pay for your registration online still pushing to get your vote. on time, and indicate you will mi the get your smog testing after the coronavirus pandemic and the new poll showing who is now leading crisis, and then print out that the race. first, something good to and put it in your car, and if a share with you. cop pulls you over give them the front-line workers posting these paperwork, and don't have a printer, just save the image of photos thanking the community for stepping up and donating the payment page on your phone. submit your question at masks and other protective gear. nice to see. nbcbayarea.com or call us it's 6:42 right now. you are watching "today in the bay." 888-996-tips. we are in a national crisis with regards to ppes. >> right now at 6:00, sounding the alarm. hospitals for the bay area are sounding the alarms for the need of personal protective equipment. 6.6 million claims filed last week alone on unemployment. more on that just ahead. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i am laura garcia.

>> i am marcus washington. we have live team coverage ahead dealing with the coronavirus, but our "today in the bay" team is here for you this morning, and kari hall reporting from home to give us a forecast. the temperatures look nice behind you, kari. >> yes, another beautiful day. walnut creek, we will see it warming up nicely with highs in the upper 60s. i will have more on this and the weekend rain coming up. mike has a look at the commute for people that need to get to work this morning. >> we need them to get to work. no major problems on the freeways, and the maps show us all green but folks you have to watch your speeds. as we move up there's one crash, highway 13, a deer was hit. no injuries to the driver.

chp has a big note. they give and they take away, guys. that's coming up. 6:01 right now. the number of coronavirus cases is increasing in the bay area. new tide power pods one up the cleaning power of liquid. can it one up spaghetti night? there are now more than 2,600. it sure can. really? 68 people have died. can it one up breakfast in bed? the bay area's hot zone, santa yeah, for sure. clara county, just shy of 1,000 thanks, boys. what about that? cases. uhh, yep! nationally there are now over it can? yeah, even that! 216,000 cases and over 5,000 i would very much like to see that. me too. deaths. introducing new tide power pods. new york accounts for over 1,300 one up the toughest stains with 50% more cleaning power of those deaths, and nearly than liquid detergent. any further questions? 9,000 people have recovered so uh uh! nope! far. running out. one up the power of liquid with new tide power pods. sources telling nbc the government's stockpile of the equipment nearly depleted. tracie potts has more from capitol hill. >> it's a fight that pelosi and the president seems to be on the

same side of, but we will begin with the short supplies for the fore right now, it's 6:44, and protective equipment for people on the front lines trying to you are like me and you suffer save lives. nurses protesting in san jose, from allergies, you are really and health-care workers across suffering right now. the country in fear. we will talk about what is ahead >> i worry about taking this home to my family. with the weekend forecast. >> there's not enough protective that's coming up in a couple minutes. >> thank you, kari. new overnight firefighters equipment to go around as they fight the coronavirus. in the south bay battling a fire that is believed to have started >> tell the governors, get it in an rv. it spread to two homes. yourself if you can from your this is video just into our news local companies and warehouses. room. >> president trump said the the fire broke out just before federal government and states midnight on north 7th street are in a bidding war as near east st. james street just manufacturers jack up prices. blocks away from san jose state the national stockpile is nearly university. at one point firefighters had to subdue a man and strap him to a depleted. >> the only thing we have is gurney. firefighters say there may have been a language barrier. social distancing and we have seen evidence social distancing can work. >> florida's governor took heat fire crews say 15 people will not be able to return home this for not pushing social distancing to clear crowded morning. we still don't know a cause. beaches. new video of a bizarre now he issued a stay-at-home story. this in southern california. order after out pacing 45 states police say a coronavirus with the most cases.

>> it makes sense to make this move now. conspiracy theorist who is also a train engineer purposely >> the "uss teddy roosevelt" derailed his train yards from near guam is offloading sailors the ship assisting in the after nearly 100 tested positive. coronavirus pandemic. >> on capitol hill, mitch that train stopped about 250 mcconnell is saying no to a yards away. fourth coronavirus stimulus, that suspect is now in custody. with money for health care, investigators say he believed housing, transportation, after the ship was really docked at the port of los angeles for some approving $2 trillion, he's sort of alternate purpose. questioning how to pay for more. nobody was injured. now to decision 2020. both democratic presidential and the nation's top infectious contenders, joe biden and bernie sanders are trying to bolster disease expert, dr. fauci says their online presence after the the best way to fight it right coronavirus shutdown all the now is to continue social upcoming campaign events. this afternoon, biden will hold distancing. a virtual press briefing, and a >> thank you. that social distancing is so important. in fact the city of san francisco is doing even more to help flatten the curve. it's next move is to help further distance hundreds of national poll shows biden has a homeless now living in the city's congested shelters.

