bay area at that time. and as they saw cases mount in the bay area, they believed that the san francisco bay area, northern california, was on the same disastrous path that overwhelmed the hospital in italy. seeing that, seeing the case numbers rise, and realizing what that could mean in terms of the contagiousness of the virus and the death rate, in what will go down in history as a land mark moment in this time, in this crisis, sarah cody got together with her colleagues from six other bay area counties and they made a decision, what seemed like an incredibly radical, even shocking decision at the time but which is now obviously the model for what we ought to have done sooner and for what it's so incredible that some states still haven't done. >> today we stand together to announce additional legal orders that will apply to all seven jurisdictions covering silicon valley and the core of the bay area region. these new orders direct all individuals to shelter at their place of residence and maintain social distancing of at least six feet from any other person when outside their residence. >> that was the f

for many years, american indian culture in the san francisco bay area has been jeopardized, not only the trauma and racism but also by the increased cost of living, and lack of community spaces and lack of community spaces for cultural events. the american indian district will recognize a home base for the american indian community of san francisco to ensure history and contributions are not forgotten or over ridden. the cultural district will be situated within the mission si district in the mission dolorest neighborhood for missions 8 and 9 for sanchez to newsom. t i'm going to put up the boundaries for you all to see. now, why is it gone? sorry. guys, i practiced this before we started.ed let me try again. okay. let's see. there we go. that is, those are the boundaries, of the american indian cultural district of san francisco.an this region holds unique conten sen trags of historical events, cultural resources and native american-based programming, services and gathering spaces that are significant presence and historical importance to the american indian community in this san fr

bay area at that time. and as they saw cases mount in the bay area, they believed that the san francisco bay area, northern california, was on the same disastrous path that had overwhelmed the hospitals in italy. and seeing that and seeing their case numbers rise and realizing what this would mean in terms of the contagiousness of this virus and its death rate, in what will go down in history as a landmark moment in this time, in this crisis, sara cody got together with her colleagues from six other bay area counties, and they made a decision, what seemed like an incredibly radical, even shocking decision at the time, but which is now obviously the model for what we ought to have done sooner and for what it's so incredible that some states still haven't done yet. >> today we stand together to announce additional legal orders that will apply to all seven jurisdictions covering silicon valley and the core of the bay area region. these new orders direct all individuals to shelter at their place of residence and maintain social distancing of at least six feet from any other person when outside their residence.

for many years, american indian culture in the san francisco bay area has been jeopardized, not only by the trauma and racism but also by the increased cost of living, and lack of community spaces and lack of community spaces for cultural events. the american indian district will recognize a home base for the american indian community of san francisco to ensure history and contributions are not forgotten or over ridden. the cultural district will be situated within the mission si district in the mission dolorest neighborhood for missions 8 and 9 for sanchez to newsom. t i'm going to put up the boundaries for you all to see. now, why is it gone? sorry. guys, i practiced this before we started.ed let me try again. okay. let's see. there we go. that is, those are the boundaries, of the american indian cultural district of san francisco.an this region holds unique conten sen trags of historical events, cultural resources and native american-based programming, services and gathering spaces that are significant presence and historical importance to the american indian community in this san

with the shelter-in-place order for san francisco bay area extended through the end of may. the mayor acknowledges that it is not easy. >> we have imposed restrictions to your lives that have made things very difficult for you and your family. >> reporter: some loosening restrictions of are expected to be announced later this week. for now the song remains the same. stay home and the save lives. >> business leaders feel that if we're going to reopen the economy that we have to do it the right way at the right time. business leaders are disappointed, but this is a decision we have to make. >> reporter: the mayor said that life will not be totaling normal when orders are lifted. >> there will be a change. there will be a change with restaurants, hair salons, and job opportunities. there's going to be a real change with large-scale events. >> were telling restaurants to

number 32. >> clerk: item 32, resolution to urge state and federal emergency funding for the san francisco bay area rapid transit district and the san francisco municipal transportation agency to remain operational in light of operational and budget declines due to covid-19 and to affirm the role that b.a.r.t. and the m.t.a. play in transporting people to essential activities. >> president yee: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, press ye president yee. supervisor preston and i originally introduced this because of the huge hits that b.a.r.t. and muni were taking during this crisis. the federal c.a.r.e.s. acts allocated $1.3 billion for federal transit agencies. this does not mean that we're out of the clear, but it does mean that the immediate needs that were referenced in this resolution were taken care of, so i'm introducing a set of amendments today that better reflect the current needs, including a clause referencing the new federal funding, remain removing the call for emergency funding, and instead calling for long-term funding that can restore and maintain services. you all sh

