now your health, your safety. this is abc 7 news. now at 5:00, relief could be coming for workers in the bay area. the emergencies to secure paid sick leave. mike is tracking our chance of showers today where we could see a little bit of rain and the better weather that is coming this weekend. happy to hear that. good morning, everyone. wednesday, april 8th. good morning, friend. >> hi, kumasi. the gang is all here including mike nicco with a look at your day ahead. >> thanks for joining us this morning. start with live doppler 7 and show you the rotation of some showers across the south bay right now. they're very, very light. and you can see they kind of stretch just south of 237 from east to west across the south bay. and that may be the only game in town for a few hours. unless you want to take a look up north and you can see around santa rosa some fog is forming

as we expected. here's a look at a cloudy sky where it is 51 degrees. pretty mild this morning. mid 40s to 50s and sun and clouds with mid to upper 50s at the coast. near 60 at noon for our bay and inland neighborhoods and then mid and even a few upper 60s possible at 4:00 and a very comfortable evening mid-50s to about 60. reggie? >> mike, thank you. you know, the last thing you want right now is to have essential workers showing up to work because they feel like they can't miss their pay even if they get sick. well, now some major bay area cities are providing some relief. abc 7 news reporter julian glover is live for us in san jose. julian? >> hey, good morning, reggie. yeah, this is really another tool in the tool box to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. the idea is to give essential workers like you mentioned enough sick leave. an additional two weeks off so if they do come in contact with

the coronavirus or they have it themselves, they don't have to worry about missing a paycheck. they can stay home and they also don't have to worry about spreading the virus to any of their co-workers. this was passed in two bay area cities. san francisco and san jose yesterday. rolling out these protections to any company with 500 or more employees. this does include gig workers and goes beyond federal policy. what does it cover? anyone testing positive for covid-19. anyone with symptoms of the virus. someone taking care of a sick family member and this also includes anyone required to take care of a child while the schools remain closed during this pandemic which we learned yesterday will be through the remainder of the school year for our bay area counties. >> what we have here is an extra two weeks for health or for child care and that's where it is going to be interesting because schools are going to be closed until the end of the school year. so, that's a whole period.

the question is, doe thell? >> think ofro t gcery the janit s. hopefully this is layering them the two additional weeks of sick leave. again, this does include gig workers like uber and lyft drivers and oakland could be the third city currently considering such emergency resolutions for sick leave. reporting live here in san jose this morning, julian glover, abc 7 news. >> julian, thank you. big news from governor newsom. he has been announced to secure a deal that provides the state with enough n95 masks. he made this announcement on msnbc last night. he will by 200 million masks on a monthly basis and enough masks to send to other western states. at 11:00 this morning mayor london breed will provide an update on the city's covid-19 response and more than 4,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus in bay area and

santa cruz county. 111 people have died. santa clara county remains the hot spot with nearly 1,300 cases. now on nbc 7 news live desk update. states across the u.s. worked to fight nearly 400,000 cases of coronavirus. california is flying a surplus of 500 ventilators to states in need. as these cases continue to rise, it's putting an increased pressure on personal protective equipment and ventilators. 13 overseas flights that landed on monday seek to alleviate the short shortages but send like east coast like new york and new jersey. >> those states where it's large populations because of the enormous work they're doing to prevent expansion and spread of the virus, it's allowing resources to go to these states and these communities and these counties that need more support. >> governor gavin newsom says

hospitals here have increased their collection from, 7,500 and oregon is also sending supplies to the east coast to help those states. reggie, i'll send it back to you. only on 7, we're getting exclusive access inside a san jose hospital that is bracing for projected surge. good samaritan hospital has dedicated several floors iust for covid-19 patients. each room is equipped with a hepa filter and outside each room is a full stock of ppe. even the location of the rooms is intentional. >> specifically chose this floor and some of the higher floors in the hospital, a, helps isolate them better but gives them a nicer view of everything that is happening and that light and ability gives them a better opportunity to heal. >> good samaritan has been preparing for the possibility of a surge in cases since tspit ha coronavirus patient at the end of january. students in six bay area

