joining us this morning by phone is supervisor cindy chavez. vez, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> here we are close to six hours in the shelter in place. how is it going so far? >> so far well. most people want to comply and understand how important it is and we're going to do our best to educate everybody in our community so they understand the reason we're sheltering in place is we want to slow the virus as much as we can. >> most have understood that, they understood why it's so important. talk to us about the community spread because we've seen the numbers here in santa clara county arise more than any other area in the bay area. talk to us about the shelter in place and the community spreading. >> that's a really good question. the important thing for people to understand is that we can look at italy. we can look at other places in the world to know that once that it hits community spread it really spreads very, very quickly and part of the reason we're so focused on the shelter in place we do believe that's the o

para tomar el cargo de supervisor del condado, lleva la ventaja cindy chÁvez, ahora vamos con el cargoor ciento y a continuaciÓn las medidas locales para condado santa clara empezando por la medida e. hasta ahora han dicho que sÍ con 52.64 por ciento. ahora vamos al condado de alameda. se implementarÍa un impuesto para los mÁs desamparados. ahora enlazamos con el condado san francisco. la propuesta buscarÍa financiar los gastos en caso de un terremoto y va ganando el sÍ. Éstas una pelea muy cercana, pero Él sÍ va ganando con 52 por ciento. y en contra costa se busca reducir la contaminaciÓn de trÁnsito, esta es una carrera bastante cerrada, pero la mayorÍa ha votado que no. mÁs adelante les tenemos los resultados del cargo de senador estatal y los supervisores del condado sonoma. >> al volver repasaremos los nuevos casos de coronavirus. hasta ahora la aprobaciÓn de la medida j en el condado de santa clara lleva la ventaja. ramÓn: la propuesta se se perfila de la siguiente manera. paola: la propuesta en san francisco tiene esta aprobaciÓn. pausa y volvemos. 60 ahora: en las Últimas hora

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en el condado de santa clara, la supervisora cindy chÁvez recalca que aparte de los hoteles, le ayudarÁnr el coronavirus. cual sea la soluciÓn de las autoridades, a don josÉ no le afectarÁ. dice que seguirÁ viviendo su vida como siempre lo ha hecho, lejos de otros. ramÓn: por otra parte, la situaciÓn actual del coronavirus se encuentra afectando la seguridad de los reclusos en las cÁrceles. las autoridades del condado de alameda anunciaron que en sus instalaciones a ellos y los 27 detenidos, a quienes han modificado sus sentencias. 67 reclusos ya fueron puestos en libertad. tesla anunciÓ el cierre de su planta de freeman. esto serÁ a partir del 23 marzo, a causa del coronavirus. este anuncio pone fin a una controversia en torno a la decisiÓn de la compaÑÍa automotriz, de seguir operando luego de emitirse una orden de refugio para las empresas y residentes del condado de alameda. por lo pronto, la empresa tesla solo se le permitirÁ realizar operaciones mÍnimas. el servicio de transporte bart ha cambiado o modificado su horario de servicio hasta nuevo aviso. desde el 23 de marzo, el horari

se trata de cindy chÁvez, ya ni fer zelaya.pervisores en el condado de alameda veamos en cuanto al distrito uno se refiere, ni beicon vez y jÓvenes melisa, herman vez y tambiÉn boca muy cops que ahÍ los tienen pantalla. ademÁs, le comentÓ que en el distrito cuatro hay candidatos para el puesto sÁtrapa vester dos de y tambiÉn vende maybe eso en el condado de alameda en el distrito cinco, finalmente ahÍ estÁ tambiÉn en la alameda contendrÁ el mismo nÚmero de paola: lo importante es votar. pocas horas de sÚper martes, del partido demÓcrata decidieron dejar sus compaÑas, la mÁs reciente fue el quien tomÓ esta decisión desde su campaÑa en dÉnver. tambiÉn lo analizÓ o pete buttigieg, ambos capoyarÁn joe biden. ramÓn: el buen tiempo estarÁ de nuestra parte para el dÍa de maÑana, habrÁ votaciones en super martes. paola: se esperan sÚper martes muy soleado. suheily puede dar los detalles. suheily: iniciamos marzo con condiciones agradables. realmente presiones de febrero, nos dejÓ una ola de calor. de los 29 dÍas de febrero, unos dÍas e

