the new ways churches across the bay area are making a over a million dollars worth of congregation connection. mornin food. this week we gave out a million dollars worth of food. to you. thanks so much for joining us. so it's aually quadrupled. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington along with mike and kari. the need has spiked, and we're meteorologist kari hall working scaling up -- there's great need from home and giving us a look at the forecast today. out ere. talking to people they need this kari, what are we expecting? food to try to feed tir well, we saw light rain move through the south bay earlier families but we're glad to be able to step up. jesus taught us to serve and you're about to head out the love our neighbor. with our community ptner door it's looking pretty good. cond harvest and whole foods our live view shows we don't have any fog right now, just and volunteers that have come om all over the bay area, is some clouds overhead and our temperatures are starting out in one of those better together the low 50s. momes. it and 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. >> and there's nothing holding them up over there getting across the bay. instead of fog we have an issue of visibility. you'll notice it's dark between treasure island and the oakland toll plaza. it is dark there. the street lighting or the roadway lighting has been out since at least midnight. i saw that noted on twitter. headlights and taillights no problem. be extra cautious. back to you. >> a look at the latest u.s. confirmed cases tops 460,000 including more than 16,000 deaths, the second most of any nation behind only italy. nonessential businesses remain on hold. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live for us in washington and, tracie, congress was talking about adding more cash to help small businesses but that's hit a snag.

>> reporter: exactly. they didn't get it done because republicans want to put more money in the pot where the money hasn't been dispersed yet and democrats are concerned about that because they say there have already been problems plus they want to see more money for state and local governments and hospitals. >> please, please, do not block emergency aid you do in the even oppose. >> let's negotiate the timing, the amount and the rest. we know these are bear minimums that we need. >> reporter: they say they're trying to approve for business that is can't pay their workers, 17 million people have filed for unemployment just in the last three weeks and some of the phone lines are jammed, so there may be even more. we have seen what some of these lines look like in san jose yesterday several thousand people in texas in their cars waiting for food distribution.

san jose seeing similar lines. these are people who can't buy food because they're not getting paid. marcus? >> all go laura. >> very tough times for a lot of people. in fact, that's what we're talking about here because we have some new data that is showing just how much people are struggling in san francisco. the san francisco apartment association surveyed hundreds of landlords. it found that 6% of renters have been unable to pay this month's rent due to income loss. of course many only lost their jobs over the past three-plus weeks, but landlords say another 16% have broken their leases and they've given their 30-day notice. east bay leaders are helping the homeless in the shelter in place. 65 motel rooms are being offered in concord as participate of a partnership with contra costa county.

people will be able to stay there for up to four months. christians everywhere are celebrating good friday today, but come easter sunday the church still plans to hold big easter services because people still want to celebrate. and they're hoping people drive from across the bay area. i want to check in with damian trujillo this morning. it sounds like drive in really key words for the weekend. >> reporter: they're expecting hundreds of people to show up for easter services by the south ridge church of san jose. you might be wondering how are they doing this with social distancing. well, they figured that out. you mentioned drive-in. yes, it will be happening at the capitol drive-in in san jose. this is how they're honoring social distancing. a lot of us have been to the drive-in and how do you listen to the movies through an f.m. frequency. the church purchased an f.m. transmitter so on easter sunday

people will be able to drive up to the capitol drive-in, tune in to their frequency and listen to easter services from inside their cars. at the same time the church will have a pop-up pantry and give ou 60,000 easter eggs for the children and the church will offer up to 100 fabric mas for ople who need them. >> calm is contagious, and i feel like the church can lead the way in showing that we need to be aware of what's going on and not be afraid. let's be practicing social distancing but not spiritual distancing. >> reporter: the services are from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on easter sunday and you do need to preregister with the south ridge church. they usually meet at oak grove high school for sunday services, but this time it is at the drive-in, an innovative idea knowing that we all have to

