County will join the rest of the bay area on friday as the bay area begins the next step there are still more than 11,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 390 deaths here are the latest numbers broken down by county, sam, a tail San Francisco, marin sonoma and napa counties have all reported new cases today, but no new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. For a complete list of local covid19 cases head over to our website kron 4 dot com at least for now most bay area jurisdictions will follow the same guidelines in terms of slowly winding down the stay at home orders and reopening the economy the last area holdout on opening the door to face to Santa Clara County. But word on that changed today kron fours justine waltman live in our newsroom right now with more just a. While panels of the countys move forward Santa Clara CountyHealth Officials said that there were no plans to ease restrictions but that changed today. And it will now allow Small Retail Stores to offer Curbside Pickup for sales, starting on friday so downtown san jose. Another commerce hubs across the south bay will hopefully start to bustle again some businesses will reopen for outdoor Curbside Pickup as Santa Clara County. Enters face 2 of reopening the economy, Public Health officer doctor sara cody says the decision to move into phase 2 is based on indicators that were set by bay area Health Officials and those include a stable or declining trend in new covid19 cases, stable or declining hospitalizations increased testing improve supplies of pp and improved capacity for contact tracing. Our collective effort has significantly reduce the spread in our county. And we now have a little bit of headroom to consciously take another step forward new order will also allow certain other activities to resume, including car parades outdoor museums outdoor historical sites and publicly accessible gardens. The new rules will allow manufacturing warehouse and logistics businesses that are associated to retail. Can also reopened but still in effect customers must wear face coverings and keep at least 6 feet of physical distancing between people people are also encouraged to get tested if they have symptoms are of had contact with someone whose had covid19 or they work in a setting where they have frequent exposure to the virus again big news Santa Clara County, entering phase 2 on friday. Right now live in the newsroom. Im Justine Waldman kron 4 news. Thank you justine in Contra Costa CountyRetail Stores which had been forced to shut down because of the pandemic can reopen tomorrow, certain guidelines will be in effect only Curbside Pickup is available customers must social distance and wear face coverings. Are really asking folks this one i union street or the cooperative with the guidelines not to umass shaming but to lead by example and and uh you know follow all we use the term face coverings because its not always a medical grade mask, but it could be up and down it could be a scarf over your face and we do require at any time youre out in and youre are close to other people. Contra costa countys Health Officer says that they are getting close to 600 tests per day which supports the county entering the next phase, but the goal is to reach 2200 tests per day. Today San Mateo County officially moved into an early phase to expanding the list of businesses allowed to reopen to include for us that meant for example leicesters flowers in the city of coma reopened after being forced to close for an extended period of time for the first time in more than 20 years i happy that hes were able to continue to make deliveries for them and then they can call us. We could take their orders and ran into their car keys. Mel the good yet is who owns the flower shop with her husband says that their store will undergo some modifications to make sure it is in compliance with the health order before bringing her employees back to work inside this relatively small space that she says she plans for leicesters flower shop to be around for another 20 years despite the impact of covid19 on her business, San Francisco mayor london breed visited a Small Business it opened its doors today, thanks to the city now moving into phase 2 of reopening. This is green apple books on 9th avenue in the inner sunset near golden gate park. Mayor breed said she wants to be able to go inside businesses like this and walk around she also said she hopes residents will support local businesses that are offering only Curbside Pickup. Most stores are just some of the businesses that have reopened in San Francisco for Curbside Pickup, but there are other stores less suited for curbside shopping that are also coming back. After 2 months kron fours dan kerman reports for the first time in 2 months, many Retail Stores in San Francisco are open for Curbside Pickup, its nice to see the customers instead of just hearing on the phone or emailing with them for much of the day regular customers have been stopping by just for fun, you know you ballot either to pick up some puzzles or art supplies or to browse the redesign windows for fathers day cards and gifts. Instead of having themed windows which with allies have just brought. Down the street gallery of jewels they too are open for pickup, though here theyve also beefed up their website. Its a temporary solution that needs a longterm fix. Store manager jen rose norberg is hoping theyll be able to allow customers inside within a couple