Mend mendococino county cases are Holding Steady at 4. Three of those people have recovered. Good morning, guys. Social distancing appears to already be working. We are seeing some new models now that showed the projected death toll may be lower than expected. Instead of 90,000 to 100,000 deaths, it could be 60,000. Anthony fauci was on Good Morning America this morning and hopes to see a curve by by april. What we need to do is make sure that we dont let up on those mitigation. Those physical separation programs because if we do that, that can just bounce back again. Even though its good news and encouraging, we have to make sure, as a yulz say, we keep our foot on the accelerator when it ls s newor may have already reached its peak, but its too early to tell. He also believes that new research showed that california had cases of coronavirus circulating much earlier than previously thought. Berkeley is turning off the pedestrian bush buttons at nearly 50 intersections. Those surfaces get touched a lot and really create the chance of spreading coronavirus. Walk signs will cycle through now automatically. Special push buttons for the visually impaired will still work. Happening right now, all Santa Cruz County beaches and parks are off limits at least for a week. No surfing, no runs along the beach. The Sheriffs Department has already issued more than 80 citations for people not following the shelter in place orders. Fines for breaking these new restrictions could be up to 1,000. Stop surfing, stop grouping up. Theyre going to have to stop going to the parks. Were all making sacrifices right now. This is just a temporary thing. Hopefully everybody behaves so we can still enjoy the privilege of being in the fresh air and in the ocean. The order is currently set to end on april 15th in aen ean at keep people away during spring break and easter weekend. Approve 1. 5 billion to buy personal protective equipment for frontline workers. Part of that money will go to acquire the 200 Million Masks that he announced tuesday night. State lawmakers have to approve some of that money by tomorrow as a down payment to get the masks. California is also Getting Technology to sterilize up to 1,000 used n95 masks. More schools received laptops as the schools hope to begin Online Learning on monday. The biggest challenge providing internet to families. With the new chrome book came orders to return them once schools reopen in the fall. In the meantime, these devices an online classroom. For nicholas, hes excited to get that computer and connect to the teacher and his classmates. Hes super excited. Reporter San Francisco unified distributed 8,000 devices and still trying to reach out to families who need them. Were sending phone calls and emails and texts to let them know where they can pick up a device and how they can get one for their child. Reporter on monday when phase three of Distance Learning begins, teachers warn there will be a few bugs. Its not going to be perfect. Were going to be problem solving as we go. Reporter getting a laptop in the hands of families has been a huge undertaking, but the biggest challenge remains providing Internet Service for all. So, heres what they are doing to bridge that gap. The district has highspeed Internet Companies that are providing either free or lowcost service to the neediest families. The second plan is to place super spots in some neighborhoods. That allow for multiple connections at the same time. Reporter finally 1,500 of these hot spots have been given out. These are routers connected to a cell service. 5,000 more have been ordered. The district says private companies have stepped up to donate or pay for most of this equipment. In San Francisco, leeann melendez, abc 7 news. Heres how coronavirus is impacting other schools. Berkeley unified will not hold online classes. Dorms at Sonoma State University will be used as an alternative care site in case of a surge of coronavirus patients ends up overwhelming local hospitals. San jose state will hold an online experience for the graduating class of 2020. Graduates will get their diplomas in the mail and walk across the stage at Commencement Ceremonies in the fall or either next spring. Santa clara county beginning to lay the ground work to ditch traditional poling places for the november election. Why Officials Say it may not be that big of a change. Only on abc 7 news we are taking you inside the wildlife experience in walnut creek. The museum is closed to the public but the work to protect and help injured wildlife is still going on. Mike, did you see the cute little bird . Not yet. Give me about 25 seconds and ill see it. I keep forgetting youre delayed at home. Theyre so cute. Really working to help the animals and a cute little tiny bird. Oh, i see it. Oh, my goodness. The colors are beautiful on both of those birds. Oh, thats so great. Thats a nice story. Thanks for bringing that to us. That will cheer us up on this thursday morning, friday eve, if you will. Kurbt temperatures under