Extends to the east bay. Mild temperatures in oakland at 55. 53 i alameda. 49 in pacifica. With the cloud cover to start, temperatures are pretty mild but as we get closer to noon, we have partly cloudy skies, throw mid60s around the bay and inland. Still cool at the coast but by the afternoon its warmer. Widespread 60s to near 70 except at our beaches and tonight were clear, just some patchy fog as we get into a wind shift and that wind schiff will bring the warmer weather to start the week. How warm . Were talking above average in a detailed look in my accuweather sevenday forecast is in a few minutes. Liz . Thanks, lisa. Todays Easter Sunday and passover celebrations will be different in households across the bay area. It is 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. Like for instance atop mt. Davidson the first time in its 97year history this mornings Easter Sunrise Service wont be happening. But as you can see, the cross is lit up in blue to show solidarity with health care and other essential workers putting their lives on the line in this pandemic. Abc 7 News ReporterLauren Martinez shows us more on how Easter Services are shifting to keep everyone safe. Its such an emotional feeling when youre up here. 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. Something needed to happen for easter, so i think illuminating the cross and showing there is still hope and light was pretty important to us. Reporter the council of armenian americans of Northern California purchased the cross in 1997. They wanted to light it in blue this year to show their appreciation to Health Care Workers, first responders, Grocery Store clerks and other essential workers. Theyre our saviors. Without them, i think that we would probably be a little bit lost as far as how we would survive ourselves. Reporter earlier in the day, we caught Katherine Mcgee picking up her ham for Easter Sunday dinner. Well do zoom together and show off our hams. Reporter last week the magees celebrated a family members birthday on zoom. Theyll be watching mass online. Were going to make a new easter memory from this and look forward to next year when we can really celebrate easter together. Reporter a long line could be seen outside noe valley bakery. Next door at chocolate covered how big of a bag is that . Reporter owner says theres three High Holy Days for chocolate, christmas, valentines day and easter. Beautiful foil wrapped items. Im fortunate enough i can let people knock on the door and help people and although i dont sell what i was selling before this craziness, im selling enough so i cant complain. Reporter reporting in San Francisco, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. New this morning, pope francis delivered his annual easter message online amid the coronavirus outbreak. Hes urging political leaders to give hope and opportunity to people who have been laid off. The pope also expressed his gratitude to doctors and nurses in the fight against covid19. Only a handful of attendants as you can see here, assisted him during this mornings service. Cities here at home are doing everything they can to keep people separate and avoid easter crowds. Oakland is shutting down several city streets but whether people listen and follow directions remains to be seen. Abc News Reporter cornell bernard has the story. So were on, i dont know, four weeks or so of us driving each other crazy. Reporter Gabriel Thompson from oakland is grabbing a walk and fresh air with daughter leila. But thats not always easy or we y g out ay bike but its, these streets are busy and the sidewalks are narrow. Reporter the city of oakland has heard those complaints. We saw people were on sidewalks up and down the street getting too close to each other. Reporter councilman dan kalb says this weekend oakland is making more room for residents to social distance by shutting down more than a dozen neighborhood streets across the city to cars. We want to make more room for people already going on outside to walk around the block, to take a walk to the drugstore, what have you, and do that in a manner where they wont be coming in contact with other people. Reporter the berry family likes the extra space. For people to ride their bikes someplace flat without cars around its great. But this is a good thing especially like for me today because i didnt want to walk and i didnt want to drive my truck, so im going to get on my bike and ride. Reporter in San Francisco, reminders about keeping that sixfoot distance are everywhere. Despite that, we saw people on the embarcadero near the Ferry BuildingFarmers Market clearly not practicing social distancing. Many people are getting a not so subtle warning. Ach,clend en t ep youdiance lets make it a memorable holiday weekend. Reporter the Fire Department urging residents to resist the temptation of gathering this easter weekend. Think about some things that we can do besides going out to the parks or the beaches, think about some things that we can do that doesnt include going to another familys residence. Reporter marin county trying to avoid crowds they saw last month at parks and beaches. The Sheriffs Department tweeting a few weekend reminders, the first and the last, stay at home. Police and Fire Departments say neighborhood hikes and walks are perfectly fine, but not if you have to drive there to do it. In San Francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. A stanford disease specialist is joining the list calling on