san francisco you have showers up towards marin county. but a very different view right now in the santa clara valley we see a lot of rain coming down. as we take a look at the radar view, see how the showers blossomed like clockwork right at two income the afternoon. we're seeing heavier showers still moving out of the southeast into san jose and santa clara within the next 30 minutes. a few more on the peninsula. not as much right now in san francisco. but look at these showers. santa rosa, approaching rohnert park, and more around sunol. so isolated but intense thunderstorms will be a part of the trend over the next couple of hours. and that's in our futurecast. things start to calm down towards 11:00 tonight. coming up, we'll tally up how much rain we expect out of the pattern and how much is more in the seven-day forecast, coming up in a few minutes. >> rob, thank you very much. >>> up next, an east bay city is coming together online to support people affected by the coronavirus outbreak. the big name author who is also supporting the

live in marin county. abc 7 news. >> that is good to here, wayne, thanks. >>> here are the latest bay area totals. alameda county recorded its first death total increasing 122 confirmed san francisco now reports 131 cases, increase of 23 overnight. overall 860 reported cases in the bay area and at least 14 deaths. in northern california mend seeno one case of the virus. none so far in lake county. >>> in the east bay cars stretch for blocks waiting in line at the bay areas first mobile coronavirus test site that opened this morning in hayward. but most people got turned away, why, laura? >> well, right, that's an evolving situation. we just talked with the fire captain who said they're changing their criteria. up until now if you did not have a fever of 100 or higher higher being turned away, now they're saying some of the people who got turned away, if they got simms could potentially come back and get a test. >> this is not a scene from a movi movie. s people lining up in cars and on the sidewalk it's, so

they closed the parking lo and the marin county trails also became closed. police department said we strongly avise to you enjoy scenery somewhere else. >> we need everybody to take the public health order seriously. it's not a joke. >> reporter: thorms churchill drove up from san francisco. >> it's important to practice social distancing. and exercise is one of the approved activity. >> reporter: diana urges everyone, please stay home. >> we have a bad rap for hating tourists. please come back when everything is back to normal. we don't hate you. >> we saw other locations like ocean beach and san francisco that were also very crowded today. residents today that are standing here on they will stay here as long as it takes to urge people, please, stay home. live in marin county. >> that is a good message. they are sending a strong one as well. cornell, while we are speaking of it. we talked about the closed in marin county. any chance the beaches are as well? >> yeah, besides the order for marin county closing all beaches and parks, part of the golden state r

. >>> marin county's public health officer has tested positive for the coronavirus doctor matt willis made the announcement from his home. >>> today i was diagnosed with covid 19. so i'm here on home quarantine as marin's 39th confirmed case. monday i was in the south bay area for the announcement of our shelter in place order. there may have been exposure in that community. >> reporter: he has been self quarantined from his family since his symptoms first appeared late last week. his test results came back positive yesterday. a source of the exposure is unknown. >>> and san rafael spotting several rvs and a parking lot behind the marin county civic center. we reached out to county health officials and they tell us that they are part of the response efforts to provide isolation shelter for residents who made may be affected by the coronavirus. >>> dry weather to start the work week. a lot of clouds overhead and that kept temperatures limited. only 50s 5 to 10 degrees of above average across the board. more of the same the next couple days. increasing rain chances as well. no rain righ

new road closures are in place in marin county to deal with the people flooding the parks and beaches this weekend. and governor newsom announcing several new steps to help slow the virus' spread. that includes a new executive order that allows the state to increase its health care capacity, in other words, find places to put patients. plenty of venues are being called on to participate including santa clara a convention center. nbc bay area's roz plater has the latest. >> reporter: as the number of covid-19 cases rises, we've learned the santa clara convention center is being prepped as a just-in-case scenario for a temporary hospital. a federal medical station that can treat up to 250 people who do not have covid-19, freeing up hospital beds for more acute patients. it's part of the governor's plan to set up an additional 10,000 hospital beds by converting hotels and convention centers to meet the potential demand. the governor has also ordered $42 million in emergency funding to lease seton medical center on the peninsula and saint vincent medical center in los angeles for three mo

cases today bringing the total there to 7 solano county has 6 cases of a coronavirus sonoma and marin counties, each have 3 cases at this time of the 9 bay area counties napa county is the only county with no cases of the virus right now. all right 2019 represents the 10 record breaking year for the tourism industry in the city of san francisco and european travelers are big reason why san francisco travel industry insiders tell kron four's haaziq madyun the president's 30 day ban on european travelers. >>to e u s we'll have a major financial effect on the local economy. >>tourism has taken a major hit here in san francisco, the wake of the call that 19 pandemic but traffic has slowed considerably if the sea to table's there's with very few customers tour buses usually packed virtually empty to ma matters even worse there is now a 30 day ban travelers from european countries to the us is going to have a tremendous impact on visitation to san francisco in absolutely the baon travel from europe to san francisco is going have a major impact. >>on our course industry in our small businesses accord

marin county, sonoma county, also into napa county, that goes until 9:00 a.m. and, then, after that, i wouldn't be surprised if we see temperatures around there as well. we'll have mostly sunny to partly sunny skies. but if you're along the santa cruz coast. i'll tell you it is lit up there on radar. that looks to be where the trend is going to be for now. it's a cold morning out there and highs struggling and still going to be below average for this time of year. >>> time is now 5:00.

