now your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. now at 5:00, essential workers planning to walk off the job this may day. the employee protest at some big name stores. ♪ happy birthday to you also, a community comes together for a very special birthday surprise. high school senior they are all celebrating. >> that's good. good morning, everyone. guess what, it is may. >> what. >> it is may. it's may. >> yeah. it's may. also, thanksgiving day is trending this morning so it's also thanksgiving. >> that's okay. >> time doesn't matter.

>> whatever brings us comfort. >> right. go ahead and eat your sweet potato pie today if that's what makes you happy. >> mike nicco. blue skies and took old man woodstock on a walk and i hope to do it again today. how's it looking. >> another great day for you, enjoy it. little breezy like it was yesterday. here's a look at live dopplerp and few clouds along the coast but that's it. full of sunshine and temperatures that are cooler this morning. we'll rebound to about the same temperatures we had yesterday. dress a little warmer this morning. some north bay valleys could drop in the low 40s and most upper 40s to low 50s. now, as we head deeper into the forecast, you can see the 50s stay at the coast and for the rest of us down into the 50s and 60s as we head to the evening hours. enjoy your friday, here's reggie. if you're out and about shopping for the essential items you might notice some people

walking off the job at the grocery store. for more on this second round of protests, let's go to amy hollyfield. ha amy? >> hi, reggie, good morning. grocery store workers have become front line workers and responders during this pandemic and they are demanding safer work conditions and better benefits. there was a worker at the amazon fulfillment center in tracy who died this week of covid-19 complication. the united food and commercial workers international union says there have been a total of 72 worker deaths to the virus. workers today at stores like amazon, target, wholefoods and other companies are all expected to walk out today for international workers day. and they are demanding better protections and benefits during this pandemic. amazon released a statement responding to today's walkout saying, quote, while we respect people's right to express

themselves we object to the irresponsible action of labor groups in spreading misinformation and making false claims about amazon during this unprecedented health and economic crisis. beware, your grocery experience or your instacart delivery could be impacted today by this planned walkout. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. now an abc7 news live update. >> covid-19 testing more readily available. we're seeing retailers like walgreens, rite aid and walmart expanding their testing capacity. walgreens will have five more drive-thru testing locations and expand to puerto rico. this morning the president of walgreens spoke about the work under way on "gma." >> on underserved areas and proud to be working with the administration and state and

local governments to do that for two reasons. one to give visibility and second to eventually help america get back to work again. >> he says people interested in getting testing can go to the walgreens website and take a survey to see if they qualify. another drugstore chain is also working to offer covid-19 testing. earlier this week, we told you that cvs was looking at opening drive-thru testing sites at their minute clinics and hope to have testing locations by the end of this month. reggie, i'll send it to you. >> all right, jobina. speaking of prescriptions a global team of scientists at ucsf have discovered that existing drugs could be repurposed to block coronavirus in lab tests. the details were released in the journal "nature" and they hope to begin human trials soon. also at ucsf doctors discovered a way to perform eye exams by using a plexiglass panel attached to the

microscope. the shield creation was a team effort. one doctor who tried to make dividers with plastic sheeting share struggles with his co-worker and that doctor thought of plexiglass and had the tools to cut out the dividers. >> a family effort between myself, my wife and her father to get these shields created and designed and delivered. >> doctors have now examined more than 100 patients using the shields at the ucsf medical center campus. other ucsf campuses have received the shields. build a better bay area that includes helping your family during this pandemic. governor newsom just unveiled the new resource for families. kate larsen shows us how it workers. >> reporter: who is eligible to use this site and who has access to the state's subsidized child care slots.

