Tracking covid19, the new tool handed out to local families to keep tabs on the virus good morning everyone its wednesday, may 13 i michelleb griego. Im lynn casey and good morning to with a start at the forecast. Senate by with that in tracking more rain today. Thats right, a few more showers as we go through the day so unsettled weather continues and still tracking the weather system just off shore of that lateseason weather system giving us enough giving us enough instabilities we go through the day. Catching a bit of a break as we look at a few showers we had overnight but, right now things quieted down for sure looking at temperatures in the 40s and 50s and as we go through the day again a few more showers as we head to the afternoon. Areas of fog inland especially for north bay and we are looking at the chance to see some sun break but also a few more showers at the chance of showers tomorrow with the best chance for the north bay tomorrow. We time it all. Now at the live news desk with reports that former Trump Campaign chairman, Paul Manafort was just released from prison. This just came in about a half an hour ago and we just got the confirmation from lawyers. He will spend the rest of his sentence in home confinement i made coronavirus concerns. This is manafort before he was booked into prison, he 71 and found guilty of charges relating to Robert Mueller investigation in 2019. Tax fraud and conspiracy, he was supposed to be released from prison in november 2020 2024 but lawyers requested release citing his age preexisting conditions and request that he may just last month. He was released from prison in central pennsylvania, low security prison early this morning. No word yet from the bureau of prisons but we stay on top of this one, back to you. An update this morning in the east bay, Alameda CountyHealth Officials say they reviewed tesla safety and prevention plans from the fremont plant. The county says it made additional safety recommendations if tesla complies with the updates , the county will allow the automaker to expand its minimum Business Operations this week to prepare for a possible reopening as soon as next week. Elon musk out operations to resume at the factory this weekend and the county says it will work with Fremont Police to verify tesla has social distancing and Safety Measures in place. Scrambling to get ready to reopen following new guidelines for sitdown dining. Here in the bay area were a ways out from restaurants reopening. The governors is counties have to meet certain benchmarks first. Mainly social distancing must be maintained. Customers and employees should wear face coverings and outdoor seating must be prioritized. Nothing on this list of requirements is unachievable. Is it laborious . Sure. To restrict it, we might just continue doing our take out because its very hard to maintain an establishment we have a minimal amount of people. None of this means anything of customers dont feel safe. Restaurants can also consider screening guess for symptoms of covid19. Today proposal to allow diners to be socially distant will be for her san jose committee. This would allow them to use sidewalks, parking lots and other outdoor areas to spread customers out if approved it would be up for a full City Council Vote in about two weeks. In los angeles county, shelter in place orders will remain in place through july until there is a dramatic change in how the virus spreads. Some restrictions could be modified over the next three months. Continuing to review restrictions has a lot of support. If it keeps them in place to july, they do because i dont think were out of the woods yet. Its a good idea, theres a lot of people out. I understand, if we dont have the proper Testing Available i mean, a vaccine. So far, la accounts for half of the infections in the state. With more restrictions lifornia quite rey nds mo for rern to normal. The Emerson College survey conducted over the weekend found 35 would feel comfortable dining at a socially distant restaurant right now and only about 25 would feel safe going to the gym. The outdoors or another story with half of people saying theyre comfortable with the idea visiting beaches and parks. A live look at oakland right now where yesterday Oakland City Council approved emergency sick leave effective immediately. The policy will ensure every fulltime worker who is exposed to covid19 will get 80 hours of sick pay. This applies to companies with more than 500 employees as well as gig workers. California Senate Leaders have unveiled a sweeping plan to provide relief for struggling renters and landlords. It would allow landlords to receive tax credits for rent payments missed by their tenants in exchange for promising to not evict tenants tenants would be able to repay the state over 10 years from this rent under the voluntary program. A live look at city hall. It will temporarily open its doors at nine this morning so residents can make in person property tax payments. Face coverings are required the Treasurers Office is expected to remain open on friday. The campaign 2020, voters in Southern California are deciding the wolf villa empty congressional seat. Republican dominique mike garcia and democrat Christie Smith are vying to replace katie helen the 25th district. It covers parts of los angeles and ventura counties. If garcia wins it will be the first time in more than 20 years that a republican pick up a Democratic House seat in california. This morning, garcia the gop nominee garcia will square off again in november over the full term. People may not want to come to a Voting Center or anywhere, just at home, we mailed them a ballot so they can just vote home from their house. This is the first Congressional Election since the governor ordered that all voters get mailin ballots but they mailed a ballot to