crisis the city's finance director says the city of oakland has never seen such a big tax revenue shortfall. to put it into perspective he says the city would have to eliminate half of the police force, that is 320 police officers, or shut down 27 fire stations oakland city council is to meet tonight and they are expected to address the budget shortfall. now later this morning we will get an update on the covid 19 response at oakland from oakland mayor libby schaaf and she will be our guest on mornings on 2 at 7:15 am this morning and you will see that live right here. it is now 4:35 am and advocates say the coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes are even worse than the numbers even suggests. ktvu's cristina rendon own reporting from home says more than 30 senior living facilities in the bay area have been reporting coronavirus cases>>reporter: the california department of public health said out of more than 1200 skilled nursing facilities 258 arguing with coronavirus cases and santa clara county leads the bay area with coronavirus cases at 11 nursing homes and most notable canyon springs p

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. >> the market is partnering with oakland city councilman lauren taylor who's getting vital information about the pandemic to his constituents. >> it's absolutely critical that our residents get both the basic needs as well as the support for withstanding and reun stay safe. >> collecting personal equipment for the local hospital. >> reporter: these pharmacy students from ucsf stood in the rain outside a pharmacy collecting masks and gloves for health care workers who need them. many folks stopped and donated. >> thank you, thank you so much. >> this should be okay. >> just frustrating when you're a student and being taught to advocate throughout your entire curriculum and it comes to this point where the betts thing you can do is stay at home, so i think all of us are really passionate to try to do a little bit more than that and that's what brought us here. >> reporter: permanent dropoff bin for masks and gloves can be found at the 10 rx pharmacy on market street but the pharmacy students trying to get major pharmacies involved in the effort. as for that amazing grocery store owner, h

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. >>> now at 11:00, oakland taking action to prevent a coronavirus outbreak among the cities homeless population. >> is she waiting for everyone to die? so what, 200. so what -- move everybody. everybody needs to be inside. >> researchers have been rolling out antibody tests but how reliable are they? what we ever uncove d caught on camera, a car stolen off a bay area street. and tonight, the owner's heartbreaking plea to the thiefnew steps to protect the most vulnerable from the coronavirusbryan has the night off. the mayor of oakland says hundreds of homeless people have been moved into hotel room but as joe vasquez says, some critics say it's not enough. >> reporter: as the coronavirus continue its rampage, it's the homeless that may be the most vulnerable, especially since they're in such close contact to others and they often have preexisting medical condition a total of about 200 homeless people from oakland have been moved to hotels left vacant because of the stay at home order. >> i believe that oakland and alameda county is on i >> reporter: the mayor says there have been no

. >>> oakland city council is calling for the city's homeless to be placed in vacant hotel rooms immediatelyey sent a letter to the governor and officials. the county is filling two hotels with 363 rooms. >>> food ep with the demand. the problem is not with lybut g families in need. the food bank distributes 48 million pounds a year, they were on track to do the same this year until the coronavirus hit. volunteers started to disappear. >> we bumped numbers up and that lasted for a couple days when they recognized the social distancing became a factor and we had to drop our numbers. so now we are in like 10. >> they are experiencing problems in the field, place wheres they normally hand out food are closed now. so the food bank is now using pop up distribution tents. >>> a team effort in berkeley is showing the spirit of how we are better together. kpix 5's andrea nakano shows us ortinghe homeless community and local restaurants. >> reporter: founder of helping hands says it came together in less than a week. it uses restaurants and puts the kitchens to work to feed those in need. the chef is

city wants some feedback. they roll out the program last week. oakland shut down 74 miles of city streets so people can walk and bike safely during the shelter at home order. the city says it could add another 11 miles of streets. if you want to give your feedback, go to the city of oakland web site. >>> well, every day, we like to hail our heroes, the front line workers who are out there every day, risking their lives, really for the rest of us. >> it's the last couple of weeks where viewers are sending photos and we love that. janelle wang shows some of these special pictures. >> yes, first responders and front line heroes, spending countless hours on the front lines, saving people, and protecting us. and we want to show you some of the many photos september to us, this is from melissa cortez, a dialysis technician that worked at davita dialysis in san jose, the regular job and days off, she says she volunteers treating covid-19 patients. this picture fro fellow nurses the kaiser e.r. in hayward. so thank you all for everything that you do. and a shout

