san mateo and santa clara. >> the new guidelines include outdoor businesses, the ability to open outdoor businesses like flea markets and car washes and gardening services. >> some outdoor activities will resume. san francisco wanted that to include golf but says it must follow the state's mandate that still prohibits it. a shared space is like skate parks will reopen. but facilities with shared equipment will not. playgrounds, dog parks and picnic areas remain offlimits. construction projects can resume. social distancing, face covers, and other safety measures will remain in place. >> the shelter in place restrictions were implemented in order to slow the spread of coronavirus. this is made up of data from the nine bay area counties as well as five neighboring counties. today wednesday, april 29th is day 44 since we began to shelter in place here in the bay area. >> and we will need to shelter in place for at least another 32

day, through the entire month of may. but the rules are going to be a little bit different, as we're discussing here. we have team coverage for you looking at the changes on both local and state level. we'll hear from abc7 news anchor liz kreutz in just a few minutes. but first, i want to go live to abc7 news reporter chris nguyen in san jose tonight. chris? >> dan, good evening. today's announcement came as a relief to many. especially those in construction who are eager to get back to work. as we continue to shelter in place, new details are emerging about the gradual reopening of our local economy. >> i want to just pause and recognize just how far we have come and to express my gratitude for the collective sacrifice that has averted a catastrophe in our region. >> working in cooperation with her counterparts throughout the day, santa clara county public health officer dr. sarah cody took to the podium wednesday morning to ease restrictions on certain outdoor activities.

all construction will be permitted but with safety protocols that must be followed depending on the size of the project. social distancing remains a requirement, except in cases where it's unavoidable to carry out a certain task. the announcement was met with great relief from contractors who are eager to get their employees back to work. >> knowing that the men and women that rely on our company for food on their table and a roof over their head can't go to work, and there is not a thing we can to be it, it's been brutal. it's been absolutely brutal. >> with housing and economic county supervisor dave cortese led a group instrumental in asking that construction be a starting point. >> this kind of movement today is going to give the general public some hope and a shot in the arm in terms of morale to keep doing the good work they've been doing. >> child care, summer camps and other educational programs can reopen to provide supervision to the children of essential workers as long as certain guidelines are met.

the new order also allows the use of shared outdoor facilities such as tennis courts, golf courses and skateboard parks. in addition, outdoor nurseries and outdoor landscaping can now operate. >> our county account for less than 5% of the cases in california and a tiny fraction of the over one million cases across the united states. >> and one other change specific to santa clara county. everyone must now wear one of these, a face covering when entering an essential business with the exception of small children. we're live in san jose. i'm chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> chris, thank you. one particular area of confusion are golf courses opening monday or not? today some bay area counties said they are allowing golf as a safe outdoor activity, but california's state health order says courses are to remain cl e

closed. sonoma, contra costa, alameda and will follow. napa, marin, san mateo counties will allow golf starting on monday with social distancing guidelines in place. solano county will be giving us their final decision in the coming day, but official there's tell us they are on the way to lifting the restrictions. as we see the gradual easing of some shelter in place restrictions, some businesses are also preparing for the prospect of reopening. we learned yesterday retail shops will likely open in the coming weeks. but what exactly will that look like? abc7 news anchor liz kreutz joins us now on what to expect during this phase of reopening. liz? >> ama, that's right. we have been able to learn a little bit more this week about what these next phases for reopening are going to look like. but not with a ton of specifics. i was able to ask governor newsom about what this next phase will look like, particularly for businesses. he does say malls and bookstores will be part of it. with just weeks to go before

many businesses across the state might be able to reopen, questions now what that might look like. some businesses are already taking things into their own hands. best buy, for instance, announced they'll reopen stores in the bay area but with modifications. shoppers will have to make an appointment, and once inside a dedicated employee will shop alongside them at a social distance. what other business disease we expect? we asked him to explain during his daily press briefing. what can these businesses be doing to prepare? what kind of guidelines might they need to follow? >> newsom said he is still working on those guidelines and point to this virtual round table where he got insight from retail and business employees across the state. >> we had someone laid off from santana row, retailer. and she is on unemployment, wondering if she'll come back to the small retailer because of the size constraints within that business and wondering if customers will walk back in that business. >> gap president sonya single was also on the call. she said the san francisco-based

