of those cheering him on. >> reporter: this is the first time america heard daly city native francisco martin. >> you are top ten. >> reporter: francisco did not just make it to the top ten, but top five of "american idol." >> i didn't expect to be this far into the competition, but i'm happy that i have this report on both the sides, americans and philippines. >> reporter: the once shy nervous contestant began to win over america's heart after each performance where his voice and songwriting separated him from the competition. >> you're so smooth when you delivered that. sounded like it was professionally recorded in a studio somewhere. that's how good it was, francisco. congratulations. >> thank you. >> reporter: telling stories about the young drummers they have known for years. >> you're basically family, not just neighbors. >> pretty much family. we all moved here a year before he was born. >> reporter: a full-on neighborhood army that organized this parade. >> here is the neighborhood graphic designer. he's the one behind all these cars having the "american idol" logo. >> they asked me

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 dealin

next "american idol" could be from san francisco. >> the next person into your top seven is francisco martin. francisco. congratulations. >> oh, yeah. >> really, you are in the "american idol" top seven. >> thank you so much. >> he is singing "you'll be in my heart" from "tarzan." >> i just want to hear him sing. well, fans of the show. ♪ yes, you'll be in my heart >> yes, francisco. okay. so, fans of the show voted for their top seven favorites and martin is the 19-year-old son and he has thrilled the fans from the beginning. grace leer did not make the cut. if you want to vote for francisco, go to idolvote@abc.com and the "american idol" finale right here on abc7. yes, francisco. i'm going to go vote for him during the break. >> that's awesome. you know what it was? he sang my song. >> that is your song. >> it's the one i wanted to hear. it's a winner, winner. well, good for him. congratulations. all right. and grace, i'm sure she was very graceful in accepting what happened and she did a great job through that. we're very proud of her. a look at walnut creek. not sure how emeryville got o

. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, francisco martin's family was ready for a win. he may have come up in his quest for the next "american idol." we will hear from his brother on how the end may just be the beginning. >> that is the whole test. i'm not in pain. >> new york's governor decides he needs to get a message across about the coronavirus. >>> all right, and we have some rain moving in. another round. in fact, the heaviest rain will be coming in the >>> daly city francisco martin made the bay area proud in the "american idol" phil, he didn't win the title but made it to the top five and stole hearts while igniting a community along the way. luz pena is live from the newsroom and you had a chance to speak to the family. >> i did, eric, i love watching "american idol" with my family and i francis c francisco's first performance and he is so much more confident and i spoke to his brother and he said that francisco is excited and eager to record his own music. >> this was the first time america heard daly city native francisco marten. >> would you faint if i told

going to, so just what it means t me and coming from a small town and pursuing this dream. >> francisco martinsan francisco also is in the top 11. what is your relationship with francisco? >> francisco and i are great friends. he's representing the bay area so as well. it's really fun to have been climbing this competition with the two of us from the bay. ♪ someday i'll wish upon a star ♪ >> what are we going to see sunday now? >> it's mother's day so it's going to be a combination of disney songs and mother's day tributes. they're going to reveal who was voted into the top seven and again, there will be more voting at the end of the episode. it's going to be another episode to be ready for. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> good luck to both francisco and grace. you want to watch here on abc 7 a special mother's day edition of "american idol" and be sure to get the votes in to help send them to the top seven next week. guys, back to you. >> both super talented. cheer grace and francisco on and catch tonight's "american idol" at 8:00 p.m. here on abc 7. >>> much more in our next half hour of "abc 7

daly city's francisco martin hoping to become the next "american idol." he has for the bay area while his mom fights covid on the front lines. >>> plus the brand new time today, the red hot documentary "last dance" airs the final two episodes, fans wait for live sports to return. tonight a look at the final team who thought they could take down the bulls dynasty. >> we were confident that dethrone the bulls. we felt like we were just as versatile. >> i had to pick a team that gave us the toughest time in the east, you know, in the end it was probably the toughest outside of detroit. >> ratings for "the last dance" have been through the roof. watch it on our sister station tonight on espn. >>> the nba, nhl and major league baseball are making plans returning to action this summer. abc 7 sports anchor 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 is going to tee off next month. pg&e tour events. but what about baseball?cog to

local finalist francisco martin made the bay area proud. his daly city friends and family made shirts and put on that car parade. he had quite the journey. he was labeled an early front-runner separating him from the competition. >> you're so smooth when you delivered that. it sounded like it was professionally recorded in a studio somewhere. that's how good it was, francisco. congratulations. >> and here's francisco's instagram post after his top five finish. in part that he's grown so much as a human and as an artest and he says the next chapter is coming soon. as we all know, when it comes to reality show competitions like these, it's not if you're the winner of the competition, it's if you made your mark and i think francisco really made his mark. >> yeah, i don't think this is the last we're ever going to see from that guy, at all. >> i'm happy about that. >> good for everybody. great show. >>> let's talk about what is happening. light rain falling across parts of the bay area. light overhead storm and yeah it's may and we're talking r

