to check off your list on this friday. >> exactly. happy friday, everyone. check that off your list and figure out what you're going to do this weekend because i guess, mike, might be more of an indoor weekend. >> i think there will be times when you can get outside that's for sure but maybe not as sunny and warm as you would like it. definitely some reasons to stay inside if it's cloudy and cool and that's not your vibe. let's look at what is going on with live doppler 7, a lot of gray out there. not much in the way of moisture. mist in our higher elevations during the morning commute, otherwise pretty gray as you look from the exploratorium camera and temperatures in the low to mid 50s. slightly mild this morning, but those same clouds will keep the sunshine from warming us up too much. we'll stay in the 50s at the coast. 62, 61 at noon for our bay and inland neighborhoods. 66 at say 4:00 and everybody dropping into the 50s right after 7:00. if you are heading out this evening, maybe getting some take out and helping our restaurants,

dress for temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. reggie? >> mike, thank you. cover your face. this morning for the first time, residents in some north bay communities will have to wear some sort of mask. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us in sonoma county. good morning, amy. >> good morning, r as of today it is in effect in sonoma county you have to cover your face and this order is coming to more bay area counties very soon. not just counties that are putting this into play, the city of fremont just put an order in place and the fine there to not wear one could go as high as $100. the mayor says it isn't about punishing people. the focus really is more peoplee seem ready to comply. >> you don't -- >> it is something that is very simple and that could make a big difference. >> ma, are irx to n county's

health officer said some other bay area counties will be announcing today that they will start requiring masks. the counties were not named and we'll have to wait and see which ones are joining in on this, but marin will start requiring them on wednesday. the discussion now is focusing on what to do and require after the shelter in place order expires, which it is set to do on may 3rd. many saying masks could be the new normal even beyond that day. we could be covering our faces for a while. reporting live in petaluma, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> that seems very likely, amy, thank you. starting today people who ride golden gate transit in sonoma have to wear masks while onboard. the transit agency is requiring them because of the county's new face covering order. passengers are require to social distance a maximum of eight riders are allowed to go on each 40-foot bus. ten riders on 45-foot buses.

the u.s. economy would reopen in phases under president trump's plan. yesterday the president laid out the benchmarks we would have to meet for that to happen. jobina fortson is at the live desk with more on this. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, kumasi. president trump admits it is ultimately up to the governors to decide when states can ease up on social distancing measures and allow businesses to reopen. still, though, president trump did lay out some suggestions during yesterday's press conference. he believes that the u.s. should reopen in phases. once state see a two-week decline in the number of people with coronavirus symptoms and in the percentage of people who test positive. it can enter phase one. businesses can slowly look at ways to reopen, people may be able to social in groups with fewer than ten people and still be required to social distance, though. if states go two weeks without a rebound in covid-19 cases, they can enter phase two.

restaurants, movie theaters and bars may be allowed to reopen with social distancing protocols. >> we are not opening all at once, but one careful step at a time. and some states will be able to open up sooner than others. >> in the case that a state is successful with phases one and two, phase three involves everything pretty much opening up. people going into the office here and opening up larger venues, as well. kumasi, i'll send it back over to you. >> thank you. governor newsom has issued an executive order giving california's grocery workers two weeks of paid sick leave this comes after one worker died and 51 others tested positive at a safeway distribution center in tracy. the cases in tracy come as the bay area customers here noticed that stores have limited produce, pasta, flour and sugar. >> there's zero avocados in

there. >> cleaned out. >> no carrots. very few bell peppers, produce. >> surprising lysurprisingly, t eggs. >> safeway released a statement about the worker's death saying our hearts are heavy and our thoughts are with the associate's family. the company is streamlining operations at the center as it deals with a surge in sick calls to make sure the stores have enough stock. this morning, we're looking into a social media challenge that you may not want to take part in. this is the senior portrait thing going around, and while it may seem like harmless fun, it could be capitalizing on the covid-19 pandemic in a nasty way. here's abc news reporter amanda del castillo. >> reporter: pomp and circumstance can lead to security threats online. throwback thursday or flashback friday senior portrait probably shouldn't be posted. >> my number one challenge for consumers and what we're hearing about at the bbbb is

