live in fremont with reaction. >>reporter: here is a copy of that lawsuit against alameda county from tesla. frankly the bigger concern is the tweet to move tesla headquarters out of fremont, keep in mind tesla is one of the biggest employers in this region employing at least 14,000 workers. there's a lot of attention on his tweet and a lot of concerns. >> i brought it to fremont i brought it to alameda county i worked with them when they were looking for a plant the last thing i would want to see in my last year of office is to see that plant closed. it would be devastating. >> alameda county supervisor scott haggerty says health officials have been working hard with tesla on a safety plan to reopen may 18. he doesn't understand why elon musk could not just wait another week. >> we have to do it methodically and we have to do it safe. >> reporter: mosque tweeted this morning, test will now move its headquarters in future programs to texas and nevada immediately. if we even retain fremont manufacturing at all it wi

we're live at the corner of industrial and fremont in fremont. this is the main turn off as employees turn into the plan. tesla builds around-the-clock. they have the graveyard shift leaving. tesla put up a blog post over the weekend. they were painting the health department as out of step. contrary to the guidance and support from the city of fremont, the county is insisting we not resume operations. the county public health officer who is making the decisions has not returned our calls or emails. that went up on saturday. yesterday the health department said the team at tesla has been responsive and we look forward to coming to an agreement on a safety plan soon. >> tesla said they modeled their return to work plan after the one they used in their plant in shanghai. they arekiadjus requadditiona d putting in cleaning protocols. they are not an outlier or going against the grain. neighboring counties have gone back to worse and the governor said they should get back to work. back to you. >>> developing this morning, we are learning more about th

. >>> now to the ongoing fight to reopen tesla's fremont factory. ceo elon musk raised the stakes today, suing the county and saying he's going to move his company's headquarters out of california, adding this is the final straw. the fremont factory was forced to shut down operations back on march 23rd. that's when six bay area counties issued stay-at-home orders. last week, april 29th, tesla released its first quarter earnings and that is when musk called the stay-at-home order fascist. yesterday tesla tried to reopen its fremont plant but the county quickly shut it down saying it's not safe. here's nbc bay area's christie smith with the latest on the tension between the two sides. >> reporter: outside the tesla plant in fremont, it was quiet, but it's clear tensions are mounting within the company. elon musk saying tesla is filing a lawsuit against alameda county immediately. >> i do believe that elon's threat is not an idle threat. >> reporter: tim bajarain is a high tech industry consultants. musk also said, frankly, quote, this is the final str

. >> workers return to fremont for a second day. we're in fremont this morning with a look at what musk is saying today. one organization's mission to feed families that just might inspire you. a very good morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike will have a look in a bit. we won't make you wait for the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has a look at what we can expect today and looks like some showers behind you. >> kari, it's raining in san jose. >>> light rain is moving through. we've had a little bit of light rain, temperatures in the mid-50s. really nice to see this especially in may when we're usually trending a lot drier this time of year and we know that we desperately need the rain but it's going to keep our temperatures down today. a lot of clouds and a few peeks of sunshine but most of our micro climate will stay in the 60s. we'll talk about where we may see the forecast. >>> an auto shop on fire in cupertino. that fire is contained. they are trying to make sure there are no hot spots. some neighbors

owners of the popular saddle rack in fremont saying they have to shut their doors down. a lot of you recall the place that was so popular they had that big mechanical bull in the jose in the 1970s and moved to fremont about 15 years ago. management says there's no viable way to reopen once the shelter in place order lifts. >>> tracking the latest coronavirus cases in california, "the chronicle" reporting more than 2,200 cases and 64 deaths yesterday. l.a. county's top categories with nearly 67,000 confirmed cases and 2,700 deaths. case numbers are heading higher as data shows more people leaving their homes statewide. and leaders in the state's largest union for nursing home workers plan to speak later today about what they argue are unsafe working conditions. they say understaffing, lack of protective gear and shoddy tests are all contributing to their problems. nearly half of all coronavirus deaths in california involve senior care patients and staff members. >>> and new details in the deadly weekend shark attack in santa cruz is leaving stunned family and friends grie

fremont .04.ple one hundredths here, showing up so in the past 72 hours, this santa cruz 2.62, that is for the month of may. i added that in there because it is the ninth wettest may in santa cruz history, going back to 1893. st. helena had an inch, and there was three-quarter inch amounts, over an inch, in petaluma. so some clouds, showers, scattered showers, a little bit warmer. 39 lakeport, 40s for some, 50s for others, walnut creek 49 degrees, napa airport is 47. you can see that little line there, right off san mateo coast, that is the main band right now. 680, 880, toward evergreen, east san jose photos, that is the one, so a couple showers could pop up here during the day. and again this afternoon, 60s and 70s on your temps. they will get there, after today it will be warmer, maybe a dip down, and then much warmer going into the weekend. >> all right steve, thank you, the time is 6, 41, help for the homeless in sonoma county. the new approved homeless camp, to give the homeless a safe place

