the mayor says nypd will drive around, telling groups of people not to linger in city parks. officers will go into grocery stores and other public spaces to encourage social distancing. the mayor emphasizing, though, that they're going to try this out for a week and then reassess these procedures. tom? >> all right, we could see that enforcement moving forward. stephanie, thank you for that. >>> now to the nation's hospitals making emergency demands. some doctors and nurses running low on protective gear, many reusing their masks. some hospitals reporting a 50% surge in coronavirus patients. here's abc's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: tonight, a massive rush to get tested suddenly cut short. hundreds of people arriving before 4:30 this morning, waiting in a mile-long line at new jersey's biggest drive-through testing site. but just 30 minutes after opening, they hit capacity and police had to turn people away. medical professionals now advise that only those with severe cases seek medical help. inside hospitals tonight, there's growing concern. >> it's a scary time to be a do

if people do not start taking the city's social distancing rules seriously. parksthe city were packed with hikers, joggers, and cyclists this past weekend. many of those people were blatantly ignoring the order to stay 6' away from each other while turning the of our city t order. the folks out on the streets having drinking parties. the folks out on the streets socializing and coming together and not taking this social distancing requirement seriously, you are putting lives at steak, you are putting public health in jeopardy. >> now the current shelter-in- place allows people to go outside for essential activities and outdoor exercise. >>> governor gavin newsom already took action after large numbers of people went out last weekend to california's outdoor fun spots. the governor is shutting down parking lots of dozens of california's most popular parks and beaches. the governor's order is a response to the big crowds ignoring the social distancing rules. . >> when you're out there and you can't find parking at a beach, it suggests you're not going to practice soci

lots at beaches and parks. >>> and the mayor is keeping city parksan change quickly. she's upset with the recent images people crowding local parks and beaches. >>> number five, check the home and ask around at nt isn- accepting95 and surgical masks and goggles and clorox wipes for our health-care workers. >>> and all lanes are open here. a sig-alert was in effect due to a deadly crash, but now all lanes are open. >>> number seven, keep an umbrella and our app handy so you can follow the showers today. they could happen at anytime, and light to moderate, a chilly one. mid-40s this morning and only mid-50s this afternoon. >>> number eight. we are all going to dnice's party. >> i was right there with you kumasi. >> you went? wasn't it fun? >> i went in my living room. >> you have to get onboard. >> so you know, it's letter >>> good morning, america. as we join you this tuesday morning, the battle over how to fight the coronavirus outbreak. the world health organization warns the pandemic is accelerating, but as the national medical experts call to expa

but the city park is my favorite part of the thing. you can observe all kinds of people here. in the theater when you can see everyone from top managers to punks to japanese tourists. everyone comes here. some say the things. what it is today. following loopy from beethoven's footsteps in vienna as i've already mentioned the 2 of them was a rather restless guy he often moved in vienna and he even moved in and out of the apartment in the merc of us twice several times the house belonged to one of the talking patrons baron past. his landlord remained loyal to him even when beatle moved elsewhere the baron that not rent out the apartment but kept it so that the musician could return. since the 2 of them suffered from gastric complaints as well as for. hearing loss he visited the spa town of heiling start on the outskirts of vienna and hopeful for a cure he often went for a walk in this park. the building in the nearby houses vienna's be to have museum. shows me around the rooms the beatles lived in the summer of 18 all too. it was quite unsettled he often moved why was that. he w

>> reporter: while the mayor considers shutting down park, city supervisors are moving ahead with a plan to rent out the city's vacant hotel rooms and fill them with thousands of homeless individuals who are living in packed shelters and out on the streets. >> the shelters are places where right now are unfortunately very dangerous in terms of the way that the virus spreads. >> reporter: the city supervisor hillary ronan says hotels have offered up 8500 rooms. who is taking them? homeless people most likely to die if they get infected with the coronavirus, as well as first responders who have either tested positive or were exposed and need a place to quarantine themselves. away from family. >> an hour matters. we cannot talk about this for the next week or two. >> reporter: 8500 hotel rooms might sound like a lot, but the city sprfbse, supervisors say they will need more and the executive order they believe gives the city the right to force hotels to hand over the keys to the empty rooms. they hope it doesn't come to that. melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, melissa. >>> s

