Here are just a few bay areabased companies that have announced big job cuts recently. Uber is laying off 3700 workers. Lyft is cutting 982 positions. Airbnb laying off 1900 people. And we dont know how many local workers are affected at those three companies. We do know that the oakland as are laying off nearly 800 people. The San Francisco giants cutting 1200 jobs, and bon appetit management is laying off more than 1500 workers in San Francisco. I think in the shortterm, there are going to be some sectors that are going to have trouble coming back, even under the best Public Health response. Uc berkeley Public Health policy professor Jesse Rothstein says that includes restaurants and Small Businesses, but includes even powerhouses like uber who thought treating drivers as independent contractors made them less susceptible to layoffs are finding thats not true in this pandemic. But even when all this begins to quiet done, some things may never go back to the way they were. Set your expectation that the return to the office is not exactly going back to your old job. Randall micek with job Placement Firm robert half says there will be less travel, more work from home and even those who do work from offices will find fewer people and more social distancing. In walnut creek, eric thomas, abc7 news. People who are now unemployed should start their job search immediately. That is the advice from labor economist at ziprecruiter julia pollack. The labor market is only going to be more competitive. While the number of opportunities has fallen, the number of job seekers who will be flooding this market could be as many as eight million to ten million in a couple of months. Pollack says some workers in demand include Software Develop developer, Cyber Security as we as grocery and isten . S. Highly updatromovernorawait t exact details on how he plans to initiate stage two of californias reopening timeline. Abc7 news anchor dan ashley joins us live now with some of the Key Highlights from today. Dan . Kristen, a lot of news from the governor today. Topping the list, Governor Newsom announcing major relief for workers. Workers compensation will be provided to any worker who has caught the virus or been exposed on the job. The governor says even though phase 2 starts friday, a full reopen will take a lot longer than people think. Heres what he is saying about that. Were still on track for that second phase later this week, and we are for a number of other reasons. Not just testing, the tracing that we talked about today is the first day of that Virtual Training that well be doing with Credible Partnership with ucsf and ucla to train the first cohort of tracker and tracers, these what i call disease detectives. Well have 10,000 in the first cohort. Well hopefully get to about 20,000 over the course of the next few months that is foundational as well in our reopening efforts. But so is the data. And thats what guides us. Thats what makes ultimately the determination, allows us to make announcements, hospitalization numbers improved over the last day. So did icu numbers. They actually both went down 1 and 1. 5 respectfully. We had good news over the last week versus the previous week on the number of deaths. Unfortunately, yesterday at least over the last 24 hours, those numbers went back up a little bit. I talked yesterday about how weve been sort of bouncing back from 1200 people testing positive a day, seeing as high as 25, 2600. We were in the lower end yesterday. A little on the higher end today. In terms of the announcement. But in that bracket. Again, stable decision over the course of many, many weeks decline in certain area, but not as much as we love to see. But again, the stabilization of that curve is one of the foundational indicators to allow us to move forward in the second phase. The indicators on ppe another critical indicator allows moving to face 2. The tracing work that is now being done in realtime. When it comes to that critical need to ramp up testing here in california, the governor says a new state website is now available at covid19. Ca. Gov. It shows what testing sites are available nearest you, and the specific information, kristen, that you will need to sign up to get it. Dan, if we can talk a little bit about the state budget, because next week a revised budget will be released. And of course we expect a loft cuts and also details on unemployment. What do you know than . Well, thats going to be very interesting because what we need is hard information. And when the state budget comes out were going get unemployment numbers that are more preside size, what the funding levels are going to be for programs in the state, Health Care Spending and the like. What the jobless numbers are like. So we will begin to get a clearer picture next week of exactly where we are in terms of the state budget, what the priorities will have to be, and the impact that this epidemic and the lockdown has really had on the state. Its going to be very interesting and probably, kristen, very sobering week next week when we get those numbers. Im sure youre right. Dan, thank you. Shortly after the governors update, San Francisco mayor london breed director grant colfax gave their response. They say as much as they like to reopen lowrisk businesses on friday, their