small edge over trump. of course the popular vote is let's check in with thom jensen, not how you elect a president. and they are not talking about scott mcgrew, it's state by taking homeless off the streets, state. >> national polls are they are taking them from interesting but don't tell us much about who is going to be shelters? >> reporter: yeah, the city has the next president of the united very congested shelters so they states because we don't vote nationally, we do it state by are hoping to get 400 people state. if we did it nationally we would moved into the moscone west, and have a different president right 30 people today they hope to get now. speaking of states, two states in, and then the rest over a period of time. joined the shelter in place this is about getting the congested shelters -- there's program. the coronavirus task force did not have much to report back to only three feet between each us at yesterday's daily press conference, but there was a cot, and they already have cots moment there with dr. fauci that i want to call to your moved into the moscone center, attention. it's a long moment but i will and they will have six feet or show it to you anyway. a reporter asked when we might more between the homeless population as they are sleeping be free of the virus, and when, in the vacant convention center, for instance, would the and they will get meals and political conventions goes on as television and showers while scheduled. >> we are in mitigation right now.

here at the moscone center. that's what the social and physical distancing is. the ultimate solution to a virus and then we are talking about almost 1,000 cases of positive that might keep coming back would be a vaccine. covid-19 there in santa clara in fact, i was on the weekly county, and this also targeting the homeless population there, conference call with the w.h.o. and also hoping to get that sponsored group of all the social distancing by getting the health leaders in the world who are dealing with this and we all homeless in the fair grounds and giving them wide open spaces and came to the agreement that we more space between the may have cycling with another vulnerable population. season, and we will be much back here in san francisco the city already leased about 500 better prepared and likely will hotel rooms for the homeless, have interventions but the hoping to get another 2,000 by ultimate game changer in this will be a vaccine, the same way next week, and hoping to nail down two more leases on big a vaccine with other diseases that we had in the past that now pwaeldin we don't even worry about. buildings like this one to get >> it's an important thing that maybe everybody is not them that space. completely understanding or those government stimulus checks should be rolling out and on their way soon to millions of not in our homes to avoid going americans. to the hospital, but we are in taxpayers with direct deposit our homes so we don't go to the attached to their last filing hospital at the exact same time

will receive money that way. and overwhelm the system. when they start to relax the taxpayers can expect anywhere from 1,200 to $2,400. socia social distancing, the virus will still be out there and we the amounts for eligible will be vulnerable to it until americans are based on the such time there's a vaccine. latest tax filing from 2018 or just a thought that i wanted to share. i am sharing things on twitter 2019. if you want to get an estimate as well. you can follow me there, i'm of how much cash you can expect, you can go to our stimulus @scottmcgrew. >> thank you for the update, calculate on nbcbayarea.com. scott. 6:49. the bay area's first free and cal state is relaxing some of the admission testing site in hayward is now requirements for next fall, and running more smoothly, and of that requires eliminating test scores and letter grades as the 1,250 people first tested, well. applicants are suddenly dealing with dramatically different about 10% or 130 people actually situations, and in some cases tests have been canceled and tested positive. some schools have been slow to here to talk about that is adjust to online teaching. it's nice to hear about something good every now and hayward barbara holiday. then, especially during the pandemic. the city of alameda is asking thank you for joining us again.

people to do one simple thing to there were so many people coming know essential workers know they to the testing site early so you are appreciated. take a look. had to cut back, but it looks >> how cool is that? people are being asked by city like you have it running more officials to clap every single day for a minute at 7:00 p.m. smoothly. >> yewe just recently got the the goal is to thank first responders for putting their first results from last week on lives on the line. >> i'm just clapping for all the the people that were tested people out there, the health-care providers who are providing essential services. >> very cool. [ inaudible ]. some people living in the city are also putting teddy bears on it seems they are constantly their windowsills so people walking by can feel a sense of improving. >> you talked about possibly comfort. kids that are out of school opening another site or right now, they can count the transferring this somewhere else? >> yeah, we put this in a teddy bears along the way. i have seen some in my neighborhood. it's cute. >> you are doing math as well. >> yeah, those fractions. firehouse clinic, and it's a

