abc 7 news reporter luz pena spoke to the lead of a new testing task force. >> that the testing space has been a challenging one for us, and i own that, and i have a responsibility as your governor to do better. >> governor gavin newsom confirmed over 126,000 people have been tested. and 13,000 of those are still awaiting results. staggering numbers that led to this announcement. a state partnership with two california universities and a task force. >> a new partnership with uc davis and uc san diego to create a minimum of 5 to 7 hubs. >> reporter: leading the covid-19 test task force, paul markovich president and ceo of blue shield of california, and dr. charity dean, assistant director of california's public health department. markovich wants to make sure anyone in need of a test gets one. >> set a goal to get to 10,000 per day for the next two weeks to 25,000 per day by the end of the month, and by the end of the summer this august the capacity of 50,000. >> reporter: an increase in testing will hopefully mean a decrease in deaths. how long is it going to take to test the general p

luz pena is live with the story. luz, big change. >> reporter: yeah, it is. today is essentially like the super bowl for cannabis enthusiasts. as you can see behind us, they are gearing up to celebrate and hopefully indoors. this was 4/20 last year. thousands gathered at golden gate park. that's not happening today. >> we made it clear that it is lear it is ccelled today. >> reporter: ens e having to pivot tocens >> we have a host of djs, live entertainers, comedians, cannabis chefs. >> it's not the kind of thing in person party kind of mentality. when you say it's a party, it's mostly a celebration that this planting has been recognized as something that everyone can celebrate. >> reporter: a new way to celebrate. a bay area legend is using his platform to spread. >> and i want to express my appreciation to the ambassador of the bay, e 40. >> reporter: last night we caught up with e-40 over instagram live. at least seven people close to him have tested positive for covid-19. he's asking everyone to home. dispen dispensaries are doing deliveries. this was the

abc 7 news reporter luz pena looks into the possible reasons w why. >> reporter: the mission districtse with the highest number of covid-19 cases in san francisco. >> we tend to address some of these disparities by really expanding testing. >> the ucsf doctor is part of one of three test sites in this neighborhood. >> the goal of the study is to understand the underlying epidemiology or transmission of covid-19. not just in the hospitals who is coming in sick but out in the communities. >> reporter: the goal is to test over 5,000 people by tuesday. with bringing the hospital test sites to parks in the community. like this one workers all got tested. francisco sha cha vez is one of them who admitted if it wasn't for this test site he wouldn't have gone to a hospital. >> yesterday, a total of 950 people got tested. today, that number declined. approximately 700 showed up to get tested. a lower number than anticipated. >> why do you think that less people are showing up today to get tested? >> it's probably a multitude of things. i think a little bit is fear. i definitely would acknowledg

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 a while there, or masks, hand cleanser, well, there's a shortage of plywood. it's getting tougher and tougher to find the stuff to put up. >> repo

abc7 news reporter luz pena is live at pier 35 with the story tonight. luz? >> dan, this local filipino community group wants all crewmembers to get off the ship and get tested for covid-19. four days ago, a crewmember died of coronavirus. they're concerned the possibility of others being sick. the grand princess is back at san francisco's cruise ship terminal. on board, over 650 filipino crew members. >> we're very concerned about their health and safety, because they've been on this ship now for more than a month. >> and those concerns intensified. on april 3, a filipino crewmember from the grand princess cruise ship died of coronavirus in a san francisco hospital. a day te on april 4, hundreds of crewmembers who remain on the ship completed their quarantine period, but they're still not going >> very upsetting. for one worker to die here in the san francisco bay area, that should have never happened. >> over a month ago, 19 crewmembers and two passengers a board the grand princess tested positive for covid-19. lo they were among passengers who had to be co

in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> amazing. >>> new this morning, if you or someone you know recovered from covid-19, reachers at zuckerberg san francisco general and ucsf want you to donate your plasma. you'll be tested to confirm that you've been recovered and that your blood contains antibodies of the virus. the plasma will be collected and transfused to help treat a patient with the virus. >>> ten patients died from covid-19. in the palm park neighborhood of redwood city, it's been open since 1983 and is considered to be a top care home for those suffering from dementia. >> it's really hard to contain these outbreaks in these facilities because of the fact that the residents require a lot of personal assistance. >> former stanford president donald kennedy was a resident at the facility. he died this week from the virus. >>> happening today, thousands of people who live in san francisco's mission district can get tested for free for coronavirus as part of a ucsf study. the neighborhood is showing some of the highest infection rates in the city. four outdoor test sites will

