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> and a new situation with homeless in motels, at the start of the pandemic and almeda county started the operation and says it will take weeks to get it done. jodi hernandez has more from oakland. >> reporter: raj, two oakland hotels have been empty since yesterday afternoon, almeda county says they have been scrambling to get the raddison and the neighboring comfort inn staffed up with everything it needs to move in. but apparently the state wanted it done faster. so they're taking over. thousands of homeless are doing their best to shelter in place. hoping the coronavirus doesn't hit the places they're camped out in. homeless advocates say it's critical to get people living on the street to safer spaces, as soon as possible. >> time is of the essence. and the more we do now, the more we can protect people. >> two oakland hotels have been leased by the state, for $2.1 million a month. but the county says it would take them days, maybe weeks to get them staffed for move-in. they say medical and mental health staff would be needed, and that's just the start. >> we need to set up security. we need t

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case, the source of the patients exposure is not know and this is in san mateo county is activating its emergency operation center in response to the coronavirus outbreak the oc is located inside the county's regional operations center in redwood city for now the oc will operate through this friday at which point officials will reassess the need for it and tonight governor gavin, newsome is ramping up the government's response to fight coronavirus governor newsome requesting emergency action from the legislature to make up to $20 million available to fight the disease this will be an early action item for the 20 20 to 2021 budget. and while there still are no confirmed cases in san francisco city officials are moving forward to prepare for an outbreak. the city officials saying that it's not a matter of if but when and last week, san francisco declared a local emergency today they have taken further steps to prepare and reach out to the city's most vulnerable populations kron four's dan kerman live at city hall tonight, he joins us with more. what the mayor had to say than. >>a mayor's walking people throu

coronavirus and bracing for the worst kron four's kelly takes us inside the regional operations center and alameda county. i'm inside the emergency operations center. >>for alameda county's office of emergency services and the alameda county sheriff is also the emergency manager for california's region to which covers the entire bay area in fact it stretches all along the coast from monterey county all the way up to the oregon border now this room is quiet right now as the staff here are monitoring what's going on with the coronavirus both locally and globally. they say they are ready at a moment's notice to activate we plan for the worst case scenario monitors on the wall so the worldwide spread of the coronavirus sergeant ray kelly says they use this room for other major bay area disasters. >>like wildfires and earthquakes if and when they need to huddle up here to coordinate a response to the fallout of a potential coronavirus pandemic public health agencies will play a major role if we were to get a large outbreak it would put a tremendous drain on our communities we're talking about. >>the you know

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 around the neighborhoods, but also respecting the social distancing. >> so we went the several san francisco neighborhoods to get a sense for what people are doing and if they truly are practicing social distancing. a

activating its emergency operation center in response to the corona virus outbreak the. >>yossi is located inside the county's regional operations center. that's a redwood city it for now the oc will operate through this friday at which point officials will reassess the need for. >>the global death toll from coronavirus has risen now to more than 3100 people after china announced a new tally, china's national health commission announced another 31 deaths tonight all of which were in the koob a province that is where the epidemic began. the total number of confirmed cases in mainland china is now at 80,151 and the global total is now more than 90,000 cases, sour coronavirus coverage continues on kron 4 dot com. there you will find a link to the interactive map. a special report on how to stay safe from the outbreak in a timeline of events from the initial report all the way to today you can find all of this in our special section dedicated to coronavirus on our website kron 4 dot com. >>and time for 4 zone forecast right now as we get a live look outside from our sutro camera looking the city of san francisco

e still have 75 that are completing debris removal operations in wilson county. that's scheduled to be complete next three days. process for deploying soldiers very systematic. we alert, we mobilize, and then e deploy to areas of operations. we're currently in the phase.ation so the current -- the current force structure we have now, a mobilization site cyrima. they under -- syrmna. and will be equipped dispatched and deployed to the areas of responsibility. actually alerting our soldiers and airmen early last week. always take an aggressive predict anyrying to possible missions that may arise and we have done that. initially alerting 50 soldiers and airmen. we rapidly increased that to 150 and we made a decision, the governor made a decision on mark. to go to 250 that's just simply in response thehe up-ward trajectory of possible needs. we cannot afford to wait on the sidelines. we have to go big. early. to go we have to be there before the we're doing and exactly that. i know this is going to result n some possible questions in regards to our mission. so i need

