reporting live in the newsroom, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> that's clever and a crackup, lauren. thanks a lot. will you accept this roll of toilet paper. >>> sandhya, we're just going to give you time for weather. we're not passing the toilet paper over to you. >> hi, sandhya. >> oh, come on, now, send me some toilet paper. i have plenty of it here. dan and ama, we're going to start talking about the forecast because your weekend is almost here. and as you take a look at live doppler 7, there are a pair of storms that we're tracking. so the first one is going to get us wet on saturday. the second one is a stronger storm. we need it. take a look at rainfall percent of average. 40% san francisco. sfo, oakland currently 52% in santa rosa. san jose, you're behind 45%. and san francisco downtown 49% of average. on live doppler 7, no rain yet,n your temperatures right now in the 40s, 50 we do have fair skies. tomorrow morning witeoing t seeing the temperatures plunging. freeze warnings for the interior portions of lake and mendocino counties. but we also have frost advisories for other

reporting live in the newsroom, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> that's clever and a crackup, lauren. thanks a lot. will you accept this roll of toilet paper. >>> sandhya, we're just going to give you time for weather. we're not passing the toilet paper over to you. >> hi, sandhya. >> oh, come on, now, send me some toilet paper. i have plenty of it here. dan and ama, we're going to start talking about the forecast because your weekend is almost here. and as you take a look at live doppler 7, there are a pair of storms that we're tracking. so the first one is going to get us wet on saturday. the second one is a stronger storm. we need it. take a look at rainfall percent of average. 40% san francisco. sfo, oakland currently 52% in santa rosa. san jose, you're behind 45%. and san francisco downtown 49% of average. on live doppler 7, no rain yet, but that will be changing come this weekend. your temperatures right now in the 40s, 50s. we do have fair skies. tomorrow morning with pretty clear skies, you're going to be seeing the temperatures plunging. freeze warnings for the interior porti

billion paycheck protection program was set to roll out on friday but as abc 7 news reporter, lauren martinez shows us, banks were struggling to meet the demand. >> we do not ask for loans. we do not ask for help. we have done everything on our own. >> reporter: joe field is the owner of flying comics. field has been in business since 1988. >> it's because of the support of the local community that we have been able to do that. this is a different deal. >> reporter: field, like so many other small business owners had to close because they are not considered an essential business. field applied for a loan online but the system was down. >> on friday, sba allowed the banks to take applications and submit them for approval. so sba's portal was ready to accept applications. but the individual banks had to create their own. >> reporter: several banks were not ready to handle the flood of online applications because guidelines for the loan process were still being adjusted late thursday night. field tried to submit paperwork in person. >> having my paperwork ready, i got up to the front of the line

lauren martinez is live in the newsroom with the details behind today's announcement. >> reporter: the governor said we're at a point where we can begin a very thoughtful, phased--in approach to reopening the state of california and reopening our state economy. >> we're at a point starting to start toggling back.back.back. >> reporter: tom steyer. >> we will try to come up with a recovery plan worthy of california's past and pushes us to a better future and remedies some of the injustices which this covid-19 pandemic has revealed in our society. >> other members include tim cook, bob iger and former federal reserve chair janet yellin. it will also include all four form former giving governors of the state. >> you're talking about a company that's almost a hundred years old. whether it's world wars or global economic crisis or terrorist attacks, what we do for people is always wanted and always enjoyed. and so we tend to have an ability to bounce back because we just manufacture happiness in so many different ways. >> other states are beginning to reopen. some nonessential businesses in

in oakland, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> the extension of the shelter in place order has caused fear and anxiety among business owners. liz pena spoke to a construction company getting at least ten calls a day from business owners asking for their doors and windows to be covered with plywood. >> when the times get tough, the tough gets going. his restaurant getting vandalized. >> a guy came and tried to throw a brick through one of our windows. it bounced off and he picked it up and threw it through another window and then ran away. >> reporter: losing sleep over potential burglaries during the shelter in place. >> there's no telling what people are capable of so we are concerned. >> reporter: we asked the owner how many businesses boarded up in the last two weeks. the answer was easy. >> 20, 30 businesses easily. >> reporter: along union square, some of the high-end stores three weeks ago had expensive products displayed on their windows now are covered with plywood. >> this pandemic is creating a shortage. toilet paper for a while, masks, hand cleanser. there's a shortage of plywoo