of weeks because she says jewelry doesnt lend itself to Curbside Pickup story of something more personal something thats more intangible you have to hold it you have to feel it you have to feel. The emotions and memories that come through when youre touching or wearing that piece of jewelry just for funds david island degrees Curbside Pickup is not sustainable for the long term. But says hes waiting to see what the city has to say about when and how customers will be able to re enter the store to the north those guidelines are i may have to reset the entire store and remove sections so that i can have social distancing and thats going to be this i love the game now not all stores have reopened along the 24 street corridor, some are still setting up and will open later in the week still for traffic has picked up during the day. In San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Governor newsom announced today, california is relaxing rules for counties which want to push ahead and reopening the economy but those counties must meet new criteria in order to do so the criteria will include counties to have stable covid19 related hospitalizations with a percent change of less than 5 over a sevenday average or no more than 20 covid19 hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks. Counties must also have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 residents in the last 2 weeks or less than 8 of the tests coming back positive in the last 7 days with that all but 5 of the states 58 counties are likely eligible to begin offering in restaurant dining. Were moving into important. A few weeks ahead of us and were going to start seeing a lot more lets just make sure we do it thoughtfully. And very very strategically we see a sudden number of surgeon in the hospitalizations or a number of increase in cases throughout the county. We want to make sure that the counties have thought full plans to be able to potentially reinstitute parts of the stay at home orders that we are loosening a relaxing today. Governor newsom says california could be a few weeks away from professional sports returning but without fans instore shopping open houses of worship and the reopening of hair salons and barbershops but still out of the reopening conversation for now jims tourism and Entertainment Venues in 102 days more than 90,000 people in the u. S. Have died from coronavirus. That is the latest update today from Johns Hopkins universitys covid19 tracker there are now more than 1. 5 million confirmed cases in this country statewide here in california there are now more than 81,000 cases and more than 3200 deaths. President trump now claims that he is taking the malaria drug to protect against covid19 that is despite warnings from his own government of potentially harmful side effects. The president claimed that he has taken hydroxychloroquine for weeks he says his doctor did not recommend the drug he says he requested it from the White House Position that doctor reportedly concluded with the president the benefit outweigh the relative risks, however other highlevel leaders say the president s behavior could be dangerous for a number of reasons. Hes our president and i would rather he not be taking something. That has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his shall we say week group had but hes morbidly obese they say because people take it for a flat that we somehow getting it for for random providers. In having its near consequences medical problems causing. Weeks long hospitalization. Weve had patients who take hydroxychloroquine for whatever disease a half luke this or Rheumatoid Arthritis and he still get covid19 so that should tell us something. Fox news channels neil cavuto urged the networks viewers not to follow the president s example after that meal caboodle was targeted in a series of read tweets from President Trump. But in a new study published in the journal of the American Medical Association it shows that hydroxychloroquine does not work against covid19 and could cause heart problems coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 9 oclock a local doctor will join us live to talk about the risks of this controversial drug. Right now the kron on app is free to download 24 hour local news streaming commercial free, so you can stay informed and updated on the health crisis. Coming up on kron 4 news today criticism mounting over how the leader of the u. S. Has handled the pandemic but the white house says the president is not the problem snow blanketing roads in the sierra we have the latest on this late spring snowstorm plus powerful pictures of pleasanton couple showing what [music] [music] especially in times like these, strong Public Schools make a better california for all of us. Its been more than just a portrait on the front porch for us. Its been sort of documentation of. The people. Yet their homes when they just when they cant do anything and go anywhere. Looking for a way to make an impact a pleasanton couple is photographing families and the tri valley area who are sheltering in place getting a glimpse of what life is like for bay area parents and children during this pandemic as kron fours michelle kingston explains the pictures may be free, but they are powerful. But i think i think theyll remember the good as much as they remember that that this goes on the top of our list of one things weve done together. 