so just what it means to ne and coming from a small town and pursuing this dream. >> francisco martinis in the top eleven. what is your relationship with francisco. >> we're great friends. he's representing the bay area so well. it's fun to have been climbing this competition, you know, with the two of us from the bay. >>. ♪ some day i'll wish upon a star ♪ >> what are we going to see sunday now? >> it's mother's day so it's going to be a combination of disney songs and mother's day tributes. they're going to reveal who was voted into the top 7 and, again, there will be more voting at the end of the episode. it's going to be another episode to be >> good luck to both francisco and grace, you're going to want to watch on abc 7. a very special mother's day edition of "american idol" and be sure to get the votes in to send them to the top 7 next week. back to you. >> chris, thank you very much, and obviously no pressure there for grace orco cotions to themg able to perfor high pressure environment. that's it for tonight. i'm eric thomas, abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at five. fiv

francisco martin from san francisco and grace leer a danville native face the judges.ille to follow her dream. this morning, chris alvarez stat down with leer to ask wher whhe it's like to be like on the doorstep. >> it is a big weekend for fran francisco martin and grace leer. grace leer played soccer at cal and now she's on the verge of the top ten in "american idol." >> with stay-at-home orders across the nation like many productions we have to shift the way we make our show. >> reporter: you were part of an historic "american idol" you performed from home. ♪ so cry just a little for me >> reporter: what was it actually like? >> it was amazing. it's different without the crowd. it's different without the live band but for me, i treated it like any other performance. i had so much fun. that song meant a lot to me, and i was just really wanting to get that emotion across even if it was just through that iphone camera. i knew that millions of people are watching it on the other side. >> reporter: you performed from your backyard. did you have to say hey neighbors, quie

so was it means to me and coming from a small town and pursuing this dream. >> francisco martin of sanncisco also is in the top 11. what is your relationship with francisco? >> oh, francisco and i are great friends. he's representing the bay area so well. it's really fun to have been climbing this competition with the two of us from the bay. ♪ what will we see sunday now? >> mother's day. so it's going to be a combination of disney songs and mother's day tributes. they're going to reveal who was voted into the top seven and, again, there will be more voting at the end of the episod. definitely will be another episode to be ready for. ♪ >> good luck to both francisco and grace. you're going to want to watch here on abc7, a very herbal special mother's day edition of "american idol." be sure to get the votes in to help send them to the top seven next week. guys, back to you. >> that third grade clip is so cute. you can catch "american idol" right here tonight on abc7 at 8:00 p.m. >>> coming up -- taking precautions. the top white house health adviser in quarantine. >>> going against the

francisco martin from san francisco and grace leer, a danville native.e a long way but tonight face a tough decision from the public and judges. this morning abc7 sports anchor sat down with grace leer to ask her what it's like to be on the doorstep of the top ten. >> it's a big weekend for two bay area natives, francisco martin and grace leer. looer played soccer at cal and now she's on the verge of the top ten of "american idol." >> with stay -at-home orders, w had to shift the way we make our show. >> being part of an historic "american idol" where you guys performford home. ♪ cry just a little for me >> what was it actually like? >> it was amazing. it's different without the crowd. it's different without the live band. but for me, i treated it like any other performance. i had so much fun. that song means a lot to me and i was just wanting to get that emotion across, even if it was just through the iphone camera. i knew millions were watching on the other side. >> you performed from your backyard. did you have to say nashs, quiet, i got the biggest p

abc7 sports anchor chris alvarez asked danville's grace leer what it's like to compete against francisco martinri great friends. he is representing the bay area so well. it's really fun to have been climbing this competition, you know, with the two of us from the bay. ♪omeay i'll shn a star ♪ >> i love that they're rooting for each other too. tonight's episode will feature performances from the top seven contestants, all hoping to make the top five, and you can cheer on grace and francisco tonight on "american idol" at 8:00 right here on abc7. >>> all right. time now to take a look at the weather forecast. i it. >> there is. and there is a couple of days that we find rain on the seven-day forecast, eric. we're going say bye-bye to the heat of the past couple of days and say hello to some showers starting tomorrow. live doppler 7 along with satellite right now showing you it's a pretty clear picture for a lot of us, but you can see that cloud cover banked up right along the coastline on satellite. it's our storm that will be approaching overnight and starting to rain first thing tomorrow morning