cloudy conditions here in San Francisco or there in San Francisco for kumasi, i should say. Mid to low 40s. Lets take a look at some other neighborhoods and low to mid40s everywhere. A little bit of fog along the coast and the visibility is not an issue yet. Look at these temperatures even milder than yesterday. One of our mildest mornings moving forward will be followed by one of our coolest afternoons. Lets talk about your commute for our essential workers. A stray shower is possible again today but like yesterday not going to be a lot of them. A few showers overnight, but the lowest elevation i could find something measurable was about 200 feet and that was up in the north bay. Most of anything that fell is well above that. Lets talk about whats going on in the south bay. You can see were in the 50s through 11 00 and the cloud cover will keep us in the mid60s briefly this afternoon. As we take a look at our east bay valleys. Through the 50s at 11 00. Low to mid60s at 11 00, 1 00 to 7 00. And our last stop the peninsula pretty much the same type of temperatures and cloud cover. The warm weekend coming up first. First, i want to say good morning to jobina. How are you . Im doing wonderful, mike. How are you doing . Im doing well also, thanks. Good. Im happy to hear it, my friend. Good morning, everyone. In traffic this morning, we do have a possible update for vta Light Rail Service. It is returning today. It was shut down for the last two weeks because of a trainee operator, a train operator trainee, a tongue twister there, unfortunately was diagnosed with coronavirus. So, they closed all of that down. It will reopen today from 6 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. Those trains will be arriving every 30 minutes just like how b. A. R. T. Is doing right now and also no fares will be collected for Light Rail Service because where the area you pay is towards the front where the drivers are. We want to protect the drivers. As far as our roads, everything is completely cleared this morning. The only thing i had going on was a mattress blocking a lane on high street and now that is gone. Good news for our essential workers that need to get out the door this morning. Well be right back after the brak. During this time really need to help each other combat this virus and im so thankful everybody is coming together and helping our front liners. Strangers or not. And i really encourage people who have trailers or rvs and would like to help front aro on that they could go to. I know a lot of my friends are currently looking for one to keep their family and kids safe at home. So, thank you nissan has been with you through thick and thin. And now is no different. Were offering Payment Options for current owners and our Service Departments are here to help. And for future owners, were offering no payments for 90 days on 14 models. This is help when you need it. Youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. This is abc 7 mornings. Were back at 4 42 this morning. Clear and mild with that 43 degrees. Temperatures cooler yesterday and well try to reach the 60s this afternoon for a couple hours and sunshine limited until the sun sets and then well see them open up just a little bit. Snow pack continues to grow now 64 and a lot of that is the central and southern sierra from this area of low pressure and add more snow to that through the winter storm warnings through tomorrow and more rain around san diego. Flash flood watch and temperatures down there in the 50s and 60s. Some 40s up in the sierra where we have a couple more chances of light snow and sunshine and warm weather just like us. Well take a look at the weekend forecast next. Heres kumasi with more news. A third man is facing charges for this attack in San Franciscos china town in july. You probably remember this vi o video. He and two accomplices attacked a 56yearold man and stole his watch. The second victim who tried to intervene was knocked on conscious, he was 69. Police arrested the third suspect last wednesday in stockton. The man facing trial for the warehouse fire could be released from a jail in santa rita. According to east bay times, a judge indicated she could approve dereks release as soon as tomorrow. Now, it comes amid a push to house fewer people in the jails during the coronavirus pandemic. There is a strong chance that his client could end up under house arrest. Amena faces 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter for the deadly 2016 fire in oakland. The jury could not reach a verdict in this trial last year. Exclusively vote by mail for people in Santa Clara County because of coronavirus concerns. The board of supervisors wants the registrar of voters to look into the possibility. Tells abc 7 news it wouldnt be a change for most voters. The march election that we just had, 87 of our voters who turned out to cast a ballot already cast a ballot by mail. So, i feel confident that many, if not most of our voters are already familiar with thatproce. The registrar