Decisionmaking process, a at Public Safety remains the key. In san joses willow glen neighborhood, many businesses remain boarded up due to the Novel Coronavirus crisis. Hairdresser erika martin is still out of work, but stopped by lincoln avenue to help support the local economy. It is important that worry safe, but its also important that we do maintain the revenue thats generating in this ome of normalcy when all can things do go become to normal, according to science. As of friday afternoon, Santa Clara County hasnt said when it plans to move into phase two of governor Gavin Newsoms fourtiered plan to open california. Stanford University Infectious diase expert dr. Ys the sw and s of the unique characteristics that make up the bay area most populous county. You have East San Jose which, again, much more densely packed. You have a lot more Multigenerational Families in housing and much closer quarters. The pandemic has articularly is to bring down Community Transmission across the board. We dont suddenly have herd immunity. We dont suddenly have a vaccine. We have exactly the same conditions that weve had in march. So that if we dids up, we would see a brisk return of cases, hospitalizations, and a brisk return of death, to be quite blunt. The first phase of stage 2 allows nonessential services such as curbside retail and office space to reopen unless more strict local orders are in effect. As counties open up, we will see that people are making decisions based on their own assessment of what their personal risk is. Sjsu economics professor dr. Colleen haight says its a balancing act. But if they feel its safe to go out, it doesnt matter whether your county is closed or not. If you can go to the next county, those people will do that, travel. Latinos account for more than a third of those who have died from covid19 here in Santa Clara County. Veafn in san jose, im chris nguyen, abc7 news. Chris, thank you. From the south bay we go north to sonoma county, reopening more businesses today. This is video of a car wash that opened up this morning. Other places now up and running include outdoor museums, Botanical Gardens and pet groomers. Shopping malls can provide curbside pickup. Sonoma county moved into phase 2 a week ago following the states guidelines. County leaders are encouraging everyone to continue their social distancing at businesses that are back opac other top sc single child access to a laptop and internet in their homes. Thanks to a big donation from twitters ceo. Education someone of the four issues were dedicating more resources to in an effort to building a better bay area during this pandemic. Abc news Lyanne Melendez has the story. Just yesterday 11th grader Jessica Ramos proved that words have energy and power. I am not alone. Many of my peers from deep east and west oakland do not have access to technology and resources. The impact on our academics and future is big. Ramos was on a zoom called hosted by the oakland unified cool district, looking to raise 12. 5 million for more computers and internet access. Phase 1 of the plan was to raise 2 million now. Phase 2 would come later, 10. 5 million. This morning twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey tweeted 10 million to give every single child in oakland access to a laptop and internet in their homes, closing the digital divide. Heard mayor libby schaaf and oakland unified call and funding immediately. An amazing shot in the arm for us. And what this is going to do is its going to enable us to have computers in schools, and its going to enable every student in our district to have a computer at home as well. According to the superintendent, 17,000 students in oakland lack high Speed Internet access, and 5,000 have no access at all. You cannot be an active member of Society Without having access to the internet. The bay area has roughly 75 billionaire, and some like dorsey have come forward to donate money, but only after city officials complained that some had not done enough to help during this pandemic. We have to make sure that they understand their social responsibility of being not only a san franciscan, but someone who should be contributing to society in this way because a lot of the money thats being made is really off the backs of a lot of the folks that we need to help right now. And that seems to be working. Today the Controllers Office released the names of those who have already donated to the give to sf nur abc7news. Com. Lyanne melendez, abc7 news. We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. You can share them by joining our building a better Bay Area Group on facebook. Oakland is trying to cut down on large crowds that weve seen gathering outside on weekends. Leaders are rolling ow parking restrictions at lake merritt. Parking around the lake will be blocked off on fridays, saturdays and sundays. Food trucks will be banned on weekends. People say they understand the need to keep crowds to a minimum. Im still going to come to the lake, but ive got to park some where else. When i see people hanging out and maintaining their six feet, i think its fine. Its the larger groups that are a lull more concerning. Obviously were not out of the woods yet. Oakland police and city ambassadors will be out remining people to keep their distance. Parking lots at all city parks are closed until further notice. San franciscos opening a new safe sleeping village for the homeless. Mayor london breed made the announcement. It will be in the former mcdonalds lot on stanion street. This is theleing ville that s ft Civic Center Plaza near city