marin county reports the first coronavirus death. the victim had been a passenger on the grand princess cruise ship and was in his 70s and the first marin county resident to contract the virus. he died on friday after being hospitalized nearly three weeks. >>> two santa rosa police officers have tested positive, now bringing the total to five cases. san jose state university reports the second case with a patient being a campus employee that is recovering at home. >>> a new wave of bay area parks and beaches are closing this weekend to avoid the crush of crowds that happened last weekend. san mateo county closed all of the parks last weekend. we have andrea nakano with what you should know if you are going out for fresh air. >> reporter: if you come to california state parks this weekend, you will see signs warning people about closures and this weekend, governor newsom brings in the national guard to hand out flyers to remind people about social distancing. despite the shelter at home order, californians visited parks and beaches in

abc7 news went inside the marin county emergency operation center in san rafael this afternoon for a look around. employees are coordinating emergency operations emergencies among all the local jurisdictions in the county. now in the east bay, the alameda county emergency operation center has been partially activated. the sheriff's office tweeted this photo collage showing some of the workers there. they say people need to continue to shelter at home and continue to practice social distancing. >>> if you're looking live right now over san francisco from sky 7, it's day two of the shelter in place order and you can see san franciscans are taking it very seriously. the skyway, which would normally be packed just a few cars getting on to the certainly jobs or duties. today san francisco mayor london breed appeared on the new abc7 daily program "pandemic: what you need to know." she talked about social distance while reiterating that people are allowed 20 get fresh air. >> we see people in san francisco complying with the order for the most part. every now and then you have people walking

. >>> all marin county parts will be closed until further notice. the public health department issued that order, came after a weekend after hikers, joggers pack the county park without practicing's proper social distancing . mount tamil pius and muir woods are among those off limits . corte madera pathway will stay open but you have to stay 6 feet apart . >>> the point reyes national seashore is also close because of social distancing concerns. it was closed after people packed the beach over the weekend during the statewide shelter in place order . a closure will be in effect for at least the next two weeks . >>> people in bolinas are sending messages to visitors, stay home . one area of the town was filled with homemade signs in response to the crowd the people who went to the beaches in marin county over the weekend . the signs had messages like this as a pandemic, not a vacation, surf from home . >> this isn't the time to come out and crother people's neighborhoods . just trying to let people know we don't want to put our town at risk more than

if frost advisory for inland marin county sonoma county and napa county as well. overnight low temperatures dropping low to middle 30s in most locations. cover up any plans you have gotten into the ground already. high temperatures tomorrow they will bounce back from the chilly start. 4 to 5 degrees below average across the board. just a couple degrees warmer than today. touching 60 for their warmest locations. maybe just above 60s for some of the warmest spots further inland. slightly further inland into contra costa county fairfield up to 61. further north or temperatures will bounce back from the cold start. upper 50s to around 60s in between scattered showers we will see once again with the next chance of rain on the way for saturday. friday will be a dry day. fair with the clouds as we headed to the day on friday. clouds thickened friday night. tried to start saturday. it doesn't last long. often on showers that will be with us throughout the day saturday. that will linger into the second half of that weekend. in between the showers on sunday. a bigger one up

look at middle peak d marin county. sfo, half moon bay, hayward they're in the upper 40s and on the peninsula some 30s. los altos 36 but montero's 49. foster city 38. lake tahoe is 6 this morning. and what we're seeing is that this system right there is on its way for tomorrow. it will give us a general area of rain. could be .50" russian river. after this system exits stage right by sunday, that's a change in the pattern. highs today a few 50s but now more near 60 degrees and temperatures will be held in check over the weekend then start to move up with some drier conditions and more sun early next week, you guys. >> thank you, steve. >>> we need to catch up with the royals, right. royal couple harry and meghan are now living in the united states. where the two have decided to step down from their official royal duties. >> and, dmv offices around california will close and th steps the department is taking to increase safety for its workers. when it comes to your business internet, which is more important? ♪ ♪ okay, i w

