workers, we've had zero revenue for two months now. >> i just want to survive for my family. i have two kids. >> most of the bay area set to allow partial reopening this week. but this morning some are getting desperate. begging to push even further into the process. another weekend showing us some spots that feel back to normal. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we have much to get into the bay area's week ahead but we want to start with the rainy monday morning forecast. here's lisa argen. >> good morning, liz. you can see the cold front flipping to the south and east. it's a weak one but starting out

in the east day from the san ramon valley, pleasanton, very light showers. across the bridge to east palo alto, wet start to the sunday. hills and looking at the actually the north bay that got a overnight. here's the area of low pressure coming in tonight, with scattered showers becoming more wildly scattered today. downpours later on and nice break in the north bay, san rafael partly cloudy, 63 in san jose and nice view here from our exploratorium camera. all of the 60s out there. the moisture-laden air. as we go through the afternoon, you will notice we're partly cloudy and more rain araves for some of you this evening and everyone should get more tonight. we will track it for you in a few minutes. >> thank you, lisa. as we head into a new week, three area counties are moving into phase two, san francisco,

san mateo and marin counties will start the second phase. this is the early stage of phase two. it does not mean dine-in restaurants, shopping malls or schools can open. here's what will be allowed in these three counties starting tomorrow. curbside retail pickup, manufacturing, childcare for those outside of the essential workforce, outdoor museums, car washes, some offices where telework isn't possible. as for the rest of the bay area, alameda and contra costa counties, and some are into phase two. only santa clara county is determining a date for phase two, to keep numbers down in the area's most populous counties. but in parts of san francisco, it looks like things perfect the pandemic. things are picbit, perhaps too much for some at the night at the bars.

people are taking notice. >> it was the definitely the busiest i have seen on the streets. >> reporter: people went drinks in hand. >> a lot more coming out. >> reporter: the sales are up at a california wine merchant as they converted their window into a hand sanitation. >> this barrier helps. i'm the only one in the shop. we're doing a lot of deliveries for held. people are grateful for that, and grateful for their wine. >> reporter: close by on union street, there were groups of people but nothing compared to this line in front of a bar on chestnut street friday night. >> with have our table. people can't come in. we have our to-go menus everywhere. >> reporter: the blue light is the only one open. pina coladas are their biggest seller, which wasn't the case before the pandemic. >> the bass people said they can have a semi-vacation. >> reporter: people are keeping

a close eye on large glouroups d restaurants, so make sure you're wearing your mask. >> it's a whole new phenomenon you can stand on the sidewalk and not have a drink. >> reporter: people are supportive if the crowd get too big but trying to have fun. >> keep our distance, wear our masks and do what we can. >> reporter: in san francisco, laura martinez, abc7. we see frustrations blowing over into the east bay. a rally to open the area over livermore. a look from a group claiming to be on the side of small businesses. >> many small businesses say they're fighting for survivals and opening their doors needs to happen sooner than >> open it! >> reporter: dozens of people rallied in downtown livermore urging leaders to let them reopen >> livermore was nothing before

these businesses came in. to sit here and let them fall to the blandside is not okay with me. >> we're hurt. we have had zero revenue two months now. >> reporter: darren and andrea liggett own any time gym and believe they can safely open their doors now. >> people are buying groceries. i don't see the difference. we can very easily move our equipment around and keep our members safe. >> i want to survive with my family. i have two kids. >> reporter: nail salon owner nancy lamb made this emotional plea -- >> just let me open up! i will work with respect. i will clean, sanitize everything, whatever! please open up the nail salon! >> reporter: organizers say this rally called save our town was not designed to beinbserved socn or much of alameda -placeo be

county don't go far enough. >> we feel by working with the city we can create a pathway to help them thrive and do it cautiously. >> reporter: the mayor of livermore says rally organizers never reached out to the city or the downtown business association. he says reopening will take time. >> i would love to get the businesses open. that is not my call. we need to convince the county that we can open safely, and this is something we're all working very hard to do. >> reporter: the mayor says the city is working on a plan right now to help businesses like restaurants reopen when the time is right by closing some streets, even parking lots, to allow for social distancing, even outdoorornell bernard, abc7 news. tesla is zeroing in on tulsa, oklahoma after elon musk's high-profile threat to

