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now, your health, your safety. this is "abc7 news." mother's day 2020 is being reimagined here in 2020. but many families are making the best of it during these strange, strange times. hello. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim. "abc7 news" reporter cornell bernard joins us live from san francisco with more on how families celebrated during this covid-19 pandemic, and they certainly got creative, cornell. >> reporter: yeah, they really did, dion. mother's day definitely being reimagined. no outings or long brunches, but families making the best of it, even if they couldn't be in the

same room. greg smith and his sister are hanging out with their 89-year-old mom, margaret. >> happy >> reporter: marg laret is sendg love and heg hugs from afar. margaret lives here, where visitors are not allowed due to covid-19. greg says the last time the family was together in the same room was christmas. >> this is rsurreal. but we got to be with her, which is what counts. >> reporter: the police department tweeted these pictures, mother's day treats, flowers, cards, and coffee for its working moms on duty. it's mother's day brunch to go here on santana row in san jose. the staff, happy to be busy, filling phone orders for food, flowers, even chilled champagne.

>> our doors are still open and we're happy to accommodate and do everything we can to serve our community. >> this is the silver lining. >> reporter: for suzy from san francisco, the silver lining is being with her husband and two sons and having an improvised lunch here. it's not perfect, but she'll take it. >> we're all together and healthy. happy mother's day to all the other mothers out there. >> reporter: here at the marina green, lots of families enjoying the day. police were out here early, giving reminders to social distance. other than that, it's been a really 2k3w50d dagood day. happy mother's day to all moms, including my mom. i'll call you later. >>h vees corne cornell, many thanks. moms we talked to say motherly is particularly hard

during this pandemic. this psychiatrist says mothers face a lot of demands. >> i meet moms hiding in their closet to get a few minutes of quiet. i have another mom trying to do a very important presenttation while having a sock stolen off her foot simultaneously. >> they put up with so much. dr. meadow recommends today or any day you want to show mom thanks, help create an environment she can relax in. and if you still need to catch up with mom tonight, zoom is lifting their time requirements and offering unlimited video and voice calls so you can talk to mom for as long as you like. if you want to celebrate your mom online, we posted this bang on our facebook and twitter pages and we have a link to free e-card it is you missed sending yours in the mail. the governor is providing o. seated dining is included in the next part of phase two of the reopening plan.

he says more specifics will come on tuesday. >> we'll be putting out subsequent guidelines next tuesday, which will allow more clarification, including checklists. we have a new checklist that goes through issues around hand washing, sanitation, how to address the needles of customers through pickups and how we can make the pickup and dropoff process for deliveries, as well as pickups for customers easier and safer. >> newsom has mentioned some ideas for the future of restaurants before, including waiters wearing gloves or disposable menus. no matter his plan, counties can have stricter requirements if they choose. he holds updates at noon and watch them live right here on nbc 7 or on our app. nearly 60,000 people who work in the city's restaurant industry may be out of work. san francisco chronicle insider and "abc7 news" contributor is reporting most of the jobs have

either fully or partial livanished. -- vanished. work has stopped for almost 60,000 restaurant workers, and other sectors which include tech jobs. that's more than 166,000 people affected. you can read the columns every wednesday and sunday in the san francisco chronicle. another question for california business, how are local wine industries going to bounce back? small bay area wineries have lost 40% to 60% of sales during the shutdown. rob mcmillen from napa county says wineries will have to shift business models and many should market towards a younger crowd. >> i think at this point, with older consumers sheltering in place, maybe a lilt less anxious to get out -- little less anxious to get out, you're going to have the younger consumer in

your tasting room. so what i have suggested to wineries is they thinkable maybe changing and think about surcharging. if it's super busy, you raise the price. >> right now, the averaging tasting fee in napa is about $45 a person. many smaller wineries rely heavily on their restaurants and tasting rooms, neither of which will be reopening any time soon. large, wholesale wineries are the winners right now at supermarkets. they're seeing a 60% increase in sales thanks to many people sheltering at home. the governor has set up several requirements for counties that want to move faster to reopen. it includes increasing testing capacity and no covid-19 deaths for 14 days. even so, some counties in northern california are plowing ahead any way.

