and your headlines right now at 5:00, a grim new warning. the director of the cdc saying the next wave of coronavirus may be far more dangerous because it will likely come at the start of the flu season. here are the latest numbers in the bay area. there are now more than 6,700 confirmed cases, 218 deaths. and the fda is giving the green light to the first at home test kits. they'll allow people to collect their own sample and send it out for results. a very good morning to you. happy earth day. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is going to take a look at the traffic coming up in about eight minutes. first to meteorologist kari hall, taking a look at what we can expect from the forecast here on earth day. it's going to be a beautiful day but warmer than yesterday. let's head to concord and check out our temperature trend.

we're going to start out with low 50s. look how fast the temperatures rise. by late morning we're at 70 degrees and will make it into the mid-80s for today. as we check out our high temperatures we are going to continue to warm up not only today but the next few days. i'll have more on this and what you can expect as well as sol earth day carbon dioxide decreases around the bay area. that's coming up, marcus. >> thank you, kari. it's a crucial day. governor newsom says he'll outline the specifics about reopening the economy. the details are expected during the governor's daily news conference where newsom will call for a slow reopening process. he's already promising and really praising californians for their hard work to make it all possible. >> overwhelmingly are staying at home and have allowed us the opportunity to be at this point in time. >> some states are preparing to reopen this week including georgia, where some nonessential

businesses will open as soon as friday. taking a live look at capitol hill. lawmakers from across the country are heading back to washington for a final vote tomorrow, more money for hospitals and small businesses affected by the pandemic. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with more on what's expected. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura, good morning. we just learned this morning some of those applicants have had their information, their personal data, taken or exposed. the small business administration confirming this morning a data breach among applicants as they tried to re-fund and make more of those loans available. the house votes tomorrow on $484 billion that cleared the senate, most to help small businesses shut down by the coronavirus, including money for those owned by women and minorities. >> this is a real victory for

smaller businesses. the leader has said we didn't have the banking relationships. >> reporter: it includes items democrats insisted on adding. >> $75 billion to aid hospitals, which really need the aid and very badly. very proud of that. and $25 billion to support coronavirus testing efforts. >> we need help from the federal government to make the supply chain work. >> reporter: republicans worry about the cost. >> think about the implications to the country's future for this level of national debt. >> reporter: president trump explaining his shutdown on immigration expected this week. no green cards for 60 days. he says temporary workers won't be affected. unknown, the impact on sponsored relatives, medical workers, and dreamers. as the trump administration focuses on the economy. >> we look forward to business rebounding, especially later this summer. >> reporter: the cdc predicts a

second wave of coronavirus could hit this fall right in the middle of flu season. now an update on the data breach we learned about, it involves nearly 8,000 applicants, it's for the smaller of the two small business loan programs that the fda is running. both of them, though, involved in the new funding. and we understand that they have been notified and given free credit monitoring as the government tries to sort this out. back to you. >> no one needs another thing to deal with, but at least hopefully they've been identified. thanks so much, tracie. 5:04 for you this morning. activists are organizing an unusual rally today on the peninsula. this one is billed as a rally by car. this is for inmates and detainees planning to hold a rally outside the jail in redwood city. they are demanding authorities release more inmates at risk for the coronavirus. they also oppose undocumented

immigrants being handed over to i.c.e. that rally is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m. and you'd better have your face protection with you if you're planning to be among others today. "todayn s"ob redell oside of th dublin b.a.r.t. station with details on the new rule taking effect today. bob? >> reporter: marcus, good morning to you. starting today health officers here in alameda and also in contra costa, marin, san francisco, and san mateo counties are requiring that you wear a face covering if you go outside your home. this includes trips to the grocery store, the doctor's office, government buildings, and on public transit which includes b.a.r.t. behind me here in dublin. as a matter of fact, officers will be stationed at the b.a.r.t. fare gates starting today to make sure riders have some sort of face covering before boarding the train. if not, b.a.r.t. will try to have that rider removed. failure to comply with the health order is a misdemeanor. >> we want to work with everyone

approaching b.a.r.t. if they don't have a face covering, be creative, wrap a sweatshirt around your face if we have to. >> reporter: muni and sf is requiring riders to wear a face covering and is asking people to ride only if the trip is essential. okay, we put a map on your tv screen to reiterate which counties requiring masks, those are the ones marked in reds. in solano and santa clara counties face coverings aren't required but strongly encouraged. napa county does not have any kind of mask in public order. coming up at 5:30, the projected number of lives saved by this stay-at-home restriction. bob redell, "today in the bay." solano county is expanding its public drive-through testing. anyone with symptoms can be tested by appointment. until now only first responders, health care workers and essential workers were tested.

