safety. this is abc7 news. >> over the last weeks and months, millions of americans have joined together in a shared national sacrifice to halt the spread of this horrible disease. we are not opening all at once, but one careful step at a time. as we reopen, we know there will be continued hardships and challenges ahead. >> and with that, good afternoon. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm larry beil working from home. let's start with the president announcing the federal guidelines to reopen the economy. this is an 18-page plan first unveiled to governors earlier in the day. it would ease restrictions in areas with low coronavirus while keeping in place those harder hit. >> restoring our economic life. some states will be able to open up sooner than others now that we have passed the peak in new

cases, we're starting our life again. >> the administration's guidelines are broken up into three phases lasting at least 14 days. so we'll give you the quick breakdown here. the fist phase calls on employers to have their employees returning to work in phases and minimize nonessential travel. phase two allows schools to reopen as well as churches, bars, gyms, and large venue, as long as proper social distancing measures remain in place. under the third phase, those venues just reopened with limited social dancing and proper sanitation. the governors, not the president will say when stateress open. the president acknowledged that in his call with the governors. >> that being with it is, we're getting a better idea of

area. chris nguyen joins us live from san jose with that part of the story. chris? >> hi, kristen. well, let's be clear. it's going to be a while before life gets back to normal, but we can tell you that health officers are taking a regional approach, and they're trying to come to some consensus about what happens next. for many in the bay area sheltering in place has felt like an eternity. but when the current order expires on may 4, it doesn' mean we'll be able to go the way things were before the start of the covid-19 pan am. >> it comes down to a small rna virus that is transmitted through droplets. >> dr. yvonne maldonado says regional collaboration will be key to keeping the community safe. >> people are going to be allowed to move in certain ways in one county, it could impact s members of the oor and the association of bay area health officers are now working on a unified plan that could

potentially ease restrictions on what they deem to be lower risk activities in 13 jurisdictions covering napa down to monterey. to start, outdoor activities where social distancing measures can still be met could be reintroduced such as landscaping or golfing. officials say they're also exploring the possibility of allowing gatherings of less than ten people with other activities approved as the summer progresses. >> perhaps resuming preventative health care and dental care. perhaps day camps for children this summer. as the school year ends, even though the schools have been dismissed, there's been child care problems will continue through the summer. >> bay area officials know that a lot of people are feeling uncertain right now. >> am i being requested to shelter in place? am i being allowed to go back to work? if i go back to work, what are the circumstances of going back to work? if i'm going to access child care, how do i know it's a safe child care for my children to be

in? >> while they don't have all the answer, there is a lot of work being done to determine what's best for the community. >> one of the most important things that we can do is make w what is being requested of all of us as citizens of the community. >> and a clearer understanding that we're all in this together. >> hopefully we'll be able to get through the next few weeks and months with the step wise approach. and for people feeling patient and also rebuilding their lives slowly but surely to what they think is their own version of normal. there. >> has also been talks about allowing gatherings of up to 50 people starting in july. but again, these talks are very early. we're live in san jose. i'm chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> chris, i know a lot of these local decisions have come as a result of health officers meeting together. so how frequently are they meeting? >> great question, kristen.

technology is really their friend right now. they're using slack about three times a week. that's according to the santa cruz county health officer. you. zoovionreing uc bkeubcealth g s that could e opening. it will be the first study in the bay area to identify and test a large population of asymptomatic people. across the country, the governors of seven midwest states have announced they will work together on a reopening plan. and the government's paycheck protection loan program for small businesses is now on hold because the lending limit has been reached. governor gavin newsom showing support for the people who work in state's food industry. he signed an executive order today that allows for two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave. >> we don't want you going to work if you're sick. and we want to make sure that if you know that you're sick, it's

okay to acknowledge it and it's okay to let your employer know and still know that you're going to get a supplementalr muof tks >> the order applies to farmer, pick. >> pack. >> grocery store workers and fast food restaurant employees. the governor called food workers the unsung heroes of this pandemic. and we've been listening to your questions about the coronavirus. so abc7 news anchor dion lim sat down for a virtual discussion today, three mayors and a doctor to get answers andy on joining us live in the newsroom now. dion? >> yeah, quite an undertaking. i sat down for a virtual discussion with dr. bob wachter, san jose mayor sam liccardo, oakland mayor libby schaaf and san francisco mayor london breed. we covered a wide range of topics you wanted answers to, benngh whatap to lffrcisco's th annerryri par being canceled, i asked mayor