.>>> the oakland city council is calling for the city's homeless to be placed in vacant hotel rooms immediately. council president rebecca kaplan sent a letter to the governor and alameda county officials, the county is currently filling 200 hotels with rain at 60 rooms but they say it is not happening fast >>oup of beey restaurants are doing better together. the restaurants join forces launching the double helping hands program. donations help to be for the meals and the workers. it took less than a week to set up. >> nobody is even really aware of how much certain people are suffering, so, this is something we can do so it feels good it is helping others which is just a different kind of fuel. >> the program has enough funding to make it through a role, they hope more money rules and so they can offer more meals. >>> waiting for money, next on kpix 5 and cbsn bay area, the major confusion as stimulus checks go out. >> let's take a look at the skyline of san francisco for my camera on treasure island. and, we want to tell you, kpix 5, we want to bring you the good news happening in the bay are

highs on sunday, today, technically speaking, 55 in the city. 56 in oakland. the same in san jose. 57 in santa rosa, on and off showers. 54 for san mateo. snow in the sierra with the winter storm warning in effect until 11:00 a.m. monday for 1 to 3 feet of snow. so here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. rainy sunday, monday. we'll dry out midweek, warm up by friday and saturday, we're into the 60s and into the 70s. >> something to look forward to. drew, thanks to you. >> yeah. >>. >>> coming up next, let's take a look at sports. >>> a new class inducted into the basketball hall of fame. when will sports return. a i do motivational speakingld. in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really he

>>well to the east bay now oakland city officis opened a new coronavirus testing site but it's t for the general public peoe who are considered high risk and our front line food service are homeless shelter workers. they can actually go the kaiser convention center right there near ke merritt for drive of testin the city says they now have the ability totest 500 people per day. we're constantly evaluating. >>our access to tasks as well as where we think those tests will make the most difference and for us we believe that have got to keep our front line workers anour direct care works althy. we have got to be able to track their contacts if anofthem test positive. well to get teted, you must have an appointment and oakland mayolibby schaaf went on to say that she hopes that at some oint the city will be able to test everybody but r now this is justhe best that they cando. well to the north right now was a parade of vehiclest driving down rst street to enjoy the benicimarina. >>one by one those folks are looking for parkg spaces you see them there and then looking for parking space in

>>back to the east bay this morning in an effort to promote physical distancing the city of oakland isthis to give bicyclists and pedestrians more room to spread out. the new initiatives called oakland slow streets. it was created to give residents more room to safely go outside and exercise around their neighborhoods during the shelter-in-place order. the city is using an old bike path to of to help out with this program. oakland city officials say they'll start putting out signs and cones today. >>well some churches are defined physical distancing guidelines and they're planning traditional in person services for easter tomorrow anyway. well originally president trump had said that he hoped that the corn team would end by easter on good friday. he had a different message. >>i know there are some. pastors and ministers and others that want to get together. i would i have great respect for 2 of them right now. but i would say first i'm a christian. he'll our country let's get healed. before we do this and this time to do that will do it for hopefully the rest of our lives. >>president

. >>> the oakland city council agreed to pay $1.4 million to the mother of a homeless man shot and killed by oakland police two years ago. oakland police say that five officers shot and killed joshua pawlik in march in march 2018 moments after he woke up while in between two homes and he had a gun the legal settlement resolved the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his mother and his death was one of the reasons cited one the former police chief anne kirkpatrick was fired >>> local authorities say they are seeing a rise in the number of shoplifters who are caught in the act and then they avoid being arrested by coughing and claiming they have the coronavirus sprint ktvu crime reporter henry lee tells us the suspects could end up facing federal charges. >>reporter: vallejo police are trying to identify this woman and they say she stole from target and walked right past the registers and when confronted outside by store security police say she approached them and purposely coughed in their faces and that is a scene that has been repeated around the country in this age of covid 19.>> people who

higher at those facilities then in the official federal government count. >>> happening today, the city of oakland and ask its plan to protect pedestrians and get cars off the city streets. sarah joins us with the added change to oakland's shelter in place. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. everyone is still trying to adjust to life during the coronavirus pandemic. but, oakland city leaders are trying to make it a little easier, and safer for people to get outside. officials say they have noticed a lot more people walking and biking on streets they normally would not be on because parks and recreation areas are closed. crowded streets means a greater risk of accidents, and also less room for social distancing. that is why they are rolling out the oakland slow street pilot program to make it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. now, this is just a temporary pilot program being tested out during the shelter in place order for now. as of today, 74 miles of roads in oakland will be closed to through traffic. emergency vehicles of people who live on the streets will be able to drive and the blo