of voters says that the county began mailing every voter a ballot this year so the county is in a good position to go to a allmail ballot. A Wildlife Center has remained committed. The wildlife experience in walnut creek has served the community and injured wildlife for nearly seven decades. Abc 7 news Laura Anthony takes us inside in a story youll only see on 7. Reporter at the lindsay wildlife experience it is all about adapting to a difficult situation. The patients lindsay serves know nothing about the pandemic, that including this young bald eagle treated just this week for a broken bone in his chest. For so many years you create that culture of caring for wildlife and now we feel the obligation and responsibility to maintain that. Reporter the intake process has changed dramatically, moving completely outside. Once the animal moves inside, it gets the same care by lindsay. Since its still humming with activity, the museum side, the one that hosts thousands of visitors each year is mostly quiet, except for those that make it their home. You know, enjoys a good nap like the rest of us right now. Reporter that includes woody a 26yearold woodbecker and three other ambassador animals being cared for by lindsays staff. Extended hours to work tirelessly to make sure all the animals get what they need. Reporter like regular exercise for the likes of lord richard. A 45yearold vulture with Museum Closed an emergency fundraiser has been launched. The goal to make sure the 65yearold center could still serve its community. Animal and human once the paem o wow. Im so excited about the work theyre doing and hopefully they can get the support they need to keep doing it. We also want to tell you about this. Happening today. Abc is staging a day of hope. This is in partnership with feeding america. We are asking that you join gma this morning for this spectacular kickoff. Local food resources to help feed the bay area during the pandemic and find food and connect with opportunities to help neighbors in need and if you can, make monetary donations. Today is a good day to do it. Im excited for this kickoff because, one, a lot of people need help and if you can and youre in a place to help out, this will give you the way to do it. Im excite about this, mike. I can tell in your voice. I think its fantastic that we learn more and more of what our communities need because at times we are not sure how people are dealing with this being out of work and sheltered in. Another way to reach out to our community. I think i met more of my neighbors in the last couple of weeks or ive spent more time talking with them than i have, you know, in several years. So, its been a good experience in that respect. And this is just another way to add on to it. So, great. Thank you, on weather wise. Heres a look from the roof camera. 55 degrees under a cloudy sky. Day five with this area of low pressure influencing our weather with cloudy conditions and the stray shower possible. Our last chance will be tonight. Our last chance of mild temperatures, also, as cooler highs and warmer afternoons are on the way with sunshine for the weekend. You can see just down to the south trying to encroach upon the south bay, another round of some showers. As you look at this area of low pressure, you can see it starting to make a little bit of headway down to the south and east away from us. But its just close enough that well use future radar, once again. You can see as we head into the afternoon hours, especially in our Higher Elevations, a chance of a stray shower or two and some of those could step off the Higher Elevations as they head from east to west. Overnight, here is our last real push of some wet weather and then tomorrow well see a little more sunshine and well see a little bit of a return in seasonal temperatures before we get back to warmer temperatures this weekend. In fact, if you get caught under one of these showers, you can see 0. 01 to 0. 02 at the most. Little bit above average saturday and look at that spring warmth as we flirt with mid to upper 70s most of next week. Kumasi . Thank you, mike. Instacart adding new features to deal with the increased demand of the pandemic and elmo holding a virtual demand. Heres tech bytes. Fast and flexible matches orders with the first available shopper rather than a specific delivery window. And order ahead increases the lead time on orders from seven days to 14 days in advance. Puzzles are proving to be popular as millions of americans stay home during the outbreak. Puzzles for adults is among the top ten search terms on amazon. A top manufacturer has seen a 1,500 jump in demand over the past week. Ng helping hand. Street elmos play date along with several guests. The special is designed as a Video Conference and meant to comfort children and their families and airs next tuesday on hbo and other networks. Thank you, elmo. Those are your techbytes. Have a great day. That is going to be good. If you have run out of home exercise ideas, dont worry, the