company which typically served 125,000 customers a day in california is looking to their stores in china as a guide for reopening. >> we maintained nightly cleaning, social distancing of customers and employees, and mask wearing were the top three, as well as some plexi barriers at checkout. >> sonya, do you guys have temperature checks in china? is that part of the requisite? >> yeah, we're doing some temperature checking. >> the general theme from business series one size won't fit all. each store has its own needs and challenges that will need to be adjusted and addressed. >> we will provide guidance by sector, and in some case by geography based upon local conditions. >> so it does sound like it's not going to be one broad set of guidelines for all businesses, but rather each business is going to have to innovate to figure out what works for them. it's going to take equal buyin from all of us shoppers to make

it happen. it's a two-way street. liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> that makes sense. and liz, you also asked governor newsom today about the differences between the bay ara's new shelter-in-place order and the state order. what did he have to say about that? >> yeah, a lot of questions about that today. i know it's a little bit confusing, and one of the main things that the bay area shelter in place does is it allows for kids of 12 groups or fewer to play in a group. but that is not allowed in the state order right now. i did ask newsom if he is considering easing the state order since bay area health officials seem to think it's safe. he didn't really answer the question, but he did say he is aware of that change, that he is going to continue talking and having a conversation with bay area health officials, and maybe we'll have some more information in the coming weeks. we'll see. but no real answer there. we do know from what he said in the past and what health officials have said is we have to follow what's stricter. if the county is stricter, we follow the county. if the state order is stricter, we follow the state. so when it comes to these groups

of kids, we'll follow the state. back to you guy. >> thanks, liz. today governor newsom seemed to back off the idea of opening up schools as early as july, which he had said yesterday. still because he has opened that can of worms, bay area teachers are voicing their concerns and expectations. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez has that story. >> reporter: when governor newsom suggested that schools in california might open earlier to help address equity issues, the state superintendent, tony thurmond, quickly responded with a question. can this be done in a way that protects the health and safety of our students, teachers and school staff? today the governor made no mention of starting early. >> all of that is constant and never ending iteration, engagement and local considerations. >> local consideration because the start of the school year is always negotiated between teachers unions and school districts. >> this would have to be negotiated with the unions. the unions. this would change our work year, basic working conditions. and what we want to put first

and foremost is what is best for our students and what is best for our educators. >> teachers and their unions are talking about guidelines they would like to see in schools. olivia udevik is an oakland teacher. >> we all want to be back in our classrooms as soon as possible. but we also know that we need to make sure that our health and the health of our students is protected. >> mask and gloves. >> the head of the oakland teachers union says educators have been told to expect a different kind of classroom. one suggestion to have students do online or in person learning on different days to limit contact. >> we would need to have greatly reduced class size to ensure the safety of our students. >> smaller class sizes would require hiring more teachers. the state superintendent of schools says additional resources will be needed to make that happen. lyanne melendez, abc7 news.

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a report showing the coronavirus outbreak drove the u.s. economy to its worst quarterly performance since the great recession. today the dow was up more than 500 points, equal to 2.2%. the nasdaq gained 3.5% closing near 9,000. the s&p saw a 2.6% increase ending the day just under 3,000. a foster city-based company named gilead sciences gets the credit. its stock rose nearly 6%. it's because a study just showed one of its drugs was effective in treating coronavirus. abc7 news reporter david louie has more. >> well, ama, this is very exciting news. it's important to note, however, that remedesavir is the drug, and it's a treatment, not a cure. it also has to be administered in hospitals because it's given intravenously. two studies released today gives it a thumb's up, while a third doesn't. it was designed as an antiviral to treat ebola. it has been tested now on covid-19 patients at 100 sites

at the u.s., europe and china. and the results are promising. >> if you look at the time to recovery being shorter in the remedesavir arm, it was 11 days compared to 15 days. >> reporter: and its administration led to fewer deaths. >> the mortality rate tended towards being better in the sense of less deaths in the remedesavir group. 8% versus 11% in the placebo group. >> a second study released by gilead, the maker of remedesavir, indicated the drug is beneficial when given early on. >> people who are treated earlier, less than ten days into their symptoms do seem to be having better outcomes. 62% of those people were able to be discharged at day 14. >> this doctor is one of the gilead studies lead investigators. they also discovered patients given remedesavir for five days had the same good results as those treated for ten days. one of the test subjects was monica young arima. we did the first tv interview with her last month after