. >> "american idol" bay area represent two contestants trying to get in the top seven, francisco martin of daly city and danville's grace leer. earlier i caught up with the former cal women's soccer star to talk about her bay area roots and friendship with francisco. grace leer. congratulations. >> yes! >> does it ever get old when ryan seacrest says, grace leer! >> wno, oh my gosh it was so exciting. as you could see from my face i was shocked and so happy. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow >> reporter: why did you choose "somewhere over the rainbow"? >> it's a song close to home. as you saw in that clip i performed it at my third great talent show. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow >> full circle moment, singing it minutes away from my elementary school that i grew up going to, so just what it means to me and coming from a small town and pursuing this dream. >> francisco martin of san francisco also is in the top 11. what is your relationship with francisco? >> francisco and i are great friends. he's representing the bay area so as well. it's really fun to have been climbing this competition wi

francisco martin is a college student at san mateo. as dedicated his performances to his mother, a front line nurse here in san francisco. francisco has dazzled arift wee. francisco took time yesterday to talk with abc news anchor kristen sze about making it on live and about last week's mother's day performance. >> i wish all the contestants the best. everyone is super talented. i'm ready for whatever happens. we'll be revealing the top five at the top of the show and the show goes on from there and the voting happens during the show. so, yeah, it airs on the east coast live. west coasters have to vote earlier during the show. while it's airing in the east coast. >> you nailed last week's mother's day show. in fact, your mom works at laguna hospital, right, treating covid patients? >> yes. >> tell us about her and the special feeling you had last week when you sang. >> yeah. my mom is like superwoman to me. i love her so much. she's such a brave person. she goes out every single day, going on the front lines. she's so selfless. she car

. >>> it all comes down to this for francisco martin, hoping to be named the next american idol. we have been following the journey all season. ♪ >> would you faint if i told you, you are top ten? >> contestants are performing at home. yesterday, friends did a drive-by parade in front of his home. check out the giant tv trucks out front. >> go team francisco! >> the support is not just from the bay area. he is getting love and votes from across the globe. >> i didn't expect to be this far into the competition. i'm happy that i have the support on both sides, american and philippines. >> all the contestants have bright futures. >> they're all going to come down with careers. i will tell you this right now. >> watch "american idol" right here on abc7 at 8:00 tonight. our best wishes and good luck to francisco. >>> from francisco to the weather. good to see you. >> thanks. hi. we have had quite a bit of weather today. we had sunshine. we had rain. occasionally, even heavier rainfall. we can lock at live doppler 7 to show you what's going on. tho thunderstorm activity east of sacrame

francisco martin of san francisco made the final spot. is performing from home. ♪ and i need you to know that will falling like the stars falling in love ♪ >> look at this. so, his family joined him at the end of the song, including his mom. she's a front line nurse at laguna honda hospital. francisco said something that made him a little anxious and really helped that he is at home instead of at l.a. while all of this is going on. danville native grace shared some teared and she made the top ten. >> grace lee. congratulations. >> very good! >> grace. >> i love to see that. so now francisco and grace, your votes to the top seven. get to idolvote.com so you can vote for them. idolvote.abc.com and the reason why we want to be particular is because you can vote right now all the way up until 6:00 this morning. and you can watch "american idol" sundays at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc7. >>> this is really cool, happening today dion lim will be a guest live on "kelly and ryan." she will join the pair virtually and talk about the need for positiv

. >>> and the moment of truth for daly city francisco martin. he is not going to be the next "american idol" but his musical journey is far from over. >>> but, first, here's drew tuma. >> tracking light showers out there on live doppler 7 and today it is a level one light storm system we have for our wa zoomn and finding scattered showers as we head into the east bay, you can see near muraga and light rain in your neighborhood. and the wider picture looping it over the past two hours, the bulk of the rain early this morning that waseay the south bay is pushing off to the east. and while the showers will not be an all-day event where you live, we'll still track them on and off throughout the morning hours. right now, we're in the mid 50s to lower 60s and on the storm impact scale today level one light system on and off showers and a chance of a possible thunderstorm later on this afternoon. so, as we head into the next few hours, by 4:00, you can see we'll get some pops of sunshine here and there. that could initiate a thundershower and we'll kee

daly city's francisco martin hoping to become the next "american idol." he has for the bay area while his mom fights covid on the front lines. >>> plus major league baseball's anfirst-titurn to ay. >>> in sports today, jordan is back for the last time today, the red hot documentary "last dance" airs the final two episodes, fans wait for live sports to return. tonight a look at the final team who thought they could take down the bulls dynasty. >> we were confident that we can dethrone the bulls. we felt like we were just as versatile. >> i had to pick a team that gave us the toughest time in the east, you know, in the end it was probably the toughest outside of detroit. >> ratings for "the last dance" have been through the roof. watch it on our sister station tonight on espn. >>> the nba, nhl and major league baseball are making plans returning to action this summer. abc 7 sports anchor chris alvarez has an updatein this morning's sports. >> hi, everybody. welcome to sports now. sports are slowly making a comeback. the ufc has returned. nascar is returning

