Two on friday. Education, your money, your health are areas tt toabc7 i effort to build a better bay area. As we see progress opening the bay area, we know well have to adapt to a much difficult world. Chris nguyen is live with a look at todays announcement. Chris . Reporter hi, kristen. Some businesses will be allowed to reopen as you said. And now county wide, youll start seeing signs like this one indicating that an establishment has a social distancing plan in place that they are taking seriously. This afternoon, signs of progress in Santa Clara County making way for certain parts of the economy to get back to business. Our effort has significantly reduced the spread in our county, and we now have a little bit of head take another step forward. Reporter starting friday, the updated health order will allow Retail Businesses to open for Curbside Pickup. It also allows warehouses supporting retail to reopen. The number of new cases in our county is stable and decreasing significantly reducing the doubling time for new cases. Reporter the announcement comes as retailers across the region struggle to adapt to a new reality. I miss my employees, my clientele, the community. Its all just been really hard to actually put into words. Its very surreal. Reporter brook ramirez with bombshell boutique in downtown campbell says business is still down 80 . Shes unsure if offering Curbside Pickup will help. Its a big reminder that no day is promised, and you have to fight for everything that you want or believe in, and in this case, its bombshell boutique for me. Reporter although positive steps are being made to reopening the local community, a good amount of people remain at risk for contracting the virus. The more we do to protect those people, the more were protecting a neighbor, a family member, a dear friend. Reporter this pandemic has impacted all facets of life, but many say our collective actions have made a difference, sacrifices that allowed this county to flatten the curve. Retail business is hard on a regular day, so you have to work for it, you have to have that passion inside you still. Reporter in addition to curbside retail, outdoor businesses, outdoor gardens, historical sites and public gardens, as well as museums can be open, as long as visitors remain in outdoor areas. Im chris nguyen, abc7 news. Chris, thank you. San francisco today officially moved into phase two of reopening that allows for Retail Stores to provide cu curbside parking as well as manufacturing. Based on trends, San Francisco could possibly move into the second part of phase two, phase twob, if you will, in two to four weeks. That would allow for restaurants to reopen, for dinein service. But mayor london breed stressed that nothing is official and it all depends on what the data shows. The goal is to get people used to this new normal as well, to get used to the mask and the social distancing and those other things that will help get us through this, not just today or tomorrow, but longterm. The mayor added that there is a possibility that summer camps may be able to open this year with strict social distancing measures. So not what you like you see in those pictures. Good news from the governor today. He says church services, haircuts, yes, finally, coming back soon. And professional sports without fans would start up again in a few weeks time if counties meet the criteria to move along into the stages of reopening. Dan ashley is live in the newsroom with more. Dan . A couple of big ifs in there. Today in napa county, the governor announced california is relaxing its criteria for counties that want to reopen faster. But local officials can continue to move at their own pace. Some of the new criteria include no more than 5 weekly increase in hospitalizations, and a weekly positive test rate of less than 8 . The governor today says theres been a 7. 5 decline in hospitalizations statewide over the past 14 days. We expect if we hold the rate of transmissions, we hold the Positivity Rate down, we continue to do justice with the hospitalization and icu numbers, that well be making announcements statewide, not just with the regional variances, that would allow for retail, not just to be picked up, but instore retail to be loosened up, in addition to that, sporting events, pro sports in that first week or so of june without spectators. And modifications and very prescriptive conditions. Also can begin to move forward and a number of other sectors of the economy will open up again, if we hold these trendlines in the next number of weeks. And that includes, for example, getting a haircut, which is very meaningful. And that can be done on a regional variance, but will be able to be advanced in the next few weeks. The governor says churches may be allowed to hold services in a few week it is the trends hold. Thats the key. Officials had been working overtime with religious leaders to come up with guidelines for reopening houses of worship across the state. Lets go back to sports for a moment. The governor said games without fans could resume, but with deep modifications, deep stipulations in terms of protecting players and support staff, even with fans not in the arena. Larry, he talked about if the trendlines continue. Thats a big if. I would be interested in your take. I know youve been talking about the sports teams about their optimism of going again but also their reservations. I was excited when i heard june 1st, because remember, just a few weeks ago, we heard officials saying, theres probably not going to be any live sporting events in the state of california even into the fall. So just now june 1st is much more optimistic. But everything is going to look so different from what were used