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that will make us stronger out there. what's open on monday, the bay area eases shelter in place restrictions for the first time. we have your full list. >> all is quiet at this san francisco park now. but a different story on saturday and sunday, despite the covid-19 stay-at-home order. >> sweating this week, we have warmer weather on the way. 90s will make a comeback. we will show you when in the accu-weather forecast. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. tomorrow, several bay area counties will be loosening the rules in their shelter in place orders. it's the first round of many modifications to come. until we're fully back up and running. good evening. i'm eric thomas. in it won't be a return to normal but in a joint announcement officials promised

to ease some restrictions in almeda, contra costa county, sant mat, santa clara, san francisco and marin counties. separately, napa, and solano counties have already eased guidelines on what now can be open while governor newsom says the rest of the state is closed to more modifications to the stay-at-home order. with all of the different guidelines we wanted to give you some clarity about what is open and answer some of our top viewer questions. abc 7 news reporter chris reyes has the details. >> reporter: when it comes to what is open on monday, the answer is a lot of yes, but, and let's start with the rule across the board in the bay area. >> construction projects can resume. so can real estate transactions. outdoor businesses like landscaping and nurseries can get back to work. marcus zerban owns a landscaping company in san francisco. he is jumping for joy that he made the cut. >> tomorrow, we're able to resume our operations pretty much at a full scale. doing things that were considered nonessential before.

construction of outdoor kitchens. building of decks. >> reporter: now, here are the but's. you can sell your house but you can't do an open house, and inperson viewing must be limited. restaurants that are outdoors can reopen and with sports, even more conditions. you can't share equipment and you must be able to maintain social distance and you have to check the county for some specifics. for example, tennis courts are closed in san mateo and san francisco but open in contra costa county. who you get to play baseball basketball with depends on the county. in almeda, only members of the households. high touch playgrounds remain closed. goodwill remains closed. in san francisco, it's okay to have dog grooming unless you have a note from a vet.

>> residents torn about the pace of reopening. >> i think with out the vaccine, i think it's stupid to go back to work. >> finally thank god. we should open. it is the person's decision to either go to it or not. >> online, even the businesses that are allowed to open are telling their customers they can't. this nursery in san mateo said they couldn't secure enough supplies to open on monday. city kayak says they will be back in june. when i called this table tennis club in al me dark they told me over the phone they're out of business. marcus says monday will be a life line for his business. >> to be able to get our guys back to work. people who are very concerned about being able to feed their families. the times are very uncertain for a lot of team. >> abc 7 news. >> we have a complete list of rule changes on our web site at abc7news.com. two other things you will be able to do tomorrow. go golfing. get your car washed. abc 7 news reporter has the

story. >> reporter: workers are making last-minute equipment repairs to the shine-ology car wash in mill valley. lots of taw, towels need to be folded, too. >> getting back to work, after a month and a half, we have to get back. >> reporter: the manager herbert morales says only 20 of the 65 employees will come back next week. because interior vacuuming is still not allowed with social distancing guidelines. and one customer at a time inside the cashier's office. billy cannon and his basset hound franky will be first in line. >> yes, i've been waiting for a while. it is pretty filthy right now. >> in san francisco, sunday, the last day of this playground free for all at the presidio golf course, it was packed with families. really happy they opened it up to everybody. >> i hope these people enjoyed themselves today, because fore, get out of the way. >> starting monday, golf is

back. jeff gotho has a 12:15 tee time. >> anxious to get back out there? >> very anxious to get back out there. played in napa a couple of times since they opened a couple of weeks ago but this is a great course. harden park will open tomorrow too but good luck getting a tee time. >> the clubhouse will be closed and no contact payment will be in place. elsewhere, most bay area construction projects will be allowed to resume. plant nurseries and landscaping companies ordered shut down it reopen. billy cannon says he will take anything resembling life as it was pre-covid-19. >> there are little things in life to make you feel a little bit nicer during this whole pandemic thing. >> reporter: this car wash set to reopen, 8:00 monday morning. the owner has three locations in the north bay. they say they hope to bring all of their employees back very soon. in mill valley, abc 7 news. governor newsom says he will let science drive all his

