It will come in june. Here we go. And its a quiet stretch out there except in the east bay. We will zoom into one spot, sunol, fremont, union city, we have an isolated popup shower, and that threat stays with us throughout the day today. No widespread rain. We will find sun up at 5 56, and theres the isolated chance in the afternoon, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Sports fans have been hungry for their teams to come back and for the first time they are seeing the governor give them a bit of hope that it could come sooner than later. Julian glover is live with how the giants are responding to this news. A big announcement and indication that we are moving in the right direction as far as pro sports returning. The governor said they could be back in the first week of june, but the catch is there will be not be fans in the stands, no live audience, and theres a lot to be worked out before we could see live games on tv, and the facilities are starting to reopen today in some states, and
Accuweather, and its a minimal threat and that will be the theme as we go throughout the day today. We are tracking an isolated shower throughout the afternoon, and live doppler 7 showing you in the east bay, we have been seeing one shower around fremont slowly moving off to the south and east and its moving at 15 miles per hour, so around 6 31 a. M. Near milpitas, and around mt. Hamilton around 7 07. San jose camera right now, mostly cloudy skies. We will find on the day planner today an isolated chance of a shower in the afternoon, mainly in the hills, and temperatures in the 60s and 70s, guys. Drew, thank you. Sports fans have been hungry for their teams to come back as soon as possible and yesterday the governor gave a little bit of light, surprising a lot of us that he seems to be indicating that sports could come back a little faster than we expected. Julian glover is live with more on how the giants are reacting. We like these kind of surprises, right, that we are moving in the
Weve made in slowing the spread of the coronavirus but they also caution that any return to normal must be done gradually. Kron fours rob fladeboe joins us now live with details on exactly what will be changing starting on monday dropped. Thats right just in the new order largely keeps the existing order in place certain Outdoor Activities those deemed very low risk will be allowed beginning on monday. But there are some Strings Attached here there is a a set of socalled a indicators that will be used to guide you any further easing of restrictions, lets take a look. The sound of construction may herald a first step toward a resumption of business as usual in the bay area on monday the bay area shelter in place order which applies to Santa Clara Alameda contra costa, san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties will be loosened a bit impacting certain Outdoor Activities most construction will be allowed as long as physical distancing protocols are kept in place. Other Outdoor Activities
Linking up in a New California program, our farmers this year have gone through quite a shock wave like all of us have. But theyre working every day to continue the kind of town to fall nutritious productivity that is the hallmark of California Governor Gavin Newsom announced wednesday a statewide partnership between the states 41 food banks and 128 farmers and ranchers to provide 21 Million Pounds of Fresh Produce a month. The governor says another 200 farmers are interested in joining connecting california farms farmworkers connecting the cause of our food banks. Getting product and produce that otherwise would literally be thrown away as waste and now providing a tax credit to the farmers of 15 . The Governor Also Announced the federal government is helping california expand its Calfresh Food Stamps Program as of wednesday ebt cardholders can now use their benefits at Online Grocery Stores Like Walmart and amazon providing more convenience and safety from covid19 for 2. 2 million mo
Officials caution that those next steps must be Done Gradually thats right and tonight there are nearly 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 280 people have died from the virus. Alameda and Santa Clara County both reported new deaths today. Santa clara continues to lead the bay area with more than 2000 covid19 cases and 107 deaths today, the shelterinplace order that affects most of the bay area was officially extended through may 31st. The new order largely keeps the existing order in place but there are some changes to be aware of kron fours Justine Waltman live for us in the newsroom with the details on what those changes are justine well can the next month of shelter in place is going to look. A little bit different for Santa Clara Alameda contra costa, san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties. Thats because Health Officials are easing some restrictions and letting some businesses return to work most construction will now be allowed as long as physical di