extraordinary behavior, millions of you, because you have practiced physical distancing, the stay at home orders, you have bent the curve in the state of california. >> so what's the timeline? how much longer do we have to do this? and what can we look forward to when the rules are finally lifted? abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is going to start off our team coverage tonight with an overview of, liz, the governor's plan that he outlined today. >> dan, that's right. governor newsom said there are six key indicators the state is going to meet in order to reopen the state. but even when we hit the indicators, it's going to be more of a transitional process, not a true return to normal. as california's curve begins to flatten, finally another moment of optimism. governor newsom laid out what it will take to begin easing shelter in place orders and reopening the economy. >> we have a parameter. we have a framework that will guide our decision making. >> that framework no easy feat. it requires the state meet these

six indicators. one, the ability to expand testing, monitor and possibly isolate anybody that has been exposed or infected. two, the ability to protect our most vulnerable population such as the elderly and the homeless. three, that we have hospitals and the health care system that can handle surges. four, that we're able to develop therapeutics to meet demand. five, the ability for businesses, schools and child care facilities to support physical distancing. and six, the ability to determine when to reinstate certain measures, such as the stay at home if necessary. >> we have state vision, but it will be recognized at the local level. >> so what will it look like? newsom said it's too soon to get a timeline for meeting these measures. he says when we do, it won't look like a perfect back to normal. face covers will likely be recovered and large gatherings still banned. >> there is no light switch here. i would argue it's more like a dimmer. and that dimmer is about what i was talking about, this toggling back and forth between more

restrictive and less restrictive measures. >> newsom is calling this easy in phase the suppression phase, a phase with more individual accountability for face covers and physical distancing. he hopes to have a sense of the timeline for when it may begin in two weeks. >> ask me the question then, and we will be in a very different place where we could be more prescriptive on giving people timelines. i know you want the timeline, but we can't get ahead of ourselves at dream of rhett rest gre regretting. let's not make the mistake of pulling the plug too early as much as we all want. to. >> more of a gradual process, a loosening of some of the shelter in place orders. in order to get truly back to normal, we're going to need to get vaccine. liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> liz, walk us through why two weeks needs to happen before we get a sense of the timeline. what are they looking for in the next two weeks? >> governor newsom says the next

two weeks are going to be critical in determining a few things. one is a decrease in hospitalizations, a decrease in icu case, a decrease in cases overall and a decrease in ppe needs. and if we hit all of those things, then he will feel comfortable setting those parameters for a timeline. but even when he does that, expect it to be vague. he mention nod precedence for this at this point we need to remain vigilant and keep adhering to the shelter in place orders. >> no arbitrary date is going to be set by anyone for obvious reasons. thanks, liz. california's plan is coordinated with the rest of the west coast, including oregon and washington. today their governors shared their governors as well. here is oregon governor kate brown. >> these are the key elements of the framework. slow the growth, more ppe, testing capacity, contact tracing, and a quarantine and isolation program. >> now washington's governor jay

inslee today tweeted, quote, these are challenging times, but i have never been more proud to be a washingtonian. restaurants and other businesses desperate to gradually reopen were hoping for some kind of timeline from the governor. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez has more on the uncertain future. >> last month, tad's steakhouse reopened at a different location with much fanfare, only to see expectations fizzle. today the restaurant is only open for takeaway. >> we're probably down 90%. >> the owner told me it's uncertain how much longer he can remain open. still, he grid with governor newsom in that restrictions at restaurants are needed even months after they reopen. >> if we reopen, yeah, we might get a lot of business. but we may have to shut down again if it doesn't -- if there is no restrictions in place. >> john constant of john's grill says they're ready to follow any guidelines imposed by the governor. >> we'll conduct business to make sure that our team is safe

and we're safe first. business comes second. >> the losses have been devastating for the state. joe dee xandro says nothing that we have seen before. >> really bad during 9/11, but last month the impacts last month were seven times worse than the impacts of 9/11 on the travel industry. >> but as we inch forward, the governor said what the new normal will look like will vary. >> you may be having dinner with a waiter wearing gloves, maybe a face mask. dinner where the menu is disposable. >> and when that day comes, the iconic john's grill here in downtown san francisco wants to be the first to reopen. there is some history behind that. >> john's grill was burnt to ashes, went down to the ground during the earthquake, the big earthquake in 1906. and we were the first restaurant to open up and rebuild. >> the website visitcalifornia