honor the social distancing here and across the country. nbc bay area will also broadcast easter services. this is also happening on sunday here in san jose by the cathedral of faith. reporting live from home, i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >> i've been getting used to watching mass on sunday morning from myephe faith during this time. good to see you. at 9:00 on sunday morning right here on nbc bay area we will hold -- or you can watch the full service on this easter sunday. for health care workers the risk of contracting coronavirus is a hazard of the job. ti quarantined.aring her

i want to thank you for joining us this morning. >> hey, good morning. >> i'm not sure how you're feeling but you look great. how are you feeling this morning? >> i'm actually feeling good. my official last day of quarantine was wednesday. i was off quarantine as of yesterday, but i really only went out for one thing. i'm still staying home. >> so take me back to when you first discovered you contracted coronavirus. did you have the cough, fever, tiredness, difficulty breathing? did you have any of those symptoms? >> my symptoms came on a little bit different. i started feeling poorly on the 23rd, which was a monday. i thought maybe i slept wrong. my neck really hurt. and i drove down to san jose to work that night and tuesday went to work and i noticed i started

not feeling well. i kind of felt like i had a sinus infection. i got body aches. i had one very low fever. i think 100.6. >> now when you got to the lowest part of that, when you got probably the sickest, what was that like? >> that was probably a few days after i was home. i was really short of breath. hard to walk around the house for more than a minute or two at a time. lower rib cage pain, some stomach -- and a headache. i had a headache that lasted, gosh, i want to say maybe seven or eight days and it was really bad. >> when did you decide to quarantine? did you do a self-quarantine? or what was it like for that process? >> right away. so wednesday morning and i went instead of finishing my work shift i went and told my boss that i was sick, and she was really understanding and she set up a test for me that afternoon

and i got a swab that afternoon but started quarantining on wednesday. i stayed the night in san jose because i had my little place. on the morning of the 26th i got the call i was positive and i drove home. >> absolutely. i know we saw some pictures of you in your gear at work. do you think enough is being done to protect the staff there at the hospitals? >> kaiser is actually doing a good job. they have a lot of equipment. problem is [ inaudible ] -- we're afraid we're going to run out especially our respirator masks. >> absolutely. >> i don't know if things have changed. i haven't been when i left there was one respirator mask per shift. >> tough for a lot of hospitals out there. brenna, thank you so much for

joining us. i'm glad you're feeling better. >> thank you. >> we reached out to kaiser permanente ahead of this morning's interview. the hospital representatives telling us their top priority is safety of our patients and staff. to suggest we are not providing appropriate protective equipment is inaccurate. they say we are providing staff with protective equipment in line with the latest science and guidance from public health authorities. laura? marcus, it's 5:10 right now. b.a.r.t. is looking at some worst case scenarios. just in case b.a.r.t. ridership doesn't bounce back in the coming months. what they're doing is talking about the numbers. they've been staggering. b.a.r.t. ridership is down 94%. now "the examiner" reports to l million over the year ending in june. if riders do not return as hoped and stimulus money falls short

b.a.r.t. says it may have to take drastic measures. still 5:10 right now. want to check our good friday forecast with meteorologist kari hall. good morning to you. good morning. we do see some nice weather across the bay area. i've also been keeping an eye on the forecast for the rest of the country as we check on our friends and family elsewhere who are also having to shelter in place. look at the weather across much of the country, a big, strong cold front rolled through, is dropping those temperatures. they'll have the threat of severe weather across parts of the south on easter sunday. a big concern that there may be a major tornado outbreak for the south. so we'll be watching this as the cold front continues to make its way off easter weekend forecast coming up. laura and marcus? >> thanks, kari. 5:11 this morning. and coming up shopping just got easier for people in the south bay. we're going to explain how one new contractless shopping

