>>on our app kron on. >>and coming up italy's health care system has been crushed by the coronavirus at 5.30 why experts predict it's a sign things to come here in the u s plus as covid 19 bros deadlier by the day. what countries around thworld are doing to try and take control of this virus. and with a new surge in ronavirus case is still possibility here in the bay area. our hospitals prepared. th >>says there is. those thermometers gloves and gowns. hospitals and first respoers make up the top tier of those tting first dibs on the supplies. tear to include skilled nursing homes and clics as of friday. the county says they are better shape of late in terms of space in their local hospitals with 421 currently empty and available hospital beds, 86 isolation beds and 39 beds in i c u they also have a 141 ventilators ready to go for incoming patients up 44 from thursday, the m s supervisor believes is the effort to keep the streets clear by residents sheltering in place which is helping create the current ex

dan thorn kron 4 news. thank you dan and dan did allude to this public health officials in santa clara county taking proactive steps to protect people and slow the spread of the coronavirus of their community. >>this comes as 24 people are now confirmed to have the virus there. the new county guidelines for hosting mass gatherings and large community events include recommendations to postpone or cancel mass gatherings and large community events where people are within arm's length of one another. >>urge anyone who is sick not to attend in colors those who are at higher risk for serious illness, not to it and try to find ways to give people more physical space so they are not in close contact and encourage attendees to follow increase hygiene practices. vice president mike pence says there is a plan in place for the 19 crew members and 2 passengers aboard the grand princess cruise ship. >>who have tested positive for coronavirus the ship was originally scheduled to dock in san francisco's pier 27 this week.

dan kerman kron 4 news.ifornia state parks are closing down the campgrounds to try and slow the spread of coronavirus but the non campground outdoor areas of the parks will remain open and that includes trails and beaches officials say they do want people who might be going stir crazy to be able to embrace nature and get out of their homes however one southside everybody will still be asked to follow the cdc guidelines on social distancing restrooms will remain open but visitors are advised to take their own soap and hand sanitizer with them. >>in a worst case scenario schools shut down by coronavirus might not reopen until fall kron four's from fladeboe has reaction from the school superintendent of one of the largest high school districts in the south bay. >>with the all too real scenario that the coronavirus outbreak could linger into summer. it's looking like closing schools for 3 weeks may not be enough to help stop further spread of the virus. governor newsome on tuesday said it's unlikely that sue if

>>terry says stasio kron 4 news. >>and to help with the protective gear shortages in hospitals california's office of emergency services delivered 4295 mask plus thousands of face shields and surgical the queen of the valley hospital in napa and the napa county emergency operations center. right now napa has 3 confirmed cases of the virus. health care workers are of course on the front lines of the health crisis and many of them are in desperate need of supplies. and there continues to be a shortage of the mass that they need now volunteers across the country are taking matters into their own hands with the help of her son a retired home economics teacher in arizona is now putting her sewing skills to work. she's making washable covers to go over masks that health care workers have been issued but have to reuse because of a shortage of supplies. >>my new york's on order and as and he says a b have a vacuum cleaner banks. and they can be kept out and started just touching that masseuse germs of michigan were cut off a

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>thank you so much that now the point with the oakland police department has tested positive for the coronavirus. >>this is department's first case of covid 19 the employee is in self-quarantine and recovering. no further details have been released. >>people and businesses to follow the stay at home order. >>so far many merchants are open in defiance of this order kron four's rob fladeboe spoke with city leaders on the violations that some could now face. >>san jose is eerily quiet as most businesses appear to be closed downtown san jose seems all but shut down strip malls are shuer parking lots are empty but still far too many businesses are not in compliance with the stay at home order says police chief eddie garcia down there were 2 repair shops, 3 restaurants, 2 clothing stores, 9 hair salons 6 barbershops a smoke shops to flower shops the list goes on, butgoing forward nonessential commerce will meet with stricter enforcement says the chief. >>police said a newly organized units

and you should definitely do that too for now you're watching kron on streaming bay ea news, 27 kron news at 8 is next. >>there are more than 124,000 cases with more than 2100 deaths that includes the first infant in the us to succb to the virus and here in california there are more than 5,000 cases, 9 people have died this data all according to the johns hopkins universitcoronavirus tracker map. >>governor gavin newsom joins san jose mayor sam liccar in the bay area today visiting bloom energy in sunnyvale a site that is transforming a storage facility into a plants that will refurbish ventilators a governor highlighting troubling trend. i see you hospitalizations in california doubled overnight from 0 to 400. the spike in hospitalizations is what experts have been warning about the governor said the fight is far from over and reiterated the importance of everyone shelter at home for the se of slowing this virus down.but i promise people this we will not get back to norlcy as soon as we would like if wedon't continue to actice physal distancing. and continue to adance at scale throu

