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go to xfinity.com/prepare. thank you. we're tracking even warmer weather for the days ahead. all of the details in the accu-weather forecast. >> a san francisco supervisor is alerting residents of a potential increase in citations for people who are not practicing social distancing. >> tonight, how safe is muni? riders telling us the social distancing has gotten worse. the union president saying, a total shutdown might be needed. abc 7 news starts right now. after a warm holiday week, with many people seeming to be getting outside in san francisco, a supervisor says more social distancing enforcement could be coming. good evening. i'm eric thomas. more citations could be on the way for people who are not

practicing social distancing in the city. abc 7 news reporter liz pena spoke to a city supervisor from san francisco, luz? >> reporter: according to sfpd they have cited two people in the last 20 days and a supervisor says that number could go up. we visited some of the most popular out places inner city. the embarcadero, the marina green, all locations busy with people in group, family, people working out, and others not keeping their distance. sfpd tweeted this afternoon that officers will work with the social distancing guidelines. >> we want to educate. we do not want to enforce. 95% of san francisco is getting that. to the other 5%, please, don't ruin it for everybody who is doing the right thing. >> reporter: sfpd confirmed to abc 7 news, so far, two people have been cited.during thehe pc

those citations are set to increase. >> we're going to start stepping that up like nobody's business. and we don't want to enforce, we want everybody to stay healthy. >> reporter: a viewer who preferred to remain anonymous sent these photos, concerned about a lack of social distancing at the richmond farmer's market this morning. the supervisor says the farmer's market will continue to remain open as essential businesses. >> how those are run is critically important. >> reporter: he pleaded for san francisco to keep distance while shopping, in the businesses, making it a prior inform customers and protect employees. the biggest concern, that a lock of social distancing could potentially impact their business. >> a sneeze guard. >> if it wasn't for the farmer's mark, we wouldn't be able to pay our rent. >> it's important to highlight that you can go out to perform

essential activities but not to gather in groups. according to the supervisor, that fine can reach up to $2,000. in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. tonight, the union president representing muni bus drivers in san francisco says a full muni shutdown might be needed to keep drivers and passengers safe. a number of riders have reached out to us this weekend, saying social distancing is nearly impossible on buses. abc 7 news reporter jr stone has more from san francisco. >> reporter: this is what the 38 bus line into downtown san francisco looked like last thursday night. people packed in just a matter of feet from one another. jim walls shot this, on facebook live. >> i don't even feel safe taking muni at this point. >> reporter: in fact, several riders have reached out to us since this video was shot, to say that social distancing is only getting worse. as some drivers ask for more than just six feet of six feet,5

fe, that littlssn big. and now, you're turning these buses into petri petri petri corona. >> reporter: roger marenco is union president representing 2300 drivers of transport union of america and has not been aware of routes with where drivers demanded 15 feet but addressed the concern. >> aside from the six feet, i want more space, because you're going to violate that to begin with. and that's what the reason is we started putting the x on the floor, to symbolize, to let people know hey, don't stand in this space. >> last week, muni drastically cut buses to focus on the 20% of routes that serve 80% of the riders. marenco believes more needs to be done. whether that falls to enforcement to limit riders, mask requirements, or a drastic change. >> i always tell everybody that we are the bloodline of the city, but at the moment, we have

turned into the syringe that could potentially be infecting the city and county of san francisco, by transporting this virus. i mean we need to stop this spread of this virus and maybe shutting the system down for a couple of weeks might be the way to go. >> reporter: now, i did reach out to the high-ups with muni through email and also phone calls, and have not yet heard back from them. reporting in san francisco, jr stone, abc 7 news. here's the up to date look of the impact of the coronavirus in the bay area. there are now more than 5,000 confirmed cases, 140 people have died, and that includes six more people within the last 24 hours. santa clara county still has the most cases with more than 1654. both lake and mendocino counties say this are no new covid-19 cases, each county has four cases with no deaths reported so far. we're start torg see some of the financial effects of covid-19 reaching two east bay