. >> san francisco mayor warns to close city parks if people don't listen to the order. which allows people to go out for brief visits to get air and exercise. >> but the mayor said people missed the point. >> it's not a matter whether or not we're going to have more people get sick, they are, what happens if it it's your grandmother, your uncle, what happens if we don't have a bed for them to be in because they got sick. we don't want to get to that point. >> the mayor said she doesn't want to order city parks closed but she will if she has to protect public safety. >> over crowded beaches, parks and trails were familiar seen all over the bay area. marin county closed all of its parks late yesterday afternoon because of it. we're live now with the latest. wayne? remain closed, there's place here where people go all day to walk their dogs on the trails. it's usually credit crowded was extremely crowded last weekend and likely to be less crowded from here on out. >> in marin county parks it's been a population explosion on the trails. not what the doctors ordered. >> it's

city. his legacy is significant not only for parks but the city generally. i am proud and honored to call you a friend. we will stay in touch. i will miss your day to die psalm andie --day-to-day calm ag presence. we have a present not one park sign but two. one is we would like you to always think of us. so we have for you a john ram original sign from your fends at -- from your friends at rec and park. your compassion has been about the importance of space of civic center. through your passion and interest and will and your hearding of cats, you have created a plan for what the future of the san francisco most important public commons should be. we have tried to notch your passion by sparking change in one of those spaces, but may your legacy at some point be the fully renovated civic center public realm. we want you to have this to think about that always. (applause). >> thank you so much. this is unexpected and very lovely. thank you so much. after hearing that e-mail i must have gone to work for the wrong department. i never get e-mails like that. >> we

the entire floor is for commuter buses to come in and drop off, there will be five and a half acre city parkccessible to everyone. it has an amputheater and water marsh that will filter it through to use it for landscaping. bay area council is big here in the area, and they have a gender equity group. i love going to the workshops. it's where i met jessica. >> we hit it off, we were both in the same field and the only two women in the same. >> through that friendship did we discover that our projects are interrelated. >> the projects provide the power from san jose to san francisco and end in the trans bay terminal where amanda was in charge of construction. >> without her project basically i have a fancy bus stop. she has headed up the women's network and i do, too. we have exchanged a lot of ideas on how to get groups to work together. it's been a good partnership for us. >> women can play leadership role in this field. >> i tell him that the schedule is behind, his work is crappy. he starts dropping f-bombs and i say if you're going to talk to me like that, the meeting is over. so these a

stay away from these people even in new york city parks sure all clustered together i don't know what to think stay away from people a person can infect you and they won't even know that they have the virus spring breakers like here in miami have been ignoring warnings to avoid large gatherings. we do care about our holidays like i'm a concern but my thing is is that one day we're going to die or so. gradually virus testing is being rolled out to provide a clearer picture of the scale of the outbreak 6 drive through centers in new york are hoping to test hundreds of people a day but officials have said there could be problems sourcing enough testing kits . in houston texas drivers and passengers queued up for over 2 kilometers to get their swabs taken the mayor of the city says testing capacity is insufficient there's not enough testing available right now to meet demand we hope to start tomorrow that will be on a limited basis and primarily the focus will be on 1st responders and health care providers it is believed that because of the lack of an effective testing system the coronavi