to. And baseball has 67page proposal from the own toers the players, that every little minute detail is spelled out in terms of even like where you sit during the game. You cant sit in the dugout, you cant be too close together. And also spring training, theyll have to decide if the giants, if San Francisco is not ready, do they go to arizona to hold spring training . Also, football, theyre talking about redoing the facemasks with protective, perhaps n95 type materials to further protect the players. One thing that is pretty obvious, its going to look completely different, the sports world from what were all used t seeing. Absolutely, larry, exactly right about that. Thats interesting about the facemasks integrated into football. But for sports fans, beggars cant be chooser, people will take whatever they can get. But i would also remind everyone that he mentions the trendlines continuing. The governor today, its going to be very interesting to see as we begin to reopen and people start to congregate once again, what will happen to the number of cases. The other day in texas, the largest spike they have had in quite some time because of or not necessarily because of, but right after they kind of reopened the state. So were not out of the woods yet by a long shot. Yeah. One step forward, well see if were going one step back. This is basically a huge science project that were all taking part in, whether we want to or not, dan. Good point. Thank you very much. Napa county is speaking permission to move deeper into stage two, to allow people to go into stores and restaurants. Wayne freedman joins us live from downtown napa where the announcements by the governor were certainly welcome. Wayne . Reporter good evening. The governor simply knew what he was going to find when he came to napa today. For weeks weve been hearing residents talk about the balance between the benefits and risks of reopening. After the governor spoke, they were encouraged. In napa county, even vagaries from the governor can sound encouraging. So when he said this today theres a reason were here. Thats the spirit of collaboration and cooperation. Reporter it sounded like a signal for hope, that Office Building and restaurants might be opening soon. Thumbs up. Now turn everything back on. Reporter in napa, that cannot happen soon enough. Covid19 has already cost them sold out crowds. Its a huge loss personally and professionally for a lot of people. Reporter hotels and bnbs now empty. This could be the nalt in ile coffin for a lot of people. Reporter this is to keep people from knocking until napa opens up. Until the wineries can reopen, it wont do us any good. Reporter wineries remain off the list, davies, because restaurants are likely to open up first. Whats the difference sitting at a winery and being served a glass of wine . Reporter at sweetie pies bakery, the owner compared covid19 to floods, fires, earthquakes and recessions. Pardon the pun, but covid19 takes the cake for her. And the governor walked in here tonight, heres what she would have told him. I would say i think we did a fantastic job in our state. But now we need to lessen up a little bit. Reporter were still waiting to hear from napa county for its interpretation of what the governor said today. The county has been waiting since thursday when it asked the governor to ease restrictions here. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. Wayne, thank you. The directr of the department of Motor Vehicles paid a visit today to one of the agencys field offices in san jose. Steve gordon toured the office on west alma avenue. Its one of five dmv offices open in the bay area, and one of 25 statewide. Walkin customers who need to get their licenses reinstated are welcomed. Gourdson says each office is taking steps to keep people safe. Were wearing ppes in the office. Were making sure we have space in the office. Were using every other window to space out the reps and so customers arent too close together. The dmv expanded its virtual offerings. The shelter in place has take an toll on a lot of peoples Mental Health. Dr. Patel will join us to help you deal with issues you may be having. And its still unknown what colleges will look like this fall. That has some colleges considering taking a gap year. Why one University Says that may not be a good idea. Im Spencer Christian. Still cool, breezy, isolated showers. Could this be the weather for the memorial day weekend . Maybe not. Ill have the accuweath right now, you need and endless entertainment. Xfinity has you covered, with reliably fast speeds, the most inhome wifi coverage, and advanced security included. Plus, access all your streaming apps in one place, including peacock. 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We told you at the top of the news cast, the bay area will be entering phase two of reopening this week. San Francisco Chronicle insider and abc news contributor phil matir here to talk about what that means. Lets start with small Retail Business and the significance of this move as everybody heads into phase two. Thats right. Its different how people are going into phase two, larry. Its one of those give people an inch and theyll take it as far as they can. What we have is the agreement that people can do curbside service. If you want a book or a shirt from a small shop, phone ahead and go down there and maybe pick on thesi e problis, in aso wt were seei this morning, people are going down to the shops. I found one sales person today in front of west coast leather, down by union square that set up a counter in the doorway. And you could talk to him and they said if you were looking for something, they could bring it out to the sidewalk for you to take