kron 4 news. >>now the white house says anyone who was recently left new york city should self isolate for 14 days. the new york city metro area is now the epicenter of infections in america more than half of all us cases are coming from there. that's according to doctor deborah berks with the white house coronavirus task force new york state by far has the highest number of coronavirus cases with more than 25,000 infections. and 13,000 alone in new york city. >>but to everyone who has left new york. over the last few days because of the rate of the number of cases you may have been exposed before you left new york and i think like governor to santos has put out today. everybody who was in new york should be self-quarantining for the next 14 days to ensure that the virus doesn't spread to others. no matter where they have gone whether it's florida north carolina are out too far far reaches of long island. >>during the white house briefing the president said he would like to see the nation back up

in san jose sarah stinson kron 4 news. >>and new this morning, the senate approved one of the largest emergency aid packages in the country's history to help with the coronavirus shortly before midnight they passed a trillion stimulus package to help boost the us economy suffering from the pandemic here's what the stimulus package means for you adults who earn $75,000 or less we'll get a one $1200 payment. couples who earn $150,000 or less will get $2400. families will get 500 dial dollars per child under the age of 17. then the payment will scale down based on your income there are some limits. those who earn more than $99,000 a year and couples who earn more than $198,000 a year will not get a payment. the bill also provides billion or small business loans. $250 billion in unemployment insurance benefits and billion for loans for distressed companies. passage of the stimulus bill concept perfect time for the 100 million people encounter with a 1 million people in california who have filed for unemployment. some homeowner

4 at the polls close tonight for super tuesday make sure to tune in to kron 4 or kron on our full election coverage begins at 8 o'clock tonight we will give you the results as they come in and provide full analysis from democrats and republicans again your full election coverage begins tonight at 8 o'clock right here on kron 4 and kron on now to another big story we're following tonight santa clara county health officials have confirmed. >>2 additional cases of coronavirus in the county. the new cases bring the total number of confirmed coronavirus can or coronavirus cases in santa clara county to 11. the cases are currently under investigation to try to determine the source of the

kron 4 news.>thank you robin today, the united states saw its biggest jump yet in the death toll from the coronavirus it has now killed more than 700 americans. there are more than 50,000 cases overall here in the us and more than half of those are in the state of new york alone, california has seen over 2500 cases and 50 deaths, globally there are more than 400,000 cases and over 18,000 people have died. this is all according to the johns hopkins university coronavirus tracker map and the white house now says anyone who was recently left new york city should self isolate for 14 days. the new york metro area is now the epicenter of infections in america more than half of all those cases in the us are coming from there. that's according to doctor deborah berks with the white house coronavirus task force new york state by far has the highest number of cases with more than 25,000 infections and 13,000 alone in new york city. but to everyone who has left new york. >>over the last few days because of t

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>well to the east bay now a local delivery company that once served school lunches is now taking grocery orders online choice launch ceo justin gag and he launched a non contact drive-thru grocery pickup at the company's headquarters in danville so customers can go and you place your order online and they just drive up for your pick up their employees there they were and gloves they have home a mask on they will place those orders right in the back of your cars within 3 minutes. >>it's great to support a local business and it's wonderful that they're able give us the opportunity to get fresh groceries when it's so hard to get them right now. >>how quick is again safe choice lunch is accepting orders to say through fridays at 11:00am starting at 11:00am you must put in your order 2 days in advance don't forget that we have more details on our website kron 4 dot com. well protecting businesses across the bay area during this crisis is becoming more important as each day passes. many st

in danville fully to call kron 4 news.>for your money this morning, some apple customers have been stuck without their iphone since the stores close 10 days ago, and southwest will cancel 1500 daily flights starting friday jane king live in new york with those stories and more change. >>and good morning, a southwest will cancel 1500 daily flights beginning this friday. that's even more than what southwest said it had expected to do just a few days ago and this of course is demand for travel plummet even more the cancellations represent nearly 40% of southwest daily flights. well, the ford f one 50 is joined to the coronavirus fight for his helping 3 m redesign the powered air-purifying respirator that makes that it makes for first responders and health care workers to protect them from contracting the virus while treating patients ford is using a fan that is normally for pickup trucks each to build that respirator customers can get their iphones back if they left them at an apple store before the stores close to stop the s

>>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and our 4 zone forecast for the whole different kind of feel outside he stepped down you notice it's different has right lawrence cooler yeah, i'm feeling good about it too got the cooler air working its way back in the bay area maybe more importantly about a little rain when that be nice to see keep your fingers crossed on that clouds rolling in right now this going to give you the rain but we could see some drizzle the some low clouds and fog pushing on shore at this hour we'll see more of overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning 80's temperatures really taken a big hit as much as 22 degrees cooler in santa rosa today all around the bay area feeling those cooler temperatures still nice inland, almost 70 degrees in livermore so still a little bit above the average 50's out along the immediate coastline but here we go now we finally have a cold front coming in town that is going to bring with it a chance some showers out there as we head toward tomorrow night, especially in the