. >>> san francisco mayor london breed is warning she height have to shut down city parks. now parks across the city were packed with hikers, joggers and cyclists this past weekend. and mayor breed says many of those people were blatantly ignoring the order to stay 6' away from others. >> i want to plead to the people of our city to comply with the order. the folks who are out on the streets drinking at parties. the folks out on the streets socializing and am coming together and not taking this social distancing requirement. you are putting public health in jeopardy. >> the mayor says people partying are taking advantage of the city's shelter in place order. >>> governor gavin newsom cracking down on people ignoring the social distancing rule and rushing to california's parks and beaches. the governor is shutting down parking lotting to some of the state's most popular parks and beaches. >> when you're out there and you can't find parking at a beach, it suggests you're not going to practice social distancing and it may suggest you may want to find a new location. but we're

enjoying the outdoors people in tokyo have been taking to the city's parks to soak up the spring weather and admired the seasonal cherry blossom crowds gather in public spaces despite appeals by the authorities to help contain the coronavirus outbreak. we want to go to more still like there are more people here than i expected so it was the right policeman might come and tell us to leave it's. understood. that some of the things like being inside the house for a long time that he's cute to be at night. it feels nice. on thursday came a stern warning from tokyo's governor urging people to avoid non-essential outings to look at the new 30 middle queue is that a crucial juncture it faces the risk of an explosive spray it off the coronavirus. the call immediately prompted residents to queue up at supermarkets to stock up on food and supplies. it will continue this is a place that i couldn't get anything i was so shocked and i had to come out again i'm glad i was able to buy things today. with packed crowds moving from tokyo as parks to cash registers warnings of a looming national crisis hav

must take place without spectators go up and hold a 2 wanted vantage from the 1st leg a match at city's park the princess stadium is scheduled for wednesday the decision was taken following a meeting with france's sports minister most gatherings of more than a 1000 people in france were banned on sunday. and just reminder of the top story we're following for you here today and e.w. news italian prime minister just up a content has ordered the extension of the merger coronavirus measures to cover the entire country nationwide restrictions non-essential travel and public. you're watching news from berlin. thanks for watching. go beyond. all of the stories that matter to the. country. whatever it takes. are running now for defenseless. d.w. made for mines.

we also have bigger parks in new york city. we have a park in brooklyn, 400 acres. there are big parks, there are big spaces, that is where you want to be. but we need a plan for new york city, i want it in 24 hours because this is a significant problem that has to be corrected. in terms of numbers, i said yesterday, new york is testing more people than any state in the country and per capita, more than any country on the globe. that is a positive accomplishment, pardon upon -- pardon the pun. we ramped up very quickly, we are doing it better than anyone else, and that is a good thing because when you identify a positive, then you can isolate that person and that is exactly what we're trying to do. number ofncrease the tests, you're going to increase the number of people who test positive. and the numbers show exactly that. we have now tested 61,000 people. tested, 15,000 people. these numbers just our exponential -- just are exponential to what is being done anywhere else in the country and that is why you're going to see much higher number than anywhere else. tota

. >> reporter: it's a problem in urban areas and the mayor is suggesting shutting down city parks if they don't start taking the social distancing rule more seriously. some popular areas with signs to row mind people about the six feet of distance rules. under state at home orders, people are allowed to go outside to get food, medicine, and to walk your dog and get fresh air and exercise so longies maintain six feet of distance between yourself and your family and other people. we have a list in this, full list of state parks in the parking lots closed here in california who have that on ktvu also our ktvu facebook and instagram pages and we should also mention you can still walk to places like this. you just can't park here. >> ali, thank you. people living in rvs or trailers say it's getting more and more difficult to find a place to park their homes. campgrounds and places they used to stay are being shut down. >>> a food max store in san jose temporarily closed as an extra precaution after an employee died in the coronavirus. the stores at parkmore and veridian avenue. the county

and the nypd will drive around telling groups of people not to linger in city parks, officers will go other public spaces encouraging social distancing. the mayor emphasizing this could all change, they will try this for a week and then reassess the procedures. stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >>> and senators are returning to the negotiating table this morning on the new trillion dollar economic package. democrats voted against moving forward with it saying it was tilted toward corporations and didn't go far enough to help american workers and health care providers. mitch mcconnell accused the democrats of playing with the emotions of the american people. >> if we aren't able to act tomorrow, it will be because of our colleagues on the other side continuing to dicker when the country expects us to come together and address this problem. >> mcconnell placed blame squarely on nancy pelosi. democrats call it a slush fund for corporations. >>> and hospitals in hard hit areas are feeling the strain with shortage of supplies. this morning growing concern inside america's hospitals. as