counties will officially not be heading back to school this academic year. those counties are alameda, contra costa, marin, santa clara and san mateo. it was widely expected. san francisco public schools says on monday students will begin teacher led dist deaant learning. this morning, an increased worry about house pets catching coronavirus because a tiger at the bronx zoo in new york city tested positive. kate larsen spoke with the president of the california spca and here's what all pet owners should know. >> reporter: more than 60% of american households have a pet, which is dat point en it comes t his huge sample se of pets livin transmission between pets and people. >> reporter: dr. jennifer

scarlet is veterinarian and president of spca. she says the spca has not seen any cats or dogs come in exhibiting signs of coronavirus. she also cautions against putting too much stock in recent studies abroad. >> what we know is two dogs from hong kong and one cat from belgium. they have swabbed the nose and see the virus particles infected the nose. but those animals did not come down with the disease and they haven't been shown to transmit the disease. >> reporter: but those animal's owners were previously showing signs of coronavirus. exercise caution. if someone is sick in your household. >> you want to separate them and limit their interactions with pets, just as you would limit interaction with other family members in the household. if you walking your dog, probably not a good time to have it say hello to someone else. >> we have treats in our pocket. >> reporter: owner of jeffries natural pet foods. new distancing rules for people and pets at her stores. >> we're still allowing the dogs

to come in the store. do we pet them? no. >> reporter: vets agree. more research is needed on animal contraction and dr. scarlet is sure of one thing. >> no reason for anyone to give up their beloved pet. >> reporter: kate larsen, abc 7 news. the jewish holiday of passover begins tonight at sundown but the coronavirus outbreak means families will be celebrating differently this year. the celebration traditionally includes a ceremonial meal but because of social distancing, some families are changing up the tradition and the get together will either be through zoom or google hangouts. all right, take a look at this. time lapsed video shows the super pink moon lighting up the bay area. this is actually the biggest super moon of the year. i love to see it by the bridge. how beautiful. so, it reached peak illumination last night at 7:35. the next super moon is in about

a month on may 7th. so, mike you were saying, it would be brighter tonight so we can still see it tonight? >> yes, even brighter tonight. it's out there right now, kumasi, if you can get outside and there's no clouds. it sets about 6:51 and be back about an hour later tonight. it will rise at 8:43. yes, 99.7 illuminatioilluminati. about a percent and a half greater than what we're seeing right now. now, let's take a look at what's going on if you're in the east bay and the valleys. in and out of the clouds and temperatures running from about 48 in lafayette to 53 in antioch. and also in brentwood. let's look at some other neighborhoods. clouds not as prevalent in the north bay and that's why the fog is forming around santa rosa. pacifica and hayward and the warmest oakland 54. let's talk about what is fgoing

on with your activity planner. get outside. even nicer than yesterday. remember your social distancing and also if you have allergies take precautions there. let's take a look at some neighborhoods and we'll start in the north bay. 44 at 7:00. fog will fade around 9:30, 10:00 and that will leave us with a mixture of sun and clouds as we surge into the upper 60s. as far as the east bay, we'll be in the 50s through 11:00 and then mid-60s for a couple hours this afternoon. and one final stop will be in san francisco where we'll have a mixture of sun and clouds and average high about 62 degrees and hang out right around 60. some neighborhoods closer to the bay that will hit the low 60s this afternoon. we'll take a look at the warm weekend coming up next. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. so, the big transit news that i have to get to today are the changes we're talking about with b.a.r.t. b.a.r.t. trains arriving every 30 minutes that issist is isysk

days. this is all due to the impact of low ridership because of coronavirus. if we take a live look outside right now, we'll see 87 in san jose. i'm looking at the chp log as we speak and there's not a single thing on the board. so, good news for our essential workers that need to get out the door this morning. it all is looking good from here. send it back to you guys. >> thanks, jobina. the seven things you need to know this morning. also -- >> i'm tracking when california's peak might be coming. a new projection says it's happening next week. we break it down. inspiring stories of surviva. surviva. you're going to hear from people mrs. walker. surviva. you're going to hear from people michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about you, your company. well, i wouldn't have done any of it without you. without this place. this is for you.

