Now to avoid gridlock. Today in the bay starts right now. And a very good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on the commute. First, well start out with meteorologist kari hall with a look at the forecast for us. Yesterday was a nice, beautiful day. Hopefully a repeat today. Yes, it will be a repeat today. We are going to see our weather pattern starting to quiet down, but still watching some storms over the sierra. Elsewhere we are going to see our weather clearing out and also looking at some warming temperatures starting today as we look at our trend in san jose. Well be in the mid50s this morning reaching into the mid60s by noon. Take that lunch outside. Well talk more about whats ahead with a hotter weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes, marcus. Thanks, kari. Happening today you can now dine in restaurants, go shopping, if you live in napa county. The county just got the green light from the state to enter into the next phase of reopening. Restaurants and retailers who follow state safety guidelines can open immediately. Business owners we spoke with say they are thrilled. Locals are going to come out and theyre going to come out and theyve been supporting us with takeout, but all of our loyal customers that have been so supportive will get a chance to sit down and let us wait on them. When it comes to shopping, the president of the board of supervisors says that it will be a lot like going to the grocery store, limited numbers of people will be allowed inside. Everyone has to wear face covering. Today in the bays bob redell is in napa county and will have more on the changes coming up in about an hour. New this morning, get ready to dine al fresco in san jose. The city council allowing restaurants to use more public spaces like sidewalks and parking lots to expand areas where they can serve customers while adhering to social distancing requirements. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live from san jose with a look at how soon we might be able to go out to dinner. Kris . Reporter i know. We need a little ladies night, laura. This Outdoor Dining area is ready to go. Its still offlimits because Santa Clara County doesnt move into phase two until friday and restaurants arent included in the early part of phase two. To san pedro square where there are availabilities outside. The outside dining area also only open for customers for pickup, though. Dinein restaurant still off limits. The city wants to help restaurants get ready to serve as many customers as possible as soon as they can. Once we are able to open to the public and allow people to come on property whether its the al fresco or outdoor areas, it will be a slow start. Reporter so after the council vote, the City Council Also said they would move forward with the bay area nonprofit to try to identify those available public spaces. The county Health Department will sign off and the feds have to agree to allow outdoor alcohol sales. San mateo is considering a similar plan. Berkeley will vote in about two weeks. This is not a slam dunk. Yesterday as we were reporting on this i talked to the owner in willow glenn and she tells me there are a lot of costs associated with moving some of that business outside. So inside they have seating and under social distancing requirements will lose more than half of that seating, but the amount of seating they might be able to add outside probably wouldnt make up totally for that and they might have to buy canopies or heat lamps or misers to make sure diners are nice and comfortable. Not a slam dunk but a step in the right direction for a lot of restaurant kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thanks so much, kris. Also in san jose, free testing is on the way. Mayor sam liccardo expected to announce the details. Here is what we know so far. You can take the test whether you have symptoms or not. Two sites will open. One in east san jose. The other the Santa Clara County fair grounds. You must be at least 18 years old. Mobile Outreach Team for glide Memorial Church is helping underserved communities in San Francisco get tested for covid19. Starting at noon a mobile testing site at the tenderloin rec center. Glide has been providing homeless encampments with food, water and hygiene kits throughout the stayathome order. A patient who had been staying at berkeleys largest Skilled Nursing facility has tested positive for the virus. Now, i coaccording to the berke site, it is the first in the city at that senior care facility. Meantime, today a protest is scheduled at Solano CountySkilled Nursing facility. We first told you on today in the bay 11 residents of the Windsor Vallejo care center have died from the virus. More than 130 people have tested positive including 99 residents and 33 staff members. Californias Nursing Homes continue to be very vulnerable to covid19. New this morning the chronicle is reporting 35 of all people who have died from the virus died in nursing facilities. More than 1,100 residents and workers have been lost. They are giving until june 1st to submit a testing plan. Critics say thats just too late. 15,000 San FranciscoHotel Employees now out of work. One Industry Expert tells the examiner he believes it will be years before hotels make a full recovery. Recovery can only start when tourists and convention