we are not waiting for the crisis to hit and then react to it. >> governor newsom promising urgency to take down the coronavirus, but in a race to get tested, doctors are ke up.sting a grim spike in tlo good morning, everyone. it's saturday, march 28th. thank you for joining us. we have coverage of the bay area's second weekend of sheltering in place. first we want to look at the forecast. here is meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> hey, liz. showers today and tomorrow as a level one storm system. we look right now into oakland, you can see a heavier sell here, that yellow by foothill boulevard. also macarthur boulevard pretty wet, sunset drive, widening the view, light showers and sprinkles down toward hayward and union city. fremont could be getting wet. to the peninsula, we could have rain around highway 1, woodside.

san francisco looking at a few sprinkles. further to the south, yes, the atmosphere is motivaistening up. a quarter inch to over half inch in some areas. breeze ate times. right now, we are in the 40s to low 50s and we'll be looking at a rainy weekend and some big changes for the week ahead. liz? >> thanks, lisa. now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. the united states has more than 100,000 cases of the coronavirus, more than any country in the world. more than 1,700 people have died. an ominous warning from doctors about what's to come. >> to use a gulf south analogy, our concern is that at this point, we are perhaps just at the outer bands of a category 5 hurricane, and this may get worse before it gets better. >> president trump has signed the largest relief bill in modern history, more than $2

trillion. here in the bay area, as of this morning, the number of coronavirus cases tops more than 1,600. marin county reported its first death yesterday, a man in his 70s who got sick after taking a cruise on the grand princess. we're also tracking the number of cases for our viewers in mendocino and lake counties. mendocino has two confirmed cases, lake county still reports none. its second case of covid-19, a campus employee recovering at home. on the map you saw santa clara county is the epicenter of the bay area outbreak and leaders are warning there will be a surge to come. amanda castilio is showing you how the county is getting ready. >> reporter: preparing for more covid cases. >> surge capacity is clearly what we're working on vigorously right now.

>> reporter: surge capacity, the county's readiness to handle more patients this week alone, a bombshell projection by the city manager based auropean model he suggested 2,000 people across the county could die by mid june. county leaders dispute those numbers. >> statistics could be misleading because they're based on presumptions and they don't predict the future. they don't tell us what's going to happen to you as an individual. what's going to happen to you as an individual depends on what you do, what's in your control. >> reporter: dr. smith announced the county is contracting with stanford to study what factors contract infection here and what we can expect. >> we're talking to skilled nursing facilities, any place that we can set up that can deal with the needs along the entire spectrum of need. >> reporter: santa clara county convention center will be transformed into a temporary federal medical station, able to hold up to 250 covid-19

patients. those zargeed from the hospital but still in need of a place to heal. also smith says 500 ventilators are on the way and the county is hiring more nurses with already 120 offers already out. preparation is needed on all levels. in partnership with the silicon valley community foundation, several relief funds are in place meant to help small business, nonprofits and anyone at risk of becoming homeless or doesn't have access to money, food or other necessities. the home fund has already received 44 applications in its first three days. sacred heart community service, lead agency managing the fund, says it has had to cut off applications. >> let me say need is so great that the fund needs more money. you bet. >> reporter: while the county is doing its part, they say the best thing you can do is stay at home. amanda castilio, abc 7 news. >> we're just days away from april 1st when rent will be due.

a moratorium on evictions by governor newsom. does this help enough? luz pena explains. >> reporter: sheltering of place in the middle of a global pandemic, but inside many of these homes, another worry. for many, rent is due on wednesday. does it keep you up at night? >> i try not to but it does. when i wake up in the middle of the night that's the first thing on my mind, how am i going to pay the rent. >> reporter: governor newsom declare aid statewide moratorium on evictions. the order will last through may 31st. >> we just establish aid new overlay for the state of california. >> reporter: statewide moratorium provides that tenants provide a letter to landlords explaining their situation. they still have to repay their rent in a timely manor, a key aspect of this moratorium that