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well, good morning. and a very good, good friday to you. we have some good news from state farm, the car insurance company. they're going to offer a 25% discount to its drivers. we are driving less and having, frankly, fewer accidents, and so a lot of companies are doing this. state farm is actually late to the party. all-state and american family were the first but offering bigger discounts to current customers. earlier i had advised you if your auto insurance company was not offering something like this you should call them and ask them why not. let me channel my inner chris chmura here and say now even if you are getting a discount if it's not 25% like they're offering over at state farm,

call your insurance company and ask them why not. wall street continues to move higher. it moved higher about 200 points thanks to a couple of factors. congress talking about more stimulus. the fed has joined in the lending in what they call the lending bazooka, not the fed but bankers. explaining it to the bankers by teleconference. the money would be lent out by banks and the fed would buy up the loans. they would be on the hook if it went bad. the fed did this and made money on the deal. the question is how risky will those loans be? russia and opec have reached a tentative agreement to cut the production of oil, a pause in production that has driven oil prices much higher. marcus and laura, consumers really like it when oil prices are low and gas prices are low. the stock market does not like that and president trump tweeted out earlier, what, last week that he had asked both russia

and saudi arabia to decrease production to get those prices back up. >> all right. we will be watching, scott. 5:16 this morning. happening today a no touch shopping experience with no lines is set to open in campbell. the drive-through store is called flight. it's like the one now operating in los gatos. each one of those offers mostly essential items including toilet paper which we know a lot of people need. customers can order and pay online and then pick up the orders curbside. if self-quarantine is leaving you shaggy, there's a way to connect with your barber. >> what are you saying? >> not you. you look great. >> my hair is so long i'm tempted to cut it. this story is not about me. keep going. >> it is a new website called you probably need a haircut. that is the name of the website.

it pairs you with a barber who will walk you or someone else holding scissors through your haircut. the cost of this less than $20. i'm scared. >> i don't know. it depends on who is holding the scissors on the other end. i have triplets but my two daughters, they've been offering their services. in the meantime i've offered my dog grooming services. i groomed my little dog pip, just his head, though, because i was intimidated to do the rest of his body. he didn't seem too thrilled about it. his hair is cut short and his body looks even wider than it was before. >> looks like, okay, what is she doing now. >> i used the same excuse. my head is trimmed tight and my body looks bigger. >> we're all going to use that one. >> i'm going to let my hair down

fromap i don't know. 5: this morning. meteorologist kari hall working from home. i know you've been doing some cutting of your own. you cut your son's hair and doing the forecast for us. it just never ends for you. >> i used to have a yorky and i would give her her grooming session so just kind of got used to doing all of those things myself. so let's get started this morning. let's look at our current temperatures as we get ready to head out the door. feeling milder. we have low to mid-50s for much of the bay area and the rain is moving out. maybe you heard that rain a few hours ago in the south bay hitting the roof and the windows. now it has since moved out and so as we go into the rest of the day we're going to see our weather improving. in fact, as we take a look at concord and our temperature trend mid-50s here and as we go into the rest of the day we're going to see it clearing out and

some mid-60s, even upper 60s for parts of the inland east bay. we are going to head into a beautiful afternoon. in fact, with a lot of sunshine, the rain moving out. if you plan on getting out and going grilling today, it's going to be a great day for it especially in the north bay and santa rosa. our temperatures will be warmer. mostly sunny skies here at 3:00. if you're planning to do that and you'll be outside it will be about 66, up to 67 degrees, lots of sunshine. right around dinner time if you're going to be eating around 6:00 it will start to cool ofhe up and you may want to take that dinner inside to enjoy for the evening. as we get a look at our seven-day forecast, some upper 60s for the inland areas, low 70s tomorrow and then for easter sunday we're going to see highs in the low 70s inehat as we cone to warm up early next week. mike, you've been tracking the morning commute. any new issues popping up? well, a new development for

the east bay. the freeways are going to look fine and you'll look at that on the maps. the oakland city council meeting they did announce a closure of city streets for bicycle usage, pedestrians, for joggers. closed to cars. the freeways will remain open with no major issues. you have green sensors from the north bay down to the south bay including heading down through the south county. a good flow of traffic, guys. send it right back to you. 5:21 this morning and more questions over when and what china knew about the coronavirus outbreak that started in wuhan. next here on "today in the bay," what u.s. experts are now telling nbc. first, something good to share ♪ baby give me something >> the medical gup posting this video on itagram saying