today e, cindy chavez. >> we have a shelter in place order through april 7th. >> reporter: more time at home and morer time for the bay area to e get a handle on the covid-19 crisis, including to help the homeless to slow the spread. >> they not only don't have act tess to running water and soap. they might be living this close waters up to a week. >> the county is moving 60 to 80 of the next people to shoulders and 15 more in trailers and gifted by the state to isolate those who test positive or are showing symptoms. >> so they can get out of what are very unhealthy conditions in encampments where they are living and get to somewhere to support them. >> reporter: the ceo of the largest homeless place in the silicone valley says it will help turn conferences and offices in to space for social distances. it's likely a second sheller a home order will be next week. how far past? she doesn't know at this point. we are live in san jose. >> lili, thank you. >>> happying tomorrow, muni, all light weight trains will be shut down. they will replaced by buses to help minimize exposure for wor

and cindy chavez conducted a facebook live.t her social distance, holding a conference call with the medical center chief exec sif officer paul lorenz. he e said there is a plan to treat more patients. >> that includes all 2100 adult beds that we e can equip and staff for critically ill partials. >> less acute patients will be moved to medical facilities. >>> now, hayward is taking its obama matters in its own hands opening its own covid-19 testing sight. the city is telling people who may be experiences symptoms to attend. 250 tests a day will be available starting tomorrow. >> we have are limited test kits. we will test as many people as we can. we are workinging with surrounding communities to help ore cities set up similar testing sites. >> the city says it's opening the site to the alleviate pressure. the center will be opened every day from 9:00 to 6:00 p.m. >>> in santa clara, the u.s. public health service will set up a hospital at the convention center. it will be for people who do not have medical care. and the nation

the president of the county board of supervisors cindy chavez spoke earlier. they are both backing an order that was issued just now by santa clara county health director sarah cody. she is the health officer. a legal order that is barring any mass gatherings in the county this is an order that will be enforced by the sheriff department. and will involve any gathering of over 1000 people. >>> it does not include airports malls offices that have a large number of people or grocery stores. we are talking about big groups of events with more than 1000 people like concerts and sporting events. that means it is illegal to disobey that order. >>> that order will go for the next three weeks at least and they will reassess. speaking of which we want to get back to the port of oakland where passengers continue to filter off the grand princess for the ship were over a dozen cases of coronavirus confirmed. they are getting checked out by medical professionals right now. juliet goodrich is live at the port of oakland the latest.>> reporter: passengers that are still in th

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. >> reporter: cindy chavez, president of santa clara county's board of su about the three workers who tested positive for coronavirus or covid-19. she signed a statement along with san jose mayor sam and every member of congress from santa clara county saying if these employees were not in direct contact with travelers, we seek to reassure consumers. however, if the employees were posted at security checkpoints and had direct contact with travelers, we believe more information about posting locations and shift times should be made available to the public. the head of ep deemology at uc berkeley says even if the tsa employees were in direct contact with passengers, people shouldn't be overly worried. >> being patted down by somebody and even if they got the virus on their clothing in the process of that, i think the risk is, in fact, very, very low. >> and it is concerning. don't know, six months ago. so we just didn't want to cancel it. but, yeah, i mean maybe if we're a couple weeks later, i might not go. >> it's disconcerning, but i'm here and i got to get home. i don't have an opti

. >> reporter: the supervisor cindy chavez said to help thin out shelters and limit it, they will call the fair grounds their temporary home. starting next week, the county is moving 60 to 80 of the most vulnerable people already in shelters into a building and final more into trailers for isolation. >> once someone has been identified as having the virus, or we suspect they have the virus, and they're homeless, being able to shelter them other homeless people. >> reporter: this will also make room for people currently living in encampments and other places to make sure everyone has the best opportunity for social distancing as the number of cases is expected to surge next week. nbc bay area news. >> speaking of surging, let's look at the cases in the bay area county by county. napa county announcing two new cases, bringing the total to 12. santa clara county has surpassed 600 cases. at leaf 48 people in the bay area have died from the virus. today a second patient at laguna honda hospital tested positive. this is a facility dedicated to helping seniors and adults with disabilities. se