they are something. clinic located next to the i am will glad when this chapter firehouse that helped our is over. firefighters to better connect i am good at writing and with people in the city grammar, and under my breath i concerning health care, and we try not to tell my kids how much i dislike math. thought we could have it there >> you are not alone. where a doctor could be supervising, and we are looking at better sites that could >> i like the numbers kari has, better accommodate the traffic. though. >> once again, this is open to >> i have been doing simple the entire community but you are math, and it can get complex in terms of what i remember, but i limiting at 100. do people have to line up early? am just glad i don't have an older child. are some turned away and told to let me say that. let's get a look at our forecast come back the next day? for today. we are going to have great weather. i have been posting a lot of >> yes, cars do line up for it. this on my social media pages, i mean, as far as being turned @karihallweather. away, we have criteria in place, we are going to see a couple more days of really nice weather but otherwise i think we are but we are starting off cool with mid-30s for a lot of us and testing 100 per day, and i think low 40s for areas -- for the south bay as well as the inner

the limit can be tough -- can be bay. check in on our high temperatures for this afternoon, expect it to reach in the mid to evaluating the results once they upper 60s with sunshine. mike, you have been tracking the get them. >> of course. it's a great service to our roads. any issues for our essential community. thank you so much for joining us this morning. drivers? >> kari, this is the new normal. we have a smooth drive expected, continued good health to you, as well. >> same to you. but chp, let me show you what 6:52 this morning. if you are trying to find ways to workout at home and keep your they tweeted out a few days ago, kids busy, you are not alone. they showed pictures of the even golder state warrior star, parking tickets, and citations steph curry, is working to find solutions here. here, 1-1-7, 117 miles per hour, check it out. >> do the and so be careful. two. good job. three. >> working out the lower core chp can give you that ticket and there. also take away your license as this is video posted on instagram of his son trying to well. out on the roadways, no major actually hit the gym with dad. problems. a small crash on highway 13 at broadway, and it may mean a curry wrote, questionable form traffic break and we will track that. but we will take it. back to you. >> thanks, mike. if you have something good to show us tweet us your videos and 6:10 for you this morning. impacting the way you shop. images using the #somethinggood. next here on "today in the bay," it's something we all want to the major changes costco is

share. you might even see it right here making starting tomorrow to on "today in the bay." limit the rush of shoppers. right now we want to get a we just got the latest look at the forecast for you. kari hall working from home for first-time jobless claims. us, and you post videos like they were worse than when we that as well. >> yeah, i am trying to post my predicting. checking the futures board, the nasdaq calling for a mildly behind-the-scenes with my setup from home. i like to also see your weather lower open. you are watching "today in the bay." pictures because we can't get out and about the bay area right now. i want to see what it looks likes where you live, out the window or in the backyard and how you are spending your time at home. we see a lot of changes here over the next few days, and a weather system will come in for the weekend to bring us more rain starting on saturday and continue into sunday and may linger into monday as well. we are going to see a beneficial rain as well as sierra snow moving in, and we saw the sierra snow pack survey yesterday and we are at 50% from the normal

nt. in tums erms of rain across the basebalbay area, we will have more of a heavy rain focus north to the bay area. once again, the sierra snow pack, we will see snow in the forecast going into the weekend. early next week, anywhere from one to three feet of snow possible at a lot of our resorts. our 7-day forecast keeps it nice for today and tomorrow. scattered showers in the forecast heading into the weekend. back to you, marcus. >> thanks, kari. happening now, coronavirus concerns are forcing israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to isolate himself after somebody he had frequent contact with tested positive.

coming up next, a quick look at the top stories we are following for you on this thursday morning, including breaking news. a record number of americans filing for jobless claims. the stunning amount of people who are out of work just because of the pandemic. plus, new bay area shelter-at-home rules in effect. how police are enforcing the rules. then, at 7:00 -- you have got to love the iconic dolly pardon. she will be on the "today" show with big news to share. we will be right back with our top stories. it's 6:55. you are watching "today in the bay." because you can't get to the theater,

right now at 6:13, we are starting out with clear skies as we look outside over the south bay. in willow glen, we're about 30 minutes away from sunrise. we will see temperatures in the low 40s and will warm up nicely as we go throughout the day. we will talk more about this and the rain in the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. thank you so much, kari. >> all right -- >> it's hard when i can't see you. i miss you guys. good morning. a lot of job data to look over. a short time ago we got the weekly jobless claims, showing more than 6 million americans filed for unemployment benefits, this on top of 3.2 million we got last week, so it's going to be bad, and it's going to be bad next week as well.