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and welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay." and worldwide there are now more than 1.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases, more than 96,000 people have died. this morning questions are mounting about who knew what about the coronavirus, if it was based in china and when. florida senator marco rubio is telling nbc news he first heard about the reported cases back in november. and there were health concerns there could possibly be an outbreak. >> the chinese communist party, the government has been more interested in its public image than in addressing this disease. >> the lockdown in wuhan where this disease started actually ended earli ts returning to normal life. the government is institutingnd

procedures to try to prevent a second wave of infection. new video to show from you fema, millions of surgical masks and gowns arriving in the u.s. from china. the equipment was unloaded at chicago's o'hare international airport. more than 8 million surgical masks and more than 190,000 surgical gowns are set to be distributed nationwide. a new order from the cdc puts cruise ships on hold indefinitely across the u.s. waters. the no sail order forces them to stop for 100 days or until the pandemic is over. ships will have to develop coronavirus response plans. authorities in florida say that an infected holland america crew member has now died. he was working on one of two ships that arrived in ft. lauderdale. passengers had already died, three from coronavirus. next here on "today in the

e withthe top stories we're the pastor with the cathedral in san jose to discuss how services will be held online and what is being done to help those in need. plus -- it does not mean it's a time to take our foot off the gas. cautious optimism as the coronavirus curve begins to flatten in new york. and the new warning that now is not the time to ease up on social distancing. but first, check this out. bay area nurses are sharing a message of hope for those in new york city, the health care workers there on the front lines. they posted this holding up signs that read we stand with you. we stand with you as well. 5:27 for you right now. you're watching "today in the bay." everyone is working a little differently now.

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we have right now the best testing system in the world but there are certain sections in the country that are in phenomenal shape already. >> right now at 5:30 government funded coronavirus test sites won't close today as planned, but the president does want to reopen the economy as soon as possible even without more testing. and across the country there are now more than 460,000 infections with more than 16,000 deaths. that's the second highest number

of deaths in the world behind only italy. and u.s. unemployment is skyrocketing. 17 million have now applied for unemployment in three weeks. still ahead the amount of money heading to people without jobs. i want to say good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us on this good friday morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. another look at the headlines coming up. meteorologist kari hall working from home with a look at the forecast. good morning. we're starting out with clear visibility. low clouds over parts of the bay area but we had some rain earlier. that has all cleared out. our essential workers driving across 580 and our temperatures are in the mid-50s. we will see it warming up today and we have some more beautiful weather easter weekend. that forecast coming up in a few minutes and mike has a look at the morning commute.

i do have to take you to the bay bridge toll plaza where i'll say the lights are on but not the metering lights, the street lights. it's well lit in contrast to our viewrom emerylle where you see the lights are off. it's bee going on since about midnight but chp knows about it as well. no problem, jt be awar back to you. good to know, thank you very much, mike. some relief could be coming for california's unemployed. an extra $600 could come as early as sunday. i want to check in with "today in the bay's" kris sanchez reporting from home as well this morning with what people can expect. good morning, kris. >> reporter: hi there, laura. this is a really big boost, that $600 on top of what the average weekly payment is, so this could really be a big help for the families that are waiting for this money but, of course it just takes a lot of time for this to happen. now we hear it could be

happening as early as this weekend. that extra $600 was part of the c.a.r.e.s. act signed by congress and will be applied to benefits over the next four of average $340 weekly state benefit for a maximum total of just more than $1,000, so that's what you can bank on. the pandemic employment assistance applies to claims dated between march 29th and through july 31st, so you'll want to get your claims in and, remember, this time gig workers, sech employ self-employed and freelancers are included. in california 2.3 million new unemployment claims were filed in our state and more people are waiting just to get filed. >> i don't know what's going on with unemployment. we're all on the edge of our seats hoping something comes through.