8 weeks ago and bill steckel burga pleasanton couple in their 70s decided to start photographing families of the tri valley area as a way to give back make an impact and help their community at a time when they were told to stay inside from a far distance using mullens bill is documenting life at home for families during the coronavirus pandemic this stress to school work the Hand Sanitizer the toilet paper the heroes on the front lines in their messages to their neighbors home people. Years from now look at these pictures and remember that there was some good. Some good times as well as the difficult times and challenges. So far this tecklenburg said photographed more than a 160 families some celebrating birthdays graduations mothers day newborn babies, a new fourlegged family members they do this for free in our most interested in photos of Health Care Workers and First Responders we snow weve seen with their families and. Theyll get home and so have their scrubs honor week when firemen had his turn out each you know, its its just will it be hard to know so its very emotional, sometimes people like christina valley smith, who is a nurse and her husband whos in Law Enforcement and when she asked what my husband and i did she was like. Thats exactly what we want is your families that we want to cater and theyre just dismiss to pull it was amazing. So weve gotten a lot from this that we have no idea whats going to happen. I mean here we were isolated. This is a time when you need to be near family. In our family is all over the country so we had a boy that really got field with this project its been incredible. In pleasanton michelle kingston kron 4 news new testing sites have been announced in the bay area more testing of course is one of the factors used before going into the next phase of reopening california the city of oakland says there will be a new testing site at Allen Temple Baptist church in east oakland. In pleasanton the new testing site will be located at the Alameda County fairgrounds in San Francisco mayor london breed announced there will be 3 new covid19 testing sites a mobile site in the tenderloin a site at city college and another in bayview Hunters PointSan Francisco currently has 2 testing sites. One in the south of market area and one on the embarcadero all of those testing sites are free to the public. Earlier today on kron on we talked with San Francisco district 6 supervisor matt haney about the need for testing in the vulnerable neighborhood in the tenderloin. Ultimately in a neighborhood like the tenderloin were going to be testing here continuously accessible on site in some cases directly for people at their buildings and so this is really a First Step Towards ensuring that the people who need to get tested here in this neighborhood are able to get some many of the people who are have been exposed have not had symptoms. So come out and be tested its free available to all tenderloin residents. It starts this wednesday and you can check out at s f dot gov accessed get tested sf you can sign right out and we really are encouraging encouraging everyone in the neighborhood who wants to be tested to come on be tested. The state of california is also set up a website to find a testing site near you the link to the site can be found. Right there at the bottom of your screen. Mayor london breed also announced the launch of a Meal Delivery program for at risk seniors in need of food assistance, the great place Emergency Food Assistance Program will deliver 3 free restaurant meals every day to seniors while supporting local businesses at the same time. This temporary program will be funded by the state mayor breed released a statement that reads in part quote staying home is especially important for seniors who continue to be at greater risk for covid19 great place to live in sf will provide freshly prepare nutritious meals for our seniors helping to bring much needed business back to some of our local restaurants. The Citys Department of disability and aging Services Estimates that great plates delivered sf with the number on your screen could end up serving more than 6,000 seniors every day. If you are interested in this program and want to learn whether or not you are eligible. Call 4153556700 for assistance. While most of the bay area saw rain over the weekend in the sierra take a look at this a lot of fresh snow is there this video was shot over the weekend and posted on the caltrans twitter account. It was a white out on interstate 80 at the South Yuba River at about 6,000 feet in elevation chain restrictions are in effect for parts of that area and now this live look at interstate 80 in soda springs, more snow and rain is in the forecast we welcome in our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with more on this late spring snowstorm. Lawrence. They have about that guy certainly a lot of exciting weather around the state of course we had a rainier do. One of the Sierra Nevada. Yeah, they got some more snow up there that continues to fall up there tonight, heres a live look outside this one from castle peak you see all those roads are clear but you got to be careful getting up there tonight, it is going to be slick theres more snow on the way in which the storm warnings are up in the Sierra Nevada fact expecting more snow overnight tonight and on continuing small morning maybe into the afternoon. So if youre traveling that way certainly make sure you check on your Road Conditions there may be some issues getting up there who got lot more snow to come