luz pena has the story. >> reporter: pandemic in the u.s.,0,0 cases and over 11,000 deaths. more people have died in this city per capita than in italy. >> i don't think anyone has ever seen anything like this before, luz. >> reporter: in this war of covid-19, front lines of new york medical workers is a group of 20 bay area medical professionals who signed up to help. >> hey, everybody. just got out of a shift here. >> reporter: one of them. >> i do take a kind of battle mentality. >> reporter: when the enemy is a virus, with sweeping through america and killed close to 50,000 people, leaving hospitals scrambling for space. >> a lot of different auxiliary positions available that you wouldn't expect. >> reporter: when you're trying to help, what's going through your mind? >> the hardest thing for caregivers to see right now is people alone, who are very, very sick and under normal circumstances would be surrounded by their loved ones. >> a consistent pattern he's seeing among his colleagues. >> i think we're entering a phase where health care worker exposure is a much more

abc7 news reporter luz pena j n joining us live now with the latest. luz? >> larry, that filipino community group wants crewmembers to get off the ship and get tested for covid-19. four days ago one of the passengers, one of the cruise members died of coronavirus. the grand princess is back at san francisco's cruise ship terminal. on board, over 650 filipino memr >> wre concerned about hipmo tm crewmember from the grand princess cruise ship died of coronavirus in a san francisco hospital. a day later on april 4th, hundreds of crewmembers who remain on the ship completed their quarantine period, but they're still not going home. >> very upsetting. for one worker to die in the bay area should have never happened. >> over a month ago 19 members and two passengers tested positive for covid-19. roy miller and maureen james were among the 2,000 plus passengers who had to be confined to their cabins for days as they waited to dock. what got them through that was the kindness of those crew members. >> i know there was one gentleman who worked in one of the gift sho

we saw the nice weather lure many to the popular spots this saturday and luz pena talked to an expert >> reporter: with the nice weather approaching, governor gavin newsom made it clear before the weekend -- >> i anticipate there will be a significant increase in volume. if there is, and people aren't practicing physical distancing, i'll be announcing in a week or so these numbers going back up. >> reporter: a concern that medical professionals and stanford professor dean winslow shares. >> the clear risk of transmission is again by large particle droplets and they generally have kind of a radius about six feet. however, outdoors, evaporation and dispersal by wind is much more efficient. >> reporter: now we just drove to walnut creek where the current weather is 79 degrees. many locals we just spoke to said this park is more packed today than usual. >> we don't want to get infected or spread the virus, so i came out here just for a few hours, because its tee hot inside the house now because of the weather. >> reporter: we saw a large influx of people visiting beaches and parks to do s

luz pena spoke with one shopper who had gone there just to find a shorter line. >> i don't want to be- i don't want to be here. excuse me. >> reporter: a glimpse into the fear and uncertainty that many lived inside this walmart. >> it was scary. i was at the back of the store and all i heard was a bunch of people running to the back saying that there was a shooter. so it was pretty scary. >> reporter: this shopper, who preferred to remain anonymous, drove to the store hoping the lines were shorter for supplies. instead found chaos. >> there ways long line up in the davis one, so we just kind of decided to try this one to see if the lines were shorter, and they were. >> reporter: up front right at the entrance a man was shot and killed by san leandro police officer. two officers received a call about a man brandishing a baseball bat inside the store. initial reports pointed to a potential robbery. >> during the detention officers deployed a taser. the taser was ineffective. the same officer then fired one shot at the sprkts striuspect sm in the torso. at the same time simultaneously th

in san leandro, luz pena, abc 7 news. lesyt blk ably no one inside. that's what happened to abc 7 news reporter leanne me dyanne z the wells fargo. >> i am at a wells fargo, i walked in and there is absolutely nobody here, no tellers, no managers, nobody. i just simply walked in, and i -- see? walked in, and discovered that everybody went home. yet i think they forgot to lock it. there's one more person here with me, a gentleman, we're waiting. i've called police. see, there's no tellers, nobody around. is there anybody here? hello? hello? nobody in the bathrooms, nobody behind here. nobody anywhere. there's another door back here, but this one is locked. >> bizarre indeed. lyanne waited for police to arrive. the officer checked it out and discovered no signs of anything suspicious. hmm. >>> abc 7 news also saw workers at a mcdonald's in oakland walk off the job over covid-19 safety concerns. take a look. >> when we fight! representativ workers say they filed a complaint with alameda county's health department. people are worried about sick leave and