now i will move over to the service alert for the san francisco bay area fairies. ice on the oakland route starting tomorrow. the service says nobody is using the ferry during that time. san francisco bay area ferry started to reduce >>> this is a live look from the exploratorium back to the west across the embarcadero center and into the financial district, where it's about 49 degrees under a clear sky this morning. your planner for today, in the mid-40s and then in the 50s, that's at noon, and then the coast will be near 70 at noon and well into the mid and upper 70s at 4:00, and then a wonderful evening for a stroll around the neighborhood, upper 60s. highs around the state today, 70s to near 80. at the coast, mid to up 60s. in the mountains, the sierra snowpack is starting to shrink and rain will fall with a little mixture of snow starting on sunday and into monda monda >>> at the live desk, today the white house is expected to announce a new economic task force. a source tells abc news that we can likely expect the president's senior adviser and son-in-law, jar

by march 16th, the san francisco bay area consortium of counties around san francisco had put in place the country's first stay-at-home order. this was something of a national curiosity when the bay area counties first did that. but within three days, california governor gavin newsom had ordered that stay-at-home order in effect statewide. first in the country. and acting fast and decisively seems to have made all the difference in the world. california had its first coronavirus death -- again, they had the first coronavirus community transmission case in the country. they had their first coronavirus death ten days before new york had their first death. but look at new york's death toll versus the california death toll ever since. i mean look at the way that those things have gone up over time. new york now has more than ten times as many deaths as california. new york now has nearly ten times as many cases overall. and even within california, within that gigantic state, the effectiveness of early, decisive action by the government is paying dividends. you can see it even in different

national stay-at-home order when northern california figured out that they better do that in the san francisco bay areaif we had had federal public health leadership, federal national disaster leadership that was as forward-thinking as the san francisco bay area when they put in place their stay-at-home order, well, we'd be in a place now where our president could be saying what the california governor is saying now, which is that the rate of infection might have been slowed enough in california that california might not end up having so many sick people at the same time that the hospitals get overwhelmed there. they might have successfully avoided that horrific prospect. we could have had that. instead, dr. tony fauci is on tv still as of last night saying, i don't understand why a national stay-at-home order is not happening. i don't understand why we are not doing that. we really should be doing that. we don't have that. and now new york is closing in on 3,000 dead already, a death rate that is doubling every three days and everywhere else in the country is seeing their numbers rise unabated. alabam

for many years, american indian culture in the san francisco bay area has been jeopardized, not only by the trauma and racism but also by the increased cost of living, and lack of community spaces and lack of community spaces for cultural events. the american indian district will recognize a home base for the american indian community of san francisco to ensure history and contributions are not forgotten or over ridden. the cultural district will be situated within the mission si district in the mission dolorest neighborhood for missions 8 and 9 for sanchez to newsom. t i'm going to put up the boundaries for you all to see. now, why is it gone? sorry. guys, i practiced this before we started.ed let me try again. okay. let's see. there we go. that is, those are the boundaries, of the american indian cultural district of san francisco.an this region holds unique conten sen trags of historical events, cultural resources and native american-based programming, services and gathering spaces that are significant presence and historical importance to the american indian community in this san

national stay-at-home order when northern california figured out that they better do that in the san francisco bay area. if -- if we had had federal public health leadership, federal national disaster leadership, that was as forward thinking as the san francisco bay area, when they put in place their stay-at-home order. well, we'd be in a place now where our president could be saying what the california governor is saying now. which is that the rate of infection might have been slowed enough in california that california might not end up having so many sick people at the same time that the hospitals get woefoverwhelmed there. they might have successfully avoided that horrific prospect. we could've had that. instead, dr. tony fauci is on tv, still, as of last night, saying i don't understand why a national stay-at-home order is not happening. i don't understand why we are not doing that. we really should be doing that. we don't have that. and, now, new york is closing in on 3,000 dead already. death rate that is doubling every three days. and everywhere else in the country, seeing their numbers rise una