doesn't sit well with senator scott weiner. >> it doesn't go far enough. people can still be evicted for not paying rent. they won't be evicted right now during the state of emergency but could be evicted after the state of emergency ends. >> a quick fix and way to delay evictions and not necessarily stop them. >> but while the crisis is going on, we need to cancel rents and make it so that tenants don't have to pay it back at the end and neither do homeowners or small landlords. >> reporter: for now, conversations are still happening in the senate level, to potentially expand this eviction moratorium. >> we would like the governor to issue a broad moratorium on evictions in california. >> what qualifies as documentation for your landlord? a letter from xwrour employer, payroll stub, bank statements, or even a termination notice. luz pena, abc 7 news. new overnight, president

trump is issuing an executive order to bring former u.s. troops and national guard and reserve members back to active duty to help with the pandemic. pentagon officials say because of the changing situation, it's unclear how many troops will be activated or if it will be on a voluntary basis. anyone re-called may remain on active duty for up to two consecutive years after president trump's signature on $2 trillion in aid for the economy, the largest relief package in modern u.s. history. abc news reporter tells us what this means for your wallet. >> reporter: tonight historic help on the way. >> the motion is adopted. >> reporter: a $2 trillion stimulus, largest emergency aid package in american history. >> urge enterally needed relief for our nation's families, workers, businesses. >> reporter: rushed to the president after clearing the house in a voice vote that took hours of debate. >> headed back to washington this morning for a voice vote. >> reporter: members defying

health advice and flying back to the capital after a last-ditch effort by gop representative thomas massey to force a roll call vote. >> i request a recorded vote. >> reporter: blasted by both parties, the president calling massey a third-rate grandstander. congress spacing themselves out on the floor in chamber to assure a quorum and overrule him. >> we will fight it together until we win together. >> right now we're going to pass this legislation. >> reporter: it will bring much-needed aid to workers and business owners now without sources of income, payments made to millions, potentially going out in early april, for those earning $75,000 or less, $1200, plus $500 per child. unemployment checks going up $600 per week for months, extended for up to four months and student loans suspended for six months.

the president directing general motors to begin building ventilators, gm saying those ventilators would be ready to ship as early as next month. president trump firing back at governors critical of his response to the outbreak, including jay inslee and gretchen witmer. >> if they don't treat you right, i don't call. >> reporter: abc news, washington. >> how much money will you get out of the stimulus check? we set up a handy calculator on our website, answer the three easy questions on tax filing status and your most recent income. it's pretty simple. that's on abc dps 7news.com. >> happening today a group of parents in the north bay are doing a donation drive for medical safety equipment for health care workers. the wife of a ucsf pulmonologist, she says she wanted to help her husband and

his team during the pandemic. unused masks, gloves, face shields. >> i've gotten individual requests from my friends, i want to donate masks to your husband. how do i do that? we thought we should just centralize it, put something out to the community and had an have everybody drop them off. >> the drive is open 10:00 until 3:00 today in green brae, one of several happening across the bay area. we have a list of ways to help on our website, abc7news.com. new data from the abc 7 news i-team shows that california is lagging behind other states in testing for covid-19. with more and more testing, governor newsom says tens of thousands in the state are still waiting for their results. from marin county's covid-19 test site. sxwlr for two weeks, marin county has been quietly testing people at this drive-through facility.

but not just anyone can come. >> this is a physician-referral only site. show up without an appointment, unfortunately, they will be turned away. >> reporter: by guards at the entrance. hendricks tells me 700 people have received tests at this site as seen from sky 7 today. at the onset of the krfb crisis, tests were in short supply. but counties have run into another problem. >> now we're facing a complication where labs are not able to keep up with the demand. so we're only able to submit, for instance, at our state lab up to 50 tests a day when quite honestly we're testing more than that number every single day. >> reporter: marin and other counties around the country are ramping up their testing but california is far behind other states in terms of testing. an analysis of the number of krfb tests performed in every state compared to population. two hot spots states are doing the best job. new york with more than 6,000

