atmospheric river in spring will deliver a soaking starting this weekend. >> big changes coming here to the lake. when it comes to cars like that and food trucks like in. >> bringing restaurants and retailers out doors. the changing economy. >> a new wave of unemployment benefits. how it works and who qualifies. >> dedicating more resources to building a better bay area focusing on issues that you're dealing with on a daily basis. health, education, change in workplace and economy. >> there's a growing list of cities across the city planning

for restaurant and retail life once with reopen. we have the details on the widespread push for out door diestaurants and retailers expected to look much different post pandemic. plans to bring out door dining to life. the moment orders are lifted. the move could keep castro street clear of vehicle traffic. >> it's more than saying close the street down. there's issues like a transit center. and buses that come through. we're working with them. rerouting. >> restaurant capacity pays the rent owners are looking for a lifeline. sa ta cruz avenue would close. >> business districts are feeling it. they reached out and said we are

excited about reopening. we need help. >> restaurants could use parking lots to accommodate customers. there's concern. support for businesses and the safety is paramount. >> we want to see permanent dollars and so forth. safety devices. what have you. for public safety. this is a lot of different things to think about. additional pandemic circulation. spacing. all the different things. >> the city hopes to launch a plan by summer. similar to the south bay san jose focus. >> we cannot go back to the way we did things before. that presents an opportunity for us to try new things. and things that may actually in the long run be better for the community. >> early planning. these actions reflective of the regions resilience.

>> in the north bay, it will allow businesses to reopen tomorrow. following some expanded guidelines from the state about what's allowed in twaez 2. car washers. pet groomers. >> the napa county is looking for sate approve to open for businesses. including wineries and tasting rooms. they want to move further into the phase. the public health signed off on a document saying they are meeting mitigation standards. >> in the east bay despite the current shelter in place orders. we have seen good size crowds at parks. incolliding lake merit. part of the commitment to building a better bay area. starting tomorrow the city of oakland is enacts stricter

at lake merit. >> food trucks and the cars will be gone come friday. this is a safety measure to quote reduce the drings of people at city park. >> we need to keep people home and keep the virus at bay. >> his significant other has a baby on the way. not everyone is happy about the rules. >> i don't see an issue with the trucks being out here. >> the temporary rule restricts parking and bans food trucks in parks. on friday saturday and sunday. had olds five food trucks and upset with the decision. saying he worked hard to provide a safe experience. >> we have signed that say wear a mask. we have sanitizer. i offer it to every customer. we have apple pay. >> he will abide by the rules

but hopes next time there's better talk. so businesses are immediately cast out. >> we're not saying go and throw a at the lake. go take a walk. grab a juice. keep it moving. and that's it. >> this sh what we have seen at the lake during past weekends. mixed opinions about crowd size. >> it wasn't that busy. i road a bike on saturday. it wasn't that bad. >> there's been a will the of people coming out. it's been chaotic on the weekends. >> these are not permanent rules they last through memorial day. and expire end of month. >> we are at a time that is unprecedented. >> the ball is in the legislation court. california lawmakers have a month to balance the budget and decide whether to follow the proposal laid out today. >> one thing i know about cuts

there's a human being behind every number. behind every category is a dream that's either deferred or denied. >> because of the pandemic the state has gone from operating surplus of $20 billion to a deficit of 54 billion. >> the numbers have changed. our values remain. >> the governor is proposing to draw on reserves. pull back new programs and make cuts including k through 12 education. some cuts could be avoided if president trump signs the heros act. aid package to help states and local government. >> cuts can be triggered and eliminated with a stroke of a pen. >> jobs and employment are a bu area.f the effort to in february before the pandemic, unemployment was a record low in

california. under 4%. today california unemployment could peak at 24% to help the state is rolling out benefits. >> who qualifies. >> california employment development department processed 4.7 million claims in the past two months. $12 billion in benefits. that's almost seven times as many claims filed in two months at height of the last recession. hundreds of people commented on the facebook page about their own unemployment claims. a top complaint. the inability to get through on the phone. deputy director was on getting answers newscast at 3:00 p.m. to explain. >> we only have a couple thousand people to handle millions of calls. we would need 20,000 more. >> how to implement a 13 week federal extension of unemployment benefits. >> what we're doing to make sure

