also joined by the director of the department emergency management as well as our police chief bill scottm the homeless services agency we have abigail stewart. thank you for joining you today. i just want to start by saying that i know that the last few weeks have been very challenging for families, especially parents

rohr, the director of homeless services for the city, abigail stewart kahn and our police chief bill scott. we have a pretty lengthy press conference today because we have -- we have a lot of information to update the public with. so i want to first start with city test s.f. and we know that every single day there are people who are working, city employees who are on the front lines. our police officers, our firefighters, our muni drivers, our health care workers. they are essential city workers who are showing up and who are interact aing with the public more so than most others and they have, we know, concerns about their own health. so they can't always n their capacity, practice social distancing. that ier are taking care of us so it's important that we take care of them. and one of most basic things that we can do is to ensure that they have access to testing. now last week, we announced a partnership that would allow our first responders to get priority testing through a number of health care providers. and here in san francisco, we know that it has been very frustrating because we h

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, mary ellen carol and thank you to the press for accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the people of san francisco. this weekend, things looked like somewhat of a success in terms of social distancing for the most part and definitely an improvement from last weekend. the streets are pretty clear and there were some definite hot spot areas that we'll be focusing on, but the beaches and some of the parks and other places, people were practicing social distancing and we very much appreciate your cooperation. it will make a world of difference and, in fact, we already have made a difference in really saving lives. we may not realize the impacts this until this is all over, but eventually, we will learn, i'm sure, that because of what we have done and how we all have participated in complying with social distancing, it truly has saved lives. as of today, we have 374 confirm

i would like to recognize mickey callahan, department of human resources, and bill scott from the san, and his assistant chief mike redman over there. thank you for being here, gentlemen. it is now my privilege to recognize the council general of ireland robert o driscoll who has a tremendous connection to san francisco because his son was born in san francisco. no matthe matter where his cares him, san francisco will always be his son's home. >> thank you very much. i think he is here today. this is his first st. patrick's day event. i am excited. if you see a green ball, that is mine. distinguished guests, mayor breed, and supervisors and department heads and everybody, very happy t to be here today. looking back for this event wondering what to say. it is 169 years since the first st. patrick's day parade. 170 years since the first mayor got appointed. how in the fliers year of a mayor was there not a st. patrick's day parade? the first mayor was appointed in may 1850. in january it would have been a parade that year, too. i have been reflected on my thoughts about the parade and f

chief bill scott says for elderly women have been robbed in the past 11 days and despite being elderly some of the victims are actually attacked at gunpoint the thieves targeted the victims purses commercial burglaries are also on the rise police say in 34 those arrests they've actually added charges of looting. as for the shelter-in-place order. the police chief says voluntary compliance is still a priority. but he says they will in force if necessary if people don't comply chief bill scott says so far 19 citations have been issued and so far 86 warnings have been passed out. >>and a cooling trend coming our way as we see some onshore winds in place, here's a load of some of the numbers from 4 morning news continues. >>good morning, welcome back we're headed into the weekend and we have a cooling trend ahead find out more from dave spahr hi dave. >>hey good morning morning, good morning, that we do and maybe that little outside chances try to see a little sprinkle trying to make its way into the forecast how about that for just for good measure. a look at how we're doing thus far we h

san francisco police chief bill scott said scammers often come to your house posing as city employees or local health agency workers. then they offer to help you while you shelter in place. >> the city is not sending workers to issue masks nor are we sending workers to residential areas to inspect homes. if you do get a knock on your door regarding that it is not a righteous person that is doing that. call 911. >> the police chief says overall the crime is down in san francisco during this crisis despite these scammers. >>> the alameda county office is now taking new steps to prevent a covid 19 outbreak in jails. this comes after a nurse and inmate tested positive for the virus in the santa rita jail in dublin that is raising concerns of a possible outbreak inside the county jail. however the sheriff's office said several areas are now fueled off and the entire jail is getting professionally cleaned and sanitized. >> our jail facility has supplies everywhere, we just ordered several hundred thousand dollars worth of cleaning supplies. >> sergeant kelly said deputies are also keeping a