allowing construction to resume is going to help the overall housing picture here in the san francisco bay area even before the covid-19 crisis we've been experiencing you know significant challenges related to housing opportunities throughout the bay area. >>and one clear solution to those challenges is creating new housing the president of the san francisco association of realtors says that since mid-march when those first shutdown orders went into effect. >>they had just over 200 homes going to contract. that's a little less than half what they would see normally he and other realtors are hoping to see home sales pick up as buyers and sellers get use to the new way of doing business. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>san francisco mayor london breed has been criticized for not fulfilling an ordinance that says the city must acquire more than a 1000 hotel rooms to protect the homeless from coronavirus the city has more than 2000 rooms and filled more than about a 1000 so far is what mayor breed had to say when asked why it's taking so long to get those rooms. >>the logistics of moving the challeng

resumption of business as usual in the bay area on monday the bay area shelter in place order which applies to santa clara alameda contra costa, san mateo san francisco and marin counties will be loosened a bit impacting certain outdoor activities most construction will be allowed as long as physical distancing protocols are kept in place. other outdoor activities like golf tennis and landscaping will also be permitted childcare and summer camp settings are to be permitted in stable groups of 12 or fewer, says public health officer doctor sara cody, the new order that will take effect next week is designed to preserve the progress that we've made. >>to continue to prevent a surge in cases and to gradually ease restrictions allowing for a few additional businesses and activities to take place. >>any further relaxing of restrictions will be based on 5 indicators whether the current number of cases is flat or decreasing whether hospitalizations are flat or decreasing an adequate supply of ppe for health care workers and whether we are meeting the need for testing and contact tracing. >>we must all abide by both the local council orders and the state hea

san francisco. you know the moment you step foot in it. >> beautiful, everything, the scenery, so different. here we are standing in front of this beautiful palace. >> the contestants on this week's shows are from the bay area, good luck to all of them and the "wheel of fortune" features san francisco and the bay area every night at 7:30, after "jeopardy!" which airs after abc 7 news at 6:00. >>> let's get another check of the weather with meteorologist lisa argeargen. >> 52 degrees from our roof camera and we had hazy sunshine yesterday, it was harm, humidity was high and temperatures in the 70s. today the the marine lay ser with us th layer is with us this morning. i'll have my accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >>> bright weekends in the bay area bring those worries about public areas and the covid-19 age. next a look at how many at how a got out, as we break down the pros and cons of getting outside nowadays. >>> plus this -- ♪ for my city by the way >> you didn't need to be outside to enjoy this one, the iconic sf tune rings across the bay area for th >>> love you san francisco. let's sing our song! >> he's the man that started it all, tony bennett challenging us to join a mass sing afternoon ha

reporting live in san francisco. nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> the cruise ship that became the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak has set sail from san francisco bay. the grand princess first.com in the port of oakland to. fanfare on march 9 after people tested positive for the virus. it anchored in the bay. quarantine ended yesterday. it is expected to head out the sea for routine operations and return next week to san francisco to stock up on provisions. it is under known where the ship will go from there. >>> the numbers of cases continue to rise in the bay area as hospitals brace for more patients. there are now more than 3,600 confirmed cases in the bay area. 88 people have died. santa clara county continues to see the most cases. more than 1,200 six bay area saw an increase in bay area cases, including 17 new cases in mateo county is that 39 in san francisco. the cases continue on climate san francisco's laguna honda hospital. there are now 14 confirmed cases of covid-19. 11 of them involve hospital staff. eight m

investigate every case and conduct contact tracing is the total number of cases in san francisco and across the bay area decreasing we're staying flat in san francisco overall crime is down 23%, but there are some troubling trends which police are tracking chief bill scott says for elderly women have been robbed in the past 11 days, some of the victims were attacked at gunpoint the thieves targeting the victim's purse is. >>commercial burglaries are also on the rise and police say in 34 of the arrest they have added charges of looting. as for the shelter-in-place order. the police chief says voluntary compliance is still a priority by they will in force if necessary chief scott says so far 19 citations have been issued. >>and 86 warnings have been issued from landscaping to real estate, today's announcement means there are new rules going into effect and some things we are to were not able to do before will now be ok, we'll get more into the relaxing of those restrictions. coming up a little bit later tonight the national death toll from coronavirus has surpassed to 60,000 a number that we once were not

