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Hotspots. And so we have been preparing for that. All right. More on that in just a moment. But new at 6 00, an indepth look at vulnerable places. Skilled nursing facilities. There are thousands of them across the state and a number of them are waging their own battles against the spread of coronavirus. Today Governor Newsom announced the state has trained and is deploying 600 nurses in that effort. Nbc 7s Melanie Woodrow woodroww more. Reporter 41 residents tested positive for covid19. 25 Staff Members and nine deaths according to Alameda County Health Officials. Family members are worried for their loved ones. I didnt know people had been dying here. Last i had heard, there was one person who tested positive. Reporter Health Officials say the spread of these types of facilities is to be expected because of the congregant setting. This is a very vulnerable population. They have a lot of medical conditions. Reporter dr. Erica ponce says the county is recommending universal masking and is keeping tabs on east bay post acute Health Care Center where 21 Staff Members and 15 residents have tested positive. There have been zero deaths. Dr. Ponce says because staffing in the county is an issue, if a staff member testifies positive fob covid19 but is asymptomatic, that staff member might still care for a resident who has also tested positive. This is if all other staffing options are exhausted. Reporter meantime, in the south bay. With widespread transmission across the county we expect to see nursing facilities have widespread cases or expected cases. Reporter dr. Sarah rudman says Santa Clara County has 164 cases at Skilled Nursing home facilities. With 50 Staff Members infected and seven resident deaths. Dr. Rudman says Staff Members are working longer shifts. And at drake terrace, a resident has died possibly due to coronavirus. The resident was said to have been on hospice with several underlying conditions. There are six active cases at the facility. One resident has fully recovered from the virus. While family members are understandably very concerned about their relatives, Health Officials are asking those family members to leave their relatives in the Skilled Nursing facilities where they can get the care they need. In the newsroom, Melanie Woodrow, abc 7 news. Were following a massive outbreak. 70 people have tested positive at msc south, a homeless sheltering off fifth street. Reporter this is the largest outbreak in the bay area. I just confirmed the 70 people who tested positive, 68 residents and two staffers, all of them will remain in quarantine at the shelter. Mayor breed made it clear msc south was a known hotspot. On any given night, the shelter, which is funded by the city, accommodates more than 340 people. But last night only 100 people were in the shelter as many others are being housed in hotel rooms now. Breed says because its less crowded, the shelter quickly transitioned into providing medical care, even touting the city was both ready and prepared to respond. San franciscos supervisor says the response wassan anc utter failure. This was preventible. I appreciate the steps theyve taken today, but they should have taken steps a month ago to move people out of this shelter, to make sure theres six feet of social distancing. We were on top of it. We know there are a number of people who have tested positive. And we are going to reroute our medical Health Experts and people, our nurses and other health support, to this facility. Reporter we just learned of the 144 tests administered. 70 people tested positive. 71 negative tests. And three of those tests are still pending at this point. Those who did test negative will be moved out of the facility. Live in the newsroom tonight, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Stephanie, thank you. Around bait arthe bay area, people have died in the bay area. Santa clara county still has the most confirmed cases in the region with modern 1,480. Lake county now has four confirmed cases. Mendocino cases, cases have held steady at four. For weeks lake county was reporting zero cases, thats changed. Three of those patients in Mendocino County have recovered. Every day were grafting number of cases in the greater bay area so we can see the shape of that curve. This includes data from 14 local counties. Our shelterinplace orders have left some streets in oakland nearly empty. And that has given mayor libby schaaf an idea, closing down those streets. It gives people more space to walk, jog, bike, while practicing social distancing at th same time. Abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has more. How is it looking out there,te its we coi back and forth. Tomorrow theyll be putting cones out here to block local traffic and allow people space to walk, bike, and jog, but maintain that sixfoot spacing. Closures are set to start tomorrow on 42nd street between broadway and adeline, at e 16th street, west street from west grand to 14th street, and in east oakland, arthur street from havenscourt boulevard to 78th avenue. Mayor libby schaaf says its to get people who have been sheltering in place for the past few weeks some fresh air and exercise. We want oaklanders to recreate in a socially distanced manner, physically distanced manner. Automobi traffl allow oc people to