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>> big changes are coming to much of the area on monday. counties start to ease some of the rules of the stay-at-home order, to golf courses to the neighborhood car wash, life is about to change again. >> the shelter-in-place for much of the bay are loosening tomorrow. outdoor businesses can reopen, like landscaping and garden centers, required to follow social distancing requirements. child card, and other things you will be able to do, go golfing and get your car washed. live from middle valley, cornell? >> reporter: you know, these day, it is the little things that matter. starting tomorrow, most of the bay area can get a car wash,
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play a round of golf. workers are making last minute repairs, a lot of towels need folding, the shelter order caused them to close. on monday, soap bubbles will be flowing again. >> return to work for a month and a half. we are happy to be back. >> reporter: the manager said, only 20 of 65 employees, interior vacuuming is not allowed with social distancing, one customer at a time inside the cashier office. >> i have been waiting for a wash, it is filty right now. >> sunday, the last day of this play-ground free-for-all at the golf course, it was packed with families. >> happy they opened it up to everybody. >> i hope they enjoy themselves because, fore! get out of the way.
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>> golf is back on monday. jeff has a 1:15 tee time. >> i played in napa a couple of times, since they opened a couple of weeks ago, harding park will open tomorrow. good luck getting a tee time. >> the clubhouse will remain closed, no contact payment in place. most bay area construction will be allowed to resume. the plant nurse yes, can reopenn billy cannon said he will take anything that life as 2 was precovid-19. >> things that make you feel nicer during the pandemic thing. >> reporter: this car wash opens at 8:00 tomorrow morning. the owner has three locations in the north bay, they hope to bring all of their employees back to work soon.
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this is upon what is not allowed. >> real estate transactions can resume, restrictions on appoi appointments and distancing, anything allowed is subjected to social distancing. >> yuba and modoc reopened on friday. one of four counties not to have a single confirmed case of the virus. >> in the bay area, san mateo county is taking measures to prevent people from flocking to the coast. we have seen road signs, warning
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people, if they are more than five miles from home to turn around. hundreds have been cited for going to the beach during the stay-at-home order. >> police were out in frors, keeping people from the beach. large crowds were seen last weekend. there were cipes on to keep people away. huntington and newport beach are planning to take legal al al al >> the foster city company will start it shows people recovering four days faster than
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place placebo. to treat as many as 200,000 patients. >> states are following their own paths, starting to reopen businesses and return to work. others re ramping uppests to increase testing. >> across the country, some states have started to reopen parks and businesses. >> manufacturing and construction resuming monday. retail businesses can reopen on may 11th. this morning, on abc this week. >> it became clear to me, it was a bridge too far. people were not going to accept the government telling them what to do. >> in texas, with 1,200 new cases, the state's second
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highest day ever, people packing raurpts. >> it is time to get back to living. >> boats lined up for miles. >> governors announcing a partnership to purchase personal protective gear, and medical equipment, and efforts to increase testing. >> whatever we need to buy, we put the hospitals together, it will make us more competitive in the international market place. >> we are planning for the next round of this if there is a next round. making sure we control our own destiny going forward. >> we need to work together to build a capacity to test. we won't be able to give the citizens the confidence they need to go back to work. >> u.s. intelligence officials accusing china of a coronavirus cover up. a new report from the homeland security obtained by abc news,
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the chinese government intentionally concealed. and building a stock pile of medical supplies. homeland security analysis shows that china procedures the 80% of face masks. chinese officials denying, china is a victim of the outbreak, they claim, and not of the virus. >> face coverses will become mandatory for uberdrivers and riders. they approved the policy, to ensure it is followed. uber is developing software to
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check that they are wearing masks before accepting trips. face covering will be mandatory at the airport starting tomorrow, both employees and travellers. children under 6 and anyone who has trouble breathing is exempt. the airport will have reminder signs at the terminals. the airport reportly disinfects all high touch services, rest rooms every two hours, and deep cleans public areas each night. >> face masks at the center of the controversy. you see the masks here. officers wore the flag theme on friday, responding to a demonstration over housing, they feature the thin baseline flag, representing law enforcement. it became a symbol for counter protests during the black lives matter movement.
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they are looking to replace those masks. >> may is bike m with fewer cars on the roads, bike shops are seeing a surge in demand. a nonprofit clinic suffered a set up. the san jose bike clinic rents, selling and fixes bicycles for anyone in the community. the shop was making plans to reopen, but their building was broken into. bikes and specialty tools were stolen. the burglary hurts the community. >> we can still have people come in to the shop, there will be times, we have to say, we are unable to help you, we are waiting for tools to get replaced. they rely on the nonpror fit status to stay afloat. find a link to the go fund me page. on abc 7 news.com.