we roll them out as soon as possible. in two phases. >> a pandemic emergency unemployment compensation starts may 27. for those who exhausted benefits with claims that started on or after june 2, 2019. >> phase 2 starts in july. for those who ran out of unemployment benefits after july 2018. >> i recommend that you go to and apply for a new claim now. >> on may 20, phase 2 of a different program. pandemic unemployment assistance launches for the self-employed business owners. inindependent contractors and others not eligible for regular benefits. >> go from min money of of of of $450 per week. >> they are hiring more people. trying out new technology like chat box and creating self-help

videos in five different languages. >> we posted a full question and answer session. on our web site. >> with the coronavirus pandemic hitting california workers so hard, we're jumping into action. to get you answers and the help that you cathedral to landneed a job. a virtual job fair. we hosted experts on facebook live. they offered to look at which companies are hiring right now. and shared strategies to help you land a job today. if you missed it, we have linked the information on our web site. >> completely changing the meaning of work from home. virtual reality. with the company that will let you work from anywhere in the

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because of the coronavirus the way we work will never be quite the same. 40% of workers in the united states are working from home and using different tools and technology to stay connected. the changing workplace is one of

the four areas we are focussed on as part of the effort to build a better bay area. giving you a look into a high-tech way to work which might be in your future. >> show me around a bit. >> sure. welcome. >> almost like a sigh fie movie. except i'm in it. along with founders of the virtual reality company spatial. >> circle what i like. >> the average two dimensional zoom meeting to another level. social distancing doesn't matter. >> i can put my armd arm around. >> it's so realistic. it's blowing my mind. >> i feel like i'm in a party. >> spatial was born out of the necessity. three and a half years ago. >> we were too spread out between san francisco kp new

york and missouri. wouldn't it be cool -- it sucks to show you on the tv screen. i want you in here with sgle and exploded with a thousand percent increase during the pandemic. >> collaborating on mode els and plan factories. we have learned from all kind of people. doctors. >> using any device or for a peared down experience just a computer camera. users are transformed into workplaces. collaborating on a lay out of a cell phone store. >> we need another phone out here. >> to designing and trying on backpacks. >> or figuring out what size sneaker a t rex wears. one of the goals is shared by professor of economic at stanford. how to solve the awkwardness and forced feeling of a two

dimensional group video chat. >> no one -- you have to have a party where there's 30 people. and bone person is talking. it's like a speech. it's not natural. >> a video conference burn out. we were wondering what the story is. it's the lack of personal attention when you're in the meeting. we want to bring that back. and they want to hang out together. >> in addition to a better work from home experience. the company aims to save time. >> if we never had to go on a ten hour business trip across the world. to have a face to face meeting. >> and money. >> companies realize how much they were spending on travel. to put people in the same room as each other. >> the cost of headsets goes down. the growth of the virtual office is inevitable.

professor acknowledge there's always a need for in person gathering. >> i still think we need to be in the office three days a week. to see each other. >> we agree the value of being in the same room with somebody. >> where and when it up to you. >> interesting. new at 11. the centers for disease control issued a mistier advisory for a disease in children. report cases of pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome. it is similar to kawasaki disease. >> what it wearable devices like fit bit or smart watches could help detect covid-19? researchers at two leading bay

area universities are looking into exactly that. >> valuable tool in the fight against the coronavirus. could be one you already own. >> i'm a big fan of them. i'm wearing three smart watches right now. this ring is a censor as well. >> technology that rergeers say could be instrumental in telling you when you're sick before you have symptoms. >> heart rate goes up. skin temperature can change. oxygen change without you realizing. >> a new study aims diseases through devices. >> they're not the only ones looking into the devices playing a valuable role. >> we had users saying my ring told me i'm feeling sick before i felt symptoms. >> san francisco based is

sponsoring research to study whether data collected by the ring combined with dale will symptom surveys can help identify patterns of covid-19 onset. progression and recovery. more than 40,000 people are in the study. including 3,000 healthcare workers who have been provided with a ring. which can track pulse, movement and temperature. >> we're seeing different efforts and technology. help come together and better protect people. we couldn't be more proud to participate. >> researchers are hoping to fine tune over two weeks with the goal of making the program live by summer. >> next steps are roll it out to everyone. get it out to millions. and try and alert them when we think they're getting ill. before they realize. >> in the east bay oakland airport is taking steps to make travelers feel safe during the pandemic. including requiring people to

