Forecast. Hey, vianey. Its saturday. Find your purpose as we head in towards the at grand canyon university. Afternoon, the cloud cover you are seeing now is going to be visit gcu. Edu. Sticking around because weve got some changes ahead. Right now in San Francisco, much like most of the bay area, that cloud cover and the temperatures remain in the 50s. You may have noticed that the winds picked up last night. It was definitely on the side of breezy. Today those temperatures will remain in the 60s for the coastline and through the 70s for the interior valleys like san jose. Santa cruz 71. Oakland 70 degrees. From partly sunny to mostly cloudy tonight. Heres the reason why. This is the change that were going to time out for you. Were also talking about sierra snow for this forecast. So you can see it churning there. That is that next system making its approach. Expected to move in overnight into sunday. I will time it all out for you coming up in about 15 minutes. All right. This weekend bay area well see you in 15. Thanks so much. The majority of Bay Area College seniors would have been walking across the stage to counties moved toward reopening more businesses in just a matter receive their diplomas. Of days except for one county. Those sceremonies of course for Santa Clara County will not allow businesses to offer with were canceled. Today the virtual graduation. Curbside pickup. They worry they will be over looked as shoppers go elsewhere. Reporter a surreal sight. This owner says she launched a the empty campus at uc berkeley website when the pandemic hit. At a time it would bustling with while online sales have helped, finals and the end of school. A graduating senior among her concern is shoppers will move to other counties where students who fled unceremoniously in march as the restrictions are being lifted. When were closed and were pandemic forced the campus closed. Only a few miles away from there was a lot of scrambling and panicking and not fun. Stores that are open, it is i didnt get to say goodbye to natural we are at a disadvantage. Stage two Openings Begin this a lot of people. Reporter a member of the week. Marching band was disappointed retail can reopen with curbside when the School Canceled pickup, child care and graduation ceremonies. Manufacturing restrictions are but instead this weekend, he and lifted. The Santa Clara HealthDepartment Says before their as many as 4,000 other graduates county moves into stage two will don virtual caps and gowns reopening, key indicators need for what may be the most unique to be met like increasing testing from 1,000 to 4,000 Graduation Ceremony ever. It will take place in a virtual people a day. Version of the campus. In contra costa, theyre a group of current and former easing restrictions when it students created in the game comes to large gatherings minecraft. Including religious services. It should be a pretty unique experience for everyone. This has never been done before. Today some people are proceeding reporter the project started when a former cal student began with caution as High School Grads have something new to look designing a detailed version of the campus that students could forward to. Visit. The idea took off. Reporter a new health order a 2 00 p. M. Graduation ceremony is giving High School Seniors in will include speeches from the Contra Costa County options when it comes to graduation ceremonies. Im excited to be able to go chancellor, tech ceos and to the park and hang out with my speeches. We made it so you can throw up a cap and gown so you get friends for a little while. That celebration. Reporter the county is reporter the speeches will be live streamed over twitch and allowing gatherings in outdoor areas for up to three hours. But guests must remain in their synched to the graduation event in the game. Cars and no motor cycles it is not the real thing, but it is something to unique in and allowed. Organizers must provide security of itself that were all just with any gathers of more than kind of loving the opportunity. Reporter it is not the ten cars. I think it is a little Graduation Ceremony anyone premature. But i think if were all in our cars and wear the proper visualized, but it is most likely one they will always equipment, it is a call way to remember virtually every moment celebrate. Reporter Health Officials are making the move because they of. Nbc bay area news. Are seeing a slow in the spread of covid19 in contra costa incredible. What an achievement. Time now before we go for our county. We think we made enough clear the shelters segment progress that we can turn that dial up a little bit and allow a features our friends from pets slow opening of some types of in need. We want to introduce you to buck. Hes looking for his forever encounters and outdoor activities. Home. Buck is two years old, a pit reporter that also gives churches new options. Bull mix. But some are being caution. Hes in foster with other dogs. I imagine that zoom and gets along well with other dogs. Youtube live and Facebook Live hes sweet, energetic, loves to will continue to be used, play, go on walks, easy on the especially to help include all of the members of our leash. Hes smart and understands congregations that are at risk of this disease more than commands. He loves to snuggle. They have been working on others. Were quickly running out of keeping him off the bed. Time. Graduations are supposed to they hope for an opportunities start a week from tomorrow in only home for him where the family will continue his positive reenforcement training. Fact. But at this point things are still up in the air for us. Pets in need behavior staff will reporter in