As we give you a live look at lake tahoe. Theyve been reporting thunderstorm activities over the past few days. Hopefully that will clear up. Limited visibility up there. Talking baseball, there will be a quiz a little bit later. The giants have eight to game exhibition series, last night. They are ready to begin the shortened season. The final games will begin in San Francisco. Assistant coach of the giants they coached first base during the game. The giants won this one. Only getting two hits. Tomorrow night they plan the game with the dodgers. Baseball season is here. Opening day i guess you could say is a little late. Is usually march or april for a lot of teams out there. We are enjoying the nice write up on sunday about this. Whether the season should actually be played. And the risks involved for the players, the families and the umpires. Everyone who makes this happen. Just sitting back on the couch last night, watching the game, i see the point of the column that was written on sunday. At the same time, its something we need. I respect the players for the sacrifice they are doing to give you and i and people across the country, baseball fans a little taste of this action. Im just curious about your thoughts on whether the season should be played or not. As you said, its hard not to like whats going on. Me and my friends who are all baseball people, look forward to the start time. Its like an appointment, then when the game is on, the sound of that game. I understand some people say its not safe to be played. If they are taking reasonable precautions, maybe it should be played. I dont know how you feel about that but those of us that have been missing sports it sounds good to have the game on tv and the radio. Even though its not exactly the same, sports bring people together. You give the nod and smile when you wear there teams georgie. It helps heal after devastating times like september 11th. This is different but you can get back to it and the players and teams agree, lets play ball. New this morning the Oakland City Council narrowly rejected a proposal that would of called for deep cuts to the Police Department budget. It would be in addition to the milliondollar cut to the budget a week ago. We will hear more about this, good morning elizabeth. Reporter the meeting included hours of public comment. A lot of people in support for the cuts to the Police Department. I want you to listen to what some of the people had to say. You have blood on your hands already. The police are understaffed and underfunded at his it is. How dare you. City Council Members were deadlocked that would 2 million from the police budget. Earlier the council rejected another proposal but wanted to take 11 million from the police budget. The mayor said they had concerns how this would impact Response Time in an emergency. Any cuts will require a significant reduction for a widely recognized in adequate 911 response. Elimination of Current Police services as well as further strain on what is well documented as an understaffed police force. The city already took more than 14 million from the Police Department last month. Many residents are demanding cuts as there are no nationwide calls to defund the Police Department after the death of george floyd in minneapolis. The city council is launching a task force by reducing the budget by 50 . It would cut into Mental Health issues and Youth Violence prevention. Thank you, oakland mayor said she will not let vandalism at her home stop her from supporting the Police Program she believes will help the community. About 2 00 yesterday morning somebody spraypainted messages on her driveway and garage door saying wake up, blood on your hands. The four formersaid she does not think she has specifics but she knows why people are angry with the mayor. Sheikh repeatedly sits on the fence. The responses are and absolute come back. Police have not named a suspect. And Anonymous Group went online and claim responsibility. They warned other politicians, this is just a beginning. The Trump Administration but millions of vaccine doses with the first delivery expected by december. They are trying to hash a deal for a stimulus package. We have the latest. The u. S. Government securing 100 million doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine 20 once it gets approval from the fda. The nearly 2 billion deal with pfizer and beyond tech allow the u. S. To obtain more doses if necessary. All citizens would receive the vaccine for free. Those would have to be safe and effective to the gold standard. The news comes as negotiations continue for one of the phase for corona virus packages. This was already passed in the house. It includes an additional 1200 check to the americans and an extension of a 600 unemployment bonus. The top to Congressional Democrats met with the secretary and wised house chief of staff monday. We are glad they came to see us and outlined broad concepts but they are not close to negotiating. The Senate Republicans do not see eye to eye on multiple aspects, including a tax pay cut. Or tax cut. We will get it done, we will protect our workers and schools and protect them very strongly. The Trump Administration hopes have a deal done by the end of next week when an enhanced them unemployment benefit expires. California street Public Health official expects a number of new infections to start to decline. The health and Human Services secretary said reimposing some restrictions will slow down infections and allow the economy to continue at its current level. They will help Contact Tracing to be over a wider area. The simple possibility is what the governor calls dimming in some parts of the state. This is all to avoid ongoing increases in hospitalization and Positivity Rate and deaths weve seen over the last many weeks. Dr. Galli says the state is preparing for what he calls a playedessential businesses to help reduce the spread of covid19 in the work place. California leads the nation in the number of confirmed cases with more than 400 and thousand. Thats an increase and a lower number than the 14 day average. The number of cases here surpassed new york state. 