every eligible voter in the district to. In other news, happening today, the California SenateHealth Committee will hear a bill aimed at ending the sale of flavored Tobacco Products in the state. They voted yesterday to ban the sale of Menthol Tobacco applying to all city stores and pharmacies for defending the move, city Officials Say that we know that menthol and flavored tobacco is a gateway to becoming addicted to regular cigarettes. Four out of five smokers started with the flavored product. A 2018 survey contacted by the Health Department found that more than 99 of oakland tobacco retailers sold cigarillos including favored ones in packs of five or fewer for less than two dollars after taxes. The county fair canceled, but a right of passage for students could live on. How the internet could put them back in business is next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. First reports of an accident westbound plus, full freeway closure with details coming up. Remember, kpix 5 wants to bring you the good news happening in the bay area and connect you to people looking to help her go to kpix. Com together where youll find stories of how we are better together. These days staying connected is more important than ever. So were working 24 7 to maintain a reliable network, to meet your growing internet needs. Were helping customers who are experiencing Financial Difficulties stay connected. Were increasing internet speeds for low income families in our internet essentials program. And delivering selfinstall kits to your door. Nos comprometemos a mantenerte conectado. Were committed to keeping you connected. For more information on how you can stay connected, visit xfinity. Com prepare. I man mackovic and we just got new video in from social media from london raising concerns that crowded public transport could lead to a new spike in covid19 cases. A pedestrian recorded this clip of a bunch of people getting off a bus in stratford this morning and theyve warned that londons underground train and bus networks, which normally carry millions of People Per Day will only safely accommodate up to 15 of pre covid19 passenger numbers as a lockdown eases but britains prime minister, boris johnson, earlier this week said those people who not be able to work from home should be encouraged to return to work physically and if those people dont return in their cars, which presents its own problem, this is what you got, back to you. Thank you. Take a look at this, a singapore vending machine giving out free masks instead of snacks, the Gaming Company razor which normally makes gears like consuls and keyboards has set up new factory lines making masks with a network of vending machines across singapore, giving away an initial 1 million for free but then charging a fee after that. Working with a private donor to fund a program to donate 40,000 from thermometers including to families in the School District the idea is to track covid19 hotspots. Especially in these challenging covid times, thermometers can allow a family to track their temperature of family members in the household so if you start to notice a spike in temperatures you can react quickly. They have sold more than 1 million smart thermometers and donated nearly 10,000 per day. Frontline heroes have been honored nationwide with flyovers from the national guard. There were flyovers to show appreciation for first responders. There are flyover vents and parts of the bay area today starting at 10 45 am. The California National guard will fly over east bay from richmond to san jose and flyover six hospitals to honor first responders. The fighter jets will continue throughout the state after passing through the bay area. Alameda county fair is pitching an unusual solution for the livestock shows since it was canceled because of covid19. To help those who off it from farm animals who are normally shown and auctioned off, its now considering a virtual livestock show, participating , this angus dear name stitch raced as a young calf in livermore. I dont know that everyone understands the hard work and effort that goes into that. Its a bummer but we will figure it out but theres always next year to look forward to also. Optimistic. They hold some kind of auction live or virtual on july 12. Time for a check of the roads with gianna good morning. Good morning, lets take a look at the roadways as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza. This area of the freeway looks pretty good and pass your we do have an accident involving the vehicle that lost a tire from his truck that hit a second vehicle and thats a way to get on the bay bridge itself. We see if this causes a backup but things are moving at an okay pace. No word yet as to what lanes are blocked because of the accident. The rest of the bay area bridges are quiet and everything is clear on the venetia bridge. We do have an accident along 680 as you work your way northbound with lanes blocked due to a crash, theres quite a bit of debris in the roadway. We see slight slowdown in the area and we are keeping a close eye on the past as we see a traffic pattern starting to emerge with a few brake lights off to 05. On westbound 580, speeds are dipping down to the 30s so you will see brake lights as you head into the altamonte more cars and volumes onto the roadway with portions of the drive having roadwork and effect 101 in both directions is shut down for overnight roadwork this is for the alimony project, finishing touches are whats happening in everything should be opened up by 6 am, if you want to use 280 its a great alternate to head in and out of San Francisco, no delays on 280 but there is some roadwork south of the 101 closure. Thats a look at the morning drive, would you have wet weather still in store for us, heres mary. Thats all right, the weather continues as we