that includes construction projects. they will be allowed and they still have safety measures in place they have to follow, especially depending on the size of the project. social distancing will remain a requirement except in cases where it is unavoidable to carry out a certain task. this announcement met with great relief from contractors who are eager to get their employees back to work. >> knowing the men and women who rely on our company for food on their table and a roof over their head can't go to work and there's not a thing we could do about it. it's been brutal. it's been absolutely brutal. >> child care, summer camps and other educational programs can reopen to provide supervision for the children of essential workers. this is as long as certain guidelines are met. the new order also allows the use of shared outdoor facilities such as some golf courses, the skate parks, tennis courts where we are as long as everybody

follows the rules and as long as the state okays it. outdoor businesses, though, nurseries, they're allowed to reopen. landscaping companies, restaurants, though, even with outdoor seating, still closed, but officials say this is all a very good start. they are really hoping this is a really good boost to morale and give everybody some hope. reporting live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield. >> all right, thank you, amy. san francisco is on board with these new rules. >> our goal is to start working on what those changes might be and how we can provide guidelines in advance so that so many of our businesses in san francisco are prepared when we are able to resume business. >> mayor london breed says shared spaces like skate parks will reopen but recreation facilities with shared equipment will not. facive coings and other safety measures are still in place. this morning a growing

debate about when california students might go back to class for the next school year. on tuesday governor newsom said he was hopeful to open school by late july or early august but yesterday school superintendent voiced his doubts, saying they don't know when schools will start. >> your local school districts will make decisions and if school needs to open still in a social distancing environment, we'll make sure your schools have lots of resources and supplies to support our students to be safe. >> yesterday, therman's office released a statement saying he is working with state and national figures to study what measures must be in place before the start to the school year. this morning, dr. anthony fauci is responding to news the fda may soon approve a drug to treat covid-19. jobina fortson is at the live desk with these promising results. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, kumasi.

made in foster city. the trump administration is pushing for the fda to approve it for emergency use. a clinical trial has shown that patients with covid-19 who were treated with the drug recovered four days faster than those who didn't. and it led to fewer deaths. remdisivir has dr. anthony fauci's approval. >> the data shows it has a clear cut significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. >> 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. >> the, fda says while more testing needs to be done, they are working with gilead to get it done as quickly as possible.

another study that was cut short that did not show a benefit from remdesivir. >> thank you, jobina. tech companies like google and apple are rolling out apps to trace those who came in contact with covid-19 and while that may help businesses reopen carlos gronato found it is raising some privacy concerns. >> reporter: your phone could be tracking you and all your movements as a way to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. the app would alert people if they came in close contact if they came in contact with someone who tested positive for covid-19. a way to start reopening parts of society. >> if we had the capability of isolating and contact tracing in a highly effective and efficient way, then the numbers will stay low. >> reporter: health experts say it's also about making people feel comfortable as they go out. disney executive chairman and chairman of the board said as they look to reopen the parks, this is something that could be considered. >> it's likely we're going to

need some mass testing and scale and some form of contact tracing, as well, so that, you know, we can identify people who have been exposed or people who have had the virus and may be to harm of others. >> reporter: google and apple working on the interface that could be working with developers say participation would be voluntary but some skeptical. >> that is the fear that when you opt in to a program like this or an app like this, what is the full extent? is it going to track your every movement? >> reporter: the apps work if they're used by as many people as possible and if it's connected to a database some worry the information could be used forever. >> that may have an impact on how people may decide to use it or not and what is the possibility of this information being hacked. >> reporter: abc7 news. well, this afternoon we invite you to join us for a special one-hour event race and

coronavirus. we're focusing on issues that african-americans are facing in this pandemic. so much in the news about the disproportionate impact on the community. we ask that you join us for "race and coronavirus a bay area conversation" right here on abc7 at 4:00 and watch it live online and the abc7 news app. a restaurant owner is feeding the staff of a hospital despite struggling financially. he says it's not about making money, but just doing what's right. and classrooms are empty, but their campuses are ghost towns but students are demanding millions of dollars in refunds from cal state and uc schools. time now, though, is 4:36. and checking up with mike for what we can expect today. i want to ask you about the weekend because in my mind, are we already there? but i know we have a couple more days before we get there. >> yes. today is going to be a little bit warmer than the weekend. the weekend is going to be kind of cloudy and sunny.

little bit more like yesterday and saturday will be more like today with a little more sunshine and milder temperatures. let's talk about what will happen today. here we have low to mainly low to mid 50s. 50 to 53 degrees and you can see low to mid 50s everywhere. and low 60s in pittsburg and antioch. as far as your commute, as we look north, little bit of fog and mostly along the peninsula coast and see if it spreads anywhere else during the morning commute and much slower. the breezes on our bridges today. here's a look at the east bay valleys where we're 56 at 7:00 and already in the mid 70s at noon and on our way to upper 70s for several hours this afternoon. gorgeous sunset and 68 around 7:00. south bay 54 this morning to mid 70s this afternoon and our last stop will be the peninsula where we have low 70s this afternoon. all right. cuff commute for some of us yesterday and get to jobina and talk about our essential workers tday. >> mike, yes.