testing is done at the county clinic in fairfield. this is monday through friday, 9:00 to 4:30. solano county has nearly 200 confirmed cases with three deaths. it is 5:06 right now. how many people are really being tested in california?14,500 per. that's according to the state's department of public health which is also recommending more testing particularly of vulnerable groups. unusual times sometimes call for unusual measures. the latest example, the hotel business. some empty hotels are now trying to generate revenue through sales of a sort of bond on future stays. at the new website buy now, stay later, anyone who spends $100 for bond will have $150 worth of spending in the next two months when you can actually use that. so this is of several new sites trying to make future deals happen and help struggling

hotels stay afloat during the pandemic. san francisco mayor london breed is trying to delay certain fee payments to help small, struggling businesses. the small business registration fee, the deadline for it is being pushed back to september instead of next month. it generates nearly $50 million in revenue. license fees are due in september. these are the fees bars, restaurants for fire, police and other services, generates about $14 million. you know it's not just businesses losing money during the pandemic. in some cases families face losing thousands of dollars on canceled events, one oakland mother spent $18,000 on her daughter's wedding reception, this is at scott's seafood restaurant. the restaurant is now closed. she says management told her she would not be given a refund and would have to rebook. >> i canceled it and they said they wouldn't give me my security deposit back, but there's nothing that allows them

could cancel, defer, postpone. >> in a statement to nbc bay area scott's seafood says she may actually be allowed to get a refund at some point but the business has no cash flow at this time. >> maybe there could be flowe for some weddings. happening today the flower mart reopening for business. the city is giving the wholesalers strict rules to make sure people are social distancing. since march the flower mart has taken a big hit due to the shelter in place order. nearly 80% is actually grown in our golden state of california. by opening the market, one way to keep the floral industry alive. on the heels of earth day the american lung association its state of the air report. the bay area is the fifth most polluted region in the nation based on air quality levels between 2016 and 2018. california metro areas filled out the top five spots on that

list. bakersfield ranked the worst followed by fresno and valencia. the l.a. metro area ranked fourth. >> fresno, i grew up in the valley there. a little funky town. it's the valley there, so that air doesn't have the sea breezes we get here to blow it out. >> that's part of the reason why they do have that air quality. >> exactly. >> i was going to show you some of the air quality we're seeing because of the shutdown and how much of a decrease we've seen. some of those greenhouse gas levels and something that improves our air quality has been staying at home as we get a look at what we've seen. look at the reds that we've seen recently. but then we compare that to now with people staying at home. you barely see any colors at all. that's because we've seen a huge improvement in our air quality. and coming up on this earth day we're going to talk about a drop

in carbon dioxide levels and we'll talk to a stanford professor coming up in a few minutes. mike? kari, we're talking about traffic. again, it is very light, as you said, but we do have an issue we're following a traffic alert in the tri-valley. our photographer got out there and shows us a picture of 680 southbound where we have a 35,000-pound ethanol tanker. it went off the roadway there. you see the flares. the slow lane and the exit are closed. it sounds like it will take a while because it's a very heavy truck. no injuries or no major injuries. this will be a distraction to both the southbound and the northbound side, but the maps show you not a lot of slowing. this is southbound 680, the off ramp and the slowing closed. sunday changes to 31 lines. they're going to get reduced service and the big change riders and drivers, everyone

getting onboard has to wear a face covering like the one bob is talking about for b.a.r.t. back to you. how you can join in to help honor mother nature and do so by never leaving your couch. netflix talks about whether it will run out of things to show us as we sit at home, and some new way to get some food. ♪ we continue to celebrate bay area graduates going without a ceremony. congratulations to the 12 high school students, you did it. share selfies of your graduates with me and you might see it on tv. find me on facebook @laura garcia nbc bay area. we're all doing our part by staying at home.

