So it is a mild start. Well see the showers taper off. Scattered throughout the day, widely scattered so the bulk of temperatures in the 60s and another wave of showers moves through tonight. Well talk about this lasting into your monday coming up. Thanks, lisa. Sounds good, lisa, thank you. As we head into a new week, three bay area counties are moving into phase two of reopening tomorrow, San Francisco, san mateo and marin counties will start the second phase. This is the early stage of phase two, that does not mean dinein restaurants, shopping malls or schools can reopen, but here is what will be allowed in the three counties starting tomorrow. Curbside retail pickup, manufacturing, childcare for those outside of the essential workforce, outdoor museums, car washes and some offices where telework isnt possible. As for the rest of the bay area, alameda and Contra Costa County also follow in the same path beginning phase two sometime this week. Were waiting for what date exactly. Day. Napa, sonoma and solano counties are already into phase two. Only Santa Clara County has yet to determine to move into phase two, they say its to numbers down they say is the bay areas most populous county. In parts of San Franciscos Marina District this weekend, it looks like business as usual from before the pandemic hit. Things are definitely picking up, perhaps a little too soon for a night at the bars. This morning, the city is taking notice and abc 7 News ReporterLauren Martinez has the story. It was definitely the busiest ive seen on Chestnut Street. Reporter people in San Franciscos Marina District had togo drinks in hand. A lot more people coming out as the weeks progress. Reporter retail sales are up at California Wine merchant where they converted their window into a sanitizer station. This barrier helps. Im the only one in the shop. Were doing a lot of deliveries as well and people are extremely grateful for that, grateful for their wine. Reporter close by, on union street, there were groups of people but nothing compared to this line in front of a bar on Chestnut Street on friday night. We have our table, people cant come in. We have our to go menus everywhere. Reporter johnny mathini owns four bars in San Francisco. The blue light is the only one open. Pina coladas are their biggest seller which wasnt the case prepandemic. Ive asked people, they say at least they can semi have a vacation. Reporter San Francisco police are keeping a close eye on large groups in front of bars and restaurants, and one of their main messages is to make sure youre wearing a mask. Its a whole new phenomenon that you can stand on the sidewalk and have a drink. Reporter people have told us the police will show up if a crowd gets too big but people are trying to support local businesses. S, oa leit d usatio bblg overn e theast bay, a econ abc 7 News ReporterCornell Bernard gives you a look at the group claiming to stand on the side of Small Businesses. Reporter many Small Businesses tell me they are fighting for survival. They say reopening their doors needs to happen sooner than later. Open up open up reporter dozens of people rallied at downtown livermore to support Small Businesses, urging local leaders to allow them to reopen. Livermore was nothing before these businesses came in, and to let them sit here and fall to the wayside blindly is not okay with me or my family. [ horns honking ] were hurting. E had zero renornths now. N and liggett own anytime fitness gym. They believe they can safely reopen their doors now. Dien, ght, bece ying groceries. E move eipnt around and keep our members safe. I just want to survive on my family. I have two kids reporter nail salon owner nancy lam made this emotional plea. You know, just let me open up. I will work, i will respect, i will clean up, sanitize everything, whatever please, open up the nail salons reporter organizers say this rally called save our town was not designed to be political. A few people wore face coverings or observed social distancing. They say shelterinplace restrictions set to be eased next week for much of Alameda County dont go far enough. We feel working by with the city we can create a pathway to help them thrive and do it cautiously. Reporter the mayor of livermore says rally organizers never reached out to the city or the Downtown Business association. He says reopening will take time. I would love to get the businesses open, that is not my call. We need to convince the county that we can open safely and this is something that we are all working very hard to do. Reporter the mayor says the city is working on a plan right now to help businesses like restaurants reopen when the time is right by closing some streets, even parking lots to allow for social distancing, even outdoor dining. In livermore, Cornell Bernard, abc 7 news. And tesla is zeroing in on tulsa, oklahoma, and austin, texas, as the finalist for its next factory in the u. S. According to the associated press. That news emerged after tesla founder and ceo elon musks