counting on and a step closer to the life we used to know. >> so what exactly does entering phase 2 mean? it includes child care for those outside of the essential workforce. it allows manufacturing companies to resume business as well as limited services like dog washing and car washes. plus, some offices where telework isn't possible can reopen. phase 2 also allows for curbside retail pickup. following all of the changes is abc7 news reporter cornell bernard who joins us in san francisco with more. cornell? morrow cannot come fast enough. for many retailers, a chance to finally greet customers in person and generate some sales. but not everybody is celebrating tonight. some business also not be allowed to reopen. >> the most important monday probably in the last many years in san francisco. >> david parry from the san francisco chamber of commerce says monday will be big. the day many businesses and

retailers get the green light to take down the plywood and partially reopen their doors. >> anything that gets our small businesses open and lets people know that they are open is very important. >> starting monday, many stores will offer curbside pickup. >> we have our factories opening up again tomorrow. so we'll be playing catch-up. >> derek owns sofa creations in san francisco and san rafael. both stores will offer curbside delivery. one customer at a time will be allowed inside stores. >> i think the mask is a big thing. as long as the employees are wearing a mask and the customer is care withing a mask. >> the city tweeted out guidelines in four languages, but not ever business will be allowed to unlock their doors. >> we closed last monday when i got a citation. >> he has on the other hand smoke signals for 25 years, but police shut him down last week, saying his business was not essential, even though he sells. >> when you sell on average 500 different newspapers a week,

there is a lot of customers upset when they don't have their papers. >> it is an essential service. i've been coming here for 12 years. it's a phenomenal shop. it's completely unique in the city. >> this is all over the map. and many of us are really struggling. >> supervisor aaron peskin says there are mixed signals coming from the city's health department. he is fighting to keep burberry's open. >> food establishments have been deemed to be essential. >> meantime, the mta offering businesses temporary loading zones. it's free. just register online. from the union square busy improvement district. they say big retailers like saquon barkley, urban outfitters anda anan anant anrndt poll.

>> are getting ready to reopen. those counties in the green, much in the north bay is already in phase 2 while alameda and contra costa county say they'll begin to move on to the next phase next week. santa clara county with the highest number of coronavrus cases in the bay area has no date set to begin phase two. and get more details on phase 2 of the recovery, plus a look at what restaurants, flights, and stores will look like after covid-19, all on our website, abc7news.com/coronavirus. you'll also find a full list of health and financial resources. only offering delivery and takeout is not a financial viable solution for the majority of restaurants that is a quote from the conclusion of a survey of 216 restaurant owners done by the golden gate restaurant association. now the survey represents an estimated 419 restaurant locations. 73% of those are now open for

takeout and delivery during the shelter in place. 60% of those are losing money. 62% of owners have laid off 50% or more of their employees. and a small glimmer of hope, the majority of respondents have received emergency federal loans. now nor one bay area-based restaurant chain, the pandemic has already been too much. specialties cafe and bakery is closing. the family-owned company headquartered in pleasanton had more than 50 locations across three states. in a statement, the company says revenues have been, quote, decimated recently. in the east bay, tesla is telling employees it now has approval to resume full operations this week. in an email that went out to worker, the company says alameda county has signed off on its reopening. the fremont police department confirms to abc7 news that the plant meets or exceeds safety standards. tesla ceo elon musk tweeted last week that tesla had already restarted production against

alameda county coronavirus rules. he also sued the county and threatened to move his headas reportedly picked austin, texas and tulsa, oklahoma as finalists for a new plant to build its cyber truck. in abc7's commitment to help build a better bay area, we're taking on the big issues that affect us all, the workplace, education, the economy and our health. and oakland is working to improve the health of its community with a new coronavirus testing site. it opens tomorrow morning at the allen temple baptist church on international boulevard. the site will provide drive-through testing and be completely free, regardless of health insurance or immigration status. you'll have to register in advance what you can do right now on the oakland city website. mayor libby schaaf will be at the site to help open it up tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in what's being called the first relief fund of its kind, california will begin offering support to undocumented immigrants tomorrow. the fund will provide $125 million to those affected by