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enough to meet demand. students in six bay area counties won't head back to number three. relief could be coming to workers at big companies in san francisco front and san jose. secure paid sick leave and this applies to companies that have more than 500 employees. supporters are calling on the state to follow suit. number four. we're learning u.s. intelligence officials were warned about the coronavirus back in november. according to four sources, officials were told about a contagion sweeping through wuhan. >> number five. passover begins tonight at sun down but the coronavirus outbreak means that families will be celebrating a bit differently this year. some families are changing up the tradition of getting together and seeing each other. instead doing it over zoom or google hangouts. sun set about 7:39 this evening also. here's a look at some temperatures today and down

south, san jose and to lesser extent redwood city the clouds will keep you average while the rest of us a little warmer than average this afternoon. >> number seven. big changes to b.a.r.t. system wide starting today. trains will be arriving every 30 minutes. >> thank you, jobina. in the south bay an assistant couach is accused of sending pictures. they released this booking photo of the coach in san jose. police say the 34-year-old used instagram and snapchat to private message a 14 and 15-year-old girl and talk about his sexual experience. the victims contacted the school after they say the suspect sent them sexually explicit photos. day 23 of our shelter in place and i know a lot of you are wondering how are we doing here? are we flattening the curve? have we even hit the peak yet? here's a look at the total

number of cases in the bay area. this graph includes data for 14 counties in the bay area and beyond. liz takes a look at the closer projections. >> rept, - that we a on that flat curve that we've been talking about for a month or so. that's us. >> reporter: that good news comes from dr. bob watker the department of medicine. he's been chronicling the daily fight on twitter. updated projections from washington researchers about california's peak when the largest amount of patients will come through our state's hospitals. initially they projected california's peak at the end of april and now likely will be next week on april 14th. >> when you look at the peak, not only when it happens but how high it is. and just as importantly as a shift in the date is the number

of patients that they're expecting. it was about half of what they had projected a few weeks ago. >> largely in part to all of us and our early shelter in place efforts. so, what will it research outlined four key indicators to move on to phase two. one, a sustained reduction of cases for 14 days and, two, hospitals have capacity to treat patients safely and, three, that authorities are able to test everyone with symptoms and, four, they have the ability to monitor confirmed cases and trace those that are infected. but even phase two isn't a complete return to normalcy. >> we get to a new phase that is more nuanced. it's like, okay. some people can go back to work because they're immune. some people can go back to work because in that community or that state they've seen no cases. >> a lot of earlier projected peak than california. new york has a projected peak

that happened really large, really fast which has overwhelmed the health care system where in california our peak has been more gradual and slow which helped us not overburden our local hospitals. from home, liz, abc 7 news. all workers and customers at businesses that are still open have to have masks on starting fiday. this is an order from the mayor, eric garcetti. companies will have to provide the masks or reimburse employees who buy their own. if a customer does not cover their face, an essential business can refuse to serve them. everything from grocery stores to hotel and restaurants. we know a lot of you are already wearing masks and, of course, we want to see what you look like with your mask on. show us your face coverings by using the #mymask and we're seeing creativity with people designing and making their own masks. go to the website for tutorials on the proper way to make your

own mask. mine is still so basic, i mean, and iyos,mike. you had thema masks and she wem the elastic around your ears so she bought a local convenience store or drugstore out of their shoelaces. it worked really well. very happy with the turnout. hi, everybody. let's talk about what is going on with your forecast. we'll take a look down in the south bay where we have a sprinkle or two possible in san jose say the next half hour or so, but mainly cloudy and 51 er afternoon, a stray with. same thing tomorrow morning and then warmer and mainly sunny this weekend. take a look at your temperatures today. see those 70s they kind of stick out like places like the east

bay valley and north bay. most of us in the mid up toer r upper 60s. if you want to see the full moon and its brightest night when it rises about 8:43, you want to get out there before you go to bed and take a look at it. here's a look at future radar and the cloud cover and you can see just a few showers across the higher elevations of the south bay. overnight, you can see a rotation from west to east of some showers, again, trying to clip the south bay and that's just about it. rainfall amounts, if you get caught under a shower, a couple hundredths of an inch of rain at best. an accuweather forecast. wind shift and cloud cover in the afternoon tomorrow and shave a few degrees off our temperatures and then you can see friday we get back to today's levels and then we exceed those with all those extra sunshine and low to even some upper 70s as we head into next week. hope you enjoy it. >> now to abc 7 news live desk