covid-related scams. >> reporter: prompts people to post their graduation photos and offer support to current seniors whose year was greatly impacted by the pandemic. scammers instantly have access to that info. what is your high school name and your graduating year and some of the information that they could already find on their facebook, insagram account. >> the bases for the security questions you have when you are setting up your account or you're trying to reset your password. >> reporter: social media, e-mail, bank accounts. this week alone, millions of americans will receive a stimulus payment. all that money means crooks are finding new ways to try to take it from you. we searched on facebook the #class of 2020 uncovered hundreds of public photos information volunteered by thousands of strangers. >> we get 400 complaints a day in just the l.a. office.

>> reporter: criminals are capitalizing on covid-19. >> social media created that environment where the more i share, the more i feel good about myself. people know more about me. if it's on the internet, it's not sacred any more. >> reporter: that's why people should resist the temptation to play along. in san jose, i'm amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >> that's just fine. my senior picture isn't even cute. we wore one of those fake texedos. did you have those, mike? >> no. >> do you know what i'm talking about? >> a fake tuxedo? >> you weren't wearing a real tuxedo, just this little thing they put on you to make it look like you were. all the men had to wear that. >> why didn't you look good? what is happening? i bet you looked great. >> it was an awkward phase.

>> we'll trust you. >> we're going to miss reggie and his tuxedotuxedotuxedotuxe oh, well. our loss. all right, let's take a look at what is going on weatherwise. low to mid 50s along the east bay shoreline under cloudy conditions and a little drizzle possible up in the hills and mid to low 50s up in the hills as the cloud cover rolled back over us during the overnight hours on this west wind at ten miles per hour. activity planner, everything is pretty good to be outside. make sure you take the sunglasses and you want that. you don't want to be squinting when the sun does come out. east bay valleys in the low 70s. 50s through 9:00 and then low to mid 60s from 11:00 through 6:00. 59 starting off at about 7:00. you can see the mixture of sun and clouds in the south bay and 50s through 9:00 and 60 at 11:00. 67 at 3:00 and back down to 60

at 7:00 and our last stop the peninsula we're in the 50s a little bit longer as the clouds will be a lot slower to open up. 50s through 11:00 and then some mid 60s this afternoon dropping down to about 60 degrees at 7:00. let's talk about what is going on for our essential workers. here's jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. the chp is investigating two deadly crashes this morning. the first one happened in rodeo and the second one in pleasanton. the investigations are both still under way. here's what we know about the first one. happened just after 1:30 this morning in rodeo on highway 4 right at the, also known as parkway and franklin canyon off ramp at that intersection there involving one car. then the second crash in pleasanton on southbound 680 right before the burnell off ramp and those are the details i

have right now. as we take a live look outside, emeryville and clear conditions on 80 this morning. no other problemsyism i'm looking at on our roads. mass transit changes. please make sure to check the schedule. reggie and kumasi. >> thanks, jobina. coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. also, we have a meeting of the mayors. mayors of the bay area's largest cities come together. what they're saying about the coronavirus crisis. we'll take you outside right now to look at downtown san francisco. salesforce tower there you can salesforce tower there you can see (sigh) (crunch) babybel: that snack just sounded boring. babybel: coming through. no photos, please. babybel: bye bye, bland. babybel: helloooo, delicious. vo: rich, creamy, 100% real cheese. vo: with mini babybel, snack time is saved. babybel: saved it!

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welcome back, everyone. it's 5:12. here are seven things you need to know this morning. number one, as of today people in sonoma county are required to wear masks in public. yesterday fremont's mayor announced an order for people to cover their face in public. marin county will require face coverings next wednesday. number two. a new coronavirus testing site coming to san francisco. the site will do drive-thru

tests starting today and this is at the corner of seventh and brannen. you need an appointment first and you have to be screened for symptoms. number three, today pg&e is planning to turn off power to residents in parts of marin county to do maintenance work to prevent wildfires. power did stay on yesterday after pg&e initially planned an otage. number four, starting today, 11 more miles of streets in oakland will be closed to vehicle traffic. it's part of the slow streets program which tries to make it safer for people to exercise outside while still physically distancing. and number five. waking up to cloudy conditions. areas that see sunshine first will be the closest to average like livermore and san jose while the rest of us will be three to even eight degrees cooler than average. number six. the chp is investigating two deadly crashes this morning. the first on rodeo on westbound highway 4 right at franklin avenue the off ramp there and pleasanton southbound 680 just