. >> reporter: santa clara supervisor cindy chavez announcing comcast is giving $50,000 into that same fund. the company is allowing unlimited data to low income individuals and their families. >> our fundraising events for those individual companies. they can no longer self-help and bring people together to do that. >> reporter: covid-19's spread leading to uncertain times and leading to a major push that non profits will be able to continue their work in the future. andre senior, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the san jose sharks donating $300,000 to silicon valley and that money will help provide more than 600,000 meals. the food provider for s.a.p. center is also donating 2,000 pounds of food to martha's kitchen. >>> bart is now scaling back its operation after a week of dramatic declines in ridership. bart normally runs training from 5:00 a.m. to midnight. starting monday, trains will stop at 9:00 p.m. weekend service will also be scaled back. trains will run from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. bart said ridership is down nearly 90% from one month ago. valid transportation authority says passengers

. >> reporter: cindy chavez, president of the clare santa clara county board of supervisors says this will be used to healther the homeless with cots spaced six feet a apart for social distancing. >> we're trying to make sure the shelters don't get so crowded other people get the virus easily. >> reporter: the plan is to remove people already staying in the busy shelters and bring them here instead. they will have access to clean bathrooms to wash hands and a second building will be used for overflow or a place to sign up for benefits. if someone does get sick, they will be sent to one of these state-provided trailers for isolation. >> i know people are frightened. i know that 25 families lost loved ones in our community and i'm so sorry for those families who are suffering and for those families who on have family members that are sick. i want people to know we're working really hard to make sure we're doing everything we can to fight this virus and stop its spread in our community. >> reporter: officials will begin setting up the cots monday. there is also a testing center on the gr

santa clara county supervisors were grateful to see testing had started and cindy chavez just took a tour. >> it's like a drive up window in i away. you don't have to get out of your car. it's very safe. it's safe for you and the health care provider. they wear personal protective equipment. >> it's going to give people physical protection too. we're trying to stay ahead of the spread of this disease on a mass scale. >> now both chavez praised varily for stepping up to start this program. varily will be announcing more details about the program tomorrow. it's important to emphasize again that this testing site, this pilot program, is by appointment only. you cannot just come here and get tested. you have to go through the website or through your doctor in order to get seen here and tested. >> robert, thank you. that's what gov nor newsom was talking about, these mobile testing sites which is so vital in our fight against covid-19. this is a live look at the governor talking. this is a live stream trying to set the tone in what to expect in terms of social distancing. we were listenin

and supplies, so doesn't strain any of our current resources county board of supervisors chair cindy chavez says the convention center will be search capacity for a number of hospitals in santa clara county, the opening date has not yet been determined. reporting in santa clara gayle ong kron 4 news. for more than 10,000 air and army national guard troops are currently responding to help with the pandemic 8 states have approved the use of doing this status commanders including california. >>and that gives them the authority to command active and reserve component troops under control of the state's governor. now national guard task include you know delivering food they'll be helping with screening and testing and also providing transportation they'll be disinfecting and cleaning public spaces as well military leaders have made it a point to say that the national guard will not be imposing martial law lot of folks have been speculating that and some of the national guard are right here in the bay area and fairfield they're helping prepare and distribute. emergency food boxes at the food bank

. >> reporter: santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez says enforcement of the order will be up toice and sheriff's departments of each city and county. >> we as a community can completely handle this. our goal right now is to make sure we have as few people as possible straining our medical resources so we're only using those for people who are most in need. >> reporter: again, the message is quite simple. don't leave your home unless you have to. these restrictions are expected to be in place over the next three weeks until april 7th. we're live in san jose. i'm chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> chris, thank you. great information. of course, you can leave your home to go for a walk or hike. just stay away from people, take the dog for a walk, that kind of thing. about the same time the news conference was going on in san jose, san francisco mayor london breed held her own news briefing announcing changes in the city. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard was there and is live from san francisco with details on what the mayor had to say, cornell? >> reporter: yeah, well, dan, lots of chan

santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez just wrapped up a teleconference to discuss how to meet the growing demand from coronavirus patients. health and civic leaders ranged from ways to find more room from hospital beds and distributable resources. we'll have a live report coming up at 5:00. >>> following up now on a story we first brought you last night at 11:00, the message is clear. stay in your community. some coastal city, though, say they've been overrun by people trying to enjoy nature during the stay-at-home order. nbc bay area's christie smith joins us live in marin county. christie, what did you see out there today? >> well, you know, within the last 20 minutes or so, it started raining, so it certainly doesn't feel like a day to go hiking right now, but much earlier, we did see people heading to hiking trails and to the beach as folks who live in those areas say it's somewhat frustrating, though the crowds are a lot lighter today. now on the way in, some of the roads now have signs up sort of advicing people of the situation. now this is the parking lot at muir beach ear

santa clara county's supervisor cindy chavez says the policy is important to keep the virus from spreading. >> we have over 138 cases in our county. we have over 52 people that are hospitalized. and remember, that's people who are hospitalized with a disease we didn't have before, which means we're already straining our health resources. >> santa clara county has the most number of cases of coronavirus of anywhere in the bay area. >> and we are keeping count of the coronavirus outbreak here in the bay area. there are now around 300 confirmed cases. santa clara county still by far has the most cases with 138 as of right now. of course we have just learned san mateo county has up to 64 cases. a majority of the bay area continues in that shelter in place. not business as usual in parts of downtowns throughout the bay area, which is used to a lot of traffic, at least this time of the day. this is sky ranger from earlier. look at those freeways, not like we're used to seeing, pretty empty there right now. nbc bay area's pete suratos is live with more. >> reporter: marcus, we're on walnut street

to uh to assist maintaining our distance county board of supervisors president cindy chavez and fairgrounds executive director abraham and roddy. >>gave us a tour sunday, the fair grounds already serves as a verily drive-thru covid 19 testing center at 150 acres it's enough space for resources and his socially distance people who will be staying here are coming from santa clara county shelters. the goal is to spread people around to create safe environments at the current shelrs, 15 trailers from the ste are for homeless copa 19 patients who don't need to be hospitalized gateway hall will have 60 to 80 caught spread apart fiesta hall will provide information on benefits and wi fi the space for make room for any homeless overflow crews will start building the center on monday, the homeless shelter will open by the end of week in an effort to stop the spread of covid 19 in santa clara county and san jose city officials have a least hotel rooms and apartment complex says. >>and are also looking for more space is the hells those who tested positive and have been exposed to the virus. reporting

the president of the santa clara county board of supervisors, cindy chavez, who helped arrange for verilyid the testing process seems to be going much faster now. essentially, the patient drives up and only lowers the window to get their mouth swabbed, then raises the window and drives off. >> it was a pilot, not something they've done before. and i think they seem to have been really responsive to learning while they're doing and really working all the kinks out of their system. >> reporter: a similar scene is going on in san mateo county, also at its fairgrounds. governor gavin newsom says the bay area sites only needed about 30 the first day, around 300 yesterday, and wants to see that number jump to 400 at each site. chavez says she believes the sites can keep pace but says it's not a simple process. >> there's a lot of components to testing, including how many tests can actually even be processed through the pipeline. that are also impacting ability to go broader. >> reporter: robert handa, nbc bay area news. >>> well, the white house announcing backup is coming in the form of ships.

a new location is being set up today to help those who do not have a home, cindy chavez, the head of the santa clara county board of supervisors, said the santa clara county fairgrounds will be used to provide shelter for the homeless during the crisis which will include adding 60 to 80 costs all spaced 6 feet apart.>> we are trying to make sure that none of the shelters are so crowded that it is easy if someone gets sick or has the virus, that other people would get it easily. >> the plan is to remove those who are already staying in some of the county shelters and bring them to the fairgrounds where they will have access to clean bathrooms and a second building that will either be used for overflow or as a place where people can sign up to get benefits. there will also be a testing center on the fairgrounds for anyone showing symptoms of the coronavirus. >>> today and amazon warehouse in new york i see a massive walkout after an employee a tested positive for the coronavirus last week. the workers at the staten island warehouse who tested positive, that worker is reportedly home an