. >> 74 miles of oakland city streets are now off-limits to cars to give walkers, runners and cyclistsfe options for outdoor exercise. and with those parks and other gathering places closed this weekend, bay area churches are preparing to bring easter services to the masses online. >>> the bay area is closing in on 5,000 cases of covid-19. that includes more than 1 fromdz cases in santa clara county alone. and about 800 apiece in alameda county and san francisco. >> dozens of those san francisco cases are concentrated at the city's largest homeless shelter. >> reporter: the fleet behind me is taking people out of homeless shelters and into hotels. and that includes the source of

now the city of oakland is taking aggressive steps to try to lesson the impact on some of the most vulnerable populations. katie feel son is live in emeryville to explain that. katie? >> reporter: ken, today the city of oakland announced the formation of a task force simply to address the racial impacts of coronavirus. that's because newly released data shows people of color are dying at higher rates. across the country, san francisco americans are dying from covid-19 at disproportionately higher rights. a trend that is playing out here, as well. >> we're seeing that social vulnerability man test itself in california. >> reporter: african-americans account for 12% of all the coronavirus deaths in the state, but only make up 6% of the population. the data shows other races are not being impacted in such a disproportionate way. dr. iton said there are a number of reasons for that, including the fact many could be essential workers. >> the occupational exposure is greater in african-americans. >> reporter: he said the bigger issue is the lack of access to affordable healthcare. >> you have highe

and daley city, you can see the bay view across the bridge, up to richmond and berkeley. current temperature readings are 47 degrees if san francisco. 50 in oakland45 in redwood city. 51 in san jose. 54 in gilroy and 46 at half moon bay. mid 50s at santa rosa, petaluma, napa, fairfield. and our forecast, as we look at the accumulated snow in tahoe from the weekend storm, showers tonight here in the bay area. possible thunderstorms as a matter of fact. we just saw one up if sonoma county. drier tomorrow, and a warming trend begins midweek. now our storm for tonight ranks one on the storm impact scale. it will produce showers and possibly some thunderstorms and heavy downpours from time to time. maybe even some light snow. this is our forecast animation. notice how active the weather will be in the early evening hours. a chance of thunderstorms mixed in there with those downpours. later tonight and overnight, the storm tapers off. although there's a chance of a batch of showers swinging through the north bay tomorrow. generally most areas will be dry tomorrow and we'll see sunshine. as the storm works its way out at sea, it's whipping up rough surf

this will apply to 74 miles of oakland streets, as you mentioned. that's 10% of the city's roadways. >> we're taking this opportunity to try some new things. oaklanders are very anxious right now, and really trying hard to adjust to a radically different reality. and we hope that this slow streets movement will help give some joy, some recreation, some exercise, in a safe and physically sdadistanced way to oakland families throughout the city. >> reporter: if you drive on a slow street without knowing it, you will not get a ticket at this point. this is an education campaign. but a city councilman is urging the sheriff to crack down on speeding and on the sideshows that have not let up during the shelter at home time. the extra space is not to create more space for you to recreate. maybe get a pickup soccer game or pickup basketball game, or to gather. it really is intended to give more space to people who are coming and going from work and trying to get out to exercise. watch out for those folks, there are more of them on the roadway. nbc bay area news, kris sanchez. >>> p

. >>> over the next year the city of oak and will be put into an $80 million financial hole by the coronavirus crisis. the finance director says oakland never had such a big shortfall in tax revenue the city would have to eliminate half the police force . >> 320 police officers would close 27 fire stations in order to close the gap the oakland city council is due to meet tonight and expected to take up that budget shortfall issue . >>> firefighters in richmond are still at the scene of an early fire and they've been out there for more than an hour. years the scene, allie rasmus reporting live from home with what we are finding out from a church official there . >>> good morning, this fire broke out at the bethel church near 35th and coming in the city of richmond. let's take you to a live picture of the scene and this fire started around 5:30 am and you can see that the flames are out, no one was inside and no one was hurt but the damage to the church building itself is pretty clear and you can still see fire trucks on the scene, taking an eye out for hotspots the battalion chief at the scene told us they had to call for help from fir

are taking to help prevent th spread of the coronavirus within the city of oakland. once aga that terview is happening th morning coming up at 8.30 so make sure you stay tuned. will san francisco leaders are trying to protect the homeless population this comes after 2 people at the m s c south shelter tested positive. shelter is the largest northern california. now thanks to a donati from the united methodist church. the city is able to move some pele around anforce better social distancing rules. 17 redents formally the hospitality house in the tenderloin th've been moved into private hotel rooms. >>these lks were in a small room with over 20 pple inside. were in been bad state morning but says soisolated all they were terrified when they heard about the positive cases at another shelter to reduce emgency legislation tomorrow to procure thousands of rooms and to be able to a house folks who are need to be quarantined first responders and also people who are in r shelters and allegations that vulnerable. streets were >>servisors hope for more suppt from donors to co