breed what was next for the city's upcoming festival system with marquee events such as outside lands. do you see us pulling the plug entirely and cancelling these events? >> i'm no doctor, but i do know enough to listen to the professionals and the people who are involved in helping us as mayors make these kinds of decisions that we rely on public health experts in order to determine what's the best course of action. it's really hard to say whether or not some large scale event will get canceled some time in august. but at the same time, we also know that we're going to be living in a new normal, even after we're out of this situation, we're going have to implement certain policies that somehow take into consideration esocial distancing. >> sepeaking of social distancing, i posed this question to mayor libby schaaf on how to impose social distancing, and her reaction to seven people right now is a fine.

we really have been working on education. and that the best enforcement is by the people around you, by your own peers. >> many of you had questions from dr. wachter, chair of the department of medicine at ucsf, including about a common term we've heard in recent weeks. what exactly does peak mean? and is it just me or can it be a little misleading when it comes to giving the general public a sense of false hope on when things can reopen? >> the peak is -- think of a mountain. and we have risen. ne ou're at u havend down to the peak to get to a level of new cases that is minimal in an area before you begin to think about entering the next stage and opening up. so there is a risk that people say we're at the peak. it's all good. it's not all good. it's actually at its worst, but it does mean we can begin seeing

a way towards the next stage which is certainly several weeks away. >> when we do get to the stage of being able to go back to work and resume activities in public, viewer debbie asked on my facebook page about protocol changes for public transportation. >> i'd like to still pose this question to mayor liccardo on the line, because you're actually joining us at a vta meeting. >> we're really trying to make sure every single passenger car is completely clean, and we're doing it multiple times a day. and i think we're going to keep doing it for quite a while both to ensure it is safe and to give the public the conversation that it can be safe. we're going to continue to need public transit. and we're going need each more as families struggle more and more financially. wide and really e, we covered a just scratched the surface. we'll have much more from our discussion, three mayors and a live for you in the newsroom, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> dion, thank you. oakland police want to get

the word out to raise awareness that the city's new slow streets pilot can only stay safe if everyone respects the rules. the idea is to create safe spaces for residents to get out close to their homes for some fresh air. abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live at oakland police headquarters with a story you'll see only on abc7 news. laura? >> well, hi. oakland says slow streets program is less than a week old. it's modeled after other similar programs in cities across the country. and while there is a lot of support, oakland police are warning people that these .tir cart'oo ot forsewulpeally wtreerogram designed to provide. >> is onlily, the slow streets could become an attraction. >> but the oakland police department warns slow streets could become unsafe.

if they get caught up in illegal sideshow activity like this one from last weekend. >> these particular streets are smaller blocks, narrower streets. it's not really conducive for illegal sideshow. however, we know that illegal sideshow will often use side streets or smaller streets to navigate their way through the city. >> but on the slow street that is arthur street, the more immediate danger may be from those who speed through the area it seems on a regular basis, like this, just a block away from where we were standing. a speeding driver failed to make neas serio jt knew it was going hit my grandson's car. they always drive fast up and down 73rd. and like my street. >> we need to make sure you're nice and slow. >> oakland police had to warn this driver that he was moving too fast on a slow street.