decisions when it comes to reopening but last week he said we could be days, not weeks, from him announcing some more restrictions being eased statewide. >> we're getting very close to making really meaningful augmentations to that stay-at-home order. >> but still, people are getting antsy. many going to parks and choosing not to stay home. >> doctors and the covid-19 survivor talked to abc 7 news reporter jr stone, about their message for those people, and jr is live in our news room with the story. >> reporter: i talked with one of ucsf's head doctors who tells me we may not be seeing the massive numbers of covid-19 cases and deaths that some thought we'd see, but we are not yet on a downward path. i also talked with a covid-19 survivor, who says what she is seeing out there is dangerous. >> they're playing with fire, really. >> reporter: doris block, covid-19 survivor is referring to the crowds of people seen in

san francisco's great meadow park in fort mason on saturday and delores park on sunday. lots of people out and about, instead of staying at home. >> this is also my mental health. and i'm trying to stay sane during all of this. >> reporter: don't tell that to block, who says she still can't go on a long walk. >> yeah, it's not a laughing matter. and i mean, you know, i was even on oxygen. i was one of the lucky ones as i was only in the hospital for five days. >> reporter: county statistics show that icu hospital visits have not risen in the bay area and deaths here are lower when compared to other areas of the state. but dr. jahon ramihi, medicarame director of the ucsf medical department says not to so fast. >> we are potentially in the midst of potentially dodging a huge surge in the bay area, and you know, now is reallynot the time to just sort of take a victory rap. >> reporter: ask park-goers in san francisco about that. they will tell you that they need to get out for their own

health and they don't have a yard or roof like some people. >> when you're out here, you can stay, try to stay six feet apart, but like at the same time, we have been in quarantine for weeks and weeks and weeks and like it is hard. >> what we really recommend is that people avoid kind of giving in to the frustration and the boredom and deciding to go out and congregate in parks. >> i hope for everybody not to get covid and not to have to go through it. wear your masks. >> what a warrior that she was. and has been. now the doctor tells me they are starting to see people become lax when it comes to preventive measures like social distancing, around their family members, and friends. he said this is concerning. because when you go from maybe being around one or two people, to six or ten, it puts you at a much greater risk to get the virus. eric, now back to you. >> jr, disturbing, thank you very much. san mateo county is taking more measures to keep people

from flocking to the coast. the new order prevents people who live more than ten miles away from the county, from coming there for recreation. we've seen road signs warning people if they're more than five miles from home to turn around. hundreds of people have been cited for going to the beach in pacifica during the stay-at-home order. meantime, some parks in san mateo county will reopen tomorrow after being closed for more than a month. trails in 13 county parks will reopen to visitors on foot. that includes the popular crystal springs regional trail, hunters county park and the county parks officials say visitors must maintain social distance. playground, picnic area, and bathrooms will be closed. at some park, parking lots may be closed as well. sonoma county will open two public covid-19 testing sites this week. residents of the county can get tested for free. whether or not they have symptoms. the two sites will open up tuesday. and will be located in santa rosa, and pet luna. unlike other testing sites, there is no drive through option. you will vet to get out of your

car to be be tested. appointments are require and can be made online or over the phone. we have a link on our web site at abc7news.com. we have a lot more resources about the coronavirus, including testing site information on our web site, just go toan our web site. still ahead at 11:00, big news in the fight against the coronavirus, when a bay area company plans to begin shipping a drug to treat it. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. with a bright end to the weekend today. and now, the week ahead features very warm weather. making a return. we'll take a look at the numbers in the accu-weather forecast coming up. a south bay community bike shop's

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. the coronavirus treatment drug remdesivir is expected to arrive in hospitals this week. the fda gave the drug emergency use authorization on friday, following a recently completed study by the national institutes of health showing that it shortened treatment time by four days. the company is preparing to ship tens of thousands of doses. >> we are now firmly focused on getting this medicine to the most urgent patients around the country here in the united states. and we intend to get that to patients in the early part of this next week, beginning to work with the government, which will determine which cities are most vulnerable, and where the patients are that need this medicine. >> gilead says it will donate its entire supply of rem dis vir which is roughly 1.5 million