move the company out of californiahis past week. musk objected to the stay-at-home order that forced telsia to stop producing cars. they called for a rest after resuming operations at the plan before getting approval from alameda county. >> the golf of california should arrest him because what he's doing is violating the law. i guess a billionaire has special privileges to violate the law. >> alameda county and tesla agreed on terms to allow the plant to legally reopen its manufacturing processes this week. we have heard out for response but have not heard back. tomorrow more help for coronavirus testing. it will be the allen temple baptist church on 85th. you can register now on the oakland city website and they will be at the site to open

things up tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. happening today, the commencement celebration continues for uc berkeley's cla class of 2020. they held the virtual ceremony yesterday like a game of minecraft. >> thank you very much and thank you. your presence on the university and your impact as you join in a worldwide community. we're proud of you. >> you see chancellor mark fischer speaking. the ceremony took place at cal blockly university, which is the digital replica of cal's memorial stadium. ndlomas.were given digitalized there will be more celebration on our website this afternoon and you can find more at abc7news.com. lisa, it's nice to see the

creativity to create fun other memories if we can't have our traditional memories. >> yes, keeps on going. that's a good point. we're getting into a break with rain in the north bay. not everywhere though. first part of the system with a weak front still pushing through the south and east bay. second part is a little more dynamic where we can see heavier downpours. the golden gate doesn't look too bad. in the 60s. stay with us, my accuweather forecast is next and that has rain and warmer weather in it. los angeles rattled by sudden explosions leaving dozens in flames and firefighters in danger. coronavirus changing your trips to the doctor's office. how the threat before nexium 24hr, anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... . ...is her reality. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn?

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maureen shaw has the latest developments. >> reporter: overnight explosions erupting in downtown los angeles, leaving multiple buildings on fire and several firefighters injured. firefighters on the ground racing to combat the flames. witnesses saying there were multiple blasts as smoke filled a downtown district. >> you walked outside and it was just -- it's unnatural heavy smoke in the air that i honestly could not be.st spadore and more, engines arrived on the scene. >> firefighters were coming out with obvious damage and burns. >> reporter: the blast occurred on boyd street at a smoke and vape shop. with the fire rapidly spreading, they became concerned with structural safety. >> i don't want anything falling on anybody there. >> reporter: the incident was considered a major emergency. ditionalirefight we call a major emergency

category with over 230 firefighters that have arrived on scene. >> reporter: lafd even setting up an emergency medical scamp for treating and supporting firefighters injured on site. >> there will be medical attention and procedure that's will follow. >> reporter: abc news los angeles. your pocketbook, change of workplace are all issues we're focusing on to build a better bay area. the de-00 tier rating economy and how it could have negative effects on your health. this morning a growing number of primary care doctors fear they have to close their practices ding t a survey 9. done. abc7's luz pena has more. >> wear a mask and stay five, six feet away from each other. >> reporter: these are some of the precautions dr. shuman tam

has implemented at his practices. >> this is the first time i have used medicine to talk via the video or computer. that is something i have not done before the covid pandemic. >> reporter: there tam is an allergy and imfollowing expert with 30-plus years in his industry. the pandemic is not only pushing him but many doctors in this state to pivot and also look deeply into their financials. how has this pandemic affected your practice financially? >> definitely the volume has decreased by close to 50% and that is not normal. >> reporter: a survey by the care health care foundation found more than a third of primary care doctors in this state are highly concerned about having to close their practice or clinic. >> doctors that were practicing in te smallest practices, five physicians or less in the