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right now we're starting out with a cool morning t bay area. a lot of mid-40s and low 50s. it's going to be a warmer afternoon. we'll talk about this as well as our decrease in our carbon footprint across the bay area. that's coming up on this earth day. >> reporter: good morning. a very happy wednesday to you.

if i asked you, what are you going to do today, i expect the answer is what you did yesterday which may have involved netflix. netflix revealing its numbers to investors at its quarterly report. they've picked up millions of subscribers. the company showed us the data. it has a lot of good stuff in the can, as they say. tv and movies ready to go. remember, nobody is shooting new material now. netflix says "the crown" will come back for another season. they have that one finished. they just need to finish up editing it. there will be a lot more animated movies because people can do those from home. and then, remember, the movies are not playing in the theater and they'll be able to run some of those as well. tracie potts talked to you about the senate refunding -- or putting money back into the paycheck protection program. a lot of banks are facing

lawsuits because of the small business -- because of the small businesses are suing them. the problems associated with the last round of funding. now this still has to pass the house. the president needs to sign. other big news out of washington the president backing away from the declaration he would end immigration to protect american jobs. it's been revised to six months, no new green cards. skilled visa and farm guest workers will continue as before. >> so important it would be wrong and unjust for americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad. we must first take care of the american worker, take care of the american worker. >> the president also tweeted he wants congress to help bail out big oil as they deal with historically low oil prices. big package of burgers, impossible burger will sell you

a case of vegan burgers for about $100 direct to your car contactless through a service called cheetah. you'll be able to get them at grocery stores as well. if you download cheetah they set up a certain spot at a park, you can pull up and get your case of burgers. sounds a little bit like a drug deal. >> it sounds shady, right. put the fake burgers in the trunk. >> that was a good one, scott. thanks for that laugh. 5:18 for you that morning. this year actually marks 50 years since the first earth day, and you can celebrate on your own in all sorts of ways from home. so here are a few things we found online for you. nasa has activities, videos, and programs available. all you have to do is visit is its social media pages and home page. and the epa, they want you to help them celebrate with your artwork. they're going to actually share it. if you send it to them they'll share it on their social media pages. an earth day film festival on

zoom, free screening for you, or go for a walk, pick up some litter. the simple things we can all do to help make our earth a better place. i'm sure all of you agree with that. >> kari, i want to do that thing you were talking about where we can check our own carbon footprint. where can i find it? >> it's on my social media page. i'm @karihallweather. i put it up here on the screen so you can see. there's a link to the berkeley lab, and you can just go through what you're doing right now and a normal year and compare that to what it's like right now with the shelter at home. we've all been doing our part to try to reduce the spread of coronavirus, but we're also doing a big part in helping our planet by working from home, driving less, and just also spending time outside instead of doing some of the other things that we normally do. so you can check it out. i'm @karihallweather. recently i sat down and talked to a stanford scientist, rob

jackson. he was talking about how we're making a big impact with less carbon dioxide. >> virus is tragic obviously but we need to learn what we can from it. the first recommendation i would give is to take care of people around you, your neighbors, check in and make sure that people are doing okay. but let's remember how nice it is to get on our bikes and ride on a busy road in the middle of a work day. we can do that now with traffic down so much. let's remember how clean our air is and how many lives that would save if we're able to do that every day of every year going forward. >> the bay area air quality management district said they are seeing traffic down by about 70% based on that carbon that's another harmful pollutant nitrogen dioxide that dropped 38% and fine particulates in the air which we normally find during wildfire plummeted by

20%. this is all making a big difference in helping save our planet. we have to think about these things once this shelter at home order is in place. check out my social media pages so that you can get some tips on how you can reduce your carbon footprint and also help fight climate change. as we look at our weather forecast for today, we're going to have some beautiful weather, of course more fresh air. and our temperatures are going to be warming up, so we're looking at highs in the south bay reaching 77 degrees, even into the low 80s today. so well above normal temperatures, even extending into parts of the north bay. we're still going to see this weather continuing into the next several days. as we are in between these weather systems, high pressure moving in, keeping the storm track well to the north. going into the rest of the week into the weekend, still high pressure, warm weather, and no chances of rain over the next several days. so as you make plans to stay at home, maybe opening up the

windows, some of us may have to turn on the air conditioning as we see the temperatures reaching into the low 80s but, of course, we're trying to put that off and continue to do good for our earth. and, mike, you've been tracking what's happening out there as well. what are you seeing? we have one issue that will be a problem for folks. we'll talk about the solution numbers you had. that's later on. we have video from a close-up of this crash. it's not graphically close up but it does illustrate how banged up, how smashed up that cab of that big rig is. this is south 680, and this is the reason why the off ramp and the slow lane are blocked traveling south through sunol. you see the firefighters, the emergency vehicles and that smashed up cab of the rig. a live look from across the freeway shows you the impact as you're driving past it. one lane blocked and a distraction. do be careful as you head south into fremont but, marcus, this will take a while. it's a 35,000-pound tanker

truck. >> thanks, mike. reopening next here on "today in the bay," the growing number of states set to restart business this week amid major obstacles and serious health concerns. first, something good to share. these photos of beautiful chalk art found. be sure to follow kris on facebook, instagram and twitter.