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

francisco martin of daly city and danville's grace leer saw their dreams continue as they now attempthis weekend. abc7 news's chris alvarez back with us and caught up with the former cal women's soccer star and checking in and see if she can make it all the way to the finals. chris? >> yeah. one step closer, larry. it's becoming our weekly conversation with grace. and today i talked to her about her bay area roots and her fellow bay area contestant on "american idol." >> grace leer, congratulations! >> does it ever get old when ryan seacrest says "grace leer"? >> no, it does not get old. oh, my gosh, that was so exciting, as you guys can see from my face. i was shocked. and so happy. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow >> why did you choose "somewhere over the rainbow"? >> it's a song that's really close to home for me. as you saw in the clip, i performed it at my third grade talent show. ♪ over the rainbow >> full circle moment, singing it minutes away from my elementary school that i grew up going to. so just what it means to me and coming from a small town and pursuing those dreams. >> fr

after hours of waiting, daly city native francisco martin earned his ticket into the "american idol"1. >> that's when my anxiety level kicked in, and i was just scared, and i don't know what's going to happen. i was just praying. and when i heard my name, i freaked out. my heart skipped some beats. thank you to america for voting and for voting me in. i really appreciate that that was awesome. >> should this be a surprise? the "idol" judges tabbed him as one of the top ten from day one. yet the moment of excitement still filled the 19-year-old. >> it could have gone to anyone. and my mind was racing. what is going to happen? i don't know. and then they called my name and i was what? that was such a genuine reaction for me. >> the theme of the week was home. francisco performed his rendition of "falling like the stars." a way to honor his mother and brother who are fighting on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. >> just the thought of my mom and my brother, both of them working the front lines as nurses. i'm overall proud of them. they're both amazing people, and they're so b

. >>> daly city's francisco martin is still going strong on "american idol." all right.re going switch stories here. here we go. in the south bay, let's talk about this. many nonprofit organizations have really been reporting a huge spike in the demand for services. one area we're seeing the desperate need is for food, of course, as thousands line up every day throughout the valley to get help to feed their families. here is abc7 news reporter chris nguyen. >> in silicon valley, another day, another drive-through distribution. >> things are a little tough right now. mom and i are both a little handicap and so forth. >> in what has become an all too familiar scene, hundreds are lined up for food at st. lucie parish. michael finds i want tough to go shopping for grocery. >> these people being out here for us and taking their time and risking their health and support to help us, shurks it's just incredible. a show of gratitude. >> whether you're rich or poor, we're all broken and all traumatized at some level. >> officials with catholic charities say the demand for help as

. ♪ >> francisco martin from daly city says one of his biggest supporters has been his mom, a nurse wholaguna honda hospital and has been treating covid patients. >> my mom is like superwoman to me. i love her so much. she's such a brave person. and she goes out every single day going on the front lines, and she's so selfless. she cares about others, not just her family. >> tomorrow's voting process is a little unusual. so listen up if you want to support francisco. if he makes it through to the top five, voting will open right after that announcement on the east coast broadcast of "idol," which is 5:00 p.m. our time. then at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow tune in right here to abc 7 to watch "american idol." >> and we wish him so much good luck. and not only that but we're watching the weather and drew tuma's standing by with some spring-like temperatures. drew? >>> it was a mild start to the weekend. very nice, comfortable mainly in the 70s. tomorrow it's a different forecast. we're talking cooler weather and rain crossing through the bay area. live doppler 7 along with satellite right now showin

. >>> the moment of truth for francisco martin., he won't be the next "american idol" but his musical journey is not over. i know, let's try to keep it together this morning. it was hard to hear. but, he's so talented, i'm sure he will be okay. it is monday, may 18th and guess what drew tuma is here. >> you have someone in the studio with you. you are going to love it or hate it that it's not silent any more. live doppler 7 showing you pretty active in the south bay. san jose and pops of yellow and orange and light to moderate showers working through the south bay. in the north bay, very light and isolated in nature from santa rosa over to sonoma to light sprinkles in the early monday morning hour. a level one system we have overhead. really the focus of the showers is in the first half of your day. mid day there is the chance of a es w cou encounter some small hail. we'll keep our eye on that. peeks of sunshine later the afternoon and cooler afternoon in terms of main numbers in the 60s across the board and by 7:00 p.m., a chance