before burnell avenue. number seven, we all waunched this touching tribute to front line medical workers at santa clara medical center earlier this week. today law enforcement will honor workers at good samaritan. emergency vehicles will line-up at 7:00 this morning during the shift change. a new cdc report has revealed just how the coronavirus spread from a patient to health care workers in solano county. in february a woman was the first in the u.s. to be diagnosed with covid-19. hospital staff didn't originally expect the virus because the patient hadn't traveled outside the country. 43 health workers were tested and only three ended up getting the disease. the report found all three who had tested positive had been in contact for about two hours and two of those had no protective gear during their interactions and those who tested negative had shorter exposure times about half an hour or less and farther

away from the patient. abc7 news asked the mayors of the three largest bay area cities to join us and talk about your biggest coronavirus concerns. mayor london breed, oakland mayor libby sc haaf joined us t give us some answers. >> one of the many questions we received was about disaster response, what will change during events like wildfires or the flooding in coyote creek where 14,000 people were evacuated? >> what does emergency planning look like going forwe congregamaybe they need to star segregating in some way. what do you decide about that? >> when you open up the high school gym and make sure they are well cared for, doesn't work. some

will serve patients today and homeless individuals well into the future. those are the kind of things we're pushing very hard on right now. >> on the topic of shelter, i ask mayor breed about housing the homeless in hotels during the pandemic. she spoke about the logistical challenges. >> we had the instance where or the than 100 homeless people had come down with coronavirus at one of the city's homeless shelter. does this exacerbate the need, the urgency to move the homeless at a quicker pace? >> our social workers, our shelter workers, they are having a really hard time with helping to get their patients and the clients of these shelters in some cases, you know, to follow some of the most basic orders that we're implementing. on top of that, we are trying to aggressively expand our capacity with disaster service workers, people who work for the city,

but may work for park and rec, the library or any other department. we have to bring them in and socially distance traem andet to that we and out of the hotel, we are controlling what is going on in the elevator and struggling with our challenges of getting one person at a time to the use the elevator and not to crowd in on the elevator and not to go into each other's rooms and some of the other issues we face. >> dion lim, abc7 newses. >> if you missed it, you can watch the entire discussion, three mayors and a doctor on our website, abc7news.com. >> i'm tired of people getting on the elevator with me. >> oh. why, friend? why are people still doing this? i feel like i haven't encountered that. people have been really respectful. >> the door was closing and he still pushed his way in. >> did you get out? >> no. i should have gotten out. i had woodstock and it just seemed like drama. i would have to go around him to

get out and i was like, fine. >> i have done that before. someone tried to get on and i was like, no, you go. are you sure? i'm sure. >> positive. well, a 12-year-old -- >> sorry to interrupt. >> i was telling you about this 12-year-old foodie and he wants to teach other kids to cook and maybe adults while locked down at home. >> i like this. dylan smith has come up with the quarantine cookbook with the help of his mom. his family lives outside of sacramento. he has been dabbling in the kitchen since he was 5 years old and he thought this was the perfect opportunity to develop an entire cookbook. >> we decided this would be a perfect opportunity because everybody has free time to teach kids to cook. it's our rocky road bars. >> oh. >> some of his other favorite dishes include bad monkey garlic bread and a variety of pasta dish creations. i don't know. i don't name them, i just eat them. the ebook version by leadership

books is already on amazon. now, that is a smart kid. and speaking of cooking in the kitchen, friend, what went down yesterday on the gram. did you see this, mike? did you see our friend cooking with ginger yesterday? >> i saw him trying. >> no, you did try, friend. >> i was trying to make churros. ginger's looked chef kiss perfect from disneyland and mine were a disaster. >> that's all that matters, as long as you had fun. we'll have to find out if phil even tried one later. here's a look at what is going on in san jose. good morning, everybody, it's friday. hope you're having a good start to the day. let me talk about what is going to happen and accuweather highlights. a chance of rain and showers monday. not a great chance and warm sunshine takes over for next