run, walk, and ride in the road itself, not just the sidewalk, and the extra room will allow people to keep the recommended sixfoot safe distance from each other. By opening up our streets to bikes, joggers, pedestrians, we are giving oaklanders more room to spread out safely. Reporter if the Pilot Project is successful, the city plans to expand the program to nearly 74 miles of residential streets. Cyclists we talked with are on board. I think its a great idea, anything to get people on bicycles is a good idea. The idea of open streets in general is a fantastic one. In this day and age, the idea that we can help do social distancing as well makes it even better. Reporter schaaf says less traffic means fewer accidents and fewer headaches for hospitals that are still preparing for a potential surge in covid19 cases. Now, we checked in with the Alameda County Health Department which oer to see what they thought of this idea. They have not answered back. By the way, this is officially known as operation slow streets. And eventually, once they get started in four locations as a Pilot Project, as you said, they plan to expand it to 74 miles of residential streets. So were clear, theyll be closed to throughtraffic, but deliveries, Emergency Services and people who live in those neighborhoods will be able to drive through. Live in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news news. Eric, thank you so much. Marin county sheriff says driving to parks and open space is considered nonessential travel which isnt allowed during shelterinplace orders. You see this line of parked cars in a picture the Sheriffs Office tweeted. The sheriff will begin ticketing par cars parked in open spaces. Changes are coming to encourage people to stay home and safe in the bay area. Did you s Dustin Dorsey breaks down the temporary measures Everyone Needs to know about. The views of mission peak give people a break from the bay area lifestyle. But this weekend may not be the time to take in the scenery. We need folks to stay home and stay safe. Weve closed some parking areas and staging areas for easter il the safety of the public and employees. The parks district has already announced many closures and are expanding that ahead of this busy weekend. In total, ten regional parks will see new lot and staging closures on april 11 and 12. The district is discouraging the public from visiting these parks. They will still be accessible if you walk to the locations. Here at the san jose regional parks, they will be closed to keep people away on easter weekend. Were trying to really prevent people gathering in groups. We know that these regional received areas that can get reports regarding noncompliance with county orders in certain parks, and people gathering. So we just want to be really proactive and make sure people are following county orders. The city of san jose will do this by closing the nine regional parks to the public entirely, including here at alma den lake park. This means no access by car or by foot throughout the entirety of easter weekend. Neighborhood parks in san jose will remain open with public space restrictions, such as closed dog parks and sports fields. But temporary measures could turn to indefinite if social distancing doesnt continue. If groups, gathering, overcrowding, any kind of noncompliance with the county order is seen at parks, it can definitely lead to the closure of other parks. In san jose, Dustin Dorsey, abc 7 news. This is the golden gate bridge. The south and vista point parking lots will be closed over the Holiday Weekend, and as you can see, ama, very light traffic tonight. Absolutely. A gorgeous look outside, though. Students have been out of school physically for almost a month. Lesson plans and laptops are still an issue for some. See how local districts are trying to catch up. Im Spencer Christian with a look at weather to win you over even if you plan to be indoors this weekend. The accuweather forecast is coming up in just a im greg, im 68 years old. I do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. All across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses. Its hard keeping track of all the changes in our world, so were helping keep you up to date. In case youre counting, its friday, april 10th, day 25 of our shelter in place in the bay area. Los angeles extended its shelterinplace order until may 15th. Starting today workers and customers in essential businesses in l. A. Must wear masks, like grocery stores, pharmacies, and rest every shr and nobody is immedone nds to gt businesses can refuse service to customers if they arent wearing a mask. A handful of other Southern California cities are enacting similar rules. A university of San Francisco Research Scientist says Governor Newsom should put a mandatory mask law in place. Jeremy howard says Available Evidence suggests nearuniversal adoption of nonmedical masks when in public, along with complementary Public Health measures, could successfully reduce and stop community tread. He appeared on our new 3 00 show to talk about the research. We now know that masks are best used when somebody who might be infected wears it. If you go out to the shops and somebody is not wearing a mask, they could kill you. Something you really need to think about. Experts caution that masks are no substitute for physical distancing, which is still your safest option. For students, Distance Learning has been a greater challengehast envisioned. Some School Districts are just now starting. Others are still negotiating with the Teachers Union to set parameters and expectations. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez takes a look. Reporter at global family elementary in oakland, parents came to pick up learning packs and the muchneeded laptops for their children. The hope is that this coming monday, most, not all, will be interacting online. Parents say Distance Learning got off to a rough spot. I do think it was a little slow, but i understand they needed time to get the teachers together. Reporter the Teachers Union in oakland had to spend time negotiating new rules and parameters for its members. While oakland teachers have reached an agreement with the distrisafrofi s ntiith torneys. Therefore San Francisco students still dont know when their online classes will formally begin. And today were going to write about three things we like. Reporter teachers have gotten creative. This teacher assigns work for her kindergarteners through her youtube channel. As part of their agreement with the district, oakland teachers will have a maximum of two hours of direct online instruction plus two hours of flex time to prepare, while some parents would like longer hours. Teachers say its enough screen time. In a normal classroom day im not giving six hours of direct instruction, im giving ten minutes of direct instruction and a 30minute activity. Reporter the harsh reality is that not all her students have laptops so she communicates with them by phone. Despite the drive to get out laptops and necessary learning materials to students, there are still many families in oakland without devices or access to the internet. This pandemic has made clear that Wireless Service should be just like water, electricity, its a necessity. Reporter in oakland, Lyanne Melendez, abc 7 news. New at 6 00, a restaurant is donating hundreds of pizzas to San Ramon Regional Medical Center to say thank you. The owner of pizza guys in danville brought in his employees to fire up the ovens and get to work. He told us its a Small Community and despite losing some business, he wanted to support health care workers. More than 380 small pizzas were made and delivered. Remarkable effort. The fallout from covid19 is hitting bay area charteities ha as fundraising events dry up. One organization in particular is having an incredibly tough time during this pandemic. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen has the story from stanford. Reporter outside the Ronald Mcdonald house at stanford, a family face greets those who are at this home away from home. You have a safe environment for her to be in and she can still maintain her care. Reporter he and his daughter have lived here for the past year. Maddie, who is 7, undergoes dialysis treatment for 3 1 2 hours at a time. Its rough on her, shell come back upset. The staff will goof with her. Reporter the Novel Coronavirus has impacted the Ronald Mcdonald House Charities in more ways than one. Our meal planning process now is completely different. Reporter different because with their new visitor restrictio kp il safe from potent s that rmhc typically relies on to feed families have been drastically reduced. Only essential Staff Members are allowed inside, all responsible for multiple roles beyond their norm. Im in the kitchen, helping cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The workload has increased by a lot. Reporter businesses and Community Groups would typically be in the kitchen, preparing and covering the cost for many meals for those who live here. The organization is now facing a 1. 4 million revenue shortfall this year due to canceled fundraisers and volunteer contributions. This is why were all staying and sheltering at home to these kids can be safe. Reporter the chief executive officer hopes the community will consider making a donation to help rmhc continue its mission. Its absolutely urgent. This is what will keep us going. Theres nothing more critical for these families than to have a place to stay, food to eat, and be close to lifesaving treatment. Reporter Staff Members doing their best to provide a sense of normalcy despite challenging times. I miss having them in the community areas, in the activity rooms, playing with the kids, doing these amazing activities, and seeing their faces. Reporter families forever thankful for the communitys support. It showers my heart with a lot of joy to know there are so many people with big hearts, to care so much about these kids and their families. Reporter in palo alto, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. To donate, you can go to our website, abc7news. Com. Ama, they do such amazing work at Ronald Mcdonald house. They absolutely do. Coming up next, abc 7 news weather anchor Spencer Christian has our weekend forecast as we take a look at the beach. Evuate anakland this morning after reports of a. It took about two hours for police to investigate and clear the scene. That suspicious item turned out to be a piece of electrical conduit. But it does look a little creepy, i can see why people got nervous. The Holiday Weekend is here and the sun is back out. I believe the easter bunny will still be out even though the rest of us are sheltering in place, christian. The easter bunny should have a hopping good time this weekend. We can watch him through our windows. Heres a look at live doppler 7, mainly clear skies around, some low clouds at the coastline. A live view from our exploratorium camera. Its currently 59 degrees in San Francisco. Low 60s at oakland. Redwood city, san jose, and gilroy. 