the order covers all parks operated by city rkts county, state and federal agencies. ks operated by non-profit groups. officials say they made the decision because people didn't practice social distancing sfwl stocks drop in another wild session. as congress failed to pass a package for the second day. it's lost nearly 10,000 points, 35% of the value since the out break. the nasdaq dropped 18 points. tonight democrats and trump administration say they are close to a compromise on a $2 trillion economic package. >> tomorrow two san francisco supervisors will introduce a resolution calling on governor newsom. trump administration and lawmakers t an immediate moratorium on rent and mortgage because of the coronavirus crisis. boards cover the windows and doors on many business owners hope this discourages vandals and possible looting. one jogger shared insight after seeing plywood where he used to see glass. >> it's like maybe i should be inside. >> makes a good point. it's hurting convention business and tourism san francisco. stopping it completely essentially. 16 groups

. >> the public health directors from the bay area, got together at the center county emergency operations center. they are from santa clara county, san mateo, marin, contra costa county, almeda, city and county of san francisco, and the city of berkeley, all agreed, a shelter in place is needed now, to prevent the spread of covid-19. here's what will remain open. gas stations, grocery stores, laundromats, hospitals for emergencies, pharmacy, and banks, and restaurants, but only for pickup and delivery. no dining in. what will close are gyms, flower shops, ice cream parlors, anything that is not essential. this order is in effect for three weeks. at that point, the public health experts will evaluate the conditions, and react accordingly. >> we must move aggressively, immediately, and the time for half measures is over. and history will not forgive us for waiting an hour more. you can still visit your doctor. you can even take your dog for a walk. we can all expect to start feeling some cabin fever and it will be important to remember that we can get outdoors. >> the order bans any kind of

county. the emergency operations outfits in the county, and they are able to work with local governments, the hospital, whoever they mean. we understand that is important. for health care workers, personal protective equipment is probably the number one issue. people just look and say, we only have so much. any time a patient comes in that may be affected, they have to wear the ppe. if they don't and they are exposed then they have to self-isolate for 14 days. not just that, anyone they had close contact with. particularly their coworkers will have to self-isolate. a lot of hospitals are rightfully concerned about ending up with a lot of their key people in self-isolation. we want to avoid that. we want to give folks the ability to protect themselves. we obviously don't want to get them infected. sending this stuff out is very significant. we have also done, everywhere has testing kits, but what is in short supply is the collection swabs that take the samples. so the state labs can run the test. we have other certified labs throughout the state of florida who can run the tests. we just have t

kelly takes a look inside the regional operations center in alameda county. i'm inside the emergency operations center. >>for alameda county's office of emergency services and the alameda county sheriff is also the emergency manager for california's region to which covers the entire bay area in fact it stretches all along the coast from monterey county all the way up to the oregon border now this room is quiet right now as the staff here are monitoring what's going on with the coronavirus both locally and globally. they say they are ready at a moment's notice to activate we plan for the worst case scenario monitors on the wall so the worldwide spread of the coronavirus sergeant ray kelly says they use this room for other major bay area disasters. >>like wildfires and earthquakes if and when they need to huddle up here to coordinate a response to the fallout of a potential coronavirus pandemic public health agencies will play a major role if we were to get a large outbreak you would put a tremendous drain on our communities we're talking about. >>the you know n