own set of guidelines may mean the city is farther away from doing that. Let me clarify. The San Francisco and Bay Area Health orders currently in effect through may do not permit Curbside Pickup from nonessential businesses. The governors guidance to retailers coming out thursday will spell out the states expectations. We will study those very carefully. However, it is important to remember that the rule of thumb is whichever order is more restrictive is the order that will take precedence. Mayor breed says she wants to keep people healthy, especially the citys essential workers as the baseline for deciding when to reopen. So what will life be like at the office when people actually do return to work . A major east bay company is already wrestling with a myriad of issues at the highest level. Abc7 News Reporter david loui joins us with an inside look at that process. David . Well, larry, blue shield of california has created a task force thats getting input from its thousands of employees to consider systematically what needs to be done to ensure everyones safety. Now it includes whether to screen or revisit visitors and how to recreate work space. Te office is normally filled with 7,000 employees of blue shield of california are eerily quiet. Yet plans are under way for a return to work. It wont be a flip of a switch, not a chance. Its definitely going to be a well choreographed go slow to go fast return to work strategy. July 6th is the earliest date, although that will depend on the workforce of especially the top executives. It meets weekly. Being a health plan, blue shield is focused on the health and safety of its workforce. The biggest risk is we inadvertently have somebody in the workplace who is not known to be infected and is in fact infected and infected other people. Dr. Gilliland says blue shield might break up employees into smaller units to limit the outbreak of an infectious outbreak. Temperature checks and testing are under consideration. So is social distancing. Court business services, a major Office Furniture contractor has created prototypes of how to provide six feet of spacing for employees may. Juror change could involve Conference Rooms and casual areas. Some Companies May phase in the return of employee, factoring in Underlying Health conditions, the availability of child care and the reopening of schools that might help to extend time to reconfigure work spaces. The concern is really going to be around how quickly can they bring these products to market. By the time they reimagine, reengine near, get them on the Assembly Line and out to the consumer, it could take a period of time. While cost implications are still unknown, blue shield mentioned its budgets have been helped by the suspension of business travel. Well, blue shield says it plans to share its playbook with other companies. It anticipates companies of different sizes and missions will come up with individualized approaches. Were live, david louie, abc7 news. David, thank you. And on abc7news. Com, we have a breakdown of newsoms reopening timeline and more coronavirus resources. Head to abc7news. Com slash covid help for job seeker information, testing sites and much more. All right. Coming up on abc7 news at 4 00, the bay area clothing Chain Planning a really aggressive reopening. Well tell you what theyre planning. Thats coming up next. The rush is on to find gifts for mom. Im chris nguyen with that story, coming up. Im spencer christian. Are you ready for a little sizzling summerlike weather . Its coming our way. Ill have the accuweather forecast right now, you need and endless entertainment. Xfinity has you covered, with reliably fast speeds, the most inhome wifi coverage, and advanced security included. Plus, access all your streaming apps in one place, including peacock. And now you can get up running quickly with contactless equipment drop off. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity for thirty four ninety nine a month for 12 months and get xfinity flex a personalized streaming dashboard for all your favorite apps. Click or call today. 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Usaa has been standing with them for nearly a hundred years. And well be here to serve you for a hundred more. Google announcing today its committing another 50 million to covid19 relief, and that brings the companys total contribution to 100 million. The latest infusion includes 15 million to support frontline workers around the world as well as new funding for data science and disease tracking. 