week. so, as cool as we have been this week, next week is going to be the opposite. look at the fog and the low clouds and notice it goes away just a little bit faster today in some areas like the east bay and south bay and still hanging around the bay at noon and then even then it breaks up more than yesterday. don't expect much in the way of warm temperatures. in fact, we're still going to be cool because of that sea breeze. upper 50s along the coast and into san francisco. richmond at 60 to fremont at 67 the warm spot along the bay and mid to upper 60s inland and 70 around antioch and up around ukiah and areas that will see sunshine. tonight a lot like this morning cloud cover and everybody else in the low to mid 50s. we have a one on the storm impact scale for monday barely because it's trending drier than the last couple of computer model runs. here's a look at today. you can see in the diablo range a spotty shower or two and lake and mendocino county more sunshine tomorrow afternoon and with that onshore breeze

temperatures will stay about the same. maybe a degree or two cooler. sunday we'll have a little sunshine between the low clouds in the afternoon and then barely a one for monday light on the storm impact scale. our coolest day. reggie, kumasi, back to you. one small american town took coronavirus serious from the get go and now being called the safest community in the nation. >> he got through a locked door. >> what a moment yesterday during mid-day live. we're going to show you more of this really serious interview i was doing with a dad when his son was not

you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is abc7 mornings. >> let's talk about the drought a little bit. for most of us, it didn't really kind of stand status quo and didn't deepen like it did like lake and mendocino counties. extends up to the oregon border and also notice in the southern part of the stay, socal several days of rain eradicated their drought. now, what are we going to get this weekend?

not much quite a difference from yesterday's model where we had a third of an inch. light rain in the morning and then scattered showers monday. remember that dry layer i talked about in the middle parts of the atmosphere, that will take away a lot of our rain. reggie? in this morning's "gma first look" we go to a tiny american town being called the safest place in the country right now. it doesn't have a single case of coronavirus. here's abc reporter will reeves. >> reporter: inside the american town with zero cases of the coronavirus. >> we are staying that six feet apart, but even in the grocery store, the hardware store, post office, there are markings on the floor where we are staying that distance away. >> reporter: residents are taking covid-19 seriously. the fire chief attributes his town's lack of cases to maintaining social distance and access to testing. >> we did test 66 people within our community, including essential workers and first responders and the next testing

is going to be this sunday and my goal is to get 300 to 400 people in my community tested. maybe more. >> reporter: if someone were to get sick, point roberts has a small medical clinic attached to the fire station. the nearest hospital is on the mainland. what lessons can all of us learn from this community. dr. jennifer ashton weighs in coming up. >>i i'm happy for them and i'm also excited about this story, fre friend. i was watching on "midday live." we know working from home can be really difficult, especially when you have kids. >> all right. so, this produced a moment of levity during what was a pretty serious conversation on midday live. their managing editor and columnist was talking about the city's reaction to covid-19 and then he had an leo. >> a commercial. >> hi, leo.

that's your son, leo? he got through a locked door. leo, i am on live television right now and this is not a commercial. leo, you've got to -- >> i have a commercial. >> leo -- >> it sounds like leo also wants some credit in the bay area. >> sit here, big guy. please, be quiet while i'm on the phone. so, the issue here -- this does give you a chance to realize i have a sweater on this couch that i should get rid of. >> you have to give me five minutes. >> of course, this reminded us of what happened in 2017 the bbc story that went viral. they were talking about south korea when dad got interrupted by two of his kids. and, i mean, that was in my mind just before we went on the air this editor joe was telling me,

you know, how long do we have, my kid is making a lot of noise on the other side of the door, but don't worry the door is locked. i'm like, i am not worried, this is going to be just fine. here comes leo. >> you think it's locked, do you? commercial. at that point, what can you do? that other man was like just come here and sit on my lap. we'll figure it out. >> you know what, that was a dad handling it. i applaud him. >> i like that. that was so cute. well, we're coming back with another 90 minutes of news including a poll that was just released including how we feel about the stay at home and the pandemic. i'm kris reyes in san francisco, a brand-new coronavirus testing site. how many people they plan to test per day. pl, ther newsom is promising people

