a great-grandmother took home a diploma from uc berkeley. 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. him >>> high school seniors in south korea are headed back to class. the government decided to reopen schools to allow seniors to prepare for college exams. students at lower grades will gradually resume classes starting may 27. here at home students in alameda getting six extra days of vacation. the last day of school will be may 29th instead of june 8th. the unified school district voted to end the academic year early. it would be better spent looking to spend time looking for improvements for fall. >>> virtual graduations are funded for more than 1000 high school seniors. the supervisor wants to spend $103 thousand and cover caps and gowns and cover the seniors in the jefferson high school district. the superintendent does not want covid-19 to rob the seniors of this once-in-a- lifetime milestone. >>> uc berkeley's cla

uc berkeley coming at a cost. the tenants caught in the middle who could lose their place to live. >>> bart is preparing for the return of its riders. with more people going back to work, bart wants to put anxiety to rest. at evening. i'm alan martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. we have more on the transit agency's plan to manage social distancing across the area. >> reporter: for some perspective, on a normal day before this started, bart would carry 4000 people every day. the numbers have started to climb. ridership now is up to about 30,000 people. still a fraction of where they used to be. it makes bart start thinking about something. how will they manage increased crowds when they come? >> starting next week, every train car in bart will be thoroughly sanitized every night. >> armed with a new set of sterilizing guns, the general manager said the agency is stepping up cleaning game in anticipation of more passengers and the passengers should plan on wearing a mask. >> bart police come as you enter the system, just

>>when the current academic year and students in the berkeley unified school district much like others across the bay area and around the country will likely have to adapt to some form of distance learning and that cannot be done without surprise servings many things out there and the stars anymore. i think this can help. study and everything like that for going on 3 weeks now more than 600 berkeley public schools, fun volunteers have been handing out 2500 bags of school supplies to students in the berkeley unified school district office parking lot of fun into packets available only the families movement in touch with the district about their struggles to make ends meet during the pandemic making sure that kids are able to get in front of a computer. and and work with their teacher. you're part of learning even other non it's called a distribution site is open 3 days a week, although the supply bags are marked for specific people the volunteers are also passing quote next out to any district family, including educators who need one to get by it's imp%rtant so that we can stay connecte

more on this, were joined by professor of economics and law at uc berkeley. investor it's good to have you on here, the state of california is spending a lot more money right now in the middle of this health crisis under the same time, given employment where it is right now. the status sinking in less money in terms of tax revenue, are you surprised at all given all of that that we are facing this massive budget hole? >> no, i'm not. if you told me these numbers three months ago, i would've been stunned and told you this couldn't possibly be true. but of course, let us change since then. >> so, california had been boosting its rainy day fund for the last several years, is that going to give us any sort of a cushion? >> the rennie five day fund is about $16 billion, which is wonderful and normal time. would help us quite a bit. and i think initially, the governor thought that when this crisis restarted that it would help. -- it's just turned out to be much, much worse than we were originally thinking. this is -- the unemployment rate is probably in the vicinit

>>joining 100 tumbler your free bags of school supplies pass along to families in the berkeley unified school district parking lot, a gesture students and guardians say is a big help will help me a lot even if we could buy anything all the stores are wiped out you're wiped out. everybody's home schooled. both governor gavin newsome suggested this week that schools could reopen for the new academic year sometime in the summer executive director of the berkeley public schools fund erin rhoads says her organization is operating as if distance-learning will be the norm for the foreseeable future we are in our 3rd week of handing out supplies garden at the public school spine has teamed up with the school district to identify families who could benefit the most from free supplies and inviting those who have been contacted to the drive-thru distribution lot to pick them up they need is is really a parent right now more than ever a. they get distribution site also providing what's to all district students and even educators in need is more difficult than people could ever imagine. >>we need t

and then the counter culture took over berkeley, then the hippies came in and berkeley transformed into a very liberal enclave that didn't appreciate this guy making fun of the soviet union. what i thought is that this guy was some berkeley person who was anti-america. he was doing these things. turned out he was a member of the military. he was making fun of soviet union and other eastern black countries. so perception is not always correct. i thought because he came from berkeley he had a liberal attitude, but turns out he was very conservative, and he has the story about being run out of town once they turned from conservative to liberal in berkeley. after little more information about the ussr. some original banners and flags. and something you don't see much any more, a map of the soviet union. and the soviet union i want to say went through 11 or 12 time zones. here is one of the last exhibits about the fall of the ber lynn wall and what took place. what took place when the cold war was ending. so we have a picture of gorbachov. president reagan gets all of the credit for ending t

