of us. lays out four phases and we're currently in phase one of it with everyone staying at home and only essential workers are allowed to work. amy hollyfield will have much more on schools coming up. phase three will lift restrictions at high-risk, close contact businesses. think of hair and nail salons and gyms that so many people want to get back to and movie theaters, weddings and sports could return without live audiences. now, phase four is what we're all waiting for. the end of the stay-at-home order. that is when we can enjoy concerts and other large-scale venues and conventions and actually maybe go to a warriors game or 49ers game in person. we are many months away from that phase of things and we can only get there with immunity from the virus, herd immunity and also a vaccine. much more to come but early indications that we're weeks away from meaningful changes.

reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. the governor also says the new school year could start as early as july. he says the best way to make up for the learning loss because of forced school closures. schools are still adapting to them. the san francisco unified school district announced marked credit or no credit instead of getting a letter grade. school leaders understand that some students had difficulty transitioning to distance learning. graduating seniors have until the end of july. happening today, officials in oakland are launching a fund-raising campaign to try to close the digital divide on distance learning for students. a survey finds it needs more than 1,400 chromebooks and 4,300 hot spots to help students learn during the pandemic. the school district distributed

1,600 chrome books and their long-term goal is to have one for every student every year. we have passed more than a million confirmed cases of coronavirus. jobina fortson is live at the live desk with how the trump administration is handling this situation. good morning. >> the push continues widespread covid-19 testing and our top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci says it will be another month before anyone who can get a test can get one. a second wave of infections this fall, if no treatment is discovered. >> we haven't gotten it perfect yet for sure. a lot of people feel okay about what is going on, but others still need to connect those dots and that's what we're working on. >> many people are concerned about a possible meat shortage, as well, after several outbreaks forced at least 21 meat processing plants to close. yesterday president trump ordered meat and poultry plants to stay open.

the authorities comes from the defense production act. critics says this puts the health and safety of those workers at risk. kumasi, i'll send it back over to you. >> thank you, jobina. the owner of an art gallery in napa says they will reopen on monday in violation of state and county restrictions. the owner of fine art took the stand in an open letter in the napa valley register. they extended shelt eshelter-at order last week. they face financial ruin if they don't open back up. they will follow social distancing protocol. the owners say visiting the gallery will be safe or safer than going to the grocery store. on the peninsula, redwood city is the latest community to close streets to traffic and allow people to get out and exercise safely. six miles of roads will be off limits to cars starting today or starting friday, excuse me. the biggest stretch is vera stre

avenue off elcamino real. new this morning, facebook founder mark zuckerberg and his wife has announced $16.6 million in funding for a nine-month research project. it's going to be a collaboration between ucsf and stanford and the biohub the spread of covid-19 across the bay area. gather data about health care workers immunity to the virus. this morning, the cdc is reminding pet owners that their animals need to social distance, too. a north carolina pug is the first dog to test positive for covid-19. amanda del castillo has more. >> reporter: dog parks desolate. the shut down is a saving grace as the cdc says covid-19 can spread from people to animals in some situations. reasons the agency says your pets should also practice social distancing. >> i stay away from other people's pets and don't pet them. >> reporter: don't let people

interact with other people or animals outside. walk dogs on a leash and avoid dog parks or places where dogs and people gather. a pug named winston is the first dog to contract covid-19 they believe he got the virus from his owners. the chief medical officer of the uc davis veterinary teaching hospital. >> it's probably likely that dogs and cats what we call dead end hosts that they don't continue to transmit it onwards but we don't know for sure at this point in time. >> reporter: he joins a list of animals testing positive for the virus, there is positive news. >> laboratories have tested more than 6,000 dogs and cats from all over this country, from other impacted countries, all of those animals have tested negative. >> reporter: while the cdc encourages you and your pets to

practice social distancing, the agency maintains the risk of animals transmitting it to people is low. i'm amanda del castillo. finally some relief for california's gig workers. michael finley splines what they have to do. >> reporter: the drastic measure oakland is taking to force social distancing at one popular spot. >> we all miss it. >> i didn't even have to see the video or read ahead that you were talking about lake merit. i'm seeing it now. look at those food trucks. there were food trucks? >> that has to be old video. we're going to say it's old video. >> i heard it's not. i heard that was last weekend. i know. >> okay. we won't say anything.