now your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. here's what's happening now at 5:30. people in san francisco will have another place to get tested for coronavirus. but there are restrictions. and pg&e gives some customers in the north bay more time to prepare for a planned power outage. but residents are still angry. millions of small business owners jump through hoops to try to get a loan from the government, but now they're being told the money has run out. good morning. we have made it to another friday. it's april 17th. >> happy friday, everyone. we can still celebrate friday even with everything going on. i know i am. and we're going to check in with mike to see what our weekend forecast looks like. good morning, mike. >> good morning, kumasi, reggie. hi, everybody. maybe we'll get some tips from kumasi on how to celebrate our friday. weather wise you can see the onshore flow and the gray blanket that covered us overnight as we look from the exploratorium camera from pier 15 and the temperatures pretty

mild from 47 in clear lake and the rest of us 50 in santa rosa to 54 degrees in mountainview, hayward and brentwood. let's talk about what will happen this afternoon. maybe a touch more sunshine and not a lot. temperatures will be just as cool if not a degree or two cooler than yesterday. upper 50s along the coast into san francisco 59. 60 to about 65 from the bay and mid 60s to a few 70s and those are the exception inland. we'll talk more about the weekend forecast coming up. here's kumasi. >> thanks, mike. coming up today a new coronavirus testing site is opening in san francisco. you'll be able to drive up, but you will need an appointment. kris reyes is live with what else we need to know about this. kris? >> hi, good morning. this brand-new testing site on seventh and brannen. the sign prominently saying by appointment only. we'll see who shows up this morning. this site is owned by the city of san francisco, but the

testing itself will be conducted by two private companies verilly and one medical. here's what dr. colfax san francisco public health director had to say about it. >> we need to ensure that as we expand our testing capacity and testing ability, that that does not become a substitute in a situation with high levels of community spread. the testing is an additional tool and does not replace the vital tools of social distancing and wearing face coverings. >> and a few other things to remember. you have to answer a questi questionnaire online before getting an appointment and 18 years old and sign a consent form and you have to be from san francisco. they hope to test about 200 people per day at this site. you can see it says pedestrian entrance, but right now it is a drive-thru service and they hope

to offer walk-up services. >> great to see more testing. kris, thank you. people in two bay area counties are being told they must wear a face mask covering. an executive order requiring people to cover their face in public or they could be fined $100. the east bay city joins sonoma county and marin county in joining the requirement. fremont won't cite people right aay but urging people to use shirts and scarves to cover their face. wear face mask or any type of fabric that covers the mouth and nose and kids under 2 and people who have difficulty breathing are exempt. sonoma county is requiring all staff at nursing homes and homeless shelters to check for symptoms before they enter. the number of confirmed covid-19 cases in the bay area and santa cruz county will

eclipse 6,000 later today. this morning more than 5,900 cases with 187 deaths. santa clara county continues to be the hot spot. more than 1,800 cases and casesd deaths there. alameda county and san francisco surpassed 1,000 cases and san mateo county reports seven new deaths with nearly 800 confirmed cases. we're also keeping track of lake and mendocino county. lake has six and mendocino county reporting four cases. pg&e planning to turn off power and they continue to notify customers in advance of the system repairs and not working as smoothly as hoped, especially when we're in the midst of a pandemic. power did stay on yesterday in the north bay after pg&e initially planned an outage. >> why does the schedule keep changing? >> we are taking feedback into consideration and we're doing everything we can to reduce impacts to customers. we have to do this work. we have to get this work done in

these high fire threat areas before wildfire season. >> pg&e plans to cut power 18 times before the end of this month in mill valley, san rafael and novato impacting several hundred customes. look at this an east bay church pastor has been cited for violating the shelter-at-home order. nearly 40 people attended a service at all nations church of god in christ on easter sunday. the sheriff says the citation was issued because the pastor refused to cooperate. we have results of a new abc poll this morning and it finds that fewer of us think that things will go back to normal when the pandemic is over. we're going to bring in jobina fortson with more on this poll. jobina? >> thank you, reggie. good morning. it looks like fewer americans are beginning to believe that things will go back to normal by the beginning of june. in a new abc news poll, we're learning that 31% of americans believe things will go back to normal by june 1st.