and the homeless in san mateo county emergency operation center has been activated to help with the county's response to the coronavirus outbreak. the e e o c in redwood city. we'll provide a centralized location of corn a resources and communication with others local and state governments regional emergency services and community partners. it will operate through friday at which time its need will then be reassessed ac transit is claiming its buses every day in an effort to protect riders from coronavirus the transit share these pictures of crews wiping down seats handles another commonly touched the bus surfaces with bleach base disinfectant. >>the ac transit says that it has enhanced is cleaning precautions based on the guidelines from alameda and contra costa county health services as well as from the cdc bay area emergency management personnel are closely tracking the spread of coronavirus bracing for the possibility of it becoming a pandemic in alameda county kron four's maureen kelly takes us inside the regional operations center. i'm inside the emergency operations center. >>for alam

any corporations wishing to donate can contact the county emergency operations center. >>> a variety of things are being planned to help santa clara county brace for the surge in patients from this pandemic. among them hiring retired health care professionals to come back to work. in addition, as we first told you last night, the county could use the santa clara convention center as a temporary hospital. the plan is to be able to take care of up to 250 patients who are not critically ill and do not have covid-19. we're now told this will be staffed by a federal unit with its own staff, equipment, and supplies. the idea is to take pressure off the local hospitals. >> the way that we're looking at this is it's going to be coordinated through the county's eoc. and what that means is that it's going to allow us to take patients that are not infectious or not trauma patients and move them off site so they can be cared for fully as at a mini hospital essentially is how it will function. >> in a briefing today santa clara county officials revealed that it has more than 2500 hospital beds in

the order covers all parks operated by city rkts county, state and federal agencies. even parks operated by non-profit groups. officials say they made the decision because people didn't practice social distancing sfwl stocks drop in another wild session. as congress failed to pass a package for the second day. it's lost nearly 10,000 points, 35% of the value since the out break. the nasdaq dropped 18 points. tonight democrats and trump administration say they are close to a compromise on a $2 trillion economic package. >> tomorrow two san francisco supervisors will introduce a resolution calling on governor newsom. trump administration and lawmakers to impose a an immediate moratorium on rent and mortgage because of the coronavirus crisis. dsov wdondany stores. business owners hope this discourages vandals and possible looting. one jogger shared insight after seeing plywood where he used to see glass. >> it's like maybe i should be inside. >> makes a good point. it's hurting convention business and tourism san francisco. stopping it completely essentially. 16 groups ha

we have more now from the county's emergency operations center. >> reporter: santa clara county health office is poised to hold a news conference in us an hour to address questions surrounding the first death of coronavirus in this county. >> i think we need to not panic, i think we will see a rise of cases which is bound to have been, and we have been preparing for that. mortality will happen here and there, but that does not mean that just because we had our first one that that is what just get to come. >> the numbers grew slowly at first, but over the past week or so have been increasing by handfuls every few days. now officials say a woman in her 60s passed away due to coronavirus, marking the first death and santa clara county. she was the first case of a person to be infected who did not travel internationally, or have contact with someone who already tested positive, suggesting she contracted the virus to the santa clara county community. health spurts continue to say those with weakened systems are vulnerable to call the 19. they advise washing your hands often and covering you

meantime, the county is beefed up its 211 call center to handle questions about coronavirus. the call center operatorsre in ventura county. but the program is run by united way of the wind country in santa rosa. >> they'll be able to answer very straightforward questions about where you should go. where you should go if you're experiencing symptoms. >> they partially opened the ops droernlt handle new cases as they come in. we did get a statement this afternoon from sutter health about what is going on here. they didn't directly address whether or not health care workers have been put in quarantine. what they did say is as the circumstances around covid 19 remain fluid, we continue to update our protocol in accordance with the best practices establish bid federal, state and local authorities. >> let's get back to the school situation. an east oakland charter school, monarch academy, temporarily shut down after a staff member was exposed there. the san jose discovery museum closed for the rest of week because some of its employees were exposed. san mateo county launch ad public call center to answer no

county. the sheriff tweeting yesterday tesla is not an essential business. tesla can maintain minimum basic operationslameda county health order. minutes ago we got an update to your story. can they keep your -- their factories open or not? >> interesting story, they are now complying, going to reduce staffing 70%. that is according to a spokesperson. the have been talking with tesla, the conversation, and their understanding is tesla wants to reduce the workforce from 10,000 down to 2500. we don't have any timeframe when that is happening. as reported yesterday, we have seen these emails but have been going on from tesla's hr department to workers -- these emails that have been going on from tesla's hr department workers. they say yesterday and today, the shelter in place order, the factory has been fully operational across all of the lines. as you said, the understanding of the county is tesla will start to wind down its workforce. emily: what does this mean for production of the car? this went in fremont produces y. model s, model x, model ed: the capacity is around 390,000 vehicles. it is the only