>> you can lead the horse to water but you can't make him drink. mid to upper 50s in our east bay valleys and some of our earliest essential workers coming from here. low 60s highway 4 in the northern part of the state. low to mid 50s everywhere except for oakland at 58 and 62 in los gatos right now. emeryville 54 with a little drizzle possible here and that's my main concern for your commute this morning and then breezy conditions on the bay after a little bit of drizzle this morning. the prebreezy conditions will b this afternoon. in the north bay, low to mid 70s with high clouds and sunshine. no more 80s like yesterday. for the east bay, no more 8 70s. a few upper 60s are possible, especially the further south you are. that's where you'll see more sunshine than else where.

expected to be very breezy across the northern part from richmond northward. here's a look at san francisco after being 70 yesterday, we'll be lucky if we get up to 60 with the breezes increasing this afternoon also. we will bounce back with some warmth, it will take a while. i'll show you that on the chance of sprinkles coming up sunday. first, an update from jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. so, if you caught us at the top of the half hour here, you heard me mention the shooting investigation that is happening on westbound 80 just as you come off of the bay bridge into san francisco. so, i'm following that for you this morning. i also want to take you to a live look outside so we can see other parts of the bay area, as well. aside from that incident and the 101 alemany project in san francisco, everything else is looking pretty clear. live look at the 880 at the coliseum camera and the taillights are traveling northbound and a couple

incidents going on. of course y will update that on social media, as well. you can that could mean an increase byin energy bills.. you can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or just letting the sun light your home.

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commuting and cloudy through noon. that's different than yesterday. look at these temperatures. 57, 67 and 73. that's for our coast, bay and inland. 50s and 60s if you're going out for that evening walk after dinner. you want to grab a coat. all the heat is still down in southern california out in the desert. 98 to 108 degrees today with palm springs around is105 and 7 up in the sierra but that's the last day we're near record-high temperatures. >> all right, thanks, mike. oakland is considering drastic measures to get people to practice social distancing at lake . you can see a lot of people were not wearing just one, but several as mike pointed out. they are allowed because they are essential businesses. more signs are posted reminding people to stay six feet apart

and wear face coverings and the city is discussing putting an end to jogging around the lake. >> a lot of complaints about joggers. the lack of courtesy and running in the street away. >> oakland police have not issued any citations because they're busy focusing on calls about crime. for the first time gig workers, independent contractors and those who are self-employed can qualify for unemployment benefits without paying into the system. the change, which became effective yesterday will end weeks of frustration for people whose benefit claim up until now has been rejected. michael has the details. >> reporter: amy who asked us not to use her full name shared the disappointment of so many out of work hairdressers and other independent contractors. >> everyone's story is the same. nobody has received money. it's really unfortunate. >> reporter: congress passed a stimulus bill which included

financial assistance for the self-employed who previously didn't qualify for unemployment unless they voluntarily paid into the program. many, like amy, rushed to apply to only be rejected. the employment development department was not ready to accommodate. >> we're building a brand-new program and try to bring it up in record time and build a mechanism to accept these things that we never had to do before. >> reporter: the changes will be phased. in applicants will receive a minimum weekly payment of $167 which the edd vows to get out in a few days. those who already have a debit card from a the edd will get their benefits quicker. others whose cards expired after three years or who don't have one will have to wait a few extra days. she predicts it will take a few more weeks for edd to verify an applica applicant's prior earnings to determine if they're eligible for a larger benefit.

benefits will be retroactive as far back as february 2nd depending when someone lost income due to the pandemic. applicants will not be required to look for work to be eligible because of the stay-at-home orders. i'm michael finney. happening today, isn't this nice. bay area food banks getting a huge donation. they're $2 million worth of steaks from snake river farms. that is about 30,000 steaks. going to the san francisco marine food banks and the golden gate restaurant association. listen to this, the steaks sell for $60 each on the snake river farms website. now, we invite you to join better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude for people helping out during the covid-19 battle.

you can use the #betterbayarea for how you are saying thanks and we'll share the love. my friend works at, she works at a services helping older people here in the area and she was so excited. she's like, we're getting steaks today. knowhe people that she helped are going to be really excited, too. that is a nice little something to lift your spirit. >> nice surprise, nice treat. just another way to lift people's spirits in this trying time. let me say about the food trucks. i wasn't surprised there were food trucks. i guess i was surprised as how close they were together. i know they need to make a living. >> i know they are. but i was surprised when you see food truck, you're like, oh, let me go outside. it creates this certain like vibe, especially if the weather is nice and you see the food trucks by the lake. >> right, right. >> natural gathering place. i understand it. two natural gathering places right there. let's talk about what is going