i spoke with kim johnson the director of social services. >> we welcome all families across california for the child care subsidies. those are limited and prioritized for both the vulnerable population and for essential workers. >> reporter: how do parents know the 41,000 day care centers listred safe? johnson says all programs are vetted and licensed. >> both a background check for the individuals that are providing the care as well as the facility check. >> reporter: how does the portal work? >> this is what you see when you first land on the my child care ca.gov website. the bay area start up open lattice which took the data to build the site. type your data into the search bar or use your current location to find nearby child care centers. >> i can see this has spots open and a capacity of eight children and you can come in and see whether there are any complaints and nearest hospitals and

licensing information. >> how do you contact the different facilities? to maintain the privacy of small in-home centers addresses are not listed so you can call the referral agency and for larger day care centers and preschools, more contact information is provided. will the portal be used beyond the pandemic? johnson says the resource is something the state has wanted to set up for years and that the crisis finally gave them the momentum to get it done. >> covid has created acceleration in many places. >> they built this site in a month. in the newsroom, i'm kate larsen, abc7 news. parents don't need to navigate the work/life balance alone. the child care industry has pivoted to virtual babysitting. the ceo of sitter city says her online baby sitting sessions they last up to 90 minutes over video chat. >> it is not a replacement and certainly not, you know, for hours of child care, but just another tool in the tool kit as parents are trying to navigate

the situation. >> online babysitting can give parents the relief they need to either make dinner, make a phone call, work out at home or just be. we have a lot of resources and information about coronavirus on our website, including a link to the portal for child care that kate just told us about. all you have to do is go to abc7news.com/help. in the south bay, a high school senior with special needs got a very special birthday surprise. ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday dear veronica happy birthday to you ♪ >> happy birthday! >> this is so sweet. veronica lopez celebrated her 18th birthday yesterday with a car parade. a senior at brandon high school in san jose. her mom says veronica really missed seeing her friends and disappointed no formal

graduation. so, one of her mom's friends organized this parade. >> very exciting to see. >> it was sad that it was going to pass like any other day, so great to see her happy. >> i don't want to graduate. >> why not? tell us. >> because i don't get to finish the year out with my friends. >> little scared. >> yeah. >> surprised, though? >> yeah. >> we love you so much! >> veronica was blown away by the show of support. >> i like this. >> i think she's feeling like so many seniors right now, just sad that they weren't able to spend time with their friends but here is one way they could do it. >> yep. >> yay. hi, mike. >> hey, good morning. she seemed overwhelmed. that was great. what a rush of happiness she

must have felt. all right. let's talk about what is going on weather wise. up in the north bay, 30s. 38 in ronard park and you want to grab a heavier coat. most of us in the 40s. let's see other temperatures. we have low to mid 50s and 59 in redwood city and a few 60s hanging on around tracy and brentwood. look at the exploratorium back across the west from the embarcadero and clear and 51 degrees here. low humidity today and this is one of the reasons and only locals at the beaches no matter how tempting it looks with all that sunshine. so the east bay valleys, we jump quickly from 54 to 70 at 11:00 to mid and upper 70s for the better part of the afternoon hours. we'll drop quickly to 78 at 7:00. down in the south bay take us until noon to get to 70s. mid 70s at 7:00 and for the peninsula, we'll be in the 60s through about noon and then some

low 70s for a few hours before dropping to 64 degrees during the evening. grab the sunglasses you'll need them today. weekend forecast, here's jobina. >> good morning, everyone. happy friday to you bringing you some happy news if you're an essential worker and you have to make your way through the 101 alemany project all week long, guess what, it's about wrapped up. you can see the area and it's moved up ahead of schedule and near alemany boulevard and southbound lanes are set to epoen epopen at 7:00 this morning. work on the northbound side will be done by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. caltrans moved it up due to the lighter traffic because of shelter-in-place order and this project was supposed to last ten days but they're nice and early. not often we see construction wrap up ahead of schedule.

glad to see it. reggie and kumasi. >> thanks, jobina. coming up next, the seven things to know this morning. also hundreds of americans stuck at sea. most cruise ship passengers are long gone, but coronavirus concerns are keeping some employees from getting home. and trouble when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can save for an emergency from here.