>> reporter: so the governor just made this announcement about the $600 extra money just yesterday and said they are working around the clock to get the money out as quickly as possible and the unemployment department told "the mercury news" that includes hundreds of their own staff members who volunteered to work through passover and over easter weekend just to try and get you your money as quickly as they can. so watch for that. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." all right, good thing to watch for. thank you, kris. it's 5:34 right now, taking a look at the number of confirmed coronavirus cases statewide this morning, there are now more than 21,000. sadly at least 547 people have died. the bay area more than 4,400 confirmed cases. santa clara county continues to be in the hot zone with more than 1,400. there are now 118 deaths across the bay area. and the state of new york has the highest number of illnesses anywhere among all

entities outside the united states. confirmed cases now total more than 161,000 with more than 7,000 deaths. the deaths there yesterday marked a new high for new york and while there are signs new york is seeing that leveling off governor cuomo says the losses hit the hearts of all new yorkers much like the terror attacks 20 years ago. >> it was a silent explosion that just ripples through society. with the same randomness, the same evil that we saw on 9-11. >> 18,000 new yorkers are receiving treatment to handle the overflow. the u.s. tennis center just opened as a field hospital. new york mayor bill de blasio now he can inspects social distancing rules to remain in effect at least through y. and in southern california today manyit requiring people to wear facemasks when they go out.

burbank, culver city and beverly hills. residents can wear a scarf, a bandanna or some other kind of cloth over their face. stores and businesses will be allowed to turn away customers who are not wearing them. >> 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 allowing property owners to put off payment until next month. well, this sunday is easter. we've been talking about it leading up. we're in holy week right now and normally -- well, it still will be a day of celebration for christians around the world but it's very, very different this year. as everyone is experiencing their church services virtually. joining me to talk about a big church service happening here in the south bay is pastor ken foreman. he is with the cathedral of

faith. thanks for getting up early and joining us on this good friday. >> oh, it's my pleasure. >> it's nice to have you. you'll still have the joy obviously on easter sunday but this has been very different for people. a huge transition for them celebrating whether it be the church services, masses, all virtually. how has that been for you as a pastor relating to your congregation? >> it's been very challenging. in a way my heart's broken because i love seeing our parishionersfa-to-face, and i think that's the way we were wired. and so to not have that, there's a sense of loss there but at the same time the power of the easter message still goes on. you can't cancel easter and maybe that message of god's

love, which is really what easter is all about is more important now than of. >> very much so. it's nice to have people find a basis in faith as well especially when you're getting through for the good times and the hard times, don't you think? >> oh, yeah, yeah. to know god's with us and god is for us in the mountains and in the valleys, that's a really important message that brings hope. that's the kind of food that is food for the soul, and up need both, food for the body and food for the soul. we're seeing at hapn reaching out. and so easter brings great hope for the soul. >> very much so just like a >> very much so. silver lining, always have to i'm glad you brought up food for look for it. the body as well. pastor ken foreman, thank you for joining us early this cathedral provides so many meals morning and continued good to families. health to you as you serve so let me know if the numbers are many. right. i hear on affect you help about 200 people a week, but because >> thank you, laura and just to mention we have an east er we are in the situation we are right now with so many people special coming up on nbc easter unemployed, that has more than sunday from 9:00 to 10:00 with almost tripled with all of the

people you're seeing coming to your church, right?yn a month w special guests. sheila e. has some music she's produced for us. lorenzo neal from "the game." the mayor of san jose. the bishop of san jose. so it's going to be a great celebration of god's love and hope. >> and that is perfect because you can watch it right here on nbc bay area at 9:00 in the morning. thanks again. happy easter to you. >> happy easter, laura. thank you. now i want to toss it over to meteorologist kari hall. i understand you're going to be participating in it as well. >> yes. it's a community effort. i'll have a little message i'll say as the church service gets started. looking forward to that right here on nbc bay area. and so let's get a look at our weather as we head into our easter weekend seeg a lot o clouds over parts of the south y. if you were up very early this morning you may have seen rain