tests per million people, washington state with 4,500. all the way down at the 46th spot, california with just 515 coronavirus per 1 million people. >> we are making progress on every front. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom addressed the slow progress of testing as he welcomed the hospital ship mercy to the port of l.a., saying the state is still struggling to acquire tests. >> in some cases these test results are coming back six, seven, eight days later. we've got to increase our throughput. >> reporter: in fact, the california department of public health says more than 57,000 additional tests have been done, but the results are pending. once those come in, we'll move up the list. for the i-team, dan noyse, abc 7 news. the food and drug administration just approved a coronavirus test that provides results in less than 15 minutes. it expects to deliver 50,000 tests per day starting next week. last week the fda approved another rapid test with results

in 45 minutes. most tests right now can take several days. let's get a check of the weather now with lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> hey, liz. showers in the east bay. sun coming up at 7:00. w're a little warmer this morning, in the 40s and 50s. we'll have wet weather, not only today but for your sunday as well. but not all day. i'll have your accuweather seven-day forecast next. >> thank you, lisa. making sure the second weekend we stay inside after we saw crowded parks and beaches kill the social distance, we share the big changes to make it stop. plus during these strange times why some north bay neighbors are howling to let off a little s for over 80 years, nissan has been with you through thick and thin. and now is no different. we're offering payment options for current owners and our service departments are here to help.

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neighbors. it's now expanded all over the county. abc news went to find out. >> reporter: no, that's not a convention of coyotes you hear. it's the residents of mill valley, checking in with each other, thanks to a community howl. it's become a thing every night at 8:00, during the stay-at-home order. a chance for neighbors to step outside and connect. jennifer nesbit and her kids never miss it. >> it's kind of a way to release stress and to know that you're going to hear some of your neighbors, recognize some voices. >> reporter: but it's more than just blowing off steam. it's a chance to thank medical workers on the front lines of the pandemic. >> it's really fun to just howl and thank all the hospital people. >> reporter: the idea started in italy, quarantined citizens singing and making noise, thanking doctors and nurses and greeting each other. back home there's a new take.

howls are echoing through the hills and canyons, even retirement communities are letting loose. the mill valley howl has its own facebook page, started by scott shoemaker, complete with a few confused dogs but mostly a community rallying together. >> going outside and hearing the whole valley howling is probably the most special part of the experience. it gives you a sense of like everyone is in this together. >> reporter: the idea has even caught on to other communities like n ovato where they were making noise friday night. during these uncertain times when you think about it, a good howl just makes sense. in mill valley, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> i heard it in my neighborhood, too. a family member who lives in chicago is saying they're going to try to get it to take off in their neighborhood. maybe this will spread even

beyond marin county. because of the overcrowded we saw public parks and beaches, local officials are begin iningo announce closures for the second weekend of shelter in place. 20 of its most popular parks closed in the east bay, including castle rock recreation area. many other state parks have been shut down like mt. diablo state park and walnut creek on top of closures in marin county and san francisco beaches. today begins the first weekend bart will temporarily reduce hours because of a drastic drop in ridership since the covid-19 outbreak. weekend hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. riders must be in the system by 8:45 to have a guaranteed ride. the agency considered eliminating sunday service but the board decided against it. monday, muni metro and light rail will no longer run.

caltrain running fewer trains, daily schedule down to 42 trains. usually there are 92 per day. daily ticket sales are down 95%. weekend caltrain service remains same. entertaining children can be tough right now, especially with schools being out until at least early may. one oakland community is coming together to make a stroll through the neighborhood fun for the entire family. east bay journalist melissa pixcar has the story. >> reporter: a neighborhood in oakland is coming together by trying to make the shelter in place order more bearable for children. folks are placing teddy bears and stuffed animals in their windows for children to have a scavenger-hunt like game but neighbors are calling it a bear hunt. the idea was inspired by a children's hunt "we're going on a bear hunt" by michael rosen. >> we walked around the neighborhood and saw 15, 20, 25