restarting the economy on the minds of many this week and in some cases sparking controversy. on friday georgia is going to allow certain businesses to reopen including gyms and salons. tennessee will allow the vast majority of businesses to reopen. public beaches and retail stores in south carolina were allowed to reopen monday. also on monday texas reopened some state parks with restrictions. more beaches are opening today on florida's coastline, that includes an 18-mile stretch of an area around west palm beach and daytona. that area has been closed off for the past month and for now access is limited for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple hours at night. governor andrew cuomo says the white house will help ramp up some testing in new york. he met face-to-face with president trump yesterday. in the meantime the situation in

new york city has improved so much, the navy hospital ship deployed there is no longer needed. at its peak the "usns comfort" had 146 patients, about 90 of whom had coronavirus. it's not clear if the ship will move elsewhere. up next for you the top stories we're following this morning. the big question, what will we learn when those details surrounding governor newsom's new plan are easing restrictions and reopening california. and the fda giving approval to the first at-home testing kit. a live report on how it works and what you need to know. but first -- ♪ born in the usa i was born in the usa ♪ >> oh, yeah, that song you love it. jersey native bruce springsteen, dan yea ny devito and bon jovi, jersey 4 jersey special will

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today face covering requirements expand across the bay area for anyone entering an essential business. this as we may get a better idea when the state may loosen shelter in place orders. also this morning a live look at capitol hill. all eyes on washington where the lawmakers appear ready to put the rubber stamp on a new $500 billion relief bill. the senate already taking action yesterday. and a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. it's earth day. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. traffic update with mike inouye coming up in about eight minutes. but first a look at that forecast, meteorologist kari hall has been tracking what we can expect on this earth day and it will be a nice one out there for us, right? yes, nice day, nice fresh air and also warmer temperatures even though it starts out cool. as we get a look at where we are now. 44 degrees in napa and some upper 40s in the south bay, heading over to martinez even though it starts out cool it will warm up quite a bit and

pretty fast. we're going to reach into the low 80s in parts of the east bay. i'll talk more about this and the rest of the forecast coming up in a few minutes. laura? sounds good. we'll check back with you. in several hours we could get a better sense when california could start to loosen some of its covid-19 restrictions. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from the east bay this morning where the new restrictions are actually going into place. bob, everyone is really waiting for this announcement from the governor. >> reporter: at noon today governor gavin newsom will release his plan for reopening california's economy. he's going to lay out, his words are, prescriptive guidelines, and he's going to update us on the next phase. the governor has made it clear that when this happens it will be a slow reopening, probably not like the state of georgia, for example, allowing all nail salons, barber shops,open on friday. dine-in restaurants, movie

theaters monday. the governor here in california says this state needs a lot more testing. right now california is averaging only about 14,500 tests a day. we spoke with a santa clara county public health department and they've noticed that a number of people are already starting to resume their normal routines in spite of the order not to. >> we can see the 101, and there are way too many cars on there. and unless a lot more people became essential workers, you all are bending the rules a little bit. >> reporter: the latest projection from the institute for health metrics and evaluation show that the total numbers of covid-19 deaths in california will peak on may 13th, in line with predictions from last week. dr. george rutherford believes the state has saved between 34,000 and 44,000 lives because

of the stay-at-home restrictions. at 6:00 the new rules requiring ublin, like myself to wear face bob redell, "today in the bay." kari and mike have been mentioning they'll talk about how the bay area is doing reducing the carbon footprint during this shelter in place. find out what they discovered in about 15 minutes. new guidelines for who should be tested for the coronavirus and a new place to be tested. at home. both the centers for disease control and california health leaders issuing new guidance for testing for the governor, which the governor has said will be a control piece in getting to a new normal. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live for us from burlingame. kris, who should be tested? >> reporter: i'm wearing my mask