i'm bill scott, chief of police of the san francisco police department and i would like to start off as i always do by thanking our mayor, london breed, and director of public health, grant colfax to for their outstanding leadership during this ver very challenging time. i want to thank the members and the people of san francisco for their support and for their compliance. the vast majority of the public are compliant with the measures that are meant to stop the spread of the covid-19 virus. with that said, we do have some instances in which we've had to issue citations to people and businesses who after being warned continued to flout the order. to date, we've issued 1 16 citations, seven businesses and nine individuals for violating the county public health order or the state public health order. we admonished or warned 71 people which breaks down to 48 businesses or business owners or managers and 23 individuals. our enforcement will continue and in addition to those figures that i just mentioned, we've informally reached out and contacted hundreds of individuals for warnings to g

. >> next questions for chief bill scott. >> this is a question from the "san francisco chronicle." has will been any change in calls related to domestic violence, increase as suggested by evidence? >> i can tell you what has been reported to the san francisco police department. we have seen a decrease in reported domestic violence incidents. from the period of march 17 to march 31st is the latest reporting that i have. compared to that time last year, we had 121 reported domestic violence incidents as opposed to 179 for the same period last year. we are hearing from the groups that they had an increase in calls and that might be a good thing in that people are seeking out help. we know from the science of human behavior that stress and anxiety and frustration can trigger violent behavior. my message is that the those things are happening seek out help. the mayor said it, public health professionals across the country said it. seek out help. as far as reported we have seen a decrease for this shelter-in-place stay at home period as of march 17th through march 31st. we will keep an e

>>police chief bill scott says they issued warnings to 67 people on sunday alone. he says recently ey also cited a salon that was continuing to operate an a liquor ore that stayed open after 08:00pm and despite the morning for you and we're not going to warn you more than once but there's a new challenge on the horizon the cultura phenomenon for 20 ice is typically brings thousands of people in the golden gate park's robin wiiams meadow. >>to celebrate all things cannabis mayor londonbreed says unlike previous years they are not going to be mellow about it. do not me to san francisco. nachos. we will not allow. ms >>this unsanctioned event to a car this year. especially in the height of a pandemic the mayosays the area will be fenced off and police officers will be out in force to either issue citations or if necessary make arrests. >>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up tonight onron 4 news at 5 there are new details om the cdc about the coronavirus and its abilitto spread at 5.30 how ur shoes can be a carrier of the virus. pl some businesses was which itially c

also joined by the director of the department emergency management as well as our police chief bill scott and from the homeless services agency we have abigail stewart. thank you for joining you today. i just want to start by saying that i know that the last few weeks have been very challenging for families, especially parents with children who are no longer in school, and also especially kids who have not been able to hang out with their friends and do the things that, of course, kids love to do. i know this has been very challenging for all of us, and especially for families as you juggle to work at home, home school your children, and deal with the difficulties that we know have happened over the past couple of weeks. more porely, what -- more importantly, what we are going to deal with over the next month to two months of staying at home and trying to abide by the order that has been issued. we know that it is important that while children are at home that they continue to access learning. for some, having access to a laptop and internet is a luxury that other kids may not have. we al

joined by the department of human sources, trent roher and department of housing, the police chief, bill scott and you'll be hearing from some of them in just a moment. as of today, we have

police chief bill scott says there's going to be plenty of officers out here in golden gate park to enforce the decision. he encourages anyone who feels they have to celebrate on 4/20 to do it some other way. >> we encourage you to zoom or whatever teleconferences that you use to do this in the privacy of your own home. >> reporter: victoria tells us that sounds good to her. >> still have to work from home, but maybe once i'm done, we can indulge in a nice little treat. >> we should celebrate when things are clearly under control around the country. we should celebrate as a country. >> reporter: in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >>> we're on till midnight. still ahead, muni drivers say they don't feel safe on their buses. the demand they're asking for tonight. >>> and your cell phone says it all. the new federal report that >>'ve chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, tracking warmer temperatures tomorrow. we'll show you where upper 70s are possible and what's floating around and could be triggering your allergies. that's in about seven minutes. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, the