abc7 news reporter luz pena has been covering the advancement of this story and has the very latest.> san francisco. over one thousand covid-19 cases. deaths, 23. the mission district, the neighborhood with the highest number of cases. >> disheartaeeardisheartenning d to me is we just got back some of the data. but 83% of our patients in the hospital are latinos. so this is a huge disparity, and it really means we need to bring testing here. >> here means in the heart of this neighborhood, where volunteers and medical professors turned schools and parks into community test sites. sky 7 caught the line outside of site number one and two. flynn elementary school and garfield square. mission resident francisco chavez was thankful the hospital technically came to his community. he was emotional thinking about the possibility of being sick. 25% of covid-19 cases in this city are among latinos. the latino task force has been knocking on doors for the past four days. today is the last day of testing. what have you guys been able to accomplish in the last four days? >> ibe ab ta try wiom to

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 and tougher to find the stuff to put up. >> reporter: abc 7 news commentator and san francisco chronicle

in the newsroom, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> governor newsom said a new blood test from stanford university could be hours from receiving federal approval, but this one is actually a little bit different. instead of detecting the actual disease, it looks for antibodie. this means this could have the power to clear people to return to work. that's some good news. >>> governor newsom's office launched a new website with his announcement yesterday, it's right here at covid-19supplies.ca.gov. individuals and businesses can donate or sell needed supplies like n-95 masks, vent lators, face shields and gloves. >>> the health crisis from covid-19 is quickly exploded into an economic crisis and disaster for small business. the trump administration's nearly $350 billion paycheck protection program was said to rollout on friday but as lauren martinez shows us,de we 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 concord. field has been in business since 1988. >> and it's because of the support of t

luz pena has the story. >> their love story has been 40 plus years in the making. >> we got married in 1980. we'd known each other since sixth grade. so we've known each other a lifetime. we've known each other since we were children. >> what's hurting rosemary arevalo the most is that she can't hold her husband's hand while he fights for his life, alone in a hospital room. a week ago today and is now under a medically induced coma. >> my husband is a very healthy man. so for me to see him in that state was just -- it was a very difficult thing. >> mike arevalo is a california lottery sales rep. he was concerned about their poesh to the pandemic for week. >> at one point in early march, mike even said this is ridiculous. we don't belong in the field. if we get infected, we're going to infect all the retailer, all the members of the community. they're going to take it home to their families. >> many of the california lottery sales rep frequent places like supermarkets and gas stations. according to their union, it could be in contact with at least 100 people per day. >> devastation. it'

we saw the nice weather lure many to the popular spots this weekend and this morning, abc 7's luz pena> reporter: with the nice weather approaching, governor gavin newsom made it clear bend >> i anticipate aren't practicing physical dist i'll be announcing in a week or so these numbers going back up. >> reporter: a concern that medical professionals and stanford professor dean winslow shares. >> the clear risk of transmission is again by large particle droplets and they generally have kind of a radius about six feet. however, outdoors, evaporation and dispersal by wind is much more efficient. >> reporter: now we just drove to walnut creek where the current weather is 79 degrees. many locals we just spoke to said this park is more packed today than usual. >> we don't want to get infected or spread the virus, so i came out here just for a few hours, because its tee hot inside the house now because of the weather. >> reporter: we saw a large influx of people visiting beaches and parks to do something we all need right now, breathe. >> having two kids at home, we definitely need to get the

luz pena joins us live with the story. luz? >> ama, based on the numbers reported by the city, at least 300 latinos tested positive for covid-19. this community is highly impacted. close to 1200 san franciscans have tested positive for covid-19. a large portion of those cases are coming from the 94110 zip code, the mission district. >> citywide, 25% of positive covid-19 cases are among latinos. although they make up only 15% of the san francisco population. >> julio mejia has lived in the u.s. for 20 plus years. he has a work permit and employees ten people. he is concerned about his community. >> at this time some people can get benefit, we know, you know. and this is no correctly. we have to protect everybody this time, especially in this situation. it's really bad. >> district 9 supervisor hillary ronan has known about these cases for three weeks now. >> what has happened during that time to help this community? >> we're doing weekly outreach through spanish language media, explaining how to protect yourselves and what servi