vials. there is new hope in a race for the vaccine. a team at oxford says they will note by next month whether their vaccine works and if proven safe and effective, it could be made available as early as september, months ahead of other trials. >> we are pretty sure we will get a signal by june whether this works or not, this will likely be a seasonal coronavirus vaccine. >> at least eight human trials are under way around the world including two in the u.s. speeding a vaccine to market has risks with side effects, and potentially death. the former head of the fda says there is no guarantee any of the vaccines being studied will work. may is bike month. and with fewer cars on the road, bike shops are seeing a surge in demand but a nonprofit bike clinic has suffered a setback in reopening. the san jose bike clinic sells, rents and fixes bicycles for anyone in the community who needs help. the shop had been making plans to reopen in the coming weeks but their building was broken

into, bikes and specialty tools were stolen a volunteer bike mechanic says the burglary hurts the community. >> although we can still have people come into the shop, there will be times that we have to say sorry, we are not able to help you because we are still waiting for some tools to get replaced. >> the shop plans to reopen on thursday. they rely on the nonprofit status and donations to stay afloat. you can find a link to the gofundme page at our web site abc7news.com. some 90s weather-wise this week. let's find out more from drew tuma. >> we'll find those 90s coming back later in the week. and they will stay in our hottest spots for several days. we've got a nice warmup coming our way over the next search days. tonight though, clear skies and live doppler 7 along with the satellite is showing you it is really a quiet picture overhead. we enjoyed a lot of sunshine to finish out the weekend today. and tonight. and we have plenty of stars out there. we do have a frost advisory that

will go into effect early tomorrow morning for lake county. this does include middletown, clear lake, lake port, for overnight temperatures, dropping into the mid if not upper 30s. so it will be a cool start in lake county tomorrow morning. right now, we're down to 45 in novato. and 53 in the city, and 55 right now in san jose. and 58 in concord and cool along the coast, half moon bay coming in at a cool 46 degrees. live done ler 7, along with satellite, the story we're tracking over the weekend, we had the cold front that moved through yesterday with a lot of cloud cover on saturday, and that exited today, and in the wake of it, we have clear sky, and we will hang on to the clear skies for several days. there's a lot of sunshine coming our way on the accu-weather seven-day forecast. overnight tonight we will find the cool spots in the north bay, lake port, ukiah, in the 40s and 48 in san mateo. same in oakland. 43 though in livermore. the 12-hour day planner, show you what is in store for tomorrow.

a lot of sunshine. a little bit of patchy fog first thing in the morning. sunrise 6:09 a.m. it is mostly sunny throughout the day. mild may afternoon as well. around the bay, in the 60s. the warmest spots going into the upper 70s. tomorrow, a nice afternoon. a lot of sunshine. breezy along the coast. but fairly typical for may. 70 in fremont and oakland. 75 in san jose. and 64 in the city tomorrow. 78 san jose and concord. 77 the high in antioch. the climate prediction center which monitors the temperatures for us all over the united states daily will show you that later this week, it kind of is the have's and have-nots, chilly on the east coast and the west coast will find very warm air. in fact, some of the warmest air in the u.s. will be centered right over california later this week with a 70% chance or greater of above normal temperatures for this time of the year. so you take a look at future track for the temperature, fast

forward to some of the warmest days we've had, this is thursday afternoon, and you can see, in the city, we're in the 70s, in oakland, we're near 80, well into the 80s in san jose and the warmest spots inland. hitting the low 90s, and we will probably get a little bit warmer on friday. you can see a couple of degrees warmer from thursday, and again, this warm air will settle in for a couple of the days. the accu-weather seven-day forecast, tomorrow sunny and mild. breezy on tuesday. and then watch the temperatures really rise. hot for may on thursday. friday is the hottest day we have all week. still a summer weather spread for saturday and sunday. mother's day on sunday. cooler and 70s and 80s dotting the landscape next weekend. >> drew, thank you very much. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, a bay area native performed from his daily city home tonight. as he looks to move forward o

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love, and so it was a really good mix. the importance is really just staying safe, listening to the regulations, and understanding that there are a lot of things that are bigger than baseball and what we're doing, and when they give us the go ahead, we will be excited to get back out there. recently, 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo took part in take your child to work day, a virtual meet and greet in which athletes an celebrities answer questions from some of their bigge biggest fans. >> my name is vanessa and i'm five years old. if you could have any superpower, what would it be? my superpower would be, i would be a mermaid with a magic key that lights up. >> i love those dolls that you have there, those are adorable. mine would definitely be to fly. i think that would be so cool. especially with you, if you're a mermaid, you will be under the warm front, i'm be up in the sky