san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35, construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 and a half for installation. >> we're looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. th

san francisco bay area requests for driving have fallen 74%. >> what do you think? pizza, chinese, or italian food? which should we go with? >> i would like a nice really fun salad. >> of course you would. it's healthy. it's dinner time. as we try to do every tuesday night, we suggest you order out. great american take out day to support our local restaurants. janelle wang is working from home. i usually do it during the week. obviously when i was home, we did it a lot. >> okay. a fun salad. that does not sound -- >> salad is fun! >> i never heard of such a thing. that sounds healthy to me. by the way, the great american takeout was launched last month to support the struggling restaurant industry which has been hit so hard by the pandemic. the national restaurant association estimates that 3 million jobs have been lost nationwide and about 50% of restaurants are laying off people this month. so, i decided to get takeout because i'm just tired of my cooking and sick of microwaving frozen foods. i went to chef chu's in loss altos. it's not go big or go home. it's go

longer, what is driving the bay area stay-at-home extension. >>> more san francisco roads will be closed to cars, why the mayor says the extra space is critical. >>> a gruesome discovery found in the bay area refrigerator, connecting the dots to a recent deadly police chase and shooting. let's start off with a check of the forecast. the temperatures will be inching up today? >> they will for sure, it's going to be a toac bay area wit temperatures on the rise, in fact today the warmest day of the week. here's a beautiful view of our treasure island camera, our temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s as we start off our day with mainly clear skies, we are looking at foggy conditions right along the coast this morning. we will see plenty of sunshine this afternoon and daytime highs well above average for this time of the year. looking at 70 degrees in san francisco this afternoon, etienne free mark, 85 four concord and livermore, we will talk about a cool down as we have through the week. let's check in on the project. >> it's ongoing and there's a lot of activity around the area, we are h

san francisco. you know the moment you step foot in it. >> beautiful, everything, the scenery, so different. here we are standing in front of this beautiful palace. >> the contestants on this week's shows are from the bay area luck to all of them and the "wheel of fortune" great american cities series features san francisco and the bay area every night at 7:30, after "jeopardy!" which airs after abc 7 news at 6:00. >>> let's get a check of the weather with lisa argen. >> good morning to you, liz. looking live outside check out the fog, golden gate bridge, mist and drizzle. numbers are mainly in the 50s around the bay but upper 40s in the north bay so yes, finally the cooler air with us today, but plenty of sun on the way as well. my forecast is coming up. >> thanks, lisa. >>> bright weekends in the covid-19 areas. how many people come out as we break down the pros and cons of getting outside nowadays plus this. ♪ for my city by the way >> you didn't need to be outside to enjoy this one, the iconic sf tune rings across the bay area for the health care workers, the best highlights from the city wide serenade in san francisco, ♪ it's only human to find inspiration in nature. and also find answers. our search t

morning show. >> this week get ready for a singalong designed specifically for fuss the bay area. >> san francisco. >> oh, yeah. veteran conner tony ben set inviting bay area residents to come together for one singalong to that famous song, lift my heart in san francisco. new this saturday in honor of the front line workers engaged in responding to the pandemic. so wherever you are, saturday at 12:00 noon, join the stars and the chorus around the bay and just for fun, i once carried that tune, or tried to, with mr. bennett. ♪ we left our hearts in san francisco ♪ >> that is cool. you can see the rest of liam's list of things to do, including a wine event and some fun fitness opportunities. check it out at kpix 5, and see liam live every friday morning on our morning shows starting at 4:30 a.m. >>> and if you joined in this weekend and want to share your singing voice, post a video on facebook, twitter, or instagram, with the hash tag kpix. >>> a live look outside at our ocean breach from our cliff house camera. a beautiful day. along the coast, estimates rose up to near 70 degrees in several spots

