Reopening. How officials are weighingoo arn streamingnrealistic andthattile on cbsn bay area, another bay area county poised to allow more businesses to reopen. Good evening. Elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Tomorrow morning Contra Costa County will become the latest that will relax restrictions. And tonight reporter joe vazquez has the balancing act the counties are facing when it comes to reopening. As more bay area businesses wrestling with questions. If the virus is just as dangerous, how can they afford to reope open . And how can they afford not to . Many businesses deemed nonessential are opening their doors. The bay area has gotten International Acclaim for shutting down early, flattening the curve. But he wonders if well become victims of our own success, given so many other parts of the country are opening more quickly. San francisco took the most cautious approach relative to almost anywhere else. Im really proud of the city for doing that. I imagine were one of the last places to reopen. Reporter the tension between saving lives and livelihoods is evident in the way different counties has issued varying Health Orders. Santa clara county says its reopening plans will begin friday. Contra costas will start tuesday. San mateo county is no longer issuing joint Health Orders with other bay area counties. One thing they all have in common is theyre worried about the possibility of a spike, meaning a lot of covid19 cases at once. If we do it right, well see the number of cases go like this. If we do it wrong, well see the number of cases go like this. Diseaspert at uc berkeley. He says policy makers and Public Health officials are pushing for the right balance as reopening escalates. Its getting people back to work. The downside of this is its going to put more people at risk for getting infected. Its a very delicate balance and i hope we get it right everywhere. Joe vazquez, kpix 5. Alameda county is giving some businesses the green light to reopen. Today retail and manufacturing including this childrens shoe store were able to open with physical distance policies in place. Kpix 5s betty yu spoke to Business Owners anxious to see if any customers would actually show up. Many didnt know what to expect on this first day of reopening. Foot traffic was pretty light across San Franciscot down. Reporter it was off to a snow start for retailers can now offer Curbside Pickup. Donna oleary owns ambience, a clothing and accessory store with three locations in the city. Its not really great for our kind of business. Its okay but since people like to try things on, it makes it a little tricky. Reporter oleary says she would not have survived the pandemic without government relief loans. Still, only two people took advantage of Curbside Pickup today. We sold a pair of sunglasses this morning because we can show them the sunglasses. They put gloves on. We have gloves and masks. They have gloves and masks. So everybody is good but theres with the regular way retail works, theres not much they can do. Reporter oleary is now gearing up to launch an ecommerce website. Down the street at video wave, one of San Franciscos oldest video rental stores, owner Conner Hutton says there wasnt a huge rush when he reopened. Theres been a lot of conversations with people who want to know how things are working now. Theres a lot of information thats been transferred. Ive had a few transactions. Ive had a few dropins that i wasnt able to have before. I signed up a new customer today which is the first time in a couple months. Reporter today mayor london breed showed her support for Small Businesses reopening. She was spotted in green apple books on 9th near golden gate park. Id be even more happier if i could go in and look for a few other books but ill just go online and see what they have. As whether San Francisco would be ready for the next phase in early june, mayor breed said everything is contingent on our behavior. If people in San Francisco keep up social distancing anerke y 1 six fire in castro valley. Alameda county fire says it started just over an hour ago in the attic of the home near lawrence and joseph drive. Firefighters could be seen on the roof of the home as they worked to control the flames. No one was hurt in that fire and no word on how it started. Coronavirus testing playing a vital part in reopening the bay area. Three new testing sites are being set up in San Francisco, bringing the total number now to 10. The department of Public Health says that more than 44,000 tests have been conducted. Kpix 5 has been keeping an eye on those sites for several weeks now. Some have been operating at far less than capacity. The hope is that will change with new testing sites opening in parts of the city most affected by the virus. By the way, a free coronavirus testing site just opened in east oakland. The drivethrough site is at Allen Temple Baptist church on international boulevard. Thats about a mile east of the coliseum. The tests are available by appointment at no cost. Parades like this one getting the green light again in alameda county. Officials announcing up to 200 vehicles can now gather for up to three hours, but cars must be separated by six feet. Only one family per car and face mask must be worn when the windows are open. Tonight sports fans are celebrating the governors announcement that live games could return as early as next month. And tonight kpix 5 reporter Andrea Nakano explores whether thats a realistic timetable and the stipulations that could come with it. The thought of having a game played here in a couple weeks ubut the chances of that actualy happening are very low. The governors announcement is a sign that live sports could be back soon at a ballpark near you. It gives teams a glimmer of hope that they can resume action. Reporter the governor saying if the current covid19 trends continue, sports can resume again by the first week of june but players may not be ready. In Major League Baseball theyve asked for roughly three weeks of training to gear up for opening day which right now looks like july 4th. The other stipulation for all sports . No fans in the stands. I imagine its being more like a scrimmage atmosphere but they