also released this video hoping that day will soon come. >> when the time is right, rest assured, that this will be here. >> perhaps a new version of california dreaming. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. it's been more than a month since most bay area counties banned large events. according to the governor today, we won't see them resume for a while. >> prospect of mass gatherings is negligible at best until we get to herd immunity, and we get to a vaccine. >> today san francisco's pride parade was finally canceled. the annual event which usually draws thousands of people had still been on the calendar for june. this year's livermore rodeo set for june has been canceled. the indoor football league has canceled its entire 2020 season, which means the oakland panthers team will postpone its debut with the league. the san francisco opera has

canceled its summer season for this year. governor newsom also talked today about schools and the potential changes that could come when they finally do reopen. abc7 news reporter luz pena has that part of the team coverage. >> we need to get our kids back to school. i need to get my kids back to school. >> that's the sentiment that many parents across the state agree with, but not without hesitation. >> i don't think it's fair to put teachers or focus that work in school buildings in danger or jeopardy just because i'm struggling as a home school parent. >> sarah baltazar has been teaching her 7 and 2 1/2-year-old for weeks. every day is a new lesson for her and her daughters as they navigate distance learning together. >> today on a call, a kid said over spring break, my grandfather died of covid, but he lived until he was 87. they're 7 years old.

this is hard. it's hard for a parent to watch, and then -- you know, do to help her cope and continue to learn? >> governor hype pot what it would look like. >> we have to figure something like that out. >> a new perspective that many across the state learned about today. including oakland unified school district, 37,000 students and 83 schools. >> we just know that we have to exercise extreme caution in just determining exactly when it's going to happen. >> this new insight into what schools will look like will include social distancing within that school. but before all that, deep

cleaning will come first. >> disinfecting our parks, our playgrounds, our benches, our swings, our sidewalks, our streets. >> in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. late this afternoon, we received a statement from san francisco unified, the biggest school district in the bay area. it reads, quote, we anticipate that we may need to change our practices upon reopening schools. the state laid out how it wants to handle a gradual lifting of the shelter in place rules, but the governor said some of the particulars will be up to individual counties. santa clara county was the first to start putting restrictions into place on large events before shelter in place rules went into effect. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen joins us live with the county's perspective. chris? >> well, make no doubt about it, ama, the county says that we're just at the beginning of a very long marathon, and that we're going to need to keep at it for a bit longer.

in the fight against covid-19, santa clara county health officer dr. sarah cody says progress is being made, but it's still not enough to return to normalcy. >> we just lifted the shelter in place and went back about our business, we'd be right back where we were, very, very quickly. >> in california, county health officers are quite a bit of authorities to do what's necessary to protect the health of the public. tuesday morning dr. cody shared three factors that could lead to a loosening of the shelter-in-place order. >> we really need to understand our lab testing capacity, our ppe supply, as well as our staffing and resources for case and contact investigations. >> the county recently issued an order for businesses and individuals with large inventories of ppe to report their numbers by april 15th so that officials can have a better understanding of what can be sourced locally. as for testing, public and private labs are now required to report all results back to the county, not just positive cases. >> by sifting through our data

is to understand are there populations at greater risk, and are there places or communities in our county where the virus is circulating and amplifying more quickly than in other places. that's really the key question. >> this comes as the economy takes a beating because of the novel coronavirus crisis. >> the challenge of getting more of silicon valley, more of santa clara county back to work is very urgent. >> san jose state university professional robert chapman wood says the area's economic inequality is now on greater display. >> there is a real danger that we'll get into overregulating during the reopening as well. and that can be a new driver of ness.poverty and more pomona >> but as challenging as this has been for more families, many say sheltering in place remains the right thing to do. >> it should definitely continue for as long as they feel that this is needed and necessary, that i'm definitely willing to do my part and stay home, that i feel like it's really, really

