form of some showers. now we'll get another cloudy day. as you saw yesterday we had that good blanket of cloud cover kind of all day long with periodical periods of sunshine which was really nice to see. cooled down a little bit. we'll keep that cloud cover all day long. look at the temperatures. by 11:00 a.m. we'll remain in the 50s. eventually we will top out to the 70s in some of the interior sports. the next big thing we're looking out for is shower activity. we're seeing a low churning south of us. i'll have a closer look at that and what you can expect. marcus, back to you. >> thanks, vianey. the fight against coronavirus. this morning there's word one company is making major strides to treat patients suffering from thbay's" tracie potts live for us in washington. tracie, i know this is good news and promising this morning as well as the market is responding to this good news. >> reporter: yeah, the markets

are responding to the fact that the company gilead appears to be having some good progress with its testing of its drug. this is a trial, a clinical trial that is showing some promi promise. there were some 125 people, people who were severely ill. many saw a rapid recovery and now looking at expanding the testing in hopes of scaling up the drug. dow futures up. gilead stock is up 16% on news its trial is going well. testing is a key point. the plan to reopen the country, be democrats say, doesn't have enough of it.

>> three phases in restoring -- we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time. >> reporter: the three phase plan, a gradual return to work and public life with social distancing and schools still closed. high-risk individuals stay home. then resume nonessential travel, open schools and sports and social gathering. finally back to social life with caution. a focus on hygiene. democrats argue the plan needs much more detail about -- >> testing, testing, testing. >> we need several million tests a day. >> reporter: states would begin

when testing is low for 14 days. americans are protesting, eager to get back to work. >> i honestly don't know when that check will be coming. >> reporter: the federal government has run out of money for small business loans. democrats are blocking efforts to add more. >> we want to make sure we're going to allocate a substantial amount of taxpayer dollars, an billion, that it actually gets to the people who need it the most. >> reporter: a stalemate on capitol hill as america prepares to open for business. tracie potts, nbc news. >> thank you very much, tracie. in just a few hours nurses throughout the state in the bay area will pro-it test in the fight against covid-19. bob, the governor says help is on the way. >> reporter: many nurses say it's not soon enough.

starting at 8:00. they will be demanding more personal safety equipment. we've heard nurses wearing the same n95 facemask for an entire shift. that's how bad the shortage is, they can't change out when they intervene with a different patient. in an interview to be broadcast with ellen degenerous governor newsom says he's trying to secure more masks per month. >> rather than waiting around for the national stockpile to arrive or pointing fingers, we decided to go out and procure a number of large contracts using the nation's state status of california and committing over a billion and a half dollars to that cause. we haven't yet seen the benefits of those efforts. we expect to see the first

deliveries. i'm not holding my breath. we have backups to that backup. it is an effort to provide resources so we can meet this moment through the summer and into the early part of next year. >> reporter: you can watch the governor's full interview on "ellen" at 4:00. coming up at 5:30, governor newsom gives us an idea what the, quote, new normal will be like once the state starts easing some of the stay-at-home restrictions. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you very much, bob. it's 5:05. a contra costa county church pastor is being cited for holding a service. sheriff's deputies received an anonymous complaint that people were gathering at the all nations church of god in choois in north richmond. when they arrived they saw 40 people inside. no one was wearing masks or practicing social distancing.

the pastor was uncooperative and refused to talk to them. >> at any type of gathering like this not considered an essential business and there are alternatives to showing up in person to worship. >> we reached out to the pastor but our calls were not returned. the superior court of alameda county is resuming limited virtual hearings. starting monday hearings in civil, family and probate matters will get under way. the hearings will be done remotely via telephone or videoconference. plans to reopen courtrooms are still being formed. the number of unemployment claims across the state is growing and very quickly. historic 2.7 million claims have been processed so far. many are reporting issues when it comes to actually signing up for the benefits. to help california's development department is launching a secondary call center on monday. it will operate seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. the new call center is not to file claims but rather to answer

questions. okay. now it's time fob something good this morning. dozens of students in san diego got together digitally to sing something nice for our frontline health care workers. ♪ what the world needs now is love sweet love ♪ ♪ it's the only thing that there's too little of ♪ ♪ what the world needs now >> yes. >> the kids were singing, marcus. >> the kids. many of those kids have parents who are doctors, nurses, and health care workers. what a lovely song. they all had a message of love sprinkled throughout. see right here. it's just beautiful to see all of that there. the kids just thanking all the help care workers and we thank them as well because they do so much for us. >> it's amazing. we will have marcus come serenade you. >> we'll make that part of the morning at some point. sprinkled throughout the show.