coronavirus through a partnership between the state and nonprofit groups. the one-time payments are $500 per adult with a maximum of $1,000 per household. therefore, undocumented immigrants who haven't received federal relief funding. people can begin to apply tomorrow through june 30th, and information on how to apply is on the state's department of social services website that is cdss.ca.gov. states are struggling with how to reopen and get their economies going again while keeping people safe. many cities have made moves this weekend to loosen restrictions. here is abc reporter zachary keith with details. >> after nearly two months of stay at home orders, beautiful spring weather has thousands heading to america's parks and beaches. as of monday, 49 states will have begun to reopen, connecticut the only exception. >> it's been rough, but we've been going by the guidelines and not going out, trying to stay home. >> former president barack obama

criticizing the trump administration's handling of the pandemic. >> 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. >> president trump responding. >> look, he was an incompetent president, that's all i can say, grossly incompetent. >> states are dealing with how to reopen safely as the coronavirus continues to devastate the nation's economy. the restaurant industry has been particularly hit hard. an analysis of 20,000 restaurants from dining website open table claiming one in four restaurants will shut down permanently following the pandemic. texas, which began to reopen just over two weeks ago, saw its highest one-day increase in new cases on saturday. 700 of them just in amarillo, mainly tied to meat packing plants. governor greg abbott now bolstering a task force sent to the area. new york's governor opening portions of his state, but hard hit new york city and the surrounding areas remain under stay at home orders. >> we just want to make sure we

never go back to where we were. the question is reopening, not reopening or not. everybody wants to reopen. >> sports continues its gradual return. nascar kicking off seven race others the next 11 days, beginning with today's race at darlington speedway in south carolina. and like yesterday's horse racing at churchill downs, no spectators in the stands. zachary kiesch, abc news, new york. the beaches are reopened in los angeles county. thousands came out to soak up sun on the santa monica shoreline. most people observed the rules which included no sitting or sunbathing on the sand. >> it's been amazing, yeah. we've been cooped up like everybody. to get out here and get in the water, the water is really nice. >> we're not going get close to other people. it's chill. it's chill. but i do wear a mask where i need to. >> all piers remain shut down as do most beach parking lots.

the l.a. county sheriff's department and police were on patrol focusing on those not physical distancing. so far no one had been forced to more or cited. well, democrats launch an investigation into the latest firing at the white house. >> that could be unlawful. >> inspector general steve linnik now out of a job. up next, the man the white house says recommended the dismissal and the connection democrats say he had with linnik. we are learning details about the ordeal fire crews faced in los angeles on the scene of a massive blast that left four firefighters in intensive care. and we have some light, even moderate rain falling over the northern part of san francisco, which you can see right now, this live shot the golden gate

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night firing of state department inspector general steve linick. president trump said he no longer had confidence in linick, saying the firing was recommended by secretary of state mike pompeo. a congressional aide to democrats say the ig was looking into whether pompeo himself had misused a political appointee to perform personal tasks. >> the president has the right to fire any federal employee, but the fact is if it looks like it's in retaliation for something that the ig, the inspector general is doing, that could be unlawful. >> peter navarro, a close confident of the president, says the administration has every right to find someone who is more loyal to the trump agenda. three of the 11 firefighters injured in a fiery downtown los angeles explosion yesterday have been released from the hospital. two are in critical but stable condition from burn injuries. one of the firefighters may require skin grafts.