. >> the city of oakland taking on a disturbing trend with the coronavirus. how it is tackling the growing racial gap. >>> plus two incredible stories tonight from bay area covid survivors. >> at that moment, it was a bit of a shock to hear him say babe don't let me d'souza. >> i guess i'm proof you can fight this and win. >>> get used to using face coverings and most of the bay area tonight. good evening, i'm liz cook been >> and i'm ken bastida. >> many counties are ordering people to keep their faces covered in public places. wilson walker reports from sonoma county on its first day of enforcement. >> reporter: sonoma county had actually made this decision earlier in the week. it just went into effect today. by t thy area had followed suit. >> today is the day, yep. got to have them in stock. you know, we can't let anybody in the store without a mask on. so everybody is doing what they can. t-shirts bandannas. >> reporter: the mask order started this morning, and from what we have seen, most people have fallen in line. >> so we do it for ourselves and we d

pandemic and how the national guard is helping out a local food bank and after the break why the city of oakland is closing more than 74 miles of city the city of oakland wants to let neighbors years 74 miles of surface streets for recreation kron four's charles clifford has that story. >>well here in oakland on friday marilyn the chef announced that the city wants to use 74 miles of surface streets within the city for people to recreate to get outside go for a walk or ride their bikes and just basically get out of the house during this coronavirus shelter in place now the city is essentially taking an old bike path plan something we've been working on for a while and translating into what they call a slow streets program. now you can still drive on the streets, you just can't drive through the streets if you live on that street are you a business there you can still drive your car in there, but they want to stop the through traffic and make a little safer for people to go out any walk in the street and get some exercise now the mayor had a press conference on friday. she said she feels this is

in the newsroom melanie ns. >>> of th city of oakland is taking steps to make sure those serving the residents of its city during the coronavirus outbreak are not themselves infected and spreading the virus. mayor libby schaaf opened the city's second covid-19 testing center, abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live in oakland tonight with the story. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, dan. this site is actually closed up now for the evening. it will be open, though, six days a week to certain individuals, it's really an expansion of what oakland has already been doing, providing testing for first responders. this is an expansion of that to what they're calling front line workers. >> they have to go through a screening process. we're trying to follow the cdc national criteria. >> oakland is expanding its covid-19 testing beyond traditional first responders to now include those considered vulnerable because they're working on the front lines. >> all of those who have, because of their care duties, extra risk and exposure to covid-19. >> reporter: specifically the list includes health care p

. >>> more street closures could be coming to oakland. the city closed 74 miles of streets to traffic so pedestrians and bicyclists have more room to social distance. it's called the slow streets program. oakland identified another 11 miles it would like to close. the city is asking for community input on this phase two. >>> along the peninsula a city there considering the street closure plan. palo alto city council wants to reduce traffic and speeding on city streets. their plan would resemble oakland's slow street measure and would not give out citations to drivers. it would help encourage people to make more space for social distancing and exercising. >>> tens of thousands of people have already taken advantage of a special enrollment program for the covered california program. the new sign-up window in response to the pandemic will remain open until june 30th. 58,000 people have already been added. anyone who is uninsured can enroll. >>> well, step forward this morning in a plan to officially close the jail at san francisco's hall of justice.

.>>> developing this morning, the oakland city cil lling r city's homeless be hotel rooms immediatelyident sent a letter to the governor and alameda county officials, the county is currently filling two hotels with 363 rooms. they say it is not happening fast enough. >> the state will get cash payments to undocumented immigrants hurt by the coronavirus. as many as 150,000 adults will receive 500 each, households will get a maximum of $1000. it will come from a mix of taxpayer meab 2.llia hafor pl last four weeks. the edd, which processes claims will expand its hours to handle below, the call center will be open from eight a.m. two 8:00 pm seven days a week. that comes as the paycheck protection program from congress the stimulus bill is almost out of money. nearly all of the $349 billion in relief loans have been doled out, governor newsom says the federal government is leaving californians behind. >> as it relates to the sba loan specifically the ppp program, the paycheck protection program, california has been shortchanged. we have been aggressive in marketing this program, but as d

the city of oakland is planning to close the city streets to the vehicles, cars and other vehicle traffic in order to make the space for the pedestrian and cyclists during the shelter in place orderer. >> we're closing off a number of streets so that pedestrian pedestrians can spread out and work safely. >> the mayor is calling it the oakland street program. this is the only map that we have of it. it's challenging to make out the city and many areas. because all of outside is walks in the neighborhood. they the decision. others have enacted the similar measures. now, that makes up 10% of the cities streets. we don't know exactly how soon it's going to go in to affect, but an official announcement with the oakland streets is expected later on this morning. we're hoping to get more details then. reporting live with ktvu fox 2 news. >> the time is 6:04. >>> here is the latest on the coronavirus. there's 20,000 cases of the virus. 547 people have died. nationwide, california is fourth. the number of cases following new york, new jersey and bay area h1 confirme encouraged by a 1.9% drop in th