>> you don't want me serenading anybody. that would be scary. let's get to your micro climate forecast. there goes my airpod. we're tracking isolated chance of some spotty showers, already seeing some activity in central california and in through monterey. so let's get right to your daytime highs because we do have plenty to talk about there. 67 degrees in san jose. 66 in oakland. and check out san francisco, 60 degrees. but even though it's still going to be a fairly beautiful day despite the cloud cover, a quick reminder we don't want anybody at the beach, okay? nobody should be heading to the beach. not to mention there's a beach hazard statement in effect through tonight at 11:00 p.m. which means stay off the coast entirely. now that's going to remain in effect but then we're tracking rain heading into the weekend. that's also going to bring a greater cooldown than we expected today. i'll have a closer look at that coming up shortly.

first let's check in with mike. vianey, nothing to be afraid are for 580 as we look at the live traffic over in dublin. very smooth drive in. very good visibility. nearby in the same county we do have the crash investigation which continues on the shoulder there in pleasanton. we'll talk about that coming up. i also want to show you the bay bridge which is moving very smoothly getting over there. there was a second deadly crash of the morning on highway 4 that is also on the shoulder. we'll talk about that as well, but traffic flow over into the east bay, the upper east shore, is moving smoothly. back to you. thanks, mike. 5:09 for you that morning and coming up next, zoom goes after zoom bombers with the help of some bug bounty hunters. we'll explain coming up. plus, just how many people are working from home and what's their favorite part about it. we're not even close to

being done with this pandemic but historians are already talking about saving your memories, how you can contribute coming up. but first, something good to share with you. the santa clara medical center posting this picture of the lab department holding up thank you signs. they say they are grateful to everyone for staying at home and following those social distancing orders. we'll be right back.

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good friday morning. it is 5:12. more cloud cover and cooler temperatures on tap. i'll have the latest look at the sierra snowpack and how the drought monitor is doing coming up. good morning. very happy friday morning to you from me. a third of the trillion dollars that the government, congress, set aside to loan out to small businesses across america, sounded like a lot of money at the time, and it turns out it was not. that money, as we have reported to you, has run out. there's no more to lend. congress squabbling over another set of funds. there are growing questions about what states got money and who was left out. the latest number from analysts at evercore show just under

50,000 were approved for a loan which tops the nation. new york about 40,000. but when you look at it as percentages of businesses that were approved, then it very much looks like california and new york were left behind. elon musk is once again in the news over coronavirus. you may recall he left his tesla plant open. they had to order it closed. he called the panic, he said, over coronavirus silly. now he is criticizing governor newsom and cnn on his twitter feed after cnn questioned his claims tesla is donating ventilators to hospitals. this is a picture of respiratory therapists in california thanking musk for the machines. here is another picture from last month of more machines. i say machines because there's an argument over whether these are ventilators. these are bipap machines which push oxygen under pressure but are not ventilators in the sense you hear ventilators that were used by governor cuomo or

governor newsom. the invasive ventilators that help you breathe towards the end of your life when you are very critical. those are the ones that we were worried about running out of. musk also tweeted he doesn't understand why cnn, which was criticizing him, and demanded governor newsom set cnn straight. marcus and laura, on a lighter note they want to document the pandemic, museums do, they want to hear from you so everyone can tell future generations what it was like inthey want to see youd your photos and journal entries you're making so they can capture our time. they've set up a website in conjunction with the smithsonian. the address is there on your screen but i'll also tweet it out and send a facebook as well. i heard that is good advice. i know some of you are

recommending to your children that they keep diaries and journals because it will be such an interesting thing to tell our children, grandchildren, their grandchildren about the great pandemic of 2020. >> very much so. exactly. my kids keep journals, and it's important for them to talk about how they're feeling. >> it really is. >> thanks a lot, scott. a lot of people because of this have been using zoom, and zoom is actually about to roll out plans to improve security of its teleconferencing app. one of the biggest security issues facing zoom is the surge in zoom bombing, when uninvited attendees break into and disrupt meetings. according to the company has hired a firm that specializes in managing programs. hackers who look for those vulnerabili vulnerabilities. two-thirds of employees are working remotely, at least participate of the workweek. that's according to a new survey

