29, 30. And thats what were going to hold it right now. A maximum of 30 people were allowed in initially. William pham was first. He says the people waiting were getting a little frustrated. At first it was okay. Maybe when it gets closer to go, it got a little hectic. Shop. 31 and 32 had to wait until two customers left, and they were not happy about folks in line standing so close. Were not going make foolish decisions. Were going stay our six feet. But thats on them. The Sneaker Store was the only really busy business inside. Masks ma. The food court is open but some chairs have been removed to keep diners farther apart. The mall itself is open, but not every store inside the mall is open. The general manager tells me about 50 are still shut down. And some of the big chains like jcpenney and macys, they all reopen next week. But locally owned businesses like slime world, yes, they do make custom slime for kids parties and the like are open and prepare fog see regular customers again. I started getting the little butterflies. Oh, my gosh, im going see all my regulars again. What did i used to say to bring them. In. Late this afternoon the Health Department announce theyd were going to allow salons andrshopsen starting today. In fairfield, eric thomas, abc7 news. In the north bay, it took a threatened lawsuit by an art gallery to force napa county into reversing a decision about Small Business closures. As Wayne Freedman reports, the argument hinged on two words, essential and arbitrary. Despite some very empty sidewalks, the only for business have begun to reappear on front street and napa. The surprised even the owner. The victory is are doors are open today. In a county some businesses are still fantasizing about reopening, they have the unique distinction of forcing napa county to relent and oy aye lou their art gallery to admit customers. They had to threaten a lawsuit to break the county lockdown this morning. Unprecedented. They go beyond any quarantine order endorsed by any court in the past. At face value, this decision only applies to art galleries, but they say that when the county forced them to close and threatened them with fines if they reopened, it was being arbitrary. The corcorderas believe this co apply to other Small Businesses. I think they backed down because they were threatened with a lawsuit that. But along first street they have received plenty of support. Whats the difference between an art gallery and a boutique they asked. So does the boutique. I think the Health Department was a little overzealous in the enforcement. They claimed all along by limiting customers and with their no touch policy, this gallery is much safer than some Big Box Stores that have reopened. They insist on their constitutional right to earn a living. I hope maybe there are lessons to be learned here. Maybe using essential in the first place wasnt a good idea because it wasnt properly defined and hopefully no one will have to go through this again. Abc7 news reached out the napa county several times today, but has not received a responsible the policy change. In napa, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. All right. My microphone is on. Yes. Always want to check. We can hear you. Thats excellent. Probably hear me a little too much. Although i have to say the weather, boy, the scorcher has got to end, spencer. Well, its going to. But we still have perhaps another day of this to deal with. We dont have any official records so far today, but it is very, very hot in some spots. Here is a look at current temperaturedis. Only 69 in San Francisco. Down from yesterdays level. 75 in oakland. Getting more comfortable in some locations near the coast. But its 101 right now in gilroy. 90 in san jose. 65 in pacifica. Check out these temperature readings. 90 in santa rosa right now. Petaluma 89. 86, napa. 101 in fairfield and 99 concord. 98 at livermore. We still have hot spot, especially inland. And we still have a heat advisory in effect for the entire bay area virtually until 7 00 p. M. Tomorrow. And an excessive heat warning in effect for Solano County until seven p. M. Tomorrow. Here is good news. Refreshing marine layer is approaching the coast right now. And during the overnight hours, well see a little bit of marine layer there. Some fog pushing across the bay. Locally inland, bringing some measure of relief to locations near the coast and bay. Inland communities wont feel much relief until probably tomorrow evening and friday. But thats just the beginning of the good news. There is more good news to report, and ill have that for you a little bit later. Larry and kristen . Looking forward to that, spencer. All right. This afternoon we have a look at the numbers as most of the bay area continues a slower approach to reopening. Were digging into the data to see where the covid19 cases are and exactly who is testing positive at this point. Kut news joining us live now to break us down. Liz . Hey, larry, our data team has been digging into these numbers from the beginning. And as the debate over opening continues, is it too slow, is it too soon, looking into these numbers can give good perspective on why some counties might be choosing to move slower. The bottom line is days in the bay area do continue to go up. Across the bay area, six counties are Still Holding back from reopening faster. Marin, contra costa, alameda, santa clara, san mateo, San Francisco. All still in the very early stages of phase 2, even as the state moves into phase 3. So what do we know about the cases in these counties . For one, they continue to go up. This graph shows daily coronavirus cases in the bay area for the last two months. While some days the new cases are lower than others, you can see that overall cases continue to go up and down at a similar rate as in midmarch when the shelterinplace order began. Of the six counties, the latest numbers show Alameda County