falling. now that has since moved out. as we head to east san jose to evergreen a lot of clouds to start out with. our temperatures in the mid-50s and reaching into the low 60s today. we'll talk more about this and get a look at our forecast. mike has a look at the commute. the commute looks great. what's the norl now for folks approaching the weekend and springreak for those doing diance learning. city lights reminds us the theaters are closed because we can't do the social distancing there but they do have an option. instead of seeing their world premiere a recorded preview. that is through their website and they can give us information on upcoming live events that will be great there and comedy sports is continuing with their live shows zoom. you register and pay what you can. as we come back i encourage

folks to send me what is normal for them now that the situations are new. the new normal. they have great things to share. >> oh, yeah, i love that comedy sportz. thank you, mike. 5:42 this morning. a strong warning this easter weekend. next here on "today in the bay," we're going to talk live with south tahoe's mayor about why the city does not want any visitors. plus, we're talking about layoffs as well. the southern california health care employees who are now out of work and some very frustrated nurses are responding. those layoffs pushing washington to think about reopening the economy, but if we do it too soon we'll get the second wave. i'll talk about it coming up. first, something good. landmarks are showing their support for health care workers on the front lines.

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president trump says that we are reaching, quote, the top of the hill in our fight against coronavirus. >> scott mcgrew joins us to talk about the big question what happens when we get to the other side. >> right. the virus will still be out there. once we are released from our homes and can go back to our offices and working in restaurants and airlines and virus will still be out there which would be a concern because it wouldut you in the hospital just le it uld now. the reason we're indoors right now is so we don't a go to the hospital at the same time. now there is this push to get the economy reopened but health experts fear a second wave of infections if we let off the gas too early. president trump seeing the better numbers asking how soon we can reopen the economy. more bad news on jobs lost yesterday, really fueling that

desire. there are now more americans collecting unemploynt than in the history of the unemployment benefits program. so when we doo back to work wouldn't we need to know who is sick and who is not? that was the question put to the president. when the president answers it, he means tests. people back to work place. >> we're going to see it we have it. do you need it? no. is it a nice thing to do? yes. 325 million people and that's not going to happen, as you can imagine. >> the vice presidt, though, seemed to differ. mike pence giving his argument for the go slow and test model pushed by experts on his team. >> the best thing we can do to reopen america is put the coronavirus behind us, to reach the end of that curve with as little loss of life or hardship as possible to have in place the kind of therapeutics -- i call

them medicines that make you feel better -- by this summer. to have more widespread testing that we're scaling up each and every day. in other news the president continues to push against voting by mail saying it's fraudulent. in wisconsin where we sawes ris lives to vote in person, a setback in the push for vote by mail. "the new york times" reports officials found hundreds of absentee ballots that were never delivered by the post office. to be clear it's not fraud it's just a simple breakdown of me o. i am @scottmcgrew. thank you, scott. u.s. asylum seekers don't have a chance due to new white house rules meant to stop the virus spread. over the past three weeks 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 health

laws and the new white house rule deeming it nonessential travel. a fight is happening in southern california between a hospital that is trying to lay off part-time workers and a union saying the hospital is not really serving the needs of the community during this pandemic. it's happening down in san diego, palomar health sent out a letter to staff saying it will lay over over 200 part-time employees for 21 days. that number includes nurses and caregivers. the ceo of the health care system says covid-19 is causing losses of up to $800,000 in revenue every day. the union representative for the nurses says the hospital is not thinking about the community. >> here at palomar health is to take care of the community. so to make decisions based on dollars only is irresponsible and does not reflect our mission.