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it's 5:14. if you're just joining us, seven things you need to know. thousands of people across california to demand stay-at-home orders lifted. a smaller protest is also scheduled at san francisco city hall at noon. amazon, target and walmart are planning to stamgge a one-day strike to protest working conditions during the covid-19 pandemic. all beaches in orange county are closed starting today after being ordered to shut down by governor newsom. last night the city council's of

hunti huntington beach and newpoint bea beach. in a statement this morning, biden says, quote, this never happened. the former vice president was also on msnbc this morning addressing the allegations. we'll have that in our next hour. number five, enjoy sunny and seasonal temperatures today but watch out for those breezes. they'll be especially fast along the bay shore today. number six. we have fairly clear conditions across our roads this morning. we are going to take a live look down in san jose showing you 280 right now. if you are an essential worker and impacted by the 101 alemany project it's wrapping up ahead of schedule. and number seven. california couples can now get married remotely. governor newsom signed an executive order allowing adults to marry via video conference. couples can get marriage

licenses from the county clerk's office. and today's "gma" first look hundreds of americans are still stuck, not able to come home. they're at sea right now. now, most of the cruise ship passengers are gone but some employees of these croup ship lines can't get off. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look" trapped at sea. dozens of american workers are stuck at sea speaking to us from their isolated cabin. >> i spend 21 hours a day in my cabin. i haven't hugged anybody in weeks or touched anybody. >> reporter: melinda mann has been stuck on a holland america cruise ship for 48 days and he's on the emerald princess just off the florida coast. >> we're being vilified as carriers of a disease we don't ha have. which at this point i'm in more danger trying to go home than you are in danger of getting it

from me at this point. >> reporter: how long will these workers be stuck at sea and what will it take to get them home? it's all coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma first look" i'm gio benitez. abc7 news is dedicated to covering all issues covering covid-19. yesterday we held a town hall and a panel of experts focused on how the african-american community is disproportionately affected by the virus. >> if you have someone who is sick with the virus, look into how you can help them, but mostly if they land in the hospital, advocate for them. because the doctors don't have time to keep up. >> this is sydney blanchard, she lost her father to the virus. 56-year-old terry blanchard was the board president of the east oakland youth development center. it was difficult for her father to get tested for covid-19 because his initial symptoms

were more like stomach flu symptoms. the new york city health department says black people are twice as likely to die from coronavirus than their white counterparts. in california, black people make up 6% of the population. they account for 6.5% of coronavirus cases and nearly 11% of coronavirus deaths. and the state is still missing 35% of its racial data. a ucsf doctor says access to testing is not the same in all communities. representative barbara lee says the federal and state government must devote more resources to help the most impacted communities. these conversations will continue next thursday at 4:00 p.m. we will focus on the issues in the latino community and that they're facing right now in coronavirus. so make sure you join us for race and coronavirus, a bay area conversation on may 7th at 4:00 p.m. right here on abc7 and you can also watch it live online at abc7news.com and on the abc7

news app and you can submit questions. that was the best thing i really enjoyed about yesterday's conversations. we were listening to people realtime. the questions they had especially as they were hearing from our experts and then we could pose those questions to the experts. it is really an interactive thing and i love that. >> yeah, i did, too, kumasi. it was great hearing from you and what everybody was saying and responding in realtime to the conversation. our panelists also because sometimes you think that we as a journalist will have to be asking the questions to keep the conversation moving, but that wasn't what happened yesterday. they were all talking to each other. every one from all facets its impact because it's not just the health, but the economic portions and the kid. interesting to hear from the parents and what they're trying to say about home schooling children right now and i thought it was incredible and people seemed to enjoyed it and got a little something out of it, too. >> they came with facts and receipts and points to be made.