even with some concerns about sideshows or speeding car, at least one resident we talked with said she is still supportive of lee is streets. >> i'm hoping it will work out. i really do. >> do you worry about driver likes this guy? >> yeah. >> now as we've seen, many of the folks who come into oakland for the sideshows from out of town. opd wants anyone to know who is likely to do a sideshow activity this weekend that there is going to be mandatory enforcement, and they will be paying particular teho des be trying to get out and walk or bike safely. kristen? >> laura, i understand they hope to expand the slow streets program, but do they have a plan? >> well, they do, kristen, and they're actually reaching out to the public to get their input. right i know there is something like four and a half miles of designated slow streets. it's a pilot program. this weekend they're trying to

possible designati cty input about what they think about those particular streets there is a map. there is more information that will be on our website, abc7news.com. >> all right. we'll keep watching that. laura, thank you. all right. who is ready to go to the beach? santa cruz county has reopened many of its parks and beaches. the original order was in effect only through the 15th of the month, and that was not extended. however, the county says social distancing guidelines remain in effect as well as all state and county shelter in place orders. be advised park rest rooms and playgrounds will remain closed. stimulus check problems. 7 on your side's michael finney has an update. plus caught in the act. the man accused of stealing a pile of face masks and other protective equipment. and howfaboigormatiinth

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or on the way home! pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just $5.99. we have been sheltering in place for a month now. today is thursday, april 16th. day 31 of our shelter in place in the bay area. people in fremont, they're now required to wear a mask or a face covering when in an essential business like a ose businesses and the face r covers must be provided by their employer. if you're not wearing a face covering, you could be refused entrance or service. employers must also allow employees to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer at least every 30 minutes. a bay area man faces felony burglary charges for allegedly stealing personal protective equipment from a nursing and health care college. fremont police arrested 35-year-old ryan schulman last

night after they say he burglarized the unitech college. schulman is accused of stealing more than a thousand n95 masks as well as sanitizing wipes and protect gloves. all were recovered. schulman was cited and released. michael finney joining us live from his home with today's headlines. hi, michael. >> hey, you guys. as stimulus checks are mailed out, we're finding out this is not a flawless process, not by a long shot. some are finding their payments have been sent to the wrong bank accounts. one common reason, the recipient tosoanere automiclyreing thfu t government. that soust th r ge mledchk. we know that can often take a long time. everyone whoec mo a letter within two weeks what to do if

the payment went to the wrong place. ticketmaster has clarified its policy on refunds and many customers are ticked off. after lots of confusion, ticketmaster says it's only giving refunds for canceled events. ticketmaster says it passes on buyers' money to the venue so it's hard for it to do refunds. the company encouraged customers who want refunds for postponed or rescheduled shows to contact the venue directly. there is a problem with that. a lot of the venues are closed right now. on that note, 62% of american adults have canceledtrel pns baa third say they lost money. the most canceled, graduations, hotel stays and flights. jen sze had to call off events.

nearly three quarters reported doing. so i don't know if you have any events planned, but it is tough. the ones i'm managing to get canceled are the ones that cancel and send me notice. whenever try, good luck. >> congratulation. >> so sad. thanks, michael. facebook says it's taking aggressive action to stop the spread of misinformation and harmful content about covid-19 on its apps. the menlo park company says it's working with more than 60 fact-checking organizations to review and rate content in 50 languages around the world. now last month alone, facebook claims it displayed warnings on about 40-million posts related to covid-19. sheryl sandberg appeared today on the abc program "pandemic." >> making sure people are getting accurate information on coronavirus has been our top priority since the beginning of this. >> sandberg says facebook has directed two billion people to official health the worltoet the facts about coronavirus. a new report says more

americans are turning to pandemic. according to express scripts, prescriptions for anti-anxiety were up 34% since mid-march when many states began imposing stay-at-home orders. the usage was nearly twice as high for women than men. it's a sharp reverse federal the pattern over the last five years when use of medications declined more than 12%. as if we don't have enough to worry about right now, scientists now say we are officially in a mega drought. the team from columbia uiversity studied tree rings. they found that the years in 2000 to 2018 were the second driest period in the past 1200 years. you heard that right. 1200. the drought area includes nine western states from california to colorado. the study says the wet years we saw in 2000 and 2018, those were exceptions. the drought they say is still under way. while its causes are natural, it

is being made worse by climate change. as we bring in mr. mega drought himself. >> not a lot. >> thanks, thanks for the new name. well, we have a little rain copping our way, but it's certainly not going relieve the current situation. looking at live doppler 7 right now, you see a little moisture and clouds moving through the area. no one is reporting any rainfall hitting the ground right now. it's mainly dry. we've had quite a cooldown since yesterday. check out the 24-hour temperature change. most locations near the bay ain land have cooled down about 10, 15 degrees from this time yesterday. let's take a look at current readings. 56 in san francisco. last couple of days we had upper 50s and low 70s low to mid-60s. oakland, san jose and gilroy. 54 at half moon bay. let's check temperature res north. low 60s right now at santa rosa, petaluma and napa. low 70s at fairfield and conc d concord. livermore 67 degrees. and these are our forecast features.