and we just, you light up your tail and i'll know where you're at and we can hang out. >> got to love that video. and you got to love this video. 13 years ago today, the "we believe" warriors pulled up one of the big upsets in nba history, taking down the dallas mavericks in the first round of the 2007 playoffs. guys like jason richardson, baron davis, monte ellis all part of don nelson's crew. did you see this? the next person who made it into our idol top ten this season grace -- >> congrats to danville's own grace lear, the former cal soccer star is now on the top ten of "american idol." we've been folloing her journey closely for the next several weeks and we will look for another interview with her as soon as possible. one step loser to becoming the next "american idol." what a journey for grace. good stuff there. congratulations to grace. and team grace for voting her in to "american idol"'s top ten.

back to you. >> much more to cop on abc 7 news at 11:00. president trump tonight answered questions from americans in a virtual town hall. his answer to people wondering when they will get their jobs back. >> we talked to education

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good evening. i'm eric thomas. and tonight's headline, bay area counties will begin easing some stay at home restrictions tomorrow. construction projects can resume. so can real estate transactions. outdoor businesses like landscaping and nurseries can reopen. but restaurants with outdoor seating cannot. it was a busy weekend in san francisco parks. and while county statistics

showed that icu hospital stays have not risen, a doctor at ucsf's emergency department says we still need to be careful. he says we may be able to dodge a potentially huge surge here in the bay area, and this is not the time to take a victory lap. a coronavirus treatment drug remdesivir is expected to arrive in hospitals this week. foster city's gilead sciences says it will start shipping its drug as soon as it works out a plan with the government. the fda gave the drug emergency use authorization on friday of a study led by the national int institutes of health found the drug shortened the recovery time for some coronavirus patient bis four days. president trump this evening answered questions from americans at a virtual town hall. he touched on numerous topics including when people can expect more help from the government, and when he expects a vaccine. abc 7 news reporter has details. >> reporter: as president trump began his virtual town hall, on fox news channel, he continued to blame china for the covid-19

pandemic. >> it could have been stopped on the spot. they chose not to do it or something happened, either there was incompetence, or they didn't do it for some reason. >> top u.s. officils putting blame squarely on a chinese lab for spreading covid-19. saying it was not made intentionally in a lab but investigators whether it was the result of an accident. >> i've seen what the itelligence committee has said and no reason to believe they've got it wrong. >> reporter: now a scathing homeland security report obtained by abc news, accusing china of a coverup. saying china misled the world about the potential for a pandemic, while stockpiling face masks and other supplies, for itself. china has flatly refuted the allegations. the president's america together returning to work event gave people a chance to ask the president questions directly. >> i lost my job in march. i've had to rely on donations in order to keep my children. and is there more help coming? >> reporter: the answer is yes. >> the answer is yes, and we

will do more and you will have your job, a better job. >> reporter: and the question was medications to treat the virus, and a possibility of a vaccine. >> we are very confident we will have a vaccine at the end of the year. by the end of the year, to have that vaccine. >> by the end of this year. >> we think we're going to have a vaccine by the end of this year. >> reporter: despite the president's optimism, many experts have said it could be at least a year before a vaccine is available. protesters have been calling for businesses to reopen. many of those protesters are not wearing masks. dr. deborah birx calling that devastatingly worry some. >> if they go home, and infect their grandmother or their grandfather, they will feel guilty for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: florida's governor with a three-phase plan for reopening much of his state, beginning monday. >> we are continuing to stress the need for testing, and building a really strong infrastructure. >> reporter: in new york city, which is still under stay-at-home orders, dozens of people were issued social distancing summons.

mostly in parks. >> i know the weather is getting warmer, i know people want to get out of their house, fine, wear a mask, and socially distance. >> reporter: abc news, washington. two more counties are about to defy the governor's lockdown order and open up at midnight. yuba and center counties will allow businesses to reopen but both will require facial coverings in public. state data shows neither company has had anyone hospitalized in two weeks with the virus. and another county is set to open, and then mozoc on friday a push to reopen around the state. in fresno county, one of the first cities to allow barbershops and hair salons to open. one barbershop employee says he is thankful to be back at work but the decision comes with mixed reaction. >> we're taking just appointments so the good news, people need to know that they need to call, so we can kind of

