and that breaking news is in santa cruz county. a man was attacked by a shark at a beach near watsonville. >> this all happened this afternoon and the attack happened within 100 yards of the shoreline. the santa cruz sentinel reports officials released no details about how that 26-year-old victim is doing. >> right now the water is closed to swimmers and surfers from one mile north to one mile south of where the attack took place. hello, thank you for joining us.

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim. now to the coronavirus pandemic and how it could lead to a legal battle for one bay area county. it was a fierce barrage of tweets by tesla ceo elon musk. he says he's suing alameda county over the shelter in place order that doesn't allow tesla to resume manufacturing operations and he may not stop there. >> reporter cornell barnard is live in fremont with the story. cornell? >> reporter: yes, eric and dion, things are moving very fast this afternoon. abc 7 news learned that elon musk indeed filed an injunction against alameda county to allow this plant to reopen. musk is also threatening to relocate the entire operation to another state. >> the last thing i want to see them do is leave. >> alameda county supervisor scott haggerty doing damage control following a firestorm of tweets from elon musk. clearly, unhappy about not being

able to resume manufacturing operations at his plant in fremont. tesla is filing a lawsuit against alameda county immediately. the unelected and ignorant interim health officer of alameda county is acting contrary to the governor, the president, our constitutional freedoms and just plain common sense. he's referring to dr. erica pan who refuses to allow manufacturing facilities to reopen under the shelter in place order even though state and federal government say it's okay to do so. >> really focus on trying to save lives. but i'm also laser focused on trying to get people back to work. >> musk tweeted frankly, this is the last straw. tesla will move it's headquarters to texas, nevada, immediately. even if we remain fremont manufacturing activity at all, it will be dependent on how tesla is treated in the future. >> just needed to give us another week to get this done right, to make sure that his employees came back safely. >> musk clearly under pressure

to resume making electric cars and bring 14,000 employees back to work. >> he's got a huge factory and trying to get his production back on. but at the same time, we're trying to make sure it's safe for the community as well. >> the mayor of fremont appearing to side with musk, saying in a statement as the local shelter in place order continues without provisions for major manufacturing activity, such as tesla to resume, i am growing concerned about the potential implications for our regional economy. elon musk is the new father welcoming a new baby boy into the world recently. scott haggerty wants to negotiate. >> let's everybody calm down. he should play with his new baby and we should work on getting his plant opened. >> reporter: yeah. this is a developing story for sure. it's not known what will happen next. alameda county officials say it comes as a surprise to them considering that negotiations with tesla were ongoing. live in fremont, cornell

barnard, abc 7 news. thank you very much, cornell. stage 2 of the reopening does cover manufacturing and construction. these are places that have been termed low risk by the governor. it calls for adaptations at the workplace. it also allows for some schools and child care facilities to reopen. however, the governor said local health orders are allowed to be stribl stricter than his order, which is the case in the bay area. all right. if you want a complete list of what's open and closed near you right now, we have that information on our website. just go to abc7news.com/covid help. there are also other resources, including testing locations and economic aid. two norwegian cruise line ships docking at the port of oakland today will be staying there at least two months. they will have only skeleton crews on board and they will not be getting off. there are no reports of coronavirus with the ships.

puerto physicians tell us nearly 100 cruise ships worldwide are seeking safe harbor as most cruises stopped during the covid-19 pandemianother ship wi on tuesday. the temporary mission as a hospital back to its permanent role as a venue that hosts more than 300 events every year. the california national guard had set up 250 beds to serve covid-19 patients during the pandemic. but the federally run facility treated 20 people in the past month. now the entire complex is being cleaned and sterilized. >> this building right now, as you've seen with the cleaning, is going to be safer to come here for an event than to go to the grocery store or pump gas. this place is incredibly safe and incredibly clean right now. we're very happy about that. >> the convention center will undergo another round of cleaning once the national guard removes the tons of medical equipment and supplies. as expected, hospitals are

seeing a quick jump in patients after resuming nonemergency procedures. lucille packard children's hospital in stanford resumed surgeries, imaging scans and diagnostic tests last week. operating rooms are back to serving 70% of the volume of patients treated before march 19th when the hospital postponed elective procedures. the hospital says during that six-week period, some of the procedures still performed included heart surgeries and organ transplants. we're close to 4 million cases worldwide. 1.3 million are in the u.s. even as cases continue to rise, all but six states have begun reopening anxious to get their economies going again. but many americans remain concerned. here's the details. >> with two confirmed cases close to the west wing, the white house stepping up safety efforts with additional cleanings and a daily test for staff. the vice president's press secretary, katie miller, testing