a department spokesperson says the injured firefighters found themselves going through a 30-foot-tall blowtorch. the building where the fire started was home to a smoke shot and a honey oil butane supplier. on a mission to bring comfort and companionship to the elderly during the shelter-in-place order. cameron zia saw the effects of prolonged isolation in his grandparents. they live in the uk and he is a student in high school. what he did is raise more than $2,000 to buy activity kits, portable dvd players and head phones to deliver to local nursing homes, hoping to brighten their spirits there. >> people from the schools, the neighboring schools reached out and they're willing to send handwritten letters or music video performances to the elders. so yeah, we're kind of excited. >> yeah, he's bought 200 activity kits so far. plans to deliver them to nursing

and care homes the week of may 25th. >> well done. a sidelined softball team is winning over new fans with their generosity. >> although they can't play ball, this local team can celebrate a win. the big impact they're having on the community. and meteorologist francis is up next with the accuweather forecast. hey, live sports is back today. we have golf for charity and nascar drops the green flag for the first time in like ten weeks in south car

tonight's project thanks stories features a martinez girls softball team that is giving back to the community. the girls raised more than $2,000 in just a few days and they purchased 700 pounds of food, and today they dropped it off at the contra costa solano food bank where it will be distributed to families in need. the donation from the team, which calls itself universal

fast pitch zero to eight will provide about 5400 meals. now we invite you to join better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude for everyone on the front lines of the covid-19 battle. you can use the #better bay area to show us how you're saying thank you, and we will share the love. all right. "idol" fanatics, happening tonight. it all comes down to this for daly city's francisco martin who is hoping to be named the next "american idol." we've been following his journey all season. ever since he was named an early front-runner by the judges. luz pena is live at martin's home, and people have to be excited there, luz. >> eric, the show hasn't started here, but as you can see, many of these neighbors are hyped up and ready to celebrate. there is such a thing as the neighborhood army, this is what it looks like. many of them wearing the "idol" 2020 #team francisco martin, all of them telling us that they

remember francisco. can you hear this? this is francisco's army. i want to show you this right here. across the street, this is a satellite truck. francisco is inside. i spoke to his brother, and he was telling me that francisco is excited. he was nervous, but he is ready to do this. you can see many of the cars with texts number 12 to 2 one 523 four francisco martin. erday many of his neighbors had a whole parade to cheer on francisco getting him ready for his performance. check it out. francisco is inside with his family right now. his dad is known to many of the neighbors here is also a musician. they were telling me that growing up, francisco used to play the drums in his garage, and now many of the neighbors are getting to know a new side of francisco.

francisco the songwriter, the singer, and hopefully 2020 "american idol" champion. in daly city, luz pena, abc7 news. >> all right, luz. voting for the winner has wrapped up. it was open live during the east coast broadcast happening now. now here at home, you can watch at 8:00 "american idol" on abc7, 8:00 p.m. and good luck to francisco and his fam. >> can't wait to see what happens. all right. tossing it now over to frances dinglasan in for drew this weekend. and frances, looking like things are on the warm-up soon. >> we will be warming up coming up next week. right now we're still dealing with another round of showers that's heading our way. in fact, we'll go to live doppler 7 and show you what's going on. we even see some thunderstorm activity east of sacramento and some showers right now along the peninsula coast. we saw some heavier rain just move through the golden gate bridge just earlier. it's starting to head towards tiburon right now, and a little bit of rain over san francisco. you see some of those rain

clouds in this live shot from sutro, looking from downtown san francisco. temperatures are mild in the mid and upper 60s for the most part. san francisco 65. oakland 68. san jose 67. pacifica at 61 degrees. and that is a live shot in san rafael where we had some showers move through as well. and now we're getting a little bit of a break. santa rosa at 62 degrees. we still have a warm spot. concord hanging on the 70 degrees. livermore at 67. so this storm is ranked a 1 out of 5 on our storm impact scale. this will continue tonight through tomorrow, and we'll see on and off showers overnight into tomorrow morning. it starts to die down tomorrow afternoon. possible thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon with some possible downpours as well. but rainfall is likely to be less than half an inch for many areas. in fact, i'll show you the forecast animation of how things play out. we'll see the heaviest showers move in through the north bay overnight. you'll see some of the areas of

