the unemployment office uses as has died at the gateway care early as this sunday. the $600 is on top of the center senior facility. alameda county health leaders average weekly benefit which is confirmed the news yesterday telling us 65 more residents and $340, so the maximum weekly staff members have now tested benefit will be just over $1,000 positive. the facility is currently under quarantine. and this boost couldn't come sooner for californians out of the vast majority of work. in just the last month 2.3 covid-19 -- people who suffer million new unemployment claims from it, actually survive it. were filed in our state and more we have the best -- right people are still waiting just to but some people have underlying now the best testing system in file. the world, but there are conditions like diabetes that >> i don't know what's going on may make it a little bit certainly sections -- there are difficult. nbc bay area's thom jensen joins certain sections in the country with unemployment. it's rough to navigate the system. they don't have it set up for us live to talk about the ways that are in phenomenal shape us. we're all on the edge of our that they've found to try to already. >> right now at 4:30, government beat the virus. seats hoping something comes good morning, thom. through. funded coronavirus test sites freezing cold one minute. won't close today as planned, you're hot the next minute. but the president does want to >> reporter: now with that extra >> reporter: angela is a reopen the economy as soon as covid-19 survivor. possible even without more testing. $600 boost, that means some the concord woman learned she had the virus days after and across the country there are folks, their unemployment returning home from a cruise to now more than 460,000 infections benefits, might be more than what they actually bring home in with more than 16,000 deaths. mexico on the grand princess. a paycheck. and "the new york tim" makes that's the second highest number an interesti point about this of deaths in the world beyond >> you literally feel like you italy. one which is that companies got run over by a truck. might be encouraged to furlough and u.s. employment is just to get up to go to the those employees so they can have skyrocketing. a little extra cash n. san jose, bathroom was a chore.

17 million have now applied for >> reporter: she has a kris sanchez, "today in the compromised immune system and unemployment in three weeks. bay." still ahead the amount of money >> all right, kris, thank you. worried a lot. right now we want to take a heading to people without jobs. look at the number covid-19 >> it's kind of scary, where is this going? >> reporter: angela says the confirmed cases statewide this loving support of her family at thank you for joining us for morning. there are now more than 21,000 home and a lot of bed rest this good friday morning. i'm laura garcia. helped her survive and avoid and at least 547 people have >> and i'm marcus washington. going to the hospital. died. now meet rico ramirez. mike and kari are w the bay area4,400 he, too, survived, but he kari, we want to look at the confirmed it more than forecast. coming into today there were a depended on oxygen tubes to few sprinkles on the windshield. breathe for nearly ten days in got a little nervous. the covid-19 unit at davies. 1,400, and there are now 18 >> i thought i was going to die the entire time. we had some light rain moving through the south bay. deaths across the bay area. elsewhere dry weather. we are going to see the rain the san francisco department when i was in there every day moving out. of public health is actually as we take a live look outside teaming up with ucsf to conduct over the south bay we're going that i was going to die in a to still see those clouds with a wide-ranging study of the room by myself. us over the next couple of >> he doesn't know how he got it but learned in the hospital he's hours. let's head to campbell and look coronavirus itself. public help officials call it diabetic and that made him high at our temperature trend. mid-50s this morning, and we contact tracing. risk for serious complications. the plan is to interview will see a mix of sun and everyone who has tested positive clouds. our weather continues to improve for coronavirus in the city and >> i broke down a lot. as we head into theaiay to track down everyone they have there was just no one there. come in contact with. moving through and most of that ever. >> reporter: scared and alone, rain is still well to the the l he wants everyone to listen to the department of public health is already tracking patients but now they'll get more help. the experts. >> wear the masks -- that storm as it moved away from this weekend ucsf will train >> social distance. we'll talk more about that, take city employees how to track and >> yes. keep your distance from each interview infected patients. a look aheadhe easter other.

watch your hands. weekend forecast. just happy to be alive. mike has an early look at the >> to do all these major morning commute. i am so grateful for everything. and if you were looking >> reporter: thom jensen, nbc initiatives i think the group earlier, a few seconds ago, you requires manpower. bay area news. saw me zoom in a frame. coming up next on "today in i was checking out a view of the bay bridge. the bay," kari hall has a look from emeryville it's unusual >> ucsf is conducting a at the easter weekend forecast. because we usually see the different study similar to beautiful lights on the span. today there's no street stanford to search for people who may have been infected but lighting. no reason given why. no outages listed and no never got sick to see if their immune system successfully problems. developed antibodies to fight traffic is moving smoothly. off the virus. i'll let you know if there are the state of new york has the highest number of illnesses any other circumstances you have to watch but it's a smooth anywhere among all entities drive. back to u. outside the united states. confirmed cases now total more than 161,000 >> thank you, mike. some relief couldtart flowing 7,000 deaths. fo all of america's unemployed the 799 deaths there yesterday during this coronavirus marked a new record high for outbreak. at least another $600 may come into their pockets by sunday. them. and while there are signs new york is finally start to go see the leveling off, governor cuomo for others the struggle continues. let's check in with "today in says the losses hit the hearts the bay's" kris sanchez reporting live from her home of all new yorkers like the terror attacks nearly 20 years this morning. ago. kris? >> reporter: hi there, laura. when those unemployment benefits >> it was a silent explosion come through with that extra that just ripples through society.

