for consumers to call all of their creditors and tell them what's going on in your life. see which ones you can pay this month, which ones you can do next month. and get them to agree to it. and then write it down if case later you have to go to court and argue about it. >> good advice. thank you, michael. taking on a new mission during the covid shutdown.

>> reporter: it's harvest time at a secluded garden. >> lettuce grows really well in san francisco. >> reporter: talked away, the site traces its roots back more than a century. >> there's let chus, chart, kale, peas, carrots radishes, onions. >> reporter: the garden is just one of eight planting spaces that coordinator jean koch manages. the raised vegetable beds, wooden trellises, offer residents a chance to grow fresh produce. over time, she has haesllonhe is growingor ing restaurants. >> reporter: homegrown vegetables and produce, on the menu until now. restaurants in the presidio have been shut down by the covid shelter in place. so what to do with the spring harvest. koch is turning her attention to a small army of essential workers, who are keeping the

place up andrug.ain it. the water treatment people are here, the high voltage guys are here. >> reporter: and now they're being rewarded with a virtual farmer's market. >> these carrots are so good. >> reporter: koch is distributing the harvest to essential workers and garden volunteers. not letting a single green waste. >> been making like stir fried greens with the swiss chard and kale, some garlic. >> i like it with eggs, like a r for the workers braving the crisis. an appreciation it represents may be harder to put a price tag on. >> especially their generosity and sharing it. >> it's nice that we have produce we're growing in our backyard that we can share.

>> reporter: dion lim, "abc7 news." by the way, the garden is making the fresh produce available to its generous volunteers who help maintain the eight sites. all right. let's get to the forecast now. a spectacular weekend. spencer, you teased us with dramatic changes that are coming. >> well, that's true. we do have some big change, but there's going to be a champ increase in temperatures tomorrow, followed by something else. here's a look at live doppler 7, breezy conditions across the bay area. look at our current surface wind speeds, up to 35 miles per hour in san francisco. it is windy just about everywhee increase in windspeed,e have anwe. mpat changehoitarmer ioanand. x degre hayward. on we go with a look at our temperature readings. 66 right now in san francisco. mid 70s at oakland.

80 degrees at gilroy. 59 at half moon bay. looking up to the north, santa rosa, 83. 75 at petaluma. napa, 80. 82 in concord. so pretty warm in our inland areas. these are the forecast features. fog expanding and increasing near the coast and bay overnight. warming trend continues tomorrow. it's going to be sharply warmer tomorrow. a much cooler pattern, we'll develop to the end of the week. here's our fog cast forecast. strong winds pushing fog across the bay and locally inland during the overnight hours. 5:00 tomorrow morning, they will be reduced visibility in many locationing. d a.mefore itxpand between 5:00 back to th eun mid the mid to upper 50s. so mild overnight. tomorrow, high temperatures ranging from nearly 70 degrees

on the coast to about 80 in some locations around the bayshoreline. and up to about 90 in the warmest inland spots. now, there will be cooling on wednesday. temperatures will drop fairly sharply about 8 to 10 degrees in many locations, especially near the coast and bay. there will be further cooling by a degree or two on thursday. not much change on friday. so let's take a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. once again, very warm conditions inland tomorrow. doesn't look like we will be in record setting territory. we'll wait and see. sharp drop in temperatures on wednesday. breezy conditions will continue through the remainder of the week and into the weekend. looks like it's been windy for about a month now. temperatures won't begin to rebound from that cool down until early next week. lovely week ahead. just somematic changes up and then down. of course, the wind will be with us. larry and kristen? >> thanks, spencer. >> 90, wow.

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the niners building is i've got your back. at this time, i think ever has that been more important. to have everybody else's back. >> reporter: on 49ers.com, you can find messages from the team and resources to help the community. >> hi, everybody. this is my puppy, and i hope everyone is staying safe and playing inside. >> anybody who is putting their lives in danger to help other people, i just to say thank you to all you guys. >> reporter: ad part of their initiative, they came up with the notes for support program, sending letters to health care workers. >> i sent out 1600 notes to 14 hospitals. i basically looked through the news and find the hospital heavily impacted by covid-19. and i give them a call to see if it's okay. >> on behalf of the 49ers, i would like to thank the doctors,