a majority of people believe it will happen by the end of summer. the poll also found that more people are wearing face masks when leaving the house. 80% of democrats and 64% of republicans say they have worn masks in the past week. as for president trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, it looks like only 44% of people approve of his response. reggie, i'll send it back over to you. >> interesting, thanks, jobina. all the money is gone. that's what the small business administration is telling people after they promised, they processed 14 years worth of loans in less than a abc7 news reporter spoke to congress -- >> reporter: san francisco chiropractor matt coleman spent and c gotdirefrus

ioicans we wn t feral vernme an billion paycheck protection program ran out of money. >> without it, i'm afraid of what could happen here. >> i want this to be investigated. it's suspicious. it looks like the blue states got less money than the red states. >> reporter: san mateo congresswoman jackie speier is concerned that it got less in loan funding than texas, which made out better than any other state. >> in california of those who applied, only about 28% got loans. >> reporter: spieier thinks more federal money is necessary. >> i think you're looking at closer to $400 billion or $500 billion. >> reporter: she'll work to make sure business owners don't have to reaplooapplreapply, but theyp

their records. bank of america seaid they're working to streamline the process. >> their employees to respond to all the consumers. >> i was called the grilled cheese guy but now it is a family of people i care about. >> reporter: a grilled cheese business and he needs the loan to rehire his employees. >> if we could get money with the ppe program we could evolve and change and adapt to this new normal. >> reporter: kate larsen, abc7 news. well, it looks like oakland police are getting the word out about the city's new slow streets program. their message to drivers, respect the rules so everybody can be safe. and facebook is ramping up its effort to stop false information regarding coronavirus. the special alert it's giving users. first, though, we check in with abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. good morning, mike. >> welcome to friday. about 5:38.

in the south bay cloudy conditions and everybody else about 51 to 55 degrees and you can see that is the case everywhere. sky condition and temperatures the same. very uniform this morning. here's a look at memeryville where it's cloudy and mist especially for our higher elevations and near the coast. otherwise the commute for our essential workers pretty quiet weatherwise. let's jump into your forecast. neighborhoods in the north bay with a southeaterly or southwesterly breeze. that means we'll push cooler weather into your neighborhoods and even more so than yesterday. we're in the 50s through 11:00 and barely low 60s from about noon to 4:00 and back to the mid 50s by 7:00. if you're heading out this evening, that's definitely jacket weather. not as great in the afternoon or evening fwr especially evening for eating out on the back porch. temperatures will drop to 59 at 7:00 in the east bay after being in the mid 60s. that's comfortable in the evening hours and mid to up 50s through noon and in san francisco we can't escape the 50s today from starting with

gray conditions, cloudy and 52 this morning to partly sunny and upper 50s during the afternoon hours. take a look at the weekend forecast and, unfortunately, we need the rain for monday and it's looking less and less likely. details on that coming up. here's jobina. good morning. >> good morning, mike. thank you very much. for there not being a lot of people on the roads, we had a lot of problems this morning in traffic. a new sig alert in burlingame involving an overturned suv and another car. three lanes are blocked right now on northbound 101 just before millbrae avenue is what this looks like here. this is coming in from the chp. okay, they updated the locations northbound 101 just south of broadway. that's where the sig alert is right now. three lanes are blocked. we do not have an update as to when all of this will get cleared up because no trucks available to pull out this overturned suv. also, the chp is involving two deadly crashes. one happened at 1:30 on rodeo