we'll see low clouds and perhaps fog expanding tonight. drizzle near the coast is even possible. cooling showers will arrive on monday. we have rough surf right now. wave heights are growing and a beach hazard statement will be in effect from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. tomorrow. there is the increased risk of sneaker waves and strong rip currents. during the overnight hours we'll see low temperatures still relatively on mild side, mainly upper 40s to low 50s. possibly coastal drizzle. here is forecast animation showing the movement of clouds and moisture pushing into the bay area tomorrow. and there may be isolated shower or two. but nothing widespread is expected at all. so let's move along to take a look at high temperatures in the iternoon under partly sunny low to mid-60s around the bay shoreline, and mainly upper 60s inland. now the approaching storm that will bring us the showers on monday ranks only 1 on the storm impact scale. we can expect light rain or

showers generally under 0.3 from this system. we'll pick up our forecast animation midday sunday. going into the late night hours we may see light rain pushing onshore just before midnight. and during the overnight hours, as we go into the morning commute, we'll see the light rain become a bit more widespread. but we don't expect any heavy rain out of this system. and again, we don't expect it to be very widespread. it probably will wind down and fizzle out by monday evening. so let's move along and take a look at our accuweather seven-day forecast. going into the weekend, we can expect mix of clouds and sun for the next three days. it will be relatively cool. certainly cooler than the last two days were. and then late sunday night, monday morning we've got the showers coming in or light rain. the system, again, ranks only 1 on the abc7 storm impact scale. as we get into the middle of next week we can expect sunnier, milder, warmer conditions. much more spring-like. if we're going get rain, we'd certainly like to get some real rain.

this doesn't look like much. >> that's just enough to remind us that we're not getting any real rain. so thanks, spencer. >> exactly. all right. as if the shutdown from the coronavirus isn't enough, now plans for a power outage in parts of the bay area. but there i s good news today. plus athlete mace not be able to perform on the field, but some are still giving ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like james lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. it lowers the risk. oh! and i only have to take it once a week. oh! ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) ozempic® is not for people

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another bay area event has been canceled. the jazz festival and summer camp have been canceled. the festival originally scheduled for august is expected to take place next summer instead. some good news for sports fans. golf could be the first professional sport back in action. today the pga tour announced a revised schedule with the first event, the charles schwab challengeune 11th in fort worth, texas. that event and throws three others will be played without spectators. in all, the pga announced dates

today for 28 events, including the safeway open beginning september 10th in napa. the tour previously announced the pga championship at san francisco's harding park would be moved to august 6th. all right. a star-studded lineup wants you to be their guest, be their guest for a disney sing along tonight on abc7. >> i won't sing because i like people to keep tuning in. celebrities and their families will take on their favorite disney tunes from their home. performers include ariana grande, deem any love vlad doe, kristin chenoweth and former "dancing with the stars" derek hough. >> to bring joy. that's what this is all about. for people, families to come and watch and sing along. my girlfriend and i were performing be our guest from beauty and the beast and dancing around the house and making a mess and rearranging furniture. the idea is to bring joy and some happiness to people.