. >>> the first major lockdown ordered in this country was issued in the san francisco bay area so what might life look like when cities in california finally start to open back up? >> reporter: the california governor's six part checklist for reopening the state could be a model for the country. so whatwould life look like fo you and me in a virus ready world? the first step may be the most challenging. testing huge numbers of people all the time to see both who has the virus now and who has already had it and may be immune >> the goal is to get to 25,000 tests and then to grow expo ten usually -- exponentially from there into june. >> it's hard to imagine going shopping or out to eat with these things on. >> it's like going to lunch in your doctor's office >> precautions like masks and social distancing will essentially ruin dining out. >> i can't envision a restaurant where people have their mouths covered and everybody's wearing gloves and they're trying to sit down and have some sort of enjoyable atmosphere it's going to probably wipe out i would say half of the mom and pop and sma

where in some places like seattle and san francisco bay area some early social distancing measures appear to have paid off in terms of flattening the curve a little bit but obviously we see some other cities that appear to be just behind new york city like detroit and new orleans that appear to be you know next in line for really becoming overwhelmed really it looked to me like you were nodding along to some of what peter was saying did you want to jump in. yes and i think it's as peter was pointing out where communities have implemented some of these social distancing measures. early and in a in a whole scale way so not a patchwork from location to location community to community they're starting to see some of the benefits in terms of burden on the health care system the whole quite of the social distancing measures is to use the only tool we have right now in the absence of an effective treatment in the if absence of a vaccine that we can use today what we have as a tool are the social distancing measures that can help slow down transmission at the community level and the outcome of th

reverend shaw is about two years new to the san francisco bay area. prior to him being assigned, we had a pastor by the name of reverend jay egabor who was here for 22 years and was very instrumental in our housing portfolio. i believe that if reverend shaw was here today he would be overwhelmed by seeing a sea of individuals that are here, seeing this beautiful building, knowing that millions and millions of dollars were spent to get it to this level. and all of you that are here today. i want to thank you for letting us to be partners in this venture and say to you that anything that we can do, we are just situated there on the corner of golden gate, and we are here to serve, we are here to do all that we can to see that particularly division affordable housing is a priority in this city. thank you. thank you for this opportunity. [applause] >> thank you so much, mr. sisk. bank of america has been a partner not only here at rosa parks apartments and throughout much of the public housing reenvisioning that mayor breed referenced that has been a long-

this crisis is impacting not only the tourism industry, but houses are being felt in the san francisco bay areaeconomy? >> i think it is fair to say to fill it and it is really very deeply. for example, virtuay all of the construction industry in san francisco is shutdown. retail businesses that are nonessential businesses are shut down. essential businesses that are not in helsel for example are shut down. so cross aboard your seeing industries at the very least affected by and if they can't manage to work remotely like a lot office workers, then they are in a sit they're not able to raise resident revenue if you were not able to work. >> what are toyou going be watching for as indicators that the economies intimate back, that the trouble industry starting to flow again? >> what we thought was going to happth is we filled beginning of people traveling again, will be regional traveling. people from northern california. people that feel comfortablwh and understand is be happening in northern california. it will spread a little further maybe to the specific northwest we will start to see business

see a leveling off and he repeated that today chicago is another hub chicago detroit the san francisco bay area washington state and what we're seeing is those 1st wave major cities that were hit on both coasts of the united states are seen to have at least a plateau ing of cases into deaths there although the death rate has been 10000 in new york alone so the president is preparing a picture of things improving and he says he wants to get people back to work very very quickly. thank you for that update there that's john hendren live for us and chicago a u.s. navy sailor has died delta cats in corona virus he was one of hundreds of crewmembers who became infected on an aircraft carrier the captain of the theodore roosevelt was fired for writing tests come on this begging for help to stop the spread on board so after the acting navy secretary resigned for calling the captain stupid and naive criticizing the crew for hailing him a hero. let's take a closer look at the situation in europe now john mccain has the wrap up of developments for us from then. for many thousands of people across europe t

an effort to get as many of the legal permanent residents in the san francisco since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s. citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with exper

san francisco. this is video from our nbc bay area sky ranger of that work being done this morning. nbc bay area's sharon katsuda is live in san francisco to tell us why this is taking place months before it was planned, sharon. >> reporter: that's right, marcus, this is a massive project. you can see all the workers behind me with the heavy earlier we saw sparks flying, dust flying. now you're seeing concrete being moved around. the heavy pounding started at 5:00 a.m. this morning. this project was supposed to start this summer in order to avoid heavy commute traffic but now since traffic is so light due to shelter in place, caltrans says it will work on this project round the clock and complete it in the next ten days. this stretch of highway 101 at a alemany is deteriorating. despite some confusion over detours and noise this morning, caltrans says this will help avoid what many people feared would be armageddon if the project were done during heavy traffic. >> so far the project has gone smoothly and that's good news. we're asking motorists to follow all the detour signs. >> repo