positive. >> she tested very good for a long period of time and then all of a sudden today she tested positive. she hasn't come into contact with me. >> miller, married to one of the president's top advisers, steven miller. earlier in the week, one of the president's personal valets testing positive. a military service member that serves the president lunch. the virus continues to have a devastating impact on the economy. staggering unemployment numbers show that more than 20 million americans lost their jobs last month. the unemployment rate at its highest since the great depression. more than a third of the jobs lost were in leisure and hospitality. nearly 80% of people currently unemployed believe their situations are temporary and expect to return to their jobs after businesses reopen. high unemployment led to an increase in demand at food banks, including this one in south florida. >> people really are in need. this is the first time they've been in this situation. >> a new abc news incompetent

sis poll shows 64% of america say reopening the country right now is too risky and more than three in four americans say even if everything reopened tomorrow, they still wouldn't go back to work. but even as the number of confirmed cases across the country continues to rise, all but six states have begun reopening in some capacity. >> we simply have to coordinate states. what one state does by definition impacts other states. >> low risk retailers offering curbside pickup in california as the state enters phase 2 of its reopening plan. >> for me it gives me hope and i know that things will get better. >> hair, nail and tanning salons reopening in texas. but some say their employees do not feel safe. >> half are choosing to stay home. which is fine with us. >> as the death toll in the u.s. from covid-19 surpasses 77,000, new data shows nursing home deaths account for nearly a third of the u.s. fatalities. andrew dem bert, abc news,

washington. you've seen it outside. many bay area stores, plywood panels covering windows of closed shops. today artists did something to change that in san francisco. take a look. members of the flood family painted murals to honor first responders outside the gap store at howell and market streets. the gap and other retailers occupy the ground floor of the flood building. it dates back to 1904 and is one of the few buildings in downtown san francisco to remain standing after the earthquake and fire of 1906. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, a warning for parents. new reports of young children sickened with an inflammatory disease. families their their stories about the dangerous illness believed to be due to covid-19. the pioneer of rock 'n roll has died at the age of 87. i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we're tracking cooler weather moving in tomorrow for mother's

day before rain returns to the

troubling news for parents in the midst of this papd. doctors reporting more cases, at least one in california of a syndrome striking kids. it may be related to covid-19. here's abc news reporter stephanie ramos. >> this morning, the rare illness possibly related to covid-19 is affecting more children across the country and turning deadly. in new york, there are at least 73 cases. health officials confirm a child died at a hospital just outside new york city after being treated for pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. likely stemming from the coronavirus. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing another child, a 5-year-old in new york city died. but it was unclear if he was being treated for the syndrome. >> this is every parent's nightmare, right? that your child may actually be affected by this virus.

but it's something we have to consider seriously now. >> doctors warning parents to seek immediate care for children with prolonged fever, rash, red eyes, stomachache, swollen limb much nodes and tongue. the symptoms similar to kawasaki disease, which causes the inflammation of blood vessels and can lead to heart problems. in california, this 6-month-old baby girl rushed to her pediatrician because of a high fever. >> the rashes were also getting very big and she -- her hands and legs started kind of swelling. >> days later, the family taking the baby to the hospital where she was diagnosed with kawasaki disease and tested positive for covid-19. other doctors say most children showing signs of the pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome typically test negative for covid-19, like 8-year-old jayden. but he tested positive for antibodies. >> what we are seeing is they

have antibodies to corona. which means they had a previous infection but you're seeing the body's reaction to that virus. >> stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. meantime, a new antigen test received emergency approval from the food and drug administration to diagnose who has coronavirus. the test relies on the detection of fragments of virus protein that are collected by nasal swabs. the san diego company behind the test says it can have results in just 15 minutes. typically, results take several hours or longer. improved testing has become one of the keys counties and states have pointed to when it comes to lifting shelter in place orders. >> the u.s. army is offering a $25 million contract to a tech company that can develop wearable sensors to detect covid-19 symptom. krn says the army put out the request. they're hoping the sensor, where it's worn on the body will detect fever or respiratory

difficulties. they ask that the device uses existing technology as much as possible. if it's detected that a service member has symptoms, that person could then be tested and quickly isolated. one orange county spa owner is keeping her doors open despite state orders. >> we will continue to come as long as they need me. >> sue ann nguyen is only opening her seal beach hair and nail salon to customers one at a time by appointment and wearing masks. hair and nail salons are not considered essential and are one of the services that won't reopen until phase 3 in california. many of her elderly clients can't wash their own hair or clipper their own nails. she says she has a right to provide that service. >> a lot of them don't have anybody to look after them. because they depended on me. i need to be here and help them. that's something that my heart is telling me it is okay to do

so. >> nguyen received a citation and is due in court in early july. this week, governor newsom linked the first covid-19 community spread case to a nail salon. he later apologized after nail salon owners complained about linking their business to the virus. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, mother's day is tomorrow. how one mom in oakland earned the title mother of the year. and here at abc 7, we're honoring the class of 2020 who have had to forgo graduation ceremonies and milestones because of the coronavirus pandemic. take a look at patrick atkinson grduating in sonoma county. along with excelling in academi academics, he played basketball and baseball all four years of high school. he now plans to pursue a degree in marine biology. from all of us at abc 7, good luck and congratulations. if you want to honor a graduate, just share the details at our

website, abc7news.com. you never know. we may give them a shoutout on tv or online. remember, no professional photos please.

