Alameda. 49 in novato. So looking at that patchy fog, mist and drizzle at the coast. Temperatures anywhere from two to seven degrees cooler to start out and by the afternoon well be looking at a cooler day with a couple of low 80s inland. So starting out with the clouds, numbers in the 50s, and then quickly by 9 00, climbing through the 60s, afternoon highs mainly in the 70s to low 80s today. Liz . Sounds good, thanks, lisa. This morning, precious plasma is leading a critical study at ucsf enabling doctors to match the blood of a sick covid patient with somebody who recovered. Doctors hope this works, given their experience in other Infectious Diseases but they dont quite know for sure. Lauren martinez spoke with the ucsf doctor in charge of it all. Came off the elevator enthe liquid we call it because it looks golden. Reporter dr. Peter chin hong referring to a donated bag of plasma from someone who recovered successfully from covid19. We can harvest those antibodies as easy as giving blood and then transfuse it into a patient who may not have had those antibod is devolve yet. Reporter friday night doctors were able to tran fuse the first unit of plasma from a donor based out of pa toe alto into a critical patient in the icu. The role of the on tantibody ise a stun gun. Theres the virus and the organ damage. We heap by stunning the virus its organs can heal over time. On saturday the World Health Organization said we expect there will be provided some level of protection. We dont know yet the level of protectionor how long it will last. Some people will get protection. Reporter doctors at ucsf are asking adults in San Francisco to give plasma, give blood products if they have had covid19. Its taken a lot of teamwork for hospitals and blood banks in the bay area to get this system in place. Now they hope those who have successfully recovered from covid19 will step forward. And its here for a while until we have the vaccine in 12 to 18 months so it really is imperative upon us to find therapies that we can use for sick patients, with enthis when need them. Lauren martinez, nbc 7 news. Those can donate if youve had no symptoms for the past 28 days. Go to the blood bank and show documentation you tested positive. Two dozen people in the Mission District tested positive in a single room occupancy owe sell, its linked to the casa quezada building. 22 residents and two Staff Members tested positive, 17 residents many speak only spanish and have underlying conditions. This underscores a larger need for testing and protection in the mission. Its seen some of the highest infection rates in the city but this weekend comes a free covid19 testing. Abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard has the story. This is not a nice time. The little germ is out there doing its thing so we have to stop it. Reporter Patricia Delgado just got tested and shell never forget it. The back of the throat, theyre choking you and the back of the nose theyre choking you again. Reporter delgado lives in the Mission District where thousands of residents registered to get tested for free. Two tests are available, one for covid19, the other can detect covid19 antibodies. The mission is showing some of the highest infection rates in the city. And the deaths amongst our people and in our community is devastating for latinos and africanamericans. Reporter the testing part of a uscf study to support how the vir us sfreds a virus spreads. This will enable to us fight the virus better and more equ y equitable across the city. Reporter sergio valarde got tested. It helps the entire world if they know whats happening, how to deal with this. Reporter the entire town of bolinas got tested earlier this week. The results will be compared to urban numbers from the mission t gain new understanding about the virus, how it moves and who it infects. But if it gives them the results that they want in order to get the data, im willing to be a guinea pig. Reporter the free testing contnues through tuesday. Individuals should get their test results within 72 hours. Big picture results of the mission and bolinas studies should be made public next month. In San Francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. The east bay a covid19 testing site opens tomorrow at the Alameda County fairgrounds. People who have symptoms, chronic diseases or recently exposed can be tested. You also must live in pleasanton, livermore or dublin. Appointments are not needed. Up to 150 test also be given each day. And switching gears, because its the big night here on abc 7 for one bay area singer, weve gotten to know so well, Francisco Martin from daly city will be singing from home for a chance at the American Idol top ten, shooting his performance from his iphone. He has a great shot, already dubbed by the idol judges to be a major contend sore that is something fun to do when were all at home tonight. Like so much of whats happened since the pandemic hit, tonight return of American Idol is unprecedented. For the first time in the 18year history ryan sea crest will host from home. Reporter they are two of 20 finalists trying to become the maex American Idol. Just sam came to fame on the subway. Another hopeful, Julia Gargano hails from staten island. Both of these would be two of the people i could see going really far in the show. Reporter bobby bones is the shows mentor, facing a tough challenge along with the celebrity judges and the host ryan seacrest, mounting the live portion of their series in the midst of a quarantine. We will have to start 24 different locations all from everyones home in the safety of their own home. Reporter call it a back to the future approach. Were going to deliver the season as planned just with a bit of distance. Reporter contestants will be recorded to guard against any internet glitches. There can be fuzz and what we dont want on the show is for any circumstance that is out of our control to affect a performance. Reporter theres a hint of nostalgia here as ryan explained to his 4. 