from marin county's covid-19 test site. sxwlr for two weeks, marin county has been quietly testing people at this drive-through facility. but not just anyone can come. >> this is a physician-referral only site. show up without an appointment, unfortunately, they will be turned away. >> reporter: by guards at the entrance. hendricks tells me 700 people have received tests at this site as seen from sky 7 today. at the onset of the krfb crisis, tests were in short supply. but counties have run into another problem. >> now we're facing a complication where labs are not able to keep up with the demand. so we're only able to submit, for instance, at our state lab up to 50 tests a day when quite honestly we're testing more than that number every single day. >> reporter: marin and other counties around the country are ramping up their testing but california is far behind other states in terms of testing. an analysis of the number of krfb tests performed in every state compared to population. two hot spots states are doing the best

it has 9 cases and solano county has 8 sonoma and alameda counties both have 3 confirmed cases marin county so far has n. well over in san jose 3 airport workrs ve tested positive for coronavirus care and all tsa employees who came in contact with them are in quarantine now at home screening checkpoints remain open. the ey is worng with he cdc and health officials to make sure that all employees and travelers e safe. well in a los almitos elementary school in southern us analysts say it ll be open today despite what the distrt is calling a member of the extended school communittesting positive for coronavirus now this is not a student teacher or staff mber.the school is being deep cleaned and and you know

solano county sic sonoma 3 marine county 3 and at this time napa county has no cases. >>tonight, the city and county of san francisco tightening restrictions on gatherings implementing a new order late this afternoon banning all non essential events with 100 or more people mayor breed says the measure is necessary to slow the spread of the virus. the order is effective immediately officials also recommend organizations which serve vulnerable populations like the elderly cancel gatherings of more than 10 people. >>to santa clara county now where the number of people coming down with the coronavirus continues to climb and that has led to new orders from the health department there in the closure of all schools in the county. our conferees rob fladeboe brings us up to date now on these new developments he's live from san jose rob. >>that's right. vicki regret, i'm here in saturday's rose garden neighborhood where trace elementary here lincoln high school across the street dozens of other schools are set to shut down beginning monday at the same time. there are new orders

but it's marin county, napa county and sonoma county. i'm sitting at 34. my dew point's 32.urg's 29. kenwood's 30 and petaluma's 32. so there is a little puff of a breeze for a few. i know it's not much but that might be enough to keep the temps up a little bit. you had that east wind in lirmore. and the wind chill's at 33. a little bit of fog, cool high temps. most of these are confined to the san mateo coast also just about south san francisco down towards half moon bay and no doubt about it santa cruz over to monterey. that's the main focus. 30s on a lot of these temps including redwood city, fremont, san jose, walnut creek, concord, brentwood. it's going to be a cool morning here for many. pinoll's 33. 34 danville and san ramon and mostly sunny partly cloudy for most. next system won't be here until next saturday but this cold front goes all the way down to southern california. and we are looking for some rain on saturday maybe. not a lot but enough. but the forecast looks like it wants to keep right on marching on into early april. so maybe this pattern will stick with

and then marine county now growing to 15 solano county 9 sonoma county 6. napa still reporting no cases, however, as you know there probably are that's the whole idea you're supposed to act as if you have the virus that's how you're going to make sure you don't read it. big news when it comes to your kids it looks like it's very likely that they're not going to go back to school for the rest of the year that's where the governor hinted at and kansas has become the first state in the nation to call it for the rest of the year the kids are out of school governor newsome sent a warning about that possibility yesterday kron four's will tran is live with the latest well. it's a warning at this point duryea but it looks like pretty much a done deal, although he will not go there all together. >>yet now many schools, 99% of them right now very about 6 million kids stare home right now because the schools voluntarily send the kids home at least until the first week of april including law high school in san francisco, there is a good chance according to the governor

berkeley rainfall intensity will increase here in the next few minutes a few light sprinkles in marine county and then you head up into solano county on up to napa county to and there's definitely some wet spots as conditions in these areas pretty i offering a pretty widespread rainfall as of that this is point right now assuming out across the region there's still snow up in the sierra nevada, it's been the most significant snowfall of the season for neighbors up in the high country that is such good news to see obviously doesn't make travel anything that's so great, but it's great to be seeing that snow pack being built and we will be looking some off and on snow showers up in northern california as well. daytime highs today eventually rise to a similar range us to yesterday we're as we're starting this morning just a touch more mild pretty much all of us are in the 40's the you're actually starting in the low 50's right now 50 degrees so not a bad start if you are heading out again if you have to head out this morning. you are expecting mild, but few showery conditions out there is just li