in oakland, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> the extension of the shelter in place order has caused fear and anxiety to raise among business owners. luz pena spoke to a construction company getting at leas t calls a day from business owners asking for their doors and windows to be covered with plywood. >> when the times get tougher, the tougher gets going. that's the way this man describes this video of his restaurant getting vand lidsed lized. >> 12:30, a guy came. threw a brick through a window and walked away. >> reporter: he's one of many business owners losing sleep over potential burglaries with the shelter in place. >> you know, there's no telling what people are capable of, so we are concerned. >> reporter: we asked the owner of this construction company how many businesses have boored up in the last two weeks. the answer was easy. >> 20, 30 businesses easily. >> reporter: along the square, some of the high-end stores three weeks ago had expensive products displayed on their windows and are now covered with plywood. >> this pandemic is creating a shortage because toilet paper for

lauren martinez spoke with the ucsf doctor in charge of it all. >> came off the elevator enthe liquid we call it because it looks golden. >> reporter: dr. peter chin hong referring to a donated bag of plasma from someone who recovered successfully from covid-19. >> we can harvest those antibodies as easy as giving blood and then transfuse it into a patient who may not have had those anti-bod is devolve yet. >> reporter: friday night doctors were able to tran fuse the first unit of plasma from a donor based out of pa toe alto into a critical patient in the icu. the role of the on tantibody ise a stun gun. >> there's the virus and the organ damage. we heap by stunning the virus it's organs can heal over time. on saturday the world health organization said "we expect there will be provided some level of protection. we don't know yet the level of protectionor how long it will last." >> some people will get protection. >> reporter: doctors at ucsf are asking adults in san francisco to give plasma, give blood products if they have had covid-19. it's taken a lot of teamwork for hospitals and

new at 6:00, abc7 news reporter lauren martinez is live in berkeley to explain. lauren? >> liz, the playground behind me is completely taped up to stop o t equi a lot of these new rules now in place are to prevent you from touching several surfaces and successfully social distance yourself from others. it's a beautiful spring day, but with rules. at the dog park in berkeley, instead of dogs barking, you can hear other sounds. the playgrounds at grove park are taped up, prohibiting children from playing. dog park, playgrounds, picnic areas, tennis courts and basketball courts are just some of the places now closed to the public under the new and stricter bay area shelter in place orders. >> it was very important for me to work out. it helps my mind,spiritually, physically. you know, this is going to be tough on me as a basketball player. >> when it comes to a sport tha you can only play with members of your household. >> not be in contact with people you know and people that you play with and all that type of thing is really tough on your mind-set. >> instead of dog parks

in oakland, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> the extension of the shelr--pcerd has causness owners. luz pena spoke to a construction company getting at least ten calls a day from business owners asking for their doors and windows to be covered with plywood. >> reporter: when the times get tough, the tough gets going. that's the way this man describes the video of his restaurant getting vandalized. >> 12:30 a.m., a guy came and tried to throw a brick through one of our windows. it bounced off and he picked it up and threw it through another window and then walk add way. >> reporter: losing sleep over potential burglaries during the shelter in place. >> there's no telling what people are capable of so we are concerned. >> reporter: we asked the owner how many businesses boarded up in the last two weeks. the answer was easy. >> 20, 30 businesses easily. ep, somes of the hiago nse products displayed on their windows now are covered with plywood. >> this pandemic is creating a shortage. toilet paper for a while, masks, hand cleanser. there's a shortage of plywood. it's getting tougher an

understands it's a race and i think search doing the best they can. >> reporter: in concord, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >>> new this morning with sta social distancing and stay-at-home orders court trials are on hold. that means virtual meetings in san francisco. according to "the chronicle" most trials are conducted electronically with cooperation from judges and lawyers and defense lawyers. that includes arrangements when charges are announced, plea negotiations and input from crime victims. >>> also new, thousands of california inmates have been denied freedom after federal judges refused a request by their attorneys who says prisons are likely a tinder box ready to ignite with the rapid spread of covid-19. the three-judge panel says it does not have authority to address the coronavirus because it was created to address overcrowding issues. this comes as a santa rita jail inmate was the first to test positive in dublin. the person is stable and being monitored. >>> stanford undergrads will start their spring quarter tomorrow, all online, but many of them petitioned to the university to

abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez spoke with the ucsf doctor in charge. >> came off the elevator and the liquid gold we call it because is it looks golden. >> reporter: dr. peter chin hong referring to a donated bag of plasma from someone who recovered successfully from covid-19. >> we know that they've been successful in fighting their own infection. we can harvest those antibodies as easy as giving blood and then transfuse it into a patient who may not have had those antibodies evolve yet. >> reporter: friday night doctors were able to transfuse the first unit of plasma from a donor based out of palo alto into a critical patient in the icu, battling covid-19. they say the role of the antibody is like a virus stun gun. >> there's two parts. there's the virus and making kid viruses and the organ damage. we hope by stunning the virus it's not making more so the organs can heal over time. >> reporter: on saturday, the world health organization tweeted "we expect most will develop an antibody response that will provide some level of protecti protection. we don't know yet the level of pr

abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez spoke with neighbors who live behind one of the new proposed housing locations to get their thoughts. >> we didn't have any forewarning this was going to be going down and just was a little bit of a shock. >> reporter: residents in the south bay were surprised from the announcement governor gavin newsom made during his daily news updates saturday afternoon. >> project room key would identify 15,000 hotel rooms throughout the state of california. >> reporter: the state has partnered with the motel 6 chain, securing 47 hotel locations in 19 california counties to protect the homeless from covid-19. newsom had harsh words for resistant cities.want tag cities that are blocking efforts like this to consider their selves in the context of others. >> reporter: the governor made the announcement here in front of the motel 6 in campbell. right behind the motel is a neighborhood. >> it's really quiet. it's really safe. there's not a lot of crime. >> reporter: cindy puma has lived in the neighborhood for over two decades. >> a lot of people are in that situation

abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez shows us more on how easter services are shifting to keep everyone safe. >> it's such an emotional feeling when you're up here. >> reporter: since 1923, easter sunrise service has been held at the mt. davidson cross in san francisco. for the first time in its 97-year history, that tradition is now canceled amid the pandemic. >> something needed to happen for easter, so i think illuminating the cross and showing there is still hope and light was pretty important to us. >> reporter: the council of armenian americans of northern california purchased the cross in 1997. they wanted to light it in blue this year to show their appreciation to health care workers, first responders, grocery store clerks and other essential workers. >> they're our saviors. without them, i think that we would probably be a little bit lost as far as how we would survive ourselves. >> reporter: earlier in the day, we caught katherine mcgee picking up her ham for easter sunday dinner. >> we'll do zoom together and show off our hams. >> reporter: last week the magees celebrated a f

administration's nearly $350 billion paycheck protection program was set to rollout on friday but as lauren martinez shows us, banks are struggling to meet the demand. >> we do not ask for loans. we do not ask for help. we've done everything on our own. >> reporter: joe field is the owner of flying colors comics o. field has been in business since 1988. >> and it's because of the support of the local community that we've been able to do that. this is a different deal. >> reporter: field, like so many other small business owners, had to close because they're not considered an essential business. field applied for a loan online but the system was down. >> on friday, sba allowed the banks to take applications and submit them for approval. so sba's portal was ready to accept applications. but the individual banks had to create their own. >> reporter: several banks were not ready to handle the flood of online applications because guidelines for the loan process were still being adjusted late thursday night. field then tried to submit paperwork in person. >> having my paperwork ready, i got up to the fron

abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez went to find out. >> reporter: this safeway in downtown san francisco has limited produce and limited entry. >> we're expecting not to find a few things. >> reporter: this couple went in with their list and came out with some of the items they wanted. >> there's zero avocados in there. >> yeah. >> no carrots, very few bell peppers. produce. >> surprisingly it were eggs. >> reporter: produce shelves are empty not only in safeway, but in brentwood and san jose. we flew over a distribution center in tracy where a worker reportedly passed away from covid-19. in a statement they said, quote, we were saddened to learn that an associate at our tracy distribution center has passed away due to complications related to covid-19. our hearts are heavy and our thoughts are with that associate's family. in sack contrac contrac contracc governor planned to address a plan for two weeks for workers infected with covid-19. the groc esh's association is encouraging people to use grocery delivery service. joshua used to be a ride share driver, now he delivers groceries thr