to show up on the Doppler Radar there are about above 6,000 feet or so as were seeing that snow. Well see another 2 maybe 4 inches of snow overnight tonight into tomorrow morning and down below it has been all about the rain and the thunderstorms and watt and active afternoon it was across parts of Central California as you saw right there in the san joaquin up and down a lot of thunderstorms pop up in fact were still seeing some lightning strikes you can see some of those areas even some hail around the bay area we did have reports of a couple scattered showers to and some hail popping up across the mountains in the south as well as some lightning strikes there too but tonight things will quiet down a little bit tomorrow morning with up to some partly cloudy skies. Theres a slight chance of some showers basically San Francisco on southward i think tomorrow and then late in the day a chance in the north bay parts of northern napa county in lake county a chester showers everythings going to start settling down. And the temperatures are going start warming up tomorrow, were back in the 70s in the concord in livermore about 73 in santa rosa. And the next few days we get ready for the unofficial beginning of summer there you go temperatures popping up in the 80s by the weekend. Getting near 90 degrees. I memorial day guys back to you thank you lawrence, still ahead at 8 oclock as the country begins to reemerge from life in lockdown. The search for an effective vaccine remains details about a promising new vaccine plus another new vaccine trial getting thousands of volunteers submissions find injected with the vaccine. Then later with coronavirus a risky and potentially deadly experiment and people are signing up by the thousands, its part of whats known as a human challenge trial. Where People Volunteer to be injected with a potential vaccine and later with covid19 the intention is to make some people sick about the aggressive method could get a vaccine for the nation faster. This could save months off the time required to evaluate a vaccine. The goal is to do the fastest responsible. Its scientifically valid way of evaluating the vaccine. Despite the risks, 16,000 people from more than 100 online form say that they are interested so far the challenge vaccine trial is hypothetical. They expose themselves to the virus every day coming up on kron 4 news today, why lawmakers are divided on hazard pay for frontline healthcare workers us moving flames burning hundreds of acres in arizona details on the containment mission there. Should redirect your question the president obama who left the stockpile and seat. Playing the blame game as criticism grows over the u. S. Pandemic response. The white house shifting responsibility from as coronavirus cases in the United States surpassed one 0. 5 million tonight observers say the white house is playing the blame game unemployment numbers in the nation continue to climb and the chair of the Federal Reserve predicts claims could hit 25 those rising numbers are prompting infighting and fingerpointing at the highest levels of leadership. Jeremy diamond reports. With the u. S. Death toll nearing 90,000 President Trump and his top officials are shifting blame finding scapegoats everywhere, but inside the white house, Peter Navarro a Top White House official pointing the finger at the centers for Disease Control whose initial coronavirus test kits malfunctions. Early on in this crisis. The cdc which which really had the most trusted brand around the world. In this space. Really what let the country down next to it set us back. A senior cdc official telling cnn in response. This administration has shown time and time again that it has a problem with science were giving them science and they dont seem to want it, im alex azar stand health and Human Services secretary alex azar also firing back putting the infighting out into the open the comments regarding cdc are inaccurate and inappropriate that these are instead tied the u. S. Is high death toll higher than any other countries to preexisting Health Issues among americans, not the administrations response. We have a significantly disproportionate burden of comb were but isnt United States obesity. Hypertension diabetes. Its about simple simple epidemiology in stating that if we have hypertension if we have diabetes we present with greater risk of severe complications from chronic from this coronavirus as for the president and his spokeswoman. They are firing at a familiar target perhaps i should redirect your question to president obama who left the stockpile and see if president obama left it empty and to President Trump to refill it today President Trump echoing that false criticism claiming he was left little by obama even though he was in office for 3 years before the coronavirus began to spread that he was an incompetent President Trump is also attacking obama on other fronts implicating his predecessor in a baseless conspiracy via twitter as obama spent part of the weekend. Taking veiled swipes at trumps handling of coronavirus this pandemic is fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge. Know what theyre doing. A lot of them arent even pretending to be in charge as obama addressed graduates, trump was at camp david huddling with conservative allies. Where one source said he was highly focused on how to make his latest obama Conspiracy Theory stick. That was Jeremy Diamond reporting federal chairman powell says that he thinks