>>> castle actiemá árights advocates protest in front áof the human fremont headquarters calling fore arrestof ceo elon musk. >>> áand thousands of people facing food insecurity lining up for a drive-through bay area food giveaway.á >>> áthis is ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00. á >>> áthank you so much for á joining us this evening, i'm andre senior. >> and i'm christina rico. áwe begin tonight with new figures áwhich show california reportng áthe second highest number of rotavirus deaths on friday.á there áwere 100 seven additiona ádeaths over the past 24 hours. which ábrings the total death toll to 3156. our ástate has close to 77,000 covid-19 cases. here in the bay area, solano county reported three aditional ádeaths overnight. san ámateo, santa clara, and alamed ácounties each had one additional deah. >>> ámost states around the country have at least allowed partial áreopening of businesse and árestaurants, but as fox's aisha áhosni reports, there is some concern in hard-hit new york about a resurgence. >> reporter: america is back in busines. á nearly coast-to-coast, by the end áof the

>>reporting in fremont gayle, ong kron 4 news. >>all right take a look at this troubling viral image a tweet from a ucsf doctor captured a packed united airlines flight heading to s f o you can see every single fluff seat filled in the picture a lot of the passengers aren't wearing. masks and a lot of them can't practice social distancing of course because they're being packed in together like sardines in this morning we're hearing from an industry expert and a passenger advocate about what's happening on the airline's amid this pandemic with kron four's dan thorn with the story. >>a picture of a packed sfo bound united flight chaired by a local doctor is highlighting concerns about safety on airlines ucsf cardiologist was returning home after treating covid-19 patients in new york in one tweet he writes i guess united is relaxing their social distancing policy these days every seat full on the 7.37 is it simply a another you know like i for united airline passenger advocate douglas kidd says even before the coronavirus pandemic h

they already moved once from san jose to fremont. back in '03. >> a legendary spot. >>> most restaurants are holding on for dear life. we know that. but one bay area eatery is just now opening. this oakland restaurant is rolling the dice on its future. here's nbc bay area joe rosato jr. >> reporter: anyone who follows restaurant survival statistics knows any time is a tough time to open one. >> dpif under the best of circumstances, difficult under the best of circumstances with doors closed, the brand new palmetto restaurant is opening their doors for the first time. >> trying our best to move forward in the environment we find ourselves right now. >> the restaurant was two weeks from the grand opening when california issued its shelter at home order. the bar was remodeled. the staff hired. business came crashing down. >> but after securing a loan from the payroll protection program, the restaurant will open its doors today, for takeout cocktails, wine, and food. >> it's stressful. there is a lot of anxiety. and it is also a desire t

>>all right well, thanks left at live report from the tesla plant in fremont robin. >>well here in the bay area they're almost 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus over 350 people have died from the virus. so far. santa clara county which has been hit the hardest by covid-19 still has the most cases what 2300 and sections 130 deaths. you can find a complete list of cases broken down by county on our website kron 4 dot com. >>all right, let's go ahead and get a check of the weather list to check in with dave spahr has a mixed bag in the in store for a sunday. it's a mixed bag, but you know it's actually kind of treats getting some of this rain because we could use some of it, but it's not a lot quantitatively good morning. marty good morning, everybody. >>yeah that's true we're going to have some mixed bag of sun and clouds to with all of that temperatures of that kind of goldilocks i guess maybe a little bit cool for the season, a bit for some but will warm up a touch for friday if you're waiting live shot on sfo not bad start so no delays going on here and light tr

tesla ceo filing a lawsuit against alameda county and threatens to move his company plant out of fremont. >>> we begin this evening with the surging battle between elon musk and alameda county, the head of tesla suing the county over those stay-at-home orders. >> musk threatening to move the electric carmaker out of the state after a month long feud linked to the health order to prevent the spread of covid-19. >> reporter: musk fired off several tweets this morning and then today, lawyers took action. with growing frustration at tesla's fremont plant remaining shutdown, ceo elon musk took to twitter saturday saying tesla is filing a lawsuit against alameda county immediately and calling leaders ignorant and irrational with the shelter in place order that doesn't allow manufacturing to resume like the state. musk continue, frankly this is the final straw, tesla will now move its headquarters and future programs to texas, nevada immediately. if we even routine fremont activity at all it will be upon how tesla is treated in the future. >> it's highly unlikely that he would do this rashly, h

the call to come back to work at the fremont plant went out last night. today we found cars in the parking lot. from the sky you can see the physical manifestation of elon musk's email asking 30% of the company's workforce to come back to tesla's fremont factory in the form of simple parking lot. this is what the governor-based interface to that allows manufacturing to come back. the bay area did not. local orders like the bay areas may 31 date could supersede the states. >> guidelines based upon conditions on the ground and on those key indicators. i want to thank the local health directors in the bay area for doing what they think is right for their communities. >> reporter: that was backed up by alameda county's public health department that issued the statement saying the electric car maker is out of compliance. tesla has been informed they do not meet criteria and must not reopen. we will contest less proactive work on a reopening plan so that once they fit the criteria to reopen they can do so in a way that protects employees and the community at la