currently has the highest number of positive cases with 3,049. Marin county currently is the lowest number of positive cases with 420. In both county, however, the demographics of who is testing positive is strikingly similar. According to public data, in Alameda County, there are more male cases than female. The largest number of cases are between the ages of 18 and 30, and the largest racial group by far is latino. In marin county, public data also shows more male cases than female. The largest number of cases between the age of 35 and 49. And, again, the largest racial group latino. In fact, latinos make up 52 of marin county cases, despite making up just 16 of the countyspopulation. But its not just about the number of cases in the county. The case rate, which shows case, and the numbers show the virus is still prevalent. Of these six counties, San Francisco has the highest case rate followed by San Mateo County and then Alameda County. And whats also interesting is that marin county also has less cases than sonoma and solano counties, which are able to move faster, but marin has a higher case rate there per th big taket the virus is still very much here. It has not gone away. Its very prevalent. The difference is states and counties are now better prepared to tackle it with Contact Tracing and testing. Larry . One thing we also have to keep in mind that as we do more tests, were going find more positives. Early on we didnt have that many tests so there appeared to be fewer case. What about Santa Clara County . That was the county with the highest number of cases in the bay area. Where do things stand now . Right. And of course testing is going to make a difference. But when you look at the graph, you can still see it go up and down. So its kind of remaining steady and slightly ticking up still as do do test more. In santa clara counties, specifically testing is now they were obviously as you said had the most cases in the bay area. Now theyre trailing after see good news in Santa Clara County is they now are the fifth highest when it comes to the per capita case rate. So thats some good news for them. But it still is significantly higher than a place, for instance, like napa. Larry . Progress being made. Thank you. Liz kreutz reporting live. To transit. Bart has released a 15step plan to keep trains and stations safe as more people head back to work. Step one is cleaning. Bart released video of crews using electrostatic foggers to spray a disinfecting mist that coats and clings to surfaces. Bart will also run longer ride ae increase frequency covers, and bart police will enforce that. There will also be hand sanitizers at every station, and soon you could yr o orgehand strap tip in pla the up next, an historic spacex launch is scrubbed. Why nasa called it off. Plus, nasa ames connection to the project. Also, malls are opening, but just because they are, should you really be heading out there . Well ask our special its always gooder what youto have em. Or, and when it comes to your internet, xfinity gives you the ones you need. On a budget . Theres a speed for that. Not ready to commit . Try a plan with no annual contract. Wanna save even more . Just add xfinity mobile, and save big on your wireless bill. Its internet with the power of options. And thats simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity internet and mobile for just 30 a month each, and save up to 400 a year on your wireless bill. Call or visit xfinity. Com savebig. Santa clara countys top Health Officer is concerned that the state is reopening too quickly. Dr. Sara cody said were in a crucial and uniquely difficult phase. She led the bay areas first shelter in place orders. This was back in march, and says she is particularly concerned about guidance that allows religious and political gatherings of up to 100 people to resume. Were in fire season. So we have dry tinder everywhere. And we do not want to have a large fire again. Dr. Cody says we cant simply march forward with a reopening that disregards the health and the wellbeing of the most vulnerable, which tend to be minorities either doing manual lane theyre puts them in close quarters or service jobs with high interaction with the public. And joining us now to talk about more about the reopening of california, our special correspondent dr. Alok patel. Dr. Cody is saying she is concerned that the state is moving too fast in reopening, yet other states actually are way ahead of california. So what do you think . Just right . Not fast enough . Where are we here . I think its really hard to say, but i think the concern really echos in the fact that if we reopen at one small phase, we may not see an affect or how many more cases could rise from that for several weeks. Remember, the virus takes 14 days for an incubation period. It could be even longer than that before we see any changes. Any outbreaks that may happen from this reopening, we are going to wait and have to see what those really look like. So people cant get too relaxed and run back out just because businesses are reopening. I think its good to keep it at this cautious pace as long as businesses are really paying attention to county recommendations. All right. So some malls in Solano County are starting to reopen. We had that story at the top of our newscast. And the question is should we go, assuming that people are social distancing and wearing masks, even though we saw in eric thomas piece, a lot of people are not wearing masks. And, larry, thats exactly it. So a lot of this, you could talk about any business, a mall, a restaurant that. Could follow all the guidelines and outline everything theyre doing to protect people. But people actually going to those businesses have to follow the rules as well. We know this virus can survive on certain surfaces in the air. We know we need to be wearing masks, washing our hands. People have to think about this. If