from clutch. 40% say it's five or more days per week. not having a commute is the remote work experience. employees also enjoy more flexible schedule, difficulty collaborating with employees the least favorite part of remote work. okay, now something good for you this morning. high schoolers all across the country have a reason to dance. >> that's right. now tonight john krasinski is hosting a virtual prom. these are for all the students missing out on their real fun night of the year. >> i'm hosting this friday night. >> "the office" star has promised to deejay the live web event he'll host for his series "some good news." he posted a picture of himself at his high school prom with that announcement. all right. and if you're in the ongoing pandemic and it's canceling your

plans to tie the knot, busch beer wants to help you. so the company tweeted out that couples whose wedding plans have changed in 2020 can post a photo of themselves and tell busch how they are still planning to celebrate. they need to use th the #buschweddinggift and sweets takes for a chance to win a free supply of beer. 250 winners will be chosen. what if you don't like beer? i guess you know someone. >> i don't think i want a beer gut for my honeymoon, right? >> no. those pictures won't be pretty. some of us already have the shelter in place guts already. all right, look, maybe this is a time to take a jog around today. it will be cooler which will bring some relief from the heat we were seeing. i have a couple things i am

monitoring including the cooler weather and also rain. we have an unsettled weather pattern mainly over southern california, creeping its way into central california. monterey already catching some of the shower activity and you can see it on satellite radar which will bring a chance for seeing isolated showers in some parts of the bay area but current temperatures in the 40s and 50s. a mild start. right to your daytime highs. a high of 67 degrees. notice how in the morning that puts spotty showers and a slight chance for the afternoon so it's not going to be a complete washout. right to that california drought monitor. this is really good news. it completely got rid of all the lingering dryness when it came to the rain we got in april and also the rain we've seen in

march. so that's fantastic news. we're going to continue to put a dent in the monitor because come wildfire season that will play a big role. the latest numbers, i have an update on that. north 61% of average. that brings us at about 63% of state average. now keep in mind that the sierra snowpack makes up for about a third of our water supply here in california. that's a big factor as well. late showers, our best chance of seeing potentially widespread will be late sunday night into monday morning. a high of 63. for san francisco we'll see the late showers move in for san francisco as well on sunday night into monday morning. back to you. >> vianey, we'll take it from here where we're looking at, unfortunately, a tragic night in a couple spots. i want to show you video we did get from pleasanton southbound 680, the scene of one of our

deadly crashes. two big rigs were involved as well as the sedan and we had only the left lanes open as the video was taken heading down past the bernal exit. as we look at the map speeds are back at normal and all lanes are clear but the investigation continues over there. moving over to the rest of the bay we're looking at a flow of traffic at the green level. i did mark a crash also westbound highway 4 approaching i-80. the other deadly crash we had this morning that's also got the investigation on the side of the road. contra costa county and alameda county coroners both have work to do this morning. the rest of the bay as you're getting out to essential work, essential business keeping all of us being able to live the life we are living sheltering at home. you're okay getting to the roadways. they are at speed. we'll continue to follow but it's been a tough early morning. please be careful out there. back to you. thanks, mike. 5:21 this morning. and coming up next, a chance to grab some tissues because you're going to need it. we'll talk about this special

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welcome back. it's 5:25. you're watching "today in the bay." this is a picture of chief petty officer charles robbert. the sailor from arkansas was just 41 years old. more than 650 have tested pos i have to. positive. you may recall the back story here the ship's captainkoez cro was fired for sounding the alarm of the outbreak. >> doctors and officers doing the tough job of connecting sick

patients to loved ones through smart phones. a houston nurse who helped a world war ii veteran. take a look. >> telling him amazing grandfat and thanking him for the foundation of faith he had built in his life and it was the last time he opened his eyes was when he heard his daughter's voice. >> she wanted the family to know the veteran was not alone in his last moments. we honor richard stubenger who served this country proudly, a hero right until the end. >> it's hard. it's hard for a lot of folks. >> it's so emotional. so hard for families. our hearts go out to them. >> absolutely. well, prince william is opening a hospital that was built in just eight days.