contra costa writeup a Training Plan and be available on zoom or support. County, nbc bay area news. Check out more about buck on each bay area county is reopening at a different pace. Pets in need. We hope he gets his forever as of today Sonoma County is the family. Just like vianey arana brought farthest along. In addition to retail and binks into her family. Adopt dont shop. Manufacturing already opened back up, the county also left thanks so much for making us things like day cares, pet a part of your morning. More local news all day on groomers and car washes reopen yesterday. The boys and girls club of nbcbayarea. Com. Greater santa rosa is working to keep kids safe. They tell us theyre screening each child at the start of each day and keeping children in groups no bigger than 12. Sonoma county really got this one right. I think opening up child care is such an important part. It is important first step in getting parents back to work. Of course as with everything, not everyone agrees. Some people say Sonoma County is moving too fast. A new prediction on how coronavirus is affecting the nations restaurant industry. The online reservation company open table reports stay at home orders will drive one out of four restaurants completely out of business. The National RestaurantAssociation Says its membersn in march alonricans who work in the food service industry. Sglfrm now to some big news on a narrator when you see this symbol you know youre watching potential test for the virus. Television that is educational and informational. Santa clara county Health Leaders demonstrated how this the more you know on nbc. Test worked yesterday. A person will be handed a swab dylan hi, im dylan dreyer, and were about to and then they can gently place it in their nose for a sample. Embark on another earth odyssey. Doctors say it doesnt hurt. They hope it helps encourage today, we head to south america and visit one of more people to get tested. The largest waterways in the world, the orinoco right now the most common test river. Involves a Health Care Worker well get a closer look at this unusual fish and see taking a deep nasal swab, which why its wise to have all these eyes. Many people say is uncomfortable. Now to a live look at the then, find out how it felt to be the first explorers capital this morning. Capitol hill where the house to discover the wildest animals from this foreign narrowly passed a second land. Coronavirus relief package known as the heroes act. [music] the 3 trillion bill would fund another round of stimulus payments up to require people to have a Social Security number to receive that money. That means undocumented immigrants who file with a taxpayer id would be eligible for relief. The bill isnt likely to pass the republican controlled senate, but if it does, the president has already threatened to veto it. President trump says hes willing to negotiate another round of checks for americans in exchange for a payroll tax cut for businesses. A new push to find a Covid Vaccine by the end of the year. President trump announced operation warp speed as the race ramps up to find a cure. Two new leaders will be heading this initiative. One is a former pharmaceutical executive. The other is a four star army general. The president says under their leadership they hope to have a vaccine, quote, very quickly. 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 says they will rely on the military to help distribute the vaccine. But experts say developing a vaccine is still 12 to 18 months away because of the testing phase. One expert says creating a vaccine by the end of the year would be a, quote, miracle. Much more ahead. Coming up, working from home forever . How the pandemic is expected to permanently change the way the bay area does business. Plus, if youre dreaming of a trip to paradise, well, we have a new message from hawaiis governor for anyone thinking of escaping to his islands. Motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. 7 10 on your saturday morning, may 16th. A live look outside downtown san jose as the city is not looking to open up retail spaces for Curbside Pickup beginning this week. Vianey arana details a cloudy forecast, 60s and 70s today. Shell be along in five minutes with your forecast. The coronavirus already is changing the way we all work, but will it be forever . Thats one of the Big Questions the Bay Area Council posed to ceos and other top level executives. Today in the bay has their answers. Reporter across the bay area, lots of buildings are pretty empty these days. Many companies shifted to work from home quite effectively. Even after stay at home 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 they will have some type of partial ho work from home. Reporter 77 say they will offer more flexible shifts to avoid having workers together all at once and allow more space in work areas. There are a few benefits. Fewer commuters on Public Transit and freeways but lasting negative effects, too. They dont come here to support us. We cant make money. Its going to be bad. Nothing i can do. Reporter these businesses have been struggling since the coronavirus shut down. Theyre no longer catering business lunches and foot traffic is gone. The companies they have been relying on dont think their fortunes will change either. When asked when is your best guess to when revenues will return, 18 say it will take six months, but most say it will take a year or longer. In san jose, nbc bay area news. We do have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up a stern warning for those looking to get out of the bay area. The punishment South Lake Tahoe is handing out for visitors coming to