update. despite the coronavirus outbreak, the state of wisconsin went ahead with their primary election yesterday. thousands of wisconsin voters were forced to break safety measures to cast their ballots yesterday while the state's democratic governor tried to postpone the election. republican lawmakers argued that elections are sels services. president trump deemed the democrats' request for a delay a political stunt. >> they had no problem with the election being today until i endorsed the republican candidate. >> trump also condemned mail-in ballots saying they're prone to fraud, even though he himself voted by mail in florida. a state supreme court race where a conservative incumbent was up. so, that really brought in a lot of bipartisan back and forth here. and wisconsin primary results are expected some time next week. reggie, i'll send it over to you. >> hopefully we didn't get a bunch of people sick.

okay. jobina, thank you. today's first look we're hearing from survivors of the coronavirus pandemic. here's kenneth moton. >> in this morning's "gma first look" recovery and release. a texas size send off from a woman back from the brink after heading home after ten days on a ventilator in boston. this mother of five from new york leaving the hospital and reuniting with her husband. video of coronavirus survivors a bright light during these dark times. we're seeing survivors like sharon allen who spent five days on a ventilator. the staff at this health center in shreveport celebrating when the 63-year-old grandmother was moved out of the >> i was just thanking them and praising them for the things that they had did for me. and they just seemed like they were so happy. you know, that i made it, too. >> and coming up at 7:00 a.m., a special family reunion you won't want to miss.

with your "gma first look" i'm kenneth moton, abc news new york. >> that is so good to see, friend. >> gives us a little hope. well, the new safety measure at disneyland may put into place when it opens back up. also, after so many years, "who wants to be a millionaire"

you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> wanted to take a trip back in time and show you some of the radar returns that moved across the south bay. so far i haven't seen any of the rain reach our rain gauges. probably a lot of it with sprinkles evaporated before it reached the ground. hot spot if any showers developed later tomorrow and tonight. te rest of us, the wionderful temperatures and increasing sunshine. more on the accuweather forecast. here's reggie with more news. disneyland is considering a new safety measure taking the temperature of

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now your health, your safety. this is abc 7 news. now at 5:30 from a serious shortage to a possible surplus. governor newsom cuts a deal to provide california with enough protective masks. efforts to remotely teach students are ramping up as state leaders say schools are effectively closed for the rest of the school year. stepping up to help out. bay area rv owners join a national call to help protect doctors and nurses forced to separate from their families. and good morning, welcome to wednesday, april, it doesn't matter any more. >> of course, you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. here's mike.

>> thank you, kumasi, reggie. hi, everybody. let's take a look at live doppler 7 and visibility on there 3 in santa rosa and down to one. fog forming down there. spinning off the so cal coast and pin wheeling moisture up towards us and the south bay had a shower just about a half hour ago and didn't leave much behind other than some sprinkles and that will be the area that has a chance, again. with those southerly winds, look at our temperature most of us in the 50s until you get into the north bay where we have a little bit more in the way of 40s. low 70s inland. kums sr kumasi. students and parents are waking up to a new reality. schools will be closed officially for the rest of the academic year and now school leaders have a request to make distance learning possible. amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. amy? >> hi, kumasi, the learning is

no longer going to happen here, but officials say school is still in session and now the push is to make that happen at home. so, now they're working on getting everyone up to speed on distance learning. it has not been easy. and state officials are asking if companies or individuals could possibly donate laptop computers for students who don't have one. the state superintendent is calling this the biggest challenge schools have ever faced. >> while our school campuses are closed to students, school is not out for this school year in california. we have been working with our students through distance learning. and by distance learning i simply mean where the teacher and the student are in different locations. >> san francisco and oakland have not started distance learning yet. they are still working on getting laptops and wi-fi to all students. they are also working on

securing a deal with the union. the state says they are providing training for teachers on how to teach from a distance and then the parents, they're now trying to home school and many are also working from home. it's quite a juggle going on at home now. educators have said, be easy on yourself parents. do your best. don't beat yourself up. we are all in this together and we will all get through this together. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. now on abc 7 news live desk upda update. >> a new development in california's fight against the coronavirus. governor newsom put together a deal to buy hundreds of millions of desperately needed n95 masks. >> the last 48 hours we have secured through a consortia of nonprofits and a manufacturer here in the state of california upwards of 200 million masks on a monthly basis.