130 people died in california which is much higher than the 14 day average of 95. 7900 people have died in california since the start of the pandemic. New york has nine times that number of people who have passed away. Ferry building say were shocked to find out the stores inside the building is building in San Francisco. You see changes have been made to the exterior. Shops inside the Ferry Building marketplace that dont have access to the outside, are not allowed to serve customers until the department and help gives further notice. They can do online order and curbside pickup. There are new concerns about the Oakland PoliceCommunications System after a dispatcher tested positive for covid19. The Department Took immediate action and precautions to protect workers. They did not discuss whether this led to staffing shortages. We investigated and found that staffing issues led to lower police Response Time and 911 callers been put on hold. Fremont is joining other cities to cap delivery charges during the pandemic. Of the limit fees for Third Party Delivery is 15 . Typically the fees are high as 30 . The fees help pay for a variety of business costs. The cap on commissions meant they would not be able to provide the same level of service. Similar caps have been adopted in San Francisco, berkeley and san leandro. As an increase in the number of business in the bay area start to reopen, many parents are starting to think about going back to work. They are having trouble at the same time, finding childcare. Some Childcare Centers that were forced to close down during the pandemic were not allowed to reopen. The new study said the childcare industry in california has been hit hard during the pandemic with one quarter of the programs without financial means to reopen. A big announcement. Why the Santa Clara County da office will no longer pursue the Death Penalty in all cases. The hot fire burning in an alarming rate. Dear california. We know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Try closing your shades during the day. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. There was an overnight fire reported at the chinese consulate in houston. Classified documents were being burned in buildings courtyard. This is after the u. S. State Department Order china to close its consulate to protect americans property and private information. This was an unjustified move that violated chinese law. Houston fire and Police Department were not allowed to enter the building. Unrest continues across parts of the country with a violent night in the city of chicago. Protesters continue to fight off federal officers in portland oregon. Reporter everywhere. All over the place. Its like a war here. A violent night in chicago leaves people injured. Gunfire erupted outside a funeral home outside. As a spike in violence continues, the mayor will work with local officers to help keep the city safe. She has warned, her administration is opposed to abuse of power. We all will not allow democracy to be hijacked by the federal government. That will not happen in chicago. Dozens of officers dismantled the cams of occupied city hall protesters and cleaning up the trash left behind. The demonstrators have been outside city hall for a month, arguing the 1 billion was not enough to the budget. Protest for the 55th straight night as demonstrators confront federal officers sent by the Trump Administration. Local officials asking for federal troops to leave insisting they are inciting violence. Violence against the police and protesters to return to peaceful demonstrations. Please do so peacefully. Mayors in six cities have written a letter to the attorney general condemning use of federal forces saying they are not welcome in their city. Firefighters in northeastern california are working aggressively to get an upper hand on the hog fire burning. It has burned more than 14 square miles and 9 contained since it began last saturday. 170 structures are threatened but none have been damaged or destroyed. Evacuation orders are in place. Cal fire said communications have been hampered in the area because the fire damaged a fiber thick cable. Im wondering if the weather plays a role in fighting the fire there x thunderstorms have been they because the lightning strikes. Temperatures have come down a little bit. We dont have a north, northeast wind or really hot temperatures. We have a west or southwest. In the breeze is not the best. Why is it so windy this spring and summer . Because we keep getting the lows. Is weak as they may be, they generate wind. Weve seen fires 45 miles per hour. Everything is dry and watch the thunderstorm activity over the sea areas. Most of those on the nevada side. But some popping up in the northeast part of california. To santa rosa, livermore and concord stay cloudy at nine a. M. Is san jose is sunny. Winds have changed. They were 35 miles an hour and still gusting. South of santa rosa, thats the direction for them this time of year. San jose has south, southeast wind. 170 and brentwood. Most locations are in the 50s and 60s. Of monterey and Santa Cruz Mountains a little drizzle. They are excited to get together with another low coming down from the north. A cooler pattern. Them biggest drop in temps for seasonal average. 