>> you can watch the disney family sing along tonight at 8:00, only on abc7. all proceeds help feeding america's covid-19 response efforts. by the way, disney is the parent company of abc7. come on, larry. i shouldn't sing, but i did it any way. so i dare ya! >> you're much better, much better. much more to come this hour. how about a lockdown and no power? >> i'm wayne freedman in mill valley, where we have two kinds of mitigations going on. one against pandemics with people in their homes, and another against wildfires with pg&e cutting the power. the question for rtss wh. that's coming up. plus a ban on elective surgeries created anxiety for patients. up next, one

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safety, this is abc7 news. >> ucsf getting creative to help their doctors and nurses. university team is now planning to 3-d print 300 face shields a day. and companies are starting to talk about their plans for reopening. today facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg said they canceled all events with more than 50 people. that's through june of next year. meanwhile, abc7 news says the ceo of starbucks sent an email to employees saying they'll be relying on what they call a data dashboard with coronavirus trends and case info to make decisions at the individual store level. well, the ranks of americans who have been thrown out of work by this virus now tops at least 22 million. that number jumped to a staggering amount after the labor department reported that 5.2 million more people filed for first-time unemployment claims in the past week. and in just four week, the pandemic has wiped out more jobs than were created during the

economic recovery that began after the 2008 recession. let's hope these jobs come back quickly. >> yeah. in the north bay, pg&e continues to try to notify customers in advance of system repairs that require them to turn off the power. but it's not working as smoothly as hoped. especially in the midst of a pandemic. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has more from mill valley. >> it is an idyllic place to take refuge from covid-19. but for ron mclane of mill valley, it includes some difficulties. >> the biggest frustration is work, not being able to work effectively from home. we're all expected to work. >> but he lives in a fire zone. pg&e has been hard erning the system here and elsewhere which means cutting the power at the same time when sheltering residents need to be proifk. >> i don't know. what can you do? it's totally unexpected. we didn't know this was coming. >> like they're just playing catch-up because they didn't do their jobs. >> pg&e plans to cut the power 18 times before the end of the

month here in mill valley, san rafael and novato, affecting in some cases hundreds of customers. what frustrates them schedule for this keeps changing. >> how do you plan? >> i don't think you can. >> deanna contreras speaks from pg&e. why does the schedule keep changing? >> so we are taking feedback into consideration, and we're doing everything we can to reduce impacts to customers. >> all this, says pg&e, to reduce damage next fire season. the state of california ordered these mitigation measures. pg&e has a deadline. >> with we have to do this work, wayne. we have to get this work done in these high fire threat areas before wildfire season. >> meantime, pg&e has been trying to notify customers as well as it can based on the changing plans. >> nrr, pg&eve per to him. llateral damage f tion one for wildfires, the other a pandemic, and the least

inill valley, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> and coming up at 6:00 tonight, the changes pg&e made about potential outages in the east bay after a 7 on your side got involved. so michael finney will have that story for us. it was a month ago today hospitals in san francisco were ordered to stop elective surgeries to prepare for an expected surge in covid-19 cases. nearly 2,000 patients at just one hospital, ucsf, were impacted, creating a lot of delays as well as anxiety for them and their families. reporter david louie sharing the story of one of those patients. and david is live reporting from home. david? >> well, larry, it is never easy to get sick and to be scheduled for surgery. a delay can cause symptoms to get worse or pain to intensify. surgeons are having to make tough calls about who goes to the top or the bottom of the priority list. >> it started with blurry vision

on the right side of my face. and then numbing and tingling. >> a second grade teacher in san jose, rosemary mckinney knew something was seriously wrong when an mri showed she had two brain tumor, she was scheduled for surgery the next morning. then came yet another shock. >> when i came out of the mri, i was told that they stopped all elective surgeries at ucsf. >> san francisco public health had ordered a halt on all elective surgeries starting the next day so hospitals to prepare for a surge in covid-19 patients. husband rick mckinney wanted to think this had to be a joke. >> well, she is having a brain surgery. this is not elective. nobody elects to have brain surgery, right? >> the mother of two teenagedda poatuc sged surgerclin hers had cases in tears. >> each department now is tasked with the process of figuring out who is number one, number two, number three, number four.