because there are new guidelines. we thought we'll be on the safe side and wear the masks this morning. the cdc guidelines were to test people showing symptoms first to give them the first priority and now the new state guidelines are changing that. going forward california public health leaders say there should be testing priority for people who are in high-risk settings. we're talking health care workers, people who are homeless and people who are incarcerated. even if they are not showing symptoms. this is different to test only people who are showing symptoms. in another new development the fda just approved the first at-home coat at-home covid test kit. they have to have a doctor's order for that. they will be able to collect their own samples at home then send the samples to labcorp for processing. >> we're focusing on first responders at the frontline,

those with symptoms. they can go through a quick algorithm to see if they qualify. they can purchase the test and then we federal express it to their home. >> reporter: we know folks have been getting that rapid test, getting results in a very short amount of time in different places around the bay area. this will take longer than that but the benefit of the at-home test health care workers don't have to come to a testing situation like this where they could be exposed if they weren't already exposed and that also saves on the ppe equipment, the personal protective equipment, that is in such short supply that at-home test will be available in a few weeks and will come at $119 a pop. in burlingame, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> and the cost is another thing, too. thank you, kris. now to the numbers, and these keep changing. more than 6,700 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 218 deaths. santa clara county is now close

to 2,000 infections with the most cases across the bay area. meantime, governor gavin newsom is vowing to provide more testing for the homeless. this follows news this week of an outbreak at an l.a. homeless shelter where more than 50 people tested positive. but just 16 of them showed symptoms. at least 100 homeless people in san francisco have already tested positive. continuing our special coverage of people just trying to make it in the bay, there won't be any rent increases in the city of richmond as they're battling the pandemic like the rest of us. the city counsel still is not supporting suspending rents altogether. the rent hike freeze applies to all residential and commercial properties. the city already has an eviction moratorium in place. in the meantime contra costa county supervisors yesterday passed a countywide eviction moratorium and rent increase freeze ordinance. cities can either follow the county law or create their own. and new for you this morning more protections for food delivery workers in san francisco.

according to "the examiner" city supervisors have approved new rules requiring companies to provide protective equipment during the pandemic. this includes masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer. companies also have the option of reimbursing workers for the cost of those products. happening today struggling bay area transit agencies will divvy up $780 million in emergency funding. the $2 trillion stimulus bill approved last month allocates more than $1 billion to bay area agencies. the metropolitan transportation commission decides how much goes to each agencies and when the money should be released. a vote is scheduled for later this morning. >> it will soon cost you more to ride muni. according to "the examiner" a monthly pass will soon cost more than $100. fare increases were approved by sfmta as part of the 2021 and 2022 budget plan to avoid cuts to service. that move was opposed by several groups including the city's

board of supervisors. halfway through the workweek, whether you're working at home or not, kari has a look at our forecast. we're looking pretty good but we know it's been pretty dry across the bay area. i wanted to show you an update on the drought monitor because we are seeing still abnormally dry conditions to moderate drought for the bay area, even a severe drought for northern california. we are expecting dry and warm weather the next few days as we reach into the low 80s. so that's something we'll be watching. another update comes out tomorrow morning and, of course, i'll have that latest information as well. so with a moderate drought that means we could see a fire season that could start in the north bay as early as july. so that's something we'll be monitoring over the next few months. and i'll have more on those temphe morning commute. that's right, and light traffic volume. we'll talk about that volume and what it means coming up for

earth day as well. i do want to focus on another issue, south 680 where we do have the off ramp close. we are having a small fuel leak reported. i'll let you know if that affects the environment, again, on earth day. up until a month ago on earth day we would be telling folks get together on earth day, go out there and experiment and clear out some of the bay area's wildlife. the open space groups have changed everything to be virtual instead of in person because wove to do that. they quickly formed a socially distancing collaboration and bringing you the 2020 wild and scenic film festival coming to the peninsula virtually again. and the usually hands-on exploratorium is going h hands-off. they're going to talk about the big change in pollution levels. it's affected by traffic. the sights and sounds, not just traffic but everything out there, let me know what you're