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>the time now steph curry used his superstar power to educate the public on the pandemic he interviewed infectious disease expert doctor anthony found kai on instagram doctor found she's been leading the charge for the nation against the virus. we have calm for us kate rooney now with the story. >>nba champs stephon curry took his talents to instagram for a live streaming interview with doctor anthony found she infectious disease specialist and member of the white house coronavirus task force in the hope of getting some straightforward answers about the spread of covid 19 that's really one of the reasons that i wanted to have this qna hopefully reach. >>you know different demographic are people that you know are interested the facts of was going on the warriors point guard address questions like testing concerns in vaccine feasibility thought he said that while testing has become more readily available. >>we're likely still a year away from functioning vaccine and urged young people

i'm justine waldman kron 4 news. >>in less than an hour. the president's travel ban goes into effect most flights for more than 2 dozen european countries will not be allowed to enter the united states for 30 days. there are some exceptions including united kingdom. and flights bringing american citizens and permanent us residents home. once they arrive back in the us. those passengers must self quarantine for 2 weeks there are new protections in place tonight for san francisco residents affected by the coronavirus mayor london breed is placing a moratorium on evictions related to the pandemic. >>no one who has lost money because of covid 19 will be allowed to be kicked out of their home for the next 30 days and that includes anybody who is having financial issues for reasons including their business closing working fewer hours or out of pocket medical costs related to the coronavirus mayor breed is trying to stop the spread of covid 19 by expanding restrictions on large events nonessential events of more than a 100 people or more are now b

kron 4 news. upon kron 4 news at a amazon launching a new kind of grocery store no cash nor credit cards and they did and as grows so do the prices the prices of products from sellers using amazon tonight companies working to combat coronavirus price gouging and what vice president mike pence we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. president kennedy knew settling for half-measures wasn't good enough. so when candidates say we can't guarantee health care for all, make college affordable for all, combat climate change, or create a world at peace, remember that america is best when we strive to do big things, even when it's hard. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. my sons were in their teens. when i came home from prison so i got involved in juvenile justice, i didn't want them to go through the same thing i went through. michael bloomberg created the young men's initiative. in helping keep other young men a

>>terry says stasio kron 4 news. well to help with the protective gear shortages and hospitals california's office of emergency services delivered 4200 in 95 mass plus thousands of facials and surgical mask to the queen of the valley hospital that's enough and the napa county emergency operation center. so right now napa has 3 confirmed cases. >>well health care workers as we know are on the front lines of the health crisis and many of them are in desperate need of supplies. there continues to be a shortage of them asked that they need. well now volunteers across the country are taking matters into their own hands with the help of her son a retired home economics teacher in arizona is now putting her sewing skills to work. she's making washable covers to go over masks that health care workers have been issued but have to reuse because of a shortage of supplies. >>my new york's on order and as and he says a b have a vacuum cleaner banks. and they can be kept out and started just touching that massive insurance of mich

>>kron 4 says he you reports. >>and local emergency has been declared by sonoma county's department of health services after a confirmed case involving a santa rosa resident have a presumptive positive novel coronavirus county health officials say the president has been hospitalized and that they recently returned from a cruise ship that departed from here in san francisco to mexico, the sonoma county situation is currently under investigation. the spokesperson for the part of san francisco ran to says the port is currently in fact finding load. >>the sonoma county department of health is working with princess cruises and other partners to identify the travel history of the the individual and whether the individual may have contracted the disease in mexico or somewhere else. talked about health and safety protocols that have been put in place in the wake of the coronavirus all of our crews partners are working to enhanced screening procedures of people boarding and to improve their disinfection procedures are more

here in the kron 4. >>studio so i'm i'mhere have marty it's here in the studio. but we have dave at home who's forecast and has a nice little set of their does house tafe. >>a good morning robin good morning, everybody and we'll probably be seeing some sunshine to get things started for just about the entire bay area but ter on today picking up in the north bay, those clouds will start to bud in bringing some showers up in the north a little bit going on this afternoon, nothing too heav here's a golden gate to end glaze the either as we wait for the sun to join u this morning, here's the satellite radar picture and most the actual remaining up to the north, but this is expected to sag south as the day. progresses and tting into the afternoon and evening hours. so here's a look at your bay area temperatures are going to well mostly 50's was still some 40's hang on little bit couered and santa rosa holding in the 40's elsewhere, it is a 50 story mid-fifties have be pretty much the story all along the east

kron four's kate rooney has more.>more equipment more staff more support that was the message from san francisco mayor london breed regarding the city's needs in a virtual press conference we are still in a situation that requires a significant wrapped up and it requires the need for our state and our federal partners to step up more than they ever have before and to move faster with 26 new confirmed cases of covid 19 the city's first reported death breed estimated san francisco will need 5,000 more hospital beds in the weeks to come among the solutions will be saint francis memorial hospital where 48 beds will gradually be made available beginning with several next week. think about when you're out there and you're socializing and you're not socially distancing from one another. the difference that could make and the spread that occurs as a result of your interactions with other people and if you went to the hospital because you are sick or a relative or family member and they were turned away because we didn't have