>> he revealed the news on "the rachel maddow" show last night. california will have enough masks to meet demand. he said there may be enough to send to other states. the governor says he's distributed 41 million masks. 1 million of them have come from the federal government. back to you all. >> all right, thank you, jobina. people, unfortunately, still trying to casuh in on the high demand for masks and other items. price gouging. deputies have seen n95 masks being sold for 10 bucks apiece and hand sanitizer for $8. the tweet says anyone who is caught price gouging faces hefty fines and even prosecution. the number of confirmed covid-19 cases in the bay area and santa cruz county has now surpassed 4,000. here are the latest cases by county. santa clara county is still the hot spot with 1,300 cases increasing by 61 in the latest report. marin county reported five more

cases as did sonoma county. in the north bay, lake county reporting two cases and mendocino county has four cases. marin county is preparing for a surge of patients. it doubled the available icu beds. in san francisco, it's opened its first fieldclinic to the southeast center and limits the number of people going to the emergency room for urgent care. vta bringing back light rail service tomorrow. it was stopped for two weeks after an employee in training tested positive for coronavirus. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. at the live desk, i'm looking at a sobering milestone in the fight against the coronavirus. the last 24 hours have been the deadliest yet in the united states. more than 700 deaths were reported in new york alone. fema records show new york city

icu beds and hospital beds are near capacity but encouraging signs of hope. rates of hospitalizations are going down. stockpiles of ventilators are on the way. another major headline, black americans are being hit disproportionately hard by the virus, dying at much higher rates compared to other americans in major cities. >> unfortunately, when you look at the predisposing conditions that lead to a bad outcome with coronavirus, the things that get people into icus that intubation and they are unfortunately pr prevalent. >> dr. anthony fauci said it is shining a bright light on a weakness in our community. senator kamala harris sent a letter to the department of health and human services asking

for the agency to collect and release data on the racial makeup of people that are getting sick and dying of the coronavirus because this is part of the problem here is that there is not data available for them to address this. president trump mentioned yesterday in the press conference, we should see those numbers in the next two to three days. reggie, i'll send it over to you now. >> jobina, thank you. in the east bay, police are checking up on calls s people out and about not following our social distancing rules. abc 7 news followed along with an officer yesterday. a park shows people out for walks, that's fine. they were social distancing. here's what's not fine. people continuing to play tennis even though they're down. they are reminded that the courts were, in fact, closed. you can see officer friendly telling them so. a new normal for police patrols that are maintaining high visibility. >> we ask that people reporting

if they can come outside and meet our officers outside their ed spaces. can avoid the and if we do have to go inside a house, we're asking our officers to wear personal protective equipment. >> the good news is, they have time to make these calls because right now they're not getting a lot of major crimes to respond to. they say volume is down 25% since the stay at home order began. now, here is a constant fear for those of us on the front lines especially doctors and nurses. they don't want to spread the virus to their kids or to their wives or husbands. now, there's an alteu alternati them. an effort to pair these people up with empty rvs. a bay area doctor has been staying at a hotel to keep his family safe, separated from his wife and young sons. that will change soon because of the facebook group rvs 4 mds.

lend out their rvs at no cost for front line heroes. >> i was telling linda on saturday we need to move out the rv and move it around and an hour later she saw the rv 4 mds on facebook and we said, what the heck. >> be nice to have him in the driveway so our kids can see him from afar and have dinner outside six feet away from each other. >> it's a great idea. the family will leave their 24-foot long rv in the st. martin's driveway until the pandemic passes. by the way, we want to invite you to better bay area project thanks and that is where you can share your gratitude for everyone on the front lines of the covid-19 battle. use the #betterbayarea and show us how you are saying thank you and we will share the live. . still ahead, a new decontamination station opens in the south bay. who it is geared to protect from coronavirus. the class of 2020 is looking at virtual proms and graduations. the instagram account keeping