>>police chief bill scott says they issued warnings to 67 people on sunday alone. he says recently they also cited a salon that was continui to operate and a liquor store that stay open after 08:00pm and despite morning for you and we're t going o warn you morethan once but there's a new chlenge on the horizon and the cultural phenomenon for 20 ice is typicly brings thousands of people in the golden gate park's robin williams meadow >>to celebrate all things cannis mayor london breed says unlike previous years they are not going to be mellow about it. do not come to safrancisco. >>on for 20 to robin willms meows. we will not allow. >>this unsanctioned event to a car this year. especially in the height of a pandemic the fenced off and police officers will be out in force to either issue citations or if necessary make arrests. >>maureen kelly kron 4 news. don't do it folks. well e superior court of alameda county has dered the release of 56 more inmates from the santa rita jail. now this is meant to help minimize the spread of the conavirus that means that since the

>>police chief bill scott says they issued warnings to 67 people onsunday alone. he says recently they also cited a salon that wacontinuing to operate and a liqu store that stayed open after 08:00pm and despite the morning for you and we're not going to warn you more than ce but there'a new challenge on the horizon the cultural phenomenon for 20. >>which typically brgs thousands of people in the golden gate rk's robin williams meadow to celebrate all things cannabs mayor london breed says unlike previous years they are not going to be mellow about it we will be prepared if people star to show up to make sure that it doesn't happen. >>the area will be completely fencedoff. there will be road blocks and other things that ll make it difficult to get in the area. the police chief double down on the mayor's warning about for 20 saying his officers will be out in force on thaday. >>making sure people abide by the public health order maureen kelly. for nice. >>cing up tonight at 6 a closer look at new tracking tool for the coronavirus in california. how to find detled in

chief bill scott says for elderly women have been robbed in the past 11 days. some of the victims were actually attacked at gunpoint the thieves are targeting victims purses commercial burglaries also on the rise police say in 34 of their arrest they have added charges of looting. as for the shelter-in-place order. the police chief says voluntary compliance is still priority. but they will enforce it if necessary. chief scott says so far 19 citations have been issued an 86 warnings have been given out to people. coming up on the kron 00:04am morning news will there be college sports come fall will share the various possibilities that universities in the bay area. >>we're contemplating. before we get to that story, here's a live look outside you can see the tree on the right side of your screen. little a bit breezy right now, but no problems in ♪ ♪ when you need it, jack delivers: order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub. my new bite-sized, crispy popcorn chicken is so when you need it, jack delivers: irresistible you'll want them whenever, so don't resist! pop

chief bill scott says the 4 elderly women have been robbed in the last 2 weeks some of the victims were attacked at gunpoint some are even pushed to the ground the thieves targeting the victim's purse, us commercial burglaries are also on the rise. and police say in 34 arrests, charges of looting have also been added because the crimes took place during a public health emergency. chief scott says that the community involvement is key and cracking down on crime. we cannot allow this type of violence in our city so although crime is down. >>we do still have challenges that we need to tackle him we're going to need the public's help and working with us to make sure we keep our community safe. but we need these crimes reported because we have to get on top of this and make sure that we don't have people in our city victimized. >>the police chief also says voluntary compliance is still a priority. but if necessary officers will enforce the shelter-in-place orders. she scott says so far 19 citations have been issued that breaks down to 10 businesses and 9 individuals. police have also given o

now i'd like to turn the stage over to the san francisco police department, chief bill scott. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'd like to start this afternoon's message with an a update on what happened over the weekend by way of social distancing in our public health orders. overall, we saw a lot of good social distancing over this weekend. the rain probably helped as many people were not outside who probably would have otherwise been outside. however, those that were, we saw very good cooperation with our public health orders and our social distancing. our crowds were pretty light across the city. places that normally are populated with people, they were not out this weekend. for the most part. there did not seem to be a lot of people downtown, areas of mission district that we've had some challenges in. areas in other parts of the city. it was just probably because of the rain but nonetheless, the news was good overall. we still have some challenges in certain parts of the city and in the tenderloin and other districts where we have unsheltered and unhoused people. we're stil