important. >> the county series says our collective efforts are paying off. behind me is the county data dashboard. here is a graph of the numbers. the numbers are holding steady. so new cases per day are not spiking. they're holding steady, which is a good sign. we're live in san jose, i'm chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> all right, chris, thanks. let's bring in chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier for some perspective on all of this. >> yes, and phil, a lot of people were hoping for a definitive date when the state might reopen. we didn't get that. >> no. >> but we did get the six indicators of this west coast plan. what did you think about what the governor had to say? >> well,t was interesting. as he said, he was presenting a road map to recovery, but he didn't say are we there yet or when we're going get there.

the six goals he outlined go from everything from setting up dynamics to see how we're doing to ensuring we don't fall back to even testing and how to handle those who are in quarantine and take care of those who are most vulnerable. and ama, that's going to take some time. i think that's one of the reasons why i said come back and talk to me in two weeks. one, he does want to how the state is doing. but he needs to set up the program getting the funding out there. when he is talking about cleaning every classroom, talking about cleaning every park, that's going take a workforce and work, and he has to set that up as well. we've gone from prepping for the surge to handling the surge and now pivoting to go forward, and that's got to take time. today he bought himself some time as well as deliver a bit of phalornia has done such b, l countr in terms to the deliberate response. the next phase appears to be in the same vein.

there is probably no payoff in picking a date because it's likely to change. let's talk quickly. i like something he said when i was watching this afternoon. he said it's not a light switch, it's really a dimmer. that's a great metaphor to explain the process by which we can slowly get back the normal. you cannot just flip a light switch and resume. >> no. you can switch the light switch off, and that's what we've seen done in san francisco, the bay area and the state. getting it back on is twice as difficult. and that's why the famous words are you can win the war but lose the peace. the tough time is when you are coming back. it has to be toggled. it has to be brought up. it has to be done slowly. but at the same time, it can't be done so slowly or with so many rules that it stifles the economic return. for example, if you're talking about r face masks and serve with rubber gloves and be spread out apart, are they going to stay in business? san francisco has already lost conventions well into july. they're optimistic they can bring it back, but if there are

stringent rules, what's going on? also, we're going to be in competition with other states. only three governors agreed to this on the west coast, nevada, arizona and utah we didn't hear too much about. it is like a toggle switch, and it's very difficult to get it back up, because eventually you're going have to turn that light up to the point where it illuminates and hopefully doesn't have to get turned back down. that's the toughest call to make. >> that's the trick, isn't it? phil, thank you very much. you can read phil's columns in "the san francisco chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. here are the latest bay area coronavirus totals. there are more than 5400 cases in these ten counties. 147 people have died. solano county is reporting five more infections. today uc santa cruz announced that a campus shuttle driver died from covid-19. we're also keeping track of cases in lake and mendocino counties for viewers there. mendocino county is reporting four. lake county is reporting five. and we're charting the total number of local cases on to this graph so we can see the trend.

remember our goal is to bend the curve, to flatten it out. this includes data for 14 counties, the bay area and beyond. i'm dan noyes at the kaiser in fremont, where doctors want to send an 89-year-old patient back to the nursing home where she contracted coronavirus. her family asked me to investigate. i'm spencer christian. high temperatures soared well above average today. how long will this warm-up last? i'll have five years ago, i had psoriasis everywhere. my skin hurt, i felt gross. but then i started cosentyx and i haven't really had to think about it. real people with psoriasis... look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen... or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. ask your dermatologist about cosentyx.

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the virus. our dan noyes is live now with the story and a story that you will see only on abc7 news. dan? >> well, dan, this is a tough one. i spoke to the elderly patient at kaiser today. she is clear. she thinks if she goes back to gateway, she'll die from the coronavirus. 89-year-old evelyn tomei is a two-time cancer survivor, now battling bronchitis and the coronavirus she picked up at gateway care and rehabilitation in hayward. now at kaiser fremont, doctors say she has responded to hydroxychloroquine treatments, so they want to send her back to gateway. what do you think about going back to gateway? >> no, no, no. >> why? >> because i don't want to die. >> the nursing home is in the throes of a coronavirus outbreak. we received word overnight that a tenth and 11th patient that contracted covid-19 there have died. at least 66 residents and staff have been infected.

