Get the green light. The new health order giving grads something to look forward to in the east bay. And clear skies right now but that is about to change. The late season storm thats expected to soak the bay area this weekend. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im janelle wang. As most bay area counties move toward reopening more businesses in just a matter of days, Santa Clara County is the lone holdout. Some stores are getting frustrated and fear theyll be overlooked as shoppers go elsewhere. Heres nbc bay areas ian cull in san jose. He begins our coverage. Reporter as popular strips like downtown willow glen start bustling again for takeout, Santa Clara County still wont allow nonessential businesses to offer we assume its for our safety, so we just follow suit. Reporter the ibis boutique owner said she launched a website when the pandemic hit, and online sales have helped. But she worries shoppers might move on to counties with a relaxed health order. When were closed and were only a few miles away from people that are open, naturally we are at a disadvantage. Reporter kevin smith appreciates the safe approach but fears what might happen on hubs like lincoln avenue. Im mostly worried that a street like this, our downtown has a lot of places that are still closed and unable to bring in money they need for trent and employment. Reporter the Santa Clara CountyHealth Department says before moving to a stage two reopening, key indicators need to be met, including increasing test from 1,000 to 4,000 people a day. Were going to get to 4,000 a day, my guess is by the end of the month. So i think were very close on that. Reporter gleim the jeweler in palo alto has been closed since march and the owners have mixed feeling seeing neighboring San Mateo County ease restrictions. We havent had a unified, cohesive response to this whole thing. Its been piecemeal, and thats how the opening is too. Reporter as other counties move to reopen, Santa Clara County still isnt giving any timeline for when it might do the same. That would help for just the sake of planning even. Reporter in san jose, ian cull, nbc bay area news. Over to d. C. Take a live look at capitol hill where the house narrowly passed a second Coronavirus Relief package known as the heroes act. The 3 trillion bill, which would have another round of stimulus payments, about to 1,200 per person, it would also not require people to have a Social Security number to receive money. That means undocumented immigrants who file with a taxpayer i. D. Would be eligible for relief. The bill isnt likely to pass the republicancontrolled senate, and even if it does, the president has already threatened to veto it but said he is willing to negotiate another round of checks for americans in exchange for a payroll tax cut for businesses. Well, get ready for a change in the weather. Check out the radar. We are tracking a lateseason storm that will bring rain t jeff ranieri joins us with the timeline. That storm system right now is just about 24 hours away from beginning to move in some showers to the bay area. So as we get a look right now, what i do want to show you is the storms going to be dropping down from the north but well also see an Atmospheric River tap pushing in from the south. Its a weak Atmospheric River tap. Its basically a tropical boost of moisture thats going to boost up those rainfall totals, at least for may. Definitely some aboveaverage rainfall coming our way. So by 11 00 p. M. On saturday, rainfall develops over the north bay. Then well see that first round of showers as we move into sunday morning. So heres the deal. Rain accumulates and develops on sunday into monday. Well have colder 60s. Winds 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour and even a sierra winter storm watch. We have storm ranger at San Bruno Mountain to give you a g arrives. Well have details and exactly how much rain and snow well get. Well have that for in about 135 minutes. Contra costa county releasing restrictions. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd found out people are proceeding with caution. Reporter a new health order tonight is giving High School Seniors in Contra Costa County options when it comes to graduation ceremonies. Im excited to be able to go to the park and hang out with my friends for a little why. Reporter the county is allowing gatherings in large outdoor areas such as parking lots for up to three hours. But guests must remain in their cars and no motorcycles are allowed. Organizers must provide security of any gatherings with more than ten cars. I think its a little bit premature to be completely honest. But i think if were all in our cars and if we wear the proper equipment, its a really cool way to celebrate. Reporter Health DepartmentOfficials Say they are making the move because they are seeing a slow in the spread of covid19 in Contra Costa County. We think that weve made enough progress that we can again turn that dial up a little bit and allow a slow opening of some types of encounters and outdoor activities. Reporter that also gives churches new options, but some are being cautious. I imagine that zoom and youtube live and Facebook Live will continue to be used, especially to help include all of the members of our congregations that are at risk of this disease more than others. Were quickly running out of time. Graduations are supposed to start a week from tomorrow in fact. But at this point things are still up in the air for us. Reporter in Contra Costa County, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Each bay area county is reopening at a different pace. As of today, Sonoma County is the far theft along, now well into phase two. In addition to retail and manufacturing, the county also let things like day cares, dog groomers, and car washes reopen