hall. White squares line the lot where people can set up their tent. The mayor said this is the safest option for now because shelters are easy targets for coronavirus. The past few months have really been a struggle for so many of us. Restaurants having to basically reinvent themselves, and will need even bigger changes in the future. New proposed legislation to give them financial relief. Plus two south bay students identified a problem and came up with a solution. With a solution. How theycalifornia phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones, phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state program call or visit musician jorge santana, brother of Carlos Santana has died. Jorge started playing guitar at the age of 14 in San Francisco and formed a band with some High School Friends called the malibus. They would later become malo and scored a top 20 hit with the song suavecito. He would later team up with his brother in the 90s, going on tour and releasing an album. He was on a board with dan ashley. They were good friends and jorge would also play with dans band. His family says he died of natural causes. He was 68 years old. Pars of is the bay area rattled by an earthquake that hit western nevada early this morning. It was 6. 5 in magnitude. The quake hit near tonopah 400 miles east of san jose. Several small aftershocks followed. The earthquake damaged u. S. 95. Thats the main highway between las vegas and reno. Look at the crack there, nearly two inches wide in the road. A stretch of the freeway is closed so troopers can assess the damage. Tremors were felt in southern californias central valley. Video from fresno shows a vand here swinging back and forth. The usgs says this quake was the largest in nevada in 65 years. Retail in the bay area is preparing to reopen for curbside pickup, and restaurants are looking forward to day when they can start serving people tableside again, as we continue to look for ways to build a better bay area and our economy, abc7 news anchor dan ashley tells us how restaurants trying to navigate an uncertain future. The blue plate restaurant has been a fixture of San Franciscos Mission Street for more than two decades, but it hasnt had Table Service for nearly two months, and it may be a while before they see a full restaurant again. When the city ordered people to shelter in place, it switched to takeout. It was like opening a whole new restaurant. Weve had to restructure where everything is. Weve had to put a ton of stuff in storage. We had to create menus that would travel well. The restaurant has seen its business drop by about 60 , and thats considered good by current standards. When the city finally gives them the green lig rpe it will likely t mor us h a full staff and be running on full silter, we have to have a full restaurant. Lori thomas is executive director of the golden gate restaurant association. She says her own restaurants will take some time to get ready to reopen. Food needs to be ordered. Staff needs to be trained on new safety measure, and bills that have been piling up for the last two months have to be paid. What were concerned with in the city is trying to prevent a situation where we get into a spike in infections because weve done such an excellent job of maintaining a low caseload. 88 of the restaurants in the city have fewer than 40 employees. That sounds like a small number until you find out there were 3900 applications for restaurant permits in San Francisco last year. But if we can have some forms of Economic Relief that can provide a bridge or an ongoing source of financial health, then maybe it works. She says the only way theyll survive is if the government steps in with tax relief and programs like the paycheck protection program, ppp, that give forgivable loans to Small Businesses. If there are landlords that are willing to negotiate a different type of a lease model as opposed to a fixed rate every month when there is revenues down here, then we might be able to make it. We need to give these businesses a lifeline. Senator scott wiener of San Francisco has introduced legislation to help Restaurant Owners get out of expensive leases without bankrupting them. Senate bill 939 would place a moratorium on commercial evictions, give Restaurant Owners a year to make up past due rent, provide an option to renegotiate the lease terms, and if negotiations fail, the restaurant can terminate the lease. And so for the building owner, to me, its a choice of do you get no rent or do you get a reduced rent . And i think for most building owners, its going to be better to get the reduced rent. Thinking bill just one of many trying to help Small Businesses keep their doors open. Despite the sudden shock to the industry, Restaurant Owners are trying to stay optimistic, and looking forward to serving their customers again soon. Everyone is asking me when were going to reopen, when i think, you know, the restaurant will be full again. And i think for me to say anything would be naive. I dont know. An uncertain future in uncertain times. Dan ashley, abc7 news. Well, we all know that coronavirus pandemic has shifted millions of americans into working from home. Now were learning that could be the latest reason people are moving away from the bay area, in particular San Francisco. 