ed thomas reports. 6:00pm, and this was dublin at rush hour, from the streets to quiet city parks andreland's partial shutdown began. i'm a bit scared, because i can't go home in case i pass it onto, like, my grandmother, my grandfather, so... what does this mean for you? well, it's better to be safe. we're going to stay at home, and wait untilallthe... you've made that decision, stay at home with the children? yeah. so far, there's only one urgentjob. how manyjobs should there be? there should be at least 60 or 70 jobs on that. 70 jobs? at this time of the evening, yep. the advice here now is to work from home if you can. but, for a taxi driver like colin, that's a problem. finance — who's going to pay the bills? because i'm self—employed. so you're losing the school run. i have a school run, which — the schools are now going to be closed for two weeks. so if this carries on, what are you going to do? can you cope with this? no, definitely not. 0utside dublin, after the schools and colleges shutdown was announced, this was the picture in one supermarket. we filmed this in another sto

people right then and there you're not creating social distance, then they saw so many people at e city parks that federal parks and e state parks that the governor last week actually told those people to grow up. now it doesn't mean that you have to ignore all the state parks you can still come to the locations you can walk around you can hike on the trails but as far as driving here and going down to the locations like the beaches and then having all those people together that is no longer allowed as r as driving to those locations. the state is going to monitor the situation and if they continue to see a large gathering of people there uld be different things happening including possibly shutting down all o the sparks because they want to make sure the flatten the curve of coronavirus. >>the san francisco unified school district it is reducing the number of days for food ckups, this is an effort of course to reduce crowds and travel kron on sarah stinson has that story. >>i'm here at rosa parks elementary school, one of 17 schools in san francisco that e continuing to feed families the mea

city parks, open spaces and state parks.he move comes one day after bay area residents flocked to the trails and beaches putting vulnerable residents at risk because of unsafe social distancing. and traffic that clogged the roads. so far no word on when the parks will reopen. >>> new tonight at 11:00 p.m. a man is under arrest, accused in a deadly shooting in san jose. police were called to a grocery store just before 4:00, they found a man with a gunshot wound. he later died at the hospital. police arrested the suspect at the scene. >>> local small businesses forced to shut their doors but some are getting back on their feet thanks to the country. >> and a major country will not send their athletes the olympics. >> and doppler is lit up tonight. why we don't need to worry about that rain, it is the next storm coming from the gulf of alaska that gets here on tuesday, that is where we turn our focus next. i will have that in the forecast coming up. . >>> by the looks of the boarded up store fronts in san francisco, you would

was oblivious to what was going on. >> last night mayor garcetti tweeted sports and recreation at city parksre closing because too many people pack these places over the weekend. malibu and santa monica also closed its beach parking lots. >>> the stock market could take another hit today. futures dropped 5% last night after an economic stimulus package stalled in congress. 5% is the maximum drop allowed overnigh mn wall street opens for business in about two hours and, of course, we'll keep you updated as we watch that. >>> ucsf is getting help tweeting that the sales force community delivered 9,000 masks to the hospital and now it's working to deliver another 5 million masks this week along with other critical, personal protective equipment. >>> palo alto based tesla donated masks to help in the coronavirus pandemic. the doctor that received them said it took less than 24 hours from the discussion about sending them. ceo elon musk says tesla will distribute 1,200 ventilators this week. in a tweet musk explained that getting them delivered, installed and operating is the hard part. >>> some

but the new york city parks have been a problem i saw the problem myself firsthand. i spoke to mayor de blasio, i spoke to speaker johnson, we said come up with a plan in 24 hours that everybody agreed with they came up with a plan we're now implementing that plan i signed off on that plan. the plan is going to pilot closing streets in new york city because we have much less traffic in new york city, we have many -- fewer vehicles in new york open streets people want to walk, they want to go get air, you want a less dense area, so pilot closing streets to cars, opening streets to pedestrians the -- we'll also enact mandatory playground social density, probably a new concept. no close contact sports in a playground no basketball. for example. you cannot do it we're asking people to do that on a voluntary basis if there is noncompliance with that, we will then make it mandatory and we will actually close the playgrounds. we don't want to do that because playgrounds are a place to go out and get open air, but you have to exercise social distancing >> that's new york may

