OUR
OUR SNOW
OUR SNOW PACK AND RESERVOIRS. >> AND FIRST THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM HOME
TONIGHT.
>> I AM CHRIS THOMAS.
WE ARE FOLLOWING DEVELOPING
NEWS, POLICE ARE ASKING THE FBI
TO HELP AN INVESTIGATION AFTER
A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE WAS FOUND
AT A CHURCH.
IT HAS BEEN IN THE HELD LINES
FOR HOLDING SERVICES DESPITE
STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS.
ABC NEWS 10'S KEVIN JOHN IS
HEARING FROM THE PASTOR.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE ABOUT
LOVING GOD, LOVING PEOPLE AND
SERVING AND TODAY THEY RECEIVED
A MINDER THAT THERE IS STILL
HATE IN THE WORLD.
>> FEAR WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO DO
POOR THINGS.
>> THE PASTOR TRIES TO
UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE SENT A
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE TO HIS
CHURCH.
THE BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED TO
INVESTIGATE.
SOMEONE POSTED THIS MESSAGE ON
FACEBOOK WARNING PEOPLE TO STAY
AWAY FROM THE AREA.
EVEN THOUGH EXPLOSIVES WEREN'T
INSIDE THE PACKAGE, WHAT WAS
FOUND WAS DISTURBING.
>> METAL SPIKES ON IT.
ONE COULD DENOTE THAT MIGHT BE
RELATED TO THE EASTER HOLIDAY.
>> THE CHURCH RECEIVED
CRITICISM OVER THE WEEKEND FOR
HOLDING SERVICE DURING A TIME
WHEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ASKED
THE POSSIBLE TO PRACTICE TODAY
IS PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS
CONNECTED TO A CHURCH DOESN'T
MEAN THEY GOT IT AT CHURCH
FUNCTION.
WE HAD EVERYBODY WASH THEIR
HANDS.
USHERS WORE GLOVES.
>> Reporter: THE PASTOR
BELIEVES THE PERSON INVOLVED IN
THIS INCIDENT COULD THEM FROM A
HATEFUL COMMENT ON FACEBOOK.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
FILLED WITH HATE?
>> HATE VIRUSES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND THEIR
CALLING OVER THINGS THEY HATE.
THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE.
IF YOU ARE HATING, LET YOUR
HATE MOTIVATE YOU TO A POSITIVE
THING.
>> Reporter: HE FEELS EASTER IS
THE PERFECT TIME KICKOFF ONLINE
EASTER SERVICES.
>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL TIME BE
SHELTERED IN HOMES.
IT WILL BE A GREAT EASTER
SUNDAY.
I GET FIRED UP.
>> THE OFFICER TELLS ME THERE
IS NO PERSON OF INTEREST AND AT
THIS TIME THEY ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT A
CRIME IN FACT TOOK PLACE.
>>> AND NEW TONIGHT FROM
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, ALL PARKS
WILL BE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND IN
AN EFFORT TO HELP STOP THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
TRAILS WILL REMAIN OPEN BUT
PUBLIC FACILITIES WILL BE
CLOSED.
>>> IN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT,
NEARLY 16,000 PEOPLE HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
TRAGICALLY, 370 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED BUT THE RATE OF CONFIRMED
INFECTIONS IS SLOWING DOWN FOR
NOW.
AND TONIGHT 100 OF CALIFORNIA'S
VENTILATORS ARE EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE IN NEW YORK AND NEW
JERSEY.
THEY HAPPEN PACKED UP BEFORE
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAID HE
WOULD SEND THEM TO HARD HIT
STATES.
THE GOVERNOR DEFENDED THE
DECISION TODAY.
>> WE FELT WE WERE WELL
POSITIONED TO MAKE THE
CONTRIBUTION AND LEND THE
VENTILATORS TO THE STATES MOST
IN NEED.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THE NUMBER OF
VENTILATORS THAT WE HAVE IN
POSSESSION ARE ADEQUATE TO THE
TERM.
>> MORE THAN 11,000 VENTILATORS
ARE IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW.
1600 CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS ARE
IN THE ICU.
TODAY, 731 PEOPLE DIED IN NEW
YORK, MAKING IT THE DEADLIEST
DAY SO FAR IN THE STATE.
>>> SOME SAD NEWS, JOHN PRINE
PASSED AWAY FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS.
HE WAS 73-YEARS-OLD.
HE BATTLED CANCER TWICE AND HAD
PART OF A LUNG REMOVED AND
STILL TOURED.
HE HAD SHOWS SCHEDULED IN MAY
AND A SUMMER TOUR PLAN.
SHE TWEETED WORDS CANNOT EVEN
COME CLOSE.
I AM CRUSHED BY THE LOSS OF MY
DEAR FRIEND JOHN.
WE WILL KEEP SINGING HIS SONG
AND HOLDING HIM NEAR.
THIS PANDEMIC HAS BEEN HARD FOR
EVERYONE.
TONIGHT SACRAMENTO CITY CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS PASSED FUNDING
TO HELP HOUSE THE HOMELESS.
PRIORITIZING THOSE AT HIGH RISK
OR WHO ARE ALREADY INFECTED
WITH THE VIRUS.
THE MONEY IS COMING FROM STATE
AND FEDERAL EMERGENCY FUNDS.
MOST WILL BE USED TO OPEN MOTEL
ROOMS, EXPAND SHELTER CAPACITY.
500 MEALS WITH 50 NEW HYGIENE
STATIONS WHICH INCLUDE TOILETS
AND SINKS.
FOR SOME THAT HELP CANNOT COME
SOON ENOUGH.
A CHURCH HAD TO SHUT DOWN THEIR
HOMELESS SHELTER PROGRAM
BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
ABC NEWS 10'S GIACOMO LUCA
SPOKE TO CHURCH LEADERS
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: LIKE NEARLY ALL
FAITH CENTERS THEY CANCELED ALL
IN PERSON GATHERINGS.
THE THREAT OF CORONAVIRUS IS
ALSO FORCING CLOSURES OF
CHARTABLE PROGRAMS, LIKE ONE
HELPING THOSE SLEEPING ON THE
STEPS OF CHURCH.
IT OFFERED BEDS TO 10 PEOPLE A
NIGHT.
THE CHURCH WARNED WEEKS AGO AND
DECIDED TUESDAY MORNING TO HALT
THE PROGRAM.
MANY ARE OVER THE AGE OF 65 AND
CONSIDERED A HIGH RISK FOR
SEVERE COMPLICATION IF THEY GET
SICK FROM THE VIRUS.
THE FATHER TOLD ABC 10 NEWS IN
A STATEMENT I HAD TO MAKE THE
HARD WRENCHING DECISION TO
CLOSE OUR BED FACILITY OUT OF
AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
THIS WAS NECESSITATED BY THE
DANGER OF HEALTH TO GUESTS AND
VOLUNTEERS.
THOUGH STAFF WORKED ALL DIE
FIND SHORT TERM HOUSING AND
WERE ABLE TO