- >> reporter: the public health directors from the bay area got together at the seneca county emergency operations center. they are from santa clara county, marin, contra costa county. they all agree that a shelter in place is needed to prevent the spread of covid-19. here is what will remain open: gas stations, grocery stores, laundromats, hospitals for emergencies, pharmacies and banks, restaurants, but only forfo for takeout. closed are gyms, flower shops. this will be for a couple weeks and then they will evaluate the conditions and move accordingly. >> the time for half measures is over, and history will not forgive us for waiting an hour more. >> you can still visit your doctor if you have an urgent medical need. you can even take your dog for a walk. we can all expect to start feeling some cabin fever, and it will be important to remember that we can get outdoors. >> reporter: the order also bans any kind of travel unless it is for essential purposes. on friday, the santa clara county public officer says and she concedes that today's order is even tougher to announce. the jobs that will sta

. >>> contra costa county has activated its emergency operations center to help slow the spread of the virus. the county is offering mental health services available to anyone by calling 211. >> redirect a statewide order for people to stay at home. >> right now, 40 million people under a stay at home order. at midnight, governor gavin newsom ordered the entire state of california to follow the bay area lead and stay at home. there is still a lot of questions about how this order is being enforced. kpix 5's anne makovec joins us now with more on san jose's plans to crack down on businesses trying to stay open. >> reporter: san jose's police chief and the mayor told people if they think somebody is violating these rules they should call 911 and report them. there is an active unit in the santa clara county district attorney's office that is following up on complaint. the police department started sending out compliance cars on patrol yesterday. 16 officers a day are assigned to proactively seek nonessential businesses that remain open in violation of the health order. right now, it is a

face shields plus 5500 surgical mask to queen of the valley hospital in napa and the napa county emergency operations center. right now napa county has 3 confirmed coronavirus cases as if we did not have enough to concern ourselves with during this pandemic police say they're now people carrying out covert 19 scams and hoaxes however as kron four's has it has it made you tells us. the alameda county sheriff's department now has a new way to report those kinds of crimes. >>the call that 19 pandemic can bring out the best in people and it can unfortunately bring out the worst in others in some cases people going door to door pretending to be county workers conducting coronavirus test. other situations fraudulently calling residents seeking to rob them of their muddy wellies vegas cans. >>and you as a people. trying to get money to get loved ones out of a 19. >>and there was another scare i san francisco we saw what we see in some price gouging and things like that when it comes to fraudulent scams alameda county sheriff's deputy sergeant ray kelly is just about see them all. but a recent incident invol

county had been prepared. we had already open our emergency operations center. the county usc while we have no responsibility for the. the employment of the federal effort we're here to support them and our state partners and the city of san carlos and there you see. now this facility m it is going to be heavily secured on none of those patients they. >>i have a mild symptoms and it is not known if they have coronavirus that they will be tested and monitored by medical professionals and again they will not be our in contact with anyone in the public. city mayor and samit teo county deputy manager are urging the community to be welcoming i did speak to some people who are welcoming these passengers as you can imagine been stranded at sea and that they want them to get well and get back home. the workers of the hotels they will not be involved with this the federal workers will take over but those hotel workers will be compensated for their time off reporting live in san carlos kellogg kron 4 news all right gail meanwhile, an indiana couple is trying to keep a posi