oakland. low 60s at redwood city. 52 at half moon bay. looking northward from the golden gate we see a few more clouds moving into the sky right now. 61 at santa rosa. upper 50s at petaluma and napa. mid-60s at fairfield and concord. 59 at livermore. a quick look at our forecast features, and we'll see mostly cloudy skies tonight with some spotty drizzle in the morning. cooling continues through the weekend. light showers arrive monday morning. i'll give you a look at the complete forecast a little bit later. dan and ama? >> looks nice, spencer. thank you so much. >>> cracking down on people hoarding medical supplies. why federal officials say california is one of the states where some are taking advantage of fear surrounding covid-19. >>> there's limited entry and limited produce at t wefrom the 7,000 cignat, clinicians,. supporting front line doctors and nurses, to everyone staying home to protect others. find answers to your most pressing questions: at cigna.com/covid19 >>> now your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. >> panic buyi

city leaders there are considering a plan enforcing traffic restrictions to reduce speeding during the shelter in place order. but just last week oakland banned cars from streets in the city to give cyclists and pedestrians a little more room to exercise. the emergency measure closed 74 miles of the streets to vehicles. >>> a north bay couple is told to stop picking up trash along local roads. >> the order was given by cal trans after the agency suspended their adopt a highway program due to the pandemic. so the couple decided to move on to clean up some city street there is instead. but the city manager has also asked them to stop. >> we are staying six feet away from everybody. we are utterly alone. they want to see themselves as being on the right side of the issue. so even if you kind of though common sense out of the window sometimes. >> she asked the couple to stop because they were setting a bad example by not sheltering in place. >>> a bay area high school student is going the extra mile to make sure essential workers don't go hungry. what has local restaurants jumping on board to help. >>> got toasty in parts of the bay area t

coming up a little bit later his morning will actually be speaking live with oakland mayor libb schaaf about the steps hat her city it's taking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and oakland, so that interview is coming up at 8.30 this morning make sure you stay tune. meanwhile, san francisco leaders are trying torotect the homeless population. this comeafter 2 people at the m sc south shelter, they tested sitive that shelter is in the large northern california. and now thanks to a donation from the united methodt urch the city is able to move some better social distancing some rules. residents formally at hospitality house in the tenderloin they' been moved to a private hotel rooms. >>these folks were in a all room with over 2people inside. were in been bad state morng but is so isolated all they were terrified when they heard about the positive cases at another shelter to reduce emergency legislation tomorrow toprocurthousands of rooms and to be able to. i spoke to or needto be quarantined first responders and also people who are in oushelters and allegations that centers on the streets were vulnerable. >>

thank you justine and oakland city leader says a program to make streets pedestrian-friendly has actually created dangerous road conditions city council member no guile calls the current road conditions at the intersection of east 16th street and fruitful avenue hazardous. >>that intersection is part of the city's quote slow streets program air libby schaff announce that program last week the plant closes miles of city streets to through traffic in order to help residents with social distancing during the covid-19 pandemic. >>this is a residential street. where people live. street i would walk by street fest we're not the safest drivers are you know even with all regulations have salt i turn around and look at across to the site. not for strength that has nothing to do with public safety. >>the councilman says he has raised his concerns with the city's public works department and his next move is to try and remove the barricade legally. >>in response oakland mayor libby shaft for her office forwarded a pair of tweets from the city's department of transportation. it says the open slows str

. >>> let's take a live look at oakland. cityofficials will soon make emergency grants available to small businesses to help them stay in business amid the coronavirus crisis. it will come from the small business emergency grant fund which is getting funding from the oakland covid-19 relief fund. >>> an update. the grand princess cruise ship has dumped more than 1 million gallons of raw sewage into east bay sewers . this video taken from chopper five yesterday shows the ship still anchored in the san francisco bay. according to kqed, crews from marine express have been removing waste from the ship since march 10. crew members and passengers were quarantined on that ship after a coronavirus outbreak . and east bay representative told us said this process destroys the coronavirus of the sewage. >>> back >>> amtrak routes being change. amtrak released a statement saying resulting lack of sufficient staff is causing a suspension of amtrak service between denver and reno and by extension emeryville. passengers can use a combination of

up a little later this morning wl actually be speaking live with oakland mayor libby schaaf she's going to talk about the stepson her city is taking to elp prevent the spread of the coronavirus with an oakland so once again that interviews this morning coming uat 8.30. >>we're ao learning that 2 people at the msc south chet, certain shelter in san frcisco have tested positive that homeless shelters, the argest in northern california, san francisco leaders are trying to protect the homeless population as kron four's kate rooney explains. >>with the first covid-19 diagnosis for san francisco shelter resident on friday city supervisors began making moves monday. thanks to a donation from the united methodistchurch 17 residents of hospitality house in the tenderloin moved into private hote rooms, these folks were in a smalroom with over 20 >>were in beenbad state morning but says so isolated all they were terrified when they heard abou the positive cases at another shelter and a level of peace and security with regards to their hello. everyone deserves right now. >>because all of these residents are currently healthy hoitali