to uh to assist maintaining our distance county board of supervisors president cindy chavez and fairgroundscutive director abraham and roddy. >>gave us a tour sunday, fair grounds already serves as a verily drive-thru covid 19 testing center at 150 acres it's enough space for resources and his socially distance people who will be staying here are coming from santa clara county shelters. the goal is to spread people around to create safe environments at the current shelters, 15 ailers from the state are for homeless copa 19 hospitalized gateway hall will have 60 to 80 caught spread apart fiesta hall will provide information on benefits and wi fi the space for make room for any homeless overflow crews will start building the center on monday homeless shelter will open by the end of week in an effort to stop the spread of covid 19 in santa clara county and san jose city officials have a least hotel rooms an apartment complex as and are also looking for more space is the house those who tested positive and have been exposed to the virus. reporting in san jose gayle ong kron 4 news. >>president

further and a new location is being set up today to help with those who do not have a home in cindy chavezthe president of the santa clara county board of supervisors at the santa clara county fairgrounds will be used to provide shelter for the homeless during the crisis included 60 to 80 cops spaced six spaced 6 to 8 feet apart. and some esther kart please plan to go on strike today and they are angry with the company for not giving them enough productions during the coronavirus pandemic and they worker is demanding the company provide safety items like hand sanitizers, disinfectant wipes and sprays and they want hazard pay. this is one of several companies delivering essentials to homes while most of the country remains under state home orders.>> such an important factor is you're trying to stay at home and having groceries delivered but if people are out of work i know a number of grocery stores are looking for those shoppers but they bring up a good point as it is important to stay healthy so we wish them well. good morning again, i am here at home and so is steve and sal castaneda and

. >> reporter: santa clara county board many cindy chavez says the county was expecting a bulk shipmenttests earlier this week, but they never showed up. >> we have been given a lot of feedback from the federal government about how we should respond at a local level. my response to that is, please get us the kits that we need to test our community. >> reporter: a community that seems increasingly concerned about visiting an airport. >> i am concerned that it's probably much greater than we think it is. >> reporter: laura sambol, nbc bay area news. >> well, a milestone of sorts for thousands of passengers quarantined aboard a cruise ship docked in oakland. the final, 476 passengers on that grand princess are expected to be off the ship by sundown tonight, so presumably any moment now. that doesn't mean the ship is heading back out to sea, though. at a news conference today, newsome said nearly 1100 crew members will stay on the ship which won't leave oakland until sunday afternoon. after that it will sit in the bay a few days. one of the passengers who was moved to travis air base earlie

and supplies, so doesn't strain any of our current resources county board of supervisors chair cindy chavez says the convention center will be search capacity for a number of hospitals in santa clara county, the opening date has not yet been determined. reporting in santa clara gayle ong kron 4 news. >>now the big story we're following 6 bay area counties are extending school closures. now all the way to may first in an effort of course to try to slow the spread of coronavirus can force dan kerman has been following this story and he reports now from san francisco. >>the signs outside san francisco sanchez elementary school might say the school is closed through april 3rd. but now the san francisco unified school district along with the county offices of education in alameda contra customer in san mateo and santa clara had extended the closure another month, we want to truly embrace what is being put out there not only across the bay area. but across the entire state of california when it comes to social distancing and the importance of that as things stand now playgrounds and classrooms wi

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to uh to assist maintaining our distance county board of supervisors president cindy chavez and fairgrounds executive director abraham and roddy. >>gave us a tour sunday, the fair grounds already serves as a verily drive-thru covid 19 testing center at 150 acres it's enough space for resources and his socially distance people who will be staying here are coming from santa clara county shelters. the goal is to spread people around to create safe environmen at the current ppshelters, 15 trailers from th state are for hoeless copa 19 patients o don't need to be hospitalized gateway hall will have 60 to 80 caught spread apart fiesta hall will provide information on benefits and wi fi the space for make room for any homeless overflow crews will start building the center on monday, the homeless shelter will open by the end of week in an effort to stop the spread of covid 19 in santa clara county and san jose city officials have a least hotel rooms an apartment complex as and are also looking for more space is the house those who tested positive and have been exposed to the virus. reporting in san