the economy will bounce back quickly once the viruslis under control. Workers on the front lines of this pandemic such as firefighters nurses and doctors are exposing themselves to covid19 every day and some lawmakers say they should be paid extra for it. House democrats included billion for hazard pay and the heroes act that Coronavirus Relief bill passed in the house on friday. But it is unlikely to make it through the republican held senate. Still some lawmakers say they believe hazard pay is a bipartisan issue and theres room to negotiate. Not voting against those things per se because weve got a billion for Health Care Workers and hospitals that was in the cares act lets see how its working to get the economy restarted and then we can come back look for gaps and find solutions to make it obviously to be. But rule there isnt any reason why we shouldnt be. Supporting are currently working. Republicans say states employers should first work through the funding from the last aid package before spending any more money. The senate has postponed any discussions of the heroes act until after memorial day weekend. Alameda county Health Officials have given tesla the green light to fully reopen its plant in fremont despite protests over the weekend. The 2 parties were able to reach an agreement allowing all 11,000 tesla employees to return to work. Last week Tesla Ceo Elon musk openly defied the countys Health Orders by asking workers to return during the shelter in place even using twitter to dare authorities to arrest him as part of the agreements employees will have to practice physical distancing while on the job and tesla is expected to report if any workers test positive for covid19. Uber is laying off an additional 3,000 workers. Todays announcement comes just 2 weeks after the Company Announced plans to cut 3700 fulltime jobs. The rideshare giant is also shutting 40 offices across the world, including an office in San Francisco near pier 70 uber says the cuts are necessary because it has seen an 80 drop in business from this time one year ago investigators are combing the wreckage of a fire and explosion at a Downtown Los Angeles hash oil manufacturer. The bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives sent in special agents today. To help reconstruct the scene of saturdays blaze and work to identify where the fire started and try to determine a cause. 12 firefighters were injured 8 of them remain in the hospital. All of them are expected to survive. In arizona, a massive firefight underway flames have scorched 1500 acres in the east a desert in phoenix. Officials say somebody started the fire yesterday, however, it is unclear whether it was on purpose or by accident. The fire is 20 contained as crews are dropping fire retardant on the flames from the air. Dozens of homes had to be evacuated, but so far theres been no damage to homes for more on this blaze and conditions in the fire zone, lets check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lawrence. Yeah it has been a hot spring in much of arizona and they continue to see the hot conditions down really only going to get hotter now as we head into summer is the very latest you can see phoenix in the south there to the north the red flag warnings have been posted a just east of flagstaff and certainly they are getting some gusty winds to go along with that so far concerns a real a problem over the next 2 days here as those winds will likely continue to whip you see those windy conditions developing toward indian wells to the brooke, there seems a very strong gusty winds that continuing and to the least tuesday evening and then flagstaff well i think get going there could probably cause some problems there looks likely look to some gusty winds to about 50 miles per hour. So certainly hot dry conditions there i think as we get into this next weekend temperatures back into the triple digits across much of arizona. They kept back out west and you can see all those lightning strikes are up to go over the central part of the state of the snow in the Sierra Nevada won an active afternoon in fact, flash flood watches all those areas shaded in green there almost all the way down patterson up to sacramento, stockton in chico looking for the possibility some flash flooding through about the next hour or so and then as the storms begin to subside as the sun has set things will begin to calm down a however rain totals around the bay area in fact in the last 24 hours over a half an inch in santa rosa maria, almost a quarter almost a quarter and napa 1900 the concord 700s in the San Francisco in aid hundreds of an inch of rain in san jose very nice for a storm system partly cloudy tonight still a chance some scattered showers in the sun and clouds tomorrow slight chance basically San Francisco on southward is that lows going to start to slip down in towards Southern California had the Point Conception by tomorrow afternoon time now for you tonight certainly going to see a lot of clouds on and off throughout the night models but not least a chance of a few scattered showers as we take you through the night then things kind of calm down the best part of the day tomorrow then the afternoon again still some leftover moisture you get a rise in the temperature in the afternoon. It certainly. But yes, some popup showers at least parts of the north and east a temperatures by tomorrow afternoon were going to 70s into conquered a little more 73 degrees in san jose. A couple days, well start to warm things up. Looks like that will be a lot of sunshine and much warmer temperatures 2 guys back to you. Thank you lawrence. Still ahead and age restrictions relaxed in rome details on what is back open for the first time in italy in months if you are searching for a job we have expert advice on which companies are hiring right now and the best way to get hired, plus you can spray lysol on food so how can you keep pathogens in the air from contaminating it mrs. Walker. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. 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The system has been installed in a handful of businesses so far in dayton shopping at an apple store will now look much different as the Company Begins to reopen more locations. Apple will now require our temperature checks at the door and face coverings about a 100 brick and Mortar Stores have already reopened around the world for safety the companys limiting the number of people inside and curbside dropoff and pickup options will be available at some locations. Just days after filing for bankruptcy jc penney says that it is now planning to close nearly 200 stores this year, the retail giant has struggled to gain profits for years but the pandemic caused sales to plummet last friday Jason Kennedy filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the retailer has 85,000 employees and so far it is unclear how many people will be affected. Next year. The Company Plans to close an additional 50 stores. Jc penney is the 4th National Retailer to file for bankruptcy this month along with j crew Neiman Marcus and stage stores next today, encouraging results in the hunt for a covid19 vaccine, a Biotech Company going 8 for 8 in anybody testing. What that means says Company Plans to ramp up trials still ahead in sports governor newsome hints at plans for the return of pro sports when that could happen as the country begins to reemerge from life in lockdown one thing is crucial to combating the Coronavirus Crisis thats fighting an effective vaccine tonight one other company says it may be a step closer to protecting people from the virus karin caifa reports. As the world works to find a safe and effective covid19 vaccine manufacturer modern us as it is seen promising results in human trials these are really good news for us and everybody thats been watching for this day, the Biotech Company in partnership with the National Institutes of health measured antibodies in 8 people in vaccinated and all 8 developed neutralizing antibodies these antibodies were proven to be able to block the ability of the virus to infect so we are already seeing an immune response at the level of people who have been infected with this virus and our belief know not to be susceptible to further disease, its encouraging but we still dont know of people who have been infected with the virus are immune from it in the future. So its not clear whether vaccination will provide total immunity. So far the journal has vaccinated between 6100 participants starting in july the Company Plans to begin to conduct large scale Clinical Trials which typically consist of 10s of thousands of people. If those studies are successful. The Company Hopes to have a vaccine on the market between january and june of next year this is really a very first important step. In the Journey Towards having a vaccine available for the people who need them most as researchers work at lightning fast speeds medical experts caution. It may be some time before a covid19 vaccine is perfect it if you are going to make it to work out a. Perfect machine. It would take years and years in washington, im karin caifa. While the nation waits for a covid19 vaccine to be approved and released many families are avoiding doctors offices, altogether that means no routine visits for regular checkups and other vaccines, according to the centers for Disease Control and prevention theres been a noticeable decrease in childhood vaccinations order through the federal program that immunized as half of the countrys children. The drop started the week after President Trump declared a National Emergency the cdc says while it might not be an issue now one says social distancing is relax those who are not immunized will once again be at risk. More than 36 million americans have applied for Unemployment Benefits in the 2 months since the coronavirus first hit the National Unemployment rate is at 14. 7 . That is the highest since the great depression. Many people are looking for work right now, and we have some advice from bay area base glassdoor about how to make your resume stand out. 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Whats different today is that bars restaurants hair salons and shops can reopen again with restrictions however there are requirements for maintaining. Strict standards of hygiene. Social distancing must be maintained at least one meter. The tween tables and as far shops go there are limits on the number of people allowed in whats also different is as of today churches can hold masses for the public and in fact pope francis today held his first public mass in saint peters basilica in almost 2 months until now. They have been live stream also reopening italys museums and because there are almost no tourists in the country. The lines are surprisingly short also some more good news for italys today, the latest statistics are that in the last 24 hours only 99 people died from coronavirus