. >> the next person into your top seven, is francisco martin. francisco, congratulations. >> oh, yeah, oh, yeah. >> you are in the "american idol" top seven. >> thank you so much. >> he is singing "you'll be in my heart" from francisco. >> ♪ you'll be in my heart ♪ you'll be in my heart. >> francisco is the 19-year-old son of filipino immigrants and thrilled the judges and america from the start. unfortunately, grace lear of danville did not make the cut tonight. if you want to vote for francisco, do it now and see the results next sunday at 8:00 p.m. for the "american idol" finale right here on abc 7. >>> well, a young musical duo from sebatapol is performing songs to help us during the pandemic, and of course, being this week is mother's day. >> they call themselves two scoops, and they perform every friday, at 5:00 p.m., on facebook live. the goal, to help a local ice cream shop survive in these tough times. >> there is a local ice cream store here, friends and family work there and they have been incredible during the pandemic, packaging ice

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francisco martin of san francisco made the final spot and here he is performing from ho home. ♪ and i know that we're falling so fast we're falling like the stars ♪ ♪ falling in love >> so, his family joined him at the end of the song, including his mom who is a front line nurse at laguna honda hospital. it made him a little anxious and he's happy that he can be at home instead of in l.a. during all of this. meanwhile, danville native grace leer shed some tears after hearing she made the top ten. > grace leer. congratulations. >> very good. >> grace. >> so now both grace and francisco are waiting until sunday to see if they can make it into the top seven and you can watch "american idol" sundays at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc7. you know what else you can watch? >> what's that? >> i am getting ahead of myself. dion. she's going to be -- i was waiting for the video. so, abc7 news anchor dion lim is going to be on "kelly & ryan" and join them virtually and talk about coronavirus, race and need for positive news. she posted this picture on instagram and said the show had to rebook her las

. >> with his mother, a frontline nurse in the bay, up next, what francisco martin is saying about thee. >>> here is a live look from our mt. tam camera. it's so pretty this morning. really cool clouds there. >>> this is a new trend we're seeing. people aren't going swimming, they are enjoying a meal in northern germany. a restaurant owner thought having people wear hats with pool noodles would not only encouraopen to limited guests but it might generate some laughs as well. it's gone viral around the world clearly. this is in germany, but it is pretty clever. maybe we'll see that happen here. who knows? >>> and closer to home in the making its best of thesiat th h t ive-througrraduat scol sfflace cap and the wel,uld upyesterday. the principal said it was heartbreaking not to give the students the regular ceremony tat they deserve, but the school is organizing a virtual one for june 9th. >>> this is such a special time of year and i hope all these different unique ways that these grads, lisa, are celebrating makes a difference and is memorable for all of them. >> oh, for sure. yes. def

. >>> now on to "american idol" and a big night for san francisco native francisco martin, he made thein the top ten, here he is performing from home. ♪ ♪ >> his family joined him at the end of the song, including mom, who is a front line has said it has made him anxious and happy to be home, he says and you can watch "american idol" sundays at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. >>> time now for sports with chris alvarez. >> coming up in sports, we go down memory lane for a very special win from the warriors 13 years ago today. and we catch up with the giants third baseman evan longoria to we're herewow. you and we're open. i'm an original. one of a kind. you feel me? love ya'. oop! you look cute! better than you? pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just $5.99. michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about you, your company. well, i wouldn't have done any of it without you. without this place. this is for you. michael, you didn't have to... and, we're going to need some help with the rest. you've worked so hard to achieve so much. perh

francisco martin of daly city and danville's grace leer will attempt to reach the top seven this weekendsee if they make it at 8:00 p.m. on sunday here on abc 7. >>> that was fun. >>> we want to bring back michael finney because he has a really sweet, touching story to share tonight. michael, i love it. >> thanks. look, i hear from a lot of people. i'm fortunate. i get to help a lot of people. sometimes i get a consumer complaint and i just can't get it solved. let me show you a letter i received written by 6-year-old saul. dear michael finney, can you please ask the coronavirus to go away by may 11th. >> because my teacher won't come to my house if the coronavirus doesn't go away. >> he's a first grader in hafrd. his teacher, rachel stockwell forwarded my the letter via email. >> his mom sent me the note with the invitation and she asked if i would send it to you. >> rachel has been teaching remotely since mid-march. >> all right. boys and girls, we are telling time again today. >> to kick off internet learning, rachel delivered books to her students' homes and he wanted her to come ins