25 million is going to economic recovery and relief, and there is 10 million to support Distance Learning around the world. Gap is planning to open its family of stores as soon as possible. The San Franciscobased retailer says it plans to reopen up to 800 stores in north america by the end of the month. This includes its namesake brand as well as old navy, banana republic, and athletea stores. The goal is to be, quote, responsibly aggressive, add that theyre lan planning to open where theyre legally allowed as soon as possible. Were learning about the changes nordstrom will be making as it moves towards opeva pilgr upscale retailer plans to protect workers and shoppers. Stores are reopening, but shopping as we know it is i think chaing. Nordstrom announcing the closure of 16 stores in an effort to weather the impact of the covid19 epidemic, while also putting precautions into place as it gets ready to reopen its 380 Stores Across the country. This Nordstrom Rack in greenville, South Carolina is reopening today. The Company Planning a location opening all stores atonce. Iori. Making sure were taking care of that customer. As the stores open, customers can expect shortened hours to make time for cleaning. There will be a limit on customers allowed inside for social distancing. Masks will be handed out to all employees and customers. Fewer fitting rooms will be open, and they will be cleaned between uses. Any merchandise that is tried on will be held for a period of time before it goes back to the rack. At the registers, plexiglas between customers and cashiers, and no cash will be allowed. We do have the right measures in place at the current moment, but that doesnt mean that its not all going to continue to evolve. We need to know how many customers were going have in our store and were going continue to learn every day. Nordstroms also adapting its shopping experience, as many customers are hesitant to touch things in stores, now accounting for more virtual purchases, scaling up Curbside Pickup at fulfillment sites. And that from abc7s eva pilgrim. Now despite the ongoing covid19 pandemic, retail analysts say americans will actually spend more money on their moms this year compared to last. Abc7s News Reporter chris nguyen explains how bay area businesses are getting ready for the mothers day rush. In campbell, Second Generation florist christopher city is feeling grateful. Touched our family with the calls that we have received are. Like many other businesses, citys florist has been hit hard by the covid19 pandemic. Under the county order, inperson retail sales arent allowed, so theyre losing out on valuable foot traffic leading into mothers day. A new way of selling flowers. The National Retail federation says americans are looking to make up for the fact that they cant take their mom out because of social distancing and lockdown restrictions. On average, consumers are expected to spend 205 on cards, meals, an other gifts for mom. By popular demand, frost cupcake factory is bringing back its cupcake decorating kits. On mothers day all of our kits be flowery and pretty and hearts. Well have things like chocolate covered strawberries. A menu featuring a steak for two. Ring a salmon cooking kit with video instructions from a michelin star chef. They can watch this at their own pace and to be able to follow along. Goinoav f time doing it. Wut to order. Unlike previous years, you wont have very many last minute options to choose from. Plan ahead and consider shopping local. People are so happy to get their arrangements. Unfortunately, we have to leave them on the porch this year and but we know that there will be a smile when they open that door. Chris nguyen, abc7 news. All right. Ive been in here so, i can only look outside the window and see how gorgeous it is outside. Oh, got to get out there, spencer. It is gorgeous out there. Can you tell how windy it is out there, though . You sure see some trees bend organize blowing in the breeze a bit. Weve got i know skies, and the current wind speeds, the surfac Miles Per Hour to nearly 30 milehour. So quite windyut there. Uite a bit w alsohan it was at this time yesterda an. K at the it is 7 deges warmer in noto, napaanoseha timey. 8 degreesn livermore and oakland. 10 degrees warmer in santa rosa. Even San Francisco is about 4 degrees warmer. Lets take a look at current temperature readings. It is 68 in the city. 78 in oakland and 81 san jose. 82 in gilroy. 61 in pacifica. And on we go to lots of 80s right now. 86 at santa rosa. 81 at both petaluma and napa. Fairfield 88 degrees. And 84 apiece at livermore and concord. And these are our forecast features. It will be warm near the bay and hot inland the next two days, and mild at the coast i might add. Turning much cooler, though, on mothers day weekend, although expect n pleasant weekend. Then cloudier and cooler with chances of some showers early next week. Lets take a look at overnight conditions. Well have a full moon tonight, and youll get a full view as skies are likely to be mostly clear just about everywhere. Overnight lows will be in the low to mid50s in most locations. Pretty mild overnight, along with the clear skies. And then as we take a look at our 12hour planner for tomorrow, start the day with sunny skies. It will be cool to mild in the morning hours, but it will warm up quickly by noon. Well see temperatures in the low 80s by noon in our inland areas. Mid60s on the coast. Excuse me, any allergies are getting to me here. Warmer by 4 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Mid80s around the bay and 70 or higher on the coast. And temperatures will taper off gradually going into the evening hours. Specifically tomorrow high temperatures of 73 at half moon bay. 77 in San Francisco. 82 oakland. 92 livermore. 