finding to be your new normal. send it to me on facebook, twitter and instagram. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:40 for you this morning. i want you to check out the new video because we have something good for you. laura? >> we love that. take a look at this. the staff at monterey bay aquarium, they're certainly staying busy even though there aren't any visitors right now. check out their new hobby. ♪ usually they're there featuring the fish, but they're actually inside the tanks dancing. the aquarium posting the video to facebook over the weekend, certainly starting to get a lot of attention. that looks super fun. >> i would love to do that. >> i'm not skilled in the whole scuba thing. >> maybe just standing outside like the person is. thanks, laura. 5:41 this morning and the price you pay, still ahead this morning. the giant corporation california and 19 other states are asking to crack down on ppe price

gouging. talking washington turns away from the coronavirus and back to election security. we'll take a look. ♪ and we continue to celebrate bay area graduates who are going without an official ceremony. this morning in our great grads segment a congratulations to these 12 middle school students who are now moving on up. congratulations to them. you can continue to send us pictures on my facebook page, laura garcia. i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

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right now at 5:45 we are going to start out cool, but we are going to warm up quite a bit today. we're looking at highs for some of the inland east bay valleys reaching up to 83 degrees while the coast will be in the low 60s. how staying at home is reducing our carbon footprint and how can you calculate yours coming up next. thanks a lot, kari. thousands of people in los angeles left a little rattled after an early morning earthquake. it happened after midnight near englewood. the usgs says it was a 3.7. it was felt from long beach through the hollywood hills. so far no damage reported.

this morning there are questions and conflicting reports about the health of north korean leader kim jong-un. several officials telling nbc news u.s. intelligence indicates kim recently had a heart surgery and has been out of the public view for days. the u.s. government is investigating his health status. south korea said he is at work visiting provinces and is with advisers. decision 2020, joe biden still raised his highest one-month total of $47 million. that's still way behind president trump whose campaign combined with the national republican party has over $175 million. biden and the democratic party have about $62 million. the senate has looked back at the 2016 election and ruled there was indeed russian interference.

and this is something the senate intelligence committee actually, scott, has been saying for years. the intelligence community in general. in fact, they prepared a report for then president obama back in 2016 after the election and called it the ica, the assessment that said, yes, indeed, the russians had interfered. but this morning a new report this week out of the republican-led senate finds u.s. intelligence was correct in all of those summaries. it was a bipartisan finding of the well-respected senate committee. republican chair richard burr saying the committee found no reason to dispute the intelligence community's conclusions. as laura points out this was largely accepted fact even before this conclusion this week.

these findings disprove president trump's talking points that russia was a hoax or it might have been china or as he once put it, it might be a 400-pound person sitting on his bed. now, to be clear, the latest report does not accuse trump or his campaign of working with the russians, only that the russians did actively interfere in the elections with the intention of getting donald trump elected. determining whether or not trump's campaign participated was up to the mueller investigation which said it didn't find significant evidence that proved it was true and said it does not conclude the president committed a crime but does not exonerate him. there's obviously a lot more going on in washington, but that's the big headline. tracie potts will talk to you about that other round of stimulus. and in business news we'll talk more about how the president is handling his ban on immigration. we're also talking on twitter,

of course, @scottmcgrew. >> thanks, scott. more coronavirus-related practice gouging concerns to report this morning. pressure is building on 3m corporation, california and 19 other states demand 3m stop selling ppe to distributors who then jack up the prices. attorney general xavier becerra tells politico his office is inundated with complaints from consumers. 3m is keeping prices steady and says that it is seeking legal action against price gougers. a follow-up from southern california, a santa monica hospital is reinstating ten nurses suspended for refusing to work without full protective gear. the union says the nurses were not given proper medical grade masks and demanded them after one nurse tested positive. the hospital is only saying it has enough masks to equip any staff member caring for coronavirus patients. san diego is lifting some

restrictions. yesterday the city started reopening some neighborhood parks but social distancing is still being enforced. beaches may reopen in a matter of days or even weeks. something good to share. door dash wants to helpe launch background to digitally re-create the dining rooms. users can select the restaurant of choice on the website. the company hopes this will help transport you virtually to one of your favorite restaurants. >> that should be fun. >> but you have to have your own cooking. >> that's where the problem lies for me. one new dad had to get creative announcing his baby's birth to his family. take a look at this touching video. a chicago couple, drew and brittany wolf, were surprised when brittany went into labor six weeks early. friday night she gave birth to a 4 pound, 13 ounce baby boy. drew revealed with a pen and