they sure did. >> sure did. >> it was a lot of conversation. i really enjoyed it. >> they really did. >> yes. that's what we wanted, right? it really worked out. i was really proud of both of you. >> thank you, friend. >> watching it. >> thank you. we'll head over now to our other friend that we're proud of, mike nicco, which is delivering a pretty nice day for us. >> absolutely. thank you, jobina and kumasi, for doing that. great public service. let's talk about what is going on and east bay hills camera looks pretty clear out there and let's jump into our accuweather highlights. sunny and seasonal and another breezy afternoon and saturday a chance of sprinkles and light rain up in the north bay after morning drizzle. cool all weekend and we will rebound well above average next week. some 90s possible inland. today about 73 to 78 down in the south bay from sunnyvale to gilroy and on the peninsula 73 at palo alto and 67 in millbrae

and right around 60 at the coast even with sunshine, those breezes will keep your temperatures in check. mid 60s downtown and sausalito and much warmer as you head north into the north bay valleys like that 78 at santa rosa and about 75 in napa. along the east bay shore, most of us in the low to mid 70s and upper 70s from richmond down to berkeley and east bay valleys and 75 in ramon and pleasanton. for tonight, you can see cloudy conditions out there and milder. about low to even few upper 50s. that area of low pressure will send a weak cold front our way. that will increase the clouds as we head into the evening hours. some drizzle possible tomorrow morning. watch as the cold front moves into the north bay with the best chance of some light rain around lake and mendocin counties and falls apart as we head through the rest of the neighborhoods. breezy and cool conditions sunday and high pressure takes over. 60s at the coast and 80s and 90s by thursday. back to you guys.

>> thanks, mike. pets that are social distancing want to check in on their friends, too. that's why actor rein held a meeting for animals. the first ever zoomies pet conference call. more than 900 pets and their owners took part in this. how did they all talk? they didn't, right? no way they could. pet food company fresh pet presented this free event. kumasi, we know this is not the first pet zoom because the other days we saw the two dogs having a full-on conversation with each other. >> can you see, friend. the boxes are little but this one lady has her bird and this other lady has her tortoise tia this was like an epic zoom pet call. >> what is a tortoise going to do? >> you see her holding the tortoise up there and sticking his little head out. the tortoise wants to be seen. >> they're lonely, too.

new requirements for travelers. another airline has made a major change. >> also, where are these two missing kids? ne

you're never more than seven minutes away from your forecast. you can see up around ukiah our best chance of anything falling due to that light rain and couple hundredths of an inch. temperatures below average this weekend but look what happens by thursday. look at those 80s and 90s in the south bay and east bay and north bay. the 70s and 80s around the bay and 70s along the coast into san francisco. going to be a hot one then. back to you. san francisco-based e-scooter company lime is laying off its workforce. sadly lime has no choice but to say good-bye to 80 employees because of financial difficulties presented by covid-19. the head of lime says while the company had planned for allt possibilities this year, it did not anticipate a global pandemic. j. crew might go out of business. abc news learned that the

clothing company is preparing to file for bankruptcy as soon as this weekend. dealing with lagging sales the past few years and criticism that it fell out of touch with its customers. on monday, all passengers will be required to wear face coverings on united and u from the time they check in until the time they get off the plane. frontier will start requiring passengers to wear face coverings next friday and american airlines will make it mandatory for passengers starting may 11th. disney is now making cloth masks featuring some of its most popular characters from disney, pixar and starwars and marvel. disney plans to donate up to $1 million in mask sale profits to medshare and also donating a million of the masks to underserved communities. those coverings are now available for preorder on shopdisney.com. disney is the parent company of

abc7. go ahead, kumasi. ask me. >> friend, did you happen to order any of these masks? >> do you mean as soon as they hit the market yesterday morning? yes, i did. two orders of them. i have to warn you. two. yeah. i got eight of them. we need them for the long time. i need the pooh bear and mickey and minnie and i needed them all. i will warn people they are not going to arrive until june something something. we're in this for the long haul. >> i have a feeling you will wear them even after we don't need to wear them. >> and, ma'am, is there a problem with that? >> not one bit. >> thank you. coming back with another 90 minutes of news including a wedding in the age of coronavirus. the governor's new options for

california couples. protests scheduled all across the state of california today. many of them small business owners protesting governor nwsom's lockdown across the state of california. i'm

now your health, your safety. this is abc7 news. now at 5:30, a message to reopen california now. today protesters around the state will demand an end to the shelter-in-place. a legal battle over beaches. the governor ordered some closed today, but three cities are already fighting back. and researchers at uc davis now testing a policy coronavirus vaccine. how it works and -- ♪ >> every year. on may 1st. we see this video again and again on social media. it's gonna be may.

