The first day was interesting. It was great. We greeted in the parking lot. We had to take temperatures and parents as to some questions about health, making sure that everybody was healthy at home and the students themselves. Reporter this is a special limited Access Program for only a few classrooms following Strict Health department guidelines, ensuring everyones safety. Across the street, caleb kohn is with his two kids. Jojo and torrin. I asked him what he prefers for his family. Active class or online attendance . Obviously, smaller classrooms would make more sense, but i dont know. Its too hard to know right now. Reporter todays class started right on time. They were very excited to be here. Sat down in their desks and we just waited for morning meetings to start. We are watching this very carefully and again, i will say it. I have said it many times. With the guidance of public health. Reporter caleb says he hopes the Pilot Program works out. Let them get some energy out, but this is just how it is. Reporter in marin county, don ford, kpix 5. Marin county also loosening restrictions on some areas that are recreational. Trailheads opening back up to the public today. Amenities, like benches and barbecue pits will remain off limits as will some popular areas. Point Reyes National seashore, Golden Gate NationalRecreational Area and her state parks will remain closed to car traffic. The news about reopening is taking some store openers by surprise. Emily goldenberg, the owner of goldenberg children shoes in oakland says as soon as she heard the news this morning, she mailed her customers to come pick up their orders at her shop. Goldberg says she has barely been able to keep her business in operation the last couple of months. We have been surviving off of website orders, which is not anything near what our normal business would be, but its definitely kept us afloat for the moment. Also in alameda county, holding praise like this just got easier. Officials loosening restrictions, allowing up to 200 vehicles together for up to three hours. There are some rules the. Cars must be separated by six feet. Only members of one family inside. Passengers must wear if the windows are down and respect social distancing. By the end of this week, all bay area counties will officially be in the next phase of reopening. Many are excited to get back to some semblance of normalcy, but it also does raise the question are we jumping the gun . Kpix 5 is the maria medina talks to to experts. Reporter Contact Tracing and testing go handinhand with each stage of reopening. Heres what epidemiologist John Rutherford had to say about it. Phase two means that transmission has come down. Right . And that we are reasonably certain that we can proceed carefully. In a way that doesnt increase transmission. That we have adequate hospital facilities and ppe. That we have adequate testing, Contact Tracing up and running which is a work in progress as we speak. Reporter and disease specialist John Schwartzberg also said his is crucial to make sure we can reopen without cases spiking. Doing it right means to have adequate testing and to have a very robust Contact Tracing so that we never get behind the eight ball. We never get to the point where we are having cases go way up. Reporter this is also interesting. Our you cfs experts say we need to adopt a universal mask policy to keep things moving forward. He said if we mandate masks and continue to stay six feet apart, we should be able to reopen much more safely. Alan. Some positive news today in californias fight against the coronavirus, the Governors Office reported a 7. 5 decline in hospitalizations over 14 days. And an 8. 7 dip in the number of icu patients. Governor newson cited these promising new developments in his move, giving counties more freedom. Pastors speaking out about defying Health Orders and holding a Mothers Day Service that may have exposed nearly 200 people to the coronavirus. On facebook, pastor Mike Jacobson of Palermo Bible Family Church says an asymptomatic congregate attorn tested positive the very next day. He wrote he would never with knowledge but anyone in harms way. A total of 180 people attended that service. Local Health Officials are now attempting to track down every person and get them tested for covid19. Today, activists are blasting San Francisco for fencing and Homeless People living on sleeping squares. The city reopened a sanction 10 city outside of the asian art museum. Dozens of Homeless People are living on top of these painted on sleeping squares, designed to keep them at a safe distance. Activists say the city is caging them in with chainlink fences. Protesters gathered outside the census today and made their message loud and clear. This may or hordes hotel rooms so that houses people have to be vulnerable to corona and covid on these streets. Hoarding hotel rooms. When there are beautiful places for people to actually sleep. How do you shelter in place when you dont got a place quaking we have reached out to the San FranciscoMayors Office for a response, but as of yet, we have not heard back. Salon owners rallying at the state capital demanding they be included in the businesses being allowed to reopen. Reporter ryan hill on why the owners say it is unfair that they do not make the cut. Reporter signs, masks and plenty of rally cries at the steps of the california state capital all pushing for we need our salons open i believe we are more essential than grocery stores. We have clients that are in need and we would like