60s and upper 70s. Low 80s. Livermore is closer to about 90. Not much change. One day goes a little lower and we settle in and this will last all the way to the weekend. Legendary Musician Sheila e is back in oakland for a virtual performance. Its benefiting black lives matter and other nonprofits. Motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. woman chattering [narrator] ordering dinner for the family . family gasps rewarded with a side of quiet. baby murmuring grubhub rewards you, scooter horn honking get a free delivery perk when you order. doorbell rings [group] grubhub. That sheila e in her latest music video. That video does look like lemon cake. See her along with artists in several a celebrities sitter coming together for a virtual performance. Of the proceeds will benefit black lives matter. It all takes place tomorrow at yoshis in oakland at jack london square. We will tell you more about it. Welcome back to the nine, sheila e, so good to talk to you again. Nice to be here as well. Say hello to your dad, he came on the show i was thrilled to meet him. Sheila this benefit you are putting together has some big names. Is centered right here in oakland. How did this all come together . It was kind of a lastminute thing again, based on the situation we are in. We want to make sure we continue our on School Programs and virtual programs at this point. The kids are in need, they want it. We thought this was a perfect time. My foundation is here. We keep music and arts in the public schools. We have a list of 15 schools that need our help. We need to raise money and also black lives matter and another foundation as well. We will donate funds to those. A lot of great celebrities and a lot of them here in the bay that want to be part of this event. Icy Tony Tony Tony from the bay. You have speakers like angela davis and dolores for tara who is well known here. Stevie wonder who is worldwide. It does it feel good to get back on stage for a good cause . Oh, yes. Basically us as entertainers and artists we dont have a live without seeing you all. We miss playing in front of live audiences. The cause, the need is here now. Its urgent. To be able to call some of my friends and some ive never met before like ali, ive never met him but im a fan of his. Is there something you can say thats uplifting in the bay area. Angela davis and dolores and Anita Poynter from the pointer sisters will speak. We have a lot of great people speaking to elevate oakland and black lives matter in the media. Your friend is going to do a comedy act. Did you get on the phone with these people and say hello, this is sheila e and i need your help is that how it went kind of. s some of them i do know. Its interesting im hoping george can make it. Of all people, he got food poisoning. I dont know whats going to happen. Is challenging times. I called everyone personally to ask for help. They jumped on this right away so we are very excited about it. Sheila, we are glad you are doing this at yoshis. If you have not been to it, we will probably get back to going to that Legendary Club after all this is over. The next best thing is to watch it. This is on the 23rd at seven p. M. Live from yoshis. It will be on youtube life. I will be tuned in that night. I look forward to it all. Thank you for joining us again. Say hello to your dad. Both of you are welcome back anytime. Go to our facebook live. Facebook live will be on as well. Thank you so much. Thank you for more information. I will give you more information about the concert here. Stand together, the virtual performance errors worldwide from yoshis club in oakland, tomorrow night. Weve included a link to the life scream screen. The proceeds help black lives matter nonprofit. And also elevate oakland. The oakland zoo planning to reopen soon. In just minutes, join us as we talk live with the president of the oakland zoo. For details on the virtual party. Also, we will head to the south bay in helping san jose restaurants expand their Dining Options during the covid19 pandemic. How san jose is doing its part with street closures. If you have not done this yet, you should. Joined the new ktvu newsletter. Head over to ktvu. Com email and sign up. The Santa Clara CountyDistrict Attorney is expected to announce he will no longer pursue the Death Penalty in all cases. Jeff rosen is making the announcement in a News Conference later today. He supported the Death Penalty as recent as last year. This comes after Governor Newsom offered a moratorium on the Death Penalty. The number of cases of coronavirus deaths is spiking in the u. S. And around the world. We have the latest. Another grim new milestone in the fight against coronavirus. 15 million confirmed cases worldwide. 