so i'm hoping that things do spring back. >> in marin county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> spending a lot more time at home can be a particular challenge for roommates. abc7 news turned to dr. brooke armstrong of the relationship therapy group for tips. she suggests starting with an all important house meeting. >> the roommate meeting, like they would a business meeting. they set a a a through the topics at hand and everybody needs to go around the room and say what's important to them and how they want to solve a particular problem. keep in mind some people are hoarding and stockpiling lots of food and some people are very blase about it and really don't care. so if you have those people in the same house, you really have to be clear about who is doing what. it's really important to be explicit. you want to say -- have everybody say what their approach is and negotiate. everybody wants to watch tv. and they don't always want to watch the same program. so a lot of people are actually scheduling time for the public space. so that's one thing. it's very important to be intentional abo

the marin county sheriff's department went on social media today to call attention to all the peoplere coming to the coast but failing to practice social distancing. gates are closing at main roads including drakes beach and mount vision road. access will be limited in other areas of the national seashore as well. ktvu's sara zendehnam tells us about the increased warning of social distancing from state leaders and health officials. >> reporter: wrapping up the first full weekend with california's stay at home order in place, sunday morning at golden gate park some were practicing social distancing. >> we're meeting people for a walk that's six feet apart. >> reporter: saturday in the bay area, though, was a little rough. >> we really need to approach this more seriously. >> reporter: the marin county sheriff's office tweeted this photo of a line of cars traveling to the coast. it prompted authorities to close some beaches and yet another warning from health officials. >> it ends up defying the purpose of the order because there's so many people gathering in one place. >> reporter: g

the i-team dan noyes's has the story you'll see only on 7 for marin county's drive through test site. >> marin county has been quietly testing people for covid-19 at this drive-through facility in san rafa san rafael. not just anyone can come. >> this is a physician refefrl only site, so if individuals do show up without an appointment, unfortunately they will be turned away. >> reporter: by guards at the entrance, hendricks tells me 700 people have received tests at this site. at the on set of the coronavirus crisis, tests were in short supply, but counties have run into another problem. >> now we're facing a complication where labs are not able to keep up with the demand, and so we're only able to submit, for instance, at our state lab up to 50 tests a day when quite honestly, we are testing more than that number every single day. >> reporter: marin and other counties around the bay area and the state are ramping up their testing, but new data shows california is far behind other states in terms of testing. the abc7 i-team ran an analysis of the number of coronavirus tests performed

. >>> marin county is reporting its first covid-19 death. a man was a passenger on the grand princess cruise ship. he was in his 70s and was the first county resident to contract the virus. he died this afternoon after being hospitalized for nearly 3 weeks. and a total of 5 officers in the department have covid-19. and san jose state is reporting itself second case, an employee recovering at home. >>> and beaches and parks are closed this weekend, in the hopes of avoiding the crush of crowds we saw last weekend. san mateo county closed all its parks as well. andrea nakano has more on what to know if you're heading out for some fresh air. >> reporter: if you come out to california state parks this weekend, you'll see a lot of signs warning people about closures. and this weekend, governor newsom is bringing in the national guard to hand out flyers to remind people about social distancing. despite the shelter at home order, people in california visited parks and beaches in record numbers last weekend. >> it was incredibly busy on the streets. i

live this afternoon in marin county with more on the story. good afternoon, ali. >> reporter: good afternoon. we're at china camp state park and normally by now the gates to the park ping lot would be open and they're not and they're not going to be open for the foreseeable future. the governor ordered the parking lots of dozen of state parks closed in an effort to reduce crowding and maintain social distancing. with so many people at home and just about all other events canceled, people flocked to the beach and coast and other recreation areas this weekend. there and you can't even find parking location. to make it easier for you, we'll shut down all state parking lots. >> the parking lots of at least 36 of california's 300 state parks are now closed to try and keep crowds away. the executive director of friends of china camp state park, which oversees the marin county park and beach said this site was overwhelmed this weekend. >> we've never seen a march weekend this busy. it was truly like spring break. we're trying to deter gatherings, loc

now more on the order to close marin county parts. it includes mount tam, point reyes national seashore and muir woods national monument. the goal is to stem the tide of visitors during the pandemic. paved pathways maintained by the county will remain open, but officials stress people need to follow social distancing guidelines. san francisco rec and parks tweeted a reminder that city playgrounds are closed. ones that can be locked are, but officials remind everyone else not to go to any playgrounds at all. parks and trails are still open for people to explore while practicing social distancing. >>> in the south bay, santa clara county says the virus has spread now to 39 more patients. abc7 news reporter jr stone joins us with more on how the county is responding to covid-19. jr? >> well, yeah, hospitals down here are some of the busiest locations here in santa clara county, and that includes the hospital directly behind me, the santa clara valley medical center. now, there is some good news to report in that there are still hospital b