so you can imagine when everybody has the same idea it gets to be packed county state and city parks eat could have been seen packed and that's why they are deciding here in sonoma county too shut down all the parked all the parks and in the statewide order you heard you can were able to exercise outside and walk her dog but now the governor city and county leaders are having to become more strict the governor has shut down 3 dozen state parking lots to prevent people from mass gathering at state parks and beaches and counties like miranda now sonoma are taking a step further park goers that we talked with are disappointed to hear this. >>it breaks my heart but i understand the reasons you know i i i i've been wondering how long it would last that we're still able to access the stuff in a sense it's but i think it's a probably not for the better in general basically the only activity we really can do is get outside walk or run. you know that type of stuff in it. the kind of the biggest area we have around to do it not to blow. his we have to parking lots are shut down you know it make

as of midnight, the national park service working with the city of san francisco also closed parkingeach. >> it's sad that the governor had to close so many beaches and stuff too, because people don't understand what social distancing means. >> terry ingram says she understands why the parking lots were closed, but she says parking along the street makes it harder to get to the park. >> i'm going to do it today for a little bit because i'm here. but i won't come back if i have to park here because as a senior, it's almost impossible for me to walk up that hill. >> lisa capara, who lives in san carlos doesn't think closing parking lots will deter people from coming. sees a bigger problem with people parking along the road. >> what it's going to do, though, is compact us into a smaller area so that we have closer contact, which i think is more dangerous for us. where as if we had the parking lot, we would be more easily able to stay six feet apart from each other. >> now some are worried if people are kept out of state parks, they will just flood city park, creating the same problems f

picnic sites and other outdoor common areas, but that lead to it being packed at county stay in city parks. people were flooding them at the beach they were having a good time but they weren't keeping their 6 feet of distance it doesn't allow you when that many people go to the park and that's what we need right now 6 feet of distance social distancing. and we also need to shelter in place at home in the statewide order you are allowed to exercise outside and walk your dog but they're having to a change this can get a little bit more strict to the governor city and county leaders are having to change this. the governor has shut down 3 dozen state parking lots to prevent people from mass gathering at state parks and beaches in counties like marine sonoma are also taking a step further closing the park's altogether parkgoers very disappointed to hear this. >>it breaks my heart but i understand the reasons you know i i i i've been wondering how long it would last that we're still able to access the stuff in a sense it's but i think it's a probably not for the better in general basically the o

county, public health officials have ordered all parts to close, effective immediately, that include city parks, open space preserves and state parks. the move comes after folks flock to the trails and beaches over there be over the weekend putting vulnerable residents at risk because of unsafe social distancing. no word on when the parks will reopen. meanwhile, east bay parks have closed some of its sites including picnic areas and children play areas, but officials say over weleed the un when and . coshut dowsome rk >>> during the fabric, we have been hearing a lot about the importance of frequent handwashing and today, i talked to be a facetime on cbsn bay area with the doctor of stealth the -- stanford healthcare. >> as far as we know, it is an authority shall. just like when we are washing the dishes, this is how the virus is killed. the soap works best to destroy the outer shell and kill the virus. so, remember to wash your hands as often as possible. 20 seconds with soap and water and if that is not available, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.>>> watch the full interview and get more fro

. >> the mayor says she doesn't want to order city parks to close but will if she has to to protect public safety. >>> while president trump says he wants to open the economy sooner than expected, the trillion-dollar package has stalled in congress. >> good morning, president trump is discussing easing social distancing guidelines as early as next week in hopes of reviving the economy. >> president trump hinting he wants to re-open the economy despite objections from health experts. >> america will again, and soon be open for business, very soon, a lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was suggesting. >> the president's comments coming as new york governor andrew cuomo suggests the pandemic could suggest up to nine months. >> it's public health, because you cannot put a value on a human life. nobody cares how long it takes to get the economy up and running if you actually saved lives. >> on capitol hill negotiations over the $2 trillion stimulus package -- >> democrats pushing for more restrictions on corporate, and they say republicans are playing politics. >> steve mnuchin a

