Now its just a matter of getting parents to sign on. I think many parents are afraid to bring their child back to child care facilities until the shelterinplace order is lifted. Also, many parents moved out of the city for this period of time. Child care centers have been able to remain open for families of essential workers or children in vulnerable groups. This new government web portal lists all available centers. As more parents go back to work, at seabird, they said its not their responsibility to check a parents work status. We have availabilities. We would like our existing students to come back as soon as possible, as well as we open to the new students. So seabird told me they actually need about a dozen students to open this friday. So theyre waiting to see if any parents are signing on. That just tells you that different providers have very specific circumstances to deal with before they can open, despite directives that they are allowed to open. Am marks dan . Chris, so if youre a parent that can now go back to work, what can you do . If the first thing to do is to go to my child care. Ca. Gov. I have to tell you, i did that today. I called about a dozen different day care providers. Some answered. Some didnt. So youre really going to have to do the legwork because different providers, as i said, are dealing with different circumstances. Live in San Francisco, im kris reyes for abc7 news. Okay, kris, thanks. State level shelter in place rules will relax on friday as we enter stage 2. Its not clear if county restrictions will lift as well. Abc7 news anchor liz kreutz joins us now live with the latest updates on the governors plan to reopen. Liz . Ama, thats right. Its unclear how the bay area is going to decide to implement phase 2. We have heard from some people who are eager to see it happen and others who say its still too soon. What we do know is when we can reopen businesses are ready. As california prepares to open phase two later this week, questions still about whether bay area counties will choose to be part of it. On midday live today, San Francisco mayor london breed said friday might be too soon for businesses to reopen. It doesnt mean that we cant provide permission. Again, this is going to come from our county health officer. So were not going to just make this decision unless it is okay to make the decision. Even if the bay area doesnt begin phase 2 this week, work is under way across the state to help businesses get ready for when they can reopen. Governor newsom visited a small gift shop in sacramento today that is planning to begin Curbside Pickup on friday. This business display california is sort of a personification of the businesses all throughout the state and across the rest of the United States that are struggling to make ends meet, to hold things together. Later, newsom held this round table with manufacturing workers and Small Business owners. Included on the call, pamela kahn, president of a Manufacturing Company based in pittsburg. She said keeping social distance can be a challenge with heavy machinery. What advice do you have in terms of what we can do to be helpful o yous we roll out guidelines and we really try to navigate the next month or two as we hopefully move into a new phase still . I think first would be to have really clear guidelines. When there is county guidelines coming out, there is state guidelines comie ing out, its tough. As california begins a gradual reopening, it is with caution. Despite pressure and protests, some say it is still too soon. A university of maryland poll says the majority of americans currently feel uncomfortable shopping at a retail store or sitting down at a restaurant. California is not yet at this point, but it reveals another hurdle Major Business also face when they reopen. People are really concerned and scared. There is a lot of people scared to actually come back to work. And Governor Newsom also gave some other good news for Small Businesses. That is in this next round of ppe, california should get roughly three times as many loans as they did in the first rounds. Thats good news. Liz kreutz, abc7 news. Certainly. Liz, did the governor give any more specifics on phase 2 what business also be able to reopen . A lot of people are wondering about hair sal long, gyms . As we know, those are considered more high risk. We got a little more clarity. Malls are not going to be allowed to reopen yet. No Stores Within a mall can reopen, even for Curbside Pickup. And even though he is allowing for counties to move through phase 2 at their own pace, he was unequivocal. Hair salon, gyms, hair salons, those are not going be allowed to reopen until we get to phase 3. And for counties that are allowing those stores to reopen, he was pretty blunt. Those people are putting all of us and all the progress weve done at risk. Ama . Governor newsom announced his approval to open three more beaches in orange county. The beaches are dana point, Huntington Beach and seal beach. Walking, running, hiking, surfing, swimming and bike riding are all okay with social distancing. Loittering and sunbathing, though, prohibited. Orange county became a focal point last week after crowds flocked to beaches to escape the first heatwave of the year. All right. It is Cinco De Mayo and taco tuesday, but celebrations look a lot different this year. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen explains how local mexican restaurants are adapting. On this Cinco De Mayo, life is different in so many way. In the battle of puebla what it taught us more than anything is having perseverance against those insurmountable odds. Under normal circumstances today would be the busiest day of the year at luna kitchen in campbell. But with the coronavirus crisis, restaurants are adapting to takeout and delivery. Showing that resilience. I think were all going through our own battle right now. Any business or person even, their own personal battle. Gone for now are the festivities that go along with the inperson dining experience. But in san jose, zazil at santana row is getting creative by partnering with a band to live stream a concert through zoom and facebook to accompany tonights orders. We want to make sure we continue to serve as we once knew it. What the future holds is going to be a little different. Were trying to combine virtual with reality. And i think thats where were headed. On the east side of the city, bravo house of enchiladas expects to see a boost in business heading into dinner. The restaurant is known for its magical micelabas, with shrimp and veggies on top. We started getting calls just to see how were doing. See if were still going the stay in business, and asking what they can do to help us. So we are really appreciative. And regardless how customers are celebrating, these restaurants say theyre just glad to be a part of it how ever they can. We try to have a heart of gratitude and do what we can eery day, wake up every morning and do the best we can. Hopefully we get better every day. Serving up some love to those who continue to show their support. In the south bay, chris nguyen, abc7 news. Abc7 is partnering with iheartradio to help support local businesses being hit so hard during this pandemic. Go to abc7news. Com and click on support the bay. Today is tuesday, may 5th. Its day 50 of the bay areas shelter in place. So how long until life returns to normal . Its a question a lot of us are asking, and today abc7 news anchor kristen sze put that question to dr. George rutherford, one of the leaders of Contact Tracing in San Francisco. His answer took her breath away. Two years. Its going to take a long time to vaccinate 40 Million People in california. If you do if you set up sites where you can do 50,000 vaccinations a day, youre going to need 800 of those to happen, okay. So its a formidable task, and its going to take months to get done it done. Maybe 18 months. A year from now. Thats sobering. That exchange happened during our weekday special called getting answers which you can watch on tv and online at 3 00 p. M. We ask experts your questions every day to get answers for you in realtime. Join in on facebook live, youtube live and the abc7 news app. Were just Getting Started here. While scientists all over the world are racing to make a vaccine for covid19, another critical area of research is figuring out how to prevent future paems that story is next. New at 6 00. Im Laura Anthony in oakland where the first of this citys unsheltered residents will soon begin to move in to these trailers. Im Spencer Christian with a look at weather going from breezy to warm to hot. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. Thanks, spencer. And abc77 has launched new streaming apps so wherever you are you can get our live newscast, breaking news and more with our new abc7 bay area app on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. Search abc7 bay area and download it for fre there is widespread belief that the coronavirus came from animal, and it wouldnt be the first disease to make that jump. But a uc expert at davis says dont blame the animals. Meet the virus hunters, International Teams of researchers traveling the world connecting the dots between viruses that move from animals to people. Its no surprise that covid19 came from a wild animal. We suspect based on the genetic evidence that it came from a bat species. Christine johnson with Uc Davis One Health institute is one of californias top disease detectives, looking for clues about what might trigger the next pandemic and how to stop it. We think actually most Infectious Diseases came from animals over a century. So domestication of animals brought about a lot of the major human diseases, things that we dent even recognize as having come from animals like hiv. Even measles and mumps are suspected, like genetically, evolutionarily to have come from animals. Even so, Domestic Animals are not the biggest concern right now. The more worrisome trend is emerging Infectious Diseases that have emerged in the last 20 to 30 years have almost entirely come from wildlife. These are viruses weve heard of. For example, ebola virus. So should we blame wild animals for the new diseases . No, we should not blame the animals. The animals are sort of victims in this as well. Johnsons newly released research looked at 142 viruses believed to have jumped from animals to people and points to human activities as the driving force. Those same activities that cause species to go extinct are the same activities that are causing increased Public Health risk. Johnson says biodiversity helps regulate disease. But as people change the environment, we end up with either too many or too few of certain species, and that ups the risk of another pandemic. Habitat destruction is a critical part of the puzzle. Some wild species adapt and move into human communities, bringing their mutating disease was them to infect people. Other wild animals are forced into human contact. These are species that had been hunted or overhunted. Theyre in the wildlife trade, are typically brought out of the wild alive. Theyre put into cages with others in very dense sort of crowded conditions. And that fosters disease transmission. There is widespread scientific agreement that is the most likely source of covid19 and is leading a growing call to shut down wildlife markets. But johnson says we need to Pay Attention to entire environment