>>production at tesla's plant in fremont continued tuesday after the alameda county health department ordered the car giant to shut down its operations president trump got involved on tuesday tweeting quote california should let tesla and elon musk open the plant now it can be done fast and safely soon after tesla ceo elon musk responded thanking the president i guess it was from doctor fauci i would probably pay attention a little bit more than. >>somebody told us a drink disinfectant alameda county supervisor scott haggerty who helped bring tesla to fremont reacted to the tweet on tuesday he's been in conversations with the county the last few weeks to get tesla reopened will also following the health department's orders i think if you get beyond the rhetoric that we're actually doing the work. >>it's happening. he says the original plan was to get the facility reopens next week tesla hoping for that date was certainly an unfortunate. >>i'm doctor bond has been transparent that. >>may 18th was the date she would like to see major employer open up again since march 23rd, the county d

the same in fremont where we find the shower, 44 right now in santa rosa. live doppler 7 along with the satellite, the story we are tracking, there's an area of low pressure that is slowly meandering to the east, and it's close enough to us that it's responsible for the threat of the isolated shower lat afternoon. future weather, we will bubble up showers around lunchtime in the north bay hills and in the santa cruz mountains and that's the theme, and i think the best chance of finding any showers will be in the hills. very isolated in nature. most of us will remain dry over the next 24 hours. we will show you the accuweather 7-day forecast, and once you get to the afternoon, temperatures on the warm side. we're starting out in the 70s and 80s, and for the holiday on monday, warming up into the 90s in our hottest spots. >> thanks, drew. >>> so as we deal with the pandemic's affects on our world our efforts to build a better bay area is now focused on four areas, and the idea of going to college has completely shifted for countless high school seniors and cu

of a month ago at the fremont fire tactical training center. now the facility is now close and then go to move over to try city health on liberty street. the city's fire chief says that the test side will keep the same team of healthcare workers at the new location. but it will also allow for more flexibility as they go mobile. >>we'll also be able to move around like we have to move to a specific business support testing a long-term health care center we can actually go and set up in their parking lot. oh well that is the ups and some other tables chairs everything that we need to send a mobile formats so we can actually take service out to the citizens of fremont that need it. >>well on average about a 100 people got tested every day at the site chief jacobson will release the total number of tests conducted and results today. well still ahead on the kron 00:04am morning. ship fire defendant derick almena could be walking out of jail today to keep away from the today to keep away from the coronavirus how the pandemic ♪ when you need it, jack

it's 6 ilan mosque is defying alameda county in restarting manufacturing at the tesla factory in fremont that is defying local shelter-in-place orders. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 i'm justine waldman tesla ceo elon musk has threatened to leave california and is also suing alameda county saying that the strict orders meant to curb coronavirus are illegal kron four's dan thorn joins us now live near the tesla factory in fremont he has the very latest on this ongoing saga down. >>well that's right justine elan musk says that he's actually here working at the facility he's been aggressively pushing for tesla to restart its production here in fremont against alameda county over the past few days he's been fighting with the public health department here in alameda county. the state has been allowing for manufacturing to continue governor newsome though says that the local health departments have final say and dictate what is allowed to reopen musk made the announcement today on twitter that the fremont factory here would be restarting in defiance of alameda county

musk and health officials have feuded for weeks whether the fremont plan is an essential business. the county says it is not. the suit filed in federal court today says according to the criteria laid down by governor newsome, it is, and the state takes precedence. the suit claims alameda county arrogated to itself the power to close businesses that state government ordered could stay open. musk and the county sparred over whether they could stay open until mid-march. alameda county forbids tesla from resuming work. the suit says that violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the institution, and says quote the county's orders should be declared void and without legal effect. county officials say they are trying to find middle ground. >> he just needed to give us another week to get this done right to make sure that his employees came back safely. >> musk does have local supporters. fremont's mayor issued this statement today saying quote the city encourages the county to engage with local businesses to come up with acceptable guidelines for reopening our local econom

fremont picked up more than and into the last six hours.hundreds and a couple pockets of a 10th of an inch or so along that line. it popped up around the 6:00 hour 5:30 and that has washed itself out. some clouds and shows, few scattered showers possible. temperatures willbelow average san francisco which will be above. everyone also be slightly average, but below for other areas. 50s and 60s are your temperatures. 139 this morning. we are seeing couple 60s, brentwood out to fairfield. lake county towards nampa county later today. we'll hold onto a few showers. a little bit warmer, mix of sun and clouds today, partly sunny, partly cloudy. by tomorrow will be on the driver side. a system is into the north then. sunshine and much warmer temps as we get to early next week. >> thank you. coming up, highlighting bay area organizations, that have committed to supporting the community during the covid-19 pandemic. still to come, how the latino community foundation is helping those in need. first though, getting your hands dirty while sheltering at

ed: it would be up to fremont police department to make that decision.ot one for the state, and it is not for the county health officials. there is for the fremont police to judge whether elon musk and contravention of the rules. that has not happened and there are talks ongoing in alameda county -- they have shared the talks with us. the people i spoke to over the weekend, they see this as posturing by elon musk. law in then on the past and has been successful at it highlights for me how important to that plant is. it is the heart and lungs of tesla's global operation. they have built more vehicles they are than anywhere else. thatshanghai is impressive fremont is the only site where they buy -- they build x, s, and y. elon musk is prepared to take the risk and wants to get his manufacturing facility up and running. they had this blistering start to the year, profit for the first time in the first quarter, ahead of schedule on the model y . it was derailed by the virus. he will do what he can to get the company back on track. emily: thank you for that u