it's the second of seven being constructed around england to handle the growing number of cases of coronavirus. right now it has 500 beds but b0 more than 13,000 people have died. now we want to give you something to smile about, something good, a glimmer of hope to share this morning, laura. >> oh, my gosh, this is an emotional one. so check out this video from a hospital in new york. a mother who recovered from coronavirus was able to meet her newborn baby for the very first time. they handed the little infant to her. certainly an emotional moment, thursdays and doctors, you hear them clapping and cheering them on. it's amazing. >> beautiful. >> i remember the first time i held my kids and i can't imagine what she went through in surviving that. >> 5:27 for you that morning. coming up next, we'll tell you more about the stories we're

following including ellen going one-on-one with governor newsom. >> stay home and watch "ellen." that's the way we get over this. >> pretty essential. and the day drinking, we'll leave that aside. >> funny there but actually it wasn't all fun and games. up next what the governor is saying about the 200 million masks he promised california. plus, face covering rules go into effect today. a live report next on when and where people should cover up and the fines to pay for breaking those rules.

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good morning to you. your headlines this friday morning at 5:30. and hope this morning in the fight against coronavirus. there are reports the drug company gilead is making major progress in its treatment for covid-19. university of chicago's phase three drug trial found most of its 125 patients in a trial had rapid recoveries in fever and respiratory symptoms and were discharged in less than a week. gilead now intends to enroll 4,000 people in their trials. meantime, a look at the bay area coronavirus crisis, sonoma county added nine new infections bringing the total to 172. san mateo county jumped by 30 cases. so far 28 people have died in that county. san francisco and santa clara counties both have more than 1,000 cases.

and a good friday morning to everyone. thanks for joining us here on "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia working from home as is mike and vianey arana who is in for kari this morning. how is the forecast looking? well, for a friday morning, not bad because it's friday, so we're going to be all right. we have cloudy conditions and satellite radar showing that instability that's going to bring a few showers in through parts of the bay area. not everyone will get to see the rain today, but if you notice southern california on the radar and in through central california, monterey county seeing lightning there. so if you have friends in socal they're going to get that shower activity. cooler temperatures today but i'll go more into detail coming up shortly. laura? >> thank you, vianey. new this morning governor newsom is giving us a better idea what a new normal might look like and when the state starts to ease that stay at home order. he's talking about it today on

"ellen." i want to check in with bob redell, practicing social distancing. people want to know when this could all be lifted. >> reporter: not yet, laura, and that's the whole point of governor gavin newsom's thinking. he has not set a date, a led line when we can start seeing the easing of the stay-at-home restrictions. instead he set up these six criteria that must be met with regard to testing, tracking, tracing, isolation, quarantine and vulnerable populations. that is in order for us to see a partial reopening. yesterday as you saw the governor spoke with ellen degeneres in an interview that will be broadcast later today. newsom does not expect a full reopening of the state until we have immunity or a vaccine. until then here is what he thinks a new normal will look like. >> every establishment you go to, you've got a mask on. your temperature is taken. when you walk into that establishment, it has half the

number of aisles that it used to have. if it's a restaurant or bar, half as many seats. your waiter may come over with gloves. you may have a menu that's disposable. there is nothing normal about that until we get the kind of therapeutics and ultimately get for the herd immunity. >> reporter: you can watch the full interview on "ellen" this afternoon at 4:00 here on nbc bay area. coming up at 6:00 nurses statewide will be protesting. we'll tell you about that. they're protesting for more protection in their fight against covid-19. reporting live here in the east bay, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, bob. it looks like some areas might be loosening restrictions when it comes to covid-19. some bay area government, entities and stores are making rules even tougher. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live in marin county with how masks are required at even more places now, sharon.