>>watching kron 4 news. all of that what social distancing keep away it's going to have no place to go. >>the national broadcast to fight the coronavirus pandemic the white house officially unveil the coronavirus messaging campaign today. thanks for joining us at 10, i'm ken wayne and i pale more as the president said we are practicing social distancing here kron 4 ken and i are. >>left standing and sitting more than 6 feet apart maybe 10 feet apart and. >>there's a lot of laura's way on the other side of the room and then all the way on that side of the room is where reynolds standing by as well so we're trying to do our part to make sure that we all stay healthy so that we can bring you the news each night and keep you informed on what's going on the president's message comes as major relief measures are moving forward in the nation's capital to try and address the needs of the nation earlier today, the president did sign into law a billion bipartisan coronavirus relief package. the deal includes provision

kron four's will tran joining us live this morning from daly city well. >>robin seton medical center has new life because of covid 19 the governor needs thousands of bad saying anything will help right now he has been able to secure 200 beds out of the 357 possible beds at seton medical center and they're already accepting coronavirus patients because they realized the need is going to be. >>just california expects thousands of people to come down the coronavirus as this continues to play there. >>state the globe and he wants to get his hands on as many beds as he possibly can right now. he needs 50,000 beds altogether 200 does not seem a lot but the governor says anything helps and he is working on it every day to get more beds because right now the hospital system is just stretched thin which is why he ordered that shelter in place to try to flatten the curve that is one thing that he's doing there are other things that he says he needs to be able to get his hands on to try to slow down coronavirus. >>we have now secured literally 100 million new and 95

>>theresa kron 4 news. >>key elements of the stimulus bill includes sending checks directly to individuals and families a major expansion of unemployment benefits and money for hard hit hospitals and health care providers. treasury secretary steve mnuchin says americans could receive funds in 3 weeks through direct deposit or by check. you can find a full breakdown of the packagthat explains how much money you might expect to receive on our website kron 4 dot com. >>stop-loss considerable gains and ground today but not eugh to rule on several days of big gains today's selloff only put a mile damper on the dow's best week since 1938. the s and p and nasdaq saw their st week since the year 2009 that is due to massive ralls that shot values up during sessions on tuesday wednesday and thursday, even though the dow lost 4.1% on friday today. it did finished the week up 12.8% all indices though are still down sharply from before the coronavirus pandemic started it. becomes the 7th bay area county with a coronavir

>>watching kron 4 news. a state wide order for people to stay at home. >>statewide order is in effect tonight for everyone in california to stay at home except for essential jobs and services such as grocery stores pharmacies and banks, thank you for joining us tonight at 10 i pale more i'm ken wayne. the governor issued the order in a news conference earlier tonight, he says the goal is to brand the spread of the coronavirus pie encouraging social distance and that is what we are doing here at kron 4 can and i are on opposite areas of the studio our grant lotus standing by on the other side of the room and look where our chief meteorologist us tonight. lawrence karnow is bringing us the tenet and forecast from his home. the coronavirus has made the governor make this order the governor's order comes after he issued a sobering warning that 56% of california's population are 25.5 million people will likely become infected with a virus over the course of a 2 month period. >>he made that projection in this letter sent to president trump urging the president

>>theresa kron 4 news. well, stocks lostconsidable ground today but that's not enough to room several days of big games friday. so awfully put a mild and from the dow's best week since 1938. that's due to massive rallies that shot values up over the last 3 days even though the dow lost 4.1% friday. it finished the week up 12.8%. one major concern in the battle against coronavirus is a shortage of protective gear for front-line medical workers kron four's when cali got a status report on the supply stockpilefor the person who was in charge of emergency medicine in alameda couny. a severe shortage of equipment such as masks face shields and downs that'swhat doctor john schwar berg professor emeritus with u c bekeley school of public health. >>says is what's appening at many bay area hospitals with n 95 masks in particular being reserved for the highest risk situations. meanwhile, m morrissey the tactical medical program director of alameda county's ems ys they've seen some recent success in procuring those co