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>>honestly doesn't want to have to shut down city parks, but she says there may be no choice of people continue to refuse complying with social distancing mortars. >>it's really the last thing that i want to do so i want to order. the folks who are out on the streets have been drinking parties the folks who are out on the streets socializing in coming together and not taking this social distancing. requirements seriously you are putting lives at stake, your putting public health in jeopardy. this is important it's serious and ultimately our goal in preparing is to make sure that our hospitals have the capacity have what they need to prepare for what we know is coming. >>well to that mayor breed announced the san francisco has hired 82 nurses over the weekend in addition, the private sector has also been stepping up to to provide protective gear for front-line workers things like masks and gowns and gloves as well think a lot of people want to know how. >>it is this going to continue was the bay area has been in lockdown now and our state was one of the first to lock down let's take a l

the governor venting his frustration after seeing first-hand close groups of people in new york city parksg president trump to take more action. and how the president responded, just moments ago. >>> the virus emergency across the u.s. several more states issuing orders for residents to stay at home, as testing increases across the country. a new site reaching capacity, just 30 minutes after opening. >>> hospitals making emergency demands.

is $1.5 billion people and many are trying to go outside and now the mayor threatened to close city parks. ktvu's jana katsuyama is live at golden gate park where many people are going. >> reporter: we saw a lot of people out today and the mayor does not want to have to close the parks. she knows people need get exercise and fresh air but if people continue to disregard that six feet distance, then she will close the green spaces. >> reporter: the brisk bay air, a walk in golden gate park or jog has becomeessential for essential for many people coping with the coronavirus pandemic. . >> exercise so that i make sure i shower and get dressed. >> reporter: it has been difficult for some to maintain the six foot social distancing order. >> the past few days it has been very crowded. so yeah. difficult to keep distance. >> reporter: san francisco mayor said over the weekend some people were gathering in groups or partying at the beaches and parks. >> if things continue in the way we saw over the weekend, we will have no choice but to close our park system. >> reporter: closing parks would take

we also have bigger parks in new york city. the park in brooklyn, 400 acres. courtland park, there are big parks, there are big spaces. that's where you want to be. we need a plan from new york city. i want it in 24 hours because this is a significant problem that has to be corrected. in terms of numbers, i said yesterday new york is testing more people than any state in the country, and per capita more than any country on the globe. that is a positive accomplishment, pardon the punker because we want testing, we want more testing. we ramped up very quickly, we're doing it better than anyone else, and that is a good thing. because when you identify a positive, or then you can isolate that person: and that's exactly what we're trying to do. when you increase number of tests, you're going to increase the number of people who test positive. and the numbers show exactly that. we have now tested 61,000 people. newly tested, 15,000 people. so these numbers just are exponential to what is being done anywhere else in the country. and that's why you're going to see muc

>>county state in city parks could be seen packed across the bay area which meant people did not keepe distance that 6 feet away from one another or shelter in place at home. in that statewide order you are allowed to exercise outside and walk your dog but now the governor city and county leaders are having to reassess and get a bit stricter. the governor has shut down 3 dozen state parking lots to prevent people from mass gathering at state parks and beaches and counties are in and now sonoma have taken it a step further. park goers are disappointed to hear this i hear every day. >>this is. definitely a bummer here for just a a lot. enjoy the beautiful day in the rain. what i do understand. >>parks may be close but health officials here in sonoma county still recommend you to get outside and exercise walk the dog walk with your children but more in your neighborhoods like this one walk on the sidewalks in your neighborhood and then that way you can just head right back home to shelter in place which that order will be in effect until further notice in sonoma county sarah stinson kron

