Essential and its time to open up. And now they have the department of justice on their side. Only on abc 7, Robin Williams son opens up about his struggles and the his advocacy work during the pandemic. Face coverings are about to be mand tour. The Holiday Weekend forecast is coming up. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. We will not be doing church like we used to, so were not going to put peoples lives in jeopardy. Tonight the battle between church and say it is heating up. More than 1,200 california pastors say they will defy the governors orders and hold services on may 31st. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. J. R. Stone is following the growing debate and has more from oakland. The church is essential, especially for times like these. Bishop bob jackson of acts full Gospel Church in oakland making a plea to california governor p gavin newsom saying in these tough times churches need to be open and there for prisher
Up by the 4th of july. The way itll work is everyone will rush to the beach on the 4th of july sweat all over each other and then, we will die. Which will be good for traffic on the 405. As of yesterday, pet groomers and trainers were allowed to open back up. Which seems weird given that they say pets can spread the virus to people and people can spread it to pets. Maybe we should start training our pets to groom us. One thing we might not have in l. A. Is the oscars. Word around town is that the academy awards, which are scheduled for february will not happen in february. Why they would cancel a show that is nine months away, i dont know. Seems to me like a pretty blatant attempt to keep sonic the hedgehog from winning best picture. I guess this is just the next logical step. The last two years they had no host now they have no show. Meanwhile on the other side of the reaction coin in galveston, texas. They went right ahead with their annual go topless jeep weekend. That event led to
Other universities we have been following. Amy hollyfield live at uc berkeley this morning. Good morning, amy. Good morning. The words are will be open and offering instruction and janet napalatano did leave online instruction and she is envisioning a mix. The question will be how much will be in person versus how much will be done remotely. According to the mercury news, uc system has lost 1. 2 billion because of this pandemic. A lot of money and you can see thats why they are looking to fall in their plans. The California State University system already announced all classes will be remote. This is a big departure from what that system is planning. It soundslike not only uc system but across the country are considering a mix at this point. Now, ucs president janet napatano says they will have to meet standards to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and they will have to get in place and get approved before they are allowed to reopen and she is saying that those decisions would be
The east bay. Lets take a look from sutro tower. You can see some of the cloud cover slipping through and were waking up mostly clear inland and partly cloudy around the bay and the coast. Temperatures in the low to mid 50s and well stay in the 50s at the coast where we will eventually clear out of the clouds because the breezes will pick up. 69 to 73 with that quicker sunshine and the breeze will hold 72 to 78 and 50s and 60s if youre heading out this evening. More on that weekend heat coming up. First, heres reggie. Uc schools are moving ahead with their plans for the fall and according to the systems president , it looks like there are going to be classes held in person, at least sometimes. Because of the pandemic, our efforts here at abc7 to build a better bay area are focused on four key areas. That includes education. Ucs approach is different than another huge University System we have been following recently. Amy hollyfield live for us at uc berkeley this morning. Amy . Hi, goo
Handing out fines to rule breakers. I dont think giving somebody a fine is going to do much good, except for stress them out even more. In oakland, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. With all of the rules and all of the restriction, the goal here is to avoid another outbreak. Santa cruz county is investigating several different clusters of covid19 cases, involving family gatherings. One of the clusters popped up after a large mothers day celebration, including people who traveled from out of state. Santa cruz county has seen a 20 increase in new cases in the past week. The weather will play a big role in what we do this week. Hot, hotter and maybe hottest. Jeff ranieri joins us now with the time line. What are you seeing . Well get back to jeff when we bring him in. Janelle, over to you. President trump, he is ordering states to consider all places of worship, raj, as essential businesses, and allow them to reopen immediately. Less than two hours later, californias governor responded