and it's really hard to do. >> rosemary was classified in tier 2 meaning it was not imminently life-threatening, but it was not cosmetic. the pain intensified as did her anxiety. >> every day my symptoms are getting worse. and it's just the unknown. is this going to happen? when is it going happen. >> the mckinny family understood the gravity of covid-19 cases. the postponement of her surgery and the 1900 others allowed ucsf to free up 243 patient beds and nearly 100 intensive care beds. it also lended delicate discussions with patients and their families. >> about 2/3 of them are urgent. in terms surgeries if yt, y w rary endured o- it. mda and she is in recovery. it's an example of the tough decision doctors and hospitals are making. >> we have a mission. we are not here just to treat

covid. we're here to make everybody safe no matter what they have. >> what a story. well, our thanks to rosemary and to her surgeon for sharing their experience. as for those 1900 postponed surgery, it's estimated it will take up to six months to clear up the backlog. we're live working from home, david louie, abc7 news. >> wow. all right, david, thank you. the shelter in place is difficult on everyone. as part of our ongoing limited series, covid-19 diaries, we spoke with some local residents about how they're adapting to the new normal of shelter in place. ♪

>> i actually try and go out at least every other day just to take a walk in any neighborhood. >> because if i stay cooped up in here all day, i would probably go crazy. >> we only go out for essentials, like only go out for essentials. >> we're probably taking pretty extreme cautions. >> i'm not taking anything with us. like i might take a water bottle or extra things i'm holding. i'm not taking anything but kleenex and hand sanitizer. >> hand sanitizer station the first thing when you walk through the front door. >> we have our dirty space in the front of the door. so everyone is hand sanitizer, shoes off. >> spray everything down with alcohol. >> lysol like all of my keys, phone, anything if i touch anything. >> indoors clothes and my outside clothes. i change every time i come home. >> will wear clothing i with take off right when i get home.

>> take everything off, sanitize and jump in the shower. >> it's funny/not funny. but our 4-year-old is i know, croce. >> i just have to, because i have a baby. and i don't want her to get sick. >> i do like to go for runs sometimes. if i do, try to be near absolutely no one. >> now people are walking into the street to give someone a sidewalk. >> if i see someone, try and think -- plan two steps ahead like cross the street or walk wide into the street so i can avoid them and they can avoid me. >> the kids really quick. they'll see somebody coming on the same squawk, and it's a skewed anti-social response. okay, cross the street. but we always make it a point to make eye contact, to wave at the neighbors. >> i thought that everybody would be waving or say hello. it's not entirely true. there are a lot of people lost in their thoughts who aren't out

even to be casually social. >> stories of all of us. you can see more of covid-19 diaries limited series on abc7news.com. so imagine going to a store trying to buy something, and they tell you no, no, that's nonessential. you can't have that. stateress stricting sales at some big box stores. plus -- >> commercial. >> neil, neil. >> a commercial. oh, the perils of working from

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from spend together much time in stores unnecessarily. the items asked not to sell includes arts and crafts, beauty products, clothes and entertainment. basically, everything besides groceries. i don't know about that. i mean, first of all, arts and craft, i think a lot of people are finding that's essential for their moment of zen daily. if they can't buy there, does that encourage them to go to other places and risk more exposure. what do you think? dan, let's start with you. >> kristen, that's a great point about arts and crafts, because we need to do something when we're at home. part of me thinks it's a good idea in that we're not supposed to go to stores and mill around and use it as a pastime. we're supposed to go for essential supplies and go home. that does make sense to some degree, but that does make sense about the arts and crafts. >> spencer, what do you think? >> i feel pretty much the wayda i think if you wan crafts to kip yourself occupy order keep the kids occupied, you may want to

order through a company like amazon and have it delivered instead of going out and spending time in a store. so, yeah, i think we should spend as little time in stores as possible. >> i'm going to be the dissenting view. we don't need store police, okay. this is hard enough what we're going through as it is. the pandemic prompting so many lifestyle changes, and maybe some forgetfulness, if we can call it that? i don't know. check this out. the taneytown police department posted this message to remind residents to please wear pants when checking their mailbox, agenda, quote, you know who you are. this is your final warning. taneytown is a city of about 7,000 50 miles west of baltimore. is this one guy that they're talking about? it can't be that many people doing this. dan, right? >> this guy could have had a

problem with this been the pandemic. i don't know. i guess is everybody is at home with their robes on all day, i guess you have to be mindful. you to dress up to go outside. >> as you say, in related news, i may or may not be wearing the pants that go with this jacket. just leave it there. >> not. >> i was going say you know how when we wear masks, it's not for us, it's for other people. same with the pants, okay? it's for the other people. >> please. good point. >> working from home these days can be difficult. spencer, you know that. especially if you have a young kid in the house. today a moment of levity during a very serious conversation. mission local editor and columnist was here -- not here. remotely talking about the city's reaction to covid-19 when we had an unexpected guest. >> commercial. >> neil. >> hi, leo. that's your son leo? >> that's a commercial. >> he got through a locked door.