know the stakes are so much greater. But at the same time everybody has got to be very thankful to get back to play a ball game that everybody enjoys doing and waurchg. Reporter the 49ers defensive lineman and rookie of the year nick bosa has been in florida trying to stay in game shape as much as possible he can. Hes currently training virtually but hopes to be back at levis soon. I want to play whatever way it is. Obviously it has to be done the right way. Reporter while theres hope for bay area sports fans to see some football and baseball, the last place warriors may not return until next season. Were staying in touch with guys but everybody is just sort of assuming that this is kind of it. The other thing to consider here is how local counties will proceed with allowing sports. Counties such as alameda and santa clara have some of the strictest guidelines in the state. In oakland, Andrea Nakano, kpix 5. Some good news. A new drug showing significant promise tonight in the rush to create a coronavirus vaccine. The drugmaker, moderna, says the first human trial showed all 45 recipients of that drug developing antibodies to coronavirus. The researchers say this vaccine is different than the others. It uses a piece of genetic code to tell the body tgg immune response. Todays news was the very first step but its a very encouraging one because to get eight out of eight people showing the a really good sign. The president also dropping his own bombshell on the subject of drug treatments, telling reporters he has started taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive in his words against getting the coronavirus. Mr. Trump says he was not prescribed the drug, which some doctors say can have Serious Health side effects. He asked the white house physician for it. The pandemic is expected to drive down bay area rent prices. In tonights project home, well explore why that could fuel the Housing Affordability crisis. The systems that were put in place to protect us are kind of failing. New video showing the raging fire that hurt 10 firefighters in Southern California as the investigation enters a new phase today. And after years of delays, a major milestone in the effort to finally expand b. A. R. T. 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. Tonight in our original series project home, economists are predicting that market rate rent will drop here in the bay area. It sounds like good news to the rent burdened region but the drop will likely worsen the Housing Affordability crisis for years to come. I definitely dont think were prepared for Something Like this. And the systems that were put in place to protect us are kind of failing. Reporter a couple weeks ago selena had two jobs. Now shes down to half of one. As of today, i actually got furloughed from my job. I used to be a receptionist on weekends. I recently actually got my hours cut too at my fulltime job as well. Reporter inside her fourbedroom apartment in oakland, anxiety is setting in. My roommates have definitely been affected. Reporter only one of her three roommates still has a fulltime job. Another quit her job, moved in with her parents, and is now refusing to pay rent, leaving selena and the others to cover for her during the crisis. She went back on her word actually and left it up to me, my other room mate who actually lost her job, her fulltime job, and my other new room mate whos also an essential worker along with me. The scale of this is huge. The scale of the unemployment, the scale of the job loss is very substantial. Reporter according to zillow, market rate apartment listings are up 10 in the bay area. Nationwide, theyre down 1 . Zillows senior principal economist skylar olson says thats because this Health Crisis is making it more difficult for people in the bay area to pay rent so many are just moving out. Well see so much pursuit of affordability strategies like doubling moving in with mom and dad, a roommate moving to a more affordable unit, moving further out. Reporter she predicts this ll causeents to drop in the shortterm which might sound good now but then developers could pull back, leaving usrte n the road. The real troublesome element of this is we could even see apartment buildings being converted to other use if the profitability of rent is challenged so much because the rent flow is gone. Reporter uc berkeleys Turner Center for housing and innovation found of the roughly 5. 9 million renters in california, 40 will struggle to pay because of impacts from covid19. 47 of those renters will use stimulus checks and unemployment assistance to cover rent. Thats what selena and her roommates are do doing to get back. We decided to pay it. But obviously that takes away money from us that were surviving on. Unemployment rates are the worst that weve seen in this the Great Depression. And researchers at uc berkeley all saying than eraeally helpful right now. For example, Public Housing was born during the Great Depression and theyre saying if we want to keep people housed, we need to expand our social networking programs like Public Housing. Sounds like the way to go. You mentioned in your piece that about 40 according to that one study are struggling to pay their rent. Do we have any idea as to how many people are actually able to make their rent payments right now . We have some numbers on that and the good news is most people have been able to make it work. This past month about 87 of renters were able to pay. Compare that to 89 last year. But the problem is most people are putting those stimulus checks to work and theyre extremely rent burdened and theyre also a lot of people are worried about not paying rent because that could mean ballooning debt at the end of this which is something nobody wants to get saddled with. A lot ofe dith thank you. Keep sending your stories and ideas to projecthome cbs. Com and see all reporting on our website. Remember some new video shows drone video that shows flames shooting out of a downtown building on saturday. This follows an explosion during the fire that sent several firefighters to the hospital. Six remain there today but are expected to be okay. Investigators from the atf arrived today to also help determine the cause of that