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>> a twitter employee is in threatening condition after being struck. the teen is expected to survive, san francisco police have not released details about a motive in that shooting. a company employee was hurt in that incident. >> san bruno police believe they caught the man in the act at crystal springs road and west more drive. thieves are steeling catalytic converters. with more staying home, there are more cars to target in
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residential neighborhoods. >> take part in history from home tomorrow. what supreme court is doing what public is able to be part of. >> i am meteorologist drew tumma. we will have the forecast. >> and we are honoring the class of 2020 who had to graduation ceremonies. james' sister tells us, he has dedicated a lot of time and energy to earning his degree. congratulations, james. if you would like to honor a graduate. here are the details. we may give them a shout-out on tv or online. no professional photos.
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lawmakers are set to return on monday, assembly speaker rendon called the politicians back, even though a handfull remain home to avoid the coronavirus. precautions, including temperature checks, they will have one staff person with them. the first unscheduled work stoppage in 158 years. in what could be the most
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important phone call for an attorney's career, the u.s. supreme court said it will hold oral arguments by phone. that is the first for the highest court. it will hear 10 arguments, including birth control access, whether president trump can keep tax records from investigators. it will be available live to the public. >> some areas of the public begin to reopen this weekend. some with a new sense of normal. this one with a sense of the past. a drive-in theater in virginia petitioned the governor. after working with the health department got permission to open. it sold out. people were thrilled to get out of the house. >> we will be so glad to see folks be able to go -- >> you can inforce social distancing and see a movie together.
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it is fabulous. maybe it will bring drive-ins back, we will see. >> that would be fun. >> movie goers must buy ticketos line, and wear masks, and social distance. >> not saying it is going to rain. temperatures will pick up? >> yes, it is the opposite. warm weather for much of the week ahead. in fact, by the end of the week, we will see 90s make a comeback, a lot of warm weather for several days, live doppler 7,
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coming our way the next seven days. 61 in the city. 69 in san jose. 72 in santa rosa. so, overnight, again, for the overnight low in oakland. it is a bright start. sunrise at 6:09 a.m. temperatures in the 40s for most of us. sunny skies, it is a mild afternoon, with temperatures in the upper 50s, upper 60s around
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the bay. and upper 70s, again tomorrow. sunset, after 8:00. highs on the monday. breezy on the coast. 70, in oakland. 75 in san jose. 78 in santa rose a on the east. on the west coast, nothing but warm air. some of the warmest air in the u.s. will be centered over california. with a greater than 70% chance of above normal temperatures. look at the afternoon highs. fast forward to thursday. wide spread, 70s to 80s, around the bay. low 90s in the hottest spots, and do it again on friday. breezy on tuesday.
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and scott harris. check those out. and i caught up with evan lon gor yampt before spring training was shut down, he said he liked the vibe of the team entering 2020. >> the giants fans have come to grove and love, and so, it was a good mix. staying safe, listening to the regulations, and understanding that there are a lot of things that are bigger than baseball, and what we are doing. when they give us the go-ahead, we will be excited to get back out there. >> now, everybody is picking up new hobbies these days, cup check, it is a fun and unique game to keep competitive juices flowing. >> definitely a game to be
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athletes who are competitive. something that we as baseball players love. talk trash, get into it. tremendous off the field work continues. the team along with the 49 foundation will raise funds on giving tuesday, to assist nose who need it most. covid-19 pandemic. >> all the money will go back into the community. in helping where we are now, with students and families working with distance learning, social distancing, in general, in keeping people, you know, separated. and keeping them healthy and
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>> another sign this morning here in the bay area, of wildlife taking over as we are in the stay-in-place order. >> this is in san francisco, it is not a dog. out for a stroll. it is a coyotes. we have seen them more frequently, particularly in san francisco. i mean, i guess the good thing, this one decided to use the cross walk. we have seen them all over even outside of the kgo studio, we saw one following a pair of dog walkers.
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it is scary. >> pretty scary. >> i am erik thomas. tonight, restarting america, as the coronavirus death toll soars in the u.s. more than 67,000 now dead, as roughly half the states in the country reopen this week. new york city now investigating violent arrests, as officers were enforcing social distancing rules. mother than 50 summons issued. a park ranger in texas also enforcing social distancing shoved into the water. authorities concerned about crowds at reopened beaches, parks and restaurants. deputies on horseback patrolling beaches in southern california. one of america's top health officials, dr. deborah birx, calling the protests against stay at home orders devastatingly worrisome. news tonight about the race for a vaccine. at least eight human trials under way around the world. the group of scientists hoping to have the lt
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