wear masks or face coverings in public. cleaning crews have launched new practices to sanitize terminals and other areas. everyone must wear a mask inside the terminals. and giving out masks in case you don't have one. one of the places where airport employees are handing them out. >> another cancellation. the jazz festival will not happen this year. organizers made that announcement today. the three day festival has been put on hold until september 2021. this is the first postponement of the festival 63 year history. >> couple struggling to keep the small business afloat during the pandemic got quite the surprise this week. the couple on monday a woman delivered them a card from an anonymous mutual friend. inside, $3,000. and a message.

you are loved. a lead instructor at the academy and says the couple is deserves. but they were still surprised. >> speechless, emotion. gratitude. such generosity. it was an amazing day to see the kindness of someone else towards them. >> they encourage kind acts. to earn a black belt participants have to complete 100 hours of community service. a very cool story. >> turning attention to the weekend weather forecast. more rain maybe coming. meteorologist is here. >> you'll know that the storm is here. this weekend. i'll explain. that was a great story. weekend storm on live doppler 7 it is impressive. i know it's spring. it's may.

that storm looks like winter. as we head towards sunday it will be a good soaker. and that will be a slow moving one. we're looking at rainfall continuing through next week. the same exact storm system. showing you some fog has begun to form and visibility is dropping. area of dense fog in the morning. sunnier and warmer conditions for the afternoon. with the strong storm on the way for the weekend. temperatures in the morning will be in the 50s and 60s. we have a lot of cloud cover tonight. tomorrow morning one thing to watch out for is pockets of low visibility. mid-40s to the mid-50s in the morning. and for the afternoon, a niece mild day. sun. breezy along the coast. 65 san francisco. 69 in oakland. 80 fair field.

74 san jose. enjoy the warmth and the sun. saturday clouds increase. and by 11:00 p.m. this first signs of the storm in the north bay with the wet weather beginning. gusty wind into sunday morning, everyone will see the wet weather. it will make it easier to shelter in place sunday. widespread rain with some mixed presip in the mountains. turning to snow at lake level into tuesday and showers here in the bay area. look at the rainfall totals, this these totals will surpass the entire month worth of rain for may. what we average believe it or not. anywhere from about a third of an inch around concord, fair field. to an inch and a half expected in the mountains. these are early estimates. right now it's looking good. 7-day forecast morning fog followed by sunshine saturday

night rain in the knot bay. sunday a level 1 storm. that will bring us rain possibility of thunderstorms. monday thunder chance continues with cold showers. spotty showers tuesday and back to the usual pattern for the middle of the workweek. we're in a drought. we have to take the rain when we can. even in may. it's important we get it. >> we'll always take it. >> tomorrow, sharing his five lie tips he gives as commence

in the east bay. honoring seniors by -- so far more than 100 families have submitted pictures of 2020 grads. the mayor says a group on facebook inspired the salute for a class that won't enjoy prom and perks of being seniors

because of the pandemic. it will run until june 12. >> a close encounter with coyote and fog rolls in. here's a day in the life.

good evening it is full speed ahead for major league baseball planning to try to get plars on the field by july without fans. they have 80 pages of safety protocol. extensive testing for players. and if somebody tests positive the plan is not shut everything down. >> experts are advising we don't need a 14 day quarantine. we will do the positive individual will be removed from the rest of the group. and a quarantine arrangement in each facility and each city. and then we'll do contact tracing for the individuals that we believe there was contact with. and we will do point of care tests for those individuals.

to minimize the likelihood there's a spread. >> baseball owners propose a 5050 revenue split for the season because of the pandemic. rays pitcher says no. that's not right. he is set to make 7 million and feels the risk is with the players. >> it doesn't make sense for me to lose that money and go play and be on the lock down. not around my family. not around the people i love. and get paid way less. >> on a conference call tomorrow to hear the plans for returning. a guest on the with authority pod cast. sharks won't make play offs. but they would like to finish the season. if it can be done safely. >> i see the point in saying what are we doing here if we're going through this to play six games. at the same time i say it would be nice to get a camp in summer

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