and you can stay with kron 4 our coverage of the virus continues on kron 4 dot com and of course all day long here on the kron on app there you'll find the latest on outbreaks in the bay area. we also have an interactive map and info on ways to stay safe in saying you can find all this and more just head to the coronavirus tab on our website again that's kron 4 dot com. still to come local medical professionals are working on a vaccine for the virus. how experts at u c davis we're collaborating to find a cure. kerry while practicing social distancing how about that. >>couple, they pulled it off. and the state department now issuing a level 4 travel advisory, what that means. where you are being asked not to go when it comes to flooring, i'm hard to please. so, i go to floor & decor where they don't just know the difference between products, they live for it. from american hardwood to spanish porcelain to italian marble, i'm looking for inspiration from every part of the world. so, when it comes to discovering every imaginable tile, wood, laminate or stone without compromising my desi

theresa kron 4 news. >>well, several schools and colleges across the bay area are canceling in rson clsses and group of ants wee been telling you about that. but several university is taking it one step further the hools asking students said live on campus leave ce the quarter is over in response to the coronavirus tbreak staffer says it will begin the spring quarter on online instruction instead of in person classes til further notice. tho who live in undergrad housing e asked to leave the campus at the end of the quarter if possible to try to redu the number of people in confined shared spaces, the us treasury has not made a decision yet but is considering shing back the tax deadline asa orona virus continues to spread the new york times reports the treasury at e white house have been. diussing extending the tax deadline beyond april 15th again,this is not a decision has been made yet. >>this a comes of urse as house democrats wrote to the irs commission for an update how the coronaviru outbreak could a

maureen kelly kron 4 news. new this morning prince charles has tested positive for coronavirus he's the first in line to the british throne and according to the palace officials. >>the prince is showing mild symptoms but is otherwise in good health. he's self isolating in scotland where he continues to work from home. >>clinical trials for drugs that might be able to treat the coronavirus the game today but there's already a shortage, i'm joe khaleel here in washington we'll explain why and what the government might be able to do about it. >>well a peek outside before we go we're checking in on the san mateo bridge if you have some driving to do make sure you watch your speed. roads are a little soggy this morning, a showers are tapering off so we'll check in on the forecast and we'll take a look at othe - why choose invisalign over other aligners? - only invisalign treatment uses smarttrack technology. it moves teeth more comfortably and predictably than ordinary aligners. so i can create custom treatment plan

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>thank you not totally unexpected but still a huge move tonight there are more than 1000 coronavirus cases in the bay area as of 05:00pm here are the numbers santa clara county. 459 cases, 17 deaths, san mateo county 165 cases, 5 deaths, san francisco county 178 1 death contra costa. 108 cases one death alameda county has 124 cases, more and now up to 53 solano county 24 sonoma counties, 37, one death napa county has 5 cases globally the number of confirmed cases is more than 460,000 with more than 21,000 deaths. the us has more than 65,000 cases with more than 900 deaths in california. we are seeing 2,535 confirmed cases. don't think for a second. >>we're a day or 2 away from that in that order were not we're not even a week or 2 away. california can meet this moment. >>that's governor newsome at his news conference today responding to the president the president saying the country could be up and running by easter. the governor is not confident california will be able to reopen in

reporting in san jose gayle ong kron 4 news. >>well to the south bay now the santa clara county officials they are just reminding folks residents to stay at home cheaper to census is so important. this is because within the last couple of san jose police say warren 60 people and businesses for defiantly just staying open in going out and being in the parks and out on the streets and with a shelter-in-place order still in place know that results in a misdemeanor citation right you can definitely get one. now however city officials are satisfied to see the neighborhoods look like this quiet and the streets are pretty clear. >>what we have here is a pandemic that's dependent upon. people and people to people contact the less we can do the better off we are. >>well the county has been under a stay at home order for almost 2 weeks now and people have been heading outside for exercise and fresh air. but san jose close all the popular parks and the trails t many folks are flocking there. police say that they will not stop pedestrians a

maureen kelly kron 4 news. the new this morning prince charles has tested positive for the coronavirus. >>he is first in line to the british throne and according to palace officials the 71 year-old princess showing mild symptoms right now, but you know another why in otherwise season in good health. he's in self isolation in scotland where he continues to work from home. well our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues on our website kron 4 dot com a great place to go and find lots of information about the outbreaks here in the bay area. there's an interactive map that's been set up for you and articles on how you can stay safe and keep your family safe once again it's on our website kron 4 dot com go directly to the coronavirus tab. all of that information is listed for you there. well coming up next morning news, a drive-thru grocery service in the east bay, it's helping parents feed their school age children. >>how it's also helping employees who lost their jobs. clinical trials for drugs that might b