>> reporter: that's right, marcus. you're definitely going to need a mass forecast you're getting on a golden gate transit bus and you'll want to keep the mask handy because the rules are definitely changing throughout the bay area. marin county health experts say there will be an announcement today saying people must wear masks at all times if you are in essential services such as grocery stores or riding in buses. this order goes into effect today in sonoma county as well and that affects golden gate transit buses. the new rules will mean only eight passengers allowed on 40-foot buses to allow social distancing and in the city of free month masks are required there, too. the city has issued an executive order making it mandatory for workers and customers at most essential businesses to cover their faces. this includes wearing masks at restaurants, gas stations, >> certainly for those on the frontline who are essential workers, they also twhil being out there serving us want to be

kept safe and this is something we could do to be proactive in addressing it. >> reporter: the face coverings do not need to be medical grade. th m fremont will have the option to fine people up to $100, but she's hoping for compliance. now the mask ordinance ordered here in marin county will go into effect next wednesday because health officials say they want to give people time to adapt to the changes. reporting live here in marin county, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." thank you very much, sharon. it's 5:36 right now. in other news a woman is in critical condition in an east bay hospital this morning. investigators say a witness reported she was being thrown on the side of the road in the oakland hills. officers tracked down tff in a vehicle and a chaseolice car in. officers say the suspect pointed a gun at them, f survive. listen to witnesses describing the ordeal.ame

from different guns and then shortly after i saw helicopters in the sky, the police flooded 37th street. i've never seen them come that quickly. >> had at least 15 cops escort him to the ambulance. they helped him up in there. obviously he was shot, limping, grabbing his leg and looked to be in a lot of pain. >> the officer suffered minor injuries when their vehicle was hit. continuing coverage now of an amber alert. authorities say that 14-year-old nayeli ford seen here has been found. she was taken by two people in idaho and officials thought all three could be heading to our area in santa rosa. once again the 14-year-old has been found and is now safe. no word on the two suspects who allegedly took her. new this morning there are new calls for actually a law

that would allow first responders to be tested for covid-19 first. this comes after the death of a santa rosa police detective mary lou armer denied covid-19 testing twice. now a sonoma county resident has start add petition online to get support from the public. 10,000 people have signed it so far. she tells "the press democrat" testing should be prioritized for all frontline workers. well, today as health care workers leave good samaritan hospital they might be surprised what they see when they walk out to their car. santa clara county fire and local law enforcement plan to show them how much they're appreciated. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us this morning. i hope we're not ruining the surprise here, kris. >> reporter: i did ask that, and we're not. they might know that it's coming but knowing that it's coming and seeing what actually happens is a different story. i want to show you what the

scene was like out at valley medical center earlier this week. you might remember. this is what happened at valley medical center as health care workers finished their night shift and then headed home. firefighters, police, sheriff's deputies from all around santa clara county gathered in the roadway that lines to the parking garage with applause and cheers and flashing lights. even with their masks on we could tell some of the health care workers were emotional. today the same thing will happen here at good samaritan in san jose and at regional medical center in gilroy to show while we can't see what they're doing inside the hospitals we are all very grateful. >> we're often used to be going in thanking our nurses and everyone that works there. despite we're at a distance we want to thank them and remind them we're still one team and we're here to support them.

>> reporter: while the hope is to show appreciation for health care workers here, santa clara county fire is asking the public to show your thanks from home because the last thing anyone wants is to spread that coronavirus to our first responders and our health care workers. we're going to bring that to you live, the show of appreciation in gilroy starts at 6:15 and one here at good samaritan in san jose starts at 7:00. we'll bring you both and put them on our social media platform so you can share with your friends and show your gratitude as well. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> that is fantastic to see. i have a big collage of nurses and doctors from good sam. we just can't thank all these first line responders enough. >> they're doing so much for us and we thank them. we applaud them every day because their task does not end. 5:40 this morning. vianey arana in for kari this morning. vianey looking like another nice

one today? >> yeah, it's going to be cool, comfortable. you can look out for the predicted highs. look out for your city. now i do have a drop in those temperatures on the way, but it's kind of already here because yesterday we were in the 70s and today we're going to be in the mid-60s. morgan hill, 65. san jose, 67. in through the east bay, concord, 70 degrees. oakland, 66. and check out the peninsula and in through san francisco where we'll remain in the 60s as well. up through the north bay we're going to be in the upper 60s. a couple low 70s through ukiah and more rain heading into the week. let's check in with mike with that new normal. that's right. old normal, new normal. you said it. friday is still friday. we have to get that friday feeling with the hem of maeme. these lovely ladies are sitting six feet apart posing for

photographer on the front porch project, a project photographers quickly drive up and shoot portraits of folks posing on their front porch from a distance. next up we have the masked floral designers in front of their shop that has been closed to the public, but at least they still have each other and their masks. talking about chronicling these times, we continue here finally with this family portrait for the ages with brittany on the right. she reached out to me and told me about this new normal and about this fun project showing their spirit as well if not t ppe in and as always i'll be available for you facebook, twitter and the gram. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:42 for you this morning. early jail release. up next president trump's former lawyer is getting out early due to the pandemic, but it will be a while before he's completely free.