to service them. Reporter the shutdown is taking a little more than off the top from the employers and employees finances. We are over 100,000 in ndlords asking for the rent. I had to pay two payrolls after we closed down just because of timing, so business counts. Reporter organizers of the salon workers all over the state are saying their case to reopen and being essential is rooted in their certifications. We use barber side to disinfect our instruments. We use clipper spray between each and every client. We have even taken the opportunity to preinstall curtains in our salon so that we will have social distancing. Reporter governor gavin newsom is saying if we hold the line, people could get haircuts sooner than we think. We are within a few weeks. We will be putting guidelines for counties that consult the test in the next county or so. Reporter something that employers and employees have been dreaming and praying for. Its a fear that we cannot go to work without being penalized for it. We have to get back in. That was ryan hill reporting. Still ahead, the new reality for instore shopping. Some Department Stores already back in action around the country. What things like shopping for shoes might look like. The coronavirus forcing bay area couples to adopt when it comes to planning one of the best days of their lives. How the pandemic changes everything from dress fittings to choosing a venue. Coming up on the way 6 00, some good news tonight about a vaccine mrs. Walker. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. This stayathome order has many people picking up books for the first time in ages and now they can stop by bookshops in San Francisco to pick up new copies. The response from the community has been fantastic and we have had a really great response in the last few days. I love supporting local businesses. I just hope people, like the local businesses can bounce back from being closed so long. Reporter dogear books says that they are handling it by offering free delivery in San Francisco. Retail sales fell record numbers last month. Some Retail Stores are welcoming customers again. Ready, its time. [ cheers and applause ] reporter the reopening of this dallas nordstrom was a hopeful reminder of the way things used to be for both customers and staff. We have been sitting in front of a zoom screen for the last two months and i just want to get some new clothes and feel like it is spring and summer and there is some normalcy. Reporter nationwide, retailers are trying to figure out what normalcy looks like for shoppers in the area of coronavirus. In San Francisco, its only Curbside Pickup for now. But in wisconsin, masks are optional for customers. Coles has closed fitting rooms and designated special hours for at risk shoppers. Back at this dallas nordstrom, employees wore masks and gloves. Ppe was available for customers at the entrance and there was a steady stream of cleaning in every department. At checkout, a shield separates customers from the sales clerk and of course more hand sanitizer. Is this the unfortunate new norm that we are dealing with right now . I think we are going to see. We are doing everything we possibly can. Reporter Jamie Nordstrom explains that the new normal is a moving target. We may find the simplest things may not be necessary. Reporter it was important for them to reopen this department safely. Here is how it works. Lets just say you try on a pair of shoes and you do not like it. The item goes into quarantine for 72 hours before anybody else can try it on. Reporter the Retail Industry is employing nearly 72 of americans. As the regional economy goes, so goes the economy. We need those businesses large and small to support those communities. Retail supports more than one quarter of the us workforce. Industry experts estimate that 7 million retail jobs could end up being lost due to the pandemic. A restaurant in maryland has come up with a creative way to keep social distancing. It installed bumpers around its tables to keep people six feet apart. This video posted on social media shows workers rolling around in the intratube set up. Right now, the restaurant is only open for take out, but the owner plans to keep the novelty once they begin actually seeding diners. It will be popular im sure. A Fallen Police officer who grew up in the bay area honored with a ve a very special delivery honoring a sacramento Police Officer and bay area native Tara Osullivan was killed while responding to a Domestic Violence call last june. Her family keeping her memory alive, ordering 1000 donors and delivering them to her Law Enforcement family. Donuts, her favorite thing to eat. Today would have been her 27th birthday. She loved to run. She loved to work out, but that girl would never turn down a doughnut. Police officers say that they are honored that they chose to spend her special day with them during these uncertain times. Celebrities are teaming up for a Charity Reading of james and the giant peach by roald dahl. Its a peach. Cliffhanger. You interrupted him. Filmmaker voices along with meryl streep and kate blanchet. Time now to recognize some of our bay area graduates, giving a daily shout out to the class of 2020. Austin valentine graduating from washington high school. Austin is going to play basketball for the Cal State University warriors. He wants to pursue eighth career in Law Enforcement. Jessica cabrera moving up from San Lorenzo Middle School to san lorenzo high school. She aspires to work for disney someday. You can send us your grad shout