>>watching kron 4 news at night. >>now at 9 tonight, the us now has the most coronavirus cases in the world surpassing china and italy. thank you for joining us at 9 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus mickey levy aac is the us has over 85,000 confirmed cases now that's just ahead of the 81,000 cases in china and 80,000 in italy, italy of course has the most confirmed deaths of any country with more than 8,000. >>more than 1000 people have died here in the united states here are the latest numbers in the bay area santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit area in the bay. it now has 542 cases to go along with 19 deaths. our 195 cases and 5 deaths in san mateo county, san francisco county with 223 cases. 2 deaths in the city, 131 cases and one death in contra costa county. 178 cases and 4 deaths in alameda county. marin county has 65 cases, 31 in solano county 44 in sonoma county to go along with one death there. and napa county now has 7 cases globally the number of confirmed cases is now more than 531,000 in m

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>in the east bay, a local delivery company that once served school lunches is now taking grocery orders online choice live ceo justin gag, none has lost a no-contact drive-thru grocery pickup at the company's headquarters in danville customers place orders online and then drive up to choice lunch headquarters, their employees wearing gloves and homemade n 95 masks place, the owners in the back of the cars within 3 minutes. >>since schools closed 2 weeks ago choice lunch laid off 160 of his 200 employees. the island says that he had to change up his business to prevent any more layoffs. we have 10 people working in that. >>and if we were doing this today those 10 would be working. >>he hopes that this new service will eventually allow him to retire at least half of the crew that he had to let go. >>president trump set a target date to reopen the country why some health officials say the president is moving too fast and a new warning tonight from the world health organization over the

maureen kelly kron 4 news.l new this morning, prince charles has tested positive for coronavirus he's a first in line to the british throne. >>according to palace officials the 71 year-old prince is showing mild symptoms but in the know otherwise he's in good health. he's and he's self-isolating in scotland where he continues to work from home. well our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com. there we have all the latest information on the outbreaks here in the bay area. there's an interactive map that we've set up for you and lots of information in ways on how you can stay safe. so once again you can find all of this and more just go to the coronavirus tab on our website kron 4 dot com. on the kron 4 morning news a drive-thru grocery service in the east bay, this is pretty cool. >>it's helping parents feed their school age children and how it's also helping employees who lost their jobs. a little peek outside before we go we're checking in on a wet and soggy san mateo bridge make s

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>if the virus does not slow down medical officials have been warning that hospitals could become overwhelmed with patients in the event that does happen there is now an urgent call out for medical volunteers kron four's justine waltman tells us how to get involved. >>as the coronavirus rapidly worsened medical professionals are concerned about an influx of really sick patients and who will care for them or certainly unprecedented times unchartered waters. >>or all taking it, you know day by and more we're learning as we go planning ahead the town of coma just put out a plea looking for any and all current or retired medical professionals. >>who may be able to assist in response to covid 19 just like in other disasters such as an earthquake or fire. volunteers will need to step up to the plate pandemic continues and it does escalate. >>that will show there may be a need for additional resources on the web site healthcare volunteers dot ca dot gov you can add your contact information a

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>our coverage of coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com there you'll find the latest on outbreaks in the bay area. an interactive map and information on ways to stay safe. you can find all this and more just go to the coronavirus tab on our website kron 4 dot com, not our 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look outside at the full moon and the embarcadero in the city. >>lawrence karnow is saying warmer temperatures are ahead. yeah boy all spring-like again we really cool down over the weekend we had those showers but now we get back to some normal spring-like temperatures again out over city of san francisco, the rest the bay area right now because some partly cloudy skies and muggy got all that storm cloud coverage moving into southern california even branch of that moisture headed up there. but for the bay area stay mostly dry. very low pressure going to continue to track all the way to southern california that is going to bring the rain there we're just going to se

maureen kelly kron 4 news.gle subsidiary is working on a website which rolled out last night but right now only in a limited area for people who they think might have coronavirus. >>the pilot website is just for people in the san mateo and santa clara counties right now the company is hoping eventually to roll it out to entire nation. the side as opposed to direct people to one of 2 locations where they can get tested for coronavirus if they meet certain criteria listed on an online questionnaire the website is being built by verily which is a subsidiary of alphabet and a sister company to google >>now our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge families kind of like whatever kind of weather you can imagine in the bay area we had at some s right and lawrence is in la while weather ahead. you know you hear some people say beautiful and sunny in my neighborhood other people are sending video and showers and thunderstorms and hail and you name it and that's the kind of day was see

kron 4 news. >>well, although the us now has the most coronavirus cases in the world president trump apparently wants to relax social-distancing guidelines. the administration said is hoping to reopen the country by easter we have darryl forges now with the very latest from d c. >>the trump administration moving towards looser social-distancing guidelines were going to be talking about dates we're going to be talking with a lot of great professionals. this is a country that was built on. getting it done in a briefing to governors thursday, the president said new testing capabilities. what allows administration to identify high medium and low-risk counties we're different levels of social distancing are needed we do have states that have been doing surveillance all along have been doing contact tracing a line president's made it clear that. >>in his words he wants to open the country but we're going to do that responsibly as businesses closed due to the coronavirus crisis. a record number of americ