they go outside and the people around them are not following the right measures, theyre putting them at risk as well. Thats something to take into account. I dont think just because businesses are open, that means theyre safe. Lets talk about hair salons and barbershops, because obviously its impossible to social distance if somebody is cutting your hair. I presume that a mask would help. But is that safe in your mind . In my mind, the scariest thing about going to a salon or any type of business in the beauty sector is you cant really socially distance. Youre six feet apart from each other. What is nice about restaurants is you could time which is paramount in making sure youre not spreading the virus. But also, people should Pay Attention to the business and look to see if theyre responsible. Are they limiting the amount of people allowed in at one time . Are the employees following restrictions . Are they actually taking care of the situation . All it takes is one slipup to cause another outbreak and then people can spread this without even knowing it. Yeah, and that puts us right back to square one. So hopefully everybody follows the guidelines. Dr. Patel, thank you so much for your time. All right, thank you, dr. Patel. The on board now scheduled for saturday. 17 minutes before it was set to take place at Cape Canaveral due to bad weather. The spacecraft was set to head to the International Space station, ushering in a new era in commercial space flight and marking nasas first launch of astronauts from the u. S. In nearly a decade. Among those, larry . Among those who were keeping an eye on the scrubbed launch were more than 2,000 researchers at Nasa Ames Research Center at moffett field. They have an important support role in the spacex project. And abc7 News Reporter david louie joins us with a look at their role to get the two astronauts to the space station. David . Well, larry, the Space Program has entered a new phase as it transitions from being governmentrun to being a commercial partnership. One thing hasnt changed, federally funded Research Time at nasa ames. Scientists and engineers at nasa ames have made significant contributions to the Space Program for decades. Back in the 1980s, it developed the heat shelled that protects returning spacecraft from burning up upon reentry. Its called pica, the material is now manufactured by spacex, the private Company Started by elon musk. Nasa ames works in partnership with spacex as astronauts return to space for the first time from american soil in nine years. In recent years, american astronauts were launched by russian rockets after the Space Shuttle program ended. They also conducted tests on spacexs crew dragon capsule that will carry the astronauts to the International Space station. Wind tunnels and our computational tools have been utilized to look at the aerodynamics of the vehicle itself, and also the aerodynamics associated with the abort system if thats needed. Even as the Space Program becomes a Public Private partnership going forward, nasa ames will still play a vital role in conducting research as experiments are transported into space. The history of cell and tissue damage continues to be of interest. We will take advantage of this capability to launch both people and cargo to station where we will have our payloads taken up and payloads returned after the experiments have been done for further analysis by our scientists. Nasa says the commercial partnership does require more care in the transfer of technolontellect property. Over the past a company that performs other Critical Missions for the military and nasa. Dragon spacex, unfortunately were not going launch today. Only the weather can sometimes put a hold on its well laid plans to return astronauts to space. This is a great time for space exploration, and were very excited about this. Well, there is still doubt that the Space Program is getting a lift. But the excitement generated by the falcon 9 rocket launch now scheduled hopefully for this weekend. Some people dream. Others make those dreams a reality. Were live, david louie, abc7 news. Oh, thats good. David, thank you so much. You know what were dreaming about right now . Guess. Take a wild guess. Cooler weather. Answer our prayers. Well, just a touch of cooling came to locations near the coast today. But it is still hot as blaze in many locations. Let me give you a look at whats bringing a little cooling to the coast here. Weve got a bit of a sea breeze kicking in there right now. Its going to be even more pronounced tomorrow. So it will get more relief tomorrow and friday. Meanwhile, were looking at a temperature right now of only 65 degrees in pacifica and 65 in San Francisco. Both locations were warmer than this yesterday. But look at the inland heat. Upper 90s right now at livermore, concord. Concord is almost 100 degrees. 98 at brentwood. 99 at cloverdale. And it is 101 right now at fairfield. So the heat is just holding on in those inland areas and will likely hold on pretty much tomorrow as well. Here is live view looking at san jose. Current readings our forecast features are these. Excessive heat will ease up just a bit tomorrow. Area wide cooling kicks in on friday. And it will be much cooler on saturday with some showers likely and possibly a couple of thunderstorms. Once again, a look at the returning marine layer this evening pushing up against the coastline. It will continue to push across the bay and locally inland overnight, bringing some relief to our overnight sufferers. We had really warm overnight conditions last night. Tonight look for lows dropping into the low to mid50s in many locations that had upper 50s and 60s as overnight lows last night. But notice its still going to be very warm in some inland spots like concord and antioch, cloverdale and ukiah. Those will probably not see temperatures dropping below 60 degrees. Mid60s a the coast tomor