crowds come back. Right now thats not happening. According to one union before the pandemic occupancy rates were at 85 citywide, and it is now below 5 . Santa rosa plans to move forward with a plan to raise their minimum wage. Beginning in july workers must receive at least 15 per hour. City leaders upheld their original decision made in october. According to the press democrat this comes despite pleas from local residents to delay the increase due to the pandemic. A similar change goes into effect across the state in 2023. Hundreds of School Districts across california are asking that same question. How to safely bring students back to the classroom. Today we may get an answer. State superintendent tony thurman will hold a videoconference for district leaders statewide. It comes at a time the state is facing new budget pressures. Superintendents for some of the largest School Districts have already said proposed education cuts will delay reopening. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza and the mighty golden gate. Theyre empty now. San francisco is bracing for a huge jump in traffic to create more protected bike lanes, bus only lanes, and congestion on city streets. No official plans adopted just yet. New for you this morning San Franciscos Bike Coalition is applauding a big change on the panhandle. Mta has approved a protected bike lane for a busy stretch of street. The left most lane will be converted no a bike lane, and parking will shift one lane over knocking out one for four traffic lanes. For now its a temporary protection which the mta says is being done as part of an Emergency Response to the pandemic. 4 38 for you this morning, up in flames. Still ahead for you that morning on today in the bay, the new video were getting in this morning of a fire burning overnight near a drivein Movie Theater and what were finding out about the investigation. Plus, aiming for a safe reopening. The new goal l. A. Is setting to get back in business, but why its still weeks away. Youre watching today in the bay. When you need it, jack delivers order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub. 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Earnings from target and lowes and also the minutes from last months fed meeting. Johnson and johnson will stop selling talcbased baby powder following a series of lawsuits alleging that it causes cancer. They say they are halting sales as demand has dropped largely due to changes in Consumer Habits and what it also called misinformation around the safety of the ro duct. It will still, however, still baby powder that sells corn starch. Going directly to streaming instead, apple has paid about lt film. Its a world war i greyhound. It will now premiere on apple tv plus. The movie had been set for a release on fathers day before the pandemic forced theaters to close. Kari, back to you. Thank you, rahel. Starting out with temperatures in the low 50s and it will be a seasonable day. But its going to feel more like summer by the end of the week. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. And were looking at a smooth drive around the bay. We may still have a freeway closure once you get to San Francisco. Well talk you through that. You might be familiar but theres been a change to the schedule. we may be stopped, but the people we need, they keep moving. So we can start again. Thank you. And a good morning to you on this wednesday. We take a live look in san jose. Getting through the week. Heading to the weekend. Oh, what a weekend the forecast has for us. It will be a pretty nice one considering were heading into, for some a long holiday weekend, memorial weekend, and that unofficially kicks off summer. We are going to see warmer weather that will make it feel like summer as we take a live look outside in San Francisco. Lets head down to Mountain View with our temperature trend today. Mid50s. Late morning, the sky will clear and well have comfortable weather. Our hour by hour forecast as we head into the rest of the morning, it will be a cloudy start for a lot of us. Look at just how it clears out as our temperatures reach into the low 70s by 2 00 for the inland east bay and were only going to see some upper 70s in a lot of those spots where we are going to have warmer weather. As we go into tonight a mostly clear sky and the weather pattern for the next several days shows High Pressure will build and well start to see the temperatures warming up. Its going to continue to heat up as we go into next week as well. So a big warming trend heading our way with a lot of sunshine, dry weather and were looking at some upper 70s today. But then as we go through the forecast you see 80s, mid80s, upper 80s. And then even 90s. Well have really hot temperatures so enjoy the nice, refreshing breeze because it will be air conditioning weather by early next week. How is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Im happier about the commute. You see no problems right now. We have been seeing slowing for west 580 and slowing into livermore about 5 00 to 5 30. In san jose a build at the bottom of your screen. Those are patterns as more folks hit the road. The overnight closure for the 101 alemany project. The live glimpses do show traffic reinstated for northbound 101 in the last few minutes. You might still have to take that