cities. el cerrito has canceled the annual fourth of july world one festival, it is slashed as part of a cost cutting move. on tuesday, city council members in concord will consider cutting their own pay by 10%. the council will look at cutting pay for top executives of the city by 5%. in almeda county, the jail reports no, in ant rita jail, one inmate has recovered. lessons will resume over zoom for berkeley public school students. the school district announced over twitter that teachers can resume scheduling video conferences starting monday. the district halted instruction on wednesday after a zoom bombing incident when an uninvited guest disrupts a meeting and some cases they leave vial messages for everyone to see. easter sunday was celebrated in unique ways across the bay today, from a safe social distance. churches were empty, but faith was strong as people went online

to mark theolidayrnellerrd has y pews. >> valerie crane watched a live stream of the service, while sheltering in her home. and she wasn't alone. >> just to see people from literally all over the world, being grateful, to be able to connect in this way. it's wonderful. >> do not be afraid. >> reporter: in oakland, there was online easter mass, at the cathedral of christ the light. abc 7 presented glide memorial easter service, part of the finding faith broadcast. >> everyone that you're thinking about, wish them a really good easter. and a day of resurrection. of new life. >> we found jose watching the service on tv at the cafe capricio in san francisco. >> we have to stay safe, you

know, try to, every part, everywhere, separate. >> this is deputy chief johnson. the easterre easte bunny to help collect donations for a local food drive. and check out this virtual egg hunt via video conference by members of the baxter family from san francisco. easter reimagined across the bay area, and the family and faith, still intact. >> we will get through this. we will be together again. and i think the good news is we will appreciate it more. we will gather in a more meaningful way. >> valerie told us after church, she got together with her friends no pson.rence. our new reality. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, federal officials are predicting the wild west of antibody tests. the warning as more companies begin making those tests.

>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. a brighter finish to the weekend. and now i'm tracking some warmer weather in the coming days. all of the numbers in the accu-weather forecast ea a area had their tasting rooms closed for weeks because of the co

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the police chased him to a kaiser permanente facility in daly city where officers shot and killed the suspect after he threaten them with a knife. both of the stabbing victims ar an antibody test for the coronavirus could play a key role in determining who could safely return to work and school. but there are concerns about accuracy. the test looks for blood proteins called antibodies which the body produces after infection. the results can tell us if a person is immune from covid-19. the trump administration said late yesterday it will require health insurers to provide those tests for free. more than 70 conditions have signed up to sell them, but fda commissioner steven hahn says the currents wild west of unregulated tests is creating confusion that could ultimately slow the path to recovery. >> i am concerned that some of the antibody tests that are on the market, that haven't gone through the fda scientific review, may not be as accurate as we would like them to be. we have authorized one antibody test already. and i can assure the american people that what we're doing is

using data and science to look at those tests to make sure that they're valid, they're accurate, an they're reproducible. we know, chuck, that no test is 100% perfect. but what we don't want are wildly inaccurate tests because as i said before, that is going to be much worse than having no test. >> stanford university announced this week it has developed its own antibody test, and shares the fda's concern about commercial tests. it is asking the fda for emergency authorization to offer its test. stanford is providing it to as many people in northern california as possible. the sales force ceo is sending four travellers to ucsf loaded with personal protective equipment. they tweeted these pictures. they contain a half million n95 mask, 100,000 isolation gowns, 50,000 face shields, and 100,000 nasal swabs. they say uber freight donated transportation. then later today, he also

announced he is sending ppes to michigan and louisiana. sales force partnered with walmart, state farm, lockheed harten and biz round table to donate 1.2 million masks, gloves and shoe covers. new numbers to show how hard restaurants have been hit by the pandemic. the national restaurant association says the industry has lost $25 billion in sales since march 1st, and three million jobs have been lost as well. and many restaurants have been forced to shift their business models relying primarily on takeout and deliveries and others have turned into make gist grocery stores as another way to keep revenue coming in. with tasting rooms closed down, california wineries are providing sommeliers through video conferencing, with virtual tasting, and you order the bottles online and then the bottles come to your home and then you log on with your host with a wine tasting conducted on