be bears. it's pretty cool. >> some children have placed their most prized animals for other chi of bear did you put in your window? >> princess bear, baby bear and a grown-up bear. >> reporter: 4-year-old benjamin enjoyed the fresh air with his family while on the hunt for br >> reporter: the bear hunt comes as a welcomed distraction for children and adults. >> i only had one bear so i put a llama in the other window and it gives me pleasure to see the kids outside. >> warms my heart that everyone is rallying together for these kids and even me. i want to walk around and see the bears, too. >> reporter: in oakland, melissa pixcar, abc 7 news. let's check in on lisa argen, tracking the forecast. we're tracking rain showers? >> that's right. it looks like not only today but tomorrow as well. pretty good downpours at times, certainly with this system tomorrow. plan on a wet walk if you're

headed outside, or time it out, perhaps, to go later on this afternoon. sunday afternoon looking like we'll see some sun as well. you see behind me, live doppler 7 looking pretty active. a lot of green around. this say level one system, which means light rain activity and as we go in closer, giving you a radar tour, lightest rain is here, highway one, san rafael into southern marin with very light returns, light showers from the bay view, daly city and better rain from macarthur boulevard. alameda looking at a wet start to your saturday. 280 and redwood city looking at showers through woodside. and still some wet weather for you in hayward, fremont, 880 down through san jose. mt. hamilton, little bit of rain and snow mix out there. this system will bring a couple

of inches in the mountains. 52 in san francisco, 49 in mountainview. vallejo, good morning to you. clouds outside here. spring showers today, looking at on and off rain over the weekend, then sunny and warmer into next week. temperatures will climb and as april arrives on wednesday, it will feel like it when we get that sun, certainly will feel strong out there. we do need it. we also need the rain. maven has not been totally disappointing. we're still about 40 to 45% of avenlg throughout many cities in san francisco. by noontime in the bay area, we've got scattered showers that will still be with us this afternoon. as the sun sets we'll dial back. overnight hours, picking up again heavy downpours by 7:00 tomorrow morning. this takes us through the midday hour. by the afternoon we're getting into sunshine and that system is behind us.

adding up the totals from saturday into sunday, looking anywhere from a quarter inch to third inch in oakland, half inch in san francisco. sometimes we get these heavier downpours that rain will add up. scattered showers, light rain with us throughout the day today, upper 50s out there. taking any rain we can get. boy, we are way behind. you look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, only two days featuring rain showers. today scattered showers, rain in the morning tomorrow. numbers get milder as we get into your sunday afternoon with some sun. even warmer monday with bright sunshine. spring definitely in the air with temperatures in the mid 70s inland. lower 70s around the bay and some 60s at the beach. so not a total washout over the weekend, liz. still certainly some opportunity to get wet out there. >> keep it easier for us to then stay inside. >> good point. >> thanks, lisa. the price gouging problem.

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mayors, park rangers and neighbors all begging that we stay at home to stop the spread. good morning, everyone. i's saturday, march 28th. i'm liz kreutz. we'll continue with the very latest developments on coronavirus in a moment. if you're just joining us, let's get another quick look at the weather. here is lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> hey, liz. wet start to your weekend, last weekend of maven, level one system today and tomorrow. we go on a radar tour, we have scattered, light rain showers from the north bay, heavier into the east bay, sunset drive, campus drive, 580. pulling out for a wider view, light rain in union city. and it is heavier from highway 1, halfmoon bay and on the peninsula, wet weamateo and san campbell as well. 48 in novato. 41, good morning to you in san mateo. next couple of hours, showers are with us through 2:00, upper

50s and they'll stay in the bay area as we get to about dinner time. when the sun sets, things get quieter. it will pick up, the rain that is, overnight. we'll see more downpours for your sunday morning. liz? >> thank you, lisa. the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, number of cases here in the bay area is now at more than 1,600 with 36 deaths. governor gavin newsom signed an order to stop evictions through may. any personal protective equipment items to donate, you can do so today in green bay at the bonair center parking lot. in greenbrae. okay. it's a welcome sight also here in the port of los angeles for doctors who feel there's a tidal wave of new patients on the way. two hospital ships from the u.s. navy are now positioned and in place. mercy arrived yesterday providing 1,000 hospital beds for patients who aren't covid-19 positive but free up hospital room for those who are. governor newsom had asked president trump to send the mercy to l.a. >> this is truly mercy on the