we'll i have go ygive you the d coming up. president trump sketches out what he thinks the america will look like in the various stages as we slowly get back to work. but first something good to share with you. ucsf health posting this picture thanking neighbors for cheering on health care heroes every night. the hospital writing, quote, it's a beautiful sound. if you have something good to share with us, tweet us using #somethinggood. with so many nourishing shades,

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hi there. it's 5:45. today will be cool and another cloudy day. into the weekend i'll be tracking showers. i'll have a look at that and what you can expect over the next seven days coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, vianey. so how much taxpayer money will it take to battle the coronavirus here in california? governor newsom says $7 billion. that new information is coming out of the state's first oversight hearing held yesterday. the state has already spent more than $2 billion, a billion went to a chinese company for the 200 million masks the governor secured. lawmakers say newsom has not released those contract details. a worker from a northern

california safeway distribution center has died from covid-19. yesterday during the governor's announcement he said he lost his life to the virus. more than 50 people are infected from that distribution center in tra tracy. in a statement safeway confirmed the death and say their hearts go out to the family. they have procedures in place if someone gets infected. more than 1,000 people worked at that distribution center. president trump's former personal attorney michael cohen is getting out of jail early due to concerns of the coronavirus. he is at a federal facility in new york where several people have tested positive. cohen will be out in two weeks. he'll be under house arrest until november of next year. that's when his three-year sentence for tax fraud and lying to congress ends. another close aide to the president meanwhile will not get a new trial. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. roger stone's guilty verdict will remain.

that's right. his lawyers had asked the judge, laura, for a new trial claiming the jury foreperson in his trial was biased. the judge has said, no, there will be no new trial. stone was convicted of seven felonies including lying to congress and trying to intimidate a witness. his lawyers pointed to the jury foreperson who had previously run for congress as a democrat for being biased. the judge pointed out they knew of her political history before the trial began and did not object during jury selection. other news, a new poll shows the majority of americans worry we'll open the country too early and risk a second wave of infections. 32% of americans polled say we are waiting too long and the economy is in danger. president trump, of course, very eager to open the economy and the country. here is the president. >> governors will be empowered

to tailor an approach that meets the diverse circumstances of their own states. every state is very different. they're all beautiful. we love them all, but they're very, very different. if they need to remain closed, we will allow them to do that. and if they believe it is time to reopen, we will provide them the freedom and guidance to accomplish that task and very, very quickly depending on what they want to do. >> now as you hear the president talk about federal guidelines you hear him say words like empowering and we will allow them. a reminder, the governors do not work for the president of the united states. they work for the voters in their particular states and they can do what it is they want to do. now one other fact check. the president tweeted speaker of the house nancy pelosi, praising nancy pelosi, he said, had deleted this tweet in which

encouraged people to visit businesses in san francisco's chinatown. now she did do -- she did encourage people to visit but a check of websites that collect deleted tweets shows she never made such a tweet and her office confirms that. well, we are certainly making tweets we don't delete. follow me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you very much, scott. now during this pandemic state parks and beaches across the state have imposed some pretty major restrictions. just this week santa cruz county started lifting some of those rules but if you're thinking about returning fully back to normal think again. joining me now via skype this morning is the public safety superintendent for california state parks in the santa cruz district. thanks for getting up early and joining us this morning. >> absolutely. good morning. >> we're only about 24 hours into these new rules. can you tell us what they are and how people are responding?