discharge from stanford hospital. today she said she is feeling great after she believes she contracted the virus on a trip to egypt. >> i'm very excited for people that are in the same boat as me possibly. i only say possibly that the drugs could be available to more patients. >> there was a remedesavir study cut short by researchers in china published today in the medical journal the lancet that did not see that the drug sped up recovery. bruce patterson, is a virologist. >> i don't think you can piecemeal one positive report and one negative report and make broad conclusions about either. >> his company is preparing to release results of a drug he says reduces covid-19's viral load and restores the immune system. now peer reviews still lies ahead, and it's likely that remedesavir could become a major drug in doctors' tool kits, but it may not be the only one as other companies continue to

investigate the use of new or existing drugs. live, david louie, abc7 news. >> david, any idea how soon remedesavir will be available on a wider basis to patients and an important question, how much could it cost? >> good question, ama. at this point we don't know how widely or how quickly it will be available. it's still considered an experimental drug by the fda, although an emergency authorization may be given almost any time now. as to availability, gilead is being very quiet. they're in a mandatory quiet period ahead of their quarterly earnings report that comes out tomorrow. >> all right. thank you, david. new at 6:00, everyone in los angeles will be eligible for a free coronavirus test. merrick eric garcetti made that announcement literally just a short time ago. previously testing was restricted to people showing symptoms or front line workers because of the limited availability of the test. this is the first major city to offer widespread testing to all residents. so far, not a single person in

the north baytown of bolinas has tested point of view for covid- positive for covid-19. all together 1800 people participated. not one positive test. full results will be released on friday. that's also when we'll hear results from san francisco's attempt to test everyone in the mission district. it will be interesting to see what those results find. tonight we are hearing from one of the students who is suing the university of california system seeking to have fees refunded for services they cannot use because of coronavirus shelter in place orders. a similar suit also targets the cal state system. abc7 news anchor eric thomas is on the story. >> to not get this money back right now is really harming a lot of people. >> reporter: claire brandmeyer. >> a lot of people are angry about not getting their money back. that's where this whole thing started. >> she feels uc system students

are owed $1100 in fees for things that are currently offlimits. >> for example, paying for the library, paying for the on campus gym, paying for the pool, all the things we would normally get to use on campus. >> shelter in place mandates have closed uccu students who are taking classes online at the same tuition as before. the uc president has said no refunds for the spring term, while remote learning is offered. claire's suit seeks to force their hand. >> it could really help someone pay for rent, put food on their table. maybe they have kids and help their kids through school. >> the university of california system has not responded yet to claire's lawsuit. however, the california state university system has responded to a similar lawsuit filed by another plaintiff. in the statement, csu says, quote, the complaint misstates the facts, although classes were converted to online instruction when governor newsom issued his

stay-at-home order. every usc campus continued to fulfill its mission of providing instruction and services to its students. csu also says it will vigorously defend against the suit. it's likely that both schools will mount a vigorous defense or face refunding millions of dollars in fees and possibly a portion of tuitions collected so far. in concord, eric thomas, abc7 news. well, you probably noticed how much cooler it was today. temperatures will continue to drop too. spencer has the s

in the east bay, look at this. hundreds of surgical masks were strewn across southbound 880 this afternoon. the chp says someone seems to have dumped more than a thousand masks near the border of hayward and union city. around 1:30, multiple people stopped their cars and gotten out to pick up the mask, but the

caltrans sweeper eventually came and cleared the road. i'm surprised a lot of those didn't get blown all over the place today. it was quite windy. >> it was. and cooler. spencer, is that going to continue as we hit the weekend? >> it is indeed. in fact, it's going to get even cooler over the weekend. let's take a look at what's happening right now. clouds are deepening near the coastline and expanding across the bay, and it's still windy. we've got 37-mile-per-hour winds right now in san francisco. 33 at fairfield. 25 at san mateo all around the bay area it's breezy to windy. and quite a bit cooler in many locations than at this hour yesterday. 14 degrees cooler in concord. 10 degrees cooler in livermore. this cooler, breezier pattern won't continue for a few days. right now we're looking at temperature readings of 60 degrees in san francisco. 64 in redwood city and oakland. 68, san jose. gilroy 70 and 55 at half moon bay. some other locations right now. santa rosa 79. that's our warm spot, if you will. 67 at petaluma.