supervisor cindy chavez from santa clara county, thank you so much as you continue to follow the shelter in place. >> and be well. >>> 6:00 for you right now. a live look outside in downtown san jose. it's 6:00 in the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. and happening right now nearly 7 million people in the bay area are under a shelter in place which is entering its sixth hour. golden gate, san mateo and bay bridges, traffic light for us as people are told to stay at home. >> that also means bars, gymnasiums closed, restaurants can now only do pickup or delivery orders. >> governor newsome signing orders for utilities to keep the power on. >> right now around 300 confirmed cases in the bay area. >> nationwide more than 4,400 cases with 85 deaths. good morning, thank you for watching us on this st. patrick's day. certainly a surreal one for us. >> we're spread out to keep us all safe as long as possible as well. >> we all know this is new to us. certainly as we work together we will get through this. we want to be the resource to make sure we provide that information you

santa clara board president cindy chavez took a tour and told us it was set up like a drive-through service. she and others also said the testing was overdue. >> overall, the testing has been abysmal, and we have been pushing on the federal government in particular to make tests available to us for weeks and weeks and weeks. what i really appreciate is a company like verily that wasn't planning on doing this, that now is playing a leadership role in getting these tests done. >> i think most americans, even if they're not experts, even if they're not in government, are a little suspect about what's been taking so long. why has it been taking so long? we had our first discussion at the board of supervisors on january 28th. >> reporter: both chavez and cortese praised verily for stepping in to conduct this program. verily said it will be announcing more details about this program tomorrow. we've been trying to emphasize that this site, this pilot program, you cannot just walk up to the program and get tested. you have to go through the verily website, get screened, and then be accepted in orde

the santa clara county board of supervisors cindy chavez who helped conduct the testing said the process seems to be going much faster now. essentially the patient drives up, and only lowers the window to get their mouth swabbed, then raises the window and drives off. >> it was a pilot, not something they've done before. and i think they seem to have been really responsive to learning while they're doing and really working all the kinks out of their system. >> reporter: a similar scene is going on in san mateo county also at its fairgrounds. governor gavin newsom says the bay area sites only did 30 yesterday. wants to see that number jump to 400 at each site. chavez said she believes the sites can keep pace, but it's not a simple process. >> there's a lot of components to testing including how many tests can actually be processed through the pipeline that are also impacting ability to go broader. >> reporter: now, that will be key because verily's project baseline website has been at times overwhelmed by the public response. county officials telling me it shut down for a little while las

. >>> santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez held a different kind of press conference to updateto the coronavirus. she kept her social distance yesterday by holding a conference call with santa clara valley medical center chief paul lorense and other officials. they are preparing to treat a surge of patients if this virus spreads. >> that plan would include looking at all 2,100 adult beds that we can equip and staff for critically ill patients. >> loren says people without covid-19 would be moved to other facilities to accommodate seriously ill patients. >>> scientists at ucsf are on a mission to break down the virus and identify which proteins it interacts with. that information would provide a critical road map for scientists. >> a lot of effort out there trying to develop drugs to target the virus, which is great. we're taking a different approach. >> we're looking in step by step, we're starting at the exact protein but we're branch branching out and expanding that list to see what we have that could sort of cordon off the virus. >> ucsf researchers have found about 50 drugs

cindy chavez, president of the santa clara county board of supervisors, says the space will be used to provide shelter for the homeless during the covid-19 pandemic. this will include 60 to 80 cots spaced six feet apart for social distancing. >> what we're trying to do is make sure none of the shelters are so crowded that it's easy if somebody gets sick or somebody has the virus that other people get it easily. >> reporter: the plan is to remove people who are already staying in some of the county's busy shelters and bring them here instead. they will have access to clean bathrooms to wash hands and the second building will be used for either overflow or a place where people can sign up for benefits. if someone gets sick, they will be sent to a state-provided trailer for isolation. >> i know people recall frightened. i know that 25 families lost loved ones in our community and i'm so sorry for those families who are suffering and for those family members who are sick. the reason we're out here today is i want people to know we're working really hard to make sure that we're doing everyt