clinic, seem to be experiencing the largest challenges. >> reporter: some of the challenges were covid-19 on test and enough ppe. >> 20%, slightly less than 20% of physicians in practices of all sizes report that workers and patients in their clinics are unable to get covid-19 tests right now. >> reporter: dr. tam was not part of this survey, and has been testing some of his patients on this patio for covid-19. he's confidence he will survive this storm and received federal help. >> medicare advanced payment that i will have to pay back at the end of the year. >> reporter: his biggest incentive to remain open open are his patients. >> it's my duty. i have to do that not only for my patients but all of the physicians, we're working as a team. >> private doctors are not only ones facing financial pressures. sutter health reported it lost $1 billion in the first quarter of 2020. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc7

news. we're seeing so much good to get us through this crisis. project thanks looks to what's being done to thank thousands of our neighbors struggling to help ends meet. in oakland saturday 1,000 families receive food boxes and a little extra spending money. volunteers loaded donations into cars at the acts full gospel church. one clergyman said more help will be needed during these troubling times. >> they have to do it more often because of so many people that are hurting now and unemployed. >> this is just offering hope and encouragement to people in unsettled times. >> organizers originally planned to give each group $20 and that grew to $40 thanks to a donor from southern california. we invite you to join better bay area project thanks to show your gratitude for everyone on the frontlines at the coronavirus battle. #better bay area and we will share your love. and we have some breaks coming

up this week? >> we do. we have some breaks in the rain now but as we look at live doppler 7, an anemic line of the shower activity in the east bay. earlier, san ramon valley and parts of oakland picked up a good amount, anywhere from .10th to half inch to parts of the north bay. union city looking at wet weather. further south back on the peninsula from mountain view, perimeter road, scattered showers. rain now but the colder part of the system will move in later on tomorrow and that's why we have a winter storm warning in effect from late tomorrow, late tonight into tuesday. expecting m feet. the front has moved through. this is the area of low pressure and more vigorous part of the system will come in later on today into your monday. so we'll have the periods of

rain and also some partly cloudy conditions. here's looking at the roof camera. you request s can see winds are light but soggy in santa cruz. and low 60s out in the inner east bay. san rafael scattered clouds but looking nice. there will be more rain to come. scattered showers, breezy and cool and rain sets up later on tonight into the overnight hours. stable atmosphere later and lingering showers into tuesday. keeping it on the weak side, level one system out there for the light scattered showers. some downpours at times but we're looking at the breezy winds and rainfall less than .2 out there. so we already picked up a fair amount in the north bay. but look at where we go hour by hour. notice partly cloudy clue the evening hours checking out more rain and overnight we can see

the brighter returns here. those are the into monday. and then scattered clouds and by monday evening things look quiet but still looking at the lingering system into tuesday. here's the rainfall amounts through tuesday morning, about .10th to .2th and maybe a third in the north bay. and then the system is sinking south and evaporating snowfall in the mountains when the winter storm morning expires by tuesday afternoon. speaking of the sierra, looking at the rain now and snow later, late tuesday we're looking at a couple inches in south bay. maybe ten inches through kirkwood. very warm there right now. we will get that heavy, wet snow. today we'll call it partly to mostly cloudy, scattered showers. we will see more later on today. 70 oakland, 65 napa. look for 71 in san jose, waking up with rain in the 50s

throughout the bay area. and accuweather forecast shows linger rg showe lingering showers into tuesday. but after that it feels more like spring. temperatures slowly warm up in the 70s. but still typical cool around the coast with low fog by the ended of the week. >> thanks, lisa. first, abc7 is enjoying celebrating the bay area class of 2020 by celebrating as many high school seniors as possible. post your candid picks on congrats to all of you, 2020! ♪

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we've been following all season. but tonight takes on more meaning for him and his family amid this coronavirus pandemic. ♪ due to the pandemic, "idol" contestants have been performing from their homes. francisco says one of his biggest supporters has been his mom, a nurse who works at la gundia hospital and has been treating coronavirus patients. >> i love her so much. she goes out every single day and risks on the frontlines. she's selfless. she cares about others, not even just her family. >> listen up, if you want to support san francisco, voting will open towards the beginning of the east coast of the broadcast of "idol," which is 5:00 p.m. our time. you have to be quick about it. the voting closes during the second performances of the east coast broadcast, so some time

around 6:15 pacific. little come florida i.complicat0 is when you can start voting. tune in here on abc7 to watch and see if francisco becomes the nxt "american idol." >> still to come on abc7 mornings, most states easing restrictions and areas beginning to open after covid-19 lockdowns but the cdc rooms of thousands more fatalities by june. harsh criticism over