napa, fairfield. and 67 at livermore. and these are our forecast features. we'll see even cloudier conditions overnight as the low clouds and fog expand across the bay and locally inland. there may be some spotty early morning drizzle. it could occur just about anywhere, but more likely near the coast and bay. windy and cooler conditions will continue over the weekend. and sprinkles are possible on sunday. here is why we have the pattern we have. high pressure ridge that brought us sunny and summer-like warmth yesterday is down in the desert southwest right now. it's allowing a low-pressure system to our north to become a more controlling factor in our weather. that's generating cooler onshore winds which we are feeling at this moment. and breezy conditions will last for several days. there is our fog forecast animation showing the events of low clouds and fog across the bay and locally inland during the overnight hours, early morning, as some are commuting.

there will be reduced visibility in spots where the fog is dense, and it won't really retreat to the coastline fully until mid morning. and then we'll have mainly sunny skies across the entire region. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid 50, and then tomorrow, as we look at the highs, 59 at half moon bay. 56 in san francisco. a bit milder across the bay over to oakland. 72 degrees. down in san jose we expect a high of 77. the east bay, concord, 80. livermore, 78. up in the north bay look for 73 at san rafael. 79 at santa rosa. 76 at napa. now looking ahead to friday, it's going to be maybe a couple of degrees cooler than tomorrow, but saturday and sunday will bring much cooler weather. only upper 50s to low 60s around the bay. low 70s will be the warmest readings in our inland areas on saturday. and sunday will probably even be cooler as inland areas will see highs only in the upper 60s for the most part. right around the bay shoreline. low 60s, and on the coast,

mid-50s. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. notice again it's going to be even windier and cooler over the weekend, especially on sunday. that's our best chance for some measurable rainfall. but we don't expect it to be very heavy. mainly -- in fact, it will be barely light, just sprinkles. and then we get a milder pattern coming up early next weekend. by midweek next week, temperatures will be soaring again to almost summer-like levels. dan and ama? >> wow. all right. thank you so much, spencer. well, a lot more to come here. most of us are doing a pretty good job following the rules of social distancing, and it's paying off. so far we have avoided the worst case scenario of the coronavirus pandemic that so many feared. but what about the rule breakers? whatever police in san francisco and oakland are now doing. i'm wayne freedman in lake county with the story of a restaurant owner who keeps feeding the staff of a hospital in the midst of a pandemic. as to why? there is a twist. that's coming up.

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now your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. >> good evening once again. a small but significant step taken today shows the bay area is making progress against the coronavirus. >> with new protocols, car washes are among the outdoor businesses that could reopen under relaxed rules announced today. child care can expand beyond families of essential workers to include children whose parents work in outdoor businesses.

here's what's still not allowed. playgrounds remain closed to the public. picnic tables remain banned, while real estate transactions can fully resume, there is still restrictions on in-person views and appointments. health officers who agreed on the changes say they followed a sign of progress. >> we have slowed the spread, flattened the curve, curve, preserved our hospital capacity, and prevented many, many deaths. >> a new ordinance requires everyone wear a face covering when entering an essential business. >> changes are coming to santa cruz beaches. beginning this weekend, beaches will be offlimits to everyone between 11 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. people have crowded beaches during recent weeks violating social distancing and shelter in place rules so they're taking this step to make sure it doesn't keep happening. while sheltering in place, we're allowed outside to exercise as

long as we can maintain proper distance from other people. but that's not what we've seen from lake merritt recently. look at the crowds that have gathered. we asked oakland mayor libby schaaf about the rules during midday live today. >> you are allowed to exercise and even walk without a face covering as long as you are maintaining six, and ideally ten feet of distance from anyone who is not an immediate member of your household. now you can sit outside with members of your household. but people are discouraged from engaging in outdoor activity that isn't essential. exercise is considered essential. picnicking, not so much. >> oakland police say they have issued no citations about lack of social distancing as they are focused on calls about other criminal taitt. but police are increasing patrols across the town to deter crime. crime in san francisco is down roughly 20% with the shelter-in-place order in