$600, that's something you'll be able to count on for the next with the same randomness, the four months. so a little extra relief for the same evil we saw on 9/11. unemployed here in california and beyond. the extraedd debit cards >> 18,000 new yorkers are now receiving treatment to handle the flow -- the overflow. the u.s. tennis center opened as a field hospital. mayor bill de blasio now expect social distancing rules to reman in effect at least through may. in southern california many cities will require people to wear facemasks at all time. it's already happening in los angeles. burbank, culver city and beverly hills. they can wear a scarf, a bandanna or another kind of cloth over their face. stores and businesses will be allowed to turn away customers who are not wearing them. gho confinement at early as today. a judge will rule whether he should leave jail. at least 1 1 deputies and

inmates have been sickened there. alameda is awaiting retrial. this is after jurors could not reach a verdict in his first go-around. if the judge does free him, woe have to wear an ankle monitor. today is the deadline for california property taxes. while there's no statewide extension in place for suddenly struggling californians, san francisco and san mateo county are both following property tax owners and allowing them to put off on the payments until next month. and yesterday morning while reporting on the story about the princess cruise ship with sick patients, last month in san francisco we inadvertently showed a picture of the carnival cruise ship and not the princess. we do apologize for that error. 4:37 this morning and laid off. still ahead on "today in the bay," the southern california and a good morning to you. health care employees who are taking a live look out in san now out of work and how some jose. dark and early for us this frustrated nurses are responding. morning. but you know what's different? it's friday.

but first, something good. oh, yeah, it is friday and we have made it through the last landmarks across the nation day of the workweek. showing support for health care let's get a look at the workers. levi stadium and a bridge in new forecast. meteorologist kari hall has been york city lit up in bl monitoring that and, kari, the sun is starting to make its way into our lives. and a quick note for you. first responders can get free yeah, we're going to see a lunch or dinner every friday lot more sunshine today as that during the month of april at storm system that brought us that rain earlier this morning jack's steak in san francisco. moves away. the restaurant posted a notice so you may head out the door in on social media. we'll be right back. the south bay and notice that the roads and everything is wet, and we're going to see our temperatures starting out a little bit milder with some low 50s to start out right now. here's a look at our high temperatures for this afternoon as we reach up to the upper 60s. for the south bay expect a high of about 69 degrees. and we're also going to see some low 70s further to the north as we once again have some slightly warmer air there with some more sunshine in today's forecast. and so here's that storm sk that's been parked over southern california and it basically has lately, i've discovered that stalled out so they're seeing while keeping safe and staying in, lots of rain there. we cantill of. you can see the showers that

move through parts of the bay so while you're discovering area earlier this morning, but new things to do in the box, we'll be here for you... it continues to move out. we're not expecting any more at the drive-thru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. rain for today. so we will be clearing out. and if you're making plans for the weekend to do an easter egg hunt, in antioch we're going to see temperatures during the morning in the low 50s. this is about the same as we'll see tomorrow as well as sunday as we warm up going into the afternoon. we're looking at highs reaching into the upper 60s, even some low 70s by the end of the weekend. so as we check out our forecast, it looks beautiful over the next seven days with sunshine and warming temperatures. it is going to indeed feel like spring. today we're in the upper 60s but look at what happens as we go into the middle of next week. we have upper 70s in the forecast. so we're in for a big spike in temperatures. for san francisco we'll see a trend going into the next several days and the rain holds

off for quite a while. we may not see any more rain until about next weekend so we have a whole week of dry weather. mike, it still may be damp for drivers heading out this morning. >> a good note and for folks riding b.a.r.t., sfo we talked about being very light as far as the volume there. those two things combined, b.a.r.t. will shut down their bus shuttle over to sfo they had been running in place of the mini train line there. no more b.a.r.t. transportation between b.a.r.t. and sfo starting tomorrow. back out to the roadways, no problems. lights out on the eastern side while keeping safe and staying in, of the bay bridge, and i still we can still go out! -sort of. don't see the lights on. as you see from the speed so while you're discovering new things to do in the box, sensors no problems between we'll be here for you... oakland and the island in either at the drive-thru, on the mobile app, direction. a nice easy drive throughout. and with delivery. we don't expect any major problems. folks doing their essential