>> stanghome.states going full speed ahead at reopening this weekend. could it have caused a coronavirus relapse? some spots beginning to see an increase in cases. good morning, everyone. much more on the reopening hot

spots we are seeing this weekend. but if you're just joining us, we want to start with the bay area forecast. rainy start to our sunday. >> there is. the rain moved through early and here's what's left of it. first part picked up a quarter to half inch of rain north and east bay. you can still see the rain from around fremont, 680 and 880 down through union city. it's been a little damp for you. further to the south, south end of the bay, 101 and around mountain view and sunnyvale we're looking at wet weather. santa cruz has been wet, highway 1 and rain in the sierra nevada. this will continue to become more widely scatterd. then we will get into the second part of the system that promises maybe a few thunderstorms. you saw that making bit of a lightning strike offshore there. level one system today with the partly cloudy skies will brigen the numbers are mild. a look from the city, it looks

pretty nice but we have more showers to talk about. clouds part through the afternoon but then we see them increase with the next wave of energy allowing for the rainy later evening and overnig hours, which will track and talk about amounts when we see you next, liz. >> thanks, lisa. just about every state here in the u.s. will start to reopen in some capacity. many businesses are wondering if they will survive long enough to fully open their doors. >> reporter: this weekend a mix of beautiful weather and mounting anxiousness to finally get outside drawing crowds by the thousands to america's parks, beaches and in some areas businesses. >> it's been rough but we've been going by the guidelines and not going out, trying to stay home. clbinondrew cuomo coeccu ton.t

saying surprisingly new cases in his state are coming from people who haven't been going to work. >> i thought it might be predominantly essential workers who were still out there working, showing up, and that's where the new cases may have come from. that was exactly wrong. >> reporter: in texas the highest jump in one-day cases yet on saturday. 700 in amarillo, mainly tied to me meatpacking plants. governor greg abbott boeltering a task force to come to the area. and restaurants fighting to stay alive. >> businesses have closed. not much traffic. what hurt us the most is it's hard to find people to work. nobody wants to work. >> reporter: an analysis of 20,000 restaurants from dining website open table claiming one in four restaurants will shut

down permanently following this norco, california, fighting losses by reopening in-person dieting and defying state orders. >> so far the response is overwhelmingly positive. of course, there's always the pun person who isn't happen. >> reporter: local restaurants say they will not shut the restaurant down but we also can't protect it. >> we can't help them when the state comes after them. >> reporter: a few illinois restaurants taking advantage of outdoor dining opportunities, filling their parking lots with tables but with some groups considering breaking gathering bans, mayor lightfoot with a stark warning. rothhis is not playing russian adnd cocd. >> reporter:ho arizona residents happy to take that risk. casinos opening doors and masks not required. >> it's packed in there. there wasn't a whole lot of outside waiting of social

distancing. ♪ the time of my life ♪ >> reporter: and some big-name stars performing to a live audience of no one. ♪ i swear this is true >> reporter: the black-eyed peas livestreaming a los angeles show with no crowd. ♪ never gonna be the same >> reporter: and country star keith urban doing the same inside an empty grand ole opry. behind me, wolf and lamb is one of so many new york city restaurants announcing they're not coming back. they did not mince words. they said they're closing due to covid-19. they hope to one day return to brooklyn when conditions are right but in this difficult economic effort, it's impossible to know when that may be. trevor ault, abc news. this is a rare public

