Will set us back is no longer practice the social distancing that got us so far. Governor newsom says the severity of the coronavirus pandemic is declining and the state is ready to further relax the stay at home order. May resume as early as june and people could be attending Church Meetings and visiting hair salons in a few weeks. Your health and money. The changing workplace and education is committing to in the effort to build a better bay area. As we see progress and reopening the bay area, we know that we will have to adapt to a much different world. Lets get to more about what the governor is saying about that. Its clear that june will be a turning point month for california. Up until the day 24 counties mostly in Northern California has been approved to move faster through phase 2. 53 counties are expected to be eligible. Will they do it and what will it look like . Inside the grill, governor announced modifications to the order that could allow every county in the state to move faster through phase 2 if they choose. Roughly 53 of the 58 counties would be eligible to move into the phase. The changes which would aloi fur in person dining and loosen the requirements preventing larger counties from getting state approval. For instance counties no longer need to show zero deaths over a two week period. Were starting to focus in on the hot spots within counties. Particularly in our in and around the nursing facilities. Newsom said sportingtht ss wl art ginning of june. Church gatherings are likely weeks away and what about the haircuts . Were within a window of a a few weeks. Welcome good news. For a state driven by the data. You might ask what changed . Nothing changed except the data continues to be stable. The state says over the last 14 days, california has seen a 7. 5 decline in hospitalization. Plus the changes will be made regionally. Bottom line is people can go at their own pace. As he loosens restrictions. In washington theres a growing battle over federal aid. And the heros act that Senate Republicans suggest is dead on arrival. If california doesnt get the aid, it could mean First Responders lose jobs. The next time they want to salute and celebrate heros Police Officers and firefighters. Consider the fact that they are the first ones that will be laid off by cities and counties. Asked about that today. He said this. Im not here to suggest or even allow the implication that somehow were pitting one group against another. The magnitude of the budgets is personnel at the county and city level. Sad reality of budget cuts. As for the state stay at home order. He didnt specifically say what counties are not eligible. He suggested places like l. A. And san francisco. As for counties that are eligible, it doesnt mean they are going to move faster. Its up to the county health officials. It comes down to the region variance. Big news for the south bay. Santa clara will joint the rest of the bay area in entering lt early stage of phase 2. Live in san jose to explain how some of the changes coming in the south bay. Some businesses will be allowed to reopen by the end of the week. And now county wide youll see signs like this one. Indicating that an establishment has a social distancing plan in place. This afternoon signs of progress in Santa Clara County will make way for certain parts of the economy to get back to business. Our collective effort has reduced the spread in our county. And we now have a little bit of head room to take another step forward. Starting friday, the updated health order will allow Retail Business ts to open for curb side pickup and allows manufacturing. And warehouses supporting retail to reopen. Subject to social distancing and requirements. The number of new cases in the county is stable. And has been decreasing. Significantly reducing the doubling time for new cases. The announcement comes as retailers struggle to adapt to the new reality. I miss my employees. My clients. I miss the community. Its all been hard to put into words. Its a surreal. Brook recently started online store front. But says business is down 80 . Shes unsure if offering curb side pickup will help. But willing to give it a shot. Its a big reminder that nothing is promised. And you have to fight for everything you want. Although positive steps are being made to reopening the economy. Leaders sea a good amount of people remain at risk for contracting the virus. The more we each do to protect those people the more were protecting a neighbor. A grandparent. An aunt, a family member. A friend. This pandemic impacted all life. Collection actions have made a difference. Sacrifices that allowed this county to flatten the curve. Retail businesses hurt on a regular day. You have to work for it. You have to have that passion inside you still. Car parades are allowed under the updated health order. As long as everyone inside the vehicle lives in the same household. Thank you. On the peninsula were focusing on the economy. We were in downtown san mateo. Pizs beg p businesses began reopening. Footwear etc. Started taking customers again. A limited amount customers were allowed inside. Customers again are excited to see us. They understand what is this. Dont touch things so much. Were cleaning the store all the time. Which is really essential. The store is considered essential business because it serves those with medical needs. The reopening of dining restaurants is a work in progress. Cities are looking at how to move forward safely. Once they have the green light. Live in pleasanton with a plan to change the look of the towns iconic main street. Big change here. Potentially. Thats right. Restaurants are a mainstay of main street. Trying to survive by take out only. But also looking ahead ot future. Reimagining the street. One where there are tables and umbrellas where now there are considers. Me implies. Eet is everythinghe rest raupts and boutiques. A place that draws people in and makes them feel at home. Now those who do business are meeting to create a new vision. One that will draw people in and keep them safe. In the age of coronavirus. Trying to stay alive. He owns a popular restaurant feeling caribbean food. Open less than a year in the heart of the main street. He sees a future where his and other restaurants move much of the food service outside. For spacing. And closing a portion of main street certain days of the week. Allowing us to extend the dining room to the sidewalk and the stroet. And that would certainly require them to pr virgin islaprovide t a concept similar to what other cities like berkeley and san jose are moving towards. One city leaders will definitely consider. The city is certainly supportive of that. As long as we can do it safely. And in compliance. We are already talking to downtown association. And some of the local merchants about how we might be able to make it happen. That of course everything is a trade off. The stipcity wants to make sure doesnt negatively impact other stores. If the street is closed they want to make sure folks who want to come pik up items can do that. Everything is a trade off. And the goal was to achieve some kind of balance. Thank you. Also in pleasanton the testing site at the alameda fairgrounds is expanding eligibility. Starting today all a symptomatic residents age ten and above can be tested there. The test site is open weekdays from 9 00 a. M. Until 1 00. No appointment necessary. Oakland opened a site. You do not need to have symptoms to be tested. Tests will be free and available to all residents regardless of insurance and immigration status. We are bringing it to the heart. The drive through will be open monday through saturday. 