work, we thank you so much. 4:41 for you that morning. and more trouble for our bay area nursing homes. thanks, mike. another outbreak, this time in u.s. asylum seekers these days don't have a chance due to the thrieventh person now new white house rules meant to stop the virus spread. u.s. border patrol has turned back nearly 10,000 people without ever detaining or even processing them that includes minors traveling alone. u.s. customs cites public laws dealing it nonessential travel. the virus, how will it impact election? santa clara county is examining whether to make voting by mail the only option in november. boards of supervisor president cindy chavez says it's the best way to give every resident a way to vote safely. the proposal will be considered tuesday at the board meeting. >> happening in southern california a fight between a hospital trying to lay off part-time workers and the union

that says they're putting the public at risk during this pandemic. it's happening in san diego. they sent a letter to its staff saying they will lay off over 200 part-time employees for 21 days. it includes nurses and caregivers. the ceo says covid-19 is causing losses up to $800,000 in revenue every day. union representatives says the hospital is not thinking about the community. >> it's very frustrating because the business we're in is to take care of the community. so to make decisions based on dollars only, to me, is

benefits and workers can still use vacation time as pay. happening now newport beach is closing off a well-known suffering destination called the wedge. after large crowds were seen watching surfs, beach parking lots are shut down to get people to follow those social distancing guidelines. now to something good.

ford donated over 3,000 medical shields. the hospital posting some photos of those smiling nurses oner coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: dmv offices are closed statewide, so what can you do if your driver's license is about to expire? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll have answers next. and happening now for you, a man in india has designed a car shaped like the coronavirus. the latest invention has the image of the virus sweeping the globe. the carmaker wants to drove home the importance of people staying at hom says he planso drivehe car around after approval of poce. re news after the eak.

4:54 for you that morning. dmv offices are closed around the state right now. >> which is making it tough for a lot of people who had to renew their license. do they have to or can they let it expire? let's check in with chris chmura. >> reporter: good morning. the dmv still expects you to renew your driver's license on time. most of us can do that online, but not everyone falls into that category. tom in mountain view told us he's one of those exceptions. he's older than 70, so he's required to renew in person. so tom asks, what do i have to do? the answer is nothing right now. the dmv told us they are giving drivers older than 70 an extra 120 days to renew. if that's you, expect a letter in the mail from the dmv. if you're younger than 70 and

have a safe driving record, you can apply online through the end of may. no in-person visit is required. you might need to wait a little bit, though. the dmv says it's in the process of updating its website to handle the additional load. lots of people trying to renew online. you'll find many of the enhanced online features in the new virtual dmv office right t virtual.dmv.ca.gov. the driver's license withhe star on theold bear that meets the suffer new federal standard for background checks, well, that's been pushed back an entire year. you have until october 1st, 2021, to get yours. all this information on nbcbayarea.com. tap responds from the main menu. all right. good to get that done. during times like these we can certainly all use a friend. speaking of which remember that

great story from "toys story" you have a friend in me. the composer of the song, randy newman, has a little new musical relief. take a listen. ♪ stay away from me, keep your distance please ♪ >> the singer/songwriter recently sharing his own social distancing song on social awaye at the request of a southern california public radio station. such a unique voice he has. coming up on "today in the bay," we're going to be talking about that second deal that is coming up in washington, d.c., to try to help out small businesses. we'll check and see how it's going right now. and also coming up for you we all know people working on the front lines, the health care workers have a tough job, coming in contact with coronavirus daily. there is a nurse who contracted covid-19 who is going to talk to us up next.

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it is encouraging and it just, again, reinforces the incredible work all of you are doing. >> right now at 5:00alifornia is still working to reverse the coronarus curve but a wning from governor gavin newsom this week, keep obeying social distancing guidelines. and across the state there are now more than 21,000 cases. the bay area has more than 4,400

confirmed cases and 118 deaths. and it is good friday. many are preparing to celebrate easter at home. the new ways churches across the bay area are making a congregation connection. mornin to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington along with mike and kari. meteorologist kari hall working from home and giving us a look at the forecast today. kari, what are we expecting? well, we saw light rain move through the south bay earlier you're about to head out the door it's looking pretty good. our live view shows we don't have any fog right now, just some clouds overhead and our temperatures are starting out in the low 50s. we'll see it warming up as we go into today with a mix of sun and clouds, peeks of sun more curran -- a lot more widespread. a nice one today as well as the

next several days as our temperatures warm up. i'll talk more about this. we'll get a look at our seven-day forecast coming up. mike has a look at the early morning drive for everyone heading out, our essential workers especially. >>nd