people to resist the urge to get together for traditional easter service, or family dinner, even if its indoors. To be together for such a long period occupying very close quarters is really a formula for spread. Dr. Steve goodman says these holiday gatherings bring together people from generations, often from different parts of the country. It means youngeraged people who are asymptomatic could put their grandparents at risk. This is a very important time, unfortunately, to stay away from doing what we love and make sure that the next easter everybodys going to be there and everybody can celebrate the way they want. Dr. Goodman says you cant overstate the importance of maintaining social distancing under covid19 and thats his update this. 20 ucsf Health Care Workers are in new york city this morning, they left to help their fellow Health Care Workers fighting in the epicenter of this virus and getting some special shout outs. Thank you to the heroes going to do this in new york city. Thank you thank you thank you that was part of the United Airlines boarding announcement as the doctors and nurses departed sfo yesterday morning. The team will provide urgent care to patients for one month at new yorks presbyterian hospital. Ucsf specializes in Critical Care in hospital and emergency medicine. They say it will give them Critical Knowledge to bring back home. We do hope that our Health Care Volunteers there will learn that what it takes to get through a pandemic like this and create a sustained response and they could bring that learning back to california in the case that we do have a surge. And check this out, seth steph curry had a message for the Health Care Workers before their flight yesterday. Its unbelievable the sense of sacrifice, the selflessness and you stepping up to the call and to serve people. These are just a few photos posted by the ucsf twitter page showing other employees heartfelt sendoff messages to the team. Epoud that. As we know, this pandemic is having disastrous effects on Small Businesses in the bay one livermore company that makes real estate signs saw orders drop by 70 . As larry beale shows you, it has found a way to reinvent itself with a simple message. At a time when people express themselves with social media badges, something more old school is popping up in front of homes in the livermore area, lawn signs. Signs of our times. And they read this family stays home. We look at it and remind ourselves, you know, we got to kind of stay at home. It kind of helps to reinforce to yourself as well as your neighbors. I think its a great idea. Reporter an idea that chad snooks wife dreamed up while sheltering in place my wife came one the name. That would be a positive sign to come up with so thats how it got started. Reporter snook actually was the perfect person to carry that banner or sign in this case, because he owns fast post, thats a business that makes real estate signs. Business dropped off drastically with the stayathome order but making the signs has allowed them to rehire a furloughed worker. Everybody is in their house, stressed out and depressed. This is something they are sacrificing for the community, staying at home to stop the spread of the virus. And thats a good thing. Reporter the message is spreading. Signs have gone up in pleasanton, dublin and neighboring cities. Something else is going up, too, graduation signs. We have about 100 signs right here. Reporter they are for seniors who arent getting a Graduation Ceremony this year. Theyve gotten 350 orders at signmyyard. Com since last thursday. Jennifer costello got one for her son, nick. Gives me a little hope that people do care and people are looking out for us even in a makes le out ofemons. A sign reporter and helps soothe a co larry beale, abc 7 news. Making a lot out of lemons that these days for sure. Ill be high fiving a lot of people after this is over or maybe elbowing. For sure. We are looking at the fog into the Sacramento Valley and even in the sierra, nevada. Its mild,id40s on the peninsula. A few areas of patchy drizzle. We are going for afternoon sun again with widespread 60s. Ill have a look at the details for your Easter Sunday, and even warmer weather for next week, coming up. Thanks, lisa. Together yet separate. A closer look at how tablets are playing a vital role connecting patients with their family in the covid19 lockdown. Plus Easter Sunday with the newsoms. Hear the message from the governor and his family complete with and a safari search. How you and the family can hunt for easter lately, ive discovered that while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. Oive been involved in. Communications in the media for 45 years. Ive been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. For me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. And i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. It has helped me an awful lot. E while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. This morning if you need another reminder to follow the shelterinplace orders, Santa Cruz Police showed a picture of seven people from fremont who were busted after they made a trip to buy some alcohol. Its not considered essential travel and a violation of the order. Each person was cited and received a 1,000 ticket. Ouch. A major current concern in this stage of the coronavirus pandemic is protecting bay area homeless populations who are at higher risk. Abc 7 was in the south of market area yesterday, youre seeing