nurses, and anyone else on the front lines helping us fight covid-1. >> the franchise has been so out in front of this thing. >> the organization, they do a great job, not only for like th around, whether that's just helping children, helping people who need it at all times. just all that type of stuff. man, they really hone in on that type of craft and they're a top not when it comes to stuff like that. >> i like what he said right there, they are top notch in the community. the smiles and things they provide for the community is wonderful. and gina choi, the notes for support is amazing. you can find lin onhe ite. larry? >> 1600 notes. that's incredible. thank you, chris. here at abc 7, we're

honoring the class of 2020, who have had to forego graduation ceremonies and other milestones due to the coronavirus pandemic. so mason hunt is graduating from high school in sonoma county. mason's mom writes that mason is the kindest person she knows, and has worked very hard to make it to graduation. along with graduation, mason's family was forced to cancel a trip to alaska. mason is now eager to begin college where he wants to study environmental science. so a harty congratulations to mason. if you want to honor a graduate, share the details at abc7news.com and we they give them a shoutout on tv or online. no professional photos, please. san francisco has extended the stay h order. coming up, what does that mean for you, as well as local businesses. we'll talk to our insider. and how the celebrity chef is stepping up to help restaurants in the north bay.

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now, your health, your safety. this is "abc7 news." >> little is known about how the novel coronavirus entered the u.s., but a new revelation offers insight into how the virus may have begun to spread at the consumer electronics show back in january. it's one of the largest technology trade fairs, and has deep ties to silicon valley. chris nguyen has the story from

san jose. >> reporter: after leaving ces in january, professor michael weber realized that something wasn't right as he waited to board his flight out of vegas. >> i noticed a lot of other people were coughing and sneezing and hacking. i felt fine, but i was alarmed thinking everyone is sick, i'm going to get sick. >> reporter: sure enough, that's what happened when he got home. >> fever, a lot of chills, sore throat, cough, trouble breathing. i wouldn't breathe easily at night. i was very uncomfortable. body aches. and really lost my an pit. >> reporter: he thinks he may have contracted covid-19 at the conference, which draws 170,000 people from across the globe every year. the coronavirus was just beginning to make headlines in america. this past week, he tested positive for covid-19 antibodies. >> a lot of people sharing the same air, a lot of shaking hands, visiting booths to see

their services they're offering. so it's hard to avoid. >> reporter: it comes as the baseline for the spread of the disease keeps changing. angela caruso says data compiled by her team shows more than 150 companies from santa clara county set up exhibits there. >> being able to piece together how the spread of this virus took off in this country is really important to figuring out how to get back to normal life. and to be prepared if a if a ifa health emergency occurs. >> reporter: experts say we're never know how much of an impact ces had in spreading the virus. >> it certainly is worth exploring and looking at exactly what were the roots by which people arrived at the conference and what were the roots they took when they left. and do those correlate with subsequent mini outbreaks of disease around the world. >> reporter: an opportunity to continue searching for answers

at a time of such uncertainty. >> i feel better having a little knowledge about my antibody situation. and i think this is a reminder that data can be useful. that the more we know, the better position we are in to deal with this. >> reporter: chris nguyen, "abc7 news." and heartburn medication to the list of products disappearing from store shelves. northwell health in new york is studying the active ingredient in pepcid as a possible treatment option for covid-19. northwell launched the study after doctors in china noticed that it had better outcomes. doctorsrearng people not to rush out to buy heartburn medicine, but they are. the cdc is recommending people apply social distancing measures to their pets, as well. the move comes after two cats in new york became the first two household pets in the u.s. to

test positive for the coronavirus. experts say if somebody else gets sick, pets should be kept a safe distance, just like the human m family. >> that's the last thing we need is pets coming down with this. just last week, the golden gate restaurant association predicted as much as 50% of the eateries in the city may not reopen after this pandemic. but as dion lim discovered, some businesses already struggling are going above and beyond in showing the true power of pizza all over the bay area. >> reporter: we begin in the east day with the owns base pzarioakld.ese newarents tu o even i was working a very biotech company. and i used to deal with -- i used to like deal with stroke medicines. and then i got a rr:or two week

job and bought the pizzaria. less than three months later, the coronavirus outbreak. >> it felt like nothing would be normal again. >> reporter: now it's his turn to thank the doctors who saved his life with pizza kits. >> what does around comes around and we're looking forward to doing some good. >> reporter: now to blue line pizza, still open across the bay area. many close to hospitals. to date, they've donated 1,000 pizzas, paid for out of pocket by the owners. >> it's hard to continue to do this. >> reporter: photos show the gratitu gratitude. >> i would like to see 10,000 pizzas go out to people. there's frontline workers, even beyond just the health care workers. >> reporter: and to pizza squared in san francisco, where