outs. Emailed them to us or share them with the tran01. We do ask, no professional photos please, but you may see them on tv. Right now, its time to see the weather radar. Its been a real mixed bag. A couple sprinkles here and there. Thats the end of this particular stretch of unsettled weather. This storm system is going to finally push further and further east as we head through the day tomorrow. Dryer, warmer weather taking over by the middle of the week. It has been a little bit a wemonth with this rain chance in the middle of the month. This is usually passed time in may when we see any significant chance of rain. Theres not a lot on the radar, but its moving further and further to the east with a few little rogue showers. The best chances going to be through the north bay. So far this month, this is for downtown San Francisco, almost 3 10 of an inch so far in the month of may. Its more than we had in february because february, we had exactly 0. This is the first time in 20 years that may has brought more ranges San Francisco compared to the month of february. Of course that has less to do with the particularly rainy month. And just how dry we were a few months ago. In fact, we are still less than half of what is normal for the month of may. Now that we are getting into late may, its past the time of year where we expect any significant chance of rain until we get into the fall. But theres one more chance for a couple of showers tomorrow. Theres are going to be pretty grtoand midr fremont, napa bay. Right now, 64 at the airport. 62 downtown. 69 degrees half moon bay. But mostly 60s, dropping into the upper 40s and 50s by early tomorrow morning. As we zoom around the temperature map, its going to look very similar to today. Near 70 degrees in lent. Struggling up to around 60 degrees along the coast. The mix of upper 60s and low 70s for the east bay, mostly mid to upper 60s right around the back and closer to 70 degrees as we had further inland into the north bay and our neighbors to the north still have a better chance of showers for lake county, mendocino county, but a significant chance of above average temperatures as we had waited on line. I mentioned that memorial day looks like its going to bring temperatures in lent. It looks like its going to continue all the way through the end of the month and even into early june. In the shortterm, we do have that warmup wednesday thursday and friday. Temperatures back into the 70s. Inland to upper 60s around the bay. Dry weather for memorial weekend. Just a few clouds for the holiday. I will have your dog walking forecast for the rest of this evening. New at 6 00, San Francisco just opened more test sites. The first time we checked the site, they were being underutilized. See whether it is out. Santa clara county had warned that using restrictions would lead to new cases and new deaths but now they are going to open by the end of the week. Why the sudden shift strategy. And one of the bay areas favorite bakery is known for their cookies and sandwiches has now closed all its stores. Still ahead, hopes of a dream the pandemic has put a stop to a lot of everyday activities, but it has also ruined many couples plans were a dream wedding. Kpix 5 is john ramoseadapting. Reporter what is a wedding really but gathering a group of loved ones together to celebrate the beginning of a new life together . Who would have ever thought that one day that would be illegal. Like the science of, avoiding gatherings is a good way to fight disease, but its a lousy way to start a marriage. Jennifer mack trout and mike watson of napa are planning a wedding for june 13 until covid 19 crashed the party. My biggest thing is i want to be able to hug my guests, enjoy the day, not worry about wearing a mask. Reporter they decided to wait until june 2021. Its a decision a lot of couples are making according to wedding planner morella miga. Are they going to have a limit of 50 guests . How are they going to celebrate . Dancing, how are they going to do that six feet apart . Its all these Little Things that everyone is trying to figure out. Reporter one big thing is the Wedding Dress. Brides spend thousands of dollars for gowns in concord and they are normally all custom fitted but with of the lockdown, manager sarah stokes says the store has been shipping dresses back and forth between customer and seamstress until it finally fits correctly. Are there people who will buy a Wedding Dress like this . Everybody has hope right now. People do still have hope to plan their big wedding for july and august. The brides have hope. Reporter with love, hope springs eternal, but not for jennifer and mike. They will have their big dream wedding next year after a quiet civil ceremony sometime next month. Its going down to us and the officiant may be on zoom. Our parents if we give them the link. Yeah, i guess so. When we give them the link. Reporter in napa, john ramose, kpix 5. Where theres a will, theres a way. The wedding planner says assuming things settle down, its really going to get crazy next year. Two years worth of couples are trying to get married at the same time. Thats it for the news at 5 00, kpix news at 6 00 begins right now. Now at 6 00, one bay area held strong on strict stayat home order restrictions until today. What made Santa Clara CountyHealth Officials change their minds . Im Juliette Goodrich in burlingame. Its phase two, but that doesnt mean you can walk on inside. Its Curbside Pickup only. So how is that doing for the Business Owner . How are they going to