>>to the fremont police department that have so far taken no one's here at the fremont it is important to note that last week governor newsom said that manufacturing can continue in the state of california but he has allowed on restrictions to remain in place depending on each individual public health department and may will determine what can reopen meanwhile mosque has threatened to move tesla out of the state of california which haggerty has warned can be really detrimental to the bay area economy. that's the latest here live in fremont dan thorn kron 4 news jan. thank you tomorrow governor newsom is expected to release guidelines for reopening dine-in restaurants. >>last week the california restaurant association sent a draft of recommendations to the governor's office. they include know sharing tables only family members or people who live together will be able to sit at the same table getting rid of buffets salad bars and shared bread baskets requiring servers to wear face masks and salt and pepper shakers could be replaced by bottles of hand sanitizers we're going live stream th

. >> reporter cornell barnard is live in fremont with the story. cornell? >> reporter: yes, eric and dion, things are moving very fast this afternoon. abc 7 news learned that elon musk indeed filed an injunction against alameda county to allow this plant to reopen. musk is also threatening to relocate the entire operation to another state. >> the last thing i want to see them do is leave. >> alameda county supervisor scott haggerty doing damage control following a firestorm of tweets from elon musk. clearly, unhappy about not being able to resume manufacturing operations at his plant in fremont. tesla is filing a lawsuit against alameda county immediately. the unelected and ignorant interim health officer of alameda county is acting contrary to the governor, the president, our constitutional freedoms and just plain common sense. he's referring to dr. erica pan who refuses to allow manufacturing facilities to reopen under the shelter in place order even though state and federal government say it's okay to do so. >> really focus on trying to save lives. but i

>>tesla ceo elon musk restarts production at the company's fremont factory monday. it's the first move in what has been a verbal fight between the car giant and the alameda county health department mosque announcing the restart on twitter saying i will be on the line with everyone else if anyone is arrested i ask that it only be me i don't want to see it on get arrested, i think that would be a horrible. a few and something we don't want to see a levee to county supervisor scott haggerty who helped bring tessa to fremont says he's been trying for weeks to come up with a way to help the company while also appeasing the county health department to find a little fortunate because i think we were there since march 23rd alameda county has deemed the fremont plant non essential tesla is defying the local shelter in place order by having its more than 10,000 factory workers return the public health department has responded to the re start by saying in part quote we have notified tesla that they can only maintain minimum basic operations until we have an approved plan that

workers responded heading into that tesla factory in fremont. ktvu's maureen naylor now with what enforcement would look like if it comes to that. maureen? >> frank, the county shared with us a letter sent to tesla demanding the company ceased operations in fremont until a plan is approved. >> it appears that the automaker continued to step up operations anyway. >> reporter: for the second day in a row, employee shells were running in tesla's fremont plant and many are seen wearing masks. outside, one woman posted for the cameras wearing an elon musk face with a message, thank you for wearing your mask. this is one of many reactions pouring it after tesla's ceo announced the plant was reopening in defiance of the county's health order. president trump tweeting, california should let tesla and elon musk open the plant now. it can be done fast and safely. musk thanked the president and replied to someone, it is not often that the governor of california and the president agree. operations appear to continue at the auto plant despite this letter fro

that is something.>> reporter: alameda responded there working closely with the tesla team in fremont, saying the team at tesla has been responsive to guidance and recommendations, coming to an agreement on the appropriate safety plan very soon. while public safety is the priority, the last carmaker is under pressure to perform.>> for tesla to have the main factory shut down, is pretty serious, they don't have the cash reserves of agm lori ford, so they are getting hit harder than some of the other automakers. >> tesla's lawyers said saturday they took action, filing this 18 page lawsuit, seeking an injunction against the county order, saying that tesla falls under the critical infrastructure, outlined by the governor. read it in its entirety on ktvu.com. ktvu fox 2 news. >>> after elon musk suggested moving into texas, ted cruz or tweeted we would welcome tesla headquarters in texas, we love jobs and texans want to open up and get back to work while still staying safe and following sound science, we make lots of cars and trucks in texas and we would love more.>> here's a look at the

tesla is set to begin building cars again started monday rally outside the company's facilities in fremont and state that it's time to get other nonessential businesses up and running to right now the palace out of whack vice chairman of the california republican party peter close, here's a recession. we said on march 13 has died aged today's may 13. >>it's supposed to be a 30 day deal we can deal with 30 days that team on his way to a conservative demonstrators approving of the way tesla ceo and founder elon musk has managed to get his company's headquarters in fremont back open. >>he filed a lawsuit against alameda county because the public health department does not consider the automaker an essential business prohibiting the business from reopening a deal has since been reached between the 2 sides allowing for tesla to continue operations as long as it follows new safety protocols. i think we need to let industries to decide. >>under what condition can they say the operate under the current situation the tire for those who are out of jobs to my friends have lost their businesses and i'