highprofile threat to move the company out of california this past week. He objected to the stayathome order. Yesterday a group of labor leaders called for musks arrest after tesla resumed operations at the plant before getting approval from Alameda County. And the government of california should arrest him, because what hes doing is violating the law, and i guess a billionaire has special privileges to violate the law. Alameda county and tesla agreed to terms to allow the plant to legally reopen its Manufacturing Processes this week. We reached out to tesla for comment on saturdays protest but have not heard back. Tomorrow more help coming in the need for coronavirus testing. It will be the first drivethrough site to serve east oakland. It will be at the Allen Temple Baptist church on international boulevard and 85th. Tests are completely free regardless of Health Insurance or immigration status. Register for one on the oakland city website. Mayor libby schaaf will be at the site to open things up tomorrow at 10 00 a. M. Happening today the commencement celebrations continue for uc berkeleys class of 2020. They held the virtual Graduation Ceremony yesterday in the video game world of minecraft. Congratulations to our graduating students on your awesome accomplishments and thank you. Your presence has made berkeley a Better University and your impact will live on past us as you join our Worldwide Community and proud alumni. Thats uc berkeley vice chancellor mark fisher you heard speaking. The ceremony took place at cal blockeley university. Its the digital replica of cals memorial stadium. Seniors were given digitized caps, gowns and diplomas. The celebration continues with an online Music Festival with different artists starting at 11 00 a. M. Find details for how to watch on our website. Lisa, it would have been a rainy graduation weekend for the graduates had it been happening right now. Thats right, liz, good point, yes. So definitely not a bad way to celebrate, right, with all the virtual graduations, and the parades out there, the car parades. Good morning. As we look towards emeryville this morning, its foggy. Its mild, and certainly some showers out there. Well talk about a little break throughout the afternoon, but more is on the way. The amounts and the timing is what you need to know. Ill have that coming up. Thanks, lisa. Growing concerns over the coronavirus changing your trip to the doctors office. How the threatened economy could start becoming a threat to your health. Plus, help for hurting families, what started as a drivethrough food pantry in the east bay turned into something even better, next. Welcome back. A live look from the air force launch pad in cape canaveral, where hopefully were minutes away from the first rocket launch of the workforce. The exact launch time right now is at 6 14 our time, so a few minutes away. It had to be delayed yesterday morning due to weather conditions. So well stand by for that. Your pocketbook, your childrens education, and the changing workplace, those are all issues were focusing on, in or effort to build a better bay area. This morning a focus on the deteriorating economy and how it could possibly have negative effects on your health. Theres a growing number of primary care doctors fearing they will have to close their practices over the covid19 pandemic, according to a survey done by an oakland group. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena has more on why their future could be on life support. All patients required to wear mask, i ask them to clean their hand, five, six feet away from each other. Reporter these are some of the precautions dr. Tam has implemented at both of his practices and the list goes on. This is the first time i use medicine we talk to the patient on the video, via the computer, that is something that i havent done before the covid pandemic. Reporter dr. Tam is an allergy and immunology expert with 30plus years in this industry. This pandemic is not only pushing him and many doctors across the state to pivot, but to also look deeply into their financials. How has this pandemic affected your practice financially . Definitely the volume of patients has been decreased by close to 50 , and that isnt normal. Reporter the survey by the California HealthCare Foundation found more than a third of primary care doctors in this state are highly concerned about having to close their practice or clinic. Doctors that were practicing in the smallest practices, five physicians or less in the clinic, seem to be experiencing the most challenge, the largest challenges. Reporter some of the challenges were covid19 testing on site and enough ppe. Slightly less than 20 of ifses in practices of all sizes report workers and patients in their clinics are unable to get covid19 tests right now. Reporter dr. Tam was not part of this survey, and has been testing some of his patients on this patio for covid19. Hes confident he will survive this storm, and received federal help. Medicare advance