students across the state connected in this strange age of social distancing. but, first, we check in with meteorologist mike nicco with a look at our wednesday. >> thanks for joining us this wednesdayeratures in the north bay because that allowed some fog to form and you can see the gray out towards the coast and bodega bay and back towards santa rosa where it's 40 degrees right now. temperatures in the upper 40s as you head towards vallejo. other neighborhoods where it's mostly cloudy and milder. temperatures in the upper 40s to even a few mid-50s out there like 53 around alameda and oakland. those temperatures up to 12 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. san jose where we are a few sprinkles likely. and tonight for our essential commuters, that is about it as

far as any negative from the weather on your commute. let's take a look at your south bay. you can see temperatures in the upper 50s through about 11:00 and surge into the mid-60s during the afternoon hours. more cloud cover then. just about everybody else and you'll need the sunglasses from time to time. we jump into the 60s a little bit sooner and get into the upper 60s and wouldn't be surprised if a few 70s don't show up and here's a last look and look at the peninsula in the 50s through about 11:00 and then mid-60s this afternoon with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. we'll take a look at the warm weekend coming up in the accuweather forecast. here's jobina. good morning. >> good morning, mike, thank you. when you were saying that is about it for the commute, i mean, that is about it because there is nothing happening on our roads right now, which is really great news for our commuters, our essential workers that need to get in this morning. r.e bigeday,he b so, ar thi wl be happening every week day moving

forward. trains will be arriving every 30 minutes and b.a.r.t. is making these changes due to the impact of the coronavirus and the low ridership that they have been experiencing. so, that iaey are really encour only essential workers to get on the trains. taking a live look at san rafael this morning. clear conditions outside for our

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will hit near 60 late this afternoon while the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s and very comfortable evening for an after-dinner walk mid 50s to around 60 degrees.

the snow pack continues to increase now up to 63% and it's the southern part of the snow cks inncase today with that winter storm warning and we also have the flooding conditions down in the south, southern part of the state today with temperatures in the low to mid-60s up to fresno and check out chico at 77 degrees. more on that coming up. >> thanks, mike. mill valley police officers will resume investigating a neighborhood for a possible missing child. the department posted these. pictures on instagram with marin search and rescue organizing to look for the boy. yesterday at 5:00 p.m. police got a report of a 4 or 5-year-old boy with blonde hair with a plaid shirt left unattended. but early this morning say search efforts didn't find any missing children and none had been reported missing. in the south bay the santa clara county office opened a

decontamination site for se essential workers. this is near san pedro and san jose. the sheriff office said it is staffed with people trained to decontaminate anyone exposed. the fire chief expressed his gratitude and had this message. >> one thing that i can say, it's remember this. one team, one fight. you are all part of the team whether you're a first responder, a citizen at home or the grocery clerk at the store. we appreciate the efforts of every single one of you. one team, one fight. >> the decontamination site is open around the clock to all law enforcement officers, first responders and medical personnel located in san santa clara county. high school seniors may have been counting down to graduation, but they're definitely not going to get the ceremony they have been expecti expecting. just one of many changes they will have to face.

2020 class responding with grace as you hear from wayne freedman. >> reporter: if emptiness could make a noise it would be screaming at redwood or any other high school. places that should be hosting scenes of a rush to summer. it's especially difficult for the graduating class of 2020. >> our senior year was in the middle of a global pandemic. >> reporter: loui and drake goodman are separate but connected. >> we are trying to get as close as possible. >> repte dngt through an instagram page a forum for all of california's 1 million seniors to share something of this unusual experience. >> while we are disappointed, understanding. >> rathe than just sulk around and resent the world, essentially, i wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to really connect other seniors and

make it so we have still the memories of a senior year, even though we can't be together. rrth f >> reporter: for any of us, this is an unusual situation but especially for the class of 2020, most won't be able to walk across the stage at graduation this year. that is a first and, yet, if any group is more suited to deal with a virtual social life, it's probably them. >> life is extremely unexpected. you know. nothing is predictable. >> reporter: and that is a 2020 vision. in marin county wayne freedman. in partnership with feeding america, abc is staging a day of hope. join "good morning america" tomorrow morning for this spectacular kickoff. we'll also help you find food, connect with opportunities to help neighbors in need and if you can make monetary donations, we'll help you figure all of that out, too. tomorrow is the day that we hope you'll join us and this is such a good opportunity if you've been looking for a way to give