water. this truly is mercy at the beds. this truly is mercy and the expression of who we are as americans and as people at this moment. >> l.a.'s mayor says the city is five days away from being on par with new york city's outbreak rate. the city has at least 450 deaths right now, new york does. the rest of us in california are expecting a similar climb. >> this morning an l.a. homeowner wants to know why this amazon delivery driver spit on a delivery then smeared the saliva all around the cardboard box. yes that happened. take a look. it happened thursday. ring door bell camera caught the delivery driver in the act. amazon has since let that driver go. the homeowner has been given a $50 credit but the person is demanding that the driver being tested for covid-19. >> countless ways that this pandemic has flipped our lives upside down, a special limited series to look at some of the

many ways how. this morning, one high school senior describes what it's like to have a monumental life memory now ripped away. >> because of this free time, i've actually been doing some studying for my ap exams that are supposed to be in may. i don't know if they're still happening. my name is kendall jensen. i live in brentwood, california, and i'm a senior at heritage high school. so, actually, right now i'm supposed to be touring a bunch of colleges, but they -- all those tours got canceled because the campuses shut them down. people like my age, we're just, you know -- we're just scared because it's almost like our whole lives we've been like, okay, high school, college, here you go. and it's like everything is kind of like frozen. it's like, we might not even

finish our last quarter of high school. so, i think we're all just like really scared about our futures and what's going to happen. our prom is probably canceled. so, it's tough because you're like, what do you do now? you spent $400 on a dress that you probably can't even really wear. so what's going to happen? a lot of my friends are, obviously, very outraged and upset, but it's like a push and pull because you want to make sure that you're keeping everyone else safe, but also you've worked so hard for four years and, you know, so many long nights and so much hard work to just kind of like lose everything. it's just everything that we've been looking forward to has been ripped from our fingers and there's nothing we can do about it. so i think it's hard, and a lot of people have just mixed

emotions, but yeah, it's tough. >> we feel for her, and so many students and all students in her position. covid-19 diaries is an abc 7 originals limited series telling personal stories as the bay area works together to cope with coronavirus. check them out at abc7news.com. during these extreme times, we wanted to share little pieces of joy across the bay area, and there are a lot of them. how families and total strangers are spreading happiness during the new temporary normal. >> in campbell, martin santos turned 10 years old this week, his birthday a little different than expected. >> the initial plan was to have a bouncy house in the backyard. >> reporter: that plan changed when they came up with an idea, to hold up a sign outside their home asking for drivers to honk. >> i thought they wouldn't really honk, but lots of people did. >> reporter: including this

street sweeper who not only circled around the block, but coming back with this baskin robbins gift card. >> it was absolutely wonderful. >> reporter: meantime in san bruno, another birthday, this time for 6-year-old jonah polito, whose bowling party had been canceled. >> he has been super sad and i told all our friends and family how he has been feeling about his birthday, so they came and surprised him. ♪ happy birthday dear jonah >> reporter: singing happy birthday from their cars in a reverse serenade. >> we can't be any more thankful for what they did and chose to do for him on his birthday. >> jonah smiled, saying it all. >> happy. >> reporter: a tale of kindness, mom jeanette, husband, reed, and their four daughters, who made a community garden and blessing box full of nonperishables. anybody is welcome to take some or give some. >> we wanted to change all the

focus from all the negative to something positive. >> reporter: a lesson for young michaela, selva, charlotte and billie, that they are truly stronger together. >> try the best to help the situation. >> reporter: that inspired us to help martin santos and his family, who wanted to find that street sweeper. gina bella, one of the owners of contract sweeping services in milpitas, identified the driver as joseph moreno. >> pure joy and it brought tears to my eyes. he really is a dedicated, loyal individual and we are more happy than ever to have him part of our team. >> reporter: it might not have been a bowling alley, but a memorable birthday nonetheless. >> i want to say thank you a lot. it means a lot to me. >> reporter: joseph will be recognized by his company for his little act of kindness and receiving his own gift card very soon. dion lim, abc 7 news.