effect. however, there have been four violent robberies against elderly women in the past two weeks. san francisco police have issued 19 citations for violating shelter in place rules. ten businesses and nine individuals. 86 formal warnings have been issued, mostly to businesses. well, grocery shopping is getting a little easier, but it is still no walk in the park, as you probably know. 7 on your side's michael finney has some advice that could make the process, michael, a bit more fulfilling, and maybe less painful. >> yeah, maybe just a little bit less, dan. look, what we once took for granted, packed store shelves that were disease-free, we can barely imagine that now. however, there are some ways for you to get the items you want. who knew getting groceries in america could become an issue, but it has. so i recently asked on my

facebook page for problems experienced and tips shared. lara posted i haven't been able to find clorox/sanitizing wipes. mandy agreed saying in part, lysol and hand sanitizer. i can't find them anywhere. stacey says don't even think about finding clorox wipes or hand sanitizers. rebecca offered tips, writing you can find the clorox at target on a good day or smart and final. jerry posted advice too saying ace hardware got on his radar when his girlfriend went into the store looking for light bulbs and found hand sanitizer. jerry and i spoke via skype this morning. >> she said they have plenty here. why don't you stop by on the way over. so i literally went to ace hardware and found it exactly where she showed me. she took a picture of it. and they were stocked. >> consumer reports backs jerry up on that. here is senior editor antonio

brown stanger. . >> there are a lot of suppliers of items you might not think about. the home office store that has paper goods and cleaning supplies. same for home depot or loews. >> toby says if you want delivery, you really have to work it. >> delivery is tough if you don't already have a subscription with amazon, for example, for groceries, you're on a wait list now. wait until after midnight when more delivery slots open up with some of these delivery services. some people say go early in the morning. you basically have to keep checking. >> now if you have some tips you don't mind sharing, a lot of people like to keep them to themselves, then i want you to go to my facebook page and please leave them there. dan, ama, do either of you two have any tips? >> i think that's a -- >> not really. >> be patient. thank you, michael, very much.

you can also reach michael on our welcomes, go to abc7news.com/7 on your side. that's where you'll find all of his reports on unemployment, stimulus checks. what to do if you can't pay rent during the pandemic and much more. traffic backed up for about a mile today. this wasn't because of an accident. it was a line for a food bank. next, hear from some of the people who waited in this line who never thought they'd be in the situation. abc7 is partnering with iheartradio to support local businesses hit hard during this pandemic. thousands of bay area stores and services are still open, offering to help with essential needs. and many are hiring too. just go to abc7news.com to find resources.

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it's the disaster inside the pandemic. you're looking at sky 7 video of the hundreds of drivers waiting to get food at alameda food bank this morning. the line extended for at least a

mile. before the pandemic, the food bank served about 800 families a month. but now the numbers are just staggering. it's serving 2000 families a week. many of the people waiting today never imagined they'd be here. >> we're not alone. we've never had to be in any sort of situation like this. there is a lot of people in the hospitality industry, the airlines, the you name it. >> we're suffering buzz of the industry we're in. but, you know, we're all in this together. >> despite the huge jump in demand, alameda food bank has been able to keep up for the most part, thanks to cash donations. abc7's better bay area project thanks is all about sharing gratitude for people giving back during this pandemic. so many great stories. and today's report comes from kelseyville in lake county where a struggling restaurant owner is helping his community one meal at a time. here is abc7 news reporter wayne freedman. >> even in quiet kelseyville, lunchtime --

>> what can i get for you? >> means busy time at lyndalls sports grill. it's one reason why owner mike lyndall and his staff begin at 5:00 a.m. for a 100-person takeout order. mike loaded them up a little before noon. >> mixed berry salad. >> can't let lake county down. >> you can't believe what these people, what this community do. and we just put our chin up. we put the shovel in the ground and we go. >> now the rest. mike fills this order three times a week and delivers to a place where they take his temperature every time. >> you're okay. >> and where the staff lines up early knowing what's coming, another donated lunch from mike to the hardworking covid stressed staff at sutter health lakeside hospital. >> it helps us keep going. >> clearly, if you look at the rsult, it is an emotional mission. if you ask mike why he does it, he says its the right thing to do. but if you drill deeper -- >> my mom and dad always told me sometimes it's not about make mongolia.

money. it's doing the right thing. >> deke and patty lyndall drilled that principle into mike. do the right thing, no matter what. >> we are losing money. but, you know, we decided that if there is a good chance we're going to go down, we were going to go down doing the right thing. >> and here it is. words becoming deeds again and again, reliable as clockwork. >> we're really grateful. so thank you. >> if only mike's mother was here to see it. but he lost her just before covid-19 arrived. there are no words. >> i hoped she would say she is proud of me. >> is there any question? in lake county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> no, no question at all. very proud. we invite you to join better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude for people who are helping out during this covid-19 battle. use the #better bay area to show us how you're saying thank you, and we will share the love. ama, so many amazing people doing so many amazing things.