a look at, as well. So were going into phase two, which says curbside service. The question is how long were going to be in phase two until we move to the next one, which is allowing people to move into stores and moving more freely. Were showing video of best buy and other bigbox retail companies. Obviously, they have more resources to deal with whatever changes there are in the marketplace. They do. But understand those are still like the specialty ones. And theyre going to have to readjust. They have taken a hit as well as everybody else on this. Its going to be interesting to see what the nature of retail is. You have small retail and then medium and large, what its going to be coming out of this. And its going to be different, because here are some of the dominos. Think about it. Lets say more the Bay Area Council did a survey of about 150 i think top ceos in the bay area and ask what is the place going to look like when they come back to work . They said for tarters, eight out of ten will be encouraging people to work from home. That means fewer people coming into town, fewer people going shopping, fewer people in the restaurants, fewer people all around. Its going to be a different sort of economy. Were not sure how its going to land. Weve never seen it. Ive got a question for you. The governor went from sports, you might see it in the next lifetime, to now hes talking june 1st well have baseball possibly in june without fans . How is that going to change things . Well, not so fast, because london breed said later on San Francisco is not ready by june 1st. So every day is a whole new experience as to whats possible, whats likely. You know, i was talking to dan a few minutes ago. A little while ago, we didnt think there was any chance of football this fall. And now in california, there is that chance. I got one more for you, though. Real quick. You wrote in your column about this store that sells newspapers deemed to be nonessential. What are the rules . Who knows what the rules are . This poor guy with his store. Exactly. The rules change, the interpretations change, and then what turns around is that the officials make the change too. And say oh, by the way what we said wasnt going to happen, now we decided it can happen. So its all very much up in the air, and were going to take it one day at a time, because thats all the advanced warning you have on some of this. Yeah. Baby steps, baby steps. Thank you, phil. You can read phils column in the stran Francisco Chronicle every sunday and wednesday. That was a great conversation. Fire season is declared open in san bonito and monterey counties. Ge encouraging people to maintain a minimum of 100 feet of Defensible Space around their homes by clearing dead or dying vegetation and using fire resistant plants in their yards. Check this out. It is showing in tahoe city. The sheriff tweeted out this video today, writing they already have about one inch at lake level. Winter just kind of hanging on a little bit there, or trying. Unbelievable. Spencer, whats going on, Spencer Christian . Yeah. Well, its an unusual pattern for me, isnt it . Yes, it is snowing in the sierra. In fact, a winter storm warning is in effect until 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Here in the bay area, we have had some rather wacky weather today as you can see, thunderstorm activity to our east, all the way out into the sierra as a matter of fact. We have had some isolated showers here in the immediate bay area, mainly because of this upper he feel low, centered just off the Northern California coast. And the circulation is sweeping cold air into the bay area and producing instability in the atmosphere, which is allowing for the possibility of isolated showers and thunderstorms. Right now, we have a brisk, robust breeze. Wind speeds anywhere from 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour across the bay area. Know fit its 3 to 7 degrees cooler in most bay area locations than at this time yesterday. So lets take a closer look. Excuse me. My allergies are acting up today. Maybe its the breeze. Current temperature readings are 62 in San Francisco and pacifica. Mid 60s oakland. Redwood city, san jose and gioy we go to look across the bay from emeryville. 71 in fairfield. 34 and look at it across the city. These are the forecast features. Still a chance of isolated showers tonight. Sunny and drier, milder beginning midweek. We have a warmup coming our way for memorial day weekend. Right now, though, the remnants of this current system, still rank one on the abc 7 storm impact scale. For tonight, we could see isolated showers, remote though it may be of an isolated thunderstorm or two. Only 0. 02 inches of of of of so. Most of the shower activity remains offshore, but some could move on shore, but they will be isolated or widely scattered and produce little in measurable rainfall. Rainfall totals, 0. 02 of an inch, thats about it. In sierra, a winter storm warning. And travel will be difficult. But who should be traveling out there right now anyhow, right . Overnight lowing, mainly low 50s. Tomorrows highs will be in the upper 60s to low 70s inland. Low 60s on the coast. And heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Notice how much brighter it will be, going into memorial day weekend, high temperatures soaring up to almost summerlike levels. It looks like its going to be a Great Holiday weekend. Larry and kristen . Larry, im just admiring how nice its going to be. So spencer, we thank you for that. Im speechless. All right. If you think its hard to hear through masks, think about what its like for the hard of hearing. The nurse stepping up to help. 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