here is more from abc7 news reporter wayne freedman in marin county. >> they're the signs of invader made the scene. in such an environment, matt hughes, a real estate sales manager in marin county would love to have a crystal ball. >> i think it's going to go market by market. i think certain price segments are going to be hit harder than others. >> reporter: you feel safer there? >> i do, actually. >> reporter: her place went on the market saturday, but not one potential buyer has toured the house because real estate is not an essential business. agent deborah has this video to show and nothing else. could the time having been worse? >> no, i don't think so. >> we're actually lucky that we got all the work done prior to all this happening, you know. whether it's the painters or having contractors coming to your house to finish little odds and ends. >> reporter: coronavirus is already impacting real estate sales in the north bay. for example, if a person has listed a house and takes it off the market, the all important clock stops. and if a person who is listing a house soon, that h

har check out this photo here, showing the beach at marin county, and many people drove from out of town to enjoy a day at the beach, and people are concerned visitors aren't doing their part to slow the spread. >> when you are out there and can't find parking at a beach, it suggests you are not going to practice social distancing and it may suggests you may want to find a new location. to make it easier for you, we will shutdown all state parking lots and that will go in effect immediately. >> reporter: we are already showed you it's effective this morning because the parking lot here is closed. we want to show you a list of parks and beaches with the closed parking lots here in california, marin, and san mateo counties. state parks and beaches will still be open here like half moon bay, and the governor hopes it will encourage tea pupeople hike, bike and jog to parks close to them to slow the spread of coronavirus. >> thank you, julian. >>> marin county authorities are discouraging this scene, crowded public places over the weekend despite guidance to stay away. the warning comes as ma

more case in marin county, i want the world to know there is one more case in marin county. it's also extremely frustrating to hear how many powerful and famous people are getting tested with or without any symptoms where a normal person who has almost every single symptom with the exception of fever, thank goodness, cannot get tested at all. >> in san mateo, there is wendy who says when her son began showing mild symptoms, she turned to the new google verily screening set up in partnership with the federal government. >> primarily i was not comfortable taxes the medical system n san mateo county. >> still no luck. she wrote about her frustrations in a post on media. >> the answers were basically at the end of it, go to the cdc website. that was essentially at the end of every thread, almost every thread. that's where it sent me. >> we've heard from a lot of people who have a lot of questions about this verily site. we reached out for comment. they're currently targeted at the most high risk populations. they do hop to scale up over time. governor newsom says more than 350 p

marin county shutting down 18,000 acres of parks. and more coronavirus cases in santa clara county.anning if the virus continues to spread. >>> answering the call. san franciscans donate thousands of masks and other critical medical supplies. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> now your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. >> marin county takes drastic steps to limit the amount of people gathering outside, closing down 18,000 acres of parks including point reyes and muir woods. good evening. i'm eric thomas. we'll have that story in just a minute. >>> but first, president trump has just approved a federal disaster declaration for california as the number of confirmed cases now grows to more than 1500. the president also activated the national guard in california and two other states with the federal government picking up the tab while the governor retains control. the navy hospital ship usnsors insy will arrive in california within a week to provide additional hospital beds and he is sending large quantities of medical supplies within the next 48 hours. >> i want to assure the ameri

debora villalon is live in marin county with what people can expect this weekend. >> reporter: at some parks you can still walk in, others are completely off-limits. the idea is if you have to drive there, you've gone too far. >> we know what happened last weekend. >> mayor london breed scolding the city by the bay for bolting outside last weekend and violating social distancing while the sun was shining. >> lane thinks like volleyball and basketball and other sports together. >> in response the city has close parking lots at the marina green, chrissy field, baker and ocean beaches and for funston. neighborhoods near by will be monitored for cars streaming in. that clear message, stay close to home. >> at your fresh air, walk your dogs, but don't get in your cars and drive to specific locations to play volleyball with your friends or have picnics or wine parties.>> the park is crowded or the parking lot is full, please go home. to this video from marin county, with scenes from last weekend, people on the coast, and other destinations, filling parking lots at a time they should be empty