>> we're here sacrificing, we're here taking care of our residents as have always been our priority. >> and the staff is at wit's end working very long hours. i spoke with man who wouldn't give his name but described himself as a nurse manager. >> we cannot control what's happening out in the world. this is a pandemic that's affecting the world. please, express that, not a gateway issue. >> in an email statement, kaiser defends sending mrs. tomei back to the place where she acquired coronavirus because she no longer needs acute care and is ready to be discharged. it is important to understand being a covid-19 positive patient does not pose an increased risk to a patient's health and safety. now kaiser saying they want to send her back there. what do you think about that? >> it's nuts. >> dr. michael wasserman is president of the california association of long-term care medicine. >> sending someone back who has the virus, who is still possibly fighting the virus only is going to add stress to an already stressed facility.

>> dr. wasserman tells me the risk is probably creating another kirkland, that nurse home in washington state that has seen more than 120 cases and at least 37 deaths. >> yeah, it's very emotional. >> the ordeal is weighing heavily on mrs. tomei's son and daughter-in-law. >> i was frantic. that's when i called you. i did not know what to do, what to think, where to go with it. all i knew is oh my god. >> you put her back into a place that has covid already. who's to say they haven't found out anything yet, if she would get it again? >> and evelyn tomei tells me even some of kaiser's own staff apparently disagree with the doctor's decision. >> i had a nurse this morning tell me she said are you from over there? i said yeah, but i'm not going back. she said don't. you fight it. don't go back there. now a nurse to tell me that, that's something. >> kaiser tells me they would send her home with support, but

her daughter-in-law and her son say that's just too much, that evelyn needs 24-hour care and is bed ridden. i'm curious what you think. you can comment on my facebook page or on our story at abc7news.com. for the i-team, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> dan, thank you so much. well, dan and the i-team have covered a lot of the local nursing homes that have experienced coronavirus outbreaks. you can read the stories on our website. go to abc7news.com/i-team. today we learned another nursing facility, east bay post acute facility in castro facility reported its first coronavirus death. there are 45 patients there. we turn to our weather warm weather today. however, cooler temperatures are

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lunchtime leaving dozens displaced during the shelter-in-place order. one home on schaddock caught fire. smoke was visible around the bay area. flames quickly spread to two neighboring buildings. fire crews hado navigate around downed power lines to get that fire under control. >> we had one of those lines come down on our ladder truck that was first on scene. so we had to secure that area, and that slowed us down a little bit. >> the fire was so big, additional firefighters from el cerrito, albany and oakland helped berkeley's crews. no injuries, thankfully were reported. let's turn our attention to the weather forecast as we hit midweek and start looking ahead to the weekend. just lovely out there, guys, isn't it? beautiful. >> yeah, really warm today, spencer. >> isn't that amazing? >> absolutely. so warmer than average for this time of the year. temperatures in the low 80s in some locations. in fact we even had one record high today looking at the final readings for high temperature, 80 degrees at oakland airport is

a new record for this date. 83 at napa and fairfield. 82 at concord and santa rosa. you can see all around the bay area, much warmer than you would expect for miss april. right now it's still pretty mild all around the region. we've got upper 70s to about 80 degrees in many inland locations right now. 80 at brentwood. 81 at fairfield. closer to the bay 73 at oakland. 69 in san francisco right now. and these are our forecast features. we do have some changes coming our way. above average temperatures will be with us again tomorrow, though it will be a little cooler at the coast. and it will be turning much cooler by the end of the week. showers will arrive late sunday night into monday. and here is just a quick preview of the forecast animation. you can see those showers moving in after about 11:00 p.m. sunday. continuing overnight, becoming a little steadier into monday. i'll give you a closer, longer look at the weather copping our way and the accuweather seven-day forecast a little bit later. dan and ama? >> great. >> all right. i'm wayne freedman in san francisco on a very quiet union