especially a problem in new york city parks. new york city must develop an immediate plan to correct this situation. i want a plan that we can review in 24 hours so that we can approve it. there are many options. you have much less traffic in new york city because nonessential workers are not going to work. get creative. open streets to reduce the density. you want to go for a walk, god bless you. you want to go for a run, god bless you. but let's open streets. let's open space. that's where people should be, in open space areas, not in dense low kegs. there's no group activity in parks. that's not the point. we spoke about it the other day. all sorts of kids playing basketball yesterday. i play basketball. there's no concept of social distancing while playing basketball. it doesn't exist. you can't stay six feet away from a person playing basketball. you can, but then you're a lousy basketball player and you're going to lose. you cannot do that. we also have bigger parks in new york city. we opened the park in brooklbro 400 acre

we also have bigger parks in new york city. a park in brooklyn that's 400 acres. parks, big spaces, that's where you want to be. but we need a plan for new york city. i want it in 24 hours because this is a significant problem that has to be corrected. i saids of numbers, yesterday, new york is testing more people than any state in and per capita, more than any country on the globe. that is a positive accomplishment, pardon the pun, because we want testing. we want more testing, we have ramped up quickly. we are doing better than anyone else and that is a good thing. when you identify a positive then you can isolate that person. that's what we are trying to do. when you increase the number of tests, you will increase the number of people who test positive. the numbers show exactly that. we have now tested 61,000 people. tested 15,000 people. tose numbers are exponential what is being done anywhere else in the country. that is why you are going to see much higher numbers than anywhere else. total number of new cases, 15,000. sorry, total number of cases, 15,000, to

not start taking the city's social distancing rules seriously. parks across the city were packed with hikers, joggers, and cyclists over the weekend. mayor breed says many of those people were blatantly ignoring the order to stay 6' away from others while turning the park into an outdoor party. >> i want to plead to the people of our city to comply with the order. the folks who are out on the streets having drinking parties. the folks out on the streets socializing and coming together and not taking this social distancing requirement seriously, you are putting lives at steak. you are putting public health in jeopardy. >> now, the city's current shelter-in-place order allows people to go outside but for essential activities that includes outdoor exercise. >>> our time is 5:03. governor gavin newsom has already taken action after large numbers of people went out to california's fun spots over the weekend. the governor's now shutting down the parking lots of dozens of california's most popular parks and beaches. that order also is a response to the big ou

but the new york city parks have been a problem. i saw the problem myself firsthand. i spoke to mayor de blasio, i spoke to speaker johnson. we said come up with a plan in 24 hours that everybody agreed with. they came up with a plan. we're now implementing that plan. i signed off on that plan. the plan is going to pilot closing streets in new york city because we have much less traffic in new york city. we have many fewer vehicles in new york city. open streets. people want to walk, go out and get some air, you want a less dense area, so pilot closing streets to cars, opening streets to pedestrians. they'll enact mandatory playground social density. probably a new concept. no close contact sports in a playground. no basketball, for example. you cannot do it. we're asking people to do that on a voluntary basis. if there's non-compliance with that, we will then make it mandatory and we will actually close the playgrounds. we don't want to do that because playgrounds a place to go out and get open air, but you have to exercise social density even in a playground. again,

another la announcement today was an order to close county beacs and hiking trails with county and city park still remaininopen the order is good through april 19th from san francisco, cape bruny kron 4 news. >>and today santa clara county announced his 20th death from covid 19 and there have been 574 cases overall san mateo county has 239 cases and 6 people have died, san francisco county reports 279 cases and 3 deaths. contra costa county has 147 cases and one death. alameda county has 204 cases and 4 deaths. there have been 65 coronavirus cases in marine county and one death that was just reported this afternoon. we have learned that the victim was a man in his 70's and was a passenger on the grand princess cruise ship. so on a county has 34 casesonoma county, 50 cases and one death and that the county has 8 cases. and as the number of cases climbs in the bay area, san francisco now taking steps to slow the spread of the virus with the weekend arriving. police chief bill scott says that means you will see officers out in forcing the shelter-in-place order kron four's and herman joins us n