'n sync lance bass is on "gma" and how he is dealing with the lockdown. were you an 'n sync fan, kumasi? >> yeah. >> yeah. who was your favorite? >> i liked justin. >> you know what, when i just saw that video i thought we really -- >> no. >> tit's only 5:31. mike nicco, what do you have for us? >> some of a little less savidge. let's talk about what is going on with live doppler7. a few high clouds over the sky and waking up to a pretty sunny morning once it finally pops up after the 6:00 hour. notice the breezes much quieter and low to mid 60s and 69 in san

mateo and low to mid 70s for the rest of the bay where it will become quite breezy and mid 70s in the south bay and upper 70s to near 80 in the east bay and got cooler weather, chance of sprinkles coming this weekend. i'll have that coming up. let's get back to reggie. >> all right, thank you, mike. happening today, protesters around the state will come together to demand to end the shelter-in-place. julian glover live with more on that. julian. >> hey, good morning, reggie. these are just people who are fed up with sheltering in place at home and a number of these protesters are small business owners worried if this lockdown and the shelter-in-place continues much longer they won't be able to bounce back from this. protests are planned throughout the state of california including at noon in sacramento dozens of cities included, as well. demonstrations will take place

just outside of city hall. organizers say they have sent thousands and thousands of e-mails to governor newsom disagreeing with this stay-at-home orders and the organizers tell us they just don't feel heard. >> at this point he's acting like some tyrannical king out of control that won't speak to the rights of people. the rights of people are being suspended and the constitution trampled on and that's the biggest problem we have at this point in time. >> the group has been organizing mainly on facebook through the group reopen california in the lockdown. about 1,500 people inside of that group as of this morning. in it the protests outside of the state capital will be happening today at noon and there will be peaceful demonstrations in their vehicles. they won't be getting out of their cars to be a part of this demonstration. we'll have to see what happens there. reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thanks, julian. happening today, governor gavin newsom's order to hard close all the beaches in orange

county will take effect. he announced the beach closures yesterday in response to thousands of people crowding the beaches last weekend. the city council's of huntington beach and newport beach voted to block the pressure. >> why this draconian measure to close the beach when we really were doing a good job and we are going to step it up. when we saw the people come in, we're going to step it up. >> people that are congregating there that weren't practicing physical distancing that may go back to their community outside of orange county and may not even know that they contracted the disease and now they put other people at risk. >> newport beach officials say they plan to increase enforcement this weekend. a well-known san francisco civil rights attorney has filed several lawsuits calling into question governor newsom's stay-at-home rules. over the last couple weeks she filed six lawsuits against the governor. some of the lawsuits center

around protests. >> the governor chose to limit protests to zero in this case, which is outrageous and absurd. >> dillon filed a lawsuit on behalf of small businesses. she says it's unconstitutional for the governor to decide which businesses are essential and nonessential. another lawsuit centers around the closure of churches and people's first amendment right to worship. meanwhile, other states are taking steps to reopen their economies. jobina fortson is at the live desk with the restrictions in texas being lifted today. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. good morning. people in texas will now be able to start dining inside restaurants starting today. there will be some restrictions, though. restaurants will have to have disposable menus and condiments will not be provided unless they are requested and no buffets. by the end of the week, 32 states will have eased some restrictions. dr. anthony fauci is urging