the company's ceo, elon musk, says he plans to start production at the fremont plant and is threatening to pull out of california. it could be a big blow to the bay area economy. team coverage kicks off right now. scott mcgrew is diving deeper into whether musk can really carry out that threat. but first we want to get things kicked off with nbc bay area's bob redell at the tesla plant in fremont. bob, you were saying the parking lot there is a lot more crowded than it was on friday. >> reporter: correct, it is. and i reached out to tesla to ask them if they have resumed production of electric vehicles at their factory here in fremont. yes, the employee lot is much fuller than it was friday morning at this time. you're looking at the south side of this factory behind me where we've seen a number of new teslas that were not there on friday. we're also seeing a number of car carriers hauling teslas from the factory within the past 15 to 30 minutes. still waiting for a response from the company. this morning "business insider" reports tesla resumed some operations at this location and is a

tesla's fremont factory today called for ceo elon musk to be arrested. they say he broke the law and is putting workers lives at risk. the tesla facility reopened on monday despite alameda county's orders to keep it closed. that day musk said he would be at the facility as well. one speaker says she's been working at the factory since the beginning of the year. >> i'm worried for my health. i don't think there's a scenario where this virus cannot be contracted. >> the county and tesla have agreed to terms that would allow the plant to legally reopen its manufacturing processes this coming week. we reached out to tesla for comment on today's protest but haven't heard back. >>> meantime today dozens of san franciscans came together to talk about racism during this time of covid-19. studies have shown there has been a huge increase in hate incidents against asian-americans recently. supervisor gordon marr held a virtual town hall about the issue today. one of the speakers was one whose grandma had been beaten at a visitation valley playground in 2019 and di

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us live in fremont now with what we know about the suit's claims. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, dion, alameda county has made it very clear tesla cannot operate during the shelter-in-place order despite restrictions being eased, so today tesla went to court filing a lawsuit alleging that alameda county violated its due process and equal protection under the law. now tesla's elon musk is threatening to move this entire operation out of the state. >> the last thing i want to see them do is leave. >> reporter: alameda county supervisor scott hagerty damage control saturday following a firestorm of tweets from tesla's ceo, elon musk, clearly unhappy about not being able to resume manufacturing operations at his plant in fremont. saturday afternoon tesla filed this lawsuit in federal court seeking an injunction against alameda county to allow the company to resume operations. >> we're really focused on trying to save lives, but i'm also laser focused on trying to get people back to work. >> reporter: earlier elon musk tweeted really this is the final stra

. >>> right now at 6:30, tesla ceo elon musk reopening his fremont factory.e are hearing from employees as musk dares county officials to arrest him. >>> and then the federal response to the coronavirus will be the center of the senate this morning. dr. fauci is expected to warn reopening too early can lead to death and suffering. >>> in the meantime, good morning, everybody. it's tuesday, may 12th. >> yeah, first we want to have you look at the richmond bridge toll plaza. if you are an essential workers, get prepared for damp roads as you head out the door. mike is tracking more showers to start the day. >> hi, reggie and kumasi. good tuesday morning. let's jump in with doppler 7 on the south bay. that's where it's raining right now. the area neglected yesterday, but now not so much. there's a little ponding on the roadways down there as the rain is rolling through and it stretches into the east bay valleys and will continue to head off to the east. we will have steady rain and drizzle this morning and then scattered showers, waves of them this afternoon, an

in fremont, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >>> all right. let's talk about what is going on temperature wise. good morning, everyone. welcome to monday. little excited about the rain. i can't hide it and can't lie to you. we need it. plus it makes things look more beautiful when we get some rain. 49 in castro valley and everybody else in the low to mid 50s along the east bay shore and under mostly cloudy sky. 57 in alameda, that's the warm spot. look around low to mid 50s everywhere with increasing clouds and a slight chance of drizzle from those clouds as they increase from the morning commute. sutro tower, a southerly breeze and that will help us usher in some of the wet weather. if you're exercising or washing the dog, use our app. you can find live doppler 7 if you're streaming us right now, on our website also. and then you can time when those drops are coming your way. now, as far as yard work, great time to plant and let mother nature with her natural fertilizer water it in. up to the mid 70s by 1:00 and then dropping in the afternoon

she's also on the board of the fremont unified teachers association. and raul zamora, the acting superintendent for the fremont unified school district. a big district. you know, i think you're, what, k-12, right, raul? >> actually we go to t-k and also adult education as well. >> thank you for joining us. san francisco just said mid-august likely for schools reopening there. what are you hearing in your county of course, raul? >> so right now we're following the alameda county public health guidelines and we are starting to put some plans together with all of our stakeholder groups. that includes starting school in late of august. so we're trying to look at different models. so if the county changes their guidelines, we will follow those as well. >> all right. raul, what kind of challenges to the facility, or i should say what kind of changes to the facility, the schools, do you think might be needed before you can reopen them? >> you know, we have to take into consideration safety for our students, our staff, and parents coming onto campus. we're tak