tomorrow we get data on jobs gained. that's the big monthly jobs report, the one we used to talk all the time. this will be for march and it may be a mixed bag because many we're bringing the theater home to you with xfinity movie premiere. of us in california were taking such news. the virus seriously and others i know what this is. this is a real thing. were not. you will recall president trump our brand new service that lets you watch movies at home, was grim about the virus on tuesday, and that affected while they're still in the theater. wednesday's markets. the dow had a really bad day oh, mister elton. yesterday, looking at the ahh! he has figured out a way to be invisible. futures board, anyway, this morning, it looks like it's going to be a mildly bad day they picked the wrong woman. just say "xfinity movie premiere" into your voice remote to bring the theater to you. today. the new york city department of health tweeted this picture, thanking tesla for these ventilators, but these are actually machines used for sleep apnea, but the big complicated ventilators that are in short supply. whaso let's do the rightver chanthing, today.ow. let's stay at home.

musk in the past has called let's wash up. let's always keep our distance - worry over the coronavirus silly please, six feet apart at least. and did not close his tesla let's look after ourselves, as well as others. it will all be worth it. plant but since has taken the we can all do our part. disease more seriously. so those on the front line can do their part. the department of health was happy to get what they go and when this is over, we will all, continue, be useful. when we talk about ventilators, to thrive. we in the media, or dr. fauci, or president trump, when we are saying ventilators, we are talking about the $50,000 intaou welcome back. here are the top stories we are cov covering on "today in the bay." pwaeugs ventilators. new unemployment numbers >> yeah, it will be interesting just out, a whopping 6.6 million to see what they can do with the americans filed first-time others, maybe modify them. jobless claims, and that makes it about 10 million new claims thank you. this is from costco, and they are limiting how many ahead of tomorrow's monthly new employment numbers. this morning the number of members can enter its stores. starting tomorrow no more than two people will be allowed coronavirus cases is increasing in the bay area. there are now 68 people that

inside for each card shown at the door. costco cut its hours, so closed are now closing at 6:30 p.m. have died. dr. fauci being honored with nationally there are now over his own bobblehead. 260,000 cases and over 5,000 the national bobblehead hall of fame in wisconsin is selling deaths. we want to get a look at the this online. forecast from meteorologist, they will donate $5 for every kari hall. >> good morning. we are going to have another beautiful day with temperatures dr. fauci bobblehead sold. inland reaching in the upper 60s. we are getting ready for rain he has his little suit on there. this weekend and much cooler air if you have something good to arriving with the rain. show us, tweet us your videos how sit looking for the commute now, mike? >> it's that new normal, kari, and pictures using the light traffic all around the #somethinggood. bay. a good forecast doesn't sensors showing no slowing hurt. >> it goes to show you the times around this portion. we are in, because normally it's one crash on 101 and the baseball season, and we are looking at baseball bobble expressway that will slow you. back to you. thank you for joining us heads. we are looking at dr. fauci this morning on "today in the bay." the "today" show is coming up bobble heads as a celebration of next. >> we leave you with a look at what is going on, i guess.

i don't know. we have had beautiful weather. the golden gate bridge. let's get a live look at walnut i know a lot of you are just creek, and i have a few things going to sit at home and enjoy about you to think about in terms of weather and the your family, so enjoy that time. pandemic. we start off with clear skies we will see you back here tomorrow morning. and cool temperatures, but a lot have a great morning. of us are getting fairly large packages. a good thing to remember, maybe put up a sign because they are recommending you do leave packages outside for about 24 hours. if you can give that delivery good morning. breaking overnight, state of driver a heads up of where you would like it, that may help out in hiding the package. emergency. xfinity has free wi-fi hot 6.6 million americans filing for unemployment last week. spots. the toll on the nation's economy we are all trying to keep in touch. if you are opening up the and families from coast to windows or going outside for a coast. little while, there's a high stay at home. amount of tree pollen. >> makes sense to make the move now. for this weekend we are going to >> florida, pennsylvania, nevada see rain coming in. just a couple things to think finally issuing orders to about as we talk about the sh weather and what is going on. let's check on the weather for the rest of our friends across the country who are also sheltering in place.