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francisco martin made the final spot and here he is performing from home. ♪ and i need you to know we'realling like the stars falling in love ♪ >> his family joined him at the end of the song, including his mom who is a front line nurse at laguna honda hospital. francisco said that is something that has made him anxious but helped him to be here at home instead of in l.a. meanwhile, danville native grace shared some tears. congratulations. >> oh, very good.good. grace. >> so now both francisco and grace need your help to make it into the top seven. you just have to go to idolvote.abc.com and you can vote for about ten more minutes because it closes at 6:00 this morning. and you can watch "american idol" sundays at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc7. these sets keep getting better and better, friend. francisco had the lights in the background. >> the lights. he was taking us to space. i was totally into it. congratulations to both of them. i'm so glad they're advancing. >> yes, me, too. >>> airlines are now mandating masks and they're cutting back on seats to maintain social distancing. coming

. >>> daly city's francisco martin is one of seven contestants remaining with a chance to win "american this sunday right here on abc7. danville's grace leer did not advance to the season finale, but i think most people who have heard her sing would agree the former cal women soccer star's future in music is really really bright. chris alvarez caught up with grace who is pretty excited about her future in country music. chris? >> yeah, and larry, she really should be. we've been covering here for a while now. weekly for about the last month or so. and while she is disappointed to not be the next "american idol," she is very excited for the road ahead. >> in that top seven, which means we do have to say goodbye to jovan, sophia, grace. >> when you think about your time on the show, what jumps out to you? >> oh, my gosh, this h be opportunity. honestly, this feels like a launching pad for me. ♪ make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> all right. so what's next for grace leer? >> what's next for me is getting back to nashville. i am hoping to get back as soon as it's safe and getting back to

. >> up next, we catch up with francisco martin and his family.h what's ahead on abc7 news at 5:00. >> really pulling for him. new at 5:00, kristen, a man many thought would not make it. now awake from a coma after testing positive for coronavirus. it's a miracle recovery. we'll have the story. >>> plus -- >> this project so much is the berkeley spirit of you see a problem and here is a solution. >> the students who built a virtual graduation and are now hours away from seeing it all come true. come true. those stories and ♪ got me >>> we have been following along with bay area nay native all season on american idol. he made it to the final. family and friends talk with community journalist. >> francisco started on american idol has a shy kid with a ton of talent and expectation. now he's in the final. >> i remember i first started. we don't know who's going to make it through. we're just very happy for him. from all the contestants that auditioned he's in the final. >> his family and friends across the country have been cheering all season. you m

tienen órdenes más restrictivas a lo anunciado hoy por el gobernador, son san francisco, alameda, contra costa, san martínel día de hoy las órdenes se mantienen. san francisco específico que solo hasta el 18 de mayo permitirá que gente venga a recoger cosas a las tiendas que pueden reabrir negocios que no son al aire libre así que como vemos aquí hay un conflicto por ahora, regresó con ustedes al estudio. >>> importante tomar en cuenta estos condados en el área de la bahía, el fiscal del condado alameda y el fiscal general de california presentaron en conjunto nueve cargos contra el dueño del supermercado en pantalla por aumentar precios ilegalmente. los clientes comenzaron a expresar quejas por aumentos en el costo de los alimentos, la ley estatal prohíbe cobrar precios que excedan más del 10 por ciento del precio de un artículo durante una declaración de emergencia, en el norte de california condados y ciudades recibieron más de $17,000,000 en subvenciones para responder a las agencias de seguridad pública . el departamento de justicia otorgó estos dineros a través de un programa suplementario de urgenc

martin. >> i am elizabeth cook. san francisco is one of the counties allowing some stores reopened with modifications. kpix 5's andria borba found some owners say that my not be possible. >> reporter: as early as last week, mayor london breed was talking about bookshops, hobby stores, music stores reopening with curbside pickup on the 18th. today, she expanded that to 95% of retail in san francisco with the exception of malls. is finally official. may 18 mark san francisco's move into phase 2 with modifications starting with retail. >> i am really excited about this because this is going to not only support the jobs that hopefully many will return as result of this, this will support the communities and the people who love these businesses and want to see them continue. it's a continued step in the right direction. >> reporter: where sparkling shop windows had been replaced with plywood, the apocalyptic field has been replaced. >> i like going to the shots. they are all friends. it is a small neighborhood love for them to be open

francisco on monday. they've been distributing food to those who need it the most. martin luther king, jr., middle school on monday. they're looking for volunteers for two different shifts. you must reserve a spot to volunteer. they will not take walk-ins. >>> san francisco's popular restaurant chain, the grove, may be at risk of closing. abc 7 news was at the fill more street location earlier today. the owners said they may have to close this location and decided to close the haze valley restaurant permanently. they say bank of america failed to submit a loan they applied for to keep their business running and reapplying would take weeks. the owners are worried the fill more restaurant won't turn april profit because of limited seating space and social distancing mesh ushs. >> to the north bay, casino furloughed many employees on friday. and management took a 20% pay cut. security to maintenance and cleaning crews remain on the job. it employs more than 2,000 people and one of the largest in the bay area. an official told the santa rosa press democrat, the casino is looki

martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. kenny choi is live in san francisco with an emotional homecoming. kenny? >> this family has a big reason to celebrate and to be thankful and certainly are. they live close by but for 2 months they were not able to see this fighter face-to-face until today. >> a moment to pure joy, tears, and cheers. >> moving on to my second life and it is a second life. >> he spent 40 days in an induced coma as part of his battle after rushing to the 20. >> it's a miracle that i'm here and alive. >> for months he could only see and talk to his family through zoom chats. >> go, poppa, go. >> and face time. >> always asking, where is poppa? >> he and his wife traveled to europe and africa in march but suddenly felt ill. he ended up spending 34 days on a ventilator. >> he told me he wasn't going to die and i held him to it so i knew that this day would come. >> that bond is their strength. 2 days ago he sent linda 40 red roses, 2 white ones, and 9 candles representing children and grandkids they celebrated their 40th anniversary far apart on line but in dozens of ways, toget

miles marcharon en cleveland también san francisco todos unidos por el mismo sentir >> los disturbios ocurridos en atlanta georgia no tienen el espíritu de martindesató una furía como la vivida en la víspera. >> (información en pantalla) >> el gobernador de georgia dijo que a pedido de la alcaldesa emitió estado de emergencia y podría enviar 500 miembros de la guardia nacional al lugar >> así inicia una nueva era en la conquista del espacio nasa y spacex ahora la aeronave va rumbo al espacio >> se vivió con emoción en todos los puntos de donde se podía observar, pero también con un tanto de angustia, pues en esta aeronave había dos vidas humanas hace 9 años no se enviaban astronautas al espacio. esta vez se hizo en una compañía privada, despejo desde houston a la estación espacial internacional, y donald trump no se quiso perder el evento. con mike pence, vicepresidente ambos sin cubre bocas >> es una hazaña para el sector privado, es un cambio de paradigma, es extraordinario >> el segmento interior del falcón 9 se desprendio y podrá ser reutilizado a futuro, el evento estuvo amenazado por el mal tiempo, pero el despegue fue un éxito. >> la apu

francisco on monday. it's been using pop up pantries as ways to distribute food to those who need it the most. mondays will be at martin luther king, jr. midial school and the school is looking for people to volunteer for different shifts. people must reserve a spot to volunteer. they will not take any walk ins. >>> san francisco's popular restaurant chain the grove may be at risk of closing. abc 7 news was at the philmore street location earlier today. they may have to close this location and have decided to close the hayes valley restaurant permanently. they say bank of america failed to submit a loan they applied for to keep their business running and reapplying would take weeks. the owners are worried the philmore restaurant won't turn a pruft of limited seating space and social distancing measures. in the north bay now gradin resort and casino furlou about 150 of the workers remained on the job from security to maintenance and cleaning crews. the owncasino employs more than 2,000 people and an official told the press democrat the casino is looking to potentially reopen in june and has a plan it's sent to governor

martin. ken's off tonight. the unusually warm weather had been crowds packing san francisco's ocean beach.eorologist paul joining us with details on a hotter day tomorrow. >> today's temperatures broke records in a number of spots. concord got up to 99 degrees. san jose tied today's record high temperature of 95. oakland broke a record high temperature. 91 degrees. santa rosa two degrees off today's record. made it all the way up to 94. even san francisco climbed above 80 but along the coast, half moon bay only made it to 66 degrees. you're likely to make it into the 70s tomorrow. the heat advisory includes all of our inland locations around the bay area. it's even an excessive heat warning for solano county. the hottest days are going to be tomorrow and wednesday. triple digit temperatures likely farther inland and air quality is going to be a concern. code orange alert for the north bay, east bay, and santa clara valley. we'll talk about which records are likely to fall tomorrow coming up in a few minutes. >>> hot temperatures bringing droves of people out to bay area beaches. kpix 5's j