when it becomes potentially a pandemic kron four's maureen kelly takes us to alameda county inside the regional operationsr. i'm inside the emergency operations center. >>for alameda county's office of emergency services and the alameda county sheriff is also the emergency manager for california's region to which covers the entire bay area in fact it stretches all along the coast from monterey county all the way up to the oregon border now this room is quiet right now as the staff here are monitoring what's going on with the coronavirus both locally and globally. they say they are ready at a moment's notice to activate we plan for the worst case scenario monitors on the wall so the worldwide spread of the coronavirus sergeant ray kelly says they use this room for other major bay area disasters like wildfires and earthquakes if and when they need to huddle up here to coordinate a response to the fallout of a potential coronavirus pandemic public health agencies will play a major role if we were to get a large outbreak it would put a tremendous. >>drain on our communities we're talking about. >>the you know

. >> reporter: officials tell us 12 members of the cdc are with them at the county's emergency operationster and have been with them for the past two weeks so they are following their guidance and direction. we found one church that is trying to get ahead of the county's mandates so service sunday will not be open to the public. it will be live streamed. >> the pastor plans to deliver his message on sunday but for the first time in the church's 72 year history, it will be to an empty auditorium in front of a camera. >> this is a way for people to enjoy the service, the whole thing and be a place of containment as well. >> reporter: until april 1 church grounds are closed. at a time when the church is in the lent season preparing for easter. >> it is an unprecedented step. they don't teach this. >> reporter: on wednesday the white house's coronavirus task force advising santa clara county limiting even more to 250 people for 30 days. >> i don't think anybody knows what the right number is. and so because of that if you are at high risk, do not attend public events. >> reporter: santa clara

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they will have to receive county permits to operate legally.is expected to be approved later this month. it comes in the wake of a deadly shooting at a house party in orinda. the house was an airbnb property with owners who did not live in the area. >>> airbnb reacting to the coronavirus. the way they're helping out hosts and guests. >> and making it in the bay. some help for mobile home parks in the south bay. the steps leaders are taking to protect current residents. >>> and looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. where you might need your windshield wipers a little bit this morning. kari is tracking sprinkles. mike is tracking your commute. >>> right now at 4:39 let's head outside with a live look outside in palo alto. we start out with some wet roads in some spots, but this will all clear up as we go throughout the day, and temperatures stay on the cool side, at least to start. we'll talk about a warm-up coming up in a few minutes. >>> and over here in fremont we're880. moving a bit but not a major problem. as well but i did get a few dr

>>i'm inside the emergency operations center for alameda county's office of emergency services. >>and the alameda county sheriff is also the emergency manager for california's region to which covers the entire bay area in fact it stretches all along the coast from monterey county all the way up to the oregon border now this room is quiet right now as the staff here are monitoring what's going on with the coronavirus both locally and globally. they say they are ready at a moment's notice to activate we plan for the worst case scenario monitors on the wall so the worldwide spread of the coronavirus sergeant ray kelly says they use this room for other major bay area disasters like wildfires and earthquakes if and when they need to huddle up here to coordinate a response to the fallout of a potential coronavirus pandemic public health agencies will play a major role if we were to get a large outbreak it would put a tremendous. >>drain on our communities we're talking about. >>the you know not being able schools people are being a little work when you talk about quarantining out at f

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coordinating emergency operation activitiy ies among all the jurisdictions in the county. partially activated. the sheriff's office this photo collage. >>> a doctor in washington state said his hospital could run out of protective gear by this weekend. as kenneth mulolten explains, jumping in to help. >> reporter: the next supply could be the auto industry. ford and general motors confirming they're in talks with the trump administration to make ventilators and other hospital equipment at factories closed. >> things we need on the front lines is personal, protective gear for my colleagues and myself. >> reporter: hospitals across the country are facing a critical shortage of protective gear. this hospital in auburn, washington, could run out of supplies by tomorrow. at putny health system in georgia, they ran through six months of protective gear in seven days. >> where we thought we were ready, we had no idea what this has been like. >> reporter: volunteers are now helping the hospital by sewing covers using surgical sheets to help the masks last longer. >> we have an arm

all current shelters in the county already in operation. >>> a bay area hospital on the front lines of the covid-19 fight says it is on the verge of running out of personal protective equipment. seton medical center in daly city is accepting coronavirus patients but supplies of masks and other vital protective equipment are running dangerously low. seton says it has enough for five days but one nurse we spoke to says that estimate seems rather generous. she has had to wait hours for the go-ahead to use protective gear. >> i have no clue whether i have the equipment that day to take care of the patients that i'm about to receive until after i've already gotten a report on the patients. i had to wait over two hours yesterday on a supposed rule-out covid unit to receive isolation gowns. >> seton is one of two hospitals the state of california is spending millions on in order to turn them into covid-19 patient care centers, and nurses are calling on state and federal leaders to get needed supplies and quickly. >>> stay upto date with the very latest on the coronavirus by following our live

bay area, light rail service shutdown in santa clara county after a worker tests positive for coronavirus. with the transit agency is telling operators in the public work >>> we are watching a search on wall street right now despite a spike in unemployment claims. good afternoon, i am michelle griego, kenny is off today. in santa clara county, all bta train services now suspended indefinitely after a train operator training tested positive for coronavirus. kpix 5 max jackie ward tells us what that means for bta employees and riders. >> the no brush bridge available, the people who relied on taking bta trains will now have to look for another way to get around, although ridership was already down 82% in recent weeks because of the state stay-at- home order. as of 11:30 last night, while six trains were still running, vta says it shut down its entire rail service. opers beinasked to shelter in place upon any quarantine or testing orders, after an operator training tested positive for coronavirus. because of low ridership numbers and before train service was suspended wednesday, bt announced that light rail service would be reduced to t

programsill be operating through next wednesday. >>> santa clara county is making it easier to make traffic court payments over the phone. instead of having to do it in person. the superior court expended their phone processing hours beginning today. >>> bart is taking a hit thanks to the coronavirus. ridership was down 35% as of yesterday. one director said the transit agency is on track to lose $3.5 million per week. bart is calling on local state and federal sources for emergency aid. >>> princess cruises is suspending all operations for the next nthscontinues to offlo coronavirus stricken ship that is still docked at the port of oakland. as of this afternoon 2042 people have disembarked the grand princess. the few hundred that are still on board include foreigners awaiting travel arrangements. the ship is expected to leave sunday with its quarantined crew on board. it is unclear where it will go next. >>> a drive-through test for the coronavirus. you can't just randomly show up. i will explain the process. >>> delivery services adding another feature to help keep customers and workers s

. >> reporter: the county has also fully act rated its emergency operations center. that moaeans it is now a full coordinated response from all county departments to this immediate threat to the residents of santa clara county. the sharks say the arena always undergoes an extensive cleaning after every shark's game, but they produced the proper hygiene methods around each other and they be cautious about touching faces and whatnot. but they will evaluate the situation here at the shark tank from here on out. >> thank you, damian. several schools across the bay area are canceling classes. one of the late east is lowell high in san francisco. christie smith is live there with details of the closure for the school and also we know there are two confirmed coronavirus cases in san francisco. >> reporter: that's right. tonight two san francisco residents are in the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. that includes a man in his 90s and a woman in her 40s. there's also a potential tie to a high school student and tonight a high school is closed. >> parent of

meantime, the county has beefed up its 211 call center to handle questions about coronavirus. the call center operators are in ventura county, but the program is run by united way of the wine country in santa rosa. >> they will be able to answer very straight forward questions abo about where you should go if you are experiencing symptoms. >> there is also a state of emergency declared in sonoma county and their emergency ops center has been partially opened in case there are more cases. sutter santa rosa did issue a statement today not directly confirming the fact that there are 30 employees who have been quarantined, but it did say as the circumstances around covid-19 remain fluid, we continue to update our protocols in accordance with best practices established by federal state and local authorities. they still won't comment on whether that's an indirect assurance that there were some employees who were quarantined. live in santa rosa, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> thank you. we're sending out push alerts through the news app with new information about the coronavirus outbreak. download the app now and