but the new york city parks have been a problem. i saw the problem myself firsthand. i spoke to mayor de blasio. i spoke to speaker johnson. i said, "come up with a plan in 24 hours" that everybody agreed with. they came up with a plan. we implemented that plan. i signed off on the plan. the plan is going to pilot closing streets in new york city, because we have much less traffic in new york city. we have many fewer vehicles in new york city. open streets. people want to walk, get open air. a less dense area, so so pilot closing streets to cars opening , streets to pedestrians. the -- we'll also enact mandatoy playground social density. it's probably a new concept. no close contact sports in a playground. no basketball, for example. you cannot do it. we are asking people to do that on a voluntary basis. if there's noncompliance with that, we will then make it mandatory, and we will actually close the playgrounds. we do not what do that, because playgrounds are a place to go out and get open air but you have to exercise social density even in a playground. and, again,

have shut down these parking lots because they want people to stay in their own neighborhoods last weekend people were congregating they were not doing the social distancing. and city officials have taken these steps to make sure the ople continue to stay apart from ch other this weekend. parking lots at san francisco's ocean beach in the marina greein crissy field east beach are closed outdoor fitness sites are also off limits and so are neighborhood playgrounds it san francisco's latest move to stave off bad behavior this weekend in other words an attempt to keep social distancing going in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus. >>i want to be clear that it will save lives. >>if we continue to practice social-distancing every single day as we are. at during this stay at home order. we will get to a better place. >>and the police chief says his officers will be around patrolling to make sure people are staying apart. >>think of your grandfather think of your grandmother think of your sick child think of the othepeople who you may be putting your wrist by not adhering to this. >>public health order city officials also announced next week they will open mosc

we've had issues with gatherings, that would include the embarcadero, and the marina green, other city parks, the pan handle, stern grove, exercise facilities in the park as the mayor has laid out will likely be closed in many of your parks. and we have seen by and large excellent compliance by the people in san francisco. we want that to continue. >> as we've laid out in previous conferences, you can find them on the san francisco police department website. our approach has been progressive. we have started with education and we will still educate the public. when this public health was put out on march 16th, we had this many people, a lot of people who didn't get the message and as we have educated that number has gotten smaller and smaller with the people who have not complied. and we do think that education has worked. however, education can only go so far and there will come a time where we'll have to enforce. now, our officers have been very patient. they understand what's at stake here. they understand that we're looking at the end game of compliance. this is not about a count of how

but the new york city parks have been a problem. i saw the problem myself first-hand.i spoke to mayor de blasio, i spoke to speaker johnson. we said come up with a plan in 24 hours that everybody agreed with. they came up with a plan. we're now implementing that plan. i signed off on that plan. the plan is going to pilot closing streets in new york city. because we have much less traffic in new york city. we have many fewer vehicles in new york city. open streets. people want to walk, they want to get some air. you want less dense area. so pilot closing streets to cars. opening streets to pedestrians. we'll also enact mandatory playground social density. probably a new concept. no close contact sports in a playground. no basketball, for example. you cannot do it. we're asking people to do that on a voluntary basis. if there is noncompliance with that, we will then make it mandatory and we will actually close the playgrounds. we don't want to do that. because playgrounds are a place to go out and get open air. but you have to exercise social density even in a playground

. >> mayor schaaf says city parks may have to be shut down if people don't take the shelter in place order and social distancing seriously. >>> thieves targeted a restaurant closed because of the order. at least four people broke in, stole money, drank sparkling wine and stayed for two days. owner discovered the mess tuesday, then watched the pictures you're seeing now. san mateo county sheriffs office says it's looking at several possible suspects. >>> good will is asking people to stop leaving donations, like most businesses, they're closed. haven't stopped people leaving piles of items. good will spokesperson says it's illegal dumping. they found someone to clean it up and yellow taped it. >>> group known for novels working at something different tonight, feeding hospital employees and helping local restaurants in thecy meals recently wheeled in and served to emergency room staff in oakland. you may know the power couple responsible here, authors waldman and chabon. >> i went into triage, you guys want dinner? first person i saw burst into tears. >> waldman has published more than