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projected an expansion of more than 3%. now it forecasts the economy will shrink by 3%. the trump administration has reached an agreement in principle with major airlines over a $25 billion bailout. also tonight, he is announcing a halt in fund ogg to the world health organization, accusing the w.h.o. of failing to do enough to stop the virus from spreading when it surfaced in china. >> one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the w.h.o. was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other nations. fortunately, i was not convinced and suspended travel from china. >> the american medical association is calling on the president to reconsider his decision. [ closing bell ] >> indications that the surge in coronavirus cases may be flattening gave wall street a boost. the dow gained nearly 559 points

closing at 23,949. the nasdaq picked up 323. the s&p ended the day up at 84 at 2,846. a walnut creek woman who lost her job because of the coronavirus pandemic told her landlord she would not be able to pay this month's rent, and she says the landlord responded by threatening her with eviction. 7 on your side's michael finney is live with the story. michael, i suspect there are going to be a lot of those stories out there? >> there's going to be a ton of them. we're beginning to get them here in our 7 on your side office. look, let me begin with some good news. we spoke with an attorney who tells us that an eviction right now pretty unlikely. however, it is still leading to some very anxious, anxious moments. she doesn't know how much longer she'll live at her walnut creek apartment of four years. about one month ago, she lost her job as a receptionist when the outpatient clinic she worked at switched to telephone and video visits due to covid-19.

she wrote her landlord a letter explaining the situation. >> i'll be more than happy to pay him my rent. but at this moment, i have to choose between eating food or landlord sent her this three-day notice to pay the rent or move out. the property manager at quail hill apartments told 7 on your side it has every intention on working with her, saying we're not somebody who will hang somebody out to dry. still, she says she is suffering panic attacks. >> i have a roof over my head, and have i food to eat, but i don't know how long that's going to be. >> attorney jacqueline ravenscroft says her firm has been contacted by dozens of tenants in similar situations. she says these tenants have time. >> they probably can legally stay in their units without an eviction for between six and 12 months actually. > the judicial council, which oversees the court system

recently ruled that no eviction or foreclosure case can proceed until 90 days after the governor lifts the current state of emergency. given the court's current backlog, ravenscroft predicts it could be months before a case is heard. she called the three-day notice misleading. >> because it's giving the tenant the impression that the landlord has the right to go and file an eviction right now if the tenant doesn't pay, and that's simply not the case. thinking gives shamifa some hope. >> so i'm just living day by day, and i'm just trying to just keep calm and not panic. >> it's tough to watch, that isn't it? look, there are no statistics available on how many evictions are being filed in the courts. however, we did talk to the folks over the contra costa county courthouse, and they tell us that they're not seeing any upticks. so it appears like landlords and those who are trying to make their rent are trying to figure out where things are going right now.

>> tough. >> so much to figure out right now, michael, thank you. and the struggle to pay rent isn't just about people trying to keep their homes. it's also about people keeping their businesses. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has the story. >> since when, if ever has san francisco's once thriving union street appeared so foreboding and empty? what used to be a small business haven now has the feel of a ghost town in a metropolis. it is boarded up and locked, the words closed until further notice now a tired redundant lament. >> devastation. >> devastation of a kind katherine goldman has ever seen before. and three years ago the tubbs fire took her home. now covid-19 could claim her waxing business. storefronts in san francisco, oakland, lafayette, san jose, and los angeles all closed with a combined $40,000 in rent overdue to nine different landlords. >> one has said in order to even start negotiations, we need your

april 1 rent payment. so basically, holding rent as ransom to have a dialogue about future rent payments. >> take it past covid-19, this is just basic economics. if small businesses don't have customers, they can't pay their leases to landlords, who in turn can't pay their mortgages to banks. it's a symbiotic relationship. >> i went from making a lot of revenue to overnight zero revenue and laying off every single one of my employees. >> we spoke with some of katherine's landlords today. the more reasonable among them describe a financial landscape that no one has seen or dealt with before. omar sheik owns the property on union street. >> just be creative and work with your tenants and be fair. nobody wants a vacancy. >> the streets vacant enough already. in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. a lot of businesses are

being drafted into the war on covid-19. tonight we take you inside an east bay company that put its robots to work around the clock to create a better test. and what about a test for coronavirus antibodies to find out if you're safe from the virus? a local lab has one that can give results in ten minutes. mo

step by step, we're going to figure this out. we're gonna find a way through this. we're working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. it's about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. we're gonna go through an awful lot of these. all across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. we stay at work. for you. you stay at home for us.