they found a different way to say thanks. this time from an owner who instead of letting all her employees go, found a way to keep them all. >> they mean everything to me. i go to the talent shows, i go -- they are family. >> reporter: working together, the team created at-home detroit style pizza kits and started hosting zoom pizza parties. >> they take care of me and i take care of them. >> reporter: the power of pizza, more than dough, sauce and cheese. to learn more about these businesses, visit abc7news.com. dimitri dion lim, "abc7 news." >> you're all tarveing for pizza right now. join a better bay area project and share your gratitude for everybody on the frontlines. make sure you house the #betterbay area and we'll share the love. the san francisco marathon has been postponed because of the coronavirus.

rescheduled from july 26. organizers say they worked with the city and county to choose this new date. they're working to implement new safety measures they'll announce later on. the berkeley half marathon has been postponed to december 13. crowded beaches and the push to keep people off them on the weekends. that's next. and abc 7 launched new streaming apps, so wherever you are, wherever you go, you can get your live news casts, breaking news, weather, and more with our new abc 7 bay area app. it's available on apple tv, android tv, fire tv, and roku. just searc ♪ ♪ when you need it, jack delivers: order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub.

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several officials are considering closing them on the weekends because thousands violated local rules, gathering in large groups, throwing the football around, lounging on the sand. this past weekend with temperatures in southern cal climbing into the 80s. beach rules vary. santa monica have closed the beaches entirely. and now the mayor has extended our stay at home order through may. so should the beaches be open or close, chris? >> it's tough, because i know part of this is mental health. i know for myself, i go for a mental health walk or run every day. but people have to learn to social distance. >> spencer, open or close? >> i think they ought to close for safety reasons. i'm with chris on this. everybody wants to get out and do the things we used to do. but hey, this is a matter of

life and death and people need to take it seriously and play by the rules if they want to get back to what we used to consider normal. >> yeah. i don't know if it's practical when you have 40,000 people out there. but i would certainly like to see, if you're going keep the beaches open, make sure that people are separated. you can't have these large groups in clusters. if we're going to allow people to go to the beach and in some places we clearly are, they have to follow the other rules. so i don't know. we'll see how this plays out. >> i hope people will police themselves. the head of the association of flight attendants is calling for a halt to most commercial flights. according to forbes, sarah nelson sent an open letter to the department of transportation calling to for an end for all leisure travel. the letter points out that flight attendants have been hard hit by the virus, saying some have died, and at least 250 tested positive. she also questioned whether flight attendants are helping to

spread the virus. i think, you know, you have laws requiring that everybody wear a face covering. i think that is important for flight attendants and also for the passengers, right? maybe you hand them a mask as they board the flight. but truth be told, i don't know that many people who are doing leisure traveling right now any way. it seems risky, and most people don't want to do it. spencer, what do you think? >> it does seem very risky. i don't know anyone who is doing it either, but that's such a tough one to deal with on an airplane. i don't know what they can do to make us feel safe and protected whenever up in a plane, untst they -- i know some of the airlines are talking about not allowing anyone to sit in the middle seats. but is that enough distancing? i don't know what the answer is. >> yeah, chris, what do you think? right now, it feels like most flights are empty enough that you can skip the middle seat.

but we have seen a few pictures of packed flights, especially when you cut back on the number of flights. >> yeah, i saw an abc news tweet where the flight was packed, but you saw wayne freedman's story where san francisco was empty. so i don't know what the airports look like. i'm staying away. >> just make sure the flight attendants from ppe. >> definitely. they should all have masks at a minimum. add the lake toers to the list companies returning federal loan money. they returned $4.6 million they received in the government'shec. they repaid the loan to direct it to those most in need. several companies have come under fire for receiving funds that were intended for businesses with less than 500 employees. the lakers are the second most valuable team, worth an estimated $4.4 billion.