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we may give them a shout out on tv or online. please, no professional photos. on the site you can also check out a photo gallery of all the seniors we're honoring. this san francisco 49ers are helping with education for kids while they are at home. abc7 news news south bay community journalist dustin dorsey shows two new programs that are helping the young stay physically and mentally engaged during these eventful times. >> the 49ers have always been dedicated to helping bay area youth with training. the first online platform puts kids through drills through video demonstrations by the 49ers prep team. >> our hope is they help the kids get ready for next season and they're broken out into traditional football drills, the flag skills, taught by basic, intermediate and advanced levels. and every week the 49ers prep team is going to be adding more videos to the site, and give

fans a great look at what our players are doing to stay in shape. >> but there is more than physical work. kids with break a mental sweat too through the use of the online playbook, football and education come together. >> it includes a variety of different steam subjects using football-focused activities to better understand the concepts. even our president al guido has been using it to kind of help his doctors understand some physics. it's a really fun tool, set of tools to engage in. >> i've got your back is the motto of this team. and that message extends even to the younger members of the faithful. 60,000 students are annually welcomed to classrooms at the stadium. and now the team is virtually welcoming them again. >> it's our mission. we do this kind of work everywhere throughout the year. to put four classrooms in the stadium is a really, really unique thing within the nfl, and i think within sports in general. so we've definitely been committed to it in the stadium and being able to bring so many participants annually to our home at levi's.

but this way you get to experience that out in the community wherever you live. >> the 49ers have provided all these great resources and more on their website. in santa clara, dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >> all right. let's catch you up now on other coronavirus developments making headlines this evening. sadly, a new somber marker for the battle in the united states. now more than 60,000 people have lost their lives, with more than one million confirmed infections. the u.s. navy is launching a wider investigation into the spread of coronavirus on board the uss roosevelt. it delays the potential reinstatement of santa rosa native captain brett crozier who was fired last month after he asked for more safety protection for his crew. today tennessee and wisconsin added to the several u.s. states relaxing stay at home restrictions. texas opens most nonessential businesses tomorrow. and michigan is announcing what it calls a modern day gi bill for frontline workers. the first of its kind program will offer them a tuition-free

path to a college degree as a way of saying thank you. well, like many places in the bay area, the conservatory of flowers in golden gate park is closed to visitors. but behind the scenes, there is an explosion of fragrance and color and a small but very dedicated team keeping the delicate systems in balance in one of the oldest greenhouses anywhere in the country. abc7 news got an exclusive look we want to share with you inside with chief nursery specialist christikrichristian neftoli. >> well, the great thing about these old conservatories is they were really well designed. not just to be beautiful, but to function like a machine. there are vents at the top and at the sides that passively move air through. we have a fog system that injects tiny droplets of moisture into the air as needed.

we have fans to move the air around and a heat system. so all this is orchestrated together by a computerized environmental control system, and it's our task to fine-tune it and check it throughout the day, make sure it's working properly. this time of year, as the days get longer and we get more light is when we see a flush of tender new growth in the plants and blooms, lots and lots of blooms. i get that question a lot about what's my favorite plant, and who could choose in here? i have a new favorite every day. but i do have a fondness for our giant water lilies in the aquatic gallery, partly because they're my babies. grew them from seed and they're just spectacular plant. while we're sad and we miss our audience, we have more time in the galleries to do the kinds of work you can't do when visitors are here, getting way up on a

ladder and pruning. now we can spread that out and be more strategic with some of that work. when people are here, the favorite part of my job is seeing the excitement on their faces when we connect them with the wonders of the tropics, the fragility. it is hard for us. it's a joy for us to see something new emerge each day, but the frustration is not being able to share that and pass that joy on. >> isn't that amazing? now the conservatory had planned a free admission community day to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of golden gate park. but like many other planned celebration, it is being rescheduled until some time after the shelter in place is over. let's go back to the weather forecast. an at least we can stop and smell the roses outside, spencer, although it's a little cooler today. >> it is a little cooler. even the roses are shivering