lauren martinez is live in san francisco to explain. lauren. >> reporter: the mt. davidson cross is lit up in blue to show solidarity with health care workers and other essential workers, putting their lives on the line right now. for the first time in its 97-year history, the easter service held here has been cancelled. since 1923, easter sunrise service has been held at the mt. davidson cross in san francisco. for the first time, that tradition is now cancelled amid the pandemic. >> something needed to happen for easter. so, i think illuminating the cross and showing there is still hope and light was pretty important to us. >> reporter: the counsel of armenian americans purchased the cross in 1997. they wanted to light it in blue this year to show their apprec dwriegz health care workers, first responders, grocery store clerks and other essential workers. >> they're our saviors. without them, i think we would probably be a little bit lost as far as how we would survive ourselves. >> reporter: earlier in the day we caught catherine mcgehee picking up her ham for e

abc 7 reporter lauren martinez spoke with the doctor in charge of the study. >> reporter: doctors at ucsf were able to match the blood type of a sick covid-19 patient with the blood type of a donor who recovered from the virus. doctors say given their experience with plasma they hope this works they just don't know for sure with covid-19. >> get off the elevator and that liquid gold as they call it because it looks kind of golden. >> reporter: a bag of plasma donated by someone who successfully recovered from covid-19. >> we know it's been successful in fighting their own infection. we can harvest those antibodies as easy as giving blood and then transfuse it into a patient who may not have had those antibodies evolved yet. >> reporter: on friday night doctors were able to transfuse the first plasma from a donor into a patient. they say the role of an antibody is like a virus stun gun. >> there's two parts. we hope by stunning the virus at least it's not making more so the organs can heal over time. >> reporter: on saturday the world health organization tweeted, quote, we expect that

. >> abc7 news reporter lauren martinez joining us live now in the newsroom with the details behind today's announcement. lauren? >> the governor said we're at a point where we can begin a very thoughtful phased in approach to reopening the state of california, and ultimately, reopening our state economy. >> we're at a point where we can start toggling back and begin a very thoughtful phased in approach to reopening the state of california. >> no dates will be attached to the announcement of reopening california. but at today's news conference, governor newsom did announce a new advisory committee of 80 leaders who will work on a strategy to get californians back to work. it's co-chaired by bay area philanthropist and former democratic presidential candidate tom steyer. >> we will try to come up with a recovery plan that is worthy of california's past and pushes us to a better future and remedies some of the injustices that the covid-19 pandemic have revealed in our society. >> steyer is the governor's chief of staff. other members include apple ceo tim cook, disney chair bob iger, and form

. >> reporter: lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> those who had have covid-19 can donate only if you had no symptoms the pass 28 days. you can go to any blood and show some documentation you did test positive. and two people have been positived now in a hotel. it is linked to the casa questions addia building. 22 residents and 2 staff members tested positive and 17 negative. many of the residents speak only spanish and have underlying health conditions. officials moved all tenants into hotel rooms. this underscores a larger need for protection in the mission. it's seeing some of the highest infection rates in the city but this weekend comes with free covid-19 testing for residents to study how the virus spreads and who it impacts. abc7 news cornell bernard has the story. >> this is not a nice time. the germ is out there doing its thing so we have to stop it. >> reporter: patricia delgado doing her part to help stop covid-19. she just got tested and will never forget it. >> the back of the throat they're choking you and back of the nose, choking you again. . >> reporter: delgado lives in

. >> reporter: reporting in san francisco, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> boy, that looks delicious. >>> new this morning, pope francis delivered his annual easter message ohe coronavirus outbreak. he's urging political leaders to give hope and opportunity for people who have been laid out. he also expressed gratitude to doctors and nurses and firefighters in the fight against coronavirus. only a handful assisted him this morning at st. peter's basilica there at the vatican. just beautiful. >>> cities here at home are doing everything they can to shut down crowds. whether people listen and follow directions remains to be abc7 reporter cronele bernard has the story. >> we're on like four weeks or so of us driving each other crazy. >> reporter: gabriel thompson from oakland is taking a breather, grabbing a walk in fresh air with daughter. but that's not always easy or safe. >> we try to get out. they bike. but these streets are busy and sidewalks narrow. >> reporter: the city of oakland has heard those complaints. >> what we saw is people were on the sidewalks up and down the streets g