payment i have to pay back at the end of the year. Reporter his biggest incentive to remain open are his patients. Its not only for my patients. I think all the physicians, were working as a team. Reporter private doctors are not the only ones facing financial pressures. Sutter Health Report it lost 1 in the First Quarter of 2020. In the newsroom, luz pena, abc 7 news. Earlier this past week, californias hospitals warned us of massive financial losses, value dated by sutter health. It reported a loss of 1 billion in 2020s First Quarter due to that temporarily canceled elective surgeries. It is estimated hospitals could lose as much as 14 billion during the pandemic. A judge denied release of a former pharmaceutical release from fraud. He said if he was allowed to research the coronavirus, he could bring a trug drug to mark. Hes infamously known for increasing the price of lifesaving drug by more than 50 times its previous cost. And studies have shown us that there has been a huge spike of incidence of hate incidents against asianamericans. Dozens of san franciscans came together. One of the speakers was sesahan yi, whose grandma was beaten at a visitation valley playground in 2019, and died this year. Whether its racism, discrimination, its all other. We are seeing each other as others instead of seeing each other for who we are as humans. San francisco district person to chesa boudin also participated. He said his office has a zero tolerance policy for hate crimes. How it affects different communities of color, watch that right now on our website abc7news. Com. And were seeing so much good being done in the community to get us all through this crisis. Project thanks is looking at whats being done to help thousand of our friends and our neighbors who are struggling to make ends meet. In oakland, on saturday, 1,000 families received food boxes and a little extra spending money. Volunteers loaded donations into cars at the gospel church. One clergyman said more help is so many people are hurting now, so many people are unemployed. This is offering a little bit of hope and encouragement to people in these unsettled times. Organizers originally planned to give each family 20, grew to 40 thanks to a donor from southern california. We invite you to join better bay area project thanks and share your gratitude or everyone on the front lines of the covid19 battle, use betterbayarea to show us how youre saying thank you and we will share the love. Lets get over to lisa with a check on the forecast and the rain were tracking. We have good news, it will be a nice next weekend when were together. Yes, something to look forward to, sure as we look at live doppler 7, some welcome rain, its been light and scattered as a week frontal boundary continues to press to the south and east and the biggest rainfall amounts so far have been in the north bay, where things have quieted down but as we look towards the delta, looking at some pockets of rain towards vallejo, further to the south, we were in the eamorinda to mara ga, around oak land and macarthur boulevard, some light, scattered showers, back towards the peninsula and the coast, looking at highway 1, highway 35, portola valley, rain as far south as san jose, so there is the weak cold front, there will be more rain tonight as this system area of low pressure continues to sink to the south and bring in light rain showers to maybe a possible thunderstorm, a scattered downpour. See the wet weather in santa cruz, it is 63 in oakland. 62 in redwood city. Very mild, theres fog out there and from our roof camera, looks quiet but certainly the wet pavement from santa rosa. The cooler numbers in the upper 50s, and looking at the fog in the east bay, around the peninsula as well 64 in livermore. As we look at the visibility miles from the east bay down through san carlos and half moon bay, tricky here. Were seen trace amounts of rai4 in the north bay. Coming down through the overnight hours there, upper elevation winds with us, remain breezy. A look at san jose in the forecast highlights we have the morning showers, breezy and cool and more afternoon and evening showers and a chance of thunderstorms looking at the showers lingering into tuesday looks like. Here is the hour by hour play through the morning hours, becoming widely scattered. A few areas of partly cloudy skies and by 5 00, 6 00 more clouds and rain arriving. Certainly after midnight we could see heavier downpours and into your early monday morning this is when we have the coolest air with us, the most unstable and as we go through the afternoon, well have peeks of sun but also the breezy kinds and more rain. Were bringing that rain from today into your monday, early tuesday, a couple hundredths to a tenth to 0. 