. >>> looking live at oakland, city leaders will me for urging talks for the budget shortfall.embers are blaming the coronavirus pandemic and say drastic measures need to be taken. the director of finance says the deficit is the equivalent of playing a 320 police officers. officials are hoping for a state or federal bailout. >>> coming up at 6:30 am, oakland "mayor libby schaaf act" join us live on air and we will discuss the city's homeless in hotels and a new task force targeting racial disparities when it comes to tackling covid-19. >>> i am anne mackovec at the news desk. naughty, naughty. superstar quarterback tom brady was caught breaking coronavirus related rules alan got a ticket in tampa, florida. the former patriot was working out in a downtown park that was closed to visitors, like many public spaces, of course, all across the country because of stopping the spread of the virus. tom brady recently moved to tampa asked her after announcing he was leaving the patriots. the mayor tweeted about this. they say welcome to town but you got a follow the rules, basically. >>>

>>in an promote social distancing oakland will be closing about 74 miles of city streets in order to give bicyclists and pedestrians little more room to spread out. the new initiative is called oakland slow streets. it was created to give residents. more room to safely go outside and exercise around their neighborhoods during shelter in place. the city is using an old bike path plan for the program. now residents certainly can still drive on the slow streets to get to their homes. air libby schaff says it this she thinks is a really good way to use public space to give people an opportunity to exercise. >>we want oakland ers to recreate in a socially distanced manner of physically distanced manner and by opening up our streets to bikes joggers pedestrians, we're giving oakland ers more room to spread out safely. >>oakland city officials say they will start putting out signs and cones tomorrow. and switching now to our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at the embarcadero on this holiday weekend. good friday. good friday today and easter on sunday joining us now meteorologi

. >>> the oakland city council agreed to pay one $.4 million to the mother of a homeless man who was and killed by oakland police two years ago. oakland police say five officers shot and killed joshua in march 2018, he was sleeping between two homes and had a gun. legal settlement resolved along full death lawsuit filed by his mother. his death was one of the reasons for the firing of in chiropractor, the former oakland police chief . >>> trying to avoid being arrested by coughing and claiming they have coronavirus . >>> henry lee says the suspects could face federal charges . >> alejo police are trying to identify what one woman who stole from target and walked right past the registers when confronted outside by store security, she approached them and purposely coughed in their faces. it's a scene that's been repeated across the country in the age of covid-19 . >> people who resisted duress by coughing up police officers or by claiming to have corona as their line of defense. >> fearing for their security target security backed away. the woman ran to a car and escape, she could face

loading up exports . >>> the oakland school district will deliver meals and school supplies to families in need during the pandemic. the school district teamed up with the redwood city company to deliver meals and drivers will start prepping those meals that 8 am today at hoover elementary school in oakland. then they will deliver supplies to families later this morning. >>> the time now is 6:18 am, it is time for the cats to get up at steve's house . >> not yet, it's a little early, when it's light out they start looking around 30 enclosure, sunrise is a lot earlier now . >>> a big cooldown with drizzle and light rain it's probably all below the radar but maybe some sun and some 60s, fog over sfo with temperatures in the 50s, it's really close, 52 to 54 with two locations at 52. if you're suffering from allergies, probably not so much today is the last couple days, grasses and the trees, oak and mulberry are up very high and that has evidently played into it after everything blooming and the early april rain added to that. west southwest breeze for a southwind and a cooler direction in this kind of pattern. and onshore breeze off to livermore and half moon bay. we

>>and oakland city council members speaking out against a program designed to help neighbors practice, social distancing. oakland mayor libby schaff recently added the intersection of east 16th street and fruitvale avenue to the cities. so streets program that program closes 74 miles of existing and proposed bike routes through through to through traffic. councilmember noel says the program created some dangerous road conditions. neighbors didn't get any say in this. >>i think first of all they never consulted the community. ever chose to close on the 16th. pill. it's a gust of wind safe to even think about close because there's not a lot of i can go into the neighborhood is more next year's justice a residential street. what people there. street would walk by street fest we're not the safest drivers are you know even with all regulations have so far turned councilmember says he's already raised his concerns with the city's public works department. >>who is now preparing a legal action to try to end the program in response. mayor sheriff's office forwarded a pair of tweets from the ci