caution. >> you can't just leap over things and get into a situation where you're really tempting a rebound. that's the thing i get concerned about. >> some states and cities are heeding his warning. new york city will close subway and commuter trains during the overnight hours starting next week. stay-at-home orders in michigan have been extended until may 15th. reggie? >> jobina, thank you. researchers at uc davis are testing a potential vaccine for coronavirus. it's being developed by verndari and uses a skin patch with a microneedle to deliver the vaccine. the technology eliminates the need for refrigeration. if this testing is successful, the vaccine could be sent by mail to people who are sheltering in place so they can administer it themselves. foster city drugmaker gilead is working on an inhaled version of a drug that shows promise in treating coronavirus. the fda is deciding right now to

authorize the emergency use of remde remdesivir. it also led to fewer deaths. the head of antioch planning city commission will learn his fate today. he has gotten quite a bit of criticism after suggesting covid-19 is nature's way of weeding out the old, sick and weak. it could help society as a whole. abc7 news anchor eric thomas spoke with him yesterday. >> you didn't think people would call for your head afterwards? >> not calling for my head, no. i got my first death threat today, so i guess i made it big time. >> i saw it and very appalled and this is somebody that represents antioch. >> oh, okay. city council member monica wilson is leading the charge for his removal. the council will meet in special

session today for a vote. special ambassadors in brightly colored shirts will be at lake merritt this weekend to make sure that people are physically distancing themselves. >> the lake is getting a little crowded and we are not seeing the kind of social distancing that we have got to be practicing while we are still under these health orders. >> signs will also be up to remind everyone about the she shelter at-home order. she will be at lake merritt handing out masks this weekend. sausalito will track down on nonessential travel and in response to visitors who crowded the town last weekend. police will issue citations to anyone violating the rules. citations carry fines of 500 bucks. officers will also enforce parking restrictions. city lots have been closed since sunday. couples in california can now legally get married remotely. governor newsom signed an executive order allowing adults to get married through video

conference instead of in person. new york state began allowing zoom weddings earlier this week. in california brides and grooms can get marriage licenses from county clerks as long as both are in the state. coming up, getting homeless people into housing. new trailers to help with this mission in the east bay. going beyond distance learning. one student's ambitious project to create face shields for health care workers. here at abc7 we are honoring the class of 2020. they had to forego graduation and other celebrations because of the pandemic. michaela is a three-year varsity basketball player and her grandmother tells us she is excited about her next chapter. heading to the university of oregon in the fall and we say

congratulations michaela. >> she's going to go be a duck, i love it. if you want to honor a graduate, share the details on our website and we may give them a shout out on tv or online. one request, no professional photos, please. on the site, you can also check out a photo gallery of all the seniors we are honoring. oright now, we'll check in with our friend mike nicco. how is it looking, mike? >> looking pretty good. heading out right now 45 in morgan hill and 51 in san jose and los altos hills and 49 in livermore to 61 in brentwood and 53 in alameda and 51 in san francisco and look at that 42 and your commute and how quiet weather wise until the afternoon breezes kick up and the dumbarton bridge. hold on to the steering wheel there. 12-hour planner and 40s at 7:00

and 50s at 9:00 and 60s at 11:00 and eventually mid 70s this afternoon and the north bay. breezy 66 at 7:00. for the east bay, we'll escape the 60s right after the 9:00 hour and full on sunshine and right near 70 this afternoon and only 61 this evening and san francisco our fastest breezes will be this afternoon after we reached 64 degrees and that will take us down to 60 under sunshine by 7:00. weekend forecast coming up and we've got some sprinkles in there. we'll talk about that. here's jobina talking about our essential workers and what they're doing in their commute this morning. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike, thank you very much. good morning, everyone. we are going to check in on our other areas around the bay before i go to the 101 alemany project. live look in walnut creek, smooth conditions and traffic picking up more and more as we head further into our shelter-in-place order which is interesting to see. about a 5% increase overall on

bay area roads. no major issues this morning for anyone out there. now, we'll hop on over to the san francisco and 101 alemany project there. what you see here. this is interesting actually because the southbound lanes weren't set to open until 7:00 this morning but it definitely looks like we have some cars going down there already. work on the northbound side will be done by 3:00 p.m. the project was supposed to happen in july but they moved it up because of the lighter traffic due to the shelter-in-place order. i'll check on that for you. looks like things are moving already on the sout rand fast, reliable, secured internet from xfinity can help.