2 around the bay and as far south as the santa odo wetntnd ns, so this will be perhaps give us more rain, the shower chances continue into your tuesday here and the mountain snow begins to wind down as we get through tuesday afternoon. Highs today in the mid60s for you in San Francisco as well as santa rosa. The level one system 70 in oakland. Look for fremont at about 70 and palo alto and then with that next shot of rain, this evening into the overnight hours, its a wet start for your monday, with mid50s out there. The accuweather sevenday forecast our level one system with the breezy conditions coming back into play, the rain later on today, and looking at the scattered showers into monday, a few breaks around on tuesday afternoon, and looks more like where we should be for this time of year, with sunshine and increasing warmth throughout the latter part of the week. Liz . Looks good. Thanks, lisa. A new idea in the midst of this coronavirus crisis, completely changing the meaning of work from home. Just ahead t is the fascinating story of the Virtual Reality company letting you work from anywhere in the world. Coming up. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. Dont feel like wearing pants . Okay who drank all the milk . Enjoy the great taste of dunkin at home. That could mean an increase byin energy bills. 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Are working from home using different tools to stay connected. The changing workplace is another one of the four areas abc 7 is focused on as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. Dionne lim gives us a hightech way to work around. Can you show me around a little bit . Sure. Reporter what youre watching is almost like a scifi movie except im in it, along with the founders and heads of the augmented and Virtual Reality company spacial. So i can circle where i like, i can x out what i dont like. Spacial takes the average twodimensional zoom meeting to a new level where social distancing doesnt really matter. I can put my arm around ana and coworker. Reporter its so realistic its blowing my mind. This really creates a lifelike experience. I feel like im in a party. Reporter spacial was born out of necessity three and a half years by adnan arguala, jacob lowenstein. Were like wouldnt it be cool, it sucks were just on the tv screen. I want new here with me. Reporter had unexpectedly exploded with a thousand percent increase in customers during the pandemic. Mattel the toy company used it to collaborate on 3d models. Pfizer uses it to plan factories but we virtually, all kinds of people, doctors who want to do telemedicine visits. Reporter using any augmented or Virtual Reality device or a pared down experience just a computer camera. Users are transformed into a multitude of workplaces. Here the team is showing me how workers can collaborate on a layout of a cell phone store. I wanted to say hey, we need another phone out here. Reporter to designing and trying on backpacks. Scribbling, awesome. Reporter or figuring out which size sneaker a trex wears. Make it nice and lifesize. Reporter one of spacials goals is shared by professor of economics at stanford, nicholas blum, how to solve the awkwardness and forced feeling of a twodimensional group video chat. Zoom parties dont work. You dont have a party with 30 people in a room and only one person is talking, it feels like a speech. Zoom events birthday partys not natural. We hear about Video Conference burnout theyre feeling. We were wondering what the story with that is and we think its the lack of personal attention when youre in the meeting. We want to bring that back and make people feel like theyre actually together, that they want to hang out together. Reporter in addition to a better work from home experience, the company aims to save users time. Wouldnt it be great if we never had to go on a tenhour, 20hour business trip to have a facetoface meeting. Reporter and employers money. Companies will realize how much they were spending previously on travel just to put people into the same room with each other. Reporter as the cost of vr headsets keeps going down, currently ranging at several hundred dollars each the growth of the virtualffice is inevitable. Professor blum and the spacial team acknowledge there will always be a need for inperson gatherings. The more we have Virtual Reality headsets, the better but i still think we need to be in the office two or three days a week just to see each other. We absolutely agree with the value of being in the same room with somebody. Reporter just where and when is up to you. In Virtual Reality, dionne lim, abc 7 news. I could just keep watching that over and over. Its fascinating. It will be crazy to see when and if it actually happens. Much more in the next half hour on abc 7 mornings. An update on our scary situation in los angeles, explosion in the downtown area leaving multiple firefighters injured. What we know this morning. Plus most of the country is reopening this week, despite coronavirus cases on the rise in some states. Well take a look at crowds gathering at beaches and parks this weekend. Plus working out at home, everyones doing it if they can get the equipment. More on the changes in the Fitness Industry. Building a better bay area fr