are looking at the weather system still bringing instability. We are catching a bit of a break this morning with a few showers overnight, but you can see from the most part, quiet conditions and ground clutter but offshore, that is actually showers for us so, we are looking at a few more showers as we head through the day and i show you futurecast coming up in just a moment. Heres a live look at the Salesforce Tower camera north across the golden gate and were in the 40s and 50s to start off the day. Now, lets show you the visibility because, dealing wth dense fog for parts of north bay this morning down to a mile and three quarters at santa rosa in petaluma a mile and a order as we start off our wednesday. So, a few more showers as we go through the day so we could also see some sun breaks through the afternoon with a chance of showers continuing for tomorrow with the best chance for the north bay tomorrow and then drier and warmer weather ahead looking to friday and then the next weather system roles and later on for our weekend. But in the meantime we can see the low pressure system bringing rain showers the spinning dust off the coast and we are looking at unsettled weather that does continue. Taking you hour by hour you can see this popup of isolated showers as we go through the day with a few more showers possible for tomorrow as well. But then the best chance will be north bay tomorrow. So we are not expecting a lot of rain with the weather system is we go to the next co lookat a few hundreds to a 10th or 2 10 of an inch of rain as we go to the next couple days. Now lets show you daytime highs slightly below average so a cool day, cooler than normal a 70 in san jose and morgan hill for east bay 67 in concord, mid to upper 60s and around the a, 62 in San Francisco and berkeley and low to mid 60s for north bay including windsor and st. Helena. Heres the extended forecast and we are looking at a few more showers possible for tomorrow and then drier weather ahead, friday and most of saturday and late saturday into sunday and monday more rain returns for us. Krispy kreme has a deal for graduating seniors, the company has aave ont week ining ecial selectn of doughnuts and on tuesday, gratz can get it for free. All they have to do is prove their status as graduating seniors. The deal is good for Students Graduating High School or college. Speaking of, we want to recognize some graduating seniors right here in the bay area. Now congrats to kobe martin that he is graduating from Granada High School in livermore and attending boise state in the fall and hopes to one day become a firefighter. A huge shout out to vanessa graduating and attending San Diego University in the fall, gratz the all the grads this morning and keep these coming to send us a photo of your grad by emailing at cbs. Com or use the kpix include a name and where theyre headed and no professional photos please, he may see them on tv. It is eay eaters will get to the shelter in place, even with broadway in the dark. Le, as part of a new Pilot Program, this week a robot dog is patroll this week t dog is patrolling singapore parkpandem robot dog enforcement. And we are all gonna die. At least this one is a jaunty yellow. People would be a lot more recep the dog was cuter, cuddly or and less dystopian i design my own program the benny bought 5000 what are you doing . He was licking the plate. Looking the plate. Heres the benny bought. Benny is ready to be deployed in public parks and will spread his message of safety and eat your picnic steal your shoes and bite your thighs. Youre welcome. Even as part of the country begin to reopen, theaters face an extraordinary challenge operating under social distancing guidelines for now, actors in theaters are getting creative online but its not enough to keep generating cash. Americans for the arts estimated typical audience member spends about 31 per event beyond the cost of admission. This adds up to 100 billion per year and supports 2. 3 million jobs. Live arts often get treated as a luxury but the reality is that live theater and live events are gigantic economic drivers. The Broadway League announced yesterday that all shows will be canceled, at least through labor day, due to the pandemic. As difficult as this time may be for those in the industry the theater has proven to be resilient, surviving plagues, wars and adapting to several ways of new technology. The season of survivor, winners at war, boils down to tonight when the winner of a 2 million prize for the highest in the shows history, will be crowned. But in survivor and after 40 seasons of horse there is a twist. All right, final five, today you will not compete, today you watch. Players who were eliminated earlier in the season i get to compete for a chance to take home the top prize. They will batter their way back and one will get back in the game. This season has all the players winners from past seasons. Including the bay areas youll quan. Conquering the islands in 2006 and is now the father of two living in los altos, tonight he will try to come back from the edge of extinction to compete for the 2 million prize. At the very end i think this could be a satisfying season. I think whoever ends up winning will deserve it. I think what youll see is that the path that people take to get to the end is quite different and very unique in its own way can catch the three survivor, winners at war, Season Finale tonight at eight pm1 kpix 5. In the next half hour, dining out could soon have a whole new meaning in south bay, the live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming the restaurants statewide her out with new guidelines and now, one santa clara city is taking it a step further, live with todays push to get diners outdoors. Plus. The time for magical thinking is over. Senators standing with dr. Fa