back, we can help you figure it out. yeah, as we saw from julian's story a couple days ago, a great need. a long line of cars at a food center on friday. so, hopefully people will be generous. >> yeah. >> all right, let's take a look at what is going on weather wise and great weather to get out there and help people, if you can. right now mainly cloudy in san jose and 51 degrees and a few sprinkles possible later today and tonight. you're the closest to that low to the south that is a little l than the rest of us who will have a mixture of sun and clouds and even warmer weather than yesterday. all right, for tonight, mild lows, clouds and a little fog in the north bay and then warmer and mainly sunny this weekend. here's a look at livu can see a in the santa cruz mountains and that's about it. it's going to continue to push

the clouds and the stray shower up towards us. as we head throughout today, right there in the santa cruz mountains, just a blip of green, which means a light shower. overnight, you can see another chunk of energy protating from east to west off the seeara and into the south bay, once again. as we wake up tomorrow, we'll have another chance of a stray shower in that same area and the cloud cover and little bit of a wind shift for tomorrow. we'll take a few degrees off of today's highs and we'll start to make that back as towards friday. look at this, rainfall totals if you even get a shower, less than 0.05 of rain. here's my accuweather and bump up today and drop tomorrow and we'll rebound friday and then we'll exceed average levels with low to mid-60s at the coast and mid to upper 70s as we head into the middle parts of next week. quite a stretch of dry weather and warmer than average weather. mike, thank you. have you noticed you're not getting the same number of robo

calls you usually do? that is no coincidence. recent data show s fewer ro bo calls and that is because the people making those calls are not at the call centers any more. we expect them to pick up in the coming weeks as overseas facilities learn to transfer those calls to workers' homes. something not to look forward to. >> can we just be? let us enjoy this time. let them enjoy this time. >> we're just trying to live in silence unless you're mike nicco and people are constantly calling him for some reason during his forecast. >> nobody got a call but mike. >> that's it. he has a house phone. >> coming up new at 6:00, do not miss out on your morning coffee. a popular bay area coffee chain is reopening today for mobile pickup orders. but, first, social distancing life.

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all right. quarantine gaming. all right. have you tried this yet? a couple different methods you can do. qu quar quarengaming allows for a new way to stay connected. arndry apps and house party has apps built into it. much more on how you can host a creative game might coming up on "gma." now, here's an old-fashioned

game that doesn't need any kind of technology at all. one seattle family has come up with a new way to play hide and seek even if you live in a very small space. check it out. >> 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. ready here not, here i come. >> where are they? they are hiding so good. they can't be hiding in the same place four times. found you! >> ricky shared this video. he stomps his foot for would. he finds thekids. toreplr they seem to enjoy it. they burst out laughing every time. i believe, is that a big blanket show casing their kids, as well. >> they have it all. >> i love it. >> they are so happy. let's watch it again. >> you!

>> okay. we spent too much time watching them scream and be cute. you go, mike. >> any time you can keep the kids occupied and no matter how you can, that's a good day. let's talk temperatures. low 60s along the coast and mid to upper 60s around the bay and a few 70s in the east bay and up in the north bay where a little more sunshine rains down. clouds return and temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. you have until 6:51 this morning for the moon to set, but even brighter tonight, head out this evening when the sky is a little bit clearer and enjoy 99.7% illumination. the moon comes up at 8:43 this evening. >> all right, thanks, mike. yosemite national park we know is closed but you can still enjoy the wildlife there like this coyote minding its business. hey. the park hasma roamin yosemite all to themselves right now. the post is reassuring to see

that nature carries on as it always has. new at 6:00, first instacart and now the grocery delivery company shipt. more growing safety protections for gig economy workers. help is on the way for thousands of essential workers in san jose and san francisco. extended paid sick leave to those workers. i'm julian glover in san jose with those details. >> we just talked about some games you can play with your friends while we're sheltering in place.

>> from the federal government could be on the way. good morning, welcome to wednesday, april 8th. >> of course, you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. here's mike. >> thank you very much, reggie, kumasi, jobina. thank you for joining us this wednesday morning. live doppler 7. visibility as low as one mile in santa rosa and now up to four. the fog has an ebb and flow but mainly staying in that one area. you back in time with live doppler 7, a few light showers across the south bay and a few slick spots for the commuters, you essential commuters this morning. for the most part dry out there