the web. the production of vintages can continue even though wine tasting rooms are closed. a 12-year-old on the peninsula is using her sewing skills to help the community during the pandemic. herd at new york fashion week and when the covid-19 crisis began, she channeled that passion into fashion to make masks on the front lines and for every mask she sells an delivers, from a social distance, two are donated to health care workers a and it is cool to see how much others have wanted to pitch in. >> some people have been donating fabric to us, and they have also been helping by donating money, so we can use it to buy supplies. it makes me feel really happy, and like, like i'm really glad that i could help. >> she can make 20 masks a day. and so far has made 200. her goal is to get to 500 masks. and having the extra time during

spring break has certainly helped out. all right, do we have a warmup in our future? meteorologist drew tuma has the answer. >> yes, we do, eric, today, kind of felt the start of it. you had the mild temperatures in the afternoon a lot more sunshine to finish out the weekend and as the next few days roll out, we will find some mild april warmth taking hold. live doppler 7 right now, showing you, it is a much different picture compared to last night. last night, we had a ton of cloud cover, overcast skies and clear skies throughout the north bay, and really patchy cloud cover around much of the rest of the bay area, so we wi, will zo on in and show you mostly cloudy skies over san jose, but tomorrow, the picture will be more sunshine than cloud cover for the bay area. a nice day to start out of the week. bridge. kind of bouncing off a little bit of that low cloud cover we have right you in around the bay shoreline. temperature-wise, we're slowly

falling through the 50s into the upper 40s. 48 right now in novato. 56 in oakland. the same in san jose. and that 53 in the city. and right now, san ramon coming up with a temperature of 53 degrees as well. overnight tonight, we will keep the clear skies in the north bay. partly cloudy skies, elsewhere, an temperatures will continue to fall into the 40s overnight tonight. pretty typical for this time of the year. future weather, let's time out the next 24 hours. stop the clock early tomorrow morning, and the cloud cover, it just banked up along the san mateo coastline, and in the sant cruise mountains, and that's about it. a lot of sunshine tomorrow. and that sun is really warming us up in the afternoon. to the 60s. and into the 70s. so it really will be a nis day tomorrow, especially in the afternoon. highs on monday, about 63 in the city. that's pretty close to where we should be for this time of the year. 70 the high in san jose. about 74 in santa rosa. and 68 in oakland. 74 t honco.

even half moon bay, 61 tomorrow. a little warmer than today. only in the as. look at the future tracker temperatures. by tuesday afternoon, we'll warm those numbers up a few more degrees, you can see widespread 60s to 70s. our warmest spots getting close to 80 degrees. 78 the high in santa rosa and fairfield. 72 in san jose. even the city, going to the low to mid 60s. it will be a mild tuesday afternoon. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. plan on the next search days for you, we do have that warming trend on the way for monday. tuesday, it's nothing but sunshine out there. sunny and mild. well into the 70s. away from the coast. wednesday, we're calling it the pick of the week out there. you can see it is the warmest day we have over the next seven. but by thursday, cooler air really rushes in here, on thursday, and it is 50s to the 60s. and by friday, it is partly sunny, and saturday and sunday, there is a chance of a light sprinkle out there. just a slight chance right now.

with the temperatures mainly in the mid 50s, to mid 60s. but nonetheless, the next three day, enjoy the mild temperatures, and then we will find that cooler air kind of rushing in by thursday and friday. and then we will have the rain coming back for next weekend. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, sports was kind of, sort of, back today. some of the biggest nba stars taking part in a horse competition. >> we'll get through this america. >> i dedicated the artwork for the people who serve. and the 911 dispatchers. >> messages of support. stay positive. stay healthy. stay strong. >> it brings out a cheerful positive environment. and just seeing people walk by, smile, just brings together a sense of community.