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and that will keep us at the 50s in the coast and 60s and 70s at the bay and mainly 70s inland. starting cooler this morning. our fastest breeze 1:00 to 9:00 through the san francisco bay. watch out on those breezes. even fast breezes in the san joaquin valley kicking up a lot of dust. they have an air quality warning today. temperatures finally breaking out of 100. only 99 in palm springs and 62 in tahoe well away from a record. our weekend, we'll talk about that coming up next. here's reggie. new developments involving the mother of the missing idaho children. lori vallow is due in court for a bond hearing which has been postponed twice because of the coronavirus pandemic. no sign still of 7-year-old jj and 17-year-old tylee ryan. prosecutors may call 48 witnesses in the case

val lo vallow's husband and marrying him after his wife died... oakland police have shut down an illegal casino. check out these photos the department posted yesterday on twitter. they confiscated four guns, several gaming machines and $20,000 in cash. east bay city is moving forward with plans to get homeless people into housing so they can shelter-in-place during this pandemic. crews furnished four trailers and these trailers will eventually house eight people. oakland has received dozens of trailers and they're expected to be ready next week. >> the mortality rate for homeless on this street is already higher than most and then to compound it with the covid-19 virus i don't think that's something as a community we would want. >> homeless advocates say for every person who gets a spot in one of these trailers, there are

many more on the street in need of help. many students across the bay area have been out of school for about six weeks now for the coronavirus pandemic and an east bay student is using his free time and his tech skills for good. this is 9-year-old jaden. he's been making 3d face shields for medical workers and he made 300 and doesn't plan on stopping any time soon. >> after i wake up, i go downstairs and make some every few one hour and 45 minutes and then i do my homework while i'm waiting for them to finish. >> it just never stops. since april 2nd. it's always on constantly. it only stops at night while we're sleeping. >> jaden is on it. his dad has delivered the face shields to five medical facilities in the bay area and to local churches. many nurses have sent jaden selfies showing how grateful they are. >> that's incredible. now that we have turned a

page on the calendar, time for our popular 'n sync song to make a comeback. ♪ it's going to be me >> you have seen the memes changed to it's going to be may. the band is making it official on spotify and apple music adding the meme to the title of the song and singer lance bass talked about how he's doing in quarantine on "gma." >> the podcast has been keeping us busy. the daily podcast and we had to pivot for this whole coronavirus and that will come out on the fourth and then i've been cooking specifically from celebrity cookbooks. chrissy tiegen inspired me. i found elizabeth taylor's wine chicken is so good. >> you know, you could hear more of his interview coming up on

"gma" starting at 7:00 right after "abc7 mornings." i was thinking last night as i went to bed, i wonder how lance bass is doing in quarantine. and now i know. >> don't you feel grateful. i'm trying to figure out how much salt he was putting on that chicke chicken. did you see? it just kept going and going. >> he said elizabeth dtaylor. it was a different time, kumasi. >> i was concerned about his health. hey, mike. >> hi, guys. let's talk about the weather and start by looking at our east bay hills camera and 48 degrees and back towards the coast where there are a few low clouds and high clouds for the rest of us. mainly sunny today and seasonal and breezy. if you liked yesterday, how about we do it again today. clouds bring us drizzle and light rain up in the north bay saturday afternoon into the evening hours. here's a look at our