administration's nearly $350 billion paycheck program was set to roll out friday but as abc7 reporter lauren martinez shows us, banks are struggling to meet the demands. >> we do not ask for loans. we do not ask for help. we've done everything on our own. >> reporter: joe field is the owner of flying colors, comics and other cool stuff in been bis 1988. ble to do that. this is a different deal. >> reporter: field, like many small business owners, had to close because they're not considered an essential business. field applied for a loan online but the system was down. >> on friday s baxt allowed the banks to take applications and submit them for approval. so sba portal's ready was to accept applications. but the individual banks had to create their own. >> reporter: several banks were not ready to handle the flood of online applications because guidelines for the loan process were being adjusted thursday night. field tried to submit paper work in person. >> i had my paperwork ready, got up in front of the line and was handed another sheet that talks about how the process is not going to start for bus

abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez spoke with neighbors that live literally behind one of the locationso get their thoughts. >> we didn't have any forewarning this was going to be going down, and it just was a little bit of a shock. >> reporter: residents in the south bay were surprised from the announcement governor gavin newsom made during his daily news updates on saturday afternoon. >> project room key would identify 15,000 hotel rooms throughout the state of california. >> reporter: the state has partnered with the motel 6 chain, securing 4700 hotel locations in 19 california counties to protect the homeless from covid-19. newsom had harsh words for resistant cities. >> just want to encourage those cities that are blocking efforts like this to consider their selves in the context of others. >> reporter: the governor made the announcement here in front of the motel 6 in campo. right behind the motel is a neighborhood. >> it's really quiet. it's really safe. there's not a lot of crime. >> reporter: cindy puma has lived in the neighborhood for over two decades. >> a lot of people are

. >> reporter: in campbell, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >>> this morning, finding a solid meal is a key need for so many families as we work to climb out of the crisis. abc 7 news stopped by jefferson high school in daly city yesterday where cars lined up fo help putting food on the table. you can see all those cars there. the jefferson high school family harvest food bank served more than 1,200 families. the number of americans applying for food assistance is surging and some states are getting creative. arkansas has a covid-19 food access map with organizations, farms, and restaurants offering food. >> we are in an uncertain time and we're really excited that this is one thing that we can do to step into the realm to hopefully alleviate concern around where to find food. >> in houston a united airlines baggage handler is leading a company-wide effort to transform empty cargo facilities into food distribution centers. >>> many small businesses are demanding action from the federal government this morning because they haven't received their promised loans. the owner of the hula hoop

. >> reporter: reporting in san francisco, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >>> new this morning, pope francis delivered his annual easter message online amid the coronavirus outbreak. he's urging political leaders to give hope and opportunity to people who have been laid off. the pope also expressed his gratitude to doctors and nurses in the fight against covid-19. only a handful of attend ants assisted him during this morning's service. >>> cities here at home are doing everything they can to keep people separate and avoid easter crowds. oakland is shutting down several city streets but whether people listen and follow directions remains to be seen. abc news reporter cornell bernard has the story. >> so we're on, i don't know, four weeks or so of us driving each other crazy. >> reporter: gabriel thompson from oakland is grabbing a walk and fresh air with daughter leila. >> we try to get out and they bike but it's, these streets are busy and the sidewalks are narrow. >> reporter: the city of oakland has heard those complaints. >> we saw people were on sidewalks up and down the street getting

abc7 news reporter lauren martinez looked into it. >> this safeway in downtown san francisco has limitedduce and limited entry. >> we're expecting not to find a few things. >> this couple went in with their list and came out with some of the items they wanted. >> there is zero avocados in there. >> cleaned out. >> no carrots. very few bell peppers. >> surprisingly, there were eggs. >> produce shelves are empty not only in san francisco safeways, but this brentwood and san jose. sky 7 flew over a safeway distribution center in tracy, where a worker reportedly passed away from covid-19. in a statement, they said, quote, we were saddened to learn that an associate at our tracy distribution center has passed awa due to complications related to covid-19. our hearts are heavy and our thoughts are with that associate's family. in sacramento, food was the main topic at a news conference where the governor addressed a plan to grant two weeks of paid sick leave to workers who have been infected with covid-19. the california grocers association is encouraging people to use grocery delivery services