1 to 7 00 p. M. Appointment only. Everyone knew different degrees of what she was going through. But no one could have known it was this bad. The woman who put her heart and soul into making life better for the homeless. How she died and her legacy in the county. Also ahead the real estate market. What the pandemic is doing to home prices. Apple are opens more stores giving a look at what we could see here in the bay area. During this Mental Health awareness month. Were dedicating a week oof coverage and sharing stories about how important it is to take care of Mental Health. Especially during the difficult times. Bringing you a story of a former star who legacy had a tragic end. Tonight her friends have an important message. It hit really hard. She touched so many people. We mt. Her in 2017. The abc 7 star. For her work as founder of the community group. We followed along and witnessed her selflessness firsthand. Delivering meals to homeless each day with a smile. You are so wonderful. Were so blessed to have you here. For a decade. She was an unofficial town leader. Because of her there were do nation drives. Youth parties and a warm hand. Little did anyone know, she was struggling on the inside. And needed help herself. Hindsight is always better. And when we look back we can understand more clearly. We didnt recognize the signs. In the last two years there was a decline. There was people that were noticing all kind of changes sfwl that decline was a series of set backs. Friends believed problems with funding triggered her mental illness. Causing her to batter a seen your citizen. Landing her six months in jail. She became homeless herself. Days ago she was hit and killed by a train. It didnt seem real. We held out hope she would return. She credits her if chasing her dreams and why shes a middle School Counsellor today. She knew all the resources. She knew where to go and help people. In the same situation. They have this message for anyone watching this story. Check on your friends. Check on people. Especially this time. Its so important. People are dealing with things and theyre alone. Her legacy will live on. Through a community that vows to keep the thousand nonprofit together. Amazing work. And a sad loss. If you are dealing with emotional stress from the pandemic. We have a list of resources offering help and hope. On our web site. Despite pandemic, home prices are up. People are struggling with more debt. His consumer report. Surprising. If you were hoping that the pandemic would help you get a good deal on a house. Youre not going to like this report. Home prices have gone up and nearly every single urban market. More than here in the area. The National Association of realtors says the median sales price in san jose is up more than 10 to 1. 35 million. For the median price house in san francisco. Prices increased 6 to 985,000 for a median home. Realtor. Com says due to fewer new listings and sellers refusing to lower prices. Americans are deeper in debt than when the pandemic started. Federal reserve is running numbers and finds our debt has increased by 1 . That means we owe additional 150 billion altogether. The good news a new borrowing is for the most part good debt. Whats that. Mortgage, cars and student loans. Credit card debt, bad debt is dropping. Although apple stores in the area are not doing curb side pickup like many retailers here. Apple is making plans to reopen the stores for shopping when the time comes. The number of customers in the store will be closely regulated. Masks will be worn by employees and customers. And many locations will offer curb side pickup and drop off. Apple is reopened about 100 of the 500 stores. It has had good handle on what it takes. The web site said how opt misk they are so far when you see a list of when the stores open. Its closed, closed throughout the rest of the week. Like everyone else. Wait and see. All right. Thank you so much. 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Highest peaks picking up 15 inches of snow. The bay area radar and while some are seeing sunshine. There are showers and downpours. Youll notice San Antonio Valley road its coming down hard. Spotty showers around drake road and river side drive. Keep the shades handy as well. You look at the wider picture here its an area of low pressure that is sending in the energy and as it continues to spin in here, you may still see the possibility of thunderstorm this evening. Until the sunset. Rain fall totals in the last 48 hours about what we expected. Most of yu in the quarter inch to inch category. San jose 9 hundredths of an inch. Half an inch oakland. Concord p concord picking up. 50s and 60s. Its cooler out there. Gusty. Sunnier milder starting midweek. It will be much warmer for memorial day weekend. A 1 on the storm impact scale tonight. Scattered showers and a possibility of thunderstorm with hail and breezy to gusty. Hour by hour forecast. 6 00 the main activity up to the north. 10 30 to the north. Once again an isolated shower popping up anywhere not out of the question tomorrow morning. And this kipd of starts to kind down only to pick up again around 5 00 p. M. In the hills in the north bay. Te temperatures in the morning 30s to 50s. Afternoon numbers come up. Low 70s for the warm spots. Low 60s coast side. Still an isolated shower or two. The 7day forecast a few showers for tomorrow. Not enough to put the storm impact scale on there. Wednesday on low 80s. Low 60s coast. Much warmer and drier for the weekend. We all know eating out will be different going launching a new streaming app. You can get live newscast, breaking news and weather. On apple tv, an droid, fire tv and roku. Coming up tonight at 6 00. Uncertain times for college students. I dont know how to plan. Im 20. So i kind of have to get started on my life. We psnd cons of taking a gap year and what maybe a better option instead. 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