a little bit on the county in which you are operating in the resources of the health department we are still trying to do case investigation. get contacts as much as possible, at least informed, and many of them depending on their symptoms tested. we are doing a bit of both in our state. >> host: if you live in the eastern central part of the country, 202-748-8000. mountain pacific 202-748-8001. we want to hear from medical professionals, 202-748-8002. start filing in so we can get your comments for doctor schaffner. i want to show you interviewers, doctor fauci talking about vaccination, development and trials and have you respond to it. >> one of the most important things is one that i mentioned several times from this podium, to clarify the timeline of the vaccines and will that have any impact on the rebound of what we call cycling of the season. certainly, a vaccine will not help us now, next month, the month after but we went into phase 1 trial. i keep referring to one vaccine. there is more than one. there are a couple of handfuls it vaccines at different stages of development b

property owners would have to receive county permits to legally operate. >>> detectives in sunnyvale will hold a news conference later today to give it happened saturday near apple's campus. police say they found one man dead inside a car and a woman who was hurt. eventually investigators arrested a man in campbell they believe committed the crime. police say that it doesn't seem like the man knew the two people shot. >>> well, our coronavirus coverage continues for you. it is 4:36. are you ordering more stuff online so you don't have to go to the store? all new for you this morning, the steps amazon is taking to prevent the warehouse employees from coming in contact with coronavirus. >>> plus, will the music be violence? what organizers are saying about the fate of the coachella festival amid the outbreak. >>> mike inouye will let us know what the rest of the bay area is looking like for that commute. more ahead right here on "today in the bay." >>> right now at 4:39 we're starting out a cool start to our workweek with mostly temperatures in the 40s. we will have a mild day but also

counties. and a lot of these estates -- we are the only western democracy that has a non-centralized voting system. it's not up to the federal government to regulate how voting operates. it's not even up to the states. texas has 200 54 counties and some of them it's very near they have not made reparations for a higher turnout. the legislature can't do anything to address that unless they're called in a special session because they are only in the odd-numbered years. it's going to be up to counties to do some real work to get more polling places open. crackede has recently down on the use of mobile polling places which is used to get seniors and people who live far away from poland laces to cast a ballot. we will see if that hasn't a difference. from tony onion twitter. is it that biden has been judged electable or that bernie has been deemed unelectable? >> that is a great question. it's a little of both i think. i've been surprised by the ferocity of coverage after bernie sanders won the nevada caucuses. people not talking about him as a front runner as much as talk about how demo that's were freaking out about how they needed to stop him. some personalities on cab

county of san francisco. the main take away if you are feeling sick don't rush to er. as operations for the covid - 19 response moved into the moscone he sent to to allow the city enough space to house all necessary agencies while maintaining social distance. the public health director offered this plea. >>> please do not go to the emergency room or an urgent care center. unless you have a true life- threatening emergency. contact your healthcare provider by phone. use telemedicine. >> reporter: san francisco official cases of the disease caused by coronavirus covid - 19 ticked up to 70 today. even with emergency tense outside major hospitals like ucsf . the direction from doctor colfax was simple. if you have symptoms call your doctor first. >>> those places desperately need to be saved for the people who are truly ill and need the most.>> reporter: san francisco is looking to hire 1000 nurses on the spot at a job fair this weekend. to help with the expected influx of patients. the directive not to rush into ers also came from the mayor.>>> we don't want to inundate our hospital sy

so when that stuff comes in, to the tributed out counties, the emergency operations outfits in the they're able then to work with local government, the hospitals, whoever may need of this. so we understand that's important. for health care workers, protective equipment is probably the number one issue. just look and say, ok, we only have so much. of the patients come in that is infected they have to p.p.e.e if they don't and they're exposed then they have to self-isolate for 14 days. that, anyone they had close contact with, particularly heir co-workers, will have to self-isolate for 14 days. a lot of hospitals are rightfully concerned about ending up with a lot of their people in self-isolation. so we want to avoid that. we want to give folks the protect themselves. obviously we also don't want them to get infected as well. sending this stuff out is very significant. -- everyone has, quote, testing kits, but what is the ort supply is collection swabs to take the sample. o the state labs can run the tests. we have other certified labs throughout the state of florida tests. run the we just