they have all allowed businesses to reopen outside of the governor's plan. restaurants, hair and nail salon and shopping malls have all welcomed customers. >> everything that we have done has been consistent with public health and safety. i see no basis whatsoever to deprive them of federal dollars that they're entitled to just like every county in the state. >> bar owners say state alcohol and beverage alcohol officers have paid visits to their establishments, threatening to revoke liquor licenses. elon musk has plenty of taker it is he decides to move his business out of fremont. he threatened the move off the health officers threatened he couldn't resume making cars because of restrictions. the lieutenant governor of utah tweeted, just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not happening. we are very engaged with tesla

on bringing more busines utah. musk also received an invitation from the mayor of palo alto. the surfer killed in a shark attack yesterday has been identified as a small business owner who hand crafts surf boards. the attack saturday claimed the life of 26-year-old ben kelly, a resident of the santa cruz area. friends tell the mercur news kelly owned his own company making boards in a watsonville fiber glass studio. the attack happened just 5 miles west of watsonville. the area is closed where the attack happened until thursday a mile north and south of where kelly died. coming up, airlines crippled by the coronavirus pandemic are doing their part to give back. how they're repurposing in-flight meals. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. it's a nice afternoon for

mother's day today. but don't be oled. we're tracking rain returning tomorrow. we'll have a timeline in the forecast ahead. plus, the beloved point raise

vice president mike pence is in self-isolation tonight after his press secretary received a positive coronavirus test late last week. the white house says pence tested negative today and will return to work tomorrow. three other members of the white house task force, however, remain in quarantine. here's abc news reporter andrew dimvert. >> reporter: several trump administration officials now under quarantine. dr. anthony fauci will start a modified quarantine staying at home and working remotely while taking appropriate precautions to mitigate risk. also in self-quarantine for 14

days, cdc director robert redfield and fda commissioner steven hahn. the news coming after two confirmed cases of the virus at the white house. one of the president's personal valet's, and katie miller, who is married to steven miller. saturday, white house staffers were seen with masks but with senior military and security leaders, no one in the room was wearing one. the virus taking a toll on the economy. more than 20 million jobs lost last month. unemployment now at 14.7%, the highest since the great depression. but the president's chief economic adviser trying to put a positive spin on the numbers, arguing the situation might not be permanent. >> 80% of it was furloughs and temporary layoffs which suggests strongly the core of the business is still in tact. >> reporter: a poll shows 64% of americans say reopening now is too dangerous.

but frustration is growing. states now grappling with how to get their economies reopened without sacrificing safety. >> there's evidence when countries relax their economic controls, the virus flares back up again. >> dr. ethan weiss returned to san francisco after volunteering in new york, who found himself on a crowded flight. >> i've been taking care of covid patients for two weeks and i'm more scared about getting on the airplane than going to the hospital. >> reporter: uniting not saying we have implemented a new deplaining process to promote social distancing. andrew dimvert, abc news, washington. as the country begins to still down more than 90%.

so instead of throwing away meals that would otherwise go to passengers, they're now being used to feed some of our community's most vuler in an. earlier this week, "abc7 news" was in san francisco's mission district where the latino task force held an event to distribute more than 7,000 meals. the covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected those in the mission. infection rates are higher because of overcrowded housing, and many service workers are either unable to work at all or can't work from home. >> now i'm living with nine people in my family, and we're living in a two bedroom apartment. so if one person gets it out in the streets, guess what? then there's -- the percentage of us getting it is higher. >> now, recognizing the need instead of throwing out unused in-flight meals, alaska airlines repurposed 12,000 pounds of food in the form of 40,000 snack boxes. >> it's kind of a larger effort for us, for a million meals

challenge, combined with repurposed food and monetary dnations, we have given million meals. >> yeah, it is remarkable. united and southwest airlines have also provided meals to hunger relief efforts across the country. the station house cafe in point raise station is shutting its doors after 40 years. in a facebook post, management said they were feeling confident they would make it through the pandemic after securing an emergency federal loan. but they say their lease was due to renew on june 1st and they can't afford the proposed rent increase. they say they're open to finding a new location for the future. here at abc 7, we're honoring the class of 2020 who have had to forego graduation ceremonies because of the coronavirus pandemic. roman correia is graduating from san jose high. mom says he plays baseball and football. next year, roman will play football for santa rosa junior

college where he will be studying child psychology. good luck and congratulations, roman. >> if you want to honor a graduate, share the details at our website, abc7news.com. maybe we'll give them a shoutout on tv or online. no professional photos please. also at the

"american idol" continues tonight with two bay area residents in the top seven.