4 at the polls close tonight for super tuesday make sure to tune in to kron 4 or kron on our full election coverage begins at 8 o'clock tonight we will give you the results as they come in and provide full analysis from democrats and republicans again your full election coverage begins tonight at 8 o'clock right here on kron 4 and kron on now to another big story we're following tonight santa clara county health officials have confirmed. >>2 additional cases of coronavirus in the county. the new cases bring the total number of confirmed coronavirus can or coronavirus cases in santa clara county to 11. the cases are currently under investigation to try to determine the source of the transmission. >>and the city of berkeley now has its first confirmed case of coronavirus this afternoon health officials announced that a resident has tested positive. the effective person returned to berkeley on february 23th from one of the growing number of countries experiencing an outbreak that patient was concerned about being exposed while traveling, so they stayed at home in a voluntary self-imposed quar

this hour of kron 4 news but our primetime coverage continues at the top of the hour with kron 4 news at 10 as we mentioned earlier in this broadcast. doctor fassi everybody knows this guy now right he has a prediction that not as one see here he saying we could see he thinks we will see another round of coronavirus outbreaks come the fall. coming up at 10 we'll explain why he says things will be much different though the second time around plus signs of solidarity and support popping up all across the bay area. >>new at 10 we're going to show you some of the ways people are banding together in these tough times all that much much more coming up next on kron 4 news at 10. when we face adversity, we find a way through it. it's about taking ca of each other. it's the small parts that make a big difference. athevy, we promise to do ours. we're offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. if you need new chevy, interest-free financing for 84 months - with deferred paymen for 120 days on many of our mos popular models. you may ev shop online and take del

san francisco haaziq kron 4 news. >>a firefighter in the east bay has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and is currently under quarantine privacy laws of course prevent the city of alameda from sharing much information about that first responder we do know the firefighter lives in another county and that county is conducting the us investigation the alameda city spokesperson says the positive tests will not disrpt emergency services and the fire department will remain fully staffed residents say this will not stop them from calling for help when they needed to. >>to my immediate situation would be i would like to have my fire put out my house i honestly, i'm thinking i'm in a pretty low risk group and i my concern is more about spreading the disease other people at this point the frequency and the level of our and >>17 sanitation ations have been set up all over the island of alameda for the public and those who live on the street bart has seen a drastic reduction in writers because of coronavirus there was a 35% dr

dan thorn kron 4 news. thank you so much dan more than 3,000 people on that cruise ship are waiting to dock at the port of oakland. >>this year's what it looks like on board even though passengers were allowed to go get some fresh air today can see no one is walking around. kron four's taylor sackey spoke to one of the passengers today about how people on board feel about finally being able to get off the boat. >>i think we're all really now starting to get a little bit surreal yesterday i doing a little bit emotional. one during is i we weren't actually go to get off the ship or if >>14 us on the ship denise is currently on board the grand princess ship. >>and has been quarantined in a room for days on sunday, she and the other 3,500 some people on the ship found out that they'll dock at the port of oakland on monday night we received an update really planning and preparations are quiet. >>for the ship will be able arrive oakland. today we we will arrive sometime on monday and hasn't been too bad. the firs

dan thorn kron 4 news. >>thank you so much dan and developing news tonit, we're learning that san francisco mayolondon breed will update us on the status ofbusiness as usual in the city tomorrow, this inclus new policies to support workers and nehealth ordes all related to coronavirus her announcent morning and we will bring you the latest developments as soonathey come in to the on 4 news room also happening tomorrow clinical trials for aaccine. designed to protect against the coronavirus will begin in the state of washington. this is according to a government official there. the first paicipant in the trial will receive an experimental vaccine. no othedetls are currently known about this trial. the national institutes of health is fundin the trial which is taking place at a kaiser rmanent a research facility in seattle public health officials say it will fully validate any potential vaccine. so happenin tomorrow the trump administration expanded travel restrictions from europe to now include e united king

ch moreahead here kron 4 news at 10. your phone is one of the biggescarriers of germs so 1045 find out how to cleait. >>wiout harming it and with some bay area residents out rk because of the coronaviruoutbreak food keeping bay area food banks s busier than ever and right now the alameda county community food bank says it is in dire need of volunteers to help pack emergency bags food for people o are in need. kron four's michelle kingston hathe story. >>the only thing we ask is you don't the exhibit any mptoms of illness right now are you having been traveling impacted areas. the last 14 happily wcome you in here bellamy to county mmunity food bank has se a decrease in volunteers er the past week because of coronavirus volueers were clubs in stand far apart from each other. >>the food bank is also increase the amount of cleaning they do in the warehouse throughout the day and they' asking anyone who >>and there o volunteer of. >>right now the food bank is building emergency bags for people in ed of food during the pandem