4 million in the u. S. In addition to the spike and new infections, we are starting to see new deaths. There more than 1000 coronavirus related deaths on tuesday led by florida which has emerged as the new epicenter of the corona virus outbreak. The governor has issued a statewide order making face masks mandatory in public as oo being contained. We see the hospital is able flies stabilized. We are seeing a decline. I think we will get through a. The states have reopened without a spike in new cases are doing their best to keep the virus from spreading again. New york mandating a 14 day quarantine from plowable travelersfrom 31 different states. We have to protect the progress weve made. Our goal now is to stay there. The cdc reports for more people were infected than previously thought based on and the pope antibody tests. Patients that are younger and middle age that may not have the comorbidities are having the disease. The cdc upgrading its guidance for self quarantine, recommending 10 days of isolation for anyone testing positive for the coronavirus. L mayor on a number of issues facing the city including how to reopen schools in the fall. The Governor Newsom announced that the states counties must conduct virtual learning. As much as the mayor said she would like students to return to in person classroom settings, its not safe right now. Part of the challenge weve had is we have not flattened the curve. We all have to do our part. This is so frustrating for so many parents. We have to Work Together to make the best decision for these kids. We asked the mayor about the San FranciscoPolice Accountability report that has been completed on an investigation into a raid of a journalist home a year ago. The mayor is committed to make this public but it concerns personnel issues. There may be legal restrictions on how much the report can be released. San jose is the latest city to close streets to give restaurants room to expand outside. San pedro street is closed to traffic from santa clara and saint johns street. The new move allow san pedro square restaurant to welcome more guests in a safe environment. While many restaurants have been offering patio seating, space has been limited doing due to social distancing requirements. After being close for months, the oakland zoo is scheduled to reopen. They are kicking off a virtual reopening and fundraiser to help 700 plus animals. The director of the oakland zoo, good morning. To dr. Joe parris. Thanks for being with us. Good morning and thanks for having me. You recently warned the oakland zoo would have to close permanently, if it was not able to reopen by the end of the month. Im glad thats happening. To give us a picture of the financial situation you find yourself in this morning. We are in a much better position than we were two weeks ago. There has been an outpouring of generosity and support and donations from our community throughout the San Francisco bay area. Has put us in a position where, the good news is weve been able to raise 2 1 2 million dollars. The bad news is if you are not open, that only buys you another eight weeks. If we can open with those reserves, we think we will get through this bottleneck. How are the animals doing during this time . The animals are doing great. A lot of them kind of miss having the act hippity out on the pathway, like the chimps and the grisly bears. Others, appreciate the quiet. They are starting to use the entire exhibit like the bald eagles, for example, they are doing fine. Weve never cut our keeper staff to provide the enrichment so the animals have things to do all day long. They are doing great. I know the zoo lost some of what is typically the most profitable months of the year. Your summers your block buster season. Here, its almost over. The fundraiser this weekend, as you look forward for the months to come, what is your hope for the oakland zoo and the community . Our hope is to make it to the point where we make it into spring. In our business model, the month of may, june, july, august, we build up a reserve. Net loss in september, october, november and all the way through march, we live off that reserve. We lost three months to build off that reserve. We can make it to spring and build up the reserve again. And of the vaccine is not only produced, people are vaccinated and people have was called a herd immunity, thats the goal. Lets talk about this weekend. There was an outpouring of support. As soon as you said the oakland zoo was in trouble, there were many people ready and willing to give and help. What can we see from your event this weekend . It should be a lot of fun. 7 00 saturday night, our party for reopening. Its also a fundraiser for us that will be vital to us. Going forward. Is virtually going to go to the oakland zoo website. Click on the link and there will be music , interviews with staff that will be behind the scene experiences. There will be an auction that you can bid on for some of those same behind the scenes with elephants and giraffes and behind the scenes of the veterinary hospital. That should be a lot of fun and something that will be a great thing for the zoo. Thats this weekend. To dr. Joe parris, thank you for joining us. Im glad this zoo is reopening. Thank you very much. Lets get you to the zoo in a virtual way, at least for now. Well talk about was happening this weekend. A virtual celebration and fundraiser. This saturday at seven p. M. Head on over to ktvu. Com and click on web link and joined the free, online event. We are excited about Major League Baseball returning to ktvu with the triple header this weekend. Thats right you heard me, a triple header. Next test your baseball knowledge. Baseball trivia, you are going down my friend. Bring it on. Try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. Get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. Let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah its beautiful say what . I said its bea. Try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Rewarded get a free delivery perk when you order. [group] grubhub. Welcome back, we are trying Something Different here on the ninth this morning