as well. If we start to recognize that and think more carefully about habitat change and how thats affecting wildlife, we can start to reduce disease spillover of viruses and animals into humans and minimize pandemics. Fascinating work theyre doing and important. The studys authors say their latest findings are an important remind theyre when it comes to preventing disease, yes a Global Community that needs to work together. The deadly microbes do not respect national boundary, obviously. Great point. Well, were learning new details about another lawsuit against carnival and Princess Cruise Lines over coronavirus. This is a wrongful death lawsuit filed by San Franciscobased lawyer Mary Alexander on behalf of the family of a pennsylvania man. He was on the grand princess voyage from San Francisco to hawaii in february. On the ships previous voyage to mexico, some passengers had complained of coronavirus symptoms. The lawsuit claims princess knew this and still let people from that trip continue on to the next, exposing the new passengers. The right thing to do would have been to cancel the cruise. Give everybody back their money, that there is nothing more important than the safety and the lives of people. Instead, princess put profit before people. More than 100 passengers on the grand princess tested positive for the virus. [ closing bell ] optimism about reopening the economy helped stocks rise today. The dow added 133 points, ending the day at 23,883. For perspective, this year its ranged from roughly 18,000 to nearly 30,000. So turbulent. The nasdaq was up almost 100 today. The s p gained 25. For the First Time Since the 2008 recession, the u. S. Service sector shank. Most americans work in the service sector. It includes jobs in education, health care, banking, retail, recreation and more, also severely affected by the coronavirus. San franciscobased airbnb is laying off about a quarter of its workforce. Roughly 1900 employees as demand for travel plummets worldwide. Virgin atlantic is cutting more than 3,000 jobs. The airline will stop operating any flights at Londons Gatwick airport. Delta is limiting Seating Capacity on planes by roughly 50 for the next two months. Some window and aisle seats will be blocked off. Middle seats have been blocked since midapril actually. Disney, the Parent Company of abc7 today reported Second Quarter profits went down 91 . Theme parks, hotel, and cruise ships are all closed during the pandemic, but shanghai disneyland is scheduled to reopen on may 11th. As part of its efforts to get its most vulnerable residents off the street during the coronavirus pandemic, the city of oakland unveiled Operation Home base. Its an rv trailer community right next to the oakland coliseum. Abc7 News ReporterLaura Anthony has the story. A new neighborhood has emerged in the shadow of the oakland coliseum, one designed to provide shelter to the citys older or medically vulnerable homeless population. A safer place to live amid a pandemic. These are our unhoused residents from east oakland. Oakland mayor libby schaaf unveiled Operation Home base on a once vacant lot now teeming with 67 new rvs provided by the state office of emergency services. Operation home base will be giving safe respite to around 130 of our unhoused residents who are particularly vulnerable to covid19. While we bend the curve at an aggregate level, we have to stay focused on the details and the specific demographics of our residents. And that means our most vulnerable. Each trailer house two people who already share a household. And each comes equipped with bedding, household supplies, and all utilities. Engineered for water, electric and power. We have about 4500 lineal feet of trenching in order to accommodate the sewer. The first residents will begin moving into these trailers tomorrow. There will be plenty of precautions for the coronavirus, including regular testing. With this new community, though, comes the realization that for all those invited to live here, there are hundreds more still on the streets trying to stay safe during a pandemic. In oakland, Laura Anthony, abc7 news. All right. Hope you enjoyed todays warm weather, because temperatures are going to get a lot hotter. Spencer shows you just how hot in the sevenday forecast. And abc7 news is celebrating the class of 2020. Were featuring as Many High School seniors as possible right here on abc7. Michael wright, a moraga native, graduating from colorado college. Michaels mom writes michael has worked incredibly hard in college, balancing academics with being on the school swim team. This past semester, michael was finishing up a thesis while also looking for a post graduation job. Good luck to you, michael, and congratulations. To get your grad or a senior class featured on abc7, post your candid that could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. New at 6 00, a fire in fremont damaged 16 vehicles this afternoon. The Fire Department posted this video on twitter, showing firefighters responding to the mercedesbenz dealership. They were able to contain the fire to one repair shop. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Now droneview7 shows you the traffic mess this overturned big rig trailer caused in oakland today. The trailer overturned on the westbound 80 flyover to west grand avenue. Thats near the bay bridge toll plaza, the last real overpass before you get to the toll plaza. It took nearly seven hours for crews to upright the trailer, first by unloading all the contents, of course. The connector ramp reopened about an hour ago. All this time it was closed. No one was hurt. Thats the very good news. All right. Around the bay area today, just thats right. Geous day. And Spen