reroute along broadway. The rest of the bay shows a smooth flow. Then youll have all lanes again open in the northbound direction. A fire burning overnight near a south bay drivein Movie Theater. The fire burned more than two dozen portapotties at a1 auto wreckers on hillsdale smelled a flames seen for miles. No one was hurt and its still not clear, im assuming, how the fire started. Pg e getting closer to emerging from bankruptcy. Protesters plan to gather in San Francisco. The utility announcing wildfire victims have voted to support a 13 billion relief plan, tied to fires caused by pg e. Tomorrow the cpuc is scheduled to vote on approving the bankruptcy plan. Opponents plan to hold a News Conference outside of cpuc offices. L. A. Countys reopening plan is still on as planned but its not really going as everyone is anticipating. More than 1 Million People are out of work. Omes to a safe reopening Health Leaders are aiming for july 4th. Whatever we do will be done cautiously and with the data provided by our health outcomes. Counties in Southern California going at different paces. Neighboring Orange County leaders are expanding deemer into phase two with more businesses reopening by the end of the month. Americas most fashionable shopping street getting back to business as well. For now crowds are light and masks are nearly universal. I would imagine they might be designer. Prices are still said to be on the much higher end. A lot of people wear those designer masks. As a warning this morning from the department of justice, this is to governor gavin newsom. They say let churches hold some inperson services. Thchurches. The governor hasnt responded. Restrictions on churches are under phase three of the reopening plan for some churches it doesnt matter what the governor says, theyre reopening. This church Held Services sunday. They say churches are essential because people need hope. Federal courts have ruled in favor of the governors order to keep religious institutions closed. The United States shared borders with canada and mexico will remain closed. Nonessential travel to the country is banned until june 21st. The restrictions are in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. There are some exceptions. Essential workers Like Health Care professionals and Airline Crews as well as Truck Drivers are still permitted to cross. Coming up next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. Im chris chmura. An uptick in puppy scam complaints next. Happening now for you, a powerful cyclone is dumping feet of rain on coastal india and bangladesh. The dangerous storm is forcing 2 Million People to move to shelters. Winds are expected to reach more than 100 miles an hour. And a storm surge could push seawater 15 miles inland causing massive flooding. Officials say keeping everyone safe is hampered by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Social distancing through Something Like this is certainly a challenge. 4 53 for you that morning. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. I should have brought my dog out for this one, marcus. With millions of people staying home right now a lot are looking for canine companionship. Instead of cuddles, some are falling victim to scammers. Lets turn to investigator chris chmura with a warning this morning. Reporter good morning. Lets talk about lillian in vacaville. She was looking for a West Highland terrier puppy. She found this website, fell in love, and sent 2,400 to someone who said they were in oklahoma. But she hasnt heard from them since, and no puppy. Lillian believes her money went to criminals. I just dont want this to happen to other people what happened to me. It really rips your heart out. Reporter the sellers website is now down. We called and emailed them but did not get a response. It turns out the photos lillian received appear to be from a different breeder in a different state. The Better Business bureau is tracking an uptick in puppy scam complaints. Recourse is nonexistent. The 800 numbers they use for you to call back to give details to are ghost numbers, so youre not going to be able to get your money back. Reporter if youre buying a puppy, try to meet the seller in person. Also, be careful with those payment apps. Theyre very easy to use, yes, but they dont include Fraud Protection that many credit cards do. Back to you. Thanks, chris. Up next on today in the bay, well have a live report from washington on the economic help that is on the way for parts of the country. Plus we are in this big tug of war between what our state says we can do. The challenges salon owners are facing and the changes customers will notice once the business starts to reopen. A great tribute to the testing and all the work a lot of professionals have done. President trump says cases topping 1. 5 million means testing is working. In the meantime the war of words escalates on capitol hill over more stimulus plus, are you s for your stimulus check . Next, the new hotline the irs is launching to answer your concerns. New locations opening up today. Today in the bay continues right now. A very good wednesday. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on traffic. Today is wednesday, closer to the weekend. Kari hall is tracking the forecast. It seems like it will be a nice one for us. We have nice and warm w