pacific to, a whole new view of his life onshore, shown through only desolate images of the san francisco bay area streets. >> all of it left him feeling -- >> well, it's safer to be at sea, and that's my preference, but we can't stay out here forever. >> around 9:30, an abc7 photographer was there when he docked in san francisco after two weeks at sea. >> we're home. yay. >> a crew still grateful for what home and life onshore, however bleak, still has to offer. >> there's warm showers and wi-fi. there's some things to be excited about. >> the crew had been sailing for the past 14 days, and all are healthynd coast guard e-mailed me and said because they are operating in a recreational capacity and nobody aboard was having flu-like symptoms, there's nothing that would continue to dock them. >> what do you have the say about this? >> how did you know i was going to say something? >> i felt it. i am glad to see that distance is not changing that. when they were cheering with the champagne, that's the last time they were going to be together, and i am not sure they realized that. >> yeah, i didn't re

we will see you in a bit at 6:00, thanks, jeff. >>> i left my heart in san francisco. ♪ >> only on nbc bay areaformer san francisco mayor willie brown's message to the bay area. in song. raj mathai joins us next. some companies still have hr stuck between employees and their data. entering data. changing data. more and more sensitive, personal data. and it doesn't just drag hr down. it drags the entire business down -- with inefficiency, errors and waste. it's ridiculous. so ridiculous. with paycom, employees enter and manage their own data in a single, easy to use software. visit paycom.com, and schedule your demo today. that could mean an increase byin energy bills.. you can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or just letting the sun light your home. stay well and keep it golden. >>> okay, nothing more iconic in the bay area than the golden gate bridge, a live look on this wednesday evening, and we talk about local landmarks, talk about, how about local legends, as in former mayor, willie brown, today, we spent some time with him a

we're going to take you live over the san francisco bay. nbc bay areaanger watching the "grand princess" cruise ship leave a port in san francisco. it was there for a couple of days to just resupply on food and supplies. hundreds of crew members are still on board. the ship has been the center of controversy and breaking news, when about a few weeks ago it was learned that a couple dozen people on board came down with covid-19. it then docked at the port of oakland a couple of weeks ago when a days' long process to disembark thousands of passengers happened and moved them into quarantine, including in fairfield. we want to let you know that 21 people originally tested positive there. there are two passengers, 19 crew members, two passengers and one crew member died. what we know right now is that the ship is on its way into open waters. it just passed alcatraz and now moving toward the golden gate bridge. hundreds of crew members are still on board. the cruise line is working to get the crew members back home. they're from dozens of countries from aroun

one splashing around in the san francisco bay area earlier. it went to the surface a couple times before swimming away. >> we saw it, that is a nice shot. >> what a difference a day makes. the sun was out in full force and we soaked up every minute of it. >> it was nice. >> it was. and there was cloud cover moving by an at times, who cares about that? i was stunning outside. a nice rebound for three days of a row in rainfall. if you have been inside home schooling the kids, making dinner, working yourself, i want to make sure to get you a blue sky camera shot now. one of the best is coming to us from the santa clara valley. a high-definitioning camera over downtown san jose, and over to the distance, a few puffy cumulus clouds. and will is that blue sky. 61 degrees, drop in 50s tonight and clouds as we move in early tomorrow morning. i want to make sure to give you a close look at the forecast. tomorrow around 7:00 a.m. to do meditating, yoga, make sure you have a jacket. you will be in the low 50s. we are going up to the warmest temperatures

daytime highs your bike or climate wednday forecast downtown san francisco warming up near average at 61 degrees as is half moon bay througut the bay area coastline and as head a little bit inland along the san francio peninsula brisbane 61 degreeas is berkeley and also burlgame as well san mateo 62 degrees of palo al in the mid-fifties wind speeds will be a light and breezy were around 20 miles per hour or less san jose 67 degrees santa clear though trying to blur with 70's that 69 degrees. haywa 65 degrees after the interior valleys like livermore ncord those 68 degrees oakland 60 port richmond in t low 60's for your wednesday afternoon ice we will nice an increase in cloud cover but that's not gog to stop the mercury rising napa 69 degrees, sonoma warming up to 66 degrees 74 degrees for santa rosa, it's about 7 drees above average for you with no valley, 57 degrees unique microclimate forecast out there in the bay area just a heads up we have a beach hazard statement in effect dangerous sneaker waves and rip currents along the san francisco bay area coastline from now through that in mind and your full 10 at 10 outok big warup this w