. >>> well, today, marin county supervisors will be giving now, there are five programs the county will work with. each program will receive $75, the remaining money will be received to assist the remaining programs. it comes from a $1 million grant that marin county foundation created just last week. >>> two east oakland hotels are opening their doors to house the homeless during the pandemic. the comfort inn on eves avenue. alameda county has more than 8,000 homeless people and advocates say getting people off the streets and temporary housing will save lives. >> this is actually really exciting. in a very short amount of time we were able to partner with the state department of social services along with our health care partners, the sheriff. our general services agency to get two hotels up and running for those who are unsheltered on the street who are either at risk of or who have tested positive for covid-19. >> are being referred to the hotels through several social service agencies and you have to first have a referral from an agency to get a room. >>> students to stanford who t

just barely above it in napa, and that's why there's a frost advisory for inland locations in marin county, napa county, and lake county has frost is likely overnight the farther north you go. temperatures bounce back at least a little bit tomorrow. maybe a degree or 2 warmer than today. still substantially below average for this time of year with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. coolest around the bay and toward the coast. a warming trend continues throughout the rest of the week. dry weather in store for us on friday. get the outdoor stuff down that day because we'll be tracking another good rain chance, much needed rainfall, heading our way on saturday. we wake up to some scattered showers. it's hit or miss activity and not all that heavy, but it is going to be out there on saturday. off and on rain showers, and looks like some of that is even going to linger into the second half of the weekend, but temperatures will still warm up. in fact we're even going to get into the 70s in inland locations by early next week. mid-70s by tuesday and wednesday, and areas near the bay in the 50s a

the marin county man became the first person in the county to test positive for the virus and he was on a "grand princess" cruise ship last >> we have not been told who the people are, and -- >> marin county's department of health and human services held a meeting last night to try and answer community concerns. >>> a cafe park is closed after an employee tested positive for coronavirus. it's on south park street and somebody on twitter posted part of an e-mail sent to the employees of the cafe. >>> bart tells us last week ridership was down 8% compared abc7 embarcadero station, and the transit agency says they are taking steps to keep it cleaner. the toll of the outbreak is taking on the economy, and some u.s. lawmakers are self quarantining after following that a possible exposure. >> more congressional caution in the wake of the coronavirus spread in the state, and some are self quarantining and the president is not personally worried about his own potential exposure to the virus and has not been tested. >> he uses hand sanitizer all the time. >> the dow falling more than 2,000 po

.>>> new at noon, marin county's public health officer as mentioned they have tested positive for the coronavirus pick >> today i was diagnosed with covid-19, i am here on quarantine as the 39th confirmed case. monday, i was in the south bay area for the announcement of our shelter in place order and there may have been exposure in that community. >> the doctor made the announcement yesterday from his own, he has been self quarantine from his family since the symptoms first appeared late last week. his test results came back yesterday, the source of his exposure geometer for on brian street, in a statement, sheriff paul mia moto said while we are saddened that one of our colleagues has tested positive, we are also well prepared to take the next steps to prevent further exposure to our staff and the incarcerated. the sheriff's office as it has screening and isolation procedures where the deputy alert works. at last check there were no known covid-19 cases among the inmates.>>> public schools in los angeles will stay closed until at least the beginning of may. today the superintendent u

san francisco county has 43 confirmed cases, 39 in contra costa 27 in alameda county marine county has 15 coronavirus cases confirmed solano county has 9 people with the virus. sonoma county has 6. and now not reporting anybody or infected. testing positive. but you know that that's going to change we have not seen widespread testing yet at this point you've been told to act like you have it and are exhibiting symptoms and act like everybody else does too. >>and that's how we're going to do was socially isolate stay away from each other and hopefully stop the spread. >>things are getting worse as far as the school kids to the governor of california already hinted that we might not have and go back to school for the rest of the school year and kansas has already made that hard decision they have decided the kids will not return to the classrooms for the rest of the academic year our governor warned about that possibility yesterday kron four's will tran is live with the latest well. >>daria the reason why governor newsome has not followed kansas yet because he knows schools are very impo

contra costa county has a 131 cases with one reported death. the next slide shows you marin countywith 65 cases sonoma county with 49 cases and one death. 34 cases reported in solao county in napa county. with the fewest but they our reporting 7 confirmed cases. now with a lot of people out of work because of the coronavirus the big question is when will those federal checkbegin to arrive as part of this financial aid package that the house is set to vote on today. it's a historic $2 trillion package. there ar some disagreements for some of the ner points but both togeher and ey do have come acknowledge that actioneeds to be taken joe khaleel has the very latest now from washington. >>so we had to take important action. speaker ncy elosi made a rare guarantee thursday, one way or anotr. we will passing that amount closely says after democrats took 3 days to negotiate changes. thurgent package now meet the immediate needs of american workers families and hospitals able to flip this over fr corporate trickle down republican version to bubble up for her firsfamily's first legis

and in marin county, bloomberg, like we saw in san mateo county, doing very well. a slight lead over bernie sanders and then joe biden. press close actually all in all in marin county. >> the last one we have is napa county. joe biden there taking the lead in napa county. and if we go to sonoma county, it flips and we have bernie sanders. >> a good variance here across the bay area. >> really defensive perspectives. >> larry gerston back with us. what happens now in the sense bernie sanders has money. donald trump has money. bloomberg has money. biden didn't have that much money. does that change now beginning tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.? >> i think within the next week you'll see at least $25 million flow into the biden campaign. everybody likes to be with a winner. he is a winner as far as those centrist democrats are concerned. the money will flow. a lot of people who were hesitant, holding back, they've seen the miracle as far as they're concerned. you'll see money. sometimes we've learned money doesn't always make the difference. biden had next to nothing in terms o