i think people were really caught off guard yesterday. you know, a lot of us have changed the way for our essential workers, i should say. you go, you leave a bit later. i know people were late due to the issues on the bay bridge but we don't have that problem today. we'll take a live look in san francisco right now and i have some good news here. cal trans came out yesterday and said that really things are running faster than they expected. so, it was supposed to wrap up on the 10th day for the project. this is so southbound and northbound 101 right now are being diverted to 280 until 6:00 a.m. and southbound 101 traffic will go on to the northbound lane of 101. but you can see there the paving work is complete and now it's up to them just finishing the details here. and, you know, so rare that we see construction wrap up early but cal trans said they have seen traffic increase by 40% to 60% on the roadway in this

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you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast pap. >> this is abc7 mornings. under mostly cloudy sky in san francisco and a few stars out there. 52 to 54 that is where we will be around 7:00. 50s, 60s and barely some 70s from the coast inland at news and the breezes will keep you in the 50s and 50s and 60s, grab a coat for the evening.

hot temperatures record, all-time record high april heat down in socal. 1 102 in palm springs and 68 today in monterey. kumasi. san jose is temporarily blocking rent increases for thousands of residents for the rest of the year. a rent freeze affecting 39,000 apartments and more than 10,000 rent-controlled mobile homes. they fall under the rent stabilization program. the freeze will be in effect until the end of the year. the move is similar to one that is already passed in oakland, los angeles and other cities in california. we are hearing from one of the students that is suing the university of california system refunded for fees that they can't use. targets the cal state system. about 700,000 usc students are taking classes online but paying the same tuition as before. one of the plaintiffs says uc

system are owed refunds of $1,100 in fees for things that are off limits. >> for example, paying for the library and on-campus gym and paying for the pool and all the things that we would normally get to use on campus. >> the uc system has not yet responded to the lawsuit. however the csu system will defend against the similar lawsuit filed by another plaintiff. in the statement the complaint misstates the facts. every csu campus continued to fulfill its mission of providing instruction and services to its students. better bay area project thanks is all about sharing gratitude for people who are giving back during this pandemic. this story comes from kelseyville in lake county where he is helping his community one meal at a time. here's wade friedman. >> reporter: even in quiet kelseyville one reason why mike

lindall and his staff began at 5:00 a.m. for a 100-person takeout order. mike loaded them up shortly before noon. >> you can't believe what the people in this community do and we just put our chin up and we put the shovel in the ground and we go. >> reporter: now the rest, mike fills this order three times a week and delivers to a place where they take his temperature every time and where the staff lines up early knowing what is coming. another donated lunch from mike to the hard-working, covd stressed sutter house hospital. if you look at the results, an emotional mission. if you ask mike why he does it, he says it's the right thing to do. but if you drill deeper -- >> my mom and dad always told me, sometimes it's not about making money but doing the right thing. >> reporter: deke and patty drilled that principle into mike. >> we are losing money, but, you

know, we decided that if there's a good chance we're going to go down, we're going to go down doing the right thing. >> reporter: if only mike's mother was here to see it. he lost her just before covid-19 arrived. there are no words. >> i hope she would say she's proud of me. >> reporter: is there any question? in lake county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> that was a beautiful story. thank you, mike. we invite you to join better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude for people who are helping out during the covid-19 battle. use the #betterbayarea and we will share it with the community. i loved that story. i love that. you can tell just how happy he was to be able to do this and how happy they were to get those meals. so, it was just beautiful. >> right. everybody wins there and hopefully he does, too, in the

end. and his business can rebound and hopefully maybe, that's the tough part. everybody trying to do the right thing and it's so hard, but it always is, isn't it? let's take a look at what's going on with your weather and we can see from the roof camera. little bit of a sea breeze and see the flags on the ferry building as we look south along the embarcadero and that will bring us brighter and milder conditions, not too warm because of that sea breeze. and then building summer warmth next week. here's a look at your fog forecast and notice the low clouds go away much quicker today. look at how much faster we get sunshine and sunshine by noon in places we hardly saw yesterday and fewer high clouds this afternoon and you'll need the sunglasses where maybe you didn't yesterday. it will feel warmer in that sunshine, too. 75 to 80 in the south bay with 77 in san jose and 68 to 74 on the peninsula with san mateo along 79 and breezes just won't let you get very warm.