a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. After weeks of staying at home, some u. S. States going full speed ahead into reopening this weekend, but could it cause a coronavirus relapse . Some spots now beginning to see an increase in cases. Good morning, its sunday, may 17th. Im liz kreutz. Thanks for joining us. Well start with a quick look at the weather. Heres meteorologist lisa argen. Hey, liz. Good morning to you. First part of the system moved through the north bay, and allowing for the greatest totals here but looking at live lop der 7, you can see we have activity in the east bay, some light showers from 680 around san ramon, back westward towards oakland and alameda. San leandro wet weather astro valley and further to the south around hayward, up in the hills there and back to the west here on the peninsula. Very light returns down through santa cruz. Looking at the cold front so lip to the south. More showers offshore moving into the bay area later on this evening and tonight. Its a level one system today and tomorrow, breezy at times up to a quarter inch. A soggy looking roof camera. 63 in, mild in oakland and another Vantage Point from walnut creek, it is wet. Throughout the day we have breaks, showers become more scattered and others arrive into the evening hours with the low bringing more downpours. Well time that coming up. Liz . Youre looking at here inside the bar, a bar in cincinnati, ohio last night on a saturday night. Ohio, one of the states allowing a soft reopening this weekend. Bars and restaurants were able to resume operation in outdoor areas but clearly some hard to move spots there in that bar, pretty crowded bar, no face masks that were seeing and very little social distancing, but almost looks like were back to precovid days. By this time tomorrow, at least 48 states will be completely or partially reopened, but five are now seeing a new increase in covid19 cases. Doctors are busy looking into that coronavirus linked condition affecting children. Abc News ReporterKarina Mitchell has the details. Reporter following weeks of stayathome orders across the country, the sunny and warm springtime weather this weekend had many people flocking to parks and beaches. Talking to friends, having a good time, making the best of it. Reporter hundreds lining up in emergency trying to get beach passes for the summer season. Many public beaches still closed but state beaches in nw york, new jersey, connecticut and delaware are planning to reopen memorial day weekend, but among the restrictions, Concession Stands will be closed. Weather is warmer. Theyre going to come out. How do they act when they come out . And that is the big question mark. Reporter President Trump tweeting on saturday, weve done a great job on covid response. As states grapple with how to reopen safely, new concerns about a condition affecting some children known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, the new sickness is defined by both a positive test for coronavirus or antibodies, in addition to symptoms such as fever, labs show inflammation and multiple organ involvement, according to cdc. At least 21 states plus the district of columbia have cases under investigation, with new york, michigan, and d. C. All reporting new suspected cases and alabama just reported its first suspected case. Doctors are now revisiting Health Records from late winter and early spring, investigating whether cases were misdiagnosed as kawasakis disease which has similar symptoms. We just want to make sure that any children that needed to have their heart looked at, that that can now happen retrospectively. So we want to make sure that we didnt miss anyone. Reporter Karina Mitchell, abc news, new york. Coming up on this week white house trade adviser Peter Navarro will discuss the governments response to covid19 plus senator Bernie Sanders joining for his first sunday interview since dropping out of the president ial race. Watch the full interview on this week with George Stephanopolous at 8 00 on abc 7. Should be interesting. We want to give an update on the fiery explosion in los angeles injuring at least 11 firefighters last night who are now being treated for burns. Good news, all of them are expected to survive. Currently this morning, at least two firefighters are however in critical condition. People said they felt last nights blast several blocks away from the scene in l. A. s little tokyo near city hall. The fire started around 6 30 last night. Crews had it under control in about 90 minutes. The l. A. Times reports the burning building housed a business that sold butane honey oil. This morning, many other cities across california are welcoming visitors despite the states stayathome orders. Atwater just declared themselves a sanctuary city for businesses. The city Council Agreed friday not to enforce the current stage two orders cheered on by dozens. It means local Law Enforcement will stand idle if businesses or churches want to reopen. Here is an interesting story in the coronavirus