the total is now as far as the dead 32,007 but the numbers are continuing to drop. But Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte is warned that the reopening is a calculated risk and theres still very much the danger of a second wave of deadly infections. Im ben wedeman cnn reporting from rome. Time for sports. Well its the new sports fans in california have been waiting for a glimmer of hope on the athletics horizon today as governor Gavin Newsome announced a possible path to the return of pro sports in just a couple of weeks. Sporting events a pro sports. In that first a week or so of june without spectators and modifications and prescriptive also could begin to move forward. And a number of other sectors of our economy will open up again if we hold these trend lines. Those trend lines are a decline in the number of coronavirus cases in california. Now new some didnt provide any details about what the modifications and conditions might look like but even without fans in the stands. This is good news for local pro teams. No comment yet from those local teams on what this will mean for their plans Going ForwardMajor League Baseball has been targeting a june return as the nba and nfl work on plans to reopen facilities and begin Team Activities but one bay area sports figure has weighed in at the always outspoken Richard Sherman fortyniners cornerback he re tweeted the news some news with this comment money changes Everything Team started exploring options outside the state and all of a sudden. The timeline changed finances of course, a huge factor in this across all the Pro Sports Leagues, Major League Baseball for example has projected a loss of 640,000 for each game held without fans. But one Pro Sports League is already back in action nascar became the first sport to return yesterday with no spectators in the stands. Darlington raceway in South Carolina was the site of the first live sporting event in the u. S. From things began to cancel postpone their seasons in march. Its raining turn indication fans have indeed been starved for sports nascar race attracted nearly 6 and a half million viewers. Most for nascar race, not mean the day daytona 500 in the last 3 years and also a 38 increase from the last race before the leak shut down in attic in march so now is nascar on the setting the stage we await word from the other major pro leagues on their plans in the weeks to come. All right, thank you very much kate, the good news there next today balanced and socially distant. Good happy there could be a fun new way to meet up with friends for happy hour in the future and still be socially distant check this out pam fish tales pub in ocean city maryland. Bought these bumper tables for customers to use once bar restaurants are allowed to reopen the tables are custom made with an inner tube and wheels and theyre designed to keep customers at least 6 feet apart customers would stand in the middle as you can see it so walk around with your drink, not spell it, i guess and chat and maintain your safe social distance from other customers. When the owner said theyve gotten incredible reaction so far and theyre in talks with other businesses to produce these bumper tables for them. City is the mother of invention. Thats pretty clear. Well a bay area teenager who was helping residents and Nursing Homes to stay connected with their loved ones is tonights kron 4 he wrote it has been weeks since daniel and brown has seen his grandparents in person. They suffered life changing medical emergencies shortly after the shelterinplace started so when nurses use their personal cellphones to let daniel face time with his grandparents the month of this a high schooler wanted to do something to give back so he pay some money to buy ipads for Nursing Homes around the bay area so that more grandparents could see their loved ones to he has already been able to donate ipads to a rehab center in danville and if you would like to learn more about his efforts we have shared a link on our website kron 4 dot com. A special thank you to daniel for caring about other people and you can submit a graduate. Go to our kron 4 dot com find graduate to salute to grads 2020 under news submit a picture of your grad and let us know which high school the graduate attended and whats next for him or for her and speaking of grass for saluting the class of 2020 every night were shining the spotlight on a specific senior tonight were talking about a lie to banks alijah tense. Boys picture went by really fast in that, but anyway, alijah we can see you he attends Oak Grove High School in san jose. Is educational journey will continue at San FranciscoState University we want to congratulate alijah and you can submit a graduates go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 under the news and give us a picture of your graduate and just mentioned all of this information a moment ago. And that is it for kron 4 news at 8. Heres what were working on for kron 4 news at 9 oclock. 90,000 and more us deaths in just 3 months tonight, the top projection model predicts that number could go up by 10s of thousands and experts worry the coronavirus is not slowing down their concern that was reopening cases will rise plus health and safety concerns for neighbors in San Francisco, San Francisco say there is a growing homeless camp near their homes. The homeless advocate explains one reason why in prime time. The news station youre watching kron 4 news at night. A change