from former president barack obama criticizing the response of the trump administration's handling of a private call with his former staffers, calling, quote, an absolutely chaotic disaster. this time a public online commencement address for graduating seniors at historically black colleges and universities, obama said the u.s. is lacking leadership. >> more than anything this pandemic is fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. a lot of them are not even pretending to be in charge. if the world is going to get better, it's going to be up to you. >> reporter: and the comments from the trump administration blamed their predecessor into the stockpile three years into the president's term, claiming they left it empty. >> an investigation is under way into the firing of the state department inspector general. democrats say he was

investigating secretary of state mike pompeo? >> that's right. the firing of state department steve lenox sparked an investigation. they believe it was politically motivated. they said the move was recommended by mike pompeo but democrats say pompeo was being investigated himself. the democrats saying the ig is looking into whether or not mike pompeo misused the position to appoint political appointees for himself and his wife. the president said he lost confidence in lynnienox and he be removed in the upcoming days. the town of atwater near fresno just declared themselves a sanctuary city for businesses. they decided unanimous not to enfor

enforce the phase two orders cheered on. that means local law enforcement will stand idle if businesses or churches want to reopen in whatever capacity with their own physical distancing measures. the city's mayor did caution businesses could risk losing their state license. here's an interesting study in the coronavirus battle. researchers in the uk said yesterday they'll be testing whether trained dogs can detect the virus in humans. six very cute little dogs there named the super six made up of lab doors and cocker spaniels will be trained to sniff out coronavirus. they known to chiefrpg body odor and dogs successfully detect malaria, cancer and parkinson's disease. they hope the super six can sniff out the virus before symptoms appear. still ahead on abc7 a ne reat of working from home.

and here's a liveoo from our mt. tam camera. can you see how gray and cloudy it is out there. little bit of a break in the rain now but more is on the way. we will chec we're all doing our part by staying at home. that could mean an increase in energy bills. you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or closing your shades during the day. stay well and keep it golden.

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and liftoff of the united launch of lions v rocket from the uss space for mission to america strong. >> there she goes. bla blasted off from cape canaveral at 6:15 our time. she is in response to the frontline workers. it was supposed to happen yesterday but the weather prevented it from happening so got delayed until today. >> yes, we had spring showers with a cold front that worked its way through part of the bay area. here's a look at the exploratorium camera. 66 and partly cloudy and more

showers on the way. so you can get out and about and enjoy part of the day. but we will time out when you might want to darth a few showers. we can see downpours as well. my accuweather seven-day forecast is next. >> that's beautiful. thank you, lisa. and major league baseball's plan to return to play. the proposed safety [♪] think you need to buy expensive skincare products to see dramatic results? try olay skin care. just one jar of micro-sculpting cream has the hydrating power of 5 jars of a prestige cream, which helps plump skin cells and visibly smooth wrinkles. while new olay retinol24... provides visibly smoother, brighter skin. for dramatic skincare results, try olay. and now receive 25% off your purchase at olay.com brand power. helping you buy better.

welcome back. here's a live look from our pier 39 camera. those little guys just laying out as always enjoying, not a care in the world. lucky, they got a little break from the rain right now. because of the coronavirus outbreak, the way we work undoubtedly will never be the same. right now 40% of the workers in the u.s. are working from home to use different tools to stay connected. change of workplace is another one of the four areas abc7 is focused on as part of our e6r9s to build a better bay area.

abc7 news is giving usiving usig look into the future. >> reporter: what you're watching is almost a sci-fi movie, except i'm in it, along with the founders and heads of the augment virtual reality company spacial. >> i can focus where i like. >> reporter: spacial takes the zoom meeting to a new level where social distancing doesn't even matter. >> i can put my arm around ana. >> reporter: and so realistic, it's blowing my mind. this creates a life-like experience. i feel like i'm in a party almost. spacial was borne out of necessity 33 1/2 yea necessity 3 1/2 years ago. >> there are teams spread out between los angeles and new york. hey, i wish you could be here with me.