still ahead on abc 7 mornings, turning to takeout. with restaurants and bars hurting, the way some bay area businesses are reinventing themselves to get you to order out this weekend. >> plus the pandemic's effect on pollution. more on the shift in greenhouse emissions, and the worldwide activity you can take part in tonight, known as earth hour. >> here is a live look from our golden gate bridge camera. a number of cars on the bridge this morning, going somewhere. we're tracking those showers that lisa has been talking about all morning. we'll check in with her when we get back like getting the best evewifi experiencein. with wall-to-wall coverage-there's a win. plus, added protection for your connected devices. that's a win-win. put it together with xfinity mobile-

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to come up. all right. let's continue with all the coronavirus news. you can skip the dishes this weekend if you want, because bay area restaurants are desperately hoping you'll give them a call. some changed their takeout menus right away, but now others are jumping on board. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield shows us what one relatively new establishment is doing to stay afloat. >> reporter: downtown walnut creek looks so quiet from droveview7. the restaurants usually bring such a fun energy to the area. now some restaurants are trying to reinvent themselves during this pandemic and turn into take-out establishments but it is not as easy as you may think. >> it's a complete pivot of your business model even to-go products, boxes and ramekins and these things. for a while we only had one phone line. people couldn't get through. it's all these things and the staff's job is suddenly completely different. it's hard. kind of like we do -- we just did it. >> reporter: canyon club brewery

in moraga is trying it. and owner kevin hamilton says it is tough. he is worried we will lose some restaurants to this shutdown. >> a lot of places -- and i understand this, their staff, they said we can't do this. we've got to stop. we're not really making any money on it, truthfully. i can pay eight people a night. i can give amounts to our vendors and keep them in business. they're feeling this 200x. >> reporter: so hamilton and others, who are trying this new model, say they need yore support more than ever right now. as you head into the weekend they're asking that you consider your favorite local spot. >> buy a gift card that you can use in the future. buy a t-shirt, a hat, to-go food. any little bit helps. >> reporter: this restaurant just opened in august. it cost $1.5 million to build this place. in a sign of optimism, they're building an outdoor bar with all

this time that they have. they're thinking when people are allowed outside their homes, this place is going to be crowded. in moraga, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> good to see them being productive. no doubt it will be crowded. today, you can join the largest collective movement to support the environment, by going lights out. it's called earth hour from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m., turn off all the lights in your home to decrease energy waste. another way to take part, attend a global action forum is another way to take part but all the forums are being held online this year. this is pretty cool. take a look at the satellite images from the european space agency, showing sharp reductions in pollution across france and italy. left is an image from march of last year. on the right is an image of this mon month. one expert said the sudden shift represents the largest scaled experiment ever in terms of the reduction of industrial emissions. climate scientists say our greenhouse emissions are certain to shrink this year.

so, lisa, even though it's been such a way to think about it is we're giving the earth a chance to breathe, giving it one thing to smile ab sure. rain helping with our deficit over the weekend. light shower activity toward san francisco, our roof camera. 52 degrees here. we'll see showers throughout the day, maybe heavier rain to start your sunday and then things really change. my accuweather seven-day forecast is next. >> thanks, lisa. bay area athletes are missing being able to suit up almost as much as we miss seeing them. next, wee check in with them, my money should work as hard as i do. so i use my freedom unlimited card to buy all the latest tech stuff. today, i'm earning on a charger. so, just the charger then? ummm... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yeah! (sarcastically) fantastic.

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version of whitney houston's "saving all my love for you" filled the nearly deserted french quarter in new orleans, and a biker shared this video of those empty streets. the usually bustling distrie ieg hasn't seen visitors as the city tries to stop the spread of the coronavirus. in sports, social media has become an even bigger medium in this pandemic. >> good morning. casey pratt here, working from home. as we all learn to face the challenges of self isolation together, professional athletes are also trying to figure out how to manage their downtime as well. >> i always felt look i had ants in my pants, i just always wanted to be up and moving. >> i miss sports. >> we're just in shock. we weren't expecting it at all. >> no matter of the season, we watch sports somehow and everything is suspended so it's weird. it's a weird, weird time. really weird time. >> keep trying to inspire kids to get out there and stay active. right now the latest skill chalenge video has over 100 clips. >> i didn't realize how busy i