temperatures and start with our microclimates down in the south bay. a lot of mid to upper 70s here with los gatos and san jose at 76. 67 to 73 degrees. little bit of a spread there. 60 at the coast today and mid 60s downtown and then we'll jump into the low to mid 70s for most of the north bay valleys and along the east bay shore, how about upper 60s to low 70s until you get to castro valley and fremont. and mid 70s is where we start inland to low 80s out along highway 4. tonight you can see the cloud cover rolling in and milder temperatures tomorrow morning and low to upper 50s. that area of low pressure will swing a cold front our way and as we head into the evening hours bring the marine layer clouds back to us after a relatively sunny day. notice the green popping up in the north bay during the afternoon and evening hours and then quickly falling apart during the overnight hours leading us to more sunshine sunday and temperatures keep us

cooler than average. and then the summer warmth in the bay and inland next week. reggie? >> thanks, mike. starting today, taco bell is selling at-home taco bar kits. theic paage costs 25 bucks and comes with enough food to feed a group of six. you can pick them up at some taco bell drive-thrus. it wanted to have the kits out in time for cinco de mayo. an east bay teenager on a mission to help our community during this pandemic. how she already raised thousands of dollar

welcome back, everyone. it's 5:53. the university of pennsylvania is seeing if dogs can detect coronavirus in people. if the dogs can help identify

asymptomatic carriers. >> we see the tsa dogs in the airports screening people as they walk by for explosives. that kind of a concept. >> preliminary screening could begin as early as next month. in the south bay, parents are honoring the class of 2020 as you know a lot of these kids are not getting the recognition that they deserve. and, so, instead of having a formal high school graduation, they're doing something like this. they're decorating the front of homes throughout the santa theresa community in san jose. they have a strong message for the students who know they were part of the most unique graduating classes in santa theresa history. >> this group of kids are just so resilient and they really know what it means to be independent and to fight for what's important for them. >> i'm so proud to be a saint and we're still sad, but makes us happy that our school colors are around our neighborhood. >> other san jose high school

parents have followed suit. they started putting their own signs highlighting students. that is a neat idea. this is really nice cnn anchor anderson cooper is now a dad. he surprised everyone with this news last night on his show. >> monday i became a father. never actually said that before out loud and it's still kind of astonishes me. i am a dad. i have a son. and i want you to meet him. this is wyatt cooper. he is 3 days old. he's named after my dad who died when i was 10 years old. i hope i can be as good a dad as he was. >> very sweet. cooper also posted about the birth on instagram saying baby wyatt is 7.2 pounds. he described him, i uv all this, as sweet, soft and healthy. cooper says he's beyond happy and also thanking the surrogate who helped the dream of expanding his family come true. i don't know why i was so touched by that last night.

it was just so nice to see. >> yeah, definitely. i'm sorry. just so many thoughts going through my head after remembering back to when we had our first child and it's just the joy, the love you feel. it just swells throughout you and changes you. congratulations to him. let's take a look at what is going on with our temperature. here's a look at saturday. you can see 60s and 70s. same thing sunday and then look at thursday. 70s and 80s around the bay and going to get quite warm. that is not to be, you know, thought of as unusual this time of year. we have been as warm as 101 in san francisco and usually 65 to 66 in may and as warm as 101 in san jose but our averages are 73 to 77 and we've been as warm as 105 in oakland. >> all right, thanks, mike. coming up next at 6:00, stanford medicine launches a new

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now at 6:00,6:00,6:00,6:00, strike. workers in a half dozen essential companies like amazon, walmart, target and whole foods planning to walk off the job today to demand more protections from coronavirus. the protests coming as walgreens announces plans to begin testing for the virus nationwide. good morning, friends. >> hello, everyone. >> good morning. >> we'll check in with jobina in just a second. she'll have more on what is happening at walgreens with the testing but first check in with meteorologist mike nicco. hey, mike. >> reggie, kumasi, jobina, hi, everybody. welcome to friday. live look at doppler 7 couple high clouds across our sky and couple low clouds at the coast and breezes have backed off considerebleably and back this afternoon. from our roof camera a little