>> reporter: and unexpectedly exploded with a thousand percent increase in customers. >> companies use it to collaborate on models, pfizer uses it to plan factories. but we've heard from all kinds of people, doctors who wanted telemedicine visits. >> reporter: using any augments or virtual reality device or for a paired-down experience, just a computer camera, users are transformed into a multitude of workplaces. here the team is showing you how workers can collaborate on the layout of a cell phone store. >> i want to say we need another phone out here. >> reporter: to designing bad kaks. >> awesome. >> reporter: or figuring out what size sneaker a t-rex wears. >> make it nice and life-sized. >> reporter: one of spacial's ceos is here to enforce policies. >> zoom policy, you have to have a policy if there's 30 people in the room and one person is talking. it feels like a speech.

it does not match well. >> we keep hearing from countries about video conference burnout. and we wochbder whnder what the. we think it's lack of personal attention in the meeting. we want to bring that back and bring people feel lhey're actually together and want to hang out together. >> reporter: in addition to a better work-at-home experience, the company want to save users' time. >> wouchbt it be great to not have to go ob a 20-hour trip across the world for a face-to-face meeting. >> reporter: and money. >> people didn't realize how much they spend on travel to be in the same room with each other. >> reporter: as cost of headsets keep going down, currently ranging at several hundred dollars each, the growth of the office is "indebted"estable. but the team acknowledge there will always be a need for in-person meetings. >> the more we

headsets, but we still need to be with each other. >> we value being in the same room with somebody. >> reporter: just where and when is up to you. dion lim, abc news. >> that may be us hanging out with our vr headsets any day now. >> it's very interesting. good morning, everyone. here's a look at what's left of the cold front. move through the north bay early this morning. they picked up maybe quarter inch to half inch. now still looking at light rain from the sam ramon valley through dublin, 80s. you picked up a decent amount here and not over yet. as we head further to the south looking at union city, paradise drive, wet weather. hills of the east bay looking at some scattered showers. down through san jose getting spotty but a lot of dark clouds there and looking at the showers into the santa cruz mountains and also the beach down there but also the rain here in the mountains.

that high base at kirkwood, 7,000 feet and you have snow. but elsewhere is rain. looking at the winter storm warning for the sierra nevada. this appreciapressure system wi south and you can see more lightning strikes, the most unstable part of the system. here's a look at the peninsula at sfo. upper 50s to low 60 in san jose. muggy out there with a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. still rainy conditions here. down around santa cruz and highs just in the low 60s just with the rain coming back later on today, low 60s by the delta. and santa rosa in the upper 50s. it's been mild. dark clouds in san jose to 80. bit of break. second round comes in and that's where we could see some of the downpours, maybe a thunderstorm and then looks like the rain will linger into tuesday. it is a very slow mover.

and pretty weak system at tt. li sours, breezy win, a bonus out there. to get the rain this time of ye year. 11:30, have some breaks but cooler day today. here comes more shower activity. we can see the downpours pretty good through the overnight hours and monday, yes, more rain, more ack side of it. here's when the low drifts down parallel to the coast. that will spin up more showers. between today and tomorrow and early tuesday, .2, .3 in the north bay. maybe .10th around hayward and san mateo getting more rain. here's the low as it continues to drift south. winter storm warning allowing for snow in the upper elevations. and finally by late tuesday, it's out of here but rainfall changing over to snow in the mountains with up to ten inches in kirkwood, 7 inches donner.

the storm system goes until tuesday in the mountains. partly cloudy back at home, scattered showers, 64 san rafael. upper 60s on the peninsula, breezy in spots. tonight more rain with numbers on the mild side. 50s out there. the accuweather seven-day forecast, level one system with scattered showers continue into monday. tuesday, tries to scoot on out of here and then by the middle of the week, we're back into mire typical weather regime with the low clouds and fog. those warming afternoon temperatures. liz? >> thanks, lisa. >> let's talk sports. jordan is back for the last time. the red-hot documentary "the last dance" airs its finalepiso. it's really all fans are talking about as they wait for live sports to return. tonight it's a look at the final team who thought they could take down the bulls' dynasty. >> we were confident that we could dethrone the bulls. we felt like we were just as versatile. >> if i had to pick a team that gave us the toughest time in the