55 at half moon bay. Another view of mainly clear sky looking from our rooftop camera across the embarcadero. 65 at santa rosa. Petaluma, 64. 70 degrees in fairfield, thats our warm spot. 61 at livermore. Here is a look at our forecast features. Well see low fog and clouds expanding but theyll burn back to the coastline by midmorning tomorrow. Sunny and warmer for easter weekend. The warming will continue well into next week. Remember the upper level low weve been talking about all week long, the low that brought us rainfall earlier in the week . Its been a factor in our weather all week long. Its down in Southern California now, moving towards san diego. It still has a little effect on our weather, moving some isolated showers up in our direction. But it is losing its impact on our weather right now. Our forecast animation starting at 7 00 this evening. Notice during the overnight hours well see a surge of low clouds and fog from the coast publishing across the bay and inland. Those clouds coming up our way from that low pressure system down south will disappear. As we get to the morning hours, look for some clearing. Bright,s sounny day for most of the day and evening. Easter sunday will be the first in a string of sunny and mild to warm tys lowightilbe mainthe upper 40 50 f hhsomorrow ranging only from upper 50s at the coast to mainly mid60s around the bay shoreline. Above 70 in the warmest inland locations. Look at the maximum temperature trend over the next few days, Easter Sunday shows a warm trend, except at the coast. Around the bay and inland it will get even warmer. Then on monday, warmin continues. And by tuesday, well be looking at high temperatures in our inland areas around if not above 80 degrees, right around the bay shoreline well see mid70s. On the coast, mid to upper 60s. So we have some nice mild to warm weather coming our way. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. Let me point out once again that the easter weekend is looking lovely. It will get even warmer and sunnier into early and midweek next week. Late next week well see a bit of a drop in temperatures by thursday. A few extra clouds move in. A cooler pattern coming in, bringing us a chance, at the shers end of next week. Before then we have sunny and lovely weather to enjoy. And we will indeed. Nice. Thanks, spencer. Reporter im Wayne Freedman in San Francisco under the overpass. Its going to be heady for you, even caltrans admits that, coming up. The skimming scam is going digital. Im Michael Finney. You want a freshsmelling home, but some air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. 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The White House Coronavirus Task Force Says the coronavirus in the United States may be leveling off. Its about the encouraging signs that we see, but we have not reached the peak, as encouraging as they are, so every day we need to continue to do what we did yesterday and the week before and the week before that, because thats what in the end is going to take us up across the peak and down the other side. California is making a huge dent in processing coronavirus tests. But were still coming in close to last compared to the rest of the country, ranking 45th. As of thursday california had results for 177,600 tests or 449 per 100,000 people. The state has drastically improved in the last few weeks but has a heavy backlog to process. For those without a fever, its extremely difficult to get a test. And Health Officials say that makes it harder to understand the infection pattern. In the last 24 hours, one of the most searched stories on our website, abc7news. Com, has been about a phenomenon called herd immunity, thats when enough of the population has become infected that it would be safe to lift social distancing and shelter in place requirements. We asked our abc 7 special correspondent about it on abc 7 news at 4 00. 50 to 60 immune to this coronavirus would mean we would need millions and medicals of americans to actually get either infected or vaccinated to create herd immunity. Thats a huge number. We have the story about herd immunity on our website, again, its abc7news. Com. You can read it and share it with your friends. The ranks of the unemployed keep growing during the pandemic. Theres a bay area city where companies are hiring. Its because theyre supporting the fight against the coronavirus. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie explains the city is fremont. Reporter fremont has become a hub of essential busineorting covid19. Evolve is home to an Assembly Line to manufacture covid19 test kits. In a few days it will launch a new line to make badlyneeded ventilators. This and other companies have provided on demand services for years to produce robotics, ultrasound equipment, and devices for dna analysis. Whats complicated is doing it in high volume and mass production. I have very Skilled Engineering teams who have worked at abbott and ge medical and these places. So they have a lot of experience. Reporter steritek is trying to sterilize and reuse face masks. We have done some tests and on both the masks and also the face shields, we are sending some samples back to stanford hospital for them to test to see if the face shields have degraded in that one, two, three, four, or five times the sterilization dose. Reporter the city hes ecosystem of 900 local suppliers to meet the need for sheet metal, parts, and other inventory without interruption. Its a strategy that fremonts city leaders envisioned years ago and its paid off. Were so fortunate to be able to respond to this essental need, the critical demand we see right now in our community and we hope to be able to provide more in the ongoing time period to help solve this issue. Reporter fremont is stepping up to fight covid19. David louie, abc 7 news. As 7 on your sides Michael Finney has been warning us, of these can credit card information when you use your card. Michael is live with a new warning tonight. Michael, you cant escape these people. Reporter it is absolutely amazing that theyre following us to our homes. Look, heres how it works. It works just like the skimmers at a local gas station, atm, or store, only now its all online. Most dont even know when or where their credit card information was stolen. Thats how slick credit card skimming has become. Physical skimmers are secretly applied on top of legit readers on atms, gas pumps, and store credit card readers. An Online Security expert spoke with Abcs Nightline about it. Its as easy as swiping a card in any skimming device. Reporter now since were no longer swiping our card at physical location, criminals are taking credit card skimming online. These actors are putting malicious code into vulnerable e ecustomers web sites. At the time you check out from your shopping experience, your credit card information is getting skimmed from the website. Reporter when shopping, there comes a moment when you are giving up your personal information. But it is not yet enencrypted. Its right before you pay. When you fill out your credit card information on a shopping cart form, the actors are able to collect that information because theyre collecting it before it is encrypted. Reporter ingenious but wrong. So how do you protect yourself . Well, dont put in that information. Instead, use a Third Party Payment service like paypal or apple pay. Ide why does that work . Thats a good question. Because your information is never not encrypted. Its encrypted with apple pay, paypal, or other third party pai payers and its encrypted when its on that website. So the criminals lose that window of opportunity. Its amazing to me, dan and ama, theyve managed to pull it off, and here they are. They always seem to find a way. Thank you, michael. Now for some coronavirus news that doesnt involve a clampdown. In fact its an opportunity, at least thats the way caltrans is presenting it. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman has the story. Reporter in the same spirit of what goes up must come down, what once was new does become old. And if it belongs to caltrans, they try to make it new again. Which brings us to the overpasses in San Francisco. A quarter of a million cars drive through every day. They have taken their toll. Seven decades its been serving the public. Reporter trans had planned 18 days for the 37 million project beginning in july. April 25th. To start as early if you look underneath you can see some of the work has already begun. The main job of replacing 800 feet of deck will require shutdowns, traffic shifting, delays, and no doubt, automotive spilling into neighborhoods like san bruno avenue which is already congested. Locals, though, did not express too much concern when they first learned about the project. We have a crumbling infrastructure here. And we all understand improvements need to be made. Its just the timeliness of it is going to hurt. And there is nothing we can do about it, right . Reporter even caltrans admits this work is going to be inconvenient. But by moving the schedule up to a time when we have roughly 50 of the traffic, they say it wont be as bad as it would have been. We believe we can cut the time and we can get it done before people come back to work. Reporter which will mean working 24 hours until the work finishes, just follow the turn tow job nowr umrwhen,ereys issful crawl. In San Francisco, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. And more news on the transportation front. This is just in, b. A. R. T. Has announced it will close some station entrances beginning monday, not stations, just some entrances. It affects four downtown San Francisco stations, and the 12th and 19th street stations in oakland. Ridership is down 94 . Holy week is going through some serious changes and challenges with the pandemic and social distancing. How one Bay Area Church made sure parishioners could still observe good friday in person. Well have story. Im Leslie Brinkley. This business is helping out First Responders and medical sadly, today, the worldwide surpassed 100,000. Most of the world is sheltering in place and its going to last a while longer. In greece, schools that were shut down on march 10th will remain closed through may 10th at least. Italys lockdown will now last until may 3rd, at least. At the