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chris alvarez working here from home. nba suspended. games not playing until further notice. we'll wait and see for that. now, the nba and espn had a horse competition. already, some players with some he is nan gans, shenanigans tries to take advantage. >> come on, man. i'm bringing this on. yes. . >> yes, i'm bringing this on. >> you can take the letter. >> some fun between chicago zac levine and former celtic great paul pearce. utah matt colley had the shot of the day, a right-handed lay-up behind the backboard for his win in the matchup. another week with no games but still very busy on the "with authority" podcast, two more tremendous guests this week including eric burns and sabrina ionescu. >> sabrina, i was on instagram today and i saw one of your latest posts, with steph, six

feet away. was that from today? >> i was literally with him just now, yes. >> can he join the podcast, too? >> that would be cool. >> what is your relationship like with steph? >> from him not knowing who i was, and me watching him as a rookie, and until now, we're both kind of on the same basketball players, from the bay area, and it's been cool. >> is it actually eric burns, a's, eric byrnes, a's jersey. >> if it is a normal jersey, that would make sense, we keep jerseys, but a shirt jersey, i'm impressed, man. >> we anticipate, at some point, you anticipate, at some point you are going to have your own sneaker, the air sabrina, or the is a bria one, or i don't know, do you even think about that? >> i didn't think about it before, but i think now, talking to steph and talking to shoe companies, i think they see that vision that i could be that first, you know, female athlete

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good evening, i'm eric thomas. in tonight's headlines, here's the latest look at the impact of coronavirus in the bay area. there are now more than 5,000 confirmed cases, 140 people have died, that includes six more people within the last 24 hours. santa clara county still has the most cases with more than 1600. and it has 54 deaths. one city leader in san francisco is urging people to keep social distancing to slow the spread of covid-19. supervisor aaron peskin believes 95% of people are social distancing and wants police to remind the 5% that are not, that there are consequences. >> many commuters hope to avoid scenes like this on san francisco's muni. some riders say drivers are

demanding 15 feet of space between them and passengers. and that's causing cramped conditions. the head of the transit union says he doesn't know of any and. muni is focusing service on the 20% of its lines that carry 80% of its riders. a glimmer of good news for new york, signs of the curve, in the hard hit state is flattening but other states are warning of an alarping rise in coronavirus cases. trevor alt has the latest. >> the united states reaching a grim milestone over the weekend, the country with the highest death toll from covid-19, more than 550,000 confirmed cases, at least 21,000 americans have died, and new york the epicenter of the pandemic in the country, could be seeing a flattening of the curve. >> the apex isn't just an apex. it is a plateau. it has been flattening, and flattening at a terribly high level. >> other states predicting they're days away from their peak. in massachusetts, the number of

confirmed cases soaring by 21% over the weekend. 59-year-old nurse maria crier quit her job at this life care center in massachusetts, saying management had no experience dealing with infectious disease. she died this past friday, after contracting covid-19. more than 70 staff and residents at the facility had been infected. ten residents have died. pennsylvania's governor, predicting a difficult week ahead for his state, after more than 2800 new cases were reported saturday. and now, questions over the federal response. the white house task force leading infectious disease expert admits government inaction may have cost american lives. >> if you had a process that was ongoing and started mitigation erly you could have saved lives. obviously no one is going to deny that but what goes into those kinds of decisions is complicated. >> "the new york times" reports, in a february 21 coronavirus task force meeting attended by fauci and hhs secretary alexander azar, it was decided they would soon need to move

toward aggressive social distancing. by this point, china had at least 75,000 cases and northern italy was closing public spaces but the president did not announce those measureseenghat known u.s. coronavirus cases surging, from 15 to more than 4,000. the white house responding to that report, saying, president trump took bold action to protect americans, and unleashed the full power of the federal government, to curve the spread of the virus. trevor alt, abc news, new york. british prime minister boris johnson was released from the hospital today. and in a recorded video, thanked the medical staff that saved his life. >> and the enough oxygen, for every second of the night, they were watching, an they were thinking and they were caring, and making the interventions i needed. >> johnson was admitted to the hospital a week ago, with covid-19 symptoms.