just know we're all with you. thank you, thank you so much. thank you doctors & nurses. bay area's reputation as a biotech research hub is proving to be a valuable asset to ramp up covid testing. david louie explains how robots were enlisted to improve the accuracy of the test. >> reporter: zeimer gen is usually focuses on the world's biggest problems such as breaking down plastic for reuse. a few weeks ago it was enlisted into the campaign to develop reliable covid-19 test kits. their emeryville facility was

tapped by the initiative at uc san francisco to test the buffer that is used to collect and analyze swab samples taken from a person's nose to determine if a person is infected. a robotic system was used due to the precision required that humans can't do as accurately. >> robots don't get hungry and bored. so for these very small, but very simple tests a machine is better than a person. >> robotics were able to do the evaluation over and over 24 hours a day. zymergen hopes its contribution will help not only to save lives but to address concerns that the results are not always accurate leading to false diagnosis. >> small variations in the process can lead to unacceptably high false positives. so you tell somebody they have covid when they don't or false negatives where you say they don't have it but they actually do. >> so this provides a very high degree of confidence that the results will be accurate? >> yes. >> david louie, abc7 news. with all the news about

reopening the economy and lifting social distancing at some point, people are fascinating by the idea of a simple test to find out if you've been exposed to covid-19 and developed antibodies. in fact, tina who lives in alameda county asked us that question. when can the general population expect to get the antibodies test to see if we have already been exposed? leslie brinkley went out to find the answer. >> as you can imagine with this test, it exploded overnight. >> the ceo of arcpoint labs says they're pivoting day to day with the finger prick covid antibody test they launched just last week. results are available in about ten minutes. >> only one at the control. that means the test ran the way it was supposed to, but you do not have the antibodies for covid-19. >> there we have it. >> reporter: sarah lopez drove to this martinez lab to get this test from gold country to get the test, paying $80 out of pocket. this mother and son from san mateo found out they were negative. >> it's funny. i have to be extra careful and use protective gear, especially since i'm going to be

volunteering in a place where a lot of people are going to come in contact with me. >> but new information on the fda website means a transition to a different test is now under way at arcpoint. >> if you had an appointment scheduled already, then we're going to go ahead and see through with those appointments, but we're no longer accepting new appointments for the finger prick test and we're moving to the lab-based test that has to be conducted in a high complex facility. >> so the newest iteration will require a blood draw, shipping to it florida for testing and 165 to $195 price tag. >> all of us want to get our hands on those kinds of tests and make them readily available to the public. they just come with a lot of qualifications right now. >> so there are no fda approved tests, no clear-cut answers. does the avaabit in martinez, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news.

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♪ we've been sheltering in place for about a month now. today is tuesday, april 14th, day 29 of our shelter in place in the bay area. we talk a lot about masks and face coverings, which we're now recommended to wear but not required. is there a difference? snta clara's top dr. sarah cody explains. >> we have recommended universal face covering. we have not used the word masking for a simple reason, and that is we're sensitive to the fact we don't have adequate personal protective equipment, and unfortunately, we're still needing to make decisions and communicate our priorities for personal protective equipment, which includes medical grade masks. >> so basically, masks are what medical workers need, a face covering, something over your nose and mouth can help protect

us in the public. >> you know, there is so much confusion circulating about face mask, should we wear them all the time and is simple cloth effective? abc reporter stephanie sierra breaks down the answers from doctors at ucsf. >> should i really be wearing a face mask, and if i do, does it do anything? >> to mask or not to mask, that was a popular question posted on social media this week. people like sharon hoffman are confused. >> we were originally told that except for n95s, other face masks don't prevent the spread of covid-19. >> that's no longer true. early data suggests wearing some sort of mask in public will prevent the spread. >> we really should have face coverings when we're out and about in public. >> this is dr. jean noble who leads the covid-19 response team at ucsf's emergency department. >> any time you're coming in six feet of another person, you should have some form of face covering on.