battle, researchers in the uk said yesterday theyll be testing whether trained dogs can detect the virus in humans. Six dogs named the super six made up of labradors and cocker spaniels will be trained to sniff out coronavirus theyre so cute. Respiratory diseases are known to change body odor and dogs have detected malaria, cancer and parkinsons disease. Doctors hope they can sniff out the virus before symptoms appear. Another way we are adapting to our changing world. People looking to carve out new fitness routines while gyms are closed. For some buying new gear, others going virtual. Abc 7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley looks into the changes in the Fitness Industry that could become permanent. Reporter precor home fitness says dumbbells are the new toilet paper. They cant keep them in stock. I could see that. Like i said, i waited a month for these. Reporter oliver pereiras was thrilled to pick up his set of home weights. Hes also eyeing home fitness machines. Ive been hiring, staffing, buying additional delivery trucks. Its been hectic since day one. Weve been selling a little bit of everything, treadmills, ellipticals, home gyms, free weights, benches. If its not bolted to the floor, people are buying it. I think people are going to make a major shift to workout at home and longterm, i dont think thats going to change. Here is my garage. We hung up curtains. Reporter change is engulfing the world of small Fitness Studios as well. As of march 17th weve been livestreaming on zoom, facebook, instagram, offering at least two, sometimes even four classes a day. Reporter the owner of catalyst fitness in concord is giving up her physical storefront, deciding to not renew her lease based on what shes hearing from clients. Shes going to stay open as an all virtual business. Its sad. I have a lot of friends that are Business Owners within the Fitness Industry. Theyll open up but i fear theres fear in the clients to workout next to one another. Ply heart goes out to people who are trying to keep a physical location and keep the classes going. Virtual fitness is here to stay. Reporter after months of sheltering in place, there are those who cant wait for the gyms to reopen, and those who are going to stick with their home fitness routines permanently. In walnut creek, im Leslie Brinkley, abc 7 news. Well see what happens. The coronavirus is changing the way we do birthdays but some in San Francisco are still making it special. More on the lady who is at the center of this 100th birthday party, complete with a parade and why she means so much to her loved ones. Plus i want to come here and give you every part of me tonights American Idol finale with Francisco Martin, vying to be the last one standing, how hes been climbing his way up to tonights reveal. Here is a live look from one of our cameras looking out over the city. You can see how gray it s the raindrops on the camera. Is a little bit of a bleak, dreary morning but we have good sunshine in our forecast coming up later this week. Liftoff on a mission dedicated to america strong. There it is, it finally launched. We brought it to you live a bit ago as we were waiting for it to take off and now its official. The very first rocket launch of the u. S. Space force, blasting off from cape canaveral. Launch time was at 6 15 our time. The rocket is part of the america strong dedication to covid19 victims and front line workers so pretty cool to see that and glad it was able to take off. Just because you have a birthday in the age of coronavirus, doesnt mean you cant go allout. Abc 7 news witnessed this fullon parade in San Francisco to celebrate a 100th birthday yesterday. Cece caralago watched from her window as her family celebrated with her. Police and fire led the parade with sirens, cars followed behind there. Cece was born in the north beach district after her parents immigrated from italy. It was organized by her niece, who says she drove the family from marin just to go and wave. Just gives them a little happiness during this time. And so when i was pulling out the last time im like, you know her birthday. Thats what it turned into. Cece says old age runs in the family. Look at her there, so sweet. It runs on homemade italian food and wine. Its that mediterranean diet, lisa, they always say it, the mediterranean diet. I can get on board with that. No doubt, im with you on that one. Walnut creek here it is rainy and foggy in parts of the south bay, and east bay. Temperatures mild in the low to mid60s so the morning rain giving way to scattered showers and then looking at more rain tonight into your monday. So were on a trend here. How long will it last . Ill have the answers next. Just ahead, were awaiting tonights big reveal here on abc 7. Daly citys Francisco Martin hoping to become the next American Idol. The message he has for the bay area while his mom fights covid on the front lines. Plus Major League Baseballs anfirsttiturn to ay. In sports today, jordan is back for the last time