Were back with a small brush fire raging on a hillside about 30 miles east of downtown los angeles. Firefighters were able to save a nearby restaurant, but the heat wave is hanging over Southern California for another few days. Miami is headed for another warm but soggy day. As much as 7 inches fell in parts of southern florida, washing out memorial day for many and making driving hazardous. More rain and severe storms are expected today because a big storm system is sitting right off the coast and will continue to drench the area. That system could become the second tropical system of the year, and its moving north towards the Kennedy Space center. That nasty weather could impact tomorrows scheduled launch of a pair of american astronauts into space. It comes as nasa and spacex give a final go for the historic launch, the first liftoff of american astronauts from u. S. Soil in nine years. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter worries that the weather will delay this Historic Mission to spa
Abandoned strip mall in san jose today. Youre seeing sky 7 there. It was quick over the scene with thick black plumes of smoke shooting from the roof. So take a closer look. This was at the strip mall on south bascom, right there on the southwest expressway. No business is currently operating there. The entire lot is fenced off. Firefighters tell us it started around 1 15 this afternoon. No one was injured and the cause is under investigation. Next app that you might be put 00 on your mobile phone or tablet could facilitate your return to work. Developers are trying to find ways to share information to assure customer and employee safety. David louie joining us live with new developments that are coming out of Silicon Valley. Hi, david. Hi, larry. If youve been working from home, its likely that your bosses are starting to plan on your return to the office. New tools to make it safe to do so are either in the works or have just been released. We seem to be inseparable from our smart ph
Going on, dan. Mayor breed came out today saying there is good news for a change. Starting may 18th, next monday, the city will allow all street front businesses to open for pickup and delivery. What this means now for our city is incredible. Because were talking about many of those Small Businesses and various neighborhoods you see many of those shops that are closed. They will be able to open for pickup and for Curbside Pickup and delivery, which is going to be incredible. This does not include malls, for example. But it does include in San Francisco. And were talk close to 95 of businesses which have unfortunately been closed. This is not only going to support the jobs that hopefully many will return as a report, and people who love these businesses and want to see them continue. Its a continued step. We also will be allowing warehouses and manufacturing as well to open under certain guidelines. And i want to also caution everybody. Even though this is exciting, we still need to be
Atlantas mayor is encouraging testing. If you were out protesting last night, you probably need to go get a covid test this week. Reporter in these 15 states and puerto rico, the number of newly reported cases is increasing. Places like tennessee, south carolina, and california, where protests are quite large. In los angeles county, theyve had to close or move coronavirus testing sites because of the chaos. Chicago and philadelphia have had to shut down food banks that were helping people who the virus has put out of work. Theres some encouraging news from drugmakers. The makers of the drug remdesivir, the antiviral that has been used to treat covid19, are now saying a third study shows that their drug is effective in treating the coronavirus symptoms with just a fiveday treatment. Authorities say they are hoping, for example, that the people who crowded this Cell Phone Store and stole all of their product wont need it. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. Our thanks to steve there. Kenn
And i know that during times of isolation, it can get a little bit worse. These times in particular are both unprecedented and incredibly challenging. I want to let you know it is okay to not be okay. We all need to come together to cope with the stress and to prevent a second epidemic of what can happen if we dont address the stress and trauma. We can overcome it. Weve got what it takes to get through this. Clouds cant last forever. They cant and they wont. Thats not how the atmosphere works and thats not how life works. Abc7 presents your Mental Health. A bay area conversation. Im so glad you made it to us today. This special edition of abc7 news. Im reggie aqui along with kate larsen. Instead of our regular 4 00 p. M. Newscast, were going spend an hour engaging experts and you in this abc7 listens vtu tn ha the issue, our Mental Health. And kate, were asking today how you, because even if the answer isnt great, thats what were diving into. Thats what were here to talk about, reggie,