. >>> san francisco bay area food delivery app door dash is now cutting the rest rabbit commissions inf through the end of next month. the 100 million commission relief program is to help restaurants face a drop off in the business. the competitor said to suspend the feeings and up to $100 million from the independent restaurants and post mates have said that they're going to wave it from small businesses in san francisco. >>> civil rights want them to release the inmates in the jail. coming up next, the concerns that the jail has the potential to turn in to a hot bedcovid-19r see it postponed than scaled down. the best way to predict the future is to create it and change the world. here at abbvie, we're inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier... ...and happier, while making medicines that help people right now. because that's the presentoi. and that's the future we all want to see. abbvie. here. now. >>> it's good friday. that mean that is the stock markets are closed today for the holiday. >> i am dave clark. good morning. >> good morning, dave. e

san francisco want to know. why did those two counties give a property tax extension when no one else in the bay area did? state law and san mateo and san francisco used it as a loophole. what it says is if the tax offices are officially closed, then they don't have to take your taxes. and now they can if they want to, but they don't have to. well, those offices right now are expected to stay closed until may 4th. so they've made that declaration, and you don't have to pay taxes in these two counties until may 4th. the other counties could do the same thing. they just have to make that decision. >> we'll see. michael, thank you. ama? >>> thanks, dan. only on abc7 news, exclusive access inside a bay area hospital that is bracing for a surge in coronavirus cases. a new analysis from the university of washington predicts covid-19 deaths will peak in about a week and a half. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen has a look at how one hospital is getting ready. >> for some, the silence in this selection of good samaritan hospital may be puzzling. >> we've been planning for this since january 28th when we had our fir

the stay-at-home order dates, california was the first state but even the san francisco bay area was ier than that. the mayor said we need to stay home and the difference between san francisco's mayor and bill diblasio in new york. since i am encouraging new yorkers to go on with your lives and get out on the town despite coronavirus i thought i would offer some suggestions. is the first, through thursday go see the trader and the san francisco mayor on the same day, prepare for possible disruption from an outbreak. that is a staggering difference. >> unfortunately it is. we know that one mayor was a bit more informed, the more prepared and accurate in his messaging and it goes up the chain to cuomo even when bill diblasio did suggest closing schools andrew cuomo was there to undercut him. then we learn obviously now that andrew cuomo was encouraging people with positive tests to go back to nursing homes where they could go on and infect others, these are the decisions that will be proven to be the cause of many more deaths than needed to happen. >> let's look at this video of the ext

nbc bay area's jean elle has more if san francisco where people are asking for help while others say they're just shutting down. >> reporter: the owners of cassava restaurant say they had a good takeout business going but they made the tough decision this week to close up to protect employees and send a message. >> we were concerned how relaxed people were. so i felt that it was more dangerous. >> reporter: the owners of cassava made the tough decision to stop takeout service this week and close. a statement to customers mentioned the fact that many san franciscans are not covering their faces puts our staff and our community at risk. they also don't want to be the reason people are going out and hope the boarded up restaurant will remind people the coronavirus health threat is not over. >> i also wanted to send a message this is not time to relax. >> reporter: along the marina green efforts to social distance seem to be relaxing. exercise paths are crowded. >> i've got to wear a mask when i'm out because it's safe. >> reporter: 77-year-old gale goldeen is wearing a mass whk she's ou

bay. let's be clear the store's other locations in san francisco are still open for business. >>> a bay area-based company is helping health care workers put food on their tables all the way over in england. starship technologies is headquartered in san francisco. the company's robots have been operating in parts of england for the past two years. since the country went on lockdown a month ago, use of the robots has surged. the company is offering free grocery deliveries to national health service workers. >> we want to make life a little bit easier for these people in these very, very stressful times for everybody. >> those robots only go about four miles an hour and they use censors, cameras and radar to make sure they get the groceries to their destinations safely. >>> san francisco opened up another area to walkers and bikers this weekend. traffic has been blocked off to a 4 1/2-mile loop in the presidio. this is all part of the effort to give people more space to be outside safe from traffic, six feet from each other, a lot of room. the new loop has partial closures of park, lincoln, and pres