today police chief bill scott said officers will be more strict when it comes to enforcement. that could mean more citations for not properly socially distancing and not wearing a mask. >> so we're going to be out and about moving forward as we have been, but we're going to step it up a notch. >> so far sfpd has issued 19 citations, 10 to businesses and 9 to individuals. >>> new at 11:00, another major blow to san francisco. dream force, scheduled for november, has been canceled. salesforce, which hosts the annual event, making the announcement today. dreamforce brings in nearly 200,000 people to the city each year, making it one of san francisco's largest business conventions. salesforce says it will reimburse companies for sponsorships and passes already purchased but will not refund people for flight reservations or hotel bookings. >>> the san francisco symphony is done for the season. they've canceled their remaining concerts. this was supposed to be a big year to celebrate the 25th and final year of the famous music director michael tilson thomas. now, to help offset the

rohr, the director of homeless services for the city, abigail stewart kahn and our police chief bill scott

now i'd like to turn the stage over to the san francisco police department, chief bill scott. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'd like to start this afternoon's message with an a update on what happened over the weekend by way of social distancing in our public health orders. overall, we saw a lot of good social distancing over this weekend. the rain probably helped as many people were not outside who probably would have otherwise been outside. however, those that were, we saw very good cooperation with our public health orders and our social distancing. our crowds were pretty light across the city. places that normally are populated with people, they were not out this weekend. for the most part. there did not seem to be a lot of people downtown, areas of mission district that we've had some challenges in. areas in other parts of the city. it was just probably because of the rain but nonetheless, the news was good overall. we still have some challenges in certain parts of the city and in the tenderloin and other districts where we have unsheltered and unhoused people. we're stil

now i'd like to turn the stage over to the san francisco police department, chief bill scott. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'd like to start this afternoon's message with an a update on what happened over the weekend by way of social distancing in our public health orders. overall, we saw a lot of good social distancing over this weekend. the rain probably helped as many people were not outside who probably would have otherwise been outside. however, those that were, we saw very good cooperation with our public health orders and our social distancing. our crowds were pretty light across the city. places that normally are populated with people, they were not out this weekend. for the most part. there did not seem to be a lot of people downtown, areas of mission district that we've had some challenges in. areas in other parts of the city. it was just probably because of the rain but nonetheless, the news was good overall. we still have some challenges in certain parts of the city and in the tenderloin and other districts where we have unsheltered and unhoused people. we're stil

i'm bill scott, chief of police of the san francisco police department and i would like to start off as i always do by thanking our mayor, london breed, and director of public health, grant colfax to for their outstanding leadership during this ver very challenging time. i want to thank the members and the people of san francisco for their support and for their compliance. the vast majority of the public are compliant with the measures that are meant to stop the spread of the covid-19 virus. with that said, we do have some instances in which we've had to issue citations to people and businesses who after being warned continued to flout the order. to date, we've issued 1 16 citations, seven businesses and nine individuals for violating the county public health order or the state public health order. we admonished or warned 71 people which breaks down to 48 businesses or business owners or managers and 23 individuals. our enforcement will continue and in addition to those figures that i just mentioned, we've informally reached out and contacted hundreds of individuals for warnings to g

abigail stewart conas well as director of the department of m.t.a., jeff tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have a special guest today from the interface council who will be speaking directly after my comments. as of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. this is clearly a challenging time for san francisco. what we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. we know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. we also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasn't as nice as it will be this weekend. i want be to remind people. it is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. we may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that san francisco is in a decent place. the fact is, we need to be mindful that this virus i

i'm bill scott, chief of police, san francisco police department. first of all, i'd like to start again by thanking our mayor, mayor london breed, for her leadership during is this pandemic. i want to thank our public health director dr. grant colfax for his leadership during this pandemic. i want to update you all on our enforcement efforts on the public health order as well as what we're seeing in the streets and around the communities of san francisco today. we've seen some very nice weather in the past couple of days and with that it has brought more people outdoors to get exercise and probably take care of their mental health needs, but with that more people means more instances where people are not engaging in social distancing. as a result, we have stepped up our deployment at our parks, along with park rangers at parks and rec. you will see officers, cadets and rangers at parks we believe people will go to get outdoors today. with that, we haven't changed our position on how we are approaching this. for those people that are just out enjoyin