. >>> marin county's public health officer has tested positive for coronavirus. doctor matt willis made the announcement from his home. >> i was diagnosed with covid- 19. i am here on home quarantine as marines 39th confirmed case. monday come i was in the south bay area for the announcement of our shelter in place order and may have been exposure in has se munity. quarned his positive on sunday. >>> they are telling authorities are part of the response efforts to provide isolation shelter for residents who may be affected for the coronavirus we will continue to bring the latest car press conferences with updates on the pandemic live on kpix and cbsn bay area. >>> time now is for: 40. streaming on cbsn bay area. >> a crack down on social distancing. >> let's take a live look outside before we had to break. this is a shot of the skyline of san francisco for camera on >>> the city of oakland has a new interim police chief and it is a familiar face to the bay area. yesterday they confirm that susan mannheim will be taken over. as chief is the san mateo apartment. >>

people flocking to beaches especially in marin county. and after getting inundated with visitors saturday and sunday both with sunny weather and concerns many people are not following social distancing rules, marin county has decided to close all public parks from the golden gate recreation area down to small community parks. the closures take effect immediately and until further notice and include all local, county, and state parks and public open space preserves, all state parks including mt. tamalpais, point reys and muir woods closed as well. the county idea there is to get people to follow those social distancing rules, to get people to stay home if you are going out to get exercise. please stay locally, trying to get people not to start to keep spreading this virus around from one location to another. we're live in pleasant hill, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> you have to take it seriously, you're right. thanks so much, thom. 4:38. our coronavirus coverage continues. still ahead, the major impact strict new policies the u.s./me

marine county has 65 cases sonoma county has 49 cases and one death 34 and solano county and napa county has 7 reported cases. happening today, the us house will be taking up a historic trillion coronavirus aid package and there are some disagreements about the specifics of this or that in the bill, but both parties clearly see the need to take action. joe khaleel now with the very latest from washington. >>so we had to take important action. speaker nancy pelosi made a rare guarantee thursday, one way or another. we will passing the 2 models pelosi says after democrats took 3 days to negotiate changes. the urgent package now meet the immediate needs of american workers families and hospitals able to flip this over from corporate trickle down republican version to bubble up for her first family's first legislation that is an outright lie. the fundamental portions of this bill has not changed on sunday while minority leader kevin mccarthy strongly refutes speaker pelosi on how the relief package came to be both agree on the need to pass it and should not be delayed getting to the presiden

. >> reporter: marin county mom, julie, is talking about climate change, and she is doing her part on to help. as a resilient neighborhoods climate team member. julie is signing up for mce online. mce community choice energy is a community nonprofit that offers renewable energy or electronic generation from orange county and other arid eligible bay area residents. >> it is incredible and easy to do, and that is when you have empowered people. >> reporter: it is one of the many simple steps encouraged by tamra peters, founder of resilient neighborhoods, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting climate change by helping individuals reduce their carbon footprint. >> i couldn't sit back with climate change. >> reporter: she piloted the program in 2010, back then, helping 100 marin county households organized into 20 climate action teams lose 500,000 pounds of carbon output. since then, resilient neighborhoods has helped its teams reduce annual area carbon by re than 9 meetinover 10 weeks and they report in what they have done. >> reporter: team members like julie are given scores of actions to c

. >>> marin county's public health officer announced he has tested positive for the coronavirus.>>> today i was diagnosed with covid 19. so i'm here on home quarantine as marines 39th confirmed case. monday i was in the southbay area for the announcement of our shelter in place order. and there may have been exposure in that community. >>> he made the announcement yesterday from his home. he has self quarantine from his family since his symptoms first appeared late last week. his test results came back yesterday. the source of his exposure still unknown. >>> there are 860 coronavirus cases across the bay area. santa clara still has the most with more than 300 cases. today alameda county reported its first death. ringing the bay area total to 14. >>> in the southbay companies are donating millions of dollars to help those affected by the outbreak. where that money is going. >> reporter: here we are in week two of the shelter in place and the southbay safety nets has fired kicked so upofthe valley's and largest corporations have opened up their wallet and donated money into a financial assi

marin county became the latest county to join the emergency. san francisco mayor london breed fired off a letter to the white house after receiving 250 testing kits. it reads, in part, quote, the lack of test kits is a national disgrace. we will not be able to contain, treat, or mitigate the effects of the virus if we cannot diagnose infection. twitter is telling its employees to work at home, and google is cutting back on all travel. >> stocks gave up a lot of their big gains from monday. today the dow closed down nearly 800 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also finished in the red. that signalled to investors that the u.s. economy might be at risk because of the coronavirus. >> we know you have questions about the coronavirus outbreak. so we've dedicated a page on our website to all of our reporting with facts that you need to know. just go to abc7news.com. a lot of information on our site for you. >> absolutely. >>> well, we have weather to talk about as well. >> we do indeed. meteorologist drew tuma is here. cast a vote for some rain, drew. >