we have warm weather across parts of the south, and we have seen that warm weather there keeping it hard for people to want to stay inside. but look how cold it is for parts of the upper midwest and the plain states where a strong cold front is moving through. i will be watching that for you today. also we see rain in the forecast as this large storm system we are seeing right now approaches from the west, so as that moves in on saturday it's going to bring us a decent amount of rain. rainfall totals from some of our weather forecast models shows we could see anywhere from a for parts of thench of rain, north bay. over an inch of rain possible. it looks like with the good soaker this weekend we will be watching movies and staying inside, and then also looking at some cooler temperatures with our 7-day forecast for the inland areas in the mid to upper 50s. rain moves out on tuesday into wednesday, and san francisco

will see it going from 60 today to 54 on sunday. mike, what is happening out there for the morning commute? >> overall, kari, pretty smooth. chp is seeing a rise in the number of tickets being given. we call your attention over to contra costa county coming into alameda county, the traffic break looks like it may be over on north 13 approaching broadway terrace, a deer was hit. no slowing shows up there. over at the bay bridge, we will look live from the view of emeriville, there's reports of a disabled vehicle, so there may be an issue in the slow lane so be careful. a look at palo alto, light traffic there. as for most of the bay, watch

the speed limit there. coming up, we will talk about another transit agency that has been affected by the coronavirus. 6:20 this morning. coming up, breaking news to tell you about passengers on two cruise ships hoping to dock on the coast of florida. there was just a big development in the long fight to allow them to disembark. there are american journalist reporting away from their families, and janis frayer finally reunited with her family in the u.s. for the first time in 50 days, after reporting in china and the u.s. here's that very moment. what we do now will forever change our tomorrow.

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ships to dock but until this morning local authorities were not giving the green light. >> their home countries have closed their borders. happening now, florida is the newest state to issue a stay-at-home order. governor ron desantis is now making that decision to curve infections. the order is expected to last at least 30 days. the coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on the countries across the world, globally we are approaching 1 million cases and there's now nearly 48,000 deaths. the u.s. is now leading the world with the most cases, however italy has the most

deaths with more than 13,000. >> in spain, more than 10,000 people died, and 950 deaths yesterday, marking the highest deaths in one day thus far, and labs are increasing testing capacity and shortened the time to process those results. as they say, we now know it's a challenge to get people to follow social distancing rules, and now check this out. the police using a hurst with an empty coffin driving through the city telling people totay home. officers are also speaking over the loud speakers. >> that's not all. officers are also using drones.

take a look at this. >> y working there? remains to be seen. columbia has 700 confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths, and i guess they are doing whatever they can to get the word out. up next, a dmv dilemma. the problems many californians could face today as they try to use the agency's online statewide amid the closures. you are watching "today in the bay."

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thursday morning. you are watching "today in the bay." it's april 2nd, and it's 6:30 right now as we look at wall street. you can see the dow is down 165 points. plunging 973 points, and this is expected. we have been talking about it, the first-time job claims doubling from last week to over 6 million. now let's get to laura garcia who has the latest on this story. >> good morning to you, marcus. at 6:30 this morning, the nation's most trusted doctor, dr. fauci, has a warning for americans. >> i know it's difficult but we are having a lot of suffering

and deaths, and it's inconvenient from an economic point but we have to do it. >> up next, the steps being taken to control the coronavirus. should everybody wear face masks, the growing debate, and garcetti says yes. first, let's get a look at the weather with our meteorologist, kari hall. >> we have enjoyed sunshine and comfortable temperatures, as we look at the sunrise over the south bay right now, it's so gorgeous and a nice start to the day. we are trying to look for opportunities to get outside and make this as normal as possible for the family. if you are going to be grilling outside today, expect temperatures this afternoon reach into the mid-60s and a nice, warm day. we will talk about weekend rain

coming up in a few minutes. mike has a look at the morning commute. that's right, kari. the new normal is green sensors even during the 6:00 hour, as we look at a smooth drive, and 6:31, no traffic flow, just green sensors. we will go up towards the bay bridge where there was a disabled vehicle around treasure island, and there is no reason to suspect going on on the span itself, and that's the new normal at the bay bridge, and we will talk about what is going on one of the transit agencies coming up. the number of coronavirus is increasing in the bay area. there are now more than 2,600. 68 people have died. the bay area's hot zone is santa clara county just shy now of 1,000 cases. nationally there are now over 216,000 cases and over 5,000

deaths. new york accounts for over 1,300 of those deaths, and nearly 9,000 people have recovered so far. a grim projection of the spread of the covid-19 from the head of the world health organization, and "today in the bay"'s bob is joining us, and the worldwide deaths are doubling. >> correct, marcus. unfortunately, the director general of the world health organization predicts in the next few days globally we will see over 1 million coronavirus cases, and he said yesterday he was deeply concerned about the, quote, rapid escalation of the outbreak. vice president mike pence also said our country's trajectory most closely resembles italy,