music fans are mourning a performer credited with being one of the chief architects of rock 'n roll. little richard. >> tutti-frutti ♪

>> he had hits like long tall sally and tutti-frutti while breaking down barriers in the '60s. notice fats domino and others bringing traditionally african american sounds into the hearts and homes of all americans. the 87-year-old had suffered from bone cancer. >> he will be missed. all right. taking a look at weather now. drew tuma joining us live. feeling a little bit cooler than the past couple of days. >> yeah. we're saying bye bye to a lot of the warm weather over the past couple of days, dion. you're going to feel the cooler air for mother's day before we track some rain. yeah, rain coming our way for monday. i'll show you the timing in one second. out there, live doppler 7 along with satellite right now showing cloud cover banked up along the coastline. in fact, we'll take you to sutro tower. crawling back in over the city.

that marine layer is going to expand overnight tonight. it will be a cloudy start to our sunday tomorrow. big temperature drop across the entire region. we're 20 degrees cooler in santa rosa than this time yesterday. 14 degrees cooler in hayward. 15 degrees cooler in san jose. so around the coastline, we're in the 50s. but inland, we're still in the 80s and 90s. 91 right now in brentwood. it's 63 in oakland. 72 in san jose. 77 with the fog rolling into san francisco. 70 in santa rosa. the cloud cover overnight tonight continues to expand. overcast skies for a lot of us. temperatures drop into the low 40s along the coast. upper 40s to lower 50s around the bay shoreline tomorrow. mother's day, it starts out with a fair amount of cloud cover first thing in the morning. but that cloud cover quickly breaks down. it will stay right along the immediate coastline. but elsewhere, we'll see a fair amount of sunshine tomorrow

afternoon. and those numbers continue to fall back to where they should be for this time of the year. the upper 50s along the coast. 70s around the bay shoreline and our warmest spot, touching about 80 degrees. not as nearly as warm inland tomorrow. we'll see about 76 for the high in concord. 59, though, in the city. 77 in san jose. 73 in santa rosa. cloudy and cool in half moon bay at 58 degrees. we do bring back the storm impact scale for a level 1 light system here monday into tuesday. we'll find some light scattered showers in the north bay about a quarter to a half of an inch of rain is very possible. but elsewhere outside of the north bay, we're looking at less than a quarter of an inch of rain. not a big storm by any means. but as long as we continue to get wet weather, that will shorten our fire season. the accuweather seven-day forecast, mother's day looking nice. showers for monday and tuesday. it looks like no intense heat coming our way by wednesday and

for the second half of the seven-day forecast, eric and dion. we'll stay in the 60s and 70s. the rain returning monday, we'll gladly take those showers to shorten our fire season, guys. >> i like your numbers, drew. thank you. yep. an east bay woman is being honored for her leadership and service to the community this day before mother's day. harriet shah laider is a mother of four and named the 2020 oakland mother of the year. now, harriet is 82 and has been part of the arts community in oakland for decades. she is known for founding the producers associates more than 50 years ago, which is a nonprofit that produces the wood minister summer musicals at joaquin miller park. the award has been presented each year since 1954 by the oakland parks, rec and youth development department and is handed to the person who symbolizes the finest traditions of motherhood. congratulations. up next, sports with chris

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i'm sure some teams had us on their schedule as check win. so i'm not looking at it like that. >> ten years ago today history at the coliseum. dallas braden threw a perfect game on mother's day against tampa bay. he admitted he threw that game hungover. it didn't affect the a's lefty. he got gabe kappeler to ground out to end the game. something gabe talked with us about. >> it felt for us as the rays, pretty uneventul. a lot of ground balls, a lot of early contact. not a lot of deep counts. so that's what i remember. in the ninth inning, i think i hit a sharp ground ball to shortstop and that was a reported out. >> bad news for bay area racing fans. nascar canceled the race at sonoma. it will return next sunday. no fans at darlington. the first time the race has been canceled since '89. they'll return in 2021. did you see this?

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as well. that's it for abc 7 news at 5. i'm eric tonight, the coronavirus hits the white house staff. a top-level aide to vice president pence, who is married to one of president trump's closest advisers, testing positive. this week seen talking to reporters without wearing a mask. the news coming days after one of the president's personal valets also tested positive. the president's chief of staff calling the white house the safest place to work. but are they following their own guidelines? the risks of re-opening. 44 states now easing restrictions, but cases still climbing in 20 of them. frustration mounting for many. some business owners defying the stay-at-home orders. in california, elon musk threatening to pull headquarters out of the state if he can't open his doors, as the u.s.