grate how many people are coming in and how many people are leaving. >> to open up the businesses without inadequate test and not having the prevalence and knowledge of seeing how much the city has been infected. >> in modoc, hair salons and the movie theet ver been open since friday. and about 200 people rallied in vacaville to reopen the state and if necessary organizers say they will be back next weekend. in los angeles county, they are not messing around when it comes to keeping people off the beaches. take a look at this show of force by the sheriff's department's park's bureau. deputies are out in malibu propa trolling on horseback and atvs and included a post, safer at home as a way to remind people to follow the shelter in place order. lawmakers are set to return to sacramento on monday as the legislature gets set to resume. nancy rendon called politicians back even though a handful remained at lome to avoid the

coronavirus. several precautions including temperature checks. lawmakers are limited to one staff person. and the pandemic has led to the legislature's first unscheduled work stoppage in 158 years. and ma could be the most important phone call for an attorney's career the u.s. supreme court says it will hold oral arguments by phone. that's a first for the nation's highest court. the court says starting tomorrow it will hear ten arguments remotely including disputes over birth control access, the electoral college, and whether president trump can keep his tax records from investigators. the audio will be available live to the public. governor newsom will release a revised state budget next week that reflects the strain covid-19 is putting on the treasury, and school districts around california are nervously waiting to see what it means for them. in january, before coronavirus cases skyrocketed, the governor released a $222 billion spending plan with more money for education. but since then, tamp revenues plummeted and the state has spent more than a billion in

emergency unemployment, and other aid. the president of the california school board's association hopes education will be spared any cuts. >> our message to the state is that we need to at least make sure we maintain the funding that was proposed in january and hopefully make sure we can find ways to actually increase and prioritize. >> she says many school districts were already having financial problems before the pandemic and they will need the extra money to keep putting out a quality education. some big companies are not giving up on internships this summer because of the coronavirus. in fact, many will still be welcoming a new class of interns for remote work. tech companies and financial firms will transition in person, internships to ones where interns work remotely. internship organizers say the scope of internships will change, with a focus on short, specific projects. several bay area tech companies, including google, twitter, and sap plan to offer virtual internships this summer. a face covering will be

mandatory at the san jose airport starting tomorrow. that includes both employees and travelers. children under six and anyone who has trouble breathing are exempt. the airport will have reminder signs at entrances and throughout the terminals. a spokesperson says the airport regularly cleans and disinfects all high touch surfaces throughout the day. disinfects rest rooms roughly once every two hours and deep cleans public areas every night. the face coverings will likely become mandatory for uber drivers and riders. cnn business reports that uber executives approved the new policy this past week. to ensure that policy is followed uber is developing technology to defect if drivers are wearing masks or face coverings before they go online and start accepting trips uber is looking into ways to hold riders accountable. the requirement is expected to be rolled out in the coming weeks. the clothing come j crew could file for bankruptcy protection as soon as tomorrow according to "the new york times."

j crew would become the first major retailer to file for chapter 11, the retail sector has been hammered by coronavirus shutdowns. j crew is already struggling before the pandemic, as it tried to adapt to changing consumer habits. other big names like jcpenney, macy's, and neiman marcus are also struggling financially. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, the nfl is now saying the season could very well start in september. but the big question, will fans be there? what we know about the plans so far. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma, tracking a warm week ahead. we will look at how hot we get in the accu-weather forecast ahead. >> here at abc 7, we're morning the class of 2020 who had to forego graduation ceremonies and other milestones because of the coronavirus pandemic. jc evans graduating from cal state east bay and earning a degree in psychology and heading

to texas tech commerce to work on a masters in exercise science. mom says she is extremely proud of her daughter and we are, too. congratulations. and if you want to honor a graduate, share the details on our web site and we may give them a shout-out online,

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the nfl says the football season is still on track to start sometime in september but it is unclear whether fans will be allowed to be in the stands. the league says it is preparing a number of contingency plans just in case stay-at-home rders are still in place in the fall. that includes pushing back the season until october. the league's schedule will be released this week with the season opener planned for september 10th. another sign this morning in the bay area of wildlife taking over as humans stay inside during the shelter in place order. a viewer shared this video taken over by levi's plaza on samson street in san francisco.