yellow and orange lets the heavier rain through ukiah and cloverdale. it's moving from the southwest. tomorrow morning, it starts to die down. even by lunchtime, gist some spotty afternoon showers. that's where we could see downpours and possible thunderstorms. mostly dry for everyone monday night into tuesday, but an isolated shower still not out of the question through tuesday morning. and rainfall estimates again. they're a little bit scattered. only 0.08 in san francisco, but we could get a lot more through parts of the north bay, like over half an inch in novato and santa clara and santa rosa 0.4. but light rain expects in some places like fremont. overnight lows in the 50s. 55 in san francisco and cooler at lakeport, 48 tomorrow. tomorrow will be a little cooler as well. temperatures in the low to mid-60s. breezy as well. we'll see some southwest breeze of about 20 miles per hour.

san francisco 63. san jose 67. oakland 65. so it will be pretty mild. check out this accuweather seven-day forecast. so we've got the scattered showers tomorrow. then isolated lingering shower on tuesday. but then things really warm up. plenty of sunshine. we'll be climbing into the mid-80s for next weekend for inland areas and mid-70s around the bay. now abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> sports are slowly making a comeback. the ufc has had two straight weekends of fights. the pga tour are getting going in june. and nascar, for the first time in two months returned today with no fans in darlington, south carolina. let's go to the highlights. let's drop the green flag on racing. drivers not allowed on the track until the race began. this is a very difficult track to begin. with on the very first lap, ricky stenhouse taps another car and goes into the wall. 71 days between race, doesn't even finish a lap. in the first stage, leader jimmie johnson trying to pass

chris buescher. that's enough to end johnson's day. final restart, kevin harvick pulling ahead of alex bowman's 88. harvick led the last 82 laps and picks up career victory number 50. no practice, no ability to test the car on the track at all, and a very memorable win. >> we put a lot of time, a lot of effort, a lot of studying, a lot of meetings and just got to thank everybody at the shop who has built all these cars. and man, i'm excited. you know, it is weird. just because there's nobody up there. >> today should have been the final round of the pga championship at harding park. coronavirus pushing that to early august. pga tour going to get going with their first tournament in june. but today they held a charity event. let's go to those highlights from florida. skins game at the seminole golf lub. raising awareness for the american nurses association and cdc. dustin johnson could have won the match of the birdie and this ting slides on by.

he cannot believe it. all right. the tiebreaker. it's a closest to the pin contest from about 120 yards out. rory mcilroy goes last, and he likes it. it's going the land on the green. the rule says the ball that is pin high is the winner. so after some confusion, mcilroy and dustin johnson win the match. the event raised over $5 million for charity. another season of holy-moly returns right here on abc7 this thursday at 9:00. warriors star steph curry of course an executive producer on the show enters its second season this week. and today i caught up with san francisco native jack desands who made the cut. he is going to appear on the first episode of season 2. >> yeah, it was a totally fun, ridiculous experience. you know, i can't wait until i'm 70 years old and describing this insane mini golf tournament, and my kids are going the think i've totally lost it. hey, did you see this? this guy is lucky whitehead, a

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tonight on abc7 news at 11:00, smart watches can already monitor our health, but can they figure out who is infected with coronavirus? and understanding phase 2 in the bay area where the closed signs will flip to open and what restrictions businesses and shoppers have to follow. well, finally tonight, a family got crafty to figure out a safe way to interact with their grandparents and stay safe at the same time. >> check this out. inspired by a post on facebook, karen assad and her daughter bought some plastic sheeting from home depot and got to work. first, karen drape adeline and

cut out holes for their arms and threeon plastic sleeve >> oh, my, this is what it feels like. >> i think we hugged them harder than we usually do. >> well, yes. it's kind of hard to feel them through that plastic. the hug hurt tain was such a higg, the grandparents plan to sanitize it and take to it the home of their other grandchildren. >> you know, nowadays i can see this really catching on, eric. >>

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