so they don't need the money, as desperately as a lot of other local businesses. you know, this is something that i mentioned last week and we're throwing billions or trillions of dollars at this problem, spencer, and the accountability on exactly where all the money is going, it's easy to miss $4.6 when you talk about trillions. so thankfully the lakers said we don't need this money. >> that's like 1/10th of lebron's salary. >> larry hit on the key word, accountability. someone needs to be accountable for the way this money is distributed. and i salute the lakers and other companies, if you will, who are returning the money because they are able to survive this economic letdown. >> all right, guys, speaking of salutes, the bay area raised spirits with song this past weekend, with a rendition of

tony bennett's "i heart my heart in san francisco." >> all right, everyone. ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> well, our very own vic lee joined musicians, essential workers and neighbors on saturday for a sing along tribute to those on the frontlines. why am i not surprised vic lee was in on the action? chris? did you give it a shot? >> no, but i have seen tony bennett perform in person at the 2012 world series parade. it was one of the highlights of my career. every time the giants win, they play that song. >> yeah, spencer, kind of the anthem, don't you think? >> it is his anthem. i'm so fortunate.

years ago, when i lived in the new york area, i was a neighbor of tony bennett's son, who was his road manager. i've been able to see tony in person many times. he's fantastic. so and i'm glad, chris -- i mean, vic lee was able to join in with the singing. >> yeah. i just want the vic lee album. i want to know when that's dropping. that's it for 4:00 at 4:00. coming up, we told you about the power of pizza already. we'll talk about the impact the coronavirus has had on

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announcement. and for some it came as no surprise. it's obviously a disappointment for a lot of people. joining me now is phil mateal. what does this mean for businesses and their employees, many of whom are struggles without paychecks right now in >> we'll find that answer later this week. what the mayor and governor said is, look, this order is going to be expended for another month. what health officials are doing, even as we speak, is going over a list of what will be included as essential. it might expand. in other words, right now we have a learn essential construction jobs that can be done. certain businesses that are considered essential and others that aren't. the question going forward, talking with county officials, is that definition going to expand that more businesses can open? the governor said that we were going to allow a little while ago surgeries that were needed to be done. that's the first step.

the second one would be possibly let's say you have a business, can you do that business by going out to the curb side and delivering? can you do that? what can be done while maintaining social distancing? i'm not think thing is going to be from what i heard a big change later this week. we might see changes in the construction to allow for possibly more. all housing to be built. we may not. we may see things about social gatheri gatherings, we may not. no big things now, but they'll try to get those to us in a couple of weeks because they know that people are getting anxious and they're getting antsy about staying at home. >> speaking of which, it looks like people have thrown in the towel. the weather is getting warmer, they want to go out, and taking to the roads, and speeding like. >> exactly. i took a look at the stats on the bay area bridges. when the order first went into place,60 -- dropped from

60% to 40%. it was a huge drop. since then, it leveled off. in the recent weeks, it's in the last couple of weeks started to creep back. more cars are on the roads. we seen that with caltrans confirming that. especially on the weekends, that dropped 70%, now it's making its way back. you can bet if you're driving on the weekends, it may not be essential as in the capital e, you're going to a hospital to work or a firefighter or something like that. you're going out, you're going out to shop. eryo i mksnow.eithha stsonop.ou for the tesla plant to reopen. it's an essential business, electriceconomy, and they might be able to do distancing within the plant.

what would the message be if you opened up a plant, would that be like saying the beaches are open? all that is what the governor is dealing with. how do you reopen without having a rush to open? and keep it controlled while we're trying to contain the virus. >> real quick, only a few seconds left, but the golden gate restaurant association saying maybe as many as 50% of san francisco restaurants may never reopen because of this pandemic. that is a frightening number. >> it's not just the pandemic, it's the after of the pandemic. let's say this, larry. here's the catch 22 that a lot of businesses will face. larry, you can reopenou p parlor and you're just barely making it. but you've got to redo the dining area, and you can only have half the customers. you're going to say where do i get the money to do that? and with half the customers, how can i stay open?

that's what the restaurants are facing. >> very complicated and very painful. thank you, phil. read phil's columns in the san francisco chronicle every wednesday and sunday. okay. in windsor, the most mouth watering television features food so good and tasty residents with practically reach out and touch it. it's the latest creative idea to come from covid-19 littit will -- has a little star power. >> reporter: not much traffic on lo eateries. so it's lucky for this restaurant that they've always had a booming takeout business. >> it is difficult, because of all the health restrictions. >> reporter: so today, diana and her brother, kelvin, received a little help from a big name. >> hello. >> can you hear me? >> i gotcha.

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