am until now when i sit back and not have to do anything. >> i started watching a lot of tv shows, start swimming. the whole michael phelps thing could possibly take a turn. we'll see. >> i'm a pretty decent chef now. >> had to get my record up. i started playing that. i had to buy it from x-box. >> work on my spanish. a lot of or team speak spanish. >> might be the best call of duty. recently i've been pretty good just because that's all i've been doing. >> be very aware of your surroundings. take care of the ones that you can. >> we don't know who we could spread it to. wash your hands at least 20 seconds, all those little things could make a difference. >> we have several more video conferences booked next week. social distancing means perfecting your work-from-home office game. 49% john lynch shared his setup

via social media. 49ers.com/igyb, i got your back, their team motto. >> so make the best of the situation. we appreciate your support, always faithful. go niners. stay at home. stay safe. and i've got your back. >> our home office also doubles as a home school which means it's much too messy to show off. hope you have a great rest of the day. >> we'll get a check now of the weather with lisa. lisa, big happy family all back together in your house, right? >> yeah. some, for the most part. coming and going, although that's not really a great idea. people are just trying to deal the best they can. and with that means a walk outside. well, it's going to be a little wet, certainly right now and into your sunday morning. we do have scattered showers, level one on our storm impact scale. you can see how wet it is out there. kind of foggy. this is the view from our camera. and we are looking at not only the rain but a bit of a breeze out there as well. with today and tomorrow looking

at the rain shower activity. i think we'll get heavier downpours into your sunday morning, sunday afternoon actually looks sun ny, a quarte of an inch to six-tenths and looking at a pretty nice week weat aut 40 to 48% of average around the bay area. but after this weekend, it looks like at least the next seven days trending dry, sunny and warmer. take a look at live doppler 7. the north bay starting out here. it has been light. it's been steady in spots but heavier along the coast. you can see offshore here of the peninsula. looking at scattered showers in san francisco to daly city, heavier into the east bay. san leandro now, fremont drive, castro valley. few scattered showers out toward martinez, concord, walnut creek, and a heavier downpour here, highway 1, just west of la honda. south bay, rain/snow mix for mt.

hamilton. the system is a chilly one. we're looking at showers from milpitas down to san martin. golden gate bridge, it's wet out there. nobody is there. not much in the way of wind either. 54 in oakland. good morning, gilroy. 42 for you. 50 in half moon bay. looking out toward the water here, the bay temperatures are in the low 40s in the north bay. 47 by the delta. it is 43 in livermore and mt. tam certainly wet out there and gray. forecast highlights, spring showers today, on and off rain over the weekend and a sunny and warmer pattern arrived next week. we'll see two to three inches of snow in the highest elevations, but as we get going for saturday, notice we've got showers. noontime, they're dotting the landscape. into the afternoon, still a chance of rain. the sun sets, things get quieter. overnight the rain picks up. 24 hours from now, some more downpours into your sunday

morning from the north bay into the coast. ro bbout dd. en we're left with partly cloudy skies for the rest of your sunday. let's add up today and around the bay. maybe a third to half inch of rain for most of you. highs today, 58 in concord. palo alto with scattered showers, mostly cloudy skies, often and off rain. slightly warmer tomorrow. we'll break out into afternoon sun. looking at warmer and sunnier, spring-like conditions with 60s to mid 70s for the rest of the week. that is certainly a 180. >> it has been pretty chilly this week so i look forward to the warm-up. >> me, too. >> thanks, lisa. as the bay area closes up for its second weekend at home, helping find us little joys among all the striking changes. here is something we like to call a day in the life.

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turning the corner with the weather for sure. eedoi've been once around the neighborhood walk, and yesterday it was so cold. it will feel nice once we have that warmth. >> today maybe the umbrella or dodging showers. >> so maybe no afternoon walk. it's good for us to stay inside. that's what we need to do. i'm liz kreutz along with lisa argen. "good morning america" is next. we'll see you again at 9:00 a.m. have a great morning.

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