dan thorn kron 4 news. >>so now 6 new coronavirus cases were announced in san francisco today, 3 women and 3 men in each of them had known contact with a person who had the virus. kron four's gayle ong reports the situation is changing so rapidly that city health officials expect even more confirmed cases. the san francisco department of public health says there are now 6 patients in the city who tested positive for coronavirus this is a indication of increasing circulation. >>of this novel coronavirus deputy health officer doctor susan phillips as the new was cases in the city are 3 women, 3 men 2 patients are in their 20's 3 in their 40's and one in their 50's we're working closely with them and their families to ensure that their health is monitored and that all precautions are being taken to protect their health and the health of the public. the department of public health began testing for cases that meet the cdc criteria on monday and continue to do so 7 days a week in an abundance of caution mayor lo

>>watching kron 4 news news at night. >>the big story tonight the massive impact coronavirus is having on schools all over the bay area thanks for being with us tonight at 9 o'clock everyone i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis just today we've seen 5 school districts announced that they are shutting down campuses over coronavirus concerns among them west contra costa unified school district kron 4 sailors sackey is live from pin oak valley high school where starting monday school be closed for 3 weeks taylor we're talking more than 30,000 students. >>that's right grant in and and in addition to closing schools like this one for those 3 weeks all students in the district will be dismissed from school tomorrow at noon now this is the message that went out to staff students and parents today to paraphrase it says there have not been any confirmed cases of the coronavirus and students or staff at any schools, according to the contra costa health services but in an abundance of caution, the west contra costa unified school

kron 4 news. >>justine thank you some good news from wall street today, the us stock market ended in the black stocks gained all of their yacht losses from yesterday as investigate as investors rather grow optimistic about the government's response to the coronavirus crisis. the dow ended up. more than 2100 points. the best gain in one day on record. coronavirus cases in the bay area are climbing santa clara county has 375 cases with 16 deaths, san mateo county has a 161 cases and one death san francisco county 152 cases. contra costa county, 86 cases and a death. alameda county 124 cases and today reported its second death from coronavirus there are 6 new cases in marine county bring the total there to 53 solano as 24 sonoma county 31 plus a death and napa county confirmed its 3rd case of coronavirus today the san francisco police department has announced a sergeant assigned to the special victims unit has tested positive for the virus that sergeant went home sick last friday. >>and has stayed ho

>>in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news.americans are stockpiling eggs during this epidemic epidemic leading to a supply shortage and spike in prices and some supermarkets you may have noticed prices reportedly one of 44% compared to last year. many grocers are starting to set some limits on just how many eggs that people can buy among other high-demand products. there's one reach search firm that says that retailers are ordering up to 6 times their normal x apply. that's a lot they've already depleted the supply of that produces we're beginning to build for easter. well 7. dollars for 2 boxes of cheerios say what that's one example of price gouging one amazon shopper discovered recently were just talking about this now amazon has suspended thousands of accounts because of price gouging nick popham has details. >>everything is just ridiculously priced. >>susie not has been frustrated during this pandemic she frequently shops on amazon for groceries and other items. but recently she claims the prices haven't been the same kin

kron 4 news. a rob fladeboe >>well dealingwith the coronavirus can very scary and unnerving but there is help you can call the national disaster distress helpline you can see the number on yo screen, it's 1, 809 8, 5 5990 there are people on the other end who can help you you can comfortable that way and if you're hearing impaired there's a tty mber that you see there at the bottom of your screen. we p this graphic on our website kron 4 dot com. so whenever you need to reference it just go to kron 4 dot com and we'll have that information there for trump administration is e expecte to announce restrictions travel across the border with mexico. sources say the restrictions would be similar to the agreement that was just announced with canada as of right now xico has a 118 coronavirus cases and just one reported death. while many questions about the coronavirus e still unanswered. we are learnin more about ts effects on mandy gaither now with that ot story. >>children in china withcovid 19 showed le

>>no well bellow kron 4 news. >>russia has of course have suffered enormously during the coronavirus pandemic they have either been forced to close or scale back to takeout and delivery. >>but despite the financial toll, several area chefs and owners are stepping up to help out in their community at this time of need the owners of beach usf grill in knowing valley and san francisco have been keeping their doors open by cutting meals that normally cost $12 to just $4 they say they are selling or in some cases giving away 400 to 500 meals a day all not for profit. >>the chef and founder of mission restaurant prairie had to lay off about 2 thirds of its staff in order to keep the doors open. he has flipped the space into a general store. he's also giving away free items to laid-off bay area hospitality industry workers. >>anybody in the industry the you know the restaurant any any part of industry. recently lost their jobs. you just come by without grab a box. >>on top of the 3 boxes of food and supplies laid off res