down. Speaking of tahoe, we are tracking sierra snow in the forecast, but also rain for the bay area. How is this going to impact your sunday . I will have a closer look at the timing and the latest lake tahoe forecast as welcoming up. Stay with us. [music] [music] especially in times like these, strong Public Schools make a better california for all of us. 7 15 on your saturday morning. A live look outside. Cloudy skies over walnut vehicle. Vianey arana will be along to detail a mild saturday forecast. Well, many of us may be dreaming of a vacation after all of this shelters at home. If you have your sights set on hawaii, the states governor says youre not invited. The governor says the islands will continue their mandatory quarantines for all visitors through at least the end of june, a policy calls for travelers to selfquarantine in their hotel or their home for 14 days. So that means the beaches are off limits. Violators face a 5,000 fine even possible jail time. Back here locally, South Lake Tahoe is trying to keep tourists away, especially during memorial day weekend. Tahoe is planning to issue 1,000 fines to anyone staying there who isnt a homeowner. Hotels are still closed. If you find an airbnb willing to rent to you, that owner could be fined 1,000 as well. Time to check in with vianey arana for a look at your forecast. For everyone staying here in the bay area, hey, vianey arana. Hey there. And thats right. Now, if you are staying here locally, you probably notice that the wind picked up, you know, probably in through the afternoon yesterday. You are certainly going to notice the cloud cover outside. Well, we are tracking rain in the forecast. So we certainly need it. We are going to see also an impact in terms of sierra snow e 56 degrees right now. Waking up to mild conditions. No big change there. Your micro climate highs for the afternoon, expect 60s around the coastline and through the peninsula. Notice how we go from partly sunny. So peeks of sunshine to mostly cloudy. Temperatures in the 70s. But this will bring the biggest changes in our forecast. We have that system churning off the coast. You can see that plume of moisture that is going to bring some rain becoming more widespread than the systems we have seen recently. It is late in the game when it comes to a late storm, so lets talk about the timing of it. I zoom in closer through satellite radar. You can see it is just cloud cover. That rain is Still Holding off. But the timing of this pushing forward. If you look up at the top of the bar there where it says midnight, notice Sonoma County areas have a better chance of seeing overnight showers. Not everyone will see rain tonight. Mostly dr lly dry, just cloudy as heading into the Early Morning hours. I will fast forward this time line through tomorrow as well through 12 00. Right around the lunch hour, we will start to notice more of a widespread action packed area. So high rain totals are expected mainly for the mountain areas. If you notice areas like santa cruz and in through san jose, a little bit of a difference. Areas that can expect to see some of that rain shadowing are going to be in the south bay. San jose not really expecting too much rain out of this system. For the most part, it misses a lot of that rain. Even though it will become widespread, it will not be pouring at all hours of the day. Snow, Higher Elevations get the majority of this rain. Expect anywhere from about a tenth of an inch through a quarter tomorrow and for monday those rain chances will continue tomorrow. Look at this. Statewide, were only about 14 of where, you know, normally we should be way higher than this. This is troubling. Onethird of our California Water supply comes from the sierra snow pack. Keep in mind, there will be a winter storm watch in effect from tomorrow night 7 00 p. M. In through tuesday night. For whatever reason if you have to travel up there, check those road conditions. It will be really, really important because that will be dangerous travel. A rainy sunday. We will continue the chance of seeing shower activity for monday. Notice what happens for inland areas. Once we get past tuesday and wednesday, we dry up. High pressure rolls back in, and then our temperatures start to roll right back up into upper 70s and 80s again in the forecast. Another look at that coming up shortly. All right. Well see you then. Thanks so much. Still ahead on today in the bay. Reporter their flights are off, and they expect a cash refund. But many passengers are contacting us for help. Im consumer investigator chris. Nbc bay area responds. And congress is getting involved. Well explain how next. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Many viewers are coming to us telling us airlines are holding on to money they should be refunding. Now some in congress are stepping in. Consumer investigator chris gamora is responding. Reporter good morning. Several passengers contacted us with this problem. They all have trips that are put off. They are not happening and will not happen. They expect a cash refund. And uncle sam largely agrees a cash refund is what hey should get. But the airlines are largely not offering cash refunds. The bold red message to travelers on the state Department Website could not be clearer. Do not travel. So some people canceled their flights on their own. Then got an Airline Voucher instead of a cash circumstances me me a credit towards future flights. Reporter for others like karl in chicago, the airline canceled the flight. Still no cash back. The trip is nonvaluable. But the unused value of their ticket is safe and will be able to be used towards future travel. The average american only g