con orgullo a ver las caras martín placencia noticiero telemundo 48 >> tantos trabajadores de mujer fueron afectados por la pandemia en el periódico de san franciscol día de maÑana. pasemos con guillermo quirós para el pronóstico las condiciones del tiempo cómo está guillermo >>> gracias césar muy bien desde casa para todos ustedes con mucho gusto, de hecho esta imagen ha sido un momento ahora podemos ver cómo sigue entrando y como muestra para nosotros y siguen las temperaturas. a ver la imagen un poco más oscura frente a las costas de san francisco y como va entrando la línea costera algunas lluvias en santa cruz en anticipado con el movimiento de circulación en el pacífico y continúa trayendo condiciones estables estamos viendo para san francisco temperaturas en los 67, san josé 72÷ parcialmente nublado, y por cierto vean las fotos de arcoiris que nos en ver ustedes ayer, se alistaron en el área de la bahía. manden sus fotos, oakland, 68, maÑanas temperatura amigos, alcanzaron los 79°, va a estar fresco al interior, y 80- 60 en algunos lugares con si mantener grados -de ¡cuándo viene la lluvia? hay que tener el paraguas en las manos vamos a ver

. >> martin and kevin's love story began in a bar in san francisco in the '80s. last month, the story almost ended in a hospital room in oakland. >> i never in a million years thought i would get it. >> he returned home from a trip to europe. days later, he started feeling sick and martin drove him to the e.r. they said, you don't in, and i was like, wait, wait, i can't get to say good-bye. >> he had covid-19. days later, martin also started showing symptoms. doctors intubated not once, but twice. >> he is doing better today and worse. >> reporter: doctors feared they were so close to losing kevin. they did something they rarely ever do. they brought in his husband martin, who is also infected with covid-19, in the same hospital room so the two could say good-bye. >> all i knew i was under sleep, and i kept thinking, i have to get back to martin. >> reporter: they tried a maneuver known as proning to help open up his airways. >> that started to make a difference. >> after 31 days in the hospital, kevin was clear, becamming hospital's first severe covid-19 patient

. >> host: martin is in san francisco. good morning. >> caller: good morning. mr. baldacci, good morning. i just finished the fallen recently and went through all amos decker's series. the question is there are in all your books but especially decker's there are some pretty heavy, deep emotional elements in it and do you plan those or do they come about spontaneously? >> host: martin, what is a scene you remember from the book that really struck you as an emotional one? >> caller: the latest one, the last page and i will leave it at that. >> host: will sambar all brewers. >> guest: great question, margin. for me i would have to make these characters feel like they are real and human and one way i can do that is through relating to the readers are not emotional level but we all have problems in our lives and fall down and have losses in grief and things we have to suffer through. in this book in particular with amos decker one of the shows even though he had this tremendous brain injury and was not who he used to be he seems aloof and not even part of the world anym

martin gonzalez. our top story this friday morning the roadmap to reopening, san francisco mayor london breed lays out the city's plan to reopen. >>the state has provided us a guide and we are following that guy based on the data in san francisco to make informed decisions as to when we believe we will be able able to open safely the last thing we want to do is begin the process of reopening see a surge of cases and then have to go back to closing the city completely. >>well the target date for a face to a is next week june first includes child care and also some businesses including doctor rumors. >>phase 2 b's target date is june 15th and it is a big one take a look on your screen 8 includes outdoor dining most indoor retail, religious services summer camps and pro sports but with no fans. >>and then there's face to see it's targeted to begin on july 13th and that's when indoor dining can resume and hair salons can reopen. >>then we move to phase 3 which could begin in mid august that's when schools would reopen bars would be able to welcome back customers along with gyms and nail salons and the fin

martin gonzalez. our top story this friday morning the roadmap to reopening, san francisco mayor london breed lays out the city's plan to reopen. >>the state has provided us a guide and we are following that guy based on the data in san francisco to make informed decisions as to when we believe we will be able able to open safely the last thing we want to do

martin. >>well there is some strong opposition to a safe safe sleeping site that slated to open tomorrow in san francisco's, he dashed very neighborhood. a city sanction homeless 10 city where the homeless can shelter in place is now leading to a legal battle. it's only supposed to be a 3 to 6 months site for dozens of tents. it's set the former mcdonald's restaurants. i hate and standing but neighbors from the area are offering mixed support for that site. >>most aren't even going to be open by the time it's gone. the reality is we're probably not going to have a lot of business by the time it's gone and i think this safer. and more humane. >>the so it's going to get killed very quickly and if there is no backup site then lots of people are going to spread out to the surrounding streets. and it could be come very dangerous for residents and for that. >>a group called concerned citizens of the hate filed a lawsuit against the city saying that its concern that the site would increase drug and alcohol abuse along with other issues as well, the city's attorney's expected defend the safe sleeping site. and we

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