today. The boys and girls club of greater santa rosa is working to keep kids safe. Screening them at the start of each day and keeping them in groups no bigger than 12. Sonoma county really got this one right. I think that opening up child care is such an important part. Its important first step in getting parents back to work. But not everyone agrees. Some say the county is moving too fast. A stunning prediction tonight on how the virus is affecting the nations restaurant industry. The online reservation company open table reports that stayathome orders will drive one in four restaurants out of business. The National RestaurantAssociation Says its members lost more than 30 billion in sales during march, 300 built m parking is precious in San Francisco as you know but there could be even less of it as businesses prepare to reopen. The north Beach Business Association has voted unanimously to remove all parking on upper grant avenue between columbus and fill bert street. The idea is to give stores and restaurants more room to do business. Nbc bay areas jean elle has more. Reporter keeping your distance while picking up togo orders isnt easy in San Franciscos north beach. The need to spread out has city leaders looking into closing streets in commercial corridors. Theyre going to need more space, and the city andof san f reason to turn space over to those restaurants. Reporter the north Beach Merchants Association voted last night to promote closing grant street during business hours. As businesses are allowed to reopen, restaurants, bars, and artists will need more room to serve customers. To use the streetscapes in terms of mitigating the impacts on merchants. Reporter not everyone thinks removing parking in crowded north beach is a good idea. I drove around for ten minutes trying to find parking right now, so that was not fun. Reporter supporters say there are parking garages nearby and moving business outside may be the only way to stay open and safe. We could all like more safely distance from each other while still looking in each others eyeballs and loving each other, and i think its a great idea. Reporter supervisor aaron peskin said hed like to see the closure happen before businesses are allowed to move from takeout to dinein. This is the time. There are details that we got to attend to and we got to experiment with a street closure to help businesses, but it wont be the last. He says merchants at fisher mans wharf are having the same conversation. Reporting in San Francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. A less invasive covid19 test that you can give yourself. Health leaders demonstrated how it works this morning. A person will be handed a swab and they gently place it in their nose for a sample. Doctors say it doesnt hurt and they hope it encourages more people to get tested. Right now the more common test involves a Health Care Worker taking a deep nasal cavity swab which can be uncomfortable. A new push to find a covid19 vaccine by the end of the year. Two new leaders will be heading an initiative. One is a former pharmaceutical executive. The other is a fourstar army general. The president said under their leadership, they hope to have a vaccine fairly quickly. Theyve literally been working 24 hours a day, so weve got the time, and we hope to be able to do something by the end of the year or shortly thereafter. President trump said they will rely on the military to help distribute the vaccine. Medical experts say developing a vaccine is still 12 to 18 months away because of all the testing it needs to go through. One expert says creating a vaccine by the end of this year would be a, quote, miracle. Are you dreaming of a trip to paradise . Keep dreaming. Sorry, the message from hawaiis governor for anyone thinking of escaping to the islands. Plus working from home forever. How the pandemic is expected to permanently change the way the bay area does business. Im tracking the storm ahead, plus details on a winter storm watch for northern california. Thats coming up in about seven minutes. 30 new details tonight about the Fatal Shooting of a murder suspect in the east bay by a sheriffs deputy. It all started late last night at a hotel on foothill boulevard in san leandro. Police say a murder suspect barricaded himself in a room. Alameda county deputies showed up to hip aelp and say when the suspect did come out of his hotel room finally, he shot at them. So police and deputies returned fire and killed him. No one else was hurt. A rare murder charge against a man who crashed his car in san jose, killing four of his passengers. Chp investigators say he was driving drunk when he lost control and rolled the suv several times. Because he has a prior conviction for dui, prosecutors have charged him with murder rather than manslaughter, saying he knew driving drunk could be deadly. Well, he was released from jail on no bail because of the pandemic, but it didnt take long for a napa county man to end up right where he began. In fact, police rearrested him just 13 minutes after he got out. Police say 35yearold Trevor Anderson was released for car theft, burglary, identity theft, and drugrelated charges. But minutes after he got out, he stole a pickup truck and led police on a chase from napa to fairfield, where they rearrested him. Theres currently an emergency bail scheduled because of the pandemic. That sets bail at zero for some crimes. Well, how will the coronavirus change how we work . That is one of the Big Questions the Bay Area Council posted to ceos and others toplevel executives. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is in san jose with their answers. Reporter the Bay Area Council surveyed 123 ceos and executives at Companies Big and small. Their responses offer an interesting perspective on the future of work in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Across the bay area, lots of buildings are pretty empty these days. Many companies shifted to work from home quite effectively. And even after stayathome orders are lifted, 18 of the leaders surveyed say they plan on keeping their employees out of an office. Not only that, we had almost 90 saying that theyre going to institute some type of partial work from home. So that could be a couple of days a week or some other models. Reporter whats more, 77 say theyll offer more flexible shifts to avoid having workers together all at once and allow more space in work areas. There are a few benefits. The most obvious will be fewer commuters on Public Transit and freeways, but there could be Lasting Negative Effects too. They work at home. They dont come here to support us. We cant make money. Its going to be bad. Reporter businesses like umi chinese food have been struggling since the coronavirus shutdown. Theyre no longer catering business lunches and foot traffic is gone. The companies theyve been relying on dont think their fortunes will change quickly either. When asked, what is your best guess as to when revenue will return to precovid19 levels, about 11 believe theyll bounce back in a more or less. 18 say it will take six months. But most say it will take a year or longer. In san jose, Sergio Quintana, nbc bay area news. A vacation in hawaii may sound wonderful after months of sheltering at home, but hawaiis governor says you are not invited, at least not yet. Hawaiis governor says the islands will continue their mandatory quarantines for all visitors through at least the end of june. The policy calls for travelers to selfquarantine in their hotel or home for 14 days. That means the beaches are off limits. Violators face a 5,000 fine and even possible jail time. And South Lake Tahoe is also trying to keep tourists away, especially during the upcoming memorial day weekend. Tahoe is planning to issue 1,000 fines to anyone staying there who isnt a homeowner. Hotels are still closed, and if you find an airbnb willing to rent to you, that owner could be fined 1,000 as well. Here at home, there are new restrictions around lake merritt in oakland to prevent overcrowding. New no parking signs are posted around the lake. Theyll be there this weekend and next weekend, the memorial day weekend. People can still visit the lake, run around, exercise, but they dont want people congregating like weve seen on recent weekends. I agree there isnt enough social distancing. I try to get a quick workout in and then i go back home and finish. But sometimes during the weekends, theyre gathering in crowds, so i can understand the need to do that. It is an inconvenience, but this is a serious time. Food trucks and other vendors are also no longer allowed at city parks. Now to something good. Two san jose teenagers held a virtual piano recital to help a south bay charity thats taken a financial hit during this pandemic. Wow. What an incredible duet. The 14yearolds are freshmen and evergreen valley high. Theyre also awardwinning pianists. They held a 25minute virtual concert and asked for donations through venmo for the bill wilson center. What a great cause. Thats great. We could hang on that a little longer. Lets check in with jeff ranieri right now. Weve got changes, big ones on the way. Yes. You know, some of that music would go good with a little bit of rainfall as we move into sunday. We are tracking a storm system on the way. So while i show you the forecast tonight, i also want you to focus on the bottom of the screen as well where well have our scrolling sevenday forecast so you can get your temperatures as we head through tomorrow and also those sky conditions. So lets turn the focus now into that storm system and, again, its going to drop down from the north. Theres a little bit of an Atmospheric River tap. Its very weak. Its only going to stick with us from 1 00 a. M. Sunday to 4 00 p. M. Sunday. This boost of prop ctropical mo coming from that Atmospheric River. Were getting some unusual activity here in may as that storm track is taking a big dip right down here into northern california. So as we move through tomorrow morning, we do have some sunshine to start for the south bay, also the east bay. But notice the clouds for the north bay and right along our coastline. As we head through the afternoon, well begin to see some of that cloud cover starting to increase out ahead of our storm system. Lets move into that storm system. 6 00 a. M. On sunday, showers begin to develop. By 1 00, well start to see some of that moving down to the south bay on sunday. Were going to see a little bit of a break. Theres some new updates coming in that continues to show that will not be consistent, widespread rainfall from sunday into monday. So by sunday evening, a little bit of a break. Then well see another round of wet weather as we head into monday morning. Rainfall totals on this, everyone looks good for a quarter of an inch but notice these areas in yellow over the east bay higher elevations. The north bay, parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains as well. Thats where we could be in that half to close to threequarters of an inch for isolated locations. Not only wet here but snow for the sierra sunday into tuesday. 3 to 13 inches with a winter storm watch in effect. Youve got to go to those highest levels to get that snow. Kingvale would see seven inches. Twin bridges, 13. My extended forecast shows in San Francisco, 60s next seven days. We dry it out next tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday. And right here for the inland valleys, were going to go down to 69 on sunday, but then well raise it back up next tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday as we dry out as 70s return. So a nice weekendu