9 million followers on instagram. This desk is the original des that can randy, paul and simon had, and so it was in my garage, in storage. Reporter the old desk represents a return to the shows roots. Yes, i think its going to give a whole new twist to this thing. I think were going to get outstanding performances. Reporter kelly ripa joined ryan to promote their live show with tamron hall and look ahead to idols return. Shows we can make it work with what we have. Narrator sandy kenyan, abc news, new york. You can share on Francisco Martin the return of American Idol tonight at 8 00 p. M. On abc. Wheel of fortune fans get ready, only on abc 7 this week the shows are all about the bay area. Pat sajak and vanna white came here. We asked them a couple questions. What do you think makes the San Francisco bay area so great . Well, its funny. Weve been to cities all over the country and a lot of cities it takes you a while to figure out where you are. Downtowns tend to look a little bit auto a like. You know the moment youre in San Francisco. You know the moment you step foot in it. Beautiful, everything, the scenery, so different. Here we are standing in front of this beautiful palace. The contestants on this weeks shows are from the bay area, good luck to all of them and the wheel of fortune features San Francisco and the bay area every night at 7 30, after jeopardy which airs after abc 7 news at 6 00. Lets get another check of the weather with meteorologist lisa argeargen. 52 degrees from our roof camera and we had hazy sunshine yesterday, it was harm, humidity was high and temperatures in the 70s. Today the the marine lay ser with us th layer is with us this morning. Ill have my accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Bright weekends in the bay area bring those worries about public areas and the covid19 age. Next a look at how many at how a got out, as we break down the pros and cons of getting outside nowadays. Plus this for my city by the way you didnt need to be outside to enjoy this one, the iconic sf tune rings across the bay area for th love you San Francisco. Lets sing our song hes the man that started it all, tony bennett challenging us to join a mass sing afternoon had long of i left my heart in San Francisco and we all stepped up. The echoes were heard around the bay area to honor those fighting covid19 on the front lines. Take a listen. The lovelilovelilovelilovelili the glory that was rome is of another day im going home to my favoritee city by the way all right, everyone. I left left left left lef in San Francisco high on a hill it calls to calls to calls to see the little cable cars climb halfway to the stars the morning fog may chill the air, i dont care my love waits there in San Francisco above the blue and windy sea when i come home to you, San Francisco your golden sun me that is fabulous. I love that so much. All right, happening today, enjoy some more live music right from your sofa, the sofa Music Festival shelter in place edition takes place today. Its usually held in the south of first area in downtown san jose, sofas taken on a new meaning this year. Is going virtual. More than 80 bands will perform over seven hours. Vendors will be selling items online. It all starts at 2 00 this afternoon on the festivals website. With every week in sheltering in place theres the worry some might go stir crazy and try to head to local beaches and parks and big crowds might gather. We saw the nice weather lure many to the popular spots this saturday and luz pena talked to an expert about the pros and cons of getting outside. Reporter with the nice weather approaching, governor gavin newsom made it clear before the weekend i anticipate there will be a significant increase in volume. If there is, and people arent practicing physical distancing, ill be announcing in a week or so these numbers going back up. Reporter a concern that medical professionals and stanford professor dean winslow shares. The clear risk of transmission is again by large particle droplets and they generally have kind of a radius about six feet. However, outdoors, evaporation and dispersal by wind is much more efficient. Reporter now we just drove to walnut creek where the current weather is 79 degrees. Many locals we just spoke to said this park is more packed today than usual. We dont want to get infected or spread the virus, so i came out here just for a few hours, because its tee hot inside the house now because of the weather. Reporter we saw a large influx of people visiting beaches and parks to do something we all need right now, breathe. Having two kids at home, we definitely need to get the kids out as far as our sanity, just to get the energy out. Reporter 5yearold alison was not only missing this outdoor play time, but her friends. Do you miss your friends at school . Yes. Reporter even though were still not out of the woods, recently the white house promoted a study that suggests heat and sunlight can slow the spread of the coronavirus. We know from seasonal influenza every year that generally the transmission of cases starts falling pretty dramatically, as things heat up, and in the northern hemisphere, but this is not the flu. So we really dont know. Reporter but the safest thing to do now is to stay home. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. This morning, Sausalito Police are saying theyve seen widespread disregard for nonessential travel restrictions because of that and other corona safety concerns, starting today, all sausalito Municipal Parking lots will be closed on weekends. Lisa, it has been so beautiful out and its okay to go on a bike ride or a walk but just do it as long as its close to home, right . Yes and youre right. Theres certainly been so many people out and today more sun out there, but we are going to turn the temperatures back upper 80s for many of you in our inland valleys. We have a mild visibility right now, Half Moon Bay, Stinson Beach and point reyes very foggy out there. Low clouds and fog, a little mist and driz tozle to get goin and High Pressure allowing for sunny skies but those breezy west winds at the coast. So looking at numbers in the low 50s right now 53 in hay va 53 iv berkeley. As you head toward oakland it is gray, fog approaching oakland at 56 and along the coast you may need your wipers early on. Its a cooler morning with some upper 40s in the north bay. So we have the breeze at the coast yesterday. Didnt manage to make it address the bay. Through the afternoon the doubledigit wind flow by 7 00 so you can see we are looking at some breezier conditions and not only with the sunshine forecasting cooler highs today by as much as five to eight degrees. Theres a look at the fog from San Francisco so we have that and maybe mist early today and sunny skies in the afternoon. Little change for your monday. Tuesday we get a big warmup where temperatures once again will be well above average. Here is the way its going to play out today and tomorrow, the fog is swept away from the coast, 5 00, and then as we get into your early monday morning, it is up against the san mateo coast, a little bit around the marin county coast and clears for patchy fog throughout the afternoon. Sunday and monday looking pleasant. The heat returns on tuesday. 72 today in oakland. The westerly winds up to 20 at our beaches. 60s to upper 60s here in the city. 75 in san rafael. Low 80s santa rosa, out towards antioch. Southwest wind already at 20 miles an hour throughout the delta, thats an indicator of the cooler air headed your way but as we look towards monday, you notice a little patchy fog, 60s shoreline, some low 80s inland. Look what happens tuesday, the darker conditions here, the reds, the oranges get closer to our east bay valley s thats th hea heatup. By wednesday numbers are dropping back into the 70s. If you like the warmth the cooldown will continue that trend through the rest of the work week. S with check out the accuweather sevenday forecast, the low clouds, the fog, mist early along the coast. And sunny 62 there. 82 inland and maybe a few degrees cooler tomorrow, waking up to the low clouds and fog at the coast. Tuesday upper 80s midland, upper 70s around the bay and much cooler for wednesday, thursday and friday and into saturday we have 70s inland, just with some high clouds though by the end of the week. Liz . Looks lovely. Thanks, lisa. The lifesaving switch from manicures to masks, how an east bay nail salon made an almost overnight shift to help medical workers on the front lines and the powerful production theyre turning out now. You cant stop the tears from falling down nurses at mt. Sinai morningside in new york have something to celebrate. Every afternoon they play call on me over the loud speaker to celebrate all of the covid19 patients discharged. The hospital says it has cleared nearly 500 coronavirus patientse closed for any manicure pedicures but turned itself into a hub of mask making under the shelter in place order. Thousands of them are going out to medical workers. Abc 7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley has the story about the abc 7 stars and their remarkable transformation. Reporter isabela nail bar is closed for manicures and pedicures but now abuzz with mask making. How do you take a nail salon and turn it into a maskmaking factory . Lot of our staff can sew, most of them back home, they work for factory that make clothing. Reporter the owner of the salon teamed up with a friend with the idea. We started this probably the middle of march. Our original goal was ten women sewing 100 masks that would be a thousand masks. Reporter the duo established a d it takes a village, donated fabric from berkeley Clothing Store brin walker and mobilizing 150 volunteers created this miraculous empire. They donated 9,600 mass actions to hospitals in San Francisco and alameda counties, right now making 22,000 more along with 7,000 of these face shields. Cocacola donated the plastic on a 3,500 pound roll we are laser cutting at a shop in oakland. Reporter theyre assembling the shields at the nail salon. Others iron the masks, destined for Front Line Health Care workers and also the money raised on a go fund me page buying thousands of kn59 masks and n95s. I know were at war and when the war time happened, its the tstugh. Ty pulled together, reporter in oakland, im Leslie Brinkley, abc 7 news. If you see someone out in the community youd like to nominate to be an abc 7 star, you can do that by heading to our website abc7news. Com stars. This morning, Poison Control Centers across the country are seeing an alarming spike in calls over household cleaners. We have a look at why that is, as some u. S. States ready to open businesses this week. What effects that could have going forward. 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