reporting live in fremont dan thorn kron 4 news. >>today dozens of rideshare drivers held a physical distancing inspired rally in care of and they were outside uber's headquarters in san francisco. the drivers say they are struggling to work safely and make ends meet during this pandemic they're calling on uber to stop spending million on a ballot initiative which is designed they say to remove their basic worker rights and protections they say that money should be invested into direct relief for the struggling rideshare drivers several dmv offices around the state are now back open after being closed for weeks because of coronavirus here in the bay area. these are the office locations that are now open from 8 to 5. >>concord oakland clermont san francisco, san jose and santa rosa. some transactions such as paying registration fees reinstating a suspended license or processing a real id card can only be done in person. face masks will be mandatory to enter a dmv office and officials say all dmv employees will be practicing physical

fremont police and the mayor of fremont made it clear they don't expect any arrests to be happening here. it appears for now that production will continue at the plant and elon musk could get the blessing from the county early next week. very confusing. reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. >> yet, i think we understand as confusing as it is. julian, thanks for doing that. >>> we're all waiting for this vaccine to come and now labs across the country are racing to find one. in fact, this week president trump declared the country has prevailed on testing at least. some experts say the u.s. needs to test up to 30 million people every day to get the economy back to normal. but that is far less than the 338,000 daily tests the country is currently averaging. >> i just think it's still a lot of work to be done to be sure the right people are getting the right testing at the right time. >> meantime, pharmaceutical giant pfizer is working on what they call project light speed. scientists and engineered are designing an assembly line to fill and package a vaccine once it's devel

monday, tuesday, maybe a .10th of an inch in fremont.an that to .2 to maybe .3 up in the north bay. south bay numbers, mid-70s for you. should be a nice afternoon from santa clara to cupertino. little cool and breezy from san mateo to redwood city and belmont. san francisco 59. steady onshore flow keeping it cool. 72 in petaluma with sun and sunshine in oakland. berkeley, low 70s. got to get down towards fremont and head inland, this is where you will notice the bigger cooldown. 74 in the san ramon valley. looking at a sunny afternoon. breezy in spots. level one system today. trying to warm up but not succeeding the rest of the week. indications are we will see rather cool into next weekend. liz? >> sounds good. thanks, lisa. >>> a destination designed to inspire tranquility can be more calming and beautiful than ever when it finally reopens its gates. that's because gardners at san francisco's japanese tea garden has takenange shelter-inlaces r opportunity. and we showcase the results. >> reporter: along the zen-like path in the japanes

>>all right, thank 40 live in fremont thank you marty. >>all right, let's go ahead and get the forecast from dave spahr david has been a little bit cooler start to the day compared to what we've been used to maybe last >>yeah we were already seen those 90's going on and not even boy get to friday to well nothing like last week. yeah, good morning marty good morning, everybody and the quite a bit of cloud cover is kind of redevelop cars live shot coming in from timber on now, we'll call for clouds on balance going on here for today but losing some of that sunshine were to show you about a half hour ago or so they are in temperatures kind of slow-moving a 56 for can livermore 53 for a free month. hayward 5756, san jose and up to the north bay lower to middle 50's 56 going on for san francisco. getting some sun here at the bay bridge toll plaza were coming in at 66 at high noon at 3 we're looking at about 67. some scattered showers in our future but not everybody will get them and certainly not at the same time but maybe enough to what some

the county health department announcing late last night that the tesla factory in fremont will be allowed to go beyond basic operations kron four's will tran has been watching the activity at the tesla factory in fremont throughout the morning and he has the latest will. >>can go beyond basic operations if they proved alameda county health officials that they are doing everything that they can to make sure that their employees are safe marty and also all the health indicators are either stable or going down obviously they're talking about coronavirus cases you can see all the cars behind me at the tesla plant it was so full yesterday one ilan mosque told the workers on monday i will defy the shelter-in-place order and said my workers back and sure enough that's exactly what they did yesterday and even president trump he chimed in and supported ilan mosque, so they negotiated all day yesterday and came up with an agreement late last night it calls for them to do basic work at the plant nothing full-on yet until they prove to the health officials that they are ready to go. i can tell you th

reporting live in fremont dan thorn kron 4 news. >>today dozens of rideshare drivers held a physical distancing inspired rally in caravan outside uber's headquarters in san francisco drivers say they are struggling to work safely and make ends meet during this pandemic they are calling on uber to stop spending million on a ballot initiative that would remove their basic worker rights and protections they say that money should be invested into direct relief for the struggling rideshare drivers tonight, the california death toll continues to climb more than 2700 people in california have died and almost 69,000 have been infected. in the u.s. overall the death toll has now surpassed 80,000 with more than 1.3 million cases. >>these numbers are according to the johns hopkins global coronavirus tracker as more states across the nation get back to business during the pandemic a number of californians are skeptical about life in this new normal. >>a new poll from the next star media group and emerson college found many people have serious f

we have a live look at the áfactory in fremont.rd, tesla iá allowed to maintain minimum áservices at the factory like á payroll and product inventory. that may be who we saw this morning. á we don't know if they will á begin manufacturing today. a átesla employee says he just á got off work and felt that áhealth guidelines are not bein followed. saturday after musk announced that tesla filed a lawsuit in federal ácourt in alameda county. á it says that the county is overstepping restrictions for the áshelter-in-place order. the actory áis not allowed to operate under ástrict guidelines. with tesla to create a safety á plan that allows people to get back to work while protecting their áhelp and hope to come to an agreement soon. he threatened to move the á headquarters out of state. but áone auto expert says that áis unlikely. >> for tesla to have its main á factory shut down is pretty serious. á they don't have the cash reserves that a gm or a ford have. á so they'regetting hit harder áthan some of the other automakers. á >> report