paper through a hospital window. >> new times. that's how you have to do it. a lot of people are doing different things to announce the babies or one group of family members were on top of a garage across the hospital so you could see in the rooms. >> because you can't go in and visit. i hope not the new normal. i don't like saying the new normal because we don't want to get used to it. >> maybe telegrams. telegrams are good. >> new for now. let's get a look at the forecast today. kari, earth day is today so people can get out and do something nice because it is really nice out there already. we are going to start out with a clear sky and we're still about 30 minutes away from sun rise. we are going to see a clear sky throughout the afternoon and quickly warming temperatures even though it's cool now, we'll warm up. in fact, we are seeing a storm

system well to the north of us. we have high pressure that will block that. we will see an increase in cloud cover before the weekend. still high pressure is what's going to dominate our weather and that will keep our weather warm and dry and going into the weekend we're still looking at more of the same even as we go into the next several days, no chances of rain headed our way. let's check out the forecast because today we're going to reach into the low 80s. we see more of that in the forecast. if you like the warmer weather you're going to have it linger for at least the next several days. the mid to upper 60s going into the rest of the forecast. we've all been working at home, i am going to show you my carbon footprint and we went from our household usage of carbon dioxide and putting that in the atmosphere from 52 down to 30 because we're all working from

home and not travel as much, not using those services. we're looking at our whole nbc bay area weather team and how much we are saving by all working at home. a huge drop-off in how much carbon dioxide, the tons per year, if this were to continue we would have a savings of about 81 tons less of carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere. you can calculate your carbon footprint as well. head over to the berkeley lab website. i posted the link on my social media pages, twitter and facebook. check that out for you. mike, you've also been working from home and tracking that impact and our air quality. i want to emphasize the numbers kari is giving, you see how varied for four different cars. there's a critical number kari and the team are looking at that not everybody is looking at. let's take you out there because we have to set it up.

we have this tweet that went out from bay area, kari mentioned the pollution levels. you notice at the beginning of the tweet the very first line does say the plagues data suggests a specific drop, 70%. they're mostly looking at the volume of traffic. your traffic guy, that's me, and our partners at waze, we have confirmed a measured drop not only in the number of cars but also, and more importantly, we'reivg. that's the critical factor, down 70% of those miles. that calculator needs to know the miles, not how many cars. and speaking of your traffic flow which is lighter, we have one critical issue going on. it's closure of southbound 680

in the traffic section. this alert blocking one lane but traffic is only slowing. you can head down to vargas. back to you. thanks, mike. 5:55 and happening now a rare sight in india. a clear blue sky over new delhi. the lookdown to prevent the spread drastically decreasing air pollution. it's a rare sight, home to six of the world's ten most polluted cities in 2019. an organization tracking air quality says not only is there better air to breathe but the quality of water is also cleaner because a lot of those companies are shut down and not dumping trash into the rivers. concerts put off, refunds on hold, too. but why? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. everyone is working a little differently now.

so we can still answer your calls. and we are monitoring our system 24/7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. and we're still on the road. solving critical issues as they arise. ♪ go to xfinity.com/prepare. thank you.

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>> reporter: good morning, let me show you some of the cases of particular master. tim was supposed to see michael buble at chase center april 1st but the show has been postponed indefinitely. he asked for a refund of his $400. ticketmaster said no.

>> we don't know when this might be rescheduled. it might take up to a year. and that's a long time to hang on to someone's money. >> reporter: the terms on ticketmaster's website say if your event is canceled it's ticket paster's policy to automatically refund you. lots of events aren't being canceled, they're being postponed. the policy says if your event was rescheduled they're working to identify a new date. no automatic refund there. here is what isn't posted online, a coming program that ticketmaster just confirmed for us. starting may 1st it'll offer concert credit or refunds but you'll only get your money back within 30 days of whatever an event is rescheduled. you can contact us just like tim, rob and marie did, nbcbayarea.com. click responds from the main menu or call us 888- 96-tips.

your headlines at 6:00. a grim new warning. the director of the cdc says the next new wave of the coronavirus will be at the start of flu season. the latest numbers, more than 6,700 confirmed cases, 218 deaths. the fda is giving the green light to the first at-home test kit. it allows people to collect their own sample. a good morning to you and thank you for joining us for this earth day. >> mike has a traffic update in about eight minutes. first a lookmeteorologist kari working on today. we're starting out with sunshine as we look outside in walnut creek. we wl