the 55-year-old spent three nights in expensive care. he will not immediately return to work on advice of his team. and more than 10,000 beam have died. a report by the social tass press shows that 2600 have been linked to long term facilities, and we know of one in orind and one in hayward and a large outbreak in washington state and the associated press says the count was 450 deaths ten days ago. the shortage of n95 masks has led the food and drug administration to give emergency authorization for sterilizing used masks so they can be used again in hospitals. thousands of medical facilities in the u.s. already have machinery to disinfect surgical tools. now, the same process can be used to disinfect used masks and respirators with ry in short supply. it involves using hydrogen peroxide gas papers to kill

germs. those with obvious signs of wear like broken bands and makeup will not be repurposed. a vote by mail election only in november, the board of supervisors is considering making a request in the name of safety because of the coronavirus. the vast majority of volunteers who work at polling places are seniors. many have already notified the county's election office and they will not serve because of health and safety concerns. several families spent part of their easter sunday celebrating the career of a preschoolteacher who is retiring because of the health risks posed by covid-19. cars paraded past the home of lori, in the valley and friends tell us she taught children more than 40 years, including teaching multiple generations in some families, with the more recent students being the children of students she taught decades ago. one of most famous voices in the world delivered a message of

healing ♪ >> that is famed italian opera singer andrea bocelli giving an easter sunday performance at an empty cathedral. italy has the third highest number of coronavirus cases behind the u.s. and spain. the andrea bocelli forecast , foundation is helping to buy medical equipment. it is a message of hope to italy and the world. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, coming together while staying apart. how bay a bay area teenager is deciding to bring his community together and make things a little brighter and clean ner the neighborhood. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we've got a warm pattern on the way the next couple of

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with so many people forced to stay inside, some viral music videos have been helping pass the time. from teaming up with jimmy fall john and hamilton, reuniting on the youtube show, and with clips even though it feels like a solo experience, we're still part of an ensemble cast. ♪ don't stand, don't stand, don't stand so close to me ♪ >> it may be the perfect song. sting, with jimmy fallon and the house bd,nghe hit "don't stand so close to me" and keeping with the theme of social distancing, they performed the song remotely from their own homes. with concert venues closed, broadway shut down, music lovers had to find clever ways for the show to go on, despite the pandemic. ♪ alexander hamilton, we are waiting in the wings for you ♪

♪ >> and lin man well miranda and the cast of hamilton gave one young man a virtual front row seat to the famous musical as the cast reunited from different locations on john krasinski's youtube show. >> i will do a little music from h my house and who knows what will happen. ♪ i will stay with you. >> musicians like john legend, keith urban and pink have been treating fans to many online concerts. >> we are all so very grateful to all of the health care professionals across the country. >> just because you can't go to a music festival, doesn't mean one can't come to you. next saturday, lady gaga, is helping to put on a digital mega izen.rt, in connection with the rai money for healtca woers fighting the virus. ♪ on the road again. ♪ going places i've never been. >> this weekend, a special at home version of farm aid, streamed online, with

performances by willie nelson and john ♪ >> just another way that music can help to soothe the soul. robin curnow, cnn, atlanta. >> you can watch one world, together at home, right here on abc and other network, host the by jimmy kimmel among other, the performers will include lady gaga, paul mccartney, lizzo, john legend and billy eilish. first toilet paper and sourdough starters and hand sanitizer and now hair dye. people are coloring their hair at home and sales of hair coloring products are up 23% compared to this time last year and hair clipper sales have gone

up by more than 160% as people try to trim at home. and there's another consequence because of the coronavirus pandemic.ea th nonprofit group called the uni-code consortium is in charge of creating the emojis and volunteers make up a large part of the team but with so much going on, the group has pushed back the release date of new emojis and the symbols are usually approved in january for release in september and there is a chance new ones will come out later this year. on this eitherer sunday, a fremont high schooler is bringing his classmates closer together in social distancing. a beautification day in the south fremont neighborhood this afternoon, the goal, simple, on their front yards to garden, remove weeds or just relax by keeping physical distance. and looking out his window at homemade him realize how important it is for people to be visibly there for one another. >> it takes out of the spirit of