that is not a dog out for a stroll. that's a coyote. we've seen them more and more frequently over the past several weeks especially in san francisco. at least that one decided to use the crosswalk. a michigan family isn't letting the shelter in place order keep them from taking a walk on the wild side at their own homemade zoo. the family have an annual membership to the detroit zoo but that is closed because of the health order so mom and dad created a zoo with stuffed animals on their front lawn. each exhibit has information about the animals on display, including where they're native, what they eat and how they live. >> and understanding the different kinds of places they live in and which pair together and we're talking about geography, in a way, because where is north america and look on the globe. >> neighbors have caught on, too, they're taking turns visiting the stuffed animal zoo with proper distancing of course. star wars fans have something to occupy their time while sheltering in place this

week. ♪ >> star wars, the rise of sky walker, lands on disney plus tomorrow. it's being done to celebrate the star wars fan holiday may the 4th. the film is hitting the streams service two months earlier than scheduled. that means disney plus will stream all nine chapters of the sky walker saga films. disney is the parent company of abc 7. get ready for some warmer temperatures towards the end of the week. here is meteorologist drew tuma. >> yes, exactly right, eric. especially thursday and friday. that is when we will find very warm air. moving into the bay area. a live look outside right now from our east bay hills camera showing you we have clear skies. it's a quiet night. cool temperatures. especially in lake county. we do have frost advisories out that will go in effect tomorrow morning until 9:00 a.m. that's for temperatures in the 30s. about 43 in san rafael.

49 in the city. 47 in san jose. about 43 in livermore. now, tomorrow, a lot of sunshine out there. in the 60s and 70s. 65 in san mateo. 76 in napa. 77 in antioch. and 71 the high in palo alto. as we go later in the week, we are going to see a ridge of high pressure build in. what that ridge is going to do, it will set up shop over southern california, and that is where the focus of the warm weather is going to be throughout much of california and in the bay area, thursday, and friday, look to be the warmest days. here's the accu-weather seven-day forecast. sunny and mild tomorrow. a breezy afternoon on tuesday. and a warming trend really hits midweek and the hottest day of the week, eric, will be on friday, before we turn sharply cooler on mother's day on sunday. >> well, that's our thanks to mom. it will be a little cooler on mother's day. >> exactly. >> drew, thanks a lot. still ahead, on abc 7 news, at 11:00, feeding front line

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because you might spread corona virus to someone else. please visit coronavirus.gov for more information. abc 7 getter bay area project thanks is all on sharing gratitude for people giving back during the pandemic. during this asian-pacific islander heritage month there is a tremendous effort under way to help the asian community hard-hit by coronavirus-related zrooimgs discrimination. dion lim has more on feed your hospital and how asians across the country are pitching in. >> reporter: the dozens of takeout containers filled to the brim at thai table in berk ry

are a welcome site. a reminder for the owner of life pre-pandemic. >> it is wonderful. i'm so glad. >> reporter: but programs even more special than being busy during a time when 30,000 restaurants in california could close permanently is the mission behind the meals. >> 50% of asian restaurants are now closed and not ever going to open up back again. they are vulnerable. and not only are they vulnerable, as front line workers, they're vulnerable because of their race. >> thai table is the first restaurant in the bay area to participate in an effort called feed your hospital. ascend, america's largest nonprofit pan-asian organization for professionals partnered with the nationwide philanthropic group after recognizing how asians were impacted by the shelter in place and xenophobia. >> go back where she came from. >> reporter: the reporting center shows 1500 coronavirus-related discrimination incidents in a

month. the hospital aims to show the positive impact made by asian-americans. >> hopefully it eases some of the tension that a lot of the asian health care workers are, the asian community, is feeling right know. >> reporter: today, across the country, feed your hospital, has worked with 20 asian restaurants, to deliver 4500 meals to more than 40 hospitals. in the bay area, the first delivery of 100 meals went to oakland's highland hospital this week, with more planned in the near future. >> that is our vision. overall. for the pan-asian voice to be heard. and that it either is is awareness that what we are doing is everything intentionally good. >> reporter: feed your hospital isn't going to work without your support, so we put a link to their gofundme site at ours, abc7news.com. this way, you can help more business owners. >> thank you. >> reporter: in berkeley dion lim, abc 7 news.

>> we invite you to join better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude for people helping out during the covid battle, use the hashtag, #betterbayarea and we will share the information with the community. that's it for this sunday night. i'm eric thomas. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. for dion, drew, chris alvarez, and the rest of the abc 7 news team, we thank you so much for joining. have a safe night.

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