that new start date, dan and liz is now may 4th. but of course a lot could change between now and then. and that tentative day could get pushed back once again. back to you guys. >> laura, so many questions i want to ask you. now that the closure has been extended, do you know how the districts are going to handle the meal programs that they've been offering? >> well, this district here in lafayette, all the districts really in all six of these counties offer some kind of meal program for free and reduced lunch to the students who qualify here in lafayette for lafayette elementary school district. they will continue to offer those meals. but in oakland, it is especially critical because 70% of the students in the oakland unified district qualify for those free and reduced meals. best advice for people is to go on the individual websites of each of the districts to find out kpaes available and when those meals are being handed out. >> all right, laura, thank you. >>> five new coronavirus deaths are reported today in the bay area. four

and good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm liz kreutz.the latest local news on the coronavirus pandemic. >> san francisco's mayor has sent letters to governor newsom and vice president pence asking for at least 1500 ventilators and 5,000 more hospital beds. >> the city's laguna honda hospital is under lockdow after several workers tested positive for coronavirus. >> six bay area counties announced their schools will not reopen until at least monday, may 4th. >> bart continues to see a huge drop in ridership, down 92% from yesterday from an average tuesday. >> and some east bay regional parks will be closed starting friday to eliminate overcrowd, including del val and castle rock. >> across the bay area, five more people died since yesterday from the coronavirus. four of those cases are in san mateo county, which now has a total of five deaths and 165 cases. santa clara county also reports another deadly infection with 17 deaths. there are now a total of 1194 cases in the bay area. and there are two confirmed cases of coronavirus in mendoc

and we know that instinctively. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm liz kreutz. a lot to get to.rnor newsom said california has tested nearly 60,000 people. nearly 2500 have tested positive and over half the cases are people between the ages of 18 and 49. today we learned public schools in six bay area counties will remain closed until at least may 4th. senate leaders and white house officials reached a deal on a $2 trillion relief package. but now a vote is up in the air because of some lawmakers' concerns. president trump talked what the bill contains in a news conference less than an hour ago.

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liz? >> dan, that's right. and that report says a quarter of those 600,000 jobs toe inospility a small that ma fabric of our cities and our neighborhoods. it is so heartbreaking to see these businesses struggle, and many of them saying they don't know if they'll even be able to reopen once all of this is said and done. at trick dog in the mission, the usually packed cocktail bar is boarded up with fly wood and shut down. >> it's very emotional for everyone. >> owner josh harris last week made the tough decision to temporarily close trick dog and his second restaurant, bon voyage, laying off all 50 of his employees. >> they are all collecting unemployment, which really feels just like a consolation prize that's used to justify the situation we all found ourselves in. >> is it fair to say you guys are at risk of potentially closing forever? >> absolutely. >> that's the heartbreaking reality for so many restaurant, bar, and small business owners across the bay area. you can see it here. page after page of san francisc

volatile periods ahead if you can work through that and have confidence that you have a good game plan, then you can probably sleep better at night. >> dan, liz and ed, thank you. >>> as i mentioned the dow and the s&p 500 posting the worst percentage drop today since 1987 joining us by phone, howard marks, co-chairman and cofounder of oak tree capital. how do you read the size and the speed of the moves we're now down 30% for the market in a matter of weeks. >> well, i mean, this is -- you might use the word panic but i think panic suggests irrationally and i don't think it's necessarily irrational it's an extreme reaction to the extreme event. compressed into a short period of time. although it's interesting to note, you know, i was just speaking with a colleague. you know, how much is the stock market down in march as of friday night it might surprise you to learn 8% so it's not really that much. it's just that we have had the biggest up days and the biggest down days in history compressed into that period of course today is now the second biggest down day in history. >> what do you think is getting priced in here in terms of bad case scen

liz? >> hi, dan and ama. i can tell you bernie sanders expects to do really well here tomorrow.rally over the weekend in san jose. nearly 10,000 people showed up. but look, we've been here outside city hall in san francisco. all day people have been coming and dropping off their ballots with buttigieg and klobuchar out of the race, a lot could change tomorrow. on the eve of california's primary, the race for the democratic nomination has shaken up. >> it's between two old guys. >> she is referring to bernie sanders and joe biden. sanders the democratic front-runner and biden seen as the new comeback kid after a win in south carolina and now the endorsements of both pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar. the two midwest candidates dropped out of the race ahead of super tuesday in what some say could be a way to consolidate the moderate vote around the former vp. >> it's all a conspiracy, and they're doing it exactly to do what you said, to try to blunt bernie's momentum and get behind biden. >> but it's not so simple. tom dropped off his ballot in san francisco. he said he was plannin

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and running. it's a scary time for them. liz kreutz is live in san francisco with a look at their stories. liz? >> dan, a very scary time. a new report projects that a quarter of the jobs lost in california because of coronavirus are going to be in hospitality and small businesses. of course those businesses are what make up the fabric of our cities and our communities. it's heartbreaking to see them struggle. we spoke to some businesses today about what they're doing and how they're doing as they try to stay afloat. at trick dog in the mission, the usually packed cocktail bar is t down. >> very emotional for everyone. >> reporter: owner josh harris says last week he made the tough decision to temporarily close trick dog and his second restaurant, laying off all 50 of his employees. >> they are all collecting unemployment, which really feels just like a consolation prize that's used to justify that situation that we found ourselves in. >> is it fair to say that you guys are at risk of potentially closing forever? >> absolutely. >> that's the heartbreaking reality for so many restaurant bar and small business owners across

liz there with her jacket on. quite chilly out today. >> it is chilly. it feels more like january that april. sandhya patel working from home has the forecast. sandhya? >> yeah, dan and definitely is a winter-like chill here in the bay area tonight. i'm here in the comfort of my own home, but still bringing you the forecast. live doppler 7. we'll show you where it is slippery out there right now. we go to the east bay, and i am getting reports of downpours. right now around livermore, seeing moderate to heavy rain. on the peninsula, from palo alto, east palo alto, heading across the bridge there, going into san francisco, bayshore, brisbane, we are seeing some pockets of wet weather. light to moderate intensity. in the sierra, it is turning to snow. and that is definitely welcome in the 110 m. above 4,000 feet. they're expecting above a foot over the peaks we're talking 16 inches, and travel will be difficult, obviously. so best to hold off. your afternoon temperatures tomorrow, low to upper 50s. a few showers, some sun breaks. a little mix of everything, even the possibility of thunder with higher elevation snows. so be prepared for anything. the accuweather seven-d