which is responsible for 30% of the global deaths. here's dr. fauci speaking with savannah on the "today" show. >> if you look at the curves of the accelerations of hospitalizations and deaths, and it's a serious issue. italy got hit very hard and it's clear that we are getting hit very hard. right now the epicenter of it in the united states is new york city, but as you see it's not going to be confined to new york city. we will be seeing this kind of thing in other large cities. it's a very difficult situation, as was predicted. this is going to get worse before it gets better, for sure. >> dr. fauci agrees with the u.s. surgeon generals recommendation there should be a nationwide 30-day stay-at-home order, even though some states are not calling on that.

they are asking for welfare measures to be put in place for vulnerable people trying to battle and stop the spread of the coronavirus. >> thanks for the latest there. now back to the breaking news we are following for you on this thursday morning. more than 6 million people filing for jobless claims last week, that is blowing past a lot of estimates that we had. taking a live look this morning at the big board this morning, the -- the markets have been open for five minutes and they were trending flat and now upwards. here's scott mcgrew with a warning about a coronavirus scam? >> yes, there's that as well. yeah, you add that to more than the 3 million we had last week, and we expect it to be bad next week as well. remember, friday we have the jobs report, the jobs that we

gain. and one job that is that secure, an agent in the secret service, thomas edwards joins me. agent edwards, you are warning about as we work from home and buy more things from home and log into our home or work computers, there's the opportunity for people to take advantage of us. >> a lot of e-mails, phishing for peoples' person information, and asking for credit card data, their social security numbers, and donations for the world health organization or cdc, all attempts through e-mail or texts to try and get your personal data so they can scam you for money. >> before we were all under so much stress, and i am thinking

about to the sony scam, that game through a phishing e-mail, and the democratic committee as well came through a phishing e-mail. this is one of the scams. >> so many people are working from home for the first time, and they are away from their workplace, and they are not used to being away from their office. some are preying on people because they are december streustreu -- desperate, and it's easy for fra fraud stirs to steal information or money. >> thomas edwards joining us via

skype this morning. coming up, we will talk about what they are talking about in washington as far as the coronavirus goes, and we will have that coming up. 6:37 for you this morning. we have big changes to get used to for the bay area-wide shelter-at-home orders, and also the debate on who should be wearing the masks. kris sanchez is at home. >> it was just about 24 hours ago that those new orders went into effect and what you don't know could cost you because at this point law enforcement says they might be moving from the education phase into the enforcement phase. dog parks, playgrounds and sports fields are off limits unless you are playing with members of your own household. essential businesses have to come up with formal distancing policies, and you will see them the next time you go to the

grocery store or costco or picking ip your takeout order. people who are now complying are now ready to report people who are not. >> yeah, if it was a blatant threat to somebody, absolutely i think i would. you know, we have to watch out. my elderly parents live here. >> now, the l.a. mayor is now suggesting everybody who lives in his city goes outwearing a mask, but to stress he is talking about the nonmedical grade kind. a simple surgical mask, a fabric mask or scarf is okay, because the idea is to keep a person that is asymptomatic from spreading it through droplets when they go out in the community, and perhaps it's more to keep us from touching our faces, our nose, mouth and eyes, because that's how the virus gets into our bodies.

however in his latest address, governor gavin newsom said masks might be helpful to prevent the spread but nowhere more helpful than sheltering at home, which is what we are supposed to do, creating that social distancing so we can't spread that virus. >> so true. you have to make it very careful as you head out the door. i wore a mask yesterday. nice and sunshiny yesterday, but cooler, i notice. are we trending downward in our temperatures, kari? >> today we will be breezy, and i think that breeze is bringing a cool ocean air into the inland areas. it did drop some parts of the bay area, and we are starting out with our walnut creek temperature trend that will be in the lower 40s this morning, and we are reaching in the upper 60s and 70s by the afternoon.

we will look at the weekend rain and a big drop in temperatures, and that's coming up. first, we have mike with the commute for those essential workers. what you need is clear roadways, and so far so good for the freeways for the most part. the bay shows green sensors all around the bay area, folks. ac transit, we have a possible issue there foreperson tphel. ac transit says they have a driver that was tested positive for covid-19, and we believe it's the first to affect that agency, and so that may mean changes but right now they are staying on the modified sunday schedule they announced on tuesday. we will keep you posted on that. getting back to the maps, no major issues. the bridges are not a problem. north bay we have a crash at6:4.