90 morgan hill. 90 at santa rosa. Its going to be even hotter inland on friday as well see some mid to upper 90s in places like antioch and fairfield and livermore. Lots of low to mid80s around the bay shoreline on friday, and mid to upper 60s on the coast. Then we get to saturday. Notice the rather sharp cooldown. Still a pleasant day with lots of 80s in them. Sunday will be even coer but we expect skies,st a f extra cl sevenday forecast. Looking at mothers day once again, a few clouds, but mainly sunny skies. Nice bright day. Highs in the mid80s and 70s around the bay. Up to about 60 on the coast. Then we get cloudier and cooler weather on monday and tuesday with a slight chance of showers on monday. Perhaps a little bit better chance of showers on tuesday. And then temperatures and general weather conditions start to become more seasonal on wednesday. Thats a outlook for now. Looking great for mothers day. You did good, spencer. Yeah. Welcome relief by the time we get to sunday. Next few days are going to be hot. It is National Nurses day today. On twit, well that family doesnt have to take out of their house. It relieves stress off of me to let me know im doing something good for the community, not just papa johns. Happens to be National Nurses day. You can make the argument every day should be National Nurses day with what theyre facing. But Health Care Heros are being celebrated and honored by athletes and teams, and this is happening all over social media. Abc7 news Chris Alvarez joining us with more on how the sports world is giving a standing ovation to the medical field, chris, and these videos are tremendous. Yeah, larry, i woke up this morning and i do my normal thing of looking through twitter, and it didnt take me very long to see what does going on today. It gives you goose bumps watching the videos. The real heroes were honored today on social media. On National Nurses day, the sports world is honoring our heroes on the front lines. My front line hero is stephanie. Savannah stewart. Using the hash tag the real heroes, George Kittle and utah jazz guard Donovan Michelle who overcame coronavirus gave thanks. My hero is dr. Cassandra tribble. We want to thank you for all that you have done continuing to sacrifice. When i had the virus, i was little nervous, a little scared. Just being able to be there is something we really appreciate. I just want to thank you. I am going to be representing here in new york a registered nurse. Carrie works at the Womens Health care center to make sure all the mothers are healthy and not displaying any symptoms. So carrie, thank you so much. The sports world giving the medical world a standing ovation. Continue to be a light in all of these dark times. And youre not only a hero today, which youre a hero every day, stephanie. So thank you. Just like you cheer for me and you cheer for us, i want to cheer for you. So get off the call, lets go youre the true queen, the real hero. Thank you. [ cheering ] lets go. Thats good stuff right there. So if you search the real heroes project on youtube, youll find more than 40 videos for the the real heros on twitter. Go through and watch the videos and give thanks. My sisterinlaw aubry is a nurse. Thanks to all the people on the front lines. A really good thing to do on social media today. Back to you. Absolutely. Recognition that is definitely observed and long overdue. Chris, thank you. Coming up on abc7 news at 4 00, new numbers show more homeless tents are popping up all across San Francisco. The new possible solutions as the virus further complicates an already complicated issue. Plus local School Districts are preparing for budget cuts amid the new recession. How one district is making sure teachers can continue to afford the bay area. These people are all on the front line. And i think we can all do a little bit to make their lives easier right now. Theyre not able to be with their families, but to be out there for other families. If we can just give them one day of food from the plate they like and drink something to make them feel better and that theyre not alone in this, then i feel we did something. California phones offers free specialized phones. 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And you had a new one out today saying lifting some restrictions for some businesses may not do much for smaller businesses. The governor said by the weeks a end or possibly the next week he was going to be easing up on the restrictions and getting us back into the flow, starting to, at least, and one of the things was going to be allowing small retailers to use curbside service. They cant right now. You can go up to a restaurant or starbucks, get to it go, pick it up right there and move on. You cant do that with a small business. They either have to mail to it you or deliver to it you. So the idea is they would allow people to come up a and the store owner could walk out and deliver it. But larry, weve got to be honest here. If youre a small sports clothing setup in a neighborhood, youre already in competition with the internet where you can click and order it and have it delivered. So what they depend on is people coming into the stores, people going around and talking with salespeople. They need to have people come in. And they say theyre not going to be able to survive this just with curbside system. Its just not going to cut it. But thats all theyre getting so far. And businesses are already facing, you know, very uncertain, almost deadly future in this pandemic. And this is like a lifeline that is not quite far enough for them to work. So one of those businesses youre talking about, you mention in your column is called small fries. Theyre in noe valley. They sell clothing. Not deemed to be essential but desperately trying to stay open despite rules that really make it impossible unless something changes in the next few days with new recommendations from the governor. And local recommendations as well. Remember, its the locals that implement. What theyre saying is that they cant compete with they cant just stay open. Its even tough for restaurant, but for the Small Businesses that are facing competition from the internet, high rent, its already tough sales going in. And theyve got to have more than just this. I talked with the president of the castro merchants association. He said 70 over 70 of his 300 members are figures that maa quarter of them are never going to open again. So multiply that around. Its just another one of the dominos that keeps falling while we are trying to recover. But the question is are we going get out of here fast enough. Yeah. Now some Small Store Owners are getting creative. You alluded to this using uber drivers for deliveries. Theyre selling stuff on zoom. Some of that is easier said than done, especially when youre going up against these goliath in retail that really have systems more designed to accommodate this sort of thing. Absolutely. Absolutely. And their overhead is less as well in terms of just paying these rents and getting it around. I have to tell you one story. In San Francisco, they get get the historic flower mart reopened. It had been shut down saying that people couldnt go in there and buy their flowers. But supervisor aaron peskin made the argument that cannabis is legal and cannabis is allowed. Its considered an essential service. And we can go and pick that up. You know, whats the difference between cannabis which is a flower and say roses and tulips which are flowers. Theyre both flowers and they make people feel better. And they got permission to reopen just in time for mothers day. Yeah. There is a slight difference between the two. But but speaking of that, its interesting to know at the same time the issue of cannabis, as well as methadone and alcohol is also raised up in terms of sheltering the homeless in San Francisco. We found out that when people are going into the Homeless Hotel rooms for the sheltering and the quarantine, lets say if theyre an alcoholic or they need medical marijuana, theyve set up a Nonprofit Fund and theyre getting it for them and bringing it to them and administering it to them in doses to keep them in their rooms and keep them from going out and mixing with the population. Some people are raising questions about that, saying hey, this sort of goes against the idea trying to get people into recovery. But the Health Officials say recovery is part of it. But its also a big part of it is keeping people off the streets, like were seeing right there with the tents and stuff, trying to keep people that need to be quarantined, quarantined. And if this is what we have to do, this is what we have to do. And theyre doing it as well in amona st and santa clara counties. Thats interesting, because i can just imagine people in the midwest or other parts of the country looking at this scenario where youre getting drugs delivered to the hotels and people thinking what is going on in california. You can see the headline. Booze and blunts okay in pandemic San Francisco. But the fact is, larry, you know and i know that the bay area has long been an advocate for what they call harm reduction. And it wasnt too long ago that the mayor was asking for permission to open up safe sites for people to inject drugs. So the philosophy here about how to handle somebody with drugs even in a pandemic is probably different than it is lets say in the midwest. For sure. You talked about the numbers reported by the chronicle today showing a large increase in tents across the city. This is even with the few thousand hotel rooms that have been provided. The virus is not helping to solve this problem at all. In fact, its compounding it. Is there anything that can be done gwynn all that were face right now . Its interesting. Just the other day, university of California Hastings College of law, one of the biggest employers and a real institution in california that is located in the tender lion which has been completely swarmed with tents filed suit in federal court along with other people saying its unsafe. Its unsafe for the people in the tents and unsafe for the people who live in neighborhood. They cant even walk on the sidewalks anymore because they li there are so many tents. The mayor inveiled a plan to say theyre going get the tents out and put them into safe campgrounds that will have showers. Well see how long it takes them to get the tents out, where they go to, and also they say they have a plan for keeping new tents from coming in. But people are handing out tents at the rate of about a thousand already to people coming in saying they need a place to stay, and those tents are going to go up somewhere. And whether its in the tenderloin or next to the asian how theyre thiss going to be balancing it out, because it has gotten into epidemic proportions. Well, and its classic problem. Nobody wants them in their backyard. And the