fire. Tomorrow b. A. R. T. And vta will announce a date for the start of service to the long awaited berryessa station in north san jose. At a ceremony, officials from both agencies will sign a document to certify all safety tests are completed. Its the last milestone before service can begin. Officials are also expected to announce an opening date. The project is years behind schedule. In the sierra today, midmay was looking more likeras on i80 to deal with the slushy snow on the roadways. I know you had to kind of do a doubletake at the calendar, paul, because its may. This is weird. It was a throwback to what wed normally see in february or march as opposed to the middle of may with a lot of rain around the bay area and still a few showers out there right now. High sierra is under a winter storm warning till tomorrow. This other thing on the radar is just the ghost return we get from the top of mount tam. Thats not a real rain shower. This one is, right along the coast. A little activity farther out overt through the rest of tonight. Nothing to work about because largely its going to fall apart as we head into early tomorrow. Well keep a look out for a few passing showers to start the day. If were going to see anything bubbling up, its likely going to be during the afternoon and a little farther inland where temperatures warm up to a greater extent. Portions of the north bay, maybe the east bay. This is one version of one forecast model. We use these for guidance. Theyre not gospel. Dont be surprised if theres a passing shower tomorrow. Those are going to be pretty few and far between. I think the last of the raindrops fall around sunset remember to evening. Then we dry out for a while. The rest of the 7day forecast is dry. Its what we expect in may. Right now temperatures are in the 50s everywhere around the bay area. Tomorrow were going to warm up. This is rock. Thank you to the family for sharing rock with us. Hes from the lands end area. Hell find some sunshine to bask in especially in the afternoon after we start the day with some low cloud cover. But i dont think the fog is really going to be all that thick. Temperatures begin in the upper 40s, low to mid 50s. Well be up into the 60s pretty much everywhere as we head toward lunchtime. Inland locations will warm up to a greater extend for the rest of the day. On aroun 7 degrees for the inland spots. Low to mid 60s around the bay itself. But a warmup is in store for everybody wednesday, thursday, and friday and some toasty conditions as we head into memorial day weekend. Memorial day itself looking very nice with high temperatures in the low 80s inland and 70 degrees by the bay. And early tomorrow morning. We continue our salute to the class of 2020. Shelby nicole bates has been recognized for her Tireless Community service efforts. Shelby is headed to usc in the fall. And joshua ortiz is graduating from 8th grade at st. John Elementary School in San Francisco. Joshua will attend pacific bay Christian High School in the fall. And we invite you to share your grad photos with us. Email 2020grads cbs. Com or use kpix. No professional photos, please. Coming up, surveillance cameras capture two men walking into a Convenience Store wearing melons on their heads. The explanat to go to the grocery store. Mask i swear. This guy would be a mess without me. Stay healthy and slow the spread. Wear a mask when going out in public. Well, a couple of gas station bandits in virginia picked some pretty unusual disguises. These guys werent easy to identify and youll see why. Check it out. This is what surveillance cameras captured. Two suspects wearing, yeah, watermelons on their heads. Why not . Complete with holes cut out for their eyes. Couple of melon heads. The two seedy characters walked into a virginia Convenience Store wearing their fruity face masks and alledgedly shoplifted alcohol. Police caught one of those melon felons but the other is still on the loose. [ laughter ] you got to give them credit for creativity. Theyre melon heads all right. Well b hey, everybody. Im dennis odonnell. If baseball does come back this season, theres going to be a whole lot of changes, including, are you ready for this . No spitting. The mlb players assn received a 67page safety proposal that includes a ban on high fives. But giants skipper gabe kapler says giving up fist pumps and spitting Sunflower Seeds is a small price to pay. Its going to be hard when things get stressful not to default to that habit but i can tell you this, everybody is going to be committed to doing it because its so worth it. The tradeoff because giving up that habit and getting to play baseball, well play baseball all day long. Nfl news. The raiders signed veteran quarterback. Hooe the top five on this date in sports history. Number five, 2013. I havent seen a revection like this since my junior prom. Roy hibbert and the pacers eliminate the knicks. New york has not made the playn. Atumbe, 2004. Beme theldes to throw a perfect game. Number 3, 2019. Chris wondolowski moved past Landon Donovan for most goals in mls history. At number 2, happy 74th to reggie jackson, mr. October. You cant be asking that kind of question. And at number 1, last year the warriors era and take a 30s lead in the western conference finals. But at least one blazers fan kept the faith. Its going to be the blazers in 7. Then theyll win it in 5 against milwaukee. As you can see cannabis is plentiful here in portland. [ laughter ] turns out that guy was a little high after all. The warriors won that series. He was high on life. You know . [ laughter ] why not . Its fun to think that sports are going to come back, dennis. Were all hoping for it, even people that arent super fans wanted to watch something. Youre going to get golf next week, right . Ti [announcer] the following is a paid commercial program for better bladder, sponsored by trusted therabotanics. Are you always checking out the location of the nearest bathroom . Do you have trouble sitting through a movie without a bathroom break . Are you afraid youll have an accident when you sneeze or laugh in public . Are you constantly getting up throughout the night because you have to go . If you answered yes to any of these questions,