to celebrate the return of baseball. It just ahead of the triple header on ktvu. Right now put on your baseball hat because you will put your knowledge of baseball tribute to the test. Mike, you ready . Lets do it, im ready. Here is fox sports announcer, chris myers with question number one. Thanks very much and thanks for having me. Hope you enjoy the competition, baseball right around the corner. We are excited our home to yours. Lets play the home game. Giant shortstop crawford and yankee pitcher both played baseball at the same college just missing playing with each other by one year. Which California College did they attend. A. Stamford. Be. Ucla. See. San francisco state. Mike knows the answer to this one its ucla. Not the aztec and not the cardinals im going with ucla. You can push that question farther right south x there is a fan connection between crawford sister and derek cole. What is the answer . Correct answer be. Ucla. Garrett cole is married to amy who is a softball layer and a good one at ucla. Gentlemen, you were right. She rogue one a College World series with the bruins. Is always son fun to see those two go together. Even though im a cow guy, ive got to hand it to ucla, the bruins play good baseball. Thats it. Heres the second question back to fox sports announcer. Which is not among the three oldest cities in majorleague baseball. A. Oakland coliseum. Be. Dodger stadium. C. Of Wrigley Field. I would have to say Oakland Coliseum is an old stadium but its not the oldest i would happen to know the oldest is fenway so by process of deduction, Oakland Coliseum is pretty old. Right mike . I forget what he said. Whats not the oldest . Fenway is the oldest. Wrigley. I dont know the coliseum is pretty old. Compared to Dodger Stadium, got to be within a year. I think the coliseum is older than Dodger Stadium. I dont know if thats right that we will see. I think Dodger Stadium is older than the coliseum. Okay focus. Heres chris myers with the answer. The right answer a. Oakland coliseum. It opened in 1966. Fenway park, Wrigley Field and Dodger Stadium are the oldest stadium respectively. There you go. All right. You up for one more quick question . Our last trivia question. Heres chris again. The as have thrown a no hitter in back to back seasons. With the red sox in 2018 and then the reds in 2019. Which former as pitcher has thrown one of the eight no hitters in oakland history. A very be. Dave stewart see. Hudson. Dave stewart. Stewart did it in the early 90s. Not sedo. Im with you sal, dave stewart. We are in agreement. Lets go back to the final answer for the last trivia question. The right answer is b. Dave stewart. The Toronto Blue Jays back in 1990. Think the Toronto Blue Jays, they cant even play in canada, this short season. Of the government in canada will not allow baseball. Mike, at the top of the show, you were talking about how some people dont think we should play. I agree with the concern. I am so thrilled just to be doing this. Just even this with you guys, talking about baseball, has me all amped up. I can feel the change here at home. Awesome. Also awesome and thank you for to chris myers for fox sports for playing trivia with us. Thanks for playing on along from our home to yours. Enjoy the baseball season triple header on saturday. Enjoy we will. A this saturday you can catch the triple header between the brewers and the giants and the yankees play the Washington Nationals at four p. M. You can see it right here at ktvu fox 2 news. Reopen today. New rules when visiting the Japanese Tea Gardens. That is up next. New this morning an earthquake in southern alaska triggered a tsunami warning that has now been called off. It was a 7. 8 off the alaskan coast last night 50 miles southeast of perryville. Of this tsunami warning was issued for the alaskan peninsula and aleutian islands. The sound of that warning going out. Of the earthquake hit at a depth of 17 miles, thats considered fairly shallow. Theres no word of damage. Of 4. 2 earthquake struck off the coast of canada. It was six miles deep. No reports of tsunami warnings. People in oakland want answers about a homeless encampment thats taken over a Community Tennis court. Some are calling it a health hazard. Reporter this is been taken over by the homeless since the shelter in place order in march. The tennis course which i call the homeless Tennis Courts, is the jewel of the lake. A jewel now tarnished, say neighbors. They are noisy and at night they play loud music. Before the pandemic there were a few tense and as many as 50 people live here now. The people that live here should be able to so is attract homeless people. Ive been playing here since i was 12 years old. Plane tennis led to an Athletic College scholarship. He is hoping to work with the city to identify alternate sites for the homeless, so the Tennis Courts can be restored and reopened to the public. I dont want to be here, i dont choose to be here. The homeless men say they are here because this is a safe place and they have nowhere else to go. Its a piece of mind. Its not a place i would like to stay. In march the city Council Adopted a resolution to prevent the spread of covid19 among the homeless by not putting encampments out unless Housing Units are available. This represents the district. Our officers are dedicated to identifying and moving and sheltered residence into permanent housing and working with residents. Get them off the street, put them in a safe place. This is not a city sanctioned encampment. That will work to revitalize these cords so residents can use them