tents have to go somewhere. The people have to go somewhere in the midst of this pandemic. Phil, thank you for your time. You can read phil matiers columns every sunday and wednesday in the San Francisco chronicle. Kristen . All right, larry, phil, thanks. With state revenue losses because of covid19, californias bracing for some severe budget cuts, including those to education. One School District in marin county is preparing for the worst by joining forces with an organization to begin providing rent restricted housing for some of its teachers. Abc7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez hassadiosurnehoodromav every year when the school year starts, i think this is the year im going to be able to save more and actually put some money away. And it never is. The superintendent of that School District anticipates overall budget cuts are going to be devastating in the wick of covid19. Thats because the cost of living adjustment may be reduced from 3 a year to zero. Some schools also rely on property taxes for funding, and those are expected to be lower. Were looking at greatly reducing our budget by 850,000 plus for next school year, which is roughly 5 of our budget. This could affect the districts ability to retain and hire teachers. Enter Catalyst Housing group, which buys market rate cves th. Infebrua,he oio complex i larkspur, 342 units. It will now begin to offer rent restricted one and twobedroom apartments to teachers and district staff. The reason we decided to start with teachers is if you look at starting salaries for teachers in marin county, they average about 50,000. If you look at average rents in marin county, they average about 2800. Even though qualified teachers will be offered these discounted rates, some cant even afford that. Thats why the essential housing fund was the fund will help pay for their security deposits and contribute 1,000 towards their moving expenses. In the next five to ten years, we are going to need a whole new influx of new teachers, and so being able to attract and retain those that are coming straight out of teacher ed programs is going to be essential. Mcmullen says he would love to live in the serves. In larkspur, airbnb is laying off a significant portion of its staff. But today the company is getting attention for its severance package. What sets it a apart from traditional offers. And even the Supreme Court is not immune from work from home mishaps. The embarrassing mom were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. 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Argument 00 according to the chp, formore 19th to april 19th, it wrote nearly 2500 tickets for drivers going more than 100 miles an hour. Thats an 87 increase compared to the same period last year. And if you want proof, look at the gun right there. An officer in san jose, the radar gun showing 124 Miles Per Hour, and the speeder actually was driving a crossover suv. So dan, cant you slow down . Im just joking. Not dan. I drive like a grandmother, people say. I think its just stupid. Its selfish, and its dumb when there is a lot of traffic on the road. But even now, we dont need the distractions. Were all a little stressed out. Ive seen people fly by me at 90 miles an hour. And what if you get in an accident, we have to deal with it. You have to go the hospital. Everybody risks exposure. Its just selfish. Kristen, youre doing the commute as well. You seeing more people speeding . Its one thing if youre five miles over. Its another thing if youre 125 miles an hour. Yeah, you know, i havent encountered the crazy speed demons, but have i noticed a lot more cars this week out there than the past few weeks. So thats one thing. I will say my teenager who is a student driver learner, she has been finding it easier to drive these days because there are fewer cars on the road. But now im getting a little scared because youre showing me the speed demons. Yeah, yeah. It is scary. They may have to slow down. Once everybody heads back to work and people dont want to jump on public transportation, were going to be going 5 Miles Per Hour, not 100 Miles Per Hour. Okay. As we mentioned earlier in the newscast, San Franciscobased airbnb is laying off 25 of its workers. Acg hes ce each of theseragetud get this, 14 weeks of base pay, plus one additional week for every year at airbnb. U. S. Based employees will also receive 12 months of Health Insurance paid for by the company through cobra. According to market watch, the 14 weeks of base pay regardless of years of service is unusual. Most companies tie their severance packages to years of service. Wow that is an eyeopening, spencer. What do you think . Thats a pretty generous severance package. You know what . In these times were in right now, i think thats terrific for the people who are losing their jobs. They have a bit of a cushion there. Thats pretty good. I like it. Its an example if a company can afford it to make that kind of a generous offer to look out for their employees or former employees as they have to part ways with the company. I think its an example for all corporations that can afford to do so. Yeah, i think its greta theyre providing that for the employees. I think it raises the question and highlights the to toor systtier system. Especially because the rides are