abc7 news reporter luz pena has been covering the advancement of this story and has the very latest. >> san fr cases. decemb deaths, 23. the mission district, the neighborhood with the highest number of cases. >> striking to me is we just go. but 83% of our patients in the hospital are latinos. so this is a huge disparity, and it really means we need to bring testing here. >> here means in the heart of this neighborhood, where volunteers and medical professors turned schools and parks into community test sites. sky 7 caught the line outside of site number one and two. flynn elementary school and garfield square. mission resident francisco chavez was thankful the hospital technically came to his community. he was emotional thinking about the possibility of being sick. 25% of covid-19 cases in this city are among latinos. the latino task force has been knocking on doors for the past four days. today is the last day of testing. what have you guys been able to accomplish in the last four days? >> i mean, i will say we've been able to accomplish what we as a country will need to accomplis

in the newsroom, luz pena, abc7 news. >> luz, thank you very much. >>> now to the latest headlines, san francisco's laguna honda hospital has 14 confirmed cases, 11 among staff members. three are residents. all are in good condition. >>> a tiger at the bronx zoo tested positive for covid-19. nadia, a 4-year-old female mall lane tiger was tested after developing a dry cough. she is expected to recover. >>> washington state is returning more than 400 ventilators to the national stockpile. officials say the machines could be better used in states facing larger outbreaks. >>> and boston's mayor today recommended a curfew for bostonian, saying city residents should stay inside their homes between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. starting tomorrow. >> a man from south san francisco who was on board the coral princess cruise ship now docked in miami has died of the coronavirus. his daughter is now worried about her mother, who was also on the ship and has symptoms. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke with the couple's daughter, and cornell, this is heartbreaking. >> eric, it really is. three peopl

abc 7 news reporter luz pena has more on his newly laid out plan. >> rhat the testing space has been a challenging for us and i own that, and i have a responsibility as your governor to do better. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom confirmed over 126,000 people have been tested, and 13,000 of those are still awaiting results. staggering numbers that led to this announcement. a state partnership with two california universities and a task force. >> a new partnership with uc davis and uc san diego to create a minimum of five to seven hubs. >> reporter: leading the covid-19 test task force, paul markovich, president and ceu of blue shield of california and dr. charity dean, assistant director of california's public health department. markovich wants to make sure anyone in need of a test to get one. >> set a goal to get to 10,000 per day in the next two weeks to 25,000 per day by the end of this month and by the end of this summer in august, getting to the capacity of 50, >> reporter: an increase in testing will hopefully mean a decrease in deaths. at least 300 people have died of covid-

in san leandro, luz pena, abc 7 news.early knowe anything but normal but imagine walking inside a bank and seeing absolutely no one inside. that's what happened to abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez at the wells fargo on california street. >> reporter: something bizarre has happened here, i am at a wells fargo. i walked in and there is absolutely nobody here, no tellers, no managers, nobody. i just simply walked in, and i -- see? walked in, and discovered that everybody went home. forgot to it. there's one more person here with me, a gentleman, we're waiting. i've called police. see, there's no tellers, nobody around. is there anybody here? hello? >> there's nobody there.lo bodyere.nody anywhere. there's another door back here, but this one is locked. >> bizarre, like she said lyanne waited for police to arrive. an officer showed up, checked it out and discovered no signs of anything suspicious. >>> abc 7 news also saw workers at a mcdonald's in oakland walk off the job over covid-19 safety concerns. take a look. >> when

abc7 news reporter luz pena has that part of the team coverage. >> we need to get our kids back to school. i need to get my kids back to school. >> that's the sentiment that many parents across the state agree with, but not without hesitation. >> i don't think it's fair to put teachers or focus that work in school buildings in danger or jeopardy just because i'm struggling as a home school parent. >> sarah baltazar has been teaching her 7 and 2 1/2-year-old for weeks. every day is a new lesson for her and her daughters as they navigate distance learning together. >> today on a call, a kid said over spring break, my grandfather died of covid, but he lived until he was 87. they're 7 years old. this is hard. it's hard for a parent to watch, and then -- you know, do to help her cope and continue to learn? >> governor hype pot what it would look like. >> we have to figure something like that out. >> a new perspective that many across the state learned about today. including oakland unified school district, 37,000 students and 83 schools. >> we just know that we have to exercise extreme caution

luz pena is live with the story. luz, big change. >> reporter: yeah, it is.tially like the super bowl for cannabis enthusiasts. as you can see behind us, they are gearing up to celebrate and hopefully indoors. this was 4/20 last year. thousands gathered at golden gate park. that's not happening today. >> we made it clear that it is lear it is ccelled today. >> reporter: ens e having to pivot tocens >> we have a host of djs, live entertainers, comedians, cannabis chefs. >> it's not the kind of thing in person party kind of