as we told you earlier, uc berkeley students celebrated graduation in a very different way today. they created a video game simulation of their campus. take a look. they did a good job. they created this virtual world called blockly university, a recreation of the berkeley campus, using the popular game mindcraft. the event included speeches from the school's chancellor, tech ceos, and students. and, man, that is creative, and that is well done. >>> speaking of someone who does a job well done every single time, it's rob mayeda. he's enjoying what's left of a very nice weekend. >> yeah, and i liked in mindcraft there or cal berkeley or blockly. they had blue skies, so they had good weather there too virtually. today in the tri-valley, some increasing high clouds and the wind starting to pick up around the bay area. let's take you to san francisco where it's 65 degrees. winds at 16 miles per hour. we'll show you into san jose where you have mostly sunny skies. currently 75 degrees. winds at close to 12 miles per hour. and into walnut creek, 71 degrees. but look at the gusts. up to

the city of berkeley has a new proposal on the table to help its restaurants rebound from the pandemic the proposal would allow outdoor dining in city stir on city streets and in parks and plazas with kron four's taylor's sacking out taking a closer look at how that plan would work. >>well many businesses say it's a good idea in theory but wonder how many restaurants will actually benefit take for instance, these places office san pablo avenue to busy street that's unlikely to be shut down for extra seating. >>the city of berkeley could be a major player in the city's dining scene over the next few city proposal if approved would allow restaurants to use city streets plazas parking lots and parks for customers seeding cities have a lot of public space a lot of people don't realize that 2535% of the land mass of the city can be and its streets and sidewalks. >>and how do we don't have a lot of surface parking lots and parking but some studies do. >>and we want to make sure that we can take some of that street area parks. what's called cartilage which is the area around public buildings.

the mayor of berkeley wants to give them and their patrons some breathing and social distancing room by closing up some streets to cars and opening them to dining. >> i'm thinking about some of our restaurants which have small dining areas under the guidance from the state, they're going to have to probably illiminate half of their tables and chairs and that is income to restaurants and income they need to cover payroll and to be able to pay their rent. >> reporter: the plan is to close some streets like center and north shattuck to traffic, the mayor says it's a natural extension of the slow streets program cities like oakland are already implementing. >> we've had a lot of interest in berkeley to close streets for people to be able to ride their bikes and be able to walk and get some exercise. i see this as an extension of that and not just sort of closing streets and purpose in streets for physical distancing but also for economic development. >> reporter: diners worried about the favorite spots are ready to give the experiment to try. >> many of them are going to have difficulty

>>things will explode john swartzberg is an infectious disease professor at u c berkeley. well, he says there are several scenarios of what could happen seen a fall surge of coronavirus cases in october is very likely. >>is the economy opens up restrictions loosen and students return to school worst case is that we're going to see what happened in the region intervention richie. >>it is we're going to see a problem with a server in order to get complacent school starts it explodes and really talk to him or that's if there's still no vaccine and people continue to ignore social distancing mornings. it's something we saw over the holiday weekend more so in places with looser restrictions like alabama and missouri that they had been told. >>it's been told many times it's because they haven't had good leadership. and because pretty they're being selfish swartzberg says what happens this fall is less about the virus in more about how we behave how well we respond to the starters. will the country responds as a whole. good the direction is from the leadership in this country. al

and use that space to help our business is called the berkeley safe open air dining berkeley's vice mayor along with the mayor. >>have drafted up a proposal for the city manager to look into as the east bay community entertains ways to help small businesses. >>that have taken a huge hit during this shelter in place. >>there are very few silver linings and what we're calling for right now. we know there's terrible suffering obvious some people are sick with talent he's in the bay area. but also the economic suffering that people are going through renters who can't pay their rent and you can't pay their mortgages and certainly that the stress of this is based on our business is not just retail, but all businesses. >>the vice mayor says an open mind set and creative thought process may be the best approach to help small businesses try and rebuild. >>yeah we got this roe of what we have to fight and not fall in the face of this crisis the public sector has a very important role to play in the recovery. >>the vice mayor says that the goal is that this proposal will eliminate any kind of financ

of berkeley has its own public health department so it can set its own rules. when it's time to reopen restaurants, the mayor wants to make sure there's enough room so the restaurants can stay open and have the table turnover they are used to and that there's also enough room for social distancing, that means tables on sidewalks, streets, even parks. on berkeley center street, postage stamp sized restaurants are shafts of shoulder to shoulder and currently have no sitdown customers. the mayor of berkeley wants to give them and their patrons some breathing and social distancing room by closing up some streets to cars and opening them to dining. >> i'm thinking about some of our restaurants which have small dining areas under the guidance from the state, they're going to have to probably illiminate half of their tables and chairs and that is income to restaurants and income they need to cover payroll and