. >> it's not easy policing a city a half million people strong. oakland's new top cop gives her first interview. it's an abc 7 news exclusive. >> now, your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. >> i know you want the timeline, but we can't get ahead of ourselves and dream of regretting. let's not make a mistake pulling the plug too early. as much as we all want to. >> that's governor newsom's blunt assessment on a possible date when california will be open for business once again. it came as he unveiled an outline for what it will take to lift coronavirus restrictions here in california. good evening. >> thanks for joining us. today, governor newsom released a framework for reopening the economy. that framework includes things like expanded testing and the ability to protect vulnerable populations and the ability for hospitals to handle surgesnsist loosen the state's mandatory stay-at-home order until hospitalizations, particularly those in intensive care units, flatten and in fact start to decline. he bluntly stated californians should not expect to see

. >>> the oakland city council has agreed to pay the mother of a homeless man who was killed by police4 million. police say five officer shot and killed joshua pawlik moments after he woke up between two homes while he was armed with a gun. what happened back in march 2018. the settlement resolves a wrongful death lawsuit that was brought by his mother. his death was one of the reasons cited in the firing of former police chief, and kirkpatrick, amid questions about the departments to force. >>> the sheriff's deputy was arrested saturday for misdemeanor assault and public intoxication. deputy jacob and was choking a man on a boat near marina village in alameda after an argument over the sale of the boat. they say normally a person would be cited and released but he was too intoxicated, so instead he was taken to santa rita jail. last year he was placed on paid admission of leave, for allegedly sexing a 15-year-old girl and touching her appropriately. he is a nine year veteran of the sheriff's department, and a retired member of the marine corps. >>> a beautiful day out there, temperatu

today is the 25th anniversary of the oakland city terror in which 168 people were killed. >>ad included 19 cldren when the federal building was bombed there in 1995, hundreds were injuretimothy mcvei was convicted of the attack and later executed most memorial events in oklahoma were canceled this year because of the ndemic but a ceremony is available online at memorial museum dot com includes the annual readg of the names of people who died. tonight treasury secretary a new chain says it was his idea to put president trump's name on checks. >>going out to millions of americans the payments are of course an effort to stimule pandemic but government sources have been givig conflicting answers about whetr adding president trump's name is slowing down thdistribution of the checks. when you shun spoke on state of the union this morning to clary. >>as relates to the could have the president could have been authorized to sign the checks th would have slowed things down we didn't want to do that we did put the president's name on the check that was my idea. he is th president and

jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news in an effort to promote physical distancing oakland is going to be closing about 74 miles of city streets in order to see if bicyclists and pedestrians more room to safely spread out the new initiative is called oakland slow street said it was created to give people room to get out of the house skip their will is out so much cabin fever and they are promoting exercising during the shelter-in-place order. they don't want to hang out with other people but yes go take a walk go ride a bike. they're using old bike path planned for the program oakland city officials say they will start putting out signs and cones tomorrow bart released its report on ridership today and as you can imagine the numbers are low. >>ridership was down 94% pretty much all week long. the report comes after the transit agency announced it is effectively canceling every other week day train until further notice. >>as people are sheltering at home stay off the roads, some insurance agencies are actually helping out customers who are struggling financially. yeah. the relief comes in a reduction in premiums and in

so today a lot of us were stuck in the 50s, if not low 60s. 60 in oakland, 55 in the city, 62 in san jose with a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon, 59 in santa rosa. the warm spot, brentwood with that sunshine early able to hit 71 right now the. overnight tonight, that cloud cover going to hang tough. as you plan your easter sunday tomorrow, the 12-hour day planner, you notice a lot of cloud cover first thing in the morning, but it looks like the clouds will erode away a bit faster tomorrow than they did today. so decreasing clouds late in the morning, and by the afternoon it should be a brighter day compared to today with temperatures in the 50s along the coast, 60s around the bay and our warmest spots going into the low 70s. so highs tomorrow for easter. we'll see about 70 in antioch, 75 in cloverdale where we do see sunshine faster. it's still cool in san francisco tomorrow, 65 in oakland, 68 in san jose, and 58 the high in half moon bay. so here's the accuweather seven-day forecast, planning the next seven days for you, morning clouds to sun on our sunday. brighter monday e

. >> reporter: the market is partner be with oakland city edck residents.o is getting >> it's important we get help and support about the crisis and rebounding from it. >> it helped a lot. >> i have information on the coronavirus, how to stay safe. >> good question, personal protective equipment for the local hospitals. >> reporter: in san francisco these pharmacy students from ucsf stood in the rain outside a pharmacy collecting mask and gloves for health care workers who need them. many folks stopped and donated. >> oh, thank you. thank you very much. >> i wiped them down with alcohol. >> it's kind of frustrating when you're a student to advocate throughout your entire curriculum and it comes to this point where the best thing you can do is stay at home. i think all of us are really passionate to try to do a little bit more than that and that's what brought us here. >> reporter: students are trying to establish permanent drop-off sites inside major pharmacies for things like gloves and masks. as for the grocery giveaway, we're told 100 families benefits.