. >> work has resumed at the fremont plant despite a health order in place. several people reached out and said they work there and they're worried about their working conditions and their health. >> trucks hauling brand-new tesla cars left the fremont plant monday. news chopper two was overhead and saw cars in the parking lot. tesla is starting production against alameda county rules. i will be on the line with everyone else. if anyone is arrested i ask it only be me. the rule is in defiance of the shelter in place order. >> we are getting very close. even the bay area moderate patients are coming in the next number of days, a week or so. i'm confident we will get through this. >> governor newsom was unaware tesla had resumed operations. he expected that could happen next week. >> when asked if the company should be sharing sanctioned he replied it would be a county wide response. >> i'm sure the health department would be the first to check in with. >> tesla returned to work playbook with social distancing and employees staying home when they are sick, shut

it s most supporters rallied outside one of the company's facilities in fremont wednesday with a group called for the state and country to abandon the phased reopening and instead allow nonessential businesses more flexibility to reopen. the restaurant industry. in are tame in person and still be making it in half this comes after tesla's founder and ceo elon musk sued alameda county over the weekend and threatened to move his operations out of the state due to the ongoing shelter-in-place been defied the health order and reopen monday anyway. >>the auto manufacturer and county have since worked out a deal to allow the company to begin making cars again monday as long as it follows through on the safety plans and agreed to. >>most demonstrators at a wednesday rally identified as conservative including vice chairman of the california republican party, peter quote we cannot keep doing this just like kelly is due in. >>they're going to look like they're going to close until august. that's just ridiculous to keep american amanda affecting so i think this is the right time. the wheel of a m

outside tesla's fremont factory today called for ceo elon musk to be arrested. they say he broke the law and is putting workers' lives at risk. the tesla facility reopened monday despite alameda county orders to keep it closed. that day musk said he would be at the facility as well. one speaker says she has been working at the factory since the beginning of the year. >> i'm worried for my health. i don't think there's a scenario where this virus cannot be contracted. >> the county and tesla have agreed to terms that will allow the plant to legally reopen its manufacturing processes this coming week. we reached out to tesla for comment on today's protest but have not heard back. >>> today dozens of san franciscons came together to talk about racism during in time of covid-19. supervisor gordon maher held a virtual town hall about the issue today. one of the speakers was sasanayee whose grandma was beaten at a visitation valley playground in 2019 and died this year. >> whether it's racism or discrimination, it's all other. we're seeing each other as others instead

. >>> and what's next for fremont's city as we get deeper into reopening. >>> and the wait is nearlyver. good friday morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington on this fantastic friday. meteorologist kari hall has been working hard and giving us what we need to know this week. >>> yes, it's going to be a beautiful day as we get this friday started with a live look outside in san jose, our trend will start out nice and cool and we will have a comfortable day with breezy winds. we'll eventually see our highs in the upper 70s today. it will still be a nice one but we are going to have a pretty significant heatup this weekend. i'll have more on that as well as what's ahead for next week. as we head out the door it's looking pretty light on this friday. >>> and it was until this. the smoke plume you see i thought was on treasure island. i've just learned that chp has issued a traffic alert because it is on the deck heading into san francisco just past treasure island. the smoke you see is from a car fire only blocking one lane, maybe two, but definitely a distraction. as we l

in the past 24 hours we had that ban set up from hayward to fremont, newark and fremont, and the most rain -- this was the last rain of the season, it would mean fremont has the most. somewhere around the county, that might be it for the last rain of the season for the north, and fremont had the most. after the clouds clear, we are starting off with 40s and 50s. clouds will keep mid-50s for a few, 41 a lakeport, 45 at the napa airport, and there are 40s. mid-40s, lower 40s, mill valley is at 45. onshore breeze is in place, 37 at lake tahoe, 47 at ukiah, the rain ends for us, that may be it for the season. warmer inland, it will kick in by the weekend. 60s and 70s, a few near 80 degrees. it will take until the weekend, and then we will see warmer temperatures sunday into monday. >> thank you, setting the record straight, millions of dollars helping local transit agencies >>> tonight is the season finale, we look at the final three contestants for the masked singer. but when you have, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you

tesla has resumed operations at its electric car factory in fremont for a second day in a row. nbc bay area's bob redell is live there for us this midday. and so, bob, the question is how is the county responding to them defying the order. >> reporter: well, marcus, within the past 15 minutes i heard from the alameda county public health department. they told us yesterday tesla submitted to them a site-specific plan for the reopening of the plant behind me. the county is in the process of reviewing that. you'll really elon musk, the ceo, tweeted out what seemed like a dare to authorities to arrest him for the reopening of his plant in defiance of the alameda county shelter-in-place order. we've seen no indication that there's been any sort of enforcement action by the county or the fremont police department. for a second day in a row, you can see behind me, the employee parking lot is full as the factory resumes limited production of its electric vehicles. alameda county's health department said it did notify tesla yesterday that it could only maintain, quote, minimum basic ope