vatican, pope francis held good friday mass in a nearly empty st. Peters basilica. In france, notre dame live e e extremely the First Service since last years fire. Abc 7 news was in San Francisco where saints peter and paul church on filbert street has been celebrating mass. Weve been celebrating at our home for the last several weeks. When they let us know the church would be open and they would be taking care of social distancing, we said, oh, we can go down and walk around and look at the stations of the cross. Inamerican mass has been hd and moved online. The easter bunny teamed up with the Pacifica Fire Department today for a reverse spring egg hunt. Firefighters escorted the bunny through town to look for decorated eggs in front yards. Families came into their yards and out onto the sidewalk to get a good look. This way, kids could still wave, maintain a safe distance, and slip on the bunny ears. Okay, thats cute. Easter sweets and treats are not selling like usual this year, of course. Today cvs pharmacy announced it would donate 5 million of easter candy. Ipients include hospitals, food banks, churches, schools, Law Enforcement and firefighters. On Easter Sunday you can watch the glide Memorial Church easter celebration. It airs at 11 00 a. M. Watch it live right here on abc 7 news, on abc7news. Com, facebook, and youtube as well. And were expecting a beautiful weather day for easter weekend. Gorgeous. Spencer has your forecast next. Although dont use the weather as an excuse to go outside. Stay inside. Well leave you with a look at the empty streets around the bay area. Did you know Liberty Mutual customizes your Car Insurance tada so you only pay for what you need . I should get a quote. Do it. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Thats ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar. Its a situp, banana bend at the waist im tryin keep it up. Youll get there. Whoahoahoa 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. Ensure max protein. A San Francisco man is giving essential workers a boost throughout date with a free cup of coffee. Ben ramirez waits by his open window on pfeiffer street. The aspiring coffee house owner was taking classes so he had all the equipment and coffee beans to help out. A lot of people have actually been very thankful, having just like a space to come get your coffee and talk to somebody for a second, kind of makes it feel like theyre back in their kind of routine. Anything to look forward to, right . He is maintaining his social distancing, you see there, coffee is delivered with a furry mechanical arm that was given to him by his son. Thats nice. During this strange and difficult time, we wanted to find a way to highlight gratitude for the good people doing good things out there. Weve activated better bay area project thanks. Today our project thanks story comes from walnut creek, and abc 7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley has more about a dry ccompaneln jobs have becometreacherous. Reporter ming an , going on an emergency call. Theyre exposed on a daily basis, theyve taken an oath to do this. So we got together and said, weve got to step it up, we have to be the ones that help the medical staff, the First Responders, the paramedics that are all dealing with this day to day. We need to clean and sanitize c. Reporter dutch girl cleaners picks up the uniforms and drops them off at places including fire stations and the Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek Police departments. It helps us, it gives us an opportunity to quarantine our uniforms, so to speak, we dont have to take them home and expose our loved ones to some of the things were exposed to during the day. Reporter the medical scrubs are usually popped into a washer and dryer at home. This keeps those possibly contaminated scrubs out of those medical workers homes, helping their families. We just picked up two jackets from the pice pame tt may have been contaminated by covid. Reporter other companies have joined in the effort as well. Dry cleaning workers who sanitize the uniforms wear personal protective gear themselves. Right now its going to take a village to get through this. Reporter the word has gotten out and the response to the free dry cleaning has quadrupled in the last week and is expected to expand even more. Its another added layer of safety for us and we couldnt be more grateful. Reporter in walnut creek, im Leslie Brinkley, abc 7 news. And we invite you to join better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude for everyone on the front lines of the covid19 battle. Use the hashtag betterbayarea and we will share the love. Ama, so many people doing such amazing things. Absolutely, and we love to highlight it, it brings a smile to everyones face. So true. On to the weather forecast. Spencer is here with the latest. D a string of lovely days lovel after that. Its important to remember that we are in a serious rainfall deficit. Santa rosa is 15 inches behind its normal amount of rainfall at this point in the season. Over 10 1 2 inch deficit in observation land and San Francisco, eight inches in livermore. We could use some rain. Those long, dry months of summer are not far away so its unlikely well get enough rain to petut a dense in that defici. Overnight lows will be mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s. Tomorrow, after