cindy chavez explains how it will play a vital relief role as well. >> reporter: we want you to know that we are using it to protect families as well, by having this over here and homeless folks, an ability to house those who need to be isolated and one of the ways we're using this to support our families. >>> and the trailer will soon provide places where homeless people who need to be quarantined can have a safe place to live. >>> city leaders in mountain view are spending more people to help more businesses, and homeless people make it through the crisis. it includes $400,000 for small local businesses and $100,000 to help the owners of small apartment complexes and $50,000 to provide portable rest room, hand washing stations and other amenities to help homeless people. this follows mountain view's city council approving a half million dollar rent relief package. >>> a second patient at laguna honda hospital in san francisco has tested positive for coronavirus. health officials announced the additional case this morning, bringing the total number of cases at the hospital to nine.

and supplies, so doesn't strain any of our current resources county board of supervisors chair cindy chavez says the convention center will be search capacity for a number of hospitals in santa clara county, the opening date has not yet been determined. reporting in santa clara gayle ong kron 4 news. new york city is dominating the situation in the united states about 60% of the infections. well in the new york city metropolitan area. so you guys are getting hit. terribly hard it is so unfortunate. >>most people know him by now the nation's top infectious disease doctor anthony found she is highlighting the dire situation in new york city right now which is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak here in the u s there are more than 33,000 confirmed cases in new york state and 366 people have died in the state with the majority of people dying in new york city where there have now been more than 17,000 cases reported and here in california, at least 1 million residents have filed for unemployment has the state remains under a mandatory stay at home order for covid 19. >>governor newsome to

. >>> santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez held a different kind of press conference this afternoono update the county's efforts to respond to the coronavirus. she kept her social distance by holding a conference call, with santa clara valley medical center chief executive officers paul lorenz and other officials. county officials are preparing to treat a surge of critical ill patients if the virus spreads. >> that plan would include looking at all 2100 adult beds that we can equip and staff for critical ill patients. >> lore enz says people without covid-19 would be moved to other facilitates to accommodate the more seriously infected patients. one of those facilities is the city of santa clara's convention center. it will be for up to 250 people who need medical care. president trump has called for eight of these federal medical stations to be set up in california, providing 2,000 additional hospital beds. >>> now to a story we've been covering all week. the wife of an abc 7 news employee has tested positive for covid-19. maria gomez is an employee of santa clara county. she and h

>>cindy chavez president of the santa clara county board of supervisors says the county is well prepared but bracing for more covid 19 cases so this is an opportunity for us to get prepared in advance what we know the coming weeks are going to bring which is more people. >>they are second we want to make sure our front-line employees are healthy safe and well san jose mayor sam liccardo called the health crisis a storm this is no different we're going to do this program do it together there is now a donation drive for money and supplies so far sinesses and nonprofits show their generosity. >>the silicon valley leadership group is a leading the effort. the group ceo carl guardino worked out a plan for donors 0 0 or platforms 0 banking rews so that 100% of every contribution goes to the lifesaving equipment, thousands of supplies from respirators surgical mask gloves hazmat suits have been donated the goal is buy 400 ventilators with the money. organizers say even one or 10 bottles of sanitizing products will keep workers healthy to save lives donations can be dropped off at the valley cen

to uh to assist maintaining our distance couny board of supervisors president cindy chavez and fairgrounds executive direcr abraham and roddy. >>ga us a tour sund, fair grounds alrey serves as a verily drive-thru covid 19 testing center at 150 acres it's enough space for resoues and his soially distance peoplwho will be staying here are cominfrom santa clara conty shelters. the goal is to spread people ound to create safe enronments at the current shelters, 15 trailers from the statare for homeless copa19 hospitalized gateway hall will have 60 to 80caught spread apart fiesta hallill provide information on benefits an fi the space for make room for any homeless overflow crews will start building the center on monday, the homeless shelter will open by the end of week in an effort to stop the spread of covid 19 in santa clara county a san josecity officials have a least hotel rooms an apartment complex as and are also looking for more space is the house those who tested positive and have been exposed to the virus, reporting in san jose gayle ong kron news. >>well to the south bay now santa cl