again. A popular coffee shop faces a pay their rent as the landlord has raised israels. It is owned by the Nondenominational Church since 2005. This coffee shop is been working as an nonprofit. It is the Gathering Place for tech startups. We have been the location for many places to do their startups and basically work from here. For instance a Little Company called whats app was first started upstairs. A gofundme has been set up to help the coffee shop stay in business. They have chipped in 46,000 towards a 300,000 goal. The warriors and the American Red Cross and Kaiser Permanente are teaming up for a Community Blood drive. This will help save lives. Organizers say africanamerican donors are really needed for the 100,000 people in the u. S. Who have sicklecell disease. We have an urgent supply around the country. We are calling on all donors. Especially our africanamerican donors. In the bay area we are doing a good job of filling our appointments, we dont have enough africanamerican donations. As an added benefit, to covid 19 Antibody Testing is being done on all donations. She is just a toddler, she already owns professional sports franchise. 2yearold Alexis Olympia is the daughter of serena williams. She is listed as one of the owners of the new Los Angeles Team in a wind womens professional soccer league. Other owners are Natalie Portman and jennifer garner. Lastly tonight this will be your last time to see the comment is visible tonight until Early Morning hours tomorrow. A look towards the northwest. Right below the big dipper consolation. You can see it without binoculars although those will give you a better view. Britains Prince Philip made a rare public appearance in windsor castle. He stepped down from his post as colonel in chief. As separate ceremony, Prince Charles his wife, camilla, took over the regimen. She is retired for most public duties. The royal family is also celebrating prince georges 70th birthday, the oldest son of prince william, which means he is expected to become king one day. The wedding, because of the pandemic is entering a contest. They could win the dream wedding in france. They are in the finals because of their work during the pandemic. This couple was set to get married next month. A big wedding with family flying in from the east coast. Covid19 put a stop to all this. Wedding canceled. I cried so much. Where are we going to get married . What are we going to do . We couldnt make it happen safely to ask everyone to travel and come over and have a wedding, it did not seem feasible. The two had a plan that is feasible but its a long shot. They stumbled on an International Contest for a dream wedding in france. To 200 miles west of paris. Like i said, a Silver Lining turned gold. s the contest is for essential workers. She is a labor and delivering nurse who has seen a lot during the pandemic. Moms are so afraid with the pregnancy, its not good. Its been hard. Sometimes weve had people not tell the truth about their covid status because they feel like they will get their baby taken away , thats sad. Katy entered the couple story, not expecting anything. On sunday we found out we were final. Several hundred people applied all over the world. They will be selected by people voting for the 14 finalist. Runner ups will win the elopement package at the chalet. Of the couple is looking for likes. Any ceremony will happen only when it safe. Empty, they will still have what is most important, each other. They can always have a very small civil ceremony. To i want her to be my wife, we want to start a family. Even if we dont get there, its a fairytale wedding. The Japanese Tea Gardens in San FranciscoGolden Gate Park is officially open today for the first time in four months. It open at 9 00 with new safety protocols in place. The number of visitors is being limited. Pathways are set up to avoid congestion. Masks are required and visitors are asked to keep their distance from other groups as a enjoy the gardens. This morning, people were outside ready to take in the sights, even before the doors open. People are eager. I was not aware the Japanese Tea Garden was so popular and so many people love the environment here. Im glad we were able to bring back to everyone in the community, especially people visiting from all over. The Japanese Tea Garden will be open wednesday through sunday from nine a. M. To 5 45 p. M. People are encouraged to buy tickets online. It is a jewel of San Francisco. Is one of those things even though we may have been taken there by our parents, we dont go there until we have out of town guests. Its time to be tourists ourselves. Im a middle age man, i like anything gardening. I will go to the Japanese Tea Garden with my camera. A great place to go. Their benches there, you can sit down and take in the sights. It smells clean. Its one of those things if you have not gone come you have to go. Mike, i have not been to alcatraz but ive been to the Japanese Tea Gardens several times. Its a special spot. A lot of history dating back to the 1890s. Its also during the worlds fair. Like the palace of fine arts and the worlds fair. I love the koi ponds in the garden. I have not been for a couple decades. But yes, i should get back. Glad to see that its reopening. A busy hour. A thanks for joining us. I know you have options. We appreciate you joining us every morning. We will see you back here at 9 00. Dont forget, Wendy Williams is up next. Nnouncer live from new york city, its the Wendy Williams show. Now, heres wendy [cheers and applause] wendy hi. [cheers and applause] thank you for