today, the red hot documentary last dance airs the final two episodes, fans wait for live sports to return. Tonight a look at the final team who thought they could take down the bulls dynasty. We were confident that we can dethrone the bulls. We felt like we were just as versatile. I had to pick a team that gave us the toughest time in the east, you know, in the end it was probably the toughest outside of detroit. Ratings for the last dance have been through the roof. Watch it on our sister station tonight on espn. The nba, nhl and Major League Baseball are making plans returning to action this summer. Abc 7 sports anchor Chris Alvarez has an updatein this mornings sports. Hi, everybody. Welcome to sports now. Sports are slowly making a comeback. The ufc has returned. Nascar is returning. Golf is going to tee off next month. Pg e tour events. But what about baseball . According to an espn report, Major League Baseballs return to play, plan includes processing upwards of 10,0 ayd am pso not stands, highfives, face bumps, hugs, spitting tobacco and chewing Sunflower Seeds will all be prohibited and waiting for an official return to play. Hockey like basketball one of the sports currently on halt due to coronavirus, earlier this week we spoke with Logan Couture on the with Authority Podcast and talked about what it would be like to return this season without fans. For us we realize whats going on in the world, and were, if we do come back, were playing to give people at home something to look forward to. Hopefully they do great broadcasts on tv. Its obviously going to be different. Is obviously going to take some time getting used to it but for us to come back thats what we look at to keep people happy at home and for them to enjoy it. Actual indoor i dont know what you call it. Whoa its in there i did it yes stefan curry does not miss, whether its golf or basketball, the warriors superstar always on top of he was on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week promoting season two of holy moly here with regards to the nba returning to finish the season steph is optimistic. The conversation around from the Players Association and the nba and the league offices, everybodys trying to get the game back as soon as possible, but you obviously have to be safe. You have to protect the players, the fans, our families, coaching staff, the entire organizations. So a lot of things at play. Were learning about the week as things change and develop, but i would assume basketball will be back in some way, shape or form this summer. Diyou sepe so. Teams and referees entered the pitch at different times. Social distancing being practiced on the benches as well. Kind of hard to do that during a match. When it was over, the winners celebrated as if the stadium was packed with fans. Sports slowly making a comeback, with safe practices in place. Thats your look at sports. Ill send it back to you. Looking good. Lisa, is it looking so good out there . Not really so good. In the rainy season, liz, things are starting to turn brown and our rainfall deficit was pretty big for this year, so just adding a little bit of rain here, certainly will help us in the future, as we look at live doppler 7. This rain is becoming more scattered. Its a weak front thats falling apart but there is the ample moisture out there so were getting some scattered spotty light rain showers on the peninsula. Taking you into the east bay its been wet from highway 24, g a little wet. Ga, a break in hayward and fremont, the hills lear, more showers and down through cupertino looking at the wet weather, and wider picture, moved on through, there is the area of low pressure, which is more unstable air. Heavier downpours with us throughout the evening and overnight hours. Wind flow as we look at the satellite and radar, the front pushing through and this is what is to come. A look at santa cruz its foggy and rain, 58 in San Francisco. More rain around 2 00 or 3 00 t will stop and start up again. Mid50s in gilroy. We look at the stitt here, not much to see with the fog and rain drops, San Francisco 57. The only area upper 50s in the north bay and the delta. Elsewhere we are mild in the 60s. Here is the golden gate where we have a break now. Looking at the morning showers, breezy, cool conditions, sort of a midday break, widely scattered showers, and then more rain this evening, tonight, overnight, and then lingering through tuesday. So hour by hour, here comes the cloud cover, with the scattered showers throughout the mid morning hours, and thats the afternoon. Here comes the evening hours where we see more rain and then some downpours through the overnight hours. Here is your monday morning with some light showers, partly cloudy, and thale air with us through your monday and then as we get towards monday night, were looking at the rain totals from today and tomorrow and even early tuesday anywhere from a couple hundredths to a tenth, 0. 