right now, dan. a look at overnight conditions. widespread low clouds and fog. maybe even some spotty drizzle. overnight lows mainly in the mid-50s. tomorrow we'll start the day with lingering clouds and early morning hours. but mainly sunny by afternoon. highs ranging from upper 50s at the coast to mid-60s around the bay, and even some low 70s and upper 70s inland. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. it gets even cooler over the weekend. notice saturday and sunday as the winds kick up, we may have some gusty conditions with high temperatures only in the 70s. low 70s inland. chance of sprinkles on sunday. but midweek next week, things start warming up all over again. dan and ama? >> it's a good-looking seven days. thank you very much. >> all right. so let's talk some sports. larry beil is here now. we want some baseball, larry, if we can do it safely. >> a lot of people feel that way, ama. when will the season begin? the giants' new gm weighs in on that. plus, who is comparing a

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now abc7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. professional baseball is being played currently in south korea and taiwan. no fans allowed, but that does provide for some hope for baseball in the u.s. at some point. today giants general manager scott harris joined us on our with authority podcast. he says spring training seems like it was an eternity ago. harris added there are a lot of proposals being floated out there like three divisions of ten teams each to try to reduce travel, the biosphere proposal, but it's unclear when games might begin. >> there is some sense in the game that we may not have a lot of choice. if we can play baseball, i think, you know, all parties involved are -- have incentives aligned here. we just want to play as many games as possible. that means we're going to have a

shortened ramp-up period. and it's on us to find the most effective way to use the time we're allotted. the ncaa is taking another step toward student athletes being paid. an internal group has recommended that athletes be allowed to receive money for the use of their name, image and likeness starting next year. brandon aiyuk is going to get paid a lot sooner than that. after being drafted in the first round by the 49ers. an his college coach, herm edwards of the sun devils says aiyuk reminds him of a niners legend. >> i'm not saying he is this guy, but he reminds me a lot of jerry rice. jerry rice ran 4.6 by the way. so he has football speed. he has waited for this moment. when he came here, that was the mind shot, i want to play in the nfl. lo and behold, he worked his way into becoming a first round draft choice. and to a team that can basically use his skill set. >> if he is anything like jerry rice, the niners are going to be

very happy. time for call my play. the #call my play. i call the action. and tonight we hit the mat. aaron jimenez wrestles for lowell high school in san francisco. you see him here in the red. 16 years old, 127 pounds of muscle. and this is going to be over in a flash, people. like his favorite john cena would do it, you can't see me. the quick takedown, and then moments later, aaron, who also runs track and is fueled by his favorite food, cheeseburg. >> pins his opponent in just 30 seconds. hey, aaron, we just called your play on abc7. >> aaron's good. if you got a play, let me know and use the #abc7 call my play. we've used cat, dogs. if you have an athletic lizard, send it in. we'll do it. happy birthday to senior sports producer casey pratt. we looked for the most embarrassing video of casey that we could find, and there was a

treasure trove, honestly. you saw him dancing there at a super bowl media party. and also his unique way of stuffing himself at thanksgiving with a dinner roll mashed and turkey all together. maybe that's what casey is having for his birthday dinner. i don't know. but he is tremendous. and i'm sure he can explain to his entire family now why he was dancing around wildly at the super bowl. while lovely wife danielle was taking care of the kids. that should be a good one. >> i think you should call that play. that was pretty good stuff. >> yeah. i like ama. uh-huh, uh-huh. >> thanks. >> all right. be sure to join us tonight for abc7 news at 11:00. >> i'm amanda del castillo in the south bay. a bioengineer at stanford developed reusable maks for health care workers using scuba gear. that story at 11:00. and apple and google are starting to roll out their contact tracing app. we'll look at how it might work and what it might mean for

people. and coming up tonight on abc7, back-to-back episodes of who wants to be a millionaire, hosted by jimmy kimmel starting at 8:00. and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. >> that's right. jimmy kimmel comes on at 11:35. "nightline" airs after at 12:05 a.m. with a look at the historical context of the coronavirus pandemic that will do it for us tonight. i'm ama daetz. thanks for joining us.

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