not going dom back in these numbers for a long, long time. Thats an excellent point. The Supreme Court was making history this afternoon, holding oral arguments. They were doing this over the phone obviously because of covid19. Then all of the sudden there was the distinct sound of a toilet flushing. Listen. And with what the ftc has said is when the subject matter of the fault ranges then the call is transformed. Attorney Roman Martinez you heard there did not seem fazed when that happened. He was arguing a point in a robocall case. The hearing continued without anybody acknowledging the intrusion. Welcome to life working at home. Attorney, i got to be thinking am i so dull that people are just wandering off to rest room . This could be Supreme Court history im making with this pitch right here. Well, when you got to go, you got to go, larry, although it proves my longstanding policy, doublecheck visually, check the mute butt tin. Which justice do you think . I dont know. But whoever it was could have been expressing his or her opinion of the argument being rendered. Im just saying i think it was a his. Thats funny. All right, guys. Attention tinder user, your next date could be a virtual one they plan to add oneonone video chats later this year but didnt release details. Tinder officials are ready to move forward with the video feature, even though they havent been popular with other companies. They believe thats going to change because users stuck at home will be forced to use it. The average number of daily ril. Ges climbed by more than ofcial s users uer ooh, dan, people might be lonely. Yeah, i think so. This is another example frankly of the technology that were becoming more and more accustomed to being used in different ways. The zoom calls, the facetime, everything else, the ways we have now tried to connect with one another. I would go back to the Previous Story for the tinder users, hit the mute button. Yeah, yeah. Any guidance for us larry or spencer . Not really. Go ahead, spencer, go ahead. I was going to say i guess a hangup means no hookup. We had to wait a long time for that punch line. But i think its going to be interesting when people actually meet in person when this is all over. Although its difficult if youre actually doing some kind of a video call. Its going to be hard to disguise what you really look like. Theyre classic because people say theyre 20 pounds lighter and work out all the time and you show up. Its hard to disguise it. I got a ton of makeup on. But thats all you can do. That could be an extra feature that you pay for where you glamourize yourself for something. I like it. There you go. An extra fee. Thats it for four 4. Coming up, a local American Idol contestant tells us how he is balancing performing at home and supporting his were here for you and were open. Wow. Im an original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. You look cute better than you . Pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or thanks for sharing your savage moves, and especially your awkward ones. Thanks for sharing your cute kids. And your adorable pets. Now its our turn to share. With the geico giveback. A 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies for both current and new customers. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. So thanks again. One good share deserves another. My new bitesized, crispy popcorn chicken is so so thanks again. Irresistible youll want them whenever, so dont resist pop em while you game, hang, or do your thing. Pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic all right. Lets get to consumer news, and the topic is searching for a new computer. Kristen . Oh, yeah, work from home, a lot of people need one. 7 on your sides Michael Finney joins us live. Michael . A whole lot of people were happy with their computer when they only used it occasionally, but if youre sitting there all day in front of it, like youre working, or if your kids have a computer and theyre trying to do Distance Learning, you need a computer that actually works. So here are some tips to buying a new one. Soon after adam shafer started helping his kids with their remote learning, he having a lot of freezing up and problems on the websites and we only could have just about two websites open at a time, otherwise it would crash. If youre in the same boat, it may be time to start shopping online. Laptops are great option because theyre portable, more powerful and less expensive than they used to be. If you like pcs, the lenovo flex 15 is a Consumer Reports best buy. And cr says this convertible laptop is comfortable and if your amac, o of crs top rated laptops is the 16inch apple mac book pro. Apple is at the top of the ratings when it comes to reliability and owner satisfaction. As for desk tops all in one models where the computer is built into the monitor are a popular choice. Theyre powerful and save space. This 27inch model from lenovo is a Consumer Reports best buy. Testers say it showed fast speeds during performance tests and said the touch screen offered a convenient way to navigate. As for mac lovers like adam, cr recommends this 21. 