we asked grace leer what it's like to compete against francisco martin. >> we're great friends. he's representing the bay area so well. it's so fun to have been climb thing competition with the two of us from the bay. ♪ some day i'll wish upon a star ♪ >> oh, i love that they're friends. tonight's episode will feature performances from the top seven contestants, all hoping to make the top five. and you can cheer on grace and francisco and vote for your favorite, tonight on "american idol" at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. >> you know, i'm cheering on drew's forecast, because it's got a little bit of rain in it. >> yeah, we're going to find rain returning to the region tomorrow, eric. and we're going to find a couple of days on the seven-day forecast, it does include some rain. so we are friending some weather over the next couple of days. what we have in store right now, it's really a gorgeous day out

there. we have afternoon sunshine after the morning cast burned off. so we are quiet right now. in fact, we'll take you to the camera right now, a live picture outsideshowing you mainly clear skies and calm bay waters at this current moment. temperature wise, we certainly saw a drop in our afternoon temperatures inland today thanks to some cooler weather continuing to move on shore. 70 that current temperature in concord. 67 in hayward. 61 in the city. 57 in half moon bay and napa right now a little warmer than that at 73 degrees. here's live doppler 7, along with satellite. cloud cover burned off for some afternoon sunshine with you' show you the storm here. that low pressure will move through northern california, dragging a cold front through here, instigating those showers,

as well. so on the storm impact scale, it is the level one light system moving through monday into tuesday. and we'll find light scattered showers from time to time. the north bay will find a quarter to half an inch of rain. could see higher than that along the sonoma coastline because of some enhanced lift thanks to the front moving through. outside of the north bay, we'll finding less than a quarter of an inch of rain. so not a huge storm by any means, but it is a return to a wetter pattern. tonight, a lot of cloud cover. we remain dry tonight. it's really tomorrow morning that the showers move into the bay area. so future weather, 9:00 a.m. monday morning, we're beginning to see light showers in the north bay. and it looks like they'll stay there for the first half of monday. it's really not until monday evening by about 6:00, 7:00 in the evening that we'll find light showers working through the south bay, even into santa cruz mountains of the east bay.

again, the light green on your screen indicating it's light scattered showers at best, and that threat continues each into monday night, as well. so the accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll track the scattered showers for you as they move through tomorrow. and they'll linger into tuesday, as well. there's a slight chance on wednesday in the north bay, but most areas remain dry through friday with warmer temperatures. eric and dion, late saturday into sunday, it looks like rainy weather returns. temperatures in the 50s and 60s with another storm moving through, you guys. >> drew, thank you very much. hey, speaking of "american idol," time now to get a check of sports with chris alvarez who found some of his own "american idol" fame, right? >> yeah, dion. i had my two-second national tv debut, but it's not about me. coming up in sports, a basketball star says the nba

should cancel their season. and is the baseball season on deck? the plan major

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or just letting the sun light your home. stay well and keep it golden. well, mother's day is usually a special day around major league baseball. players usually have the pink wrist bands and pink bats to raise awareness for breast cancer awareness. there's yet to be a game in 2020, but there could be games on the horizon according to an espn reporting, return to prlay proposal could be put on the baseball trying to figure out how to open the season. a season could begin play in july, played with no fans. or in spring training locations or at home. evan longoria says they're willing to play whenever and wherever. >> we may not have a lot of choice. if we can play baseball, i think

all parties involved are -- have incentives. we just want to play as many games as possible. >> understanding there are things bigger than baseball and what we're doing. and when we're -- when they give us the go ahead, we'll be excited to get back out there. >> meanwhile, shaquille o'neal told the "usa today" he thinks the nba should scrap the season, highlighting player risk and says the season would have an asterisks for the champion. the nba season has been suspending since march 11. in the nba were to make a return, don't expect to see kevin durant take the floor. espn insider adrian said durant is not coming back. "that's not happening, they're not playing him." on this day in par yors hwarrio, in the fourth game of the western conference, eric sleepy floyd" scored 29 in the further

quarter, 12 field goals in the fourth alone and 39 in the second half. led the warriors to the victory, 129-121. and in on this date in 2016, st curry became the 11th player to win back-to-back mvp awards. and did you see this? a tweet of a football player making an insane catch. the receiver takes the ball in mid-air, wraps it around the defender and makes the catch. warning, do not try this at home. happy mo

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the local chapter sent 300 lunches and flowers. kudos to them. >> that's it for "abc7 news" at 5:00. see you back here at 6:00. tonight, breaking news. west wing outbreak? three members of the coronavirus task force, the heads of the cdc, the fda and dr. anthony fauci, now under self-quarantine, after two white house staffers tested positive. including the vice president's press secretary. but vice president pence says he will not self-quarantine. a top economic adviser to the president admitting, quote, it is scary to go to work. mysterious syndrome. more children stricken by that dangerous illness possibly linked to the virus. the sudden turn, potentially stopping the heart. and what parents need to know. tonight, we're hearing from a teenager who battled this syndrome and is now out of the hospital. paths to reopen. with millions out of work, the pressure to get back to

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