. >>> i'm luz pena in san francisco's mission district, where the fourth and final day of testing isway. they're expecting at least one thousand people to get tested today. abc7 news at 6:00 starts right now. now, your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. >> good evening and thank you so much for join us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> a and i'm dan ashley. a big announcement from governor newsom today on our state rule, and we're also seeing some changes a the local level. some counties are starting to relax shelter in place orders, starting tomorrow residents in sonoma county will be able to walk or bike, but not drive to some parks, entry been closed since march 23rd. restrictions on construction, real estate, landscaping and more will also be loosened according to the press democrat. el dorado county is letting its order expire with the exception of continuing to restrict essential travel to the lake tahoe basin. everyone will still be under the state's stay-at-home order, keep in mind. the governor says some regions could loosen restrictions before others, but only with widespread

abc7 news reporter luz pena joining us live from the uust lw informationvice >> dion be hf their operatorsow up to work this week. right now there are 68 active lines, and starting tuesday that number will be cut down to 17 lines. this could be affecting from the sunset to the marina district. they're currently working to identify the high ridership lines. according to the director jeffrey tumlin, tomorrow's service will be, quote, messy. >> i never thought i would be saying this. if you have another means of getting to your essential job, please don't take muni. muni in this emergency period is only for essential workers and for people making essential trips like getting to the grocery store or the pharmacy. if you don't need to take muni, pleaseav

. >>> i'm luz pena in san francisco.or covid-19 and is now fighting for his life. abc7 news at 6:00 starts right now. now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. >> and thank you for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. good evening. are the coronavirus precautions we're taking making a difference? well, they are now getting national recognition. >> we're receiving local encouragement, and it means we're going to have to restrict ourselves a bit longer. >> the shelter at home order will stay in effect for another month, and it's become more restrictive. we'll have details on that in just a moment. >> today the state of california announced that the coronavirus death toll has passed 150. after becoming the last county in the bay area to report a case, napa county today reported its first coronavirus death. >> and a santa rosa police detective died today from complications of coronavirus. marilou armer has served for 20 years. today governor newsom said we have a long way to go in getting the pand

abc 7 news reporter liz pena spoke to a city supervisor from san francisco, luz?> reporter: according to sfpd they have cited two people in the last 20 days and a supervisor says that number could go up. we visited some of the most popular out places inner city. the embarcadero, the marina green, all locations busy with people in group, family, people working out, and others not keeping their distance. sfpd tweeted this afternoon that officers will work with the social distancing guidelines. >> we want to educate. we do not want to enforce. 95% of san francisco is getting that. to the other 5%, please, don't ruin it for everybody who is doing the right thing. >> reporter: sfpd confirmed to abc 7 news, so far, two people have been cited.during thehe pc those citations are set to increase. >> we're going to start stepping that up like nobody's business. and we don't want to enforce, we want everybody to stay healthy. >> reporter: a viewer who preferred to remain anonymous sent these photos, concerned about a lack of social distancing at the richmond farmer's market

in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >>> this morning sals lita police said they are seeing extremel municipal parking lots will be closed on the weekend. >>> and let's go to lisa argen for another check of the beautiful week. >> i know like it on the warm side but not so much today. this morning we had the white spread fog across the bay and we're going to see the gradients switch and that is going to allow for about a ten-degree drop out there today, especially inland. ridge of high pressure overhead and live look outside where you can see from our roof camera the fog bank and little bit of breeze. 53 in san francisco, 59 in oakland. it's warm in san jose. full sun 61 and at the coast a little better than a mile visibility, low 50s. here's a look at the fog deck where you will continue to see this peel back and bring sunshine all across the bay. but it is going to be broeezy a the coast. 58 freeland, 61 pet loumia, mild 60s in concord. looks like it's warming up quickly again but we should feel back 5 to 10 degrees with 62 in livermore now. golden gate bridge, pretty gray out ther

luz pena spoke to a first aid expert who is helping his neighbors over zoom. >> reporter: welcome to shelter in place first aid 101 taught by a 20-year-old wilderness medicine expert. >> spend time trying to figure out what's wrong. >> reporter: before the covid-19 pandemic, he was teaching courses in person for schools and organizations. last week, he posted this on facebook, asking if anyone would be interested in first aid lessons. over 80 of his neighbors responded. >> it's been a variety of folks that live by themselves and then there's folks that have kids. >> reporter: the free zoom classes cover bleeding control, wound infection, burns, and choking. his work from home helpers are his daughters. >> put my first right above her belly button at about a 45-degree angle and going up and in as hard as i can until that object comes out. >> reporter: a basic lesson. thousand v how to remove your gloves. >> make sure i'm on the glove only and pull that off and crumple that up in your hand and it's still gloved. take your index finger and go underneath that, yep, and pull that off, jus

luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> happening today, if you have any unused personal protective equipment you can donate it here in san francisco. 10 rx market street. unused n95 masks, unopened hand sanitizer, glove boxes, disinfectant and goggles. full list of donation dropoffs on our bay area abc 7 news.com. >> promising news in the south bay this morning. santa clara dount says every homeless person who tested positive for covid-19 now will have temporary shelter. as the virus spreads, the focus is on getting more of the unhoused indoors. manu . >> reporter: not only the bay area's most populous county but the hardest hit by the covid-19 pandemic. expanding resources for the region's homeless population, known unhoused people who have tested positive. >> the same health care, the same respect. that's what you're seeing in today's announcement that we're going to put a full corps press on and make sure they get the help they need immediately. >> reporter: the county is launching a massive education effort to reach more of the unhoused, soon it will bring on mobile testing stations outside ever

. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> this morning is one of the many ways we're seeing the bay area give to front line workers. how they're doing business to help out their the owner says helping others is also helping the company stay afloat. >> we went from catering upwards of 1,000 events a year to zero virtually overnight. >> reporter: when maverick's catering started to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, owner jeff schlagle didn't want his resources to go to waste. >> we have private warehouse, kitchen, people. they want to do stuff. >> reporter: he started offering groceries and they can serve meals on the company's website. he then made it possible to order meals for health care workers and first responders complete with a personalized message. >> we are forever grateful for your selfless dedication to helping our community. we're all praying for your safety and health. thank you. love small street and danville brookside place. it's turning out to be a thing where people, you know, the nurses aren't necessarily needy, but they're definitely -- p

abc 7 news reporter luz pena spoke with jeff tumlin about the service. >> the wait line will be highly affected, expecting 30 to 40% of operators not to show up this week, and this is to minimize risk to the staff and to the public. during this global pandemic, san francisco is silent. and starting this week, our streets will be emptier. out of 68 active muni lines, only 17 will remain available. >> tomorrow is going to be a mess. and i apologize in advance. the service will be deeply unreliable. there will be long gaps in service. >> sfmta director jeffrey tumlin says the cut-down process will affect nearly bus line from the sunset to the marina district. >> we will be using all night tonight to develop new schedules starting for tuesday and then having our full service rollout on wednesday, when we spend most of tomorrow putting up signs at the stops. >> reporter: approximately 400 muni operators are expected to not show up to work. >> there's a lot of operators are upset, because a lot of people are just roaming about and they're not doing essential stuff that they need to be doing.

abc 7 news reporter luz pena spoke to bay area rapper and legend e-40 how he is using his platform toge the community to stay home. >> i play my position as the ambassador. >> we caught up with the bay area legend e-40 over instagram live. at least seven people close to him have tested positive for covid-19. >> this is personal for you as well. >> yes, it's personal. and a lot of people know a lot of people that, you know, that have tested positive and has it. i know people that know people that died. i mean my boy scarface, he had it, platinum legendary recording artist. my boy slim, mc-8 these are rappers. you know what i'm saying? >> earlier this week london breed asked him to spread the emergency and remind followers that there won't be any cannabis celebrations outdoors celebrated. >> i'm asking to you stay at home for 4/20. it is not going to happen at golden gate happen. >> normally thousands gather at golden gate park. breed says san francisco police officers will be patrolling the park, and giving out citations if necessary. >> one of the main things that i was concerned abou

. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> this morning is one of the many ways we're seeing the bay area give thanks to front line workers and first responders. one concord catering company is transforming how they do business to help out their neighbors. as dan ashley shows you, the owner says helping others is also helping the company stay afloat. >> we went from catering upwards of 1,000 events a year to zero virtually overnight. >> reporter: when maverick's catering started to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, owner jeff schlagle didn't want his resources to go to waste. >> we have private warehouse, private kitchen. we have trucks. we have people. they want to do stuff. >> reporter: he started offering groceries and they can serve meals on the company's website. jeff then made it possible for people to order meals for health care workers and first responders, complete with a personalized message. >> we are forever grateful for your selfless dedication to helping our community. we're all praying for your safety and health. thank you. love small street