7 on your sides Michael Finney joining us live now. Michael, these numbers are really interesting. Wow. Theyre mindblowing to me, b i live in San Francisco. Maybe thats why. Half of san franciscans say they would skedaddle out of the city if working from home became a fulltime permanent thing. How do we know this . Redfin surveyed home buyers and sellers and found that most would move if they never had to return to the office. Expensive coastal cities like San Francisco or most likely to be affected by this new love of the suburbs. So are new york, seattle, and boston. Grocery stores may be thriving these days, but you cant say to the same for retail. Stores took a record plunge in april, dropping by 16 . Clothing and Furniture Stores took the biggest hit. The Commerce Department says the pandemic collapsed things so quickly that sales are down a crippling 21 overall compared to this time last year. Its the opposite story for the video gaming industry. Check this out. Sales have soared to nearly 11 billion in the First Quarter of this year. Thats a record, jumping nearly 9 . Thats yearoveryear. An nd on everything from digital content, subscriptions, even gaming accessories. Nintendo is really cashing in, selling 8. 1 million copies of its latest version of animal crossing. Were bored. Were on the computer. Ive lived in almost every county in the bay area. They all have so much to offer. But its amazing to think that half the people of one county would take off. Its just amazing. Totally. Certainly a lot cheaper. Oh, sure. So much cheaper to live elsewhere, right . See . See what happens. Thank you, michael. Its obviously been far from the typical year for hypothetical seniors in the bay area. For those planning to attend college in the fall, sheltering in place has made it so difficult to get advice from mentors already attending those schools. Abc7 News Reporter david louie tells us how two south bay students identified that problem and then came up with a solution. With students dispersed, finishing up classes online, resources are slim for High School Students to get advice where to apply or which college to attend. Milpitas High School Senior tanya had a big decision to make. I was strongly considering uc berkeley, san jose state, and santa clara university. Colleges have online resources, but ucla freshman an found them lacking. Pretty much on there are facts and statistics about it. Thats not enough to make the College Decision. She and her friend emily created offbeat advising to match colleHigh School Seniors College Students so they connect by phone or videoconferencing to address concerns and to answer questions. What do you do when youre in a big lecture hall and you need to get to know your professor . They wont advertise that. So hearing from a student is super helpful. Tanya was leading towards uc berkeley but had nagging questions about campus life. Thats why i wanted to reach out and ask how competitive it was, and are people happy . Are all of them really stressed out all the time. Her mentors advice helped to rule out santa clara and san jose state universities. A senior at san joses leland high school. He was uncertain whether usc or uc san diego was the right choice. His offbeet advising mentor at usc provided candid comments he didnt receive from a panel he attended before sheltering in place. He told me some of the things he didnt like about usc. And i thought that was really useful because it allowed me to weigh the pros andns now that College Decision day has passed, offbeat will switch to mentoring next years class about the application process. David louie, abc7 news. All right. The weekend is almost upon us. Some of us have really big plans like going from the living room to the kitchen, maybe taking out the recycling, and then coming back to the living room. Who knows, spencer christian, what were going to do. Well figure it out. Hey, spencer. Well, today was such a beautiful day. If you could, you should have gotten out for just a moment or two. Hard to believe that looking at how nice it was today that weve got Stormy Weather coming our way. But as journey would say, dont stop believing. Its breezy outside. Weve got wind speeds around the bay area right now ranging from, oh, 15ut mes ur geanve g ls of sunny sky at the moment. Lets take a look at current temperature readings. 64 in San Francisco. 70 at oakland. Redwood city 73. San jose. 76 in gilroy and lots of blue sky over the San Francisco skyline right now. Its 74 up north in santa rosa. Mid70s at petaluma and napa. Mid70s at concord and livermore. And 81 degrees right now at fairfield. And now lets take a look at our forecast features. It will be mainly dry and mild through most of the di tomorrow. But then the clouds thicken. Showers arrive in the north bay in the evening hours tomorrow, and its going to be wet and stormy for the most part through tuesday of next week. Here is a little look at our forecast animation. Overnight youll see lots of high clouds moving through overnight. Even low clouds will push up against the coastline. Well start the di tomorrow with the bright skies. But the clouds will thicken ahead of the arrival of that rain. Lets take a look at the overnight lows. Generally upper 40s in the inland valleys to low to mid50s just about everywhere else. And then tomorrows highs for as long as we get the bright skies will be in the low 60s at the coast. Low to mid70s around the bay shoreline tomorrow. And well see more upper 70s in most inland areas. But now the storm impact scale. The storm moving in tomorrow night and sunday bringing showers to the north bay tomorrow night and then area wide showers and rain gusty conditions on sunday. And a chance of some thunder and hail after that. So here is our forecast animation. Starting at 3 00 tomorrow afternoon, notice how quickly the showers move into the north bay by m