your small buses that are shuttling people out of the Episcopal Community services shelter. San franciscos department of emergency organized the move but hasnt said where it took the shelters residence. As weve been sharing homeless advocates are asking leaders to find hotel rooms for anyone living in shell centers or the street. The troubled msc south shelter t in particular is now functioning as whats being called a Recovery Center this morning after half of its residents tested positive for covid19 this past week, housing 140 people at fifth and bryant, but now, most of the noninfected residents are living in city rented hotel rooms. Covid19 restrictions are making it hard for any hospital patients to see friends and family. Video chats on ipads have become the next best thing. Some employees at ucsf launched a fund raiser to buy more ipads for patients. Abc 7 News Reporter ansar hassan has more. Its incredibly difficult for a family who cant be with their loved ones at the bedside. Reporter as with hospitals across the u. S. , ucsf family members cant visit patients since new restrictions went into effect in mid march, the order is to retuesday the spread of covid19. One way to help lonely patients has been video chats on ipads. I wish i could say that interactions on an ipad are just like being in a room but nothing substitutes that personal connection, even when you cant touch or hug your loved one. Your presence is irreplaceable. Reporter dr. Michelle marat is the vice chair of the department of medicine at ucsf. She has witnessed firsthand the change in patients who have been able to connect with their family via video chat. We had one particular gentleman who was having trouble with delirium altered sensorium being able to see his family every day, hear the voices he reblgd, a recognized, and the faces that he recognized was incredibly impactful to his care and im pretty confident led to him being able to get his normal mental function back and be able to leave the hospital yesterday. It was really tremendous. Reporter dr. Marat says using an ipad to communicate with patients isnt new, but its never been implemented on such a large scale. She says 100 ipads have been donated, so now each bed in the respiratory isolation has five to eight ipads for patient use. Some ucsf medical residents and students launched a go fund me, hoping to raise money to buy we are thinking about expanding this hospital life and thinking about what are the role of ipads for family members who cant make it to the bedside after this epidemic is over. Reporter in San Francisco, ansar hassan, abc 7 news. Out in the east bay, a group of volunteers hosted an operation love donation drive for personal protective equipment. Over a twoday stretch they collected gloves, masks and other items at danvilles village theater and art gallery. One of the organizers says this is just the beginning. Were going to keep out here until all the nurses, all the retirement homes, all the meals on wheels, everybody has some protection. So please, come help operation love, because im a nurse of 34 years and we are here to help and serve. You may help with donating supplies by making masks, finding operation love on facebook, theyll be holding another donation drive in live saturday. First it was toilet paper, Hand Sanitizer and sourdough starters. Now people are buying up hair dye. With salons closed for nearly a month, roots are beginning to show for some people. So theyre coloring their hair at home as they shelter in place. Research from nielsen says sales of hair coloring products are up 23 compared to this time last year and hair clipper sales have also gone up. Theyve gone up by more than 160 . California governor gavin newsom foregoes his daily Coronavirus Press conference this weekend to share a saturday easter message from him and his family. We are thinking of you all and so grateful for everyone respecting the stayathome orders and social distancing. We appreciate all our first responders, Health Care Workers, our grocery workers, everybody thats keeping essential businesses going and keeping people healthy and safe, and we just want to extend our appreciation and admiration to all of you out there that are continuing to do what you can to bend the curve in the state of california, and so we want to wish you all a very happy easter. Happy easter. Lots of love. Happy easter ay bye bye take care. Bye birthday boy looks happy. Was that a bunny in the corner . Were trying to figure that out. Looking for something to do today with your kids to celebrate safari west is hosting their annual hunt for the hare online. Go to the Facebook Page starting at 10 00 to watch the staff search for mr. Hare who is lost on the property and leaves a trail of eggs for other animals to find. Safari west is hosting an egg decorating contest, you can post them on instagram with huntforthehare. Winners will receive safari west gift cards. Lisa, you have plans with your family this morning . I know were tracking the forecast but some ham is in the works sounds like . Yeah, exactly, candy for sure, easter eggs and were seeing clearing this afternoon. Hopefully. W clouds d cloud and fogde clear from parts of the bay area, cleared late for others. Once again its back this morning not only across the bay area but all the way into the Santa Cruz Mountains and into the Sacramento Valleys, in to tahoe. Over 2,500 feet and the westerly wind back along the coast. A subtle wind shift in the upp