everyone as an individual, and so by bringing our community together to a common goal, would he can revitalize the spirit that we have and that we all share. >> everyone is asked to wave hello to one another. a simple show of kindness, when the world needs it most. safari west in santa rosa put its annual easter event or kids online this year. the wildlife preserve is closed to the public, because of the stay-at-home order. and families were able to watch the park staff search for mr. hair, who leaves a trail of eggs for other animals to discover, you can see a hyena, a ring-tailed lemur, giraffe, wart hog, all apparently enjoying their easter treats. safari west posted this video online, in case you missed it. okay, a week from now, you may need the umbrella again, drew tuma? >> you might need into ed it. next weekend, the return of wet uple of days a dry pattern, a warm pattern, takes hold. live doppler 7 right now showing

you partly cloudy skies, and south of the golden gate, the north bay right now, is dealing with clear skies and temperature-wise, across the region, we're falling into the as, if not upper 40s, and 52 right now, in san mateo and 51 in livermore and 46 in novato and napa, coming in at 51 degrees. so live doppler 7, along with satellite, over the past 12 hours, we had a pair of showers, pop up in lake county and northern sonoma county earlier today. those dissipated and any activity in terms of wet weather is moving out of here because the high pressure will bring us that quiet warm weather pattern, the next couple of days. and the same cannot be said though, for the southeast. they have a severe weather outbreak happening right now, a line of some very strong storms, and it is pushing through right now, through mississippi, alabama, and georgia, and you can see all of those tornado icons. numerous tornadoes. in fact, more than 15 tornadoes reported from this line of storms. in fact, we have a current

tornado warning inside the atlanta metro area. if you're familiar airport, latihartsfield-jacksone severe weather outbreak continues at this late hour. back here at home, it is quiet, it will get chilly, temperatures dropping into the 40s overnight tonight, and then tomorrow, we're finding temperatures in the 60s and 70s. a lot of sunshine out there. a mild monday. 63 in san francisco. and 68 in oakland. and about 70 the high for san jose. so here's the accu-weather seven-day forecast. for the next search days for you, we have a warming trend getting under way tomorrow. and it continues tuesday, and into wednesday, with tons of sunshine, and tuesday and wednesday, the warmest days we have, all week, and then cooler air moves in, thursday and friday, and then again, a chance of showers saturday and into sunday, with temperatures back into the 50s, and 60s. >> all right, sir, thank you very much. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, people lending a hand to help others. the dry lately, i've discovered that

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during this time, we wanted to find a way to highlight our gratitude gd op are doing so we've activated better bay area project thanks. today, our project thanks story comes from walnut creek. and abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley, about a dry cleaning company, helping first responders whose jobs have become treacherous. >> making an arrest. dealing with an emergency call. all carry a threat of covid-19 exposure. >> how can we give back to them? they're exposed on a daily basis and they're taking an honor, and an oath, to do this. and so we got together, and we said you know, wep tup, we got to be the ones that help the medical staff, the first responder, the paramedics, that are all dealing with this day to day, an we need to clean and sanitize their clothing a d creek pickings up the uniforms including the fire stations and

the walnut creek police departments. >> this really helps us, it gives us an idea to quarantine our uniforms so to speak, and we don't have to take them home, to expose our loved ones to some of the things that we're exposed to throughout our work days. >> as for medical scrubs, they're normally popped into a washer and drier at home, this keeps those potentially contaminated scrubs out of the medical workers's homes helping their families. we just picked up two jackets from the will nalnut cr police department that may have been contaminated by covid-19. >> dry cleaning workers who sanitize the uniforms wear protective gear themselves. >> right now, it is going to take a village to get through theord out and the response to the free dry cleaning has quadrupled in the last week and expected to increase even more. >> we could not be more grateful. >> in walnut creek, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. we invite you to join better bay area project thanks and

share your gratitude, for everyone on the front lines of the covid-19 battle. use the #betterbayarea to show us how you're saying thank you and we will share the love. that's it for tonight. i'm eric thomas. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. for drew, and chris and dion and the entire abc 7 news team, thank you so much for joining us tonight. we'll see you later. whaso let's do the rightver chanthing, today.ow. let's stay at home.

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