and what is interesting about it is the san francisco bay area, that is the seven, eight counties within the bay area, they have been very proactive under what is known as an urban area security initiative grant funding. and so for years, the different areas of the health sector, police, fire, emergency management, voluntary agencies have been training and exercising together, and i think we are starting to see those exercises payoff in this pandemic. >> it definitely seems that there is a lot of putting nation comes to next steps. always a pleasure. thank you. >>> coming up here, the cdc announces new symptoms associated with covid-19. and up next we speak with an expert to learn more about the latest coronavirus research. >>> plus several states including georgia have started reopening their economies. what business looks like there. we're all doi >>> notably warmer, partly cloudy skies, temperatures reaching into the low 80s for some of the warmer spots. we check in with the current conditions and show you what you can expect for tomorrow, coming up. e. stay well and keep it golden. i

we have the latest number of confirmed covid-19 cases in the san francisco bay area. at last count more than 56,000 people have tested positive. santa clara continues to be the hot spot. the virus has killed 176 people. that number has been inching up wards. a well-sided model might indicate fewer californians might day from covid-19 than originally predicted. predicted.: the peak deaths are the institute of health metrix. >> we're having trouble hearing you, we will try to get back to bob a little later on. so we're continuing to cover a deadly virus outbreak in hayward. our investigative unit is watching two care facilities. is first is at the gateway center. 66 staff have tested positive. 13 patient versus died. alameda prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation there. we learned seven patients and ten staff members at nearby windsor post acute have also tested positive. a lingering question is whether workers might have overlapped at both facilities. so far, windsor post-acute has not responded to our team's request for comment. you can watch the full stor

we want to slow the spread of the virus and see san francisco and the bay area recover. imaginesince january 21, we havn responding to the coronavirus our top priority. since february 25th, when mayor breed declared a local emergency, we have mobilized the entire city to slow down this deadly threat and to keep our health system stable and ready to care for all who need it. since march 16th, when 7 million people in the bay area joined the fight, we have stayed home to protect one another. today, we renew our commitment to the fight. we will continue staying home, continue covering our faces when we have to go out and continue to keep six feet away from people outside of our households. yet, we will also make a few minor modifications when the order takes effect on monday. the new orders allow for some lower-risk outdoor jobs and activities to resume. for example, as the mayor said, all construction may start again as long as each project follows the safety protocols in the order. certain outdoor businesses can open and that means nurseries and gardeners, for example and

number 32. >> clerk: item 32, resolution to urge state and federal emergency funding for the san francisco bay area rapid transit district and the san francisco municipal transportation agency to remain operational in light of operational and budget declines due to covid-19 and to affirm the role that b.a.r.t. and the m.t.a. play in transporting people to essential activities. >> president yee: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: thank you, press ye president yee. supervisor preston and i originally introduced this because of the huge hits that b.a.r.t. and muni were taking during this crisis. the federal c.a.r.e.s. acts allocated $1.3 billion for federal transit agencies. this does not mean that we're out of the clear, but it does mean that the immediate needs that were referenced in this resolution were taken care of, so i'm introducing a set of amendments today that better reflect the current needs, including a clause referencing the new federal funding, remain removing the call for emergency funding, and instead calling for long-term funding that can restore and maintain services. you all sh

bay area. nbc bay area's jean elle joins us live from san francisco with more on why. jean?reporter: janelle, health experts tonight say a bandanna or a cloth mask will do. they are saying there are a lot of people out there with coronavirus but they don't have symptoms, so they don't know they have it. so now with everyone wearing a mask as they're requesting, that will help prevent those carriers from spreading the virus. now, masks are hard to find, and this new directive will drive up demand. in san francisco, cole hardware and cliff's variety are sold out tonight of non-medical mask opti options. as word of the new guidance gets out, we are meeting people who are ready to improvise. >> if i do find myself out and amongst folks, i definitely want to take precaution. probably a handkerchief, some sort of impromptu mask. >> reporter: health officials also say wearing a mask should be a reminder to keep