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, maryen carol and thank you to the press for accommodating ts

police chief bill scott says they're cracking down on accidents and individuals who repea violet the health order. >> we're not warning you twice. we are trying to save lives. >> reporter: officers have broken up soccer games at parks and why should warnings to businesses that stayed open. i found this gift store on wednesday. the owner says he's got an essential business, selling chinese newspapers so the seniors can stay informed. he won't be going back to the planned parenthood any time soon, officers warned tlald arrest him if he does. >> i'm 86 years old. i gotta go sometime. if it's the coronavirus, what's the difference? >> reporter: ron will found out how much the ticket will cost him when he goes to court. >>> officers started patrolling beaches in parks this weekend to keep people apart. violators could face fines or jail time. >>> walmart and target started limiting the number of shoppers inside their stores at any given time. walmart will allow noe five fore feet. target says it will allow people inside based on store traffic. the retail giant is providing all of its empl

now i'd like to turn the stage over to the san francisco police department, chief bill scott. i'd like to start this afternoon's message with an a update on what happened over the weekend by way of social distancing in our public health orders. overall, we saw a lot of good social distancing over this weekend. the rain probably helped as many people were not outside who probably would have otherwise been outside. however, those that were, we saw very good cooperation with our public health orders and our social distancing. our crowds were pretty light across the city. places that normally are populated with people, they were not out this weekend. for the most part. there did not seem to be a lot of people downtown, areas of mission district that we've had some challenges in. areas in other parts of the city. it was just probably because of the rain but nonetheless, the news was good overall. we still have some challenges in certain parts of the city and in the tenderloin and other districts where we have unsheltered and unhoused people. we're still working with that population

i'm bill scott, chief of police of the san francisco police department and i would like to start offo by thanking our mayor, london breed, and director of public health, grant colfax to for their outstanding leadership during this ver very challenging time. i want to thank the members and the people of san francisco for their support and for their compliance. the vast majority of the public are compliant with the measures that are meant to stop the spread of the covid-19 virus. with that said, we do have some instances in which we've had to issue citations to people and businesses who after being warned continued to flout the order. to date, we've issued 1 16 citations, seven businesses and nine individuals for violating the county public health order or the state public health order. we admonished or warned 71 people which breaks down to 48 businesses or business owners or managers and 23 individuals. our enforcement will continue and in addition to those figures that i just mentioned, we've informally reached out and contacted hundreds of individuals for warnings to gain voluntary

human services, trent roher, the director of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-kahh and bill scott. thank you all for joining us here today and we are providing our update to begin the week. as of today, we have 1,424 cases of people who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and sadly, there are 23 people that have logistic their lives and currently, we have about 85 people hospitalized. if you would like more information, specifically around the people who have been diagnosed as it relates to their race, ethnicity, zip code or any other data, please check out datasf.org/covid-19 for more information. we update that tracker everyday by 9:00 a.m. today, i just want to start by again thanking you all here in san francisco for your cooperation. i know that it has not been easy. we've imposed restrictions to your lives that have made things not only very difficult for you, but difficult for your family. sometimes difficult for not just your physical well-being, but also your mental well-being. we have tried to make sure that in this process as we are trying to protect public health,

now i'd like to turn the stage over to the san francisco police department, chief bill scott. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'd like to start this afternoon's message with an a update on what happened over the weekend by way of social distancing in our public health orders. overall, we saw a lot of good social distancing over this weekend. the rain probably helped as many people were not outside who probably would have otherwise been outside. however, those that were, we saw very good cooperation with our public health orders and our social distancing. our crowds were pretty light across the city. places that normally are populated with people, they were not out this weekend. for the most part. there did not seem to be a lot of people downtown, areas of mission district that we've had some challenges in. areas in other parts of the city. it was just probably because of the rain but nonetheless, the news was good overall. we still have some challenges in certain parts of the city and in the tenderloin and other districts where we have unsheltered and unhoused people. we're stil

the san francisco chronicle and sfpd chief bill scott are reporting violent crime declining by 27%.ccording to the chronicle. violent crimes down there 45% in the first week of the stay- at-home order. >> most violent crime is a bi- product of social interactions but more particularly social jose are also seeing declines in property crimes following the stay-at-home order. oakland, however, is seeing big jumps in burglaries and car thefts. >>> new this morning concord city council considering a 10% pay cut for its members. also to be considered tomorrow, 5% salary cuts, deferred cost of living raises and 401(k) plan contributions for top city executives. >>> a city staff report warns in the cuts are not made the city's cash reserves will shrink to 8% of its budget, well below the minimum 17% reserve set by the city to meet unforeseen needs. >>> now to an update out of the u.k. now. prime minister boris johnson was discharged from the hospital after battling the coronavirus for several days in the icu. the 55-year-old thanked the country'tisingled out two nurses that stayed at his be