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

helena, 33 in marin county and mount diablo near 60 . our system is on its way and it looks like it is going south not taking the turn into arizona so if you're going to spring training, you see some hit and miss showers popping up and cooler, so at least for a couple of days it will be on the cooler side, 40s and 50s for us, foster city and belmont both 54 and los altos at 45 in palo alto at 48. quiet pattern with no rain yet 60s and 70s on the temperatures and the good news is it doesn't look like this will lock in at another system works its way toward us, cooler with clouds but not sold on the rain just yet but possibly closer. >>> baseball season is back and fancy will see a new addition on the field during spring training. coming up the san francisco giants are about to play the diamondbacks at salt river fields. the player will get a taste of robo umpires, not kidding, we were taught how they could possibly affect the game and after more than 60 years chevrolets must historic nameplates has reached the end of the line. and in the

there are 53 confirmed cases in marin county. 34 in sonoma. is reporting 24 counties napa and mendocino counties have two cases each. we also know two school closures have been extended now through friday, may 1st. this announcement came late this morning from county health officers and superintendents. the counties affected include alameda, contra costa, marin, san francisco, san mateo, and santa clara. schools were scheduled to return next month, but now class is out until at least friday, may 1st. >>> well, some states such as california and cities are under shelter-in-place or stay at home warnings. some house democrats are calling for those measures to be applied nationwide. i do hope you were with us earlier today when i had the chance to talk live with congressman al rona and we discussed why he supports such measures. >> the bay area. i'm very proud, we were the first county to have a shelter- in-place. and if you look at the coronavirus cases when we went, we had to shelter in place march march 16th and we've seen a 45% increase since

.>>> chopper five spotted several rvs in a parking lot behind the marin county civic center. we reached out to county health officials and they are telling us the rvs are part of the response efforts to provide isolation shelter for residents who may be affected by the coronavirus. >> new details on a covid-19 testing kit, san francisco- based rex said it has stop sending out at that home test. the company started shipping the kids last friday, but the fda says it is not approved any tests except for those performed at clinics and try to testing sides. officials now say as a healthcare company, we believe we are uniquely positioned to responsibly contribute and safely connect people with testing, education and care. but, the most important action we can take at this time is to support public trust in the fda during this public health emergency. >> they are quarantined after two employees tested positive for coronavirus. authorities are not saying which unit was affected on the but, they have confirmed all of the patients in the unit are being monitored for symptoms, the city's

with one death and in alameda county there are 65 cases in the north bay there are 38 cases in marine county 13 in solano county. 21 in sonoma county and one death and napa county still not reporting any cases of the virus. globally there are now over 307,000 confirmed cases of covid 19 and more than 13,000 deaths in the us there are more than 26,000 cases with 340 deaths and here in california there are over 1400 cases of coronavirus 20 p 27 people in california have died so far that's according to the johns hopkins university coronavirus tracker map. people who smoke vapor have substance abuse problems may be at an increased risk when it comes to the coronavirus doctors say that's because covid 19 attacks the lungs. it may pose a more serious threat to those who smoke tobacco or marijuana is the as well as those who vape kron four's gayle ong reports that using those products could make young people more vulnerable to covid 19. >>people who smoke or vape may be at increased risk when it comes to coronavirus this indication coming from doctor stanton glantz a professor of medicine at ucsf v

it was like that in the remote areas of west marin county as well. that is until yesterday. >> the trail was one person after another. it was a line of ants and similarly the parking lots are absolutely fall. beyond capacity. >> everyone came out to play. the beaches were overrun and trails were jammed has a lot of social distancing went out the window. >> that was something that even we as officials did not anticipate because all week visitation was down. i think come the weekend, people were excited about coming out and enjoying the trails and the beaches and it was just too many people. >> as a result, while the beaches are technically still open, many roads have been shut down. people wanting to access the beaches now have a hike on their hands. today the visitors began filling the nature trails and the hills. she was shocked. >> we were the only ones stepping off of the trail to give some space. it is a very narrow trail so it is very hard. you cannot observe the six foot distancing rule. suck the parking lot was crowded as families and groups o