>> palomar health says the laidoff employees will still receive benefits and workers can still use vacation time as pay. happening now newport beach is closing off a well-known surfing destination called the wedge. this comes ahead of easter weekend and watching surf earlier this week. this is to get people to follow those social distancing guidelines. >> a lot of people may be going stir crazy right now. a lot of people from the bay area headed up to the tahoe area. there are a lot of mayors in many cities and communities that are actually requesting people stay away. the sierra has seen a surge of people up there in el dorado county. health officials are asking part time homeowners to stay away, to

talk about why this morning joining us now via skype is jason collin, the mayor of south lake tahoe. thank you for joining thus morning. >> good morning, laura. >> tahoe is a great getaway. part-time homeowners are thinking i have my place up there. i can go kind of shelter in place up there. you're actually encouraging people to stay away. you have a concern about your own supplies up there. talk to us about that. >> yes, so second homeowners and visitors, anybody who doesn't live here full time we have asked that they stay wherever home is. we understand why people want to come up and shelter in place but we don't have the resources. we have a small health care system here and they're doing a great job managing the impacts of covid-19 already. and preparing for it to escalate but we could be overrun really quickly. we are just asking everybody

here to not travel at this time unless it's for essential services and then once we get through this like everybody else in california that is closing down, once we are back open for business we will welcome our visitors, welcome the second homeowners. that is such an important part of the economy, our economy and just who we are. when our beaches are open, when our snow parks are open, when we can give everybody out on the lake in the mountains to play, recreate but not yet. >> i would imagine the revenue lost has been tough. we have the ski resorts. we finally got some snow up there and people -- this could

just looking at the economic welfare, we do impact everybody's life as well. that was a difficult decision. we made the right decision. the business community believes that and knows that. we don't know how long this is going to take. to get through it, get through the other side. and we are actively engaged in looking at short-term rebound, how we get back and long-term recovery and working with

regional partners as well on what that looks like in trying to stimulate the economy here as fast as possible. >> right, exactly. that's the backyard for me as well. jason, thank you for joining us. the mayor of south lake tahoe. >> thank you. hope to see you soon. 5:54 for you. and during times like this we all could use a friend. and speaking of which, a lot of us know that song "you've got a friend in me" from "toy story." the composer behind the tune randy newman is sharing some musical relief. let's take a listen. ♪ stay away from me keep your distance, please ♪ ♪ stay away from me >> the famous songwriter recently shared his very own social distancing song on social e at the request of ay and it

meteorologist kari hall working from home. we don't want to you stay away but you are working from home this is part of the social distancing that we do. how is it looking? the numbers are looking nice behind you. >> yes, it's going to be a beautiful day. i was just thinking that song a couple months ago would have been so rude. let's get a look at what we're expecting for today as we reach into the upper 60s and low 70s. the storm parked over southern california stay away from the bay area. now we're going to see for our easter weekend maybe you're planning to go for an egg hunt in antioch, see some nice weather for the next couple of days as it continues to warm up. today we're looking for highs in the upper 60s for the inland valleys, low 70s and then look at those mid to upper 70s we have coming our way for next week. we won't see any rain in the

forecast for most of next week. we see rain returning to the bay area. we'll be tracking that, of course. once again a beautiful weekend ahead. back to you, marcus. >> thanks, kari. happening now for you, notre dame cathedral in paris briefly reopened but only for a special good friday ceremony. the archbishop held it inside the now gutted cathedral which was destroyed by the fire last year. coming up next for you here on "today in the bay" we're going to talk live with a bay area nurse who tested positive for coronavirus. you don't want to miss that still ahead for you. (soft music)

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it is encouraging and, again, reinforces the incredible work all of you are doing. >> right now at 5:00 california is still working to reverse the coronavirus curve, but a warning from governor gavin newsom this weekend keep obeying social distancing guidelines. >> and across the state more than 21,000 cases. the bay area has more than 4,400 confirmed cases and 118 deaths. >> and still ahead the south bay nurse who works on the frontline and has tested positive. what she says it feels like to

a very good morning to you and thank you for joining us. i'm laura grarcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. first a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has been working hard from home keeping us up to date of what we can expect. and, marcus, we had