. >>> the oakland city council has agreed to pay the mother of a homeless man killed by police $1.4 million. five officers shot and killed joshua back in 2018. police say he had been asleep between two homes while holding a gun and was shot when he woke up. the financial settlement and resolves a wrongful death lawsuit brought by mother. the use of force in the case, one of the reasons cited for the firing of the oakland police chief, ann kirkpatrick, earlier this year. >>> the nba has decided to push back its timetable for reopening practice facilities. mark will have all of the details coming up in sports. at 10:45, how the band has more and more parents to be considering giving birth outside a hospital. >>> but first, fears that ventilators could be rationed and taken away from people who already have the life-saving equipment inside their homes. >>> i feel pretty terrified about it, and whenever i feel scared, i go into organizing mode. teammates help each other find a way to win, just like covered california helps you find health insurance you can afford. they're the only place you can

the oakland city council meeting they did announce a closure of city streets for bicycle usage, pedestriansjoggers. closed to cars. the freeways will remain open with no major issues. you have green sensors from the north bay down to the south bay including heading down through the south county. a good flow of traffic, guys. send it right back to you. >>> 5:21 this morning and more questions over when and what china knew about the coronavirus outbreak that started in wuhan. next here on "today in the bay," what u.s. experts are now telling nbc. first, something good to share ♪ baby give me something >> the medical gup posting this video on itagram saying its respiratory clinic staff had been working around the clock an needed little dance break. we thank all of the help care workers for their hard work on the front lines. you're very much appreciated. if you have something good to share, tweet us your photos and videos to nbc bay area. we'd love to share it with others. mrs. walker. michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about you, your company. well, i wouldn't have d

the oakland city council has agreed to pay the mother of a homeless man $1.4 million.olice officer shot and killed joshua near 40th and market moments after he woke up while armed with a gun. this was back in march 2018. the five officers who shot him were fired for violating police policy. his death was one reason cited in the firing of ann kirkpatrick amid questions about the departments use of force. the mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and police department. >>> the stocks have been up for most of the session and we know that some investors are looking forward to some major quarterly reports from bay area companies. like google's company alphabet and the dow jones is up by one percentage point. it's above the 24,000 mark. s&p is up by one and a third. strip the small business loan program is once again taking applications after the government passed the second round of funding. this comes as lawmakers debate the possibility of a fifth coronavirus relief package and more help for state and local governments. >> dustin foley said he has zero inc

oakland 72, city at 64 degrees and you can see the fog and low cloud cover behind the builds.an jose still 79 degrees in santa rosa. this evening's dog is penny, thank you to penny's humans -- oh, my monitor froze up. that is from emily and bret from heyward and 75 degrees, which is pleasantly cool. cooling off about a degree an hour through the rest of the evening, a fine evening to get out for a dog walk. nothing but green paws this evening. if you want to get out this evening, after midnight, catch a glimpse of the shower, catch up to 10, 15 meteors per hour. that low cloud cover and fog along the coast and bay, but farther inland, mostly clear skies, a mix of visibilities. temperatures, dropping down to mid-50s in pretty much every location as we head into early tomorrow morning with temperatures warming up from that point onward up into the mid to upper 60s as we head into the afternoon hours in the city topping out around 68, 69 degrees, maybe a degree or two warmer than today. for san jose upper 70s during the afternoon. that on shore breeze is going to strengthen, but

this week is going to be testing all of its residents in oakland is a much bigger city but is there any sort of timeline on your horizon as to when everybody in oakland could get a test. >>well we are continuing to follow the cdc guidelines but i can tell you i'm a big advocate for opening eligibility we know that many people are not symptomatic and we've got to take that into account now oakland is in some good shape compared to other cities because we were one of the very first cities to stand on our own testing site we've had has been now for more than a month and that's helped keep our first responders healthy and taking care of us and it is time to expand testing to the general public and not just people who are symptomatic a like i said we are now rolling out mobile testing i was out yesterday scoping a 3rd potential site in east oakland, because we need to have testing available on that side of the city and this is the thing that is going to take for us to start to reopen our economy testing and tracing and we want to be sure that we've got the infrastructure in place in oakland,