lingering morning fog and low clouds, well see sunny skies in the afternoon with high temperatures ranging from almost 60 at the coast to mid and upper 60s around the bay shoreline, upper 60s to low 70s and even some mid70s will prevail inland, cloverdale and ukiah. The accuweather sevenday forecast, Easter Sunday is looking lovely. Warming trend continues and goes into next week. Next week, higher temperatures at 80 degrees, dan and ama. Wow, warming right up. Awfully nice. Spencer, thanks very much. A lot to talk about in sports as we are heading into another weekend. Larry beil is here with the latest. I was wondering what you guys are Binge Watching. I know dan is all over tiger king. Its not bad. Its ridiculous. Locked in bay area sports stars like gabe kapler, many others, what are they doing right now . Theyre cooped up like the rest of us. Theyre watching oh, oh, announcer ® onceweekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like james lower their blood sugar. A majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. Heres your a1c. Oh my a1c is under 7 announcer and you may lose weight. Adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. I lost almost 12 pounds oh announcer for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. 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Oh, oh, oh, ozempic® announcer you may pay as little as 25 per prescription. Ask your Health Care Provider today about onceweekly ozempic®. Announcer now abc 7 sports with larry beil. Bay area athletes are trying to work out but they have no gym to go to. Money heist, wow. Yes. Wow. Tiger king. I dont know if its the tigers. I have no idea what its about. The storytelling is really strong. Every single interview ive had is asking about tiger king. Thats the next thing im going to watch. I dont want to give anything away for people. Its an interesting watch. Whats entertaining is the stuff that is almost unbelievable, thats what makes it so popular. They had convinced me at ccs tournament that i would love to play Online Gaming with them. I just started playing that. I maybe the best player. Maybe. The semifinals of nfl 2020 tournament. We can start the mission but nobody goes to their place and all of a sudden, where are you guys at . I told you exactly where we are. Using things like, you know, videogames to stay connected. Obviously weve all been locked up here in our houses for a number of days now. I can work on my spanish. I started Binge Watching tv shows, started swimming. I did a bunch of miles on the treadmill. I learned how to build a putting green. I watched a twominute Youtube Video and then kind of figured it out from there. On day 24 of the quarantine is when i hit my 500th mile. All right, stare at this wall and dont blink. I get up to 2 1 2 minutes, hes like, youre good. I was on instagram and saw you and steph, six feet away. Was that from today . Yeah, i was just literally with him. A lot of people at home are saying, hes doing this to escape his wife and children. And theres a lot of truth in that. With authority. Eric burns will run eight or nine hours straight. Hes unbelievable. What hes a machine, ama, im serious. He runs triathalons. Hes amazing. Thats crazy. Thanks. Join us for abc 7 news tonight at 11 00. Reporter today two tech giants are coming together for a covid19 Contact Tracing app. What that means for your device and your health, at 11 00. The 49ers loss in the super bowl was a tough one for San Francisco. Tonight, why one medical expert says it could have saved lives. Tonight, a few thoughts about what really matters. For christians and jews, this is a very important week. Passover on wednesday. This is good friday, of course. And easter is sunday. Ive always loved easter and have so many fond memories since childhood, a truly beautiful service, the start of spring, and of course the Chocolate Easter bunnies which i still must admit i do like every year, to be honest. But as we know, east and her pa easter and passover are very different this year. Shelter at home means empty synagogues and churches. The annual white house egg roll canceled too. The form of these important holidays may be different this year. But certainly not the meaning and spirit. Passover signifying perseverance and survival. Easter, triumph and rebirth. This week is very different. But what really matters is that in all the important ways, it can be just as special. Happy passover, happy easter. I always love to hear from you. Let me know what you think. Follow me on twitter and facebook. That is our report. We appreciate your time. Im dan ashley. Im ama thweve never seen it look quite like this, but theres no mistaking it. And its our job to protect it. Because the best people to fight for our communities are those within them. So, if youve just bought a volkswagen or were thinking of buying sometime soon, were here to help with the Community Driven promise. Evlooking for healthy skinple reach for cetaphil. Recommended by dermatologists. Awarded by allure. And most of all, loved by skin. Cetaphil. The cleansers sensitive skin loves. That could mean education for our little man and a closer bus stop for her. Shape your future. Start here. 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Nbir. What is spring forward, fall back . Thats it. Cats for 1,000