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stay well and keep it golden. you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> it is not that easy to get away from the clouds. stubborn like yesterday. look from the exploratorium camera where it is cloudy and 50 through 53 at 7:00 and staying at the 50s at the coast while we try to reach mid 60s and back in the 50s by 7:00. we do have beach hazard statement increased sneaker waves and long run ups on our beaches and just stay away from the beaches today. 60 in monterey, 57 in eureka and

you can see that strong onshore breeze and the reason why we're going to have those waves. 70s in the central valley and valley rain and mountain sierra. breaking news from the live desk. >> we are tracking developing news at the live desk this morning. michael cohen, president trump's former lawyer and long-time fixer will reportedly soon be released from federal prison because of the coronavirus pandemic. cohen or rather sources tell the associated press cohen will serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement. he is locked up in new york and pleaded guilty to a number of charges. he will remain under quarantine for 14 days before he is released. federal statistics show 14 inmates and seven staff members at the prison where cohen is have tested positive for covid-19. food service workers in

california will get two weeks of paid sick live under an executive order paid by governor newsom. >> we don't want you going to work if you're sick and we want to make sure that you know if you're sick, it's okay to acknowledge it and okay to let your employer know and still know that you're going to get a supplemepaoroppli t pickers, packers, grocery store workers and fast food employees. the governor calls the food workers the unsung heroes of this pandemic. well, we know there is a lot of misinformation about covid-19 that is going around on social media. so, facebook is doing its part to keep people safe. the social media network is alerting users who either liked or commented on posts who obtained false information about the virus. facebook said it removed the post from its platform. if you live in oakland, get ready to see more street closures. the city identified 11 additional miles for its slow streets pilot program and the soft closures could start today. only on abc7 news police have a

message for residents. the program only works if you follow the rules. here's laura anthony. >> reporter: no one disputes it's a good idea. oakland slow streets program designed to provide safe areas for residents to exercise while social distancing. >> potentially, the slow streets could become an attraction. >> reporter: but the sw streets could become unsafe. >> these particular streets are smaller blocks, narrower streets and not really conducive for h know that illegal side show will often use side streets or smaller streets to navigate their way through the city. >> reporter: but on the slow treat that is arthur street, the more immediate danger for those who speed through the area it seems on a regular away from where we were standing. a speeding driver failed to make

a turn and flipped his mercedes nearly into someone's house. no one was seriously hurt. >> i just knew it was going to hit my grandson's car. they always drive fast up and down 73rd and the side streets. like my street. >> you need to make sure that you are nice and slow. >> reporter: just before that accident, back on arthur, oakland police had to warn this driver that he was moving too fast on a slow street. even with some concerns about side shows or speeding cars, at least one resident we talked with said she is still supportive of slow streets. >> i'm hoping it will work out. i really do. >> you are worried about drivers like this guy? >> yeah. >> in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. we are just doing too much. >> i know. i know. okay. so, i stayed up late last night to watch the disney special, did any of you guys watch it? >> i was asleep. but tell us about it. >> i have to tell you, kumasi.

it was so good. it was so good. the production value was amazing given that these people were doing it from their homes and also beyonce showed up and she was not announced. >> what did she sing? >> she sang "when you wish upon a star." it was so beautiful. are you ready to watch a bit of this? >> i'm ready. >> here's my favorite one. arianna grande. oh, we're doing weather? i'm in the wrong place. >> you just got me worked up. really. i was like, oh, friend has a surprise because i don't see this on the prompter but okay. >> reggie and i loved it. >> this is a nice little friday treat. >> i was wishing upon a star and the director said that star is not coming true right now. >> not today. >> go over to mike. >> you have to go over to this dull shiny less thingy here. let's talk about the weather speaking of dull. there's not going to be a lot of

sunshine in the forecast. maybe a little bit more tomorrow than today. today will mirror a lot of yesterday's weather. west 13 miles per hour that's what we have at the golden gate bidge right now. the accuweather highlights and sun and clouds through the weekend and chance of rain and showers and warm sunshine takes over next week. here's a look at your fog forecast and notice still plenty of clouds in the bay around noon but during the afternoon hours, it looks like we'll see those break up a little bit more than they did yesterday but not at the coast and not as much up in the north bay. look at these temperatures, a lot of 60s out there and 50s at the coast and san francisco. 70 only where sunshine breaks out the fastest antioch and fairfield and up around ukiah. tonight, about the same as this morning. a gray blanket of clouds over top of us and little drizzle in our higher elevations and upper 40s in our deepest valleys. 50 to 55 else where. this omega block high pressure that keeps steering these areas

of low towards us with the strongest one being monday. but even that is looking less likely now to produce any significant wet weather. but we've kept it a one on the storm impact scale. stray shower today in the diablo range and north bay mountains. saturday is looking to be our brighter day and then sunday we'll have clouds and notice temperatures will hang out pretty much in the same area as what we deal with tomorrow. and even cool eer monday for su even if you don't receive much rain and look at that warmth next week. kumasi, reggie. >> now, friend. now. >> did you see that disney special last night? it was really amazing. >> was it? what happened? >> well, they had arianna grande and beyonce and christina aguilera but here's chr-- ♪ >> it's too cliche, i will say i

am in love. . arianna did that. i just love seeing this because josh groban, he did "you have a friend in me" from "toy story." they did it in their homes by themselves and you could really see the talent because, you know, this wasn't augmented by production and reverb and all that stuff. it was just them singing to camera and i know you talked to derek hough. >> is this his song? >> he did the very first song. he did "be our guest" and it was incredible. >> he was telling me it was going to be really cool and they had the costumes sent to them and had to work with what was in the house. must we stop right here? i feel like it is about to get good. >> that was josh gad and they were singing "gaston" from "beauty and the beast." it was totally worth the lack of

sleep because it really, truly brought some joy into my evening. >> i'm happy to hear that. >> and hopefully the evenings of people all over the country. coming up new at 6:00, a north bay school district has decided on a solution for student grading during this pandemic and some familie are not happy about it. all right. but, first, why high school students applying for college right now may have one less thing to worry about. a stanford professor is conducting the biggest coronavirus

all right. welcome back, everyone. it may be easier for some high school students to get into college. governor newsom just signed an executive order adjusting admission requirements for the california state university system. it waives certain requirements if those students are affected by coronavirus. newsom says they shouldn't be punished because of school closures and testing cancellations. this morning, we're learning more about stanford's massive research project with major league baseball.

>> 27 of the 30 teams are giving stanford professor medicine players and office staff have been tested for antibodies and give research to how wide spread it is among people who had minor or no symptoms. >> this is a study that is critically important to help us understand how the epidemic is moving and where we are in the epidemic. having two teams in a town where that will actually help us save quite a bit because it's not just a city as a whole or bay area as a whole. it's like, you know, parts of the country will have different parts and much better data-driven decisions when to u >> all ght. let's take amonitor. good news for most of us. the drought did not deepen, but if you look up around lake and

mendocino counties they are under a severe drought right now. look what happened down in socal days upon days offing ing aggra rain and most of the state dropping down to 58%' here's a look at our potential rainfall and looks a lot less than it did yesterday. hopefully as we get closer and the high resolution pictures pick up on this more rain out of this system and right now it doesn't look like much and most of that falls monday. reggie? >> thanks, mike. facebook users now have a new way to show friends and family support during the covid-19 pandemic. a new care reaction smily face hugging out a heart. rolls out to facebook and facebook messenger users. >> i like that. coming up new at 6:00, a boost in paid family leave. one company is now giving employees an option to take more than three months off because of the pandemic. also another nfl player has

tested positive for the coronavirus and plans to talk candidly about it today. sonoma county you have a new order in place to protect dr. about the ms: whyspread of coronavirus?are well we know that people with underlying medical conditions over the age of 60 are at highest risk, but they've got to get it from somebody. dr. deborah birx: so we're asking everyone to be selfless for others so that we can protect those who are most susceptible. dr. anthony fauci: not going to bars, not going to restaurants, it all just means physical separation,

so that you have a space between you and others. dr. jerome adams: for more information on how you can social distance please go to coronavirus.gov

now your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. now at 6:00, thousands of people in the bay area are now required to cover their faces when going out in public and the order could soon expand to other counties.

and not the coyotes again. look at that. s fraisco to our most streets popular icons. what this animal was investigating on the beach. >> friend, this is what i said last time. they need to go where people need to not be. now, look, they're at the beach. >> and they're looking at you saying -- >> don't you come out here. that is funny. happy friday, friends. >> happy friday to you. >> happy friday. >> we made it. >> what is the weather looking for the weekend and today, mike? >> those coyote cops, they have no fear. they will go anywhere. they will stop anyone. you don't want to go to the beaches anyway because we have a beach hazard statement for dangerous rip currents and long run ups on the beach. stay away from there.