51 in novato. Forecast calls for crowds this morning, decreasing throughout the late afternoon. Planning on some sun today with mid and upper 60s around the bay. 70s inland, brighter and mild and tonight clear. Well talk about a warmup still on track for the week ahead in a few minutes. Liz . Lisa, thank you. Todays Easter Sunday and passover celebrations will be different in households across the bay area. The first major holiday since coronavirus hit the United States with full force. Organizers of decades old traditions are moving to new ways of worship. Atop mt. Davidson the first time in its History Easter Sun Rise Service wont be happening. The cross is lit up in blue to show solidarity with Health Care Workers. Laura martinez shows us how Easter Services are shifting to keep everyone safe. Reporter since 1923, Easter Sunrise Service has been held at the mt. Davidson cross in San Francisco. For the first time in its 97year history, that tradition is now canceled amid the pandemic
Now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. It may be Easter Sunday and a holiday weekend, but Health Across the country are pleaing with people to stay inside the covid19 pandemic, worried any social gatherings for Church Service or dinner could spiral up the crisis. Good morning, it is sunday, april 12th. Happy Easter Sunday to all of you celebrating. Im liz kreutz. Good morning, lisa. Liz, good morning to you. Plenty of great starting out there and some of you saw it all day yesterday. We got into lateday clearing. Today were forecasting a little sooner. Look how far that stratus extend to southern california. Its a bleak start but it will brighten up. 52 in the city, 51 on the peninsula. Pretty cool in the 40s on the peninsula earlier, and from the golden gate bridge, 53 in livermore. Easter sunday will brighten up and warm up. So cool at the coast. In with the brighter afternoon. We should see highs in the mid60s to near 70 around the bay and inland tonight. Clear night and
Coronavirus outbreak. Basically, officials go out and trace down everybody who has had a contact with the covid19 positive patient. Now, apple and google say they are looking at smart phone apps that could help as a tool. On friday apple and google announced that they are working together on software that would turn smart phones into Contact Tracing devices by using bluetooth technology. Google released a diagram showing how it works. If two people are within bluetooth range, their phones would record an anonymous identifier code that would be stored for 14 days. If one person gets sick, Public Health official would be able to use an app that would alert the list of devices that were in close proximity. Its really important that the apps have important privacy safeguards. The electronic interior foundation says that while the idea can help with Contact Tracing, there are concerns about security and how long data is stored. He says Tech Companies need to be transparent and make it optio
Our meteorologist for a check of how the day is shaping up good morning rosemary. Good morning to both of you we are looking at a nice day with temperatures very similar to how we ended up on your friday afternoon. This morning, waking up with morning clouds followed by afternoon sunshine temperatures for the afternoon, low 60s expected at the coast, low 70s for some warmer locations, but the warming trend continues into the bay area sunday for folks that may be celebrating Easter Sunday. The warm up will continue with dry weather in the extended forecast, details and what you can expect are coming up. Governor newsom says the rate of people being hospitalized for coronavirus is less than expected and that is good news when we look at when the state could reopen. Maybe sooner than later, the state has 21,000 408 cases and 499 death california ranks fourth and fifth in death. There are or thousand 648 confirmed cases in the bay area so far 129 people have died. San franciscos largest ho
181,000 cases. Outside of the u. S. , spain has the most people infected with over 161,000. California has topped 21,000 cases, which is the fifth most in the United States according to the tracker from Johns Hopkins university. Heres our latest look at the impact of coronavirus around the bay area. Right now there are 4,862 cases, up 59 from yesterday. The disease has killed 133 people including three more since yesterday. Santa clara county still has the most cases with 1,484 and 50 deaths. San francisco has the next most total cases 857. North of the bay area, both lake and mendocino counties report having four total cases each and so far there are no reported covid19 deaths in lake and mendocino counties. Oakland is trying to give people a chance to safely exercise while at the same time getting them to practice social distancing. Other cities seem to be doing everything they can to keep people at home this Easter Holiday weekend, but whether theyre going to listen and follow dreir