>>cindy chavez president of the santa clara county board of supervisors says the county is well prepared. but bracing for more covid 19 cases so this is an opportunity for us to get prepared in advance what we know the coming weeks are gointo bring which is more people who are second we wanna make sure our frontline employees. >>a healthy safe and well san jose yor sam liardo called the health crisis a storm this is no different we're going to do this program do it together there is now a donation drive for money and supplies so far businesses and nonprofits show their generosity. >>the silicon valley leadership group is a leading the effort. the group ceo carl guardino worked out a plan for donors 0 management siro or platforms 0 banking foods so that 100% of every contribution goes to the lisaving equipment, thousands of supplies from respirators surgical mask gloves hazmat suits have been donated the goal is to buy 400 ventilators with the money. organizers say even one or 10 bottles of sanitizing products will keep workers healthy to save lives nations can be dropped off at the valle

supervisor cindy chavez explained how a place designed to entertain and amuse can be vital. >> we're using it to save and protect families now by having opportunities to house homeless folks, by having opportunities to isolate people who need to be isolate. this is one of the assets we're using to make sure we're supporting our families. >> these trailers will soon provide a safe place for people to live who are homeless, but still need to be quarantined. >>> in san jose, moving to this. california state parks have started new measures to stop the spread of coronavirus. cars and other vehicles can no longer enter any of the parking lots there. so what they're telling you is to continue to work out and enjoy the outdoors, take a hike. just do it in your neighborhood. don't drive to these locations. >>> and happening now. a local east bay restaurant is switching things up this morning. instead of serving regular customers, it's cooking up meals to deliver to local ambulance crews. amy hollyfield is live in concord where food is about to be dropped off. good morning, amy. >> we can't go

. >>> santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez held a different kind of press conference to updatee held a conference call with santa clara and other officials. marin says county hospitals are preparing to treat a surge of critically ill patients if the virus spreads. >> that plan would include looking at all 2,100 adult beds that we can equip and staff for critically ill patients. >> people without covid-19 would be moved to other facilities to accommodate the more seriously infected patients. >>> the santa clara convention center could be for up to 250 people who need medical care. president trump has called for eight of these federal medical stations to be set up providing 2,000 additional hospital beds. >>> now toen an update for a sty we have been covering for about a week the wife of an abc 7 news employee has tested positive for covi covid-19. she and her husband have been self-quarantining for a week and will continue to do so for another week per the quarantine guidelines. gomez is feeling a lot better and her husband never had any symptoms. we'll have more of an update on

mayor sam accardo within a clare county supervisor cindy chavez attended the opening this morning for the villas on the park at north second street. it's an 83 unit housing development that help people transition from homelessness to permanent housing. it also has health services at the highs including mental health counseling and substance abuse treatment. >> when we think of what villas on the park represents, to me it represents the next 100 projects. we are showing our neighbors, our community there is a way to end homelessness that looks like this. all my god, it looks like this. >> the development is run by pat, people assisting the homeless, and affirmed housing. it was funded to the city of san jose. revenue was drawn from measure a formal housing fund. >>> a leading voice in the fight against gun violence, coming up next, the walk behind health today in oakland featuring former arizona congresswoman gabby gates. >>> outside our door this afternoon, increasing clouds, cooler temperature, a little breezy ahead of a system that will finally bring us some rain in time for your we

the mayor, sim lacardo and cindy chavez attended the grand opening of the villas on north 2nd street yesterday. an 83 unit development that helps people transition from homelessness to people housing. it has services like mental health counseling and substance abuse treatment. >> when we think of what the villas represents it represents the next 100 projects. we are showing our neighbors, our community that there is a way to end homelessness, that it looks like this, oh, my god, it looks like this. >> that development is run by a group call people assisting the homeless. it was funded through the city revenue from the 2016 measure a affordable housing bond. >>> an alternative to uber and lyft called go 306, a prescription based services that uses teslas. it is available in downtown and midtown sacramento but because of its small operating area the company says wait times are short and the cost of each ride is about 2.50. >>> cal berkeley has entered into a commitment with the city of sacramento under mayor stineberg leadership and lewis stewart to have smaller companies in our commun

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