2, upwards of a third of an inch in the north bay and through the Santa Cruz Mountains so spotty off and on and on tuesday the system is trying to push south out of the area, and that has the showers lingering for parts of the south bay. The snow winding down in the northern sierra, but we are looking at that winter storm watch through tuesday, with anywhere from two to eight inches from southlake to donner, and right now, it is very mild, 40s and 50s from blue canyon, the top of Valley Airport so the light rain falling. The colder air coming in behind the cold front with the area of low pressure today, the level one system the morning showers breaking away to widely scattered showers and more rain tonight, look for the 70 today in fremont. 71 in san jose, cooler mid60s up in the north bay and tonight we will see a rainy weaning mid and upper 50s. The accuweather sevenday forecast, scattered showers to start the week, lingering showers on tuesday. Trier conditions with 50s, 60s and 70s, and temperatures will kind of stay that way, with bright skies throughout the rest of the work week and finally warming up into the weekend. Liz . Sounds good, thanks, lisa. We do need t. Itllood. Niint,t all comes do francistihong edisouey since he was named an early frontrunner by the judges but tonight takes on a much new meaning for him and his family. Due to the pandemic idol contestants have been performing from their homes and one of his biggest supporters has been his mom, his mom who works at the laguna hospital and has been treating covid patients. My mom is like superwoman. Shes such a brave person and she goes out every single day on, you know, going to the front lines and she is so selfless, cares about others, not just her family. Todays voting process is a little unusual so listen up. If you want to support francisco, voting will open on the east coast broadcast of idol which is at 5 00 here our time. It probably closes around 6 00 p. M. Our time or a little after. Full details on how to vote are posted right now on abc7news. Com, so then at 8 00 p. M. Tonight tune in on abc 7 to watch and see see if francisco becomes the next American Idol. You got to go vote for francisco. All right, next, High School Seniors are missing out on their graduation but some celebrities are giving them a virtual ceremony they wont ever forget. The truth is, you dont need us to tell you what to do because in so many ways, youve already started to lead. Hear the inspiring words from former president barack obama who served as the commen doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacistrecommendeding . Memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Tso is this. And so are these. They all represent something more. The feeling of home. Thats why were here. To help make your home be everything you want it to be. Because home is what unites us. The High School Class of 20 was sent off with a memorable virtual ceremony called graduate together. You saw it on abc 7 last night. Former president barack obama delivered the commencement speech for the event. If the worlds going to get better, its going to be up to you. That realization may be kind of intimidating, but i hope its also inspiring. The truth is, you dont need us to tell you what to do, because in so many ways, youve already started to lead. Congratulations, class of 2020. Keep making us proud. Special guests included lebron james, malala, the jonas brothers, alicia keys and megan rapinoe. Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver separate commencement speeches next month for youtubes dear class of 2020. Lets get a final check of the weather with lisa, tracking the rain. We have the light rain this morning. It will be ending but looking at San Francisco right now, scattered about through highway 1, taking a closer look to emeryville and piedmont and oakland, light returns and light showers through 88 milpitas and san jose. We still have that area of low pressure to the north and west of us that is going to bring more showers this evening, and through the overnight hours. Its a level one system with a light rain, later on the scattered downpours, breezy winds from 0. 1 to 0. 2 and the accuweather sevenday forecast showing as we get through your monday we have the level one into tuesday, but some brighter skies for the north bay, and then everyone will clear out with some mild conditions, but its going to take some time to warm up, but this looks like the rain behind us, after we get into the afternoon obtuse and looking at the warmer conditions as we head into a holiday, memorial day next weekend. We are lucky we have that but i will say its not as cold even though the rain is pretty warm i found out there. So thats pretty nice. Kind of muggy, youre right. Thanks. Thanks for joining us here on abc 7 mornings. Im liz kreutz along with lisa argen. Abc 7 news will continue at 9 00 a. M. Well see you then. Good morning america is next followed by this week with George Stephanopolous interviewing senator Bernie Sanders. Stay tuned for that. 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