66 in san francisco. here's a look up in the north bay, mid to upper 70s. as we head along the east bay shore, upper 60s around and berkeley and around 70 to 74 else where. mid 70s and even a few low 80s out highway 4. tonight cooler thanks to the lack of clouds and drier weather. we'll drop down to the upper 40s to low 50s. my accuweather seven-day forecast little more sunshine and the breezes pick up and keep us cooler and a slight chance of some sprinkles sunday. light rain up in the north bay. kumasi. >> thanks, mike. first amc and now regal cinemas. regal is telling universal not to skip the releases or it will ban universal movies from its theaters. they released control trolls world tour" and it might release others to digital in the future. it did not take theater chains

into consideration. amc will no longer show universal theaters in movies and regal has since announced a similar policy. tiktok is one of the most popular downloaded apps. in today's techbytes. the popular app topped 250 billion downloads and the app tracking company sensor tower says that amounts to the most downloads for any app ever in a quarter. apple's latest ios update makes it easier for users to unlock their phones while weareriwea wearing a face mask enter a code rather than waiting for the phone to recognize your face. finally some michael jordan trading cards are hot sellers on ebay. a mint condition rookie card set a record selling for $52,000. another copy of it went last night for $41,000. prices, of course, are soars as

espn airs its new jordan documentary "the last dance." those are your techbytes. have a great day. it is so good. i am loving all the episodes. abc7 has launched new streaming apps. wherever you are you can get live newscast, breaking news, weather and more with our new abc7 bay area app. it is on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. mattel is honoring the frontline heroes in the coronavirus and we're meeting virtually with friends and why not business with customers? the creative way they're keeping cash coming in. we want to tell you about this, abc7 is partnering with iheart radio to help support local businesses that are being hit hard during this pandemic. thousands of bay area stores and services are still open offering to help with essential needs and

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hey, i wanted to show you something i have been working on. you know, we've been very dry most of the rain season. the rain season, technically, into march. but we still get some good rains in april. unfortunately, not this april. another month with below rainfall totals to more than

0.75 in santa rosa. and i do see some heat and i'll talk about that coming up. >> thanks, mike. busineses thatt have been forced to close because of coronavirus are getting pretty creative to connect with customers. the story in san francisco's mission district used to offer o-site cooking classes and forced the businesses to go virtual. now, when customers sign up for a class, they get a cooking kit delivered to their home. they are taught how to make ramen and noodles through zoom. >> they are in their kitchen and a much more natural connection for everybody. >> it's fun because you're taking a class but you're doing it, you know, from home. so you're interacting with new people. >> a winery is also doing something similar with virtual tastings. they mail the customer a sample of three wines and connect through video chat for a video

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>> why is watching him dance make me want to dance? so, proms might be canceled but it doesn't mean that students cannot celebrate. the new ballet school in san jose and the san jose museum of art invited people to join them online for a virtual dance party. so, the event was last night and it was to celebrate international dance day. there was also a special flash mob that was led by ben needham wood. is that him? >> anybody can do it. isn't that fun? >> that is so fun. >> that looked great. that will put you in a good spirit. let's talk about what is going on sunday. we wake up saturday morning and a whole lot of cloud cover out ahead of this cold front. a ton of rain to the pacific northwest. we're on the tail end of this and just barely side swiping the north bay saturday evening and another chance as we head through sunday, some sprinkles

in the morning and maybe another chance in the afternoon up in the north bay. but look at this. just the rainfall totals are just pathetic, really. o.01 if you're lucky. just know it will be much cooler this weekend. kuma kumasi. coming up next at 5:00, readjusting restaurant an east bay business owner talks about what it is like to dine in when they finally get the green light to open up. >> i am usually the one helping others so to -- sorry. >> these are tears of joy from a nurse overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers. she's now thanking people she doesn't even know

now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. >> now at 5:00, coronavirus closures. the governor is taking major action today to put an end to scenes like this at parks and beaches across the state. and as california cracks down on some things, the white house is easing up. the federal divideliguidelines president is let expire today. good morning, everyone. today is wednesdathursday, apri. >> good morning. how are you? >> good. how are you? >> i feel blessed and all of my technology is working so far and i think it might be because i'm burning my special candle this

morning. >> that always gives you peace and i think it spreads to all the technology in your room. >> it's warding off the evil spirits this morning. mike nicco can relate. >> we're doing well here, also. i don't have a candle burning. that is a good idea. i'll have to try that. some fog along the peninsula coast and that is about it this morning and the breezes not as much as yesterday and we have a cold front and all that will combine to bring us a brighter and slightly milder afternoon and mostly cloudy in san jose and 54 degrees and right in line with our 52 to 54 at 7:00. 70s inland by noon and that is already brighter and warmer than it was for us yesterday and we'll keep building on that through 4:00 and a jacket needed for your evening walk. 54 to 64 degrees. let's get back to reggie for the news. >> thanks, mike. say bye to the beaches. governor newsom was not happy with what he saw over this past weekend when a lot of people were flocking to the sand, especially in south