on weatherwise. let's look at san jose. 87 and cloudy and 56 degrees. in fact, slow to some places no sunshine today and much cooler. highs dropping more this weekend and above average highs returning next week. here's a look at your fog and the brighter, whiter colors and the gray is the high clouds and notice as the fog tries to move back through the bay at noon the high clouds roll in and that's going to help slow the sunshine. in fact, look at parts of the bay. never clear out of the low clouds and where we do clear out of the low clouds and the east bay and inland south bay, high clouds come in and low to mid 70s in the south bay today and 66 to 70 on the peninsula and look at those upper 50s along the coast to barely 62 in san francisco. up in the north bay, 71 in novato to 79 in santa rosa. east bay shore mid to upper 60s. we may make it to 70 in hercules and castro valley and areas near 90 yesterday and mid 70s to about 80 degrees in our east bay

inland neighborhoods. tonight's temperatures low to mid 50s. here's a look at my -- let me try to go back and show you the accuweather forecast. i'll show you more when we come back in just a minute. >> thanks, mike. abc7 is honoring the class of 2020. they had to forego ceremonies because of this pandemic. natalie crane is graduating and she's an honor student and studied spanish since seventh grade and plays the obo she plans to major in music when she goes in the fall. if you want to share the details on our website, abc7news.com and we'll give them a shout out. we ask you don't send any professional photos and there is a gallery of all the seniors we're honoring. one of the movie theaters

will no longer show movies. in today's techbytes top movie theater and the amc theater chain. they released "trolls world tour" straight to streaming and the movie did so well universal may consider similar moves in the future. amc is threatening to ban from theaters and it believes in the theatrical experience and made no statement to the contrary. a big decision regarding the academy awards. films that went straight to streaming will be eligible for an oscar this year. a virtual graduation ceremony on may 15th. oprah will be the keynote speaker but the class of 2020 will also hear from miley cyrus, and others. those are your techbytes, have a

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all right. as promised, here's a look at your accuweather seven-day forecast. not much of a change in the forecast. deep trough off the coast and pump marine layer coolness and cloudy conditions and breezy, that's why we'll be below average for a couple days and a slight chance of a few sprinkles and little drizzle sunday morning and then as we head into monday and tuesday, we'll return to the temperatures that are warmer than average away from the coast and it could be an extended period of warmer than average temperatures with no chance of rain.

but that's several days away. we'll talk more about that chance of wet weather coming up in the next weather. first, let's talk about what is going on with the weather with kumasi or at least news wise. >> here's what was going on outside a few days back. one of the coolest things we've seen. john lynch is a world war ii veteran celebrating his 95th birthday and his neighbors in half moon bay organized a parade last night in his honor and it included a fire truck as you could see there. i just want to see him again. look at him. happy 95th birthday, john. and thank you, thank you, thank you for your service. quest diagnostics launched the first antibody test for covid-19 that you could order online. unlike drive-up testing that is offered at sites throughout the bay area, this test requires that you get a blood draw at one of the company's 2,200

locations. you don't need a doctor's permission. the test, though, costs $119. face coverings are becoming the new normal in the middle of this pandemic. state senator featured a contest yesterday and with the help of san francisco famous drag queens he picked a winner. the judges looked at the ten finalists out of more than 150 entries. >> love the color. the fringe is -- >> i guess it's like a phoenix mask. like a phoenix and a rising from the ashes. and rising from the disaster. >> yeah, rising. >> he said rising from covid-19. i like the analysis. i like the masks. this looks like a lot of fun and the top three winners got a gift card to a local business.

>> that's been extra for me. won't be jogging around this neighborhood wearing one of those. but that is pretty cool. let's take a look at what is going on. fast forward to sunday. here we are as we head through midnight through 7:00. a chance of drizzle for all of us as the marine layer will be pretty soupy that morning and all the cloud cover over us but notice where the steady rain is, well up to the north. see it dips down into northern sonoma county and lake and mendocino counties and our last chance of wet weather. little drizzle to 0.01 up in the north bay. >> thanks, mike. one county is releasing new details about its shelter in place order the change that could be coming. police called in to break up this crowd in new york city. hundreds standin

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the gathering police were called in to break up and the mayor's stern response this morning. good morning, everyone. wednesday april 29th. good morning, reggie. >> good morning. it looks like we're both in sort of red i like it. it's a good wednesday. >> it's a good wednesday. i'm not madnicco, how will it l outside? >> it will look pretty gray. your red will pop nicely against that gray. places like