east, indiana was probably the toughest, outside of detroit. l have been through the roof during the pandemic. you can watch it on our sister station tonight on espn. and the nba, nhl and major league baseball are all making plans for returning to action this summer. abc7's chris alvarez has an update in this morning's sports. >> hi, everybody, welcome to sports. now sports are slowly making a comeback. the ufc has returned. nascar is returning. golf will tee often next month at pga tour events. but what about baseball? according to an espn report, major league baseball's return to play plan includes processing upwards of 10,000 covid-19 per week with players and team personnel not in the game, they will sit in the stands. high-fives, fist-bumps, spitting tobacco, chewing sunflower seeds prohibited. hockey-like basketball, one of

the sports on halt due to coronavirus, earlier we spoke to logan couture on the wikipedia podcast and he talked about what it would be like for a return without fans. >> us realizing what's in the world and if we do come back, we're playing to give people at home something to look forward to. hopefully they do great broadcasts on tv. it's obviously going to be different. it's obviously going to take time to get used to it. but for us to come back is what we're liking at to keep people happy at home and enjoy it. >> the actual indoor -- i don't know who you call -- yes! it's in there! it's in there! >> stephen curry does not miss, whether it's golf offer basketrslwsop his game. he was on "jimmy kimmel live" earlier this week promoting season two of "holy holmoly" th

ai airs here on abc7. >> everybody is trying to get the game back as soon as possible. but you have to be safe and protect the players, fans. our families, coaching staff, aut the week as things change and develop it. i assume basketball will be back in some way, shape or form this summer. >> we all hope so. did you see this? the german bundesliga returned to play saturday at they entered the field at different times and social benching being practiced. and when it was all over, they celebrated as if the stadium was packed with stands. sports slowly making a comeback. back to you.

high school seniors missing out on graduations but some celebrities giving them a virtual celebration they won't forget. >> the truth is, you don't need us to tell you what to do because in so many ways, you already started to lead. >> it hear the inspiring

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just because you have a birthday in the age of coronavirus doesn't mean you can't go all out. abc7 was there to witness this full-on parade in san francisco to celebrate a 100th birthday celebration. the woman you saw,sysy, watched out her window while they and c followed behind. she was born after her family emigrated from italy. they are family drove by so they could wave.

>> just a. when'mulli thday. ats,ha sysy says old age runs in the family, home made italian food and wine. why is it when somebody makes it to 100, they say wine or whiskey or something like that? >> something to that. >> i know. before we get a check of the weather, high school class of 2020 was sent off with a memorable virtual ceremony called graduate together. you saw it here on abc7. many former president barack obama performed the commencement speech for the event. >> if the world is going to get better, it's up to you and that can be intimidating, but i hope it's also inspiring. truth is, you don't need us to tell what you to do because in so many ways, you already started to lead. congratulations, class of 2020. keep making us proud.

>> special guests included lebron, jonas brothers, alicia keys and meghan rapinoe. first lady michelle obama will deliver commencement speeches next month for youtube class of 2020. that's great for young people t >> that's right. and we still have showers in the east bay. we're at windemere parkway, pleasanton, passaic parkway and fremont, showers lingering the next 40 minutes. level one on our storm impact scale. more rain arrives tonight and we have a break throughout the afternoon. rain for monday morning and partly cloudy with the chance of pretty good downpour and thunderstorms tomorrow. as we get into tnext week, it's sunnier and dryer and hopefully warmer.

hold on, you may just need to dodge showers today. >> thank you, lisa. thank you very much. stay with us, we have a big night of music ahead. "american idol" season finale at 8:00 p.m. you can cheer on daly city's francisco martin. voting begins at 5:00 p.m. at 10:00 watch the taylor swift "city of lover" concert from never-before-seen footage from paris. and abc7 news at 11:00. thank you for joi ♪ ♪ steven could only imaginem 24hr to trenjoying a spicy taco.burn, now, his world explodes with flavor. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts

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