>> so what if you feel healthy? >> i don't cough or sneeze? >> noble says still wear a mask. 25% of patients who test positive for covid-19 are asymptomatic, showing no symptoms. we emit droplets just when we speak and certainly when we cough. we want to keep our germs in, and we want to keep the germs of others out. >> and what if you don't have a surgical or n95 max. >> i found a piece of cloth. can i simply wrap that around or a certain type? >> there is not a certain type. any facecloth will do. noble says you should wash it any time it gets moist after coughing or talking. >> it can be cotton of a bandanna that you fold on itself and you cover your mouth and your nose. that's adequate. >> so if you're going the grocery store, make anything other essential errand, the bottom line, wear a mask. you may be wondering if wearing a mask will soon be required.

noble says she doesn't think so. it's just highly recommended and it will likely save lives. in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> if you have more questions about masks and face covers, we can help you find answers. google abc7 news news masks and you will find this page, everything you need to know about the cdc guidelines on masks and face covers. it's at abc7news.com. >> all the info you want to know. we also want to know how long this warm weather is sticking around. >> forever we hope, spencer. >> well, i can promise one more day. how about that? it has been a lovely day and a very warm one for mid-april. here is a look at live doppler 7. we still have sunny skies across the bay area, and our high temperatures are worth taking a second look at. we had one record high for this date at oakland airport at 80 degrees. and look at the number of places that reached or exceeded 80 degrees in other inland areas. it was quite a warm day.

looking at current temperature readings, it is still pretty mild. 69 degrees in san francisco. 73 in oakland. mid- to upper 70s at redwood city. 68 at gilroy. 64 at half moon bay. and checking out other temperature readings right now. mid 70s at santa rosa, plume marks napa. 81 right now at fairfield, concord and liver nor the mid- to upper 70s still. so here is a look at our forecast features once again. we can expect above average temperatures again tomorrow, although it will be slightly cooler at the coast than it is today. it will be turning a bit cooler in all bears the end of the week. in fact, much cooler by the weekend, and over the weekend we can also expect to see an increase in clouds and showers will arrive sunday night into monday. tonight, clear skies, breezy conditions especially near the coast and in the hills. overnight lows will be mainly in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. highs tomorrow down in the south bay, nice and mild, 79 at san jose. 78 santa clara on the peninsula.

mid 60s on the coast tomorrow. downtown san francisco will top out at 67 degrees. up in the north bay, expect 80 degrees at cloverdale. 79 at calistoga. santa rosa 78. east bay high tomorrow 72 at oakland. 74 at hayward and san leandro. 75 castro valley. and the inland east bay will see highs at concord, fairfield and 81 at pittsburg. it's going to be another mild to warm day. looking ahead to sunday, here is the forecast animation showing the development of the showers i mentioned earlier. by late sunday night we can expect the arrival of the first batch of showers. and then overnight it will become a bit wetter and there will be further shower activity into monday and some snow in the sierra. some much needed snow as the snowpack is well, well below average for this time of the year. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. you can see the gradual warming on thursday and friday, and then there will be further warming over the weekend as it gets cloudier. in fact, temperatures will be below average by monday, and the

system comes in on monday brings the scattered showers is a slight storm. it ranks 1 on the abc7 news storm impact scale. but then on tuesday we expect at least partial clearing and it will start drying out and warming up all over again. but today would be hard to beat. it was a dazzling day and tomorrow will be pretty close. dan and ama? >> we'll look forward to the rain but enjoy what we have now. thanks, spencer. all right. let's turn our attention to sports director larry beil working from home as well. larry, a lot of people want to know about the nfl. >> yeah, there is more questions than answers at this point. will we have a football season in a few months? and if so, what exactly would that look like? we'll have theomhe on eves wit big crowds. crowds. plus stanford headd s os pl.