>the mild weather on easter sunday brought out a number of people to the ty's park police chief bill scott says the department issued warnings to 67 people on sunday alone. police also cited the salon that was continuing tooperate a liquor store the state open after 08:00pm despite being warned him not t >>prtesters rally today in safrancisco demanding the ciy protect homeless people during the crisis by moving them into hotel, the increase calls for help fas of tbreak at the ity's largest homeless shelter for dan kerman has more on how the city is responding. >>homeless advocates wearing surgical maskstaged a noontime mostly in car protest near san francisco's emergency operations center mond. demonstrators are calling on the city to move quicker to protect the homeless from getting the coronaviruswe want to see them move meant high shelters into. >>hotel rooms. >>jennifer friedman baucus with san francisco's alition on homelessness we believe that that will enable them to move a lot faster they can just move the shelter operations are over. >>they don't need to worry about staffing of th

also joined by the director of the department emergency management as well as our police chief bill scott and from the homeless services agency we have abigail stewart. thank you for joining you today. i just want

am joined by our department of public health director grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohr. currenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3

a bill scott says anyone showing up on hippie hill on 4:20 will be cited. it is an unofficial marijuana holiday. it is typically celebrated by many large gatherings to help stop the spread of covid-19.>>> g scott released a statement that reads in part if we have to cite, rest, we will i want to make it clear that 4/20 is off this year, it is canceled. please think of the health of, if not yourself, the people you care about.>>> happening today, santa clara county will give an update on their violent services how to reach their hotline and why it is especially important to shelter in place. domestic violence calls have increasing across the bay area amid the pandemic. >>> mental health professionals are seeing an increase in anxiety and isolation during this shelter in place. mental health advocates say high risk calls or those that may need emergency services sent to them are at an all-time high, up over 30% in just the last week and a half.>> specifically for as long as we shelter in place come i think people have more time to think. i think they become m

overall crime is down 23%, but there are some troubling trends which police are tracking chief bill scott says for elderly women have been robbed in the past 11 days, some of the victims were attacked at gunpoint the thieves targeting the victim's purse is. >>commercial burglaries are also on the rise and police say in 34 of the arrest they have added charges of looting. as for the shelter-in-place order. the police chief says voluntary compliance is still a priority by they will in force if necessary chief scott says so far 19 citations have been issued. >>and 86 warnings have been issued from landscaping to real estate, today's announcement means there are new rules going into effect and some things we are to were not able to do before will now be ok, we'll get more into the relaxing of those restrictions. coming up a little bit later tonight the national death toll from coronavirus has surpassed to 60,000 a number that we once were not predicted to hit until august. >>and there are more than a million cases overall here in california there are more than 48,000 confirmed cases and it ha

am joined by our department of public health director grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohr. currenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3

san francisco police chief bill scott warned everybody to stay away. he says officers will be in the area and ready to cite and arrest people. police are work being the rangers to keep an eye on all park in san francisco. mayor is also clear with her message. she say that is the city is not welcoming any gatherings for 420. they posted a cancel ration notice on the events website. they said to follow the health and safety plunge digss and encouraged the celebrations by supporting the local dispensaries at home. raper 240 says stay in the house. >> we love 420, but let's not get out there in the crowds and all of that. let's do that. they have to be cancelled this year. >> there's a virtual actual music and art festival and all prosides will go to help first responders. reporting live with ktvu fox 2 news. >> thank you, sarah. >>> the san francisco chronicle is reporting that 51 works have tested positive for the safety distribution center. that's where one worker died from the virus. 1,700 workers work at the huge center that serves all safeway stores