>> yeah, california state parks completely understands the need of the people of california to recreate and enjoy outdoor areas. so for us it's really a balancing act between that need and the need for public safety during this pandemic. currently state parks has varying degrees of closures throughout the state. some parks are completely closed. in santa cruz county all parking areas are closed. camping is closed. tours, visitor centers, all those things are closed. so it's walk-in, bike acc live area. >> will you bey checking people's i.d.s to see i live in the area? >> we will not be checking i.d.s. so far what we've been doing it's been more of an educational

stance. our frontline individuals are out there and just educating people about social distancing. if people don't heed the advice on social distancing, they're asked to leave. if we don't get compliance from that point forward rangers and lifeguards will take further action. >> okay. i think there is a lot of confusion for people, what's open, what's not, who can go, who can't. it sounds like the people in that area if you can walk or at least bike to the area. no driving in and parking. >> that's correct. and i would urge -- >> how can people find out if they have questions? you have a website, i understand. >> yes, we do. that gives park specific information along with the most current up-to-date information from state parks. >> perfect. we will check it public safety superintendent for california state parks forz dis. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you.

5:52 for you that morning. here is something good. animal shelters are doing great these days. i want to you check out the florida shelter that adopted out all of the dogs for the first time in its 50-year history. take a look. and the applause goes on and on. the palm beach county animal shelter cleared 48 of its double-sided crates, more than 100 dogs. the staff posted this video. by the way bay area shelters are also doing great helping a lot of loving animals find their forever homes and the demand is high right now. if you're wondering should i adopt a dog why not ask vianey arana. she has a beautiful little dog there. did you get him from a shelter? >> he is a rescue pup from e whl paso. he's taking a nap right next to me. he's being a good boy.

let's get right to your forecast. before that i want to talk about some stargazing activity because we have three planets in view. this will be one of your final days to see this great phenomenal we can expect this morning. look to the southeast. if you have a telescope you'll be treated to a glimpse of the moon, ma moon, mars, saturn. i know it's cloudy in some spots but hopefully you get to do it. this will not happen again for several years. as far as the weather goes we do have some rain activity. we have a low-pressure system churning through southern california in through central california. southern california is seeing some lightning and thunderstorm activity. here locally an isolated chance of seeing some showers, monterey county will also see that. and the temperatures will be in the 60s. 67 degrees for san jose. 66 in oakland. san francisco, 60 degrees. and look at what we're tracking the next seven days.

so even though we're tracking some spotty showers today our best chance of seeing rain where it becomes more widespread will make its way in on sunday night, mainly after 10:00 p.m. so most of your sunday will be dry and a lot of that rain will move in probably while you're sleeping. if you look at the green, which was the rain, the shower activity, it seems to sort of fall apart. right now not a very organized system which means less than a quarter of an inch of rain and the temperatures will be the coolest on monday with a high of 63. by tuesday, wednesday and thursday of next week we'll warm up and dry out again. marcus? >> thanks, vianey. happening now for you a u.s. and russian spacecraft are back and astronauts landed in central kazakhstan. more news after br

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5:58 for you this morning. you know those federal stimulus payments, well, they started landing in people's bank accounts yesterday. laura, not everyone's. >> no, a lot of people expecting them are saying they've received nothg from a lot of viewers like michelle, matthew and to find out at irs.gov by clicking this button here that says get my payment. but that's where a lot of people are getting hung up.

instead they're seeing a message that says payment status not available. so what does that message mean? the irs says it could mean a lot of things. it's possible you're not eligible or you didn't have a tax return to check out in 2018 or 2019 or the irs just doesn't have information available for you yet. so what do you do to get paid? the irs encourages you to check again once daily. really, that's what they're saying. but don't check too frequently. they warn you could be locked out for 24 hours if you check too often. michelle in san ramon and matthew told us their deposits were sent to the wrong bank accounts. what do you do there? for now, wait and watch your mail. the irs says it will wait for the old bank to reject the deposit, then it will mail a paper check to you. i recommend checking with your old bank yourself to see if the money might have landed there anyway. we're going to get more of these questions and will try to answer

them. submit yours at nbcbayarea.com. just tap responds in the main menu. good morning to you. your headlines right now at 6:00. breaking news, new hope in the fight against coronavirus. there are reports a drug company is making major progress in its treatment for covid-19, and that has the markets bullish. we'll have a live report in moments. and the big picture across the country this hour here in the u.s. the number of coronavirus cases is now nearing 700,000. nearly 33,000 people have died but some promising news the curve seems to be on the down swing across the country. and thank you for joining us this morning here on "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we made it to friday. now just have to make it through. vianey is in for kari this morning. how are we