now abc7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. if there is a football season in california this fall, and that's

looking pretty dicey based on where we are right new, it's going to look a lot different than what we're used to. fans most likely will not be in attendance. that's for starters. governor gavin newsom outlined the path forward today saying mass gatherings will not be held for the foreseeable future. let's hear from the governor as well as stanford head coach david shaw on how he is handling his program. large scale events that bring in hundreds, thousand, tens of thousands of strangers all together across every conceivable difference, health and otherwise is not in the cards based upon our current guidelines and current expectations. >> our job right now as the officials, head coaches, everybody is saying what are the steps that we can take to make sure that our players are taken care of right now and that we're prepared whenever that is to come back and in a safe way return to play. >> and while we wait to learn

when sports may resume, warriors star steph curry is using his platform for good. today he launched a covid-19 resource page that includes key snippets of his interview with dr. anthony fauci. >> i had my team chop up the conversation that i had with dr. fauci a couple of weeks ago. should it be a pretty good resource of information and facts that you and your loved ones can have. and we'll be updating it as the situation continues to change. >> making the best of a bad situation. giants outfielder hunter pence was trying to have a big birthday as he celebrated his 37th yesterday. so had to get a little creative with family and friends virtually. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to ryan, happy birthday to you ♪ [ laughter ] >> everybody all together

♪ happy birthday hunter pence . >> ipads and computers. it's like zoom, facetime, skype. it looks like hunter and lexi have every possible program running there. every platform. that's kind of what it takes. a couple of weeks ago, how many of us were zooming with our family members? and now you've got the whole brady bunch display. one last thing i was going to mention, because somebody hit me up on twitter. they were saying they were missing some catchphrases. so you know what? if you have your own personal highlight something, whatever you're doing, i'll scream out with authority on command and tweet it right back to you. if you have a video, send it to me, aloha means goodbye, whatever it is, we'll make something up. tweet it to me and i'll get the video back to you. i got to do something. i got to use these catchphrases, we need the catchphrases now more than everyone. >> yeah. >> all right.

one north bay fire department taking extreme precautions. they're rolling out a pandemic response unit for any medical calls possibly involving covid-19. i'm cornell bernard. we'll show you how it works tonight at 11:00. major league baseball, including the giants taking part in a massive coronavirus antibodies stude study. why researcher says the players are the perfect participants. tonight at 8:00, it's the conners and bless this mess, at 9:00 mixed-ish and black-ish and stay with us for abc news at 11:00. >> and "jimmy kimmel live!" is back in its 11 time slot of 11:35. tonight's guest is george stephanopoulos who announced yesterday he has tested positive for coronavirus. "nightline" airs at 12 cl:05 a.. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley.

we appreciate your time. for spencer christian, larry beil, have a nice evening. these people are all on the front line. and i think we can all do a little bit to make their lives easier right now. they're not able to be with their families, but to be out there for other families. if we can just give them one day of food from the plate they like and bring something to make them feel better and that they're not alone in this, then i feel we did something. what does it mean to be a good neighbor? it means being there for each other. that's why state farm is announcing the good neighbor relief program we know our customers are driving less, which means fewer accidents. so state farm is returning $2 billion dollars to auto policyholders for the period ending may 31st. and we'll continue making real time decisions to best serve you - our customers. because now, more than ever, being a good neighbor means everything.

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♪ this is the... here is our second group of semifinalists-- a sophomore at the university of minnesota, from eden prairie, minnesota... a sophomore at the university of mississippi, from perryville, missouri... and a junior at hendrix college, from conway, arkansas... anthf eopardy!- ex trebek! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny. i was standing backstage a few moments ago watching these three, nibir, londyn, and joe, get ready for this second semifinal match,

and they're loosey-goosey. they're here having a lot of fun. they're not letting the pressure of the moment get to them, and that's good. so good luck. let's go to work. ♪ here come the categories. we start off with... well, for the seniors. we're gonna give you the... you identify the book those chapters come from. we'll deal with... and you're gonna love this one... eh? [audience laughs] joe, go. book chapters for $600. joe. what is "the adventures of tom sawyer"? you're right. book chapters for $800. nibir. what is "lord of the flies"? yes. math terms, $1,000.

joe. what are variables? that's it.