the shipment went queen to the valley and napa county emergency operation center. napa may soon be known for more han its wine. me hand sanitizer. j.r. stone has those destaletai >> the first and only sanitizer made in napa valley. >> reporter: not just hand sanitizer made in napa valley but made from the grapes grown in napa valley. >> we generally make whiskeys and rums and vodka and gin, but because of the virus we switched our operations to hand sanitizer. >> reporter: arthur runs and owns napa valley distillery. the economy already forced him to lay off seven of his employees and the latest cuts coming monday. his focus now has shifted from spirits to sanitizer. >> that's it, that's 80. >> reporter: it's about mixing the proper alcohol, oils, aloes and essences. >> the hand sanitizermake genere same materials that we would use to make our vodka. >> reporter: he's offering to give you sanitizer for free if you show up to their napa location. no catch. he does plan to eventually sell it online, but only to those in other areas. >> spray one on each hand and give

seriously of napa county issued a shelter at home order at midnight friday march 20th until april 7th downtown napa was a ghost town essential businesses remain open restaurants operating take out only diane dillon sheriff county board of supervisors of knowledge to challenges on facebook i know this is difficult it's difficult for all of us. but the purpose is to slow the spread of the illness so that we do not overwhelmed. >>our health care system. we're all in this together. >>the county is coordinating with local health care providers to increase coronavirus testing capability. reporting in that by gail ong kron 4 news. >>we'll take a look at the global numbers right now there are nearly 340,000 confirmed cases of covid 19 around the world more than 14,000 deaths have been confirmed in the us alone. there are more than 35,000 cases with more than 470 deaths. that's according to johns hopkins universities coronavirus tracker map here in california were reportedly a dealing with 1800 cases of coronavirus 35 people have died so far and for comparison. in new york. they're dealing with more than 15,000 confirmed cases more than 60 confirmed deaths as well from coronavi

completely honest this entire time we've been we thought they would shut down if the county shut >> they can operate at minimal levels to do and process employee benefits. they obviously have a tremendous amount of equipment there. that needs to be maintained and monitoreded. they would have to do that while maintaining the social distancing guidelines. . >> reporter: the sheriff's office says the tesla plant is not i repeat is not considered an essential business. as such, it's under the same shelter-in-place mandate as all bay area counties plus santa cruz county. tesla says it's going to reduce its work force from 10,000 people down to 2,500. the but the workers we've talked to say there's been no reduction in their shifts. we're going to keep an eye out on the plant to see if it's business as usual or if it's a little bit thinner today. live outside a tesla plant here in fremont. we'll head back out to you in oakland. >>> the coronavirus pandemic is stressful for everyone including those in the medical field. doctors, nurses and others in the medical field say they're in close contact with some

. >> reporter: here in napa county, tasting rooms must close at those wineries. but the vineyards can still operate. and people can work in the fields as long as they maintain a safe distance. live in american canyon, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> well the olympic club in san francisco says a member tested positive for covid-19. that club says the person took spin classes at noon monday, march 9th. and on wednesday the 11th. she also used the locker room as well as the suter street elevator. . >>> later this morning, san francisco mayor london breed will provide an update on the city's response to the coronavirus threat. her news conference begins at 11:30 tt the emergency operation center. >>> time is now 605. governor newsom says a rush in filings for unemployment compensation this week will have a big impact on the state. the governor says more than 80,000 californians applied just on tuesday alone. that's up from 2,000 on an average day. the latest figures should you unemployment in california was at a record low, 3.9%. >>> it's shaping up to be one of the most turbulent weeks on wall stre