Pittsburg Police department has youive coed. Social distancing is taking a back seat after dra step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. All across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses. Loweto supportitted frontline workers, and our more than 300,000 dedicated associates. Thank you for everything youre doing. Temperatures today and 58 in Half Moon Bay as one of the cool spots and more fog this morning. Low to mid60s for the offoof o us and tonight is one of our last cool nights, or mild nights, excuse me, as temperatures will fall into the m mid 40s to low 50s. One of our producers said i need to get rabbit ears for my tv and i was like, do they still make those . Or you can get the one, the little flat one you can put up on the wall. Listen, i cut the cord a long time ago. Well talk about it, mike. Ill get you together. Many people who are still riding muni in San Francisco, theyre saying crowded buses after the Transit Agency cut nearly all of its routes. So, only 17 of the citys bus lines with the highest ridership are currently operating. So, the social distancing that people are practicing at bus stops is often undone once they actually get on board. We want to show you these pictures of people sitting side by side and Standing Shoulder to shoulder. These were 4 00 p. M. They predicted problems when 48 of muni operators were not able to show up for work this week. Men of our front line workers who are members of vulnerable populations or Vulnerable People at home. They needed to stay home in order to stay healthy and safe. Now even mta is asking people to stay off Public Transportation and walk, bike or even drive. Levi stadium will be lit up blue to show support for medical professionals on the front lines. City skylines across the country are taking part in the lightitblue initiative. Levi stadium will be one of the National Landmarks illuminating in blue. It starts at 8 00 p. M. The Campaign Began on march 26th in the United Kingdom m than 130 buildingses and bridges and landmarks were lit up to honor first responders. Were here to invite members of our Home Community todoa workout with us. We want you guys to get active and get moving. Hey. So, heres the workout. Okay. Do we need to wear the wig to work out . I dont know. So, this is some inspiration if youre working out at home from the Pittsburgh Police department. They tweeted this video as a why to challenge people stuck at home to exercise. Corporate baker, detective chavez and the officer showed off some moves while having a little bit of fun. And were not mad. Thank you. Happy for them. Hopefully it will inspire you to get outside and exercise maybe in your backyard or front yard and theres not just much sunshine today. Want to show you temperatures. Weather whip lash. Kansas city had a high of 88 degrees and nearly 30 degrees cooler with 60 and that central part of the u. S. Into the eastern part that were sending all of our cool weather to next week as we have a 50 chance of warmer than average temperatures. And it all starts tomorrow as we try to get back to average at least in our inland neighborhoods around the bay and out towards the coast. We still lag behind. Look at that spring sunshine push our temperatures into the 70s in many areas and the numbers from this forecast are a little bit too cool for sunday, kumasi. Thanks, mike. Coming up next at 5 00, getting essential workers back to work. New cdc guidance for people exposed to covid19. And it is hard because i want to know who is running the place over here because no ones told us. Family members reacting to a coronavirus outbreak at an assisted living facility. Six people have died. Thweve never seen it look quite like this, [spoken] but theres no mistaking it. And its our job to protect it. Because the best people to fight for our communities are those within them. So, if youve just bought a volkswagen or were thinking of buying sometime soon, were here to help with the Community Driven promise. Now your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. W at 5 00, a cluster of coronavirus deaths at an assisted living facility in the east bay. Six people have died. Dozens of other patients and employees have coronavirus. And developing this morn, Fremont Police investgated the citys first homicide of the year. There was a deadly shooting in a supermarket parking lot. Good morning, everyone. It is thursday, april 9th. Of course, well get to all those stories in a moment. But, well start meteorologist mike nicco who has a look at our morning ahead. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to thursday. Very mild morning out there and one so far that is pretty dry as you see on live doppler 7 just outside the south bay, we have some showers that are going to stay just south of us through most of the morning. So, cloudy conditions and temperatures mainly in the 50s. Thats what were dealing with the next couple of hours. That area of low pressure still spinning to our south and still threatening u