>> i'm on live television right now and this is not a commercial. leo, you've got to -- >> have a commercial. >> it sounds like leo also wants some credit. >> leo, here. sit here, big guy. and please, be quiet while optimism on the television. >> this does give you a chance to realize i have a sweater sitting on this couch that i should get rid of. >> you got to give me five minutes, big guy. you really got to give me five minutes. >> that was excellent, right? of course it reminded us of this video from 2017 of the bbc interview about south korea when two children interrupted their dad's interview. remember that, and the mom sneaking in, trying to get the kids out of there. that was crazy. but that moment today was way too precious. and i just want to say we put this out there, and then joe escinazi, lesson of the day, a child who doesn't register "i'm

on the phone" will also not register "i'm on live television." >> i don't want to jinx it, but we got very lucky, or ama has. she has a 2-year-old daughter. so far no surprise appearances at ama's house. we'll see. >> yeah, spencer, no such problems for you? >> no such problems here, no. my grandchildren are a continent away. i'd love for them to fly in and interrupt me any old time. because i'd love to see them. >> the struggle real. >> leo has a bright future as a locksmi locksmith, apparently, if he can get through the locked doors. some of us bringing news from home, you can get a glimpse into our homes and see what we have, like statues behind me. they're actually service awards given to us by the walt disney company, which owns abc7 when employees known as cast members reach milestone anniversaries. here is a look at some of them. simba is if you worked for

disney for 20 years. jimeny cricket for 30. pinocchio for 35. donald duck at 40. walt disney and mick ey mouse a 45 years. all these belong to our colleague david louie. he has been with abc for 48 years and counting. the company began handing out the awards in 1965. david needs -- he needs more shelf space because he's got so many awards. not to even talk about all of his mihm. >> he is fantastic. i think by the way when he gets to 50 in a couple of years, 50 years with the company, they give him keys to the castle at disneyland. they better. >> ooh. >> i like that idea. >> i love that. >> the surprise thing for me is i didn't know you could start working at age 2. that's clearly what david did. >> he was a prodigy. >> this one over my shoulder is for 25 years of service. it's been suggested that my coworkers should all get these for 25 years of dealing with me.

see if managers will spring for that. i don't know. >> good idea. good idea. >> sometimes 25 minutes. >> oh! >> spencer! not true. >> all right. that's it for ♪ it's only human to find inspiration in nature. and also find answers. our search to transform... ...farm waste into renewable natural gas led chevron to partner with california bioenergy. working to provide an alternative source of power... ...for a cleaner way forward.

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>> what this initiative is doing is it's allowing san josans to really rally around each other as a community. we want to create inroads for community members to help each other, and this is one great way. >> to purchase these items, you can visit the website. we have provided the information on abc7news.com. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >> and 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 #better bay area to show us how you're saying thank you, and we'll share the love. dozens of families received free groceries today thanks tomh the campbell seventh day adventist church passed out 100 bags of rice, beans, on yorngs the church and its members donated money to buy those groceries. they put the word out to neighbors so people who have lost their jobs or have seen their wages reduced can still have access to food. great job.

coming up next, our moment of zen. from the east bay. but first, dan is here with what's coming up on abc7 news at 5:00. >> larry, new at five, abc7 news goes one-on-one with the head of a coronavirus task force on fraud. what he's seeing from the bay area to brooklyn. really interesting stuff. plus, why safeway shoppers are having trouble finding produce in their stores, and how special ed kids are being left in limbo during this crisis. epl i t we all nd a lot more can 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 place they like and bring something to make them feel better and that they're not alone in this, then ifeel we did something. about making choices.

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