5 inch imac. It has builtin speakers and cr says its dedicated graphic card allows you to run more graphics intensive tasks like video ed editing at top speed. He and his wife are probably more excited than their kids for the new computer. Now if this this is not the right time for your family to be buying a computer, i have another option. Take your old laptop and turn into it a chrome book. Its easy to do. So easy, as a matter of fact, i actually have instructions on our website if you want to check it out and give it a thought. Go to abc7news. Com. All right, thanks, michaels. Can you do it, michael . Can you do it . [ laughter ] you know i say its easy for other people. Ive actually done that in the past. Its pretty easy. All right. Id like to see some video of that. Give it to somebody. Ill mess it up. Thank you, michael. We have not one, but two by area natives who hold a one in 11 chance of winning American Idol. Francisco martin filled with emotion on sunday as he sang for the top 11, and for his family, which includes people on the font lines of this coronavirus pandemic. Abc7 News Community gist Dustin Dorsey has the story. Taking the final spot in your top ten, it is francisco oh, my gosh nothing like a little dramatic effect to make a moment even sweeter. After hours of waiting, daly city native Francisco Martin earned his ticket into the American Idol top 11. Thats when my anxiety level kicked in, and i was just scared, and i dont know whats going to happen. I was just praying. And when i heard my name, i freaked out. My heart skipped some beats. Thank you to america for voting and for voting me in. I really appreciate that that was awesome. Should this be a surprise . The idol judges tabbed him as one of the top ten from day one. Yet the moment of excitement still filled the 19yearold. It could have gone to anyone. And my mind was racing. What is going to happen . I dont know. And then they called my name and i was what . That was such a genuine reaction for me. The theme of the week was home. Francisco performed his rendition of falling like the stars. A way to honor his mother and brother who are fighting on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Just the thought of my mom and my brother, both of them working the front lines as nurses. Im overall proud of them. Theyre both amazing people, and theyre so brave. It felt really great singing about it. I felt like a bunch of the emotions i was feeling and all the anxieties lifted off my shoulders when i sang that song. Im really proud of that. Now the focus set to making it into the top seven and a spot in the idol finale. What can we expect from francisco from San Francisco . Something different genre wise. Thats all i can say. Tune in this weekend, sunday, 8 00 seven central. Right here on abc7. Dustin dorsey, abc7 news. Good luck to that. A sixfoot plus dancing rabbit hit the streets in San Francisco to help a nonprofit. Bobbie thomas has appeared as the easter bunny at house for years. The nonprofit houses families whose children are undergoing cutting edge treatments at. This year the easter celebration was canceled along with one of the charitys biggest fundraising events. So thomas decided to stage his own popup event, dancing and entertaining passers by for family house. A popup dance party. Thats all it is. I spray painted some signs in my house, got some candy. Were giving out toys. And the easter bunny is going to make a visit and were going to dance to prince music all day. Thomas is also hoping donors will hop in with dotion at fami inc. Org to help make up for fundraising events canceled by the covid crisis. They could really use your help. All right. Sorry. Go ahead, larry. I was going say that bunny costume is going get pretty hot over the next few days, spencer. Oh, thats for sure. Right now, larry, its bright and breezy, but its going to be hot in some spots the next couple of days. Wind speeds up to 28 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco. Pretty breezy everywhere else as well. The wind, the brisk breeze also keep the low clouds and fog from developing for the most part tonight. Look for clear skies. Well see a full moon, overnight lows in the 50s. Pretty mild overnight. And its going to be pretty warm to hot tomorrow under sunny skies. Look for a high temperatures in the 70s on the coast. Low to mid80s around the bay shoreline. And mid 90s in the warmest inland spots. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. It will be even hotter inland on friday. But we get a nice cool dunn on the weekend, leading into mothers day on sunday, which will be a pleasant day, mild. Cooler monday and tuesday with a few extra clouds moving in and a chance of some showers. And conditions will sort of moderate midweek next week. Larry and kristen . Spencer, thank you so much. We love it. Well take it. Here at abc7 were honoring the class of 2020 who had to forgo graduation ceremonies and other milestones due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kelsey, a woodside native is graduating from uc santa barbara. Kelsey earned her degree in financial math and statistics. Kelsey is bummed about missing graduation, but as organized zoom calls with her classmates and Sorority Sisters to keep things as normal and fun as possible. Big congratulations, kelsey. If you want to honor a graduate, share the details on our website, abc7news. Com. 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