a fremont police spokesperson said the department is available as the county needs them, but everyone hopes this can be resolved without enforcement. >>> we have late work tonight from the alameda county health department that talks between tesla and the county have been very productive. the county says tesla can reopen next week based on their safety plan in the fremont police will be verifying that tesla is adhering to the guidelines for social distancing. >>> the port of oakland says business picked up last month but is expected to decline in may and june. officials are pointing to the coronavirus pandemic. many trips overseas are being scrubbed to a lack of demand. shipments to client 6 1/2% last month. >>> grubhub stocks soared today after uber wants to merge with grubhub. there the second and third large meal delivery services in the country behind doordash. no deal just at. >>> when will schools reopen? coming up, doctor fauci ways in during a senate hearing on the coronavirus response. >>> in bay area whether we have been tracking a few rain showers out there. i will let you k

we have a live look at the factory in fremont. take a look here. on saturday, elon musk said the company had no choice but to take legal action because under alameda county shelter in place order the factory is not allowed to resume operation. the county has stricter guidelines than the state. he threatened to move the company's headquarters in fremont out-of-state. tesla's headquarter employs 1500 people, and the factory employs 10,000, it is fremont's largest employer. the city's mayor says she is worried about the economic impact if tesla cannot open. she says the city will support the company when it opens, but according to musk, it may not happen. continuing manufacturing and fremont depends on how tesla is treated in the future. alameda county is also responding, in a statement, health officials say they are working with tesla to create a plan that allows people to get back to work while protecting health and come to an agreement. if fremont city councilmembers says that you cannot take the threat seriously but opening a factory cannot happen

it s supporters rallied outside one of the company's facilities in fremont wednesday with a group called for the state and country to abandon the phased reopening and instead allow nonessential businesses more flexibility to reopen. and history. in are tame in person and still be making it in half this comes after tesla's founder and ceo elon musk sued alameda county over the weekend and threatened to move his operations out of the state due to the ongoing shelter in place then defied the health order and reopen monday anyway. >>the auto manufacturer and county have since worked out a deal to allow the company to begin making cars again monday as long as it follows through on the safety plans and agreed to. >>most demonstrators at the wednesday rally identified as conservative including vice chairman of the california republican party, peter close we cannot keep doing this just like kelly is due in. >>they're going to look like they're going to close until august. that's just ridiculous to keep american amanda affecting so i think this is the right time the wheel of a manufacturing here

i spoke with the fremont police department. they said right now they have no plans to take any action. they're waiting for if and when the county weighs in. here is new video from nbc bay area sky ranger over the tesla factory will some work will restart today. the question is does the state order supersede the county order. the sheriff's office told me this morning typically no, the county's orders usually take precedence. but fremont police did point out it's up to each business, like tes tesla, to interpret the county order and consult with their own legal counsel. now, in an email obtained by cnbc, tesla told employees it would resume limited operations today with only 30% of the employees who would normally be working on a given shift. cnbc points out it's not clear how tesla can build its electrical vehicles with that reduced head count. in the email, tesla said the alameda county shelter in place [ inaudible ]. the states have distributed restrictions that say automakers can still operate to manufacture and distribute. w

inches. áthat verified what we said on friday. á there are a few individual á cells, one east of fremontst, this could easily send in strong bands. áthat is what we are looking fo here. san ájose is up to .08, showers are ápossible, possible thundershowersá, 4/10 of an inc would ánot be a surprise today.á 50s at the airport. mid-50s áfor everywhere else. heyward áwill be 57. 35 degrees and tahoe, there's a winter storm warning for 6000 feet. á sacramento valley is expecting ásome pretty good thunderstorm activity, áthat could mean brieá heavy rain as the low makes its ámove right over the bay area, alo, áit is heading towards us á by this evening and then early tuesday,á that could give us showers, tundershowerás. á it will be a rainbow day, a lot áof good moments for picture taking. átuesday after that it is quiet and warmerá. á >>> there are thousands of á coronavirus products out there, áfrom thieves that want to steaá your money. á we will tell you what you need to account for. á>>> a warning from the head of the fe how á long it could take for the á economy to come back. >>> this wa

work seems to be continuing at the fact tree in fremont. joining us now live with more on what enforcement like look like if it gets to that. >> fremont police say alameda county and tesla are still in active communication to get compliance and don't expect any fremont officers to be making any arrests. this, while elon musk's defiance of the stay-at-home orders getting support from president trump. >> reporter: for the second day in a row, employee shuttles were running at tesla's fremont plant and many were seen wearing masks. outside, one woman posed for the cameras wearing an elon musk face with the message thank you for wearing your musk. one of the many reactions after the ceo announced the plant was reopening in defiance of the county's health order. president trump tweeting, california should let tesla and elon musk open the plant now. it can be done fast and safely. musk thanked the president and replied is not often that the governor of california and the president agree. >> operations continue at the plant despite letters from he