in recent weeks students in berkeley have been catching a little bit of a break. our forcefully to call explains. >>when the current academic year and students in the berkeley unified school district much like others across the bay area and around the country will likely have to adapt to some form of distance learning and that cannot be done without surprise servings many things out there in the stars i think this can help. study and everything like that for going on 3 weeks now more than 600 berkeley public schools, fun volunteers have been handing out 2500 bags of school supplies to students in the berkeley unified school district office parking lot of fun into packets available only to families move winning touch with the district about their struggles to make ends meet during the pandemic making sure that kids are able to get in front of the computer. a teacher and be a part of learning even other non it's called a distribution site is open 3 days a week, although the supply bags are marked for specific people the volunteers are also passing out to any distric

. >> berkeley retailers also back in business for curbside pickup. berkeley musical instrument exchange has been open for 45e t g out ofusines andopes that some foot traffic will pick up steam. >> it feels like i'm waking up out of a coma. does that make sense? i mean, it feels like it's the real world again. feels like kind of a dream before and this is getting back to real life. >> pe ando squ ie markent is welcog customers back for the first time in two months. just like the rest of the bay area, it's curbside pickup only, although the market itself is still closed to the public. ten of the small businesses inside have come back. people order online and pick up in person in a carefully managed setting. >> it's nice to know that they're still open because this is one of the places i like to come for lunch. >> it's just a little different nowadays, we just got to keep positive, that's all. >>> all right a live look at san francisco. and who doesn't want to look at that? health officials watching several key indicators tonight with the city now in ph

kim's apartment was on berkeley's city property, these units couldn't be destroyed. city law requires rent controlled units be preserved and tenants be allowed to stay. but on campus, that law doesn't apply. >> i would ask the university to move slowly and consider the loss of the units as something that would be a tragedy for the city. >> city council member kate harrison is looking for a last minute solution asking the berk hi community land trust to consider stepping in to purchase the building so the city doesn't risk permanently losing 12 affordable apartments. >> i understand you see offers relocation benefits to the tenants. that only helps in the short- term. we're worried about the long- term maintenance of affordable housing and rent controlled units. >> there's no timeline in place for when the purchase will be finalized. if they move now, they forfeit rights to relocation from the university that could be substantial. for kim, it's added ambiguity in the most uncertain of times. >> it's like the one thing that feels stable now. given everything, the econo

some of the economy kron four's reyna harvey is live in berkeley. do you have to have a symptoms to get these tests are they for anybody. >>daria you hit the key word on the hit their symptoms you have to have symptoms in order to calm down and received one of those free tests like you just mentioned you might remember the city of berkeley originally was focusing on the community's most vulnerable populations, an essential workers but now with i was trying to gather that data to reopen california go into phase 2 on friday. now they want everybody to come down to get tested, but again you must have symptoms so if you forgot what those symptoms are we have a list of them for you. they are fever chills repeated shaking muscle pains and headaches, sore throat and newly on that list that loss of smell if you already have a health care provider, the city would like you to first call that provider to get tested them any follow-up appointments will be through them so it's best to start there, but if you don't have the medical provider and have the symptoms

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. >> in this you write orange brick that marks the grandiosity of uc berkeley's campus, tenants inside of the 111-year-old building of fighting to keep their heads above water. >> i think theo, myself and all the neighbors were in utter shock . >> on aprinf ty mit havetove which would givg - controlled apartment that goes for less than $1000 per month . >> it's callous, i really couldn't believe it . >> it's distressing. i can't think of a more inappropriate time to do a pre-eviction notice during a pandemic, you don't know where you're going to be moving and we worked very hard in love our jobs but were not sure for going to have jobs in a few weeks . >> we haven't yet completed the purchase and if we do we haven't yet decided what will happen to the building . >> a spokesperson for uc berkeley says the letter was only sent out at this time because they were legally wired to notify tenants of potential for displacement. the letter specifically states that this is not a notice to vacate and tenants will not be asked to move until after shelter in place has been lifted . >> one of the t

a ball. [ laughter ] both berkeley, keep an eye on him. he's going to basically remain dry while coming up, getting the ball, that is one really smart dog. >> and the like this. this is columbus of new jacket, artie pinero and his dog grizzly putting it quite the defenseman's mode right there [ laughter ]. can't get hockey, the closest thing to it. and how about this dog, some hops. his name is smuckers [ laughter ]. >> that is incredible. >> good stuff. there you have it from the pop room tonight. of the sporting life and what you guys up to? >> i want to see shaft and super fly up on that wall. will they make the wall? >> eventually. i've got curtis mayfield coming your way, for sure. >> sounds good, thanks for joining us. good night! honey, i thought you were gonna take out the garbage. i am. [ game continues ] phil. yes, getting it. i was -- i was gonna get it. dylan. hey, mrs. dunphy. um, i'm just waiting for haley. did you ring the bell? i texted. she said she'd be down in just a minute. oh, great. tell her i said hi. i will. dylan!

that is according to a new analysis by berkeley side. the analysis found that since the beginning of the outbreak, the city and county of san francisco has conducted about 5600 tests per 100,000 people. according to the analysis, that is the most testing on a per capita basis in the bay area. jack on the other end of the spectrum is the city of berkeley which has completed just under 1800 covid-19 tests per 100,000 residents. >>> after months of state declines, air traffic is taking off again. what it means for the start of the summer travel season. >> it is about empowering low income, underrepresented students and first-generation students. >> a groundbreaking decision by the uc berkeley system to drop standardized testing requirements. the criteria that will now weigh more heavily and its college application process. >> speaking of all of these academic matters, let's say congrats to more bay area grads. michaela middleton is graduating from college of alameda and will be transferring to oregon state university where she plans to majo

so that things will explode john swartzberg is an infectious disease professor at u c berkeley. >>well, he says there are several scenarios of what could happen seen a fall surge of coronavirus cases in october is very likely. >>as the economy opens up restrictions loosen and students return to school worst case is that we're going to see what happened in the region intervention richie. >>it is we're going to see a problem with a server in order to get complacent school starts here. it explodes and really talk to him or that's if there's still no vaccine and people continue to ignore social distancing mornings. it's something we saw over the holiday weekend more so in places with looser restrictions like alabama and missouri that they had been told. >>it's been told many it's because they haven't had good leadership. and because frankly they're being selfish swartzberg says what happens this fall is less about the virus in more about how we behave how well we respond to this for us. her will the country responds as a whole. good the direction is from the leadership in this count

so yeah, there are some differences and will take up for sure your view from berkeley shows a nice low overhead skies are clear and we are looking at yet another day with heat advisories and peach and of course those excessive heat warnings in pink force or sullivan county neighbors, where you're not seeing them is along the coastline which is going to see the biggest difference in temperatures today compared to yesterday, waking up on track or you do see a couple of touches the low clouds right along the side of that cool sea breeze that's going to be sweeping on into the golden gate today that's going to be helping areas like berkeley oakland and san francisco out temperature wise. well further inland not a whole lot of difference, san jose you're at 68 right now it's forget 73, so it's a mild start to the morning cool enough to open the window up of that cooler air in even though last night was a hot starts the evening for sure. temperatures later on today still triple digits for any not very close to 100 degrees for concord in livermore also and 90's remained at san jose santa rosa

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then the counterculture took over berkeley, the peace movement came in, the hippies came in, and berkeley transformed into a very liberal enclave, which didn't appreciate this guy making fun of the soviet union. i thought my first found these posters is that this guy was some berkeley person who is anti-america, who is doing these things. after talking to him it turns out he was a member of the military, he was in the navy, he was a staunch conservative, and he was making fun of soviet union's and other countries. i thought because he came from berkeley, he had a liberal attitude. turns out he was very conservative and had this story about how he was run out of town once they turned from conservative to liberal. more information on lenin and stalin. original banners and flags. something you don't see much anymore, a map of the soviet union. the soviet union i want to say went through 11 or 12 time zones. this is one of the last exhibits about the fall of the berlin wall and the collapse of the soviet union, what took place in 1989 and 1991 when the cold war was ending. we have a picture o

>>santa clara contra costa counties along with the city of berkeley. sonoma county will be following the state's model and open retail stores for curbside pickup and delivery solano and napa counties also say that they're going to do the same thing. and one of those cities that will not begin reopening businesses today is oakland and joining us now to talk about that and other steps that she's doing to help try and keep the city safe is oakland mayor libby schaff american morning. >>good morning. >>well, the governor is loosening some of the restrictions that tell us about the thought process behind the city and county choosing not to take that step just yet. >>well the governor also was clear that if counties didn't want to be more cautious he supported that and the bay area has been well-served that we were the very first region in the country to impose shelter in place and that's why our rate of infection and death is lower than the california average and certainly that other states like new york and new jersey and so i say you know what my mom told

oakland san leandro in berkeley easing off the heat a little bit but still very much so on the warm side. pittsburgh fairfield vacaville and antioch triple digit heat remains in these areas, snow been very close at 98. and santa rosa packing up your record high yesterday 97 down to 93 today that was low pressure area you see at the bottom of the screen. that's was eventually going to be making its way on over the bay area come the weekend ahead of us resulting in a slight chance of showers on saturday as well as just helping to weaken this high-pressure ridge pushed out of the region, this is going to result in a big change of pace as far as weather goes for the bay from triple digit heat for inland areas to the 70's starting on saturday lasting into next week. there's a slight chance of rainfall on saturday so talk about a change of pace from the middle of summer agenda whether to back to its spring like she'll just around the corner i think we will all be very much so welcoming those 70's as they return. back to you in the studio. >>in the buzz, the sharks were in danger of being iced

curbside pickup while berkeley maintains maintains its own rules for lynn with the pandemic . that's it for the news at 5:00, the news at 6:00 begins right now. >>> some businesses can reopen with limitations, but will customers come? the lessons from some retail stores that opened last week. >> i'm juliet goodrich, tesla workers are back on the job, today they were greeted by a number of supporters who say they want all businesses to be reopened. we will hear from them, coming up. >> more than 100 trailers in san jose sat empty for nearly two months, why? and why did city officials not move them people into them sooner? >> and after nearly two months of shelter in place, one by one, local counties are loosening restrictions on some businesses. good evening, i am alan bartman . in san francisco and san francisco will begin limited reopening this monday may 18th. san mateo county will go even further, allowing some nonessential businesses to reopen. santa clara counties keeping permanent instructions in place through this month. let's go to kenny choi, some stores have been ope

>>asking ceo jeff bezos to do about it and preparing for more virtual education, how berkeley unified school mrs. walker. michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about you, your company. well, i wouldn't have done any of it without you. without this place. this is for you. michael, you didn't have to... and, we're going to need some help with the rest. you've worked so hard to achieve so much. perhaps it's time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. has been tough for families, especially with parents out of work, struggling to buy supplies and recent weeks though students at berkeley. >>have been catching a break. our first political explained. >>joining 100 tumbler right here 3 bags of school supplies pass along to families in the berkeley unified school district parking lot, the gesture students and guardians say is a big help will help me a lot even if we could buy anything all the stores are wiped out your wife out everybody's home schooled. governor gavin newsome suggested this week t

parents that we have this is where you can see the fog from the purples going on in the shot from u c berkeley coming in this morning. and we start to clear that out to probably will start to work on clearing as we go forward upper 50's going on in those inland spots now 60 for livermore 58 san jose 57 redwood city and 15 in santa rosa. the breakdown or rather the comparison sake of what we have for today about a half a dozen degrees behind where they were this time yesterday little cooler off of the delta though it looks like down to 12 degrees behind for fairfield 9 behind for concord we still have our weather alert. that's in place here until 7 this evening solano county has the heat warning. we have inland highs in the 90 so the coast in the lower 70's and heat exhaustion still possible to keep the water flowing looking for 77 by 10:00am by 1 o'clock reaching about 90 and we can say goodbye to those as we get into friday to with the surprise for us into the weekend might get some rain showers as well more on that coming up in a bit back to you. >>all right, dave, thanks love the start with

posters against the soviet union and he would sell them in the book and record stores in berkeley. then the counter culture took over berkeley, the peace movement came in, the hippies came in, and berliny transformed into a very liberal enclave and didn't appreciate this guy making fun of the soviet union. and when i first found these posters i thought oh, this guy was a berkeley person who was anti-america doing these things. after talking to him it turned out he was in the military, in the navy, a staunch conservative and he was making fun of soviet union and other countries. so perception is not always correct. i thought because he came from berkeley he was liberal, but turned out he was very, very conservative and he had a story how he was run out of town once he turned from conservative to liberal in berkeley. more information on len inand stalin and banners and flags and something you decent much any more, a map of the soviet union. the soviet union i want to say went through 11 or 12 time zones. here is one of the last exhibits about the fall of the berlin wall and the colla

wepost a tothe kp.com >>> berkeley's islamic community is proving we are better together, the berkeley mayor joined the mto school hosting a drive and they also commemorated memorial day along with meals and 400 bags of groceries and facemasks were handed out to students and their families. >> with the current pandemic and all the turbulence in the world and lots of people losing their jobs and everybody struggling to make ends meet, we figured there wouldn't be a better place for us to be ma and show our appreciation to the ♪ here's what we want everyone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. >>> the world health organization is suspending a trial of a drug that president trump that he was taking to block the coronavirus. the w.h.o. is concerned about

. >>> the mayor of berkeley is pushing a new plan to bring dining customers back to restaurants. we go live to bring you more. >> reporter: it would include moving diners out onto sidewalks, streets, and even parks. the city council will vote on the proposal on june 2. when restaurants can fully reopen, will they be able to survive with capacity slash and have to streets. >> this is essential to be able to reopen our economy and ensure that we can have maximum physical distancing for people to enjoy our amazing restaurants. >> reporter: the plan would close streets like north shattuck and center and allow diners to eat on empty streets but >> we've had a lot of interest in berkeley to close streets for people to be able to ride their bikes and to be able to walk and get some exercise. i see this as an extension of that, not just closing streets for physical distancing, and also for economic development. >> reporter: diners seem ready to start making their own meals and give a new way of eating, literally out, a try. >> i think it's a great idea. >> as long as there is adequate so

in san francisco, oakland and berkeley with the ability to pay rent impacted by covid-19. i'm looking at the average cost of rent and the minimum monthly unemployment benefits including $600 a month from the cares act and the cost would eat up 82% of those a minimum unemployment benefits. in the south bay there are about hundred 25,000 households impacted and based on the same formula, it will take around 93% of the benefits. >> this was the scene and san francisco. dozens of activists staged a die and that was about homelessness during the covid- 19 crisis. >> will people who are living in streets or shelters, this is an opportunity to house them and there are people that are willing to make it happen. >> your administration is moving some homeless to hotels and secured rvs but it is a work in progress. >>> california is rolling out a new portal to help parents find childcare facilities. this site is allowing parents enter their zip code and see available childcare facilities in their area. it is called mychildcare.ca.gov . they have current availability and licensing inf

. >>> next month the berkeley city council will consider a plan to reopen restaurants by encouraging outdoor dining. berkeley's mayor, and vice mayor introduced the legislation which is similar to the alfresco proposals in san jose and san mateo. berkeley would close off certain streets, sidewalks, parking lots to accommodate some of the city 350 restaurants and cafes. >>> >> longtime healthcare professionals are getting some on-the-job training. doctors say putting a ventilator tube down a patient's throat, it is one of the most dangerous procedures that there is. and in some areas critical care workers who are trained to insert the tubes have been working long grueling hours for months now. if they get sick, or they need time off, general physicians, or family doctors may get called in. now some hospitals are quickly training hundreds of healthcare workers. >> it's about 15 years since i've done in intubation. so yes i've done it but it's not something i would feel comfortable doing right now off the bat. now that i've intubated the dummy probably 100 times in the past month. i fee

the plan goes before berkeley's city council on june 2nd. san francisco and san jose are moving forward with similar proposals. >>> the way we work will undoubtedly never be the same. 40% of workers in the u.s. are doing their jobs at home and using different tools to stay connected. the changing workplace is one of the four areas that abc7 is focused on as part of our effort to build a better bay area. dion lim gives us a glimpse to the high-tech way we might work in the future. >> can you show me around? >> reporter: what you're watching is almost like a s,ci-i movie. spatial. >> i can circle what i like and x out what i don't like. >> reporter: taked the average two dimensional zoom meeting to a whole new level where social distancing doesn't matter. >> i can put my arm on a co-worker. >> reporter: and frankly so realistic, it's blowing my mind. >> this really creates a life-like experience. i feel like i'm at a party. >> reporter: it was born out of necessity three and a half years ago. >> we were a team spread out between san francisco

diseaspert at uc berkeley. he says policy makers and public health officials are pushing for the right balance as reopening escalates. >> it's getting people back to work. the downside of this is it's going to put more people at risk for getting infected. it's a very delicate balance and i hope we get it right everywhere. >> joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> alameda county is giving some businesses the green light to reopen. today retail and manufacturing including this children's shoe store were able to open with physical distance policies in place. kpix 5's betty yu spoke to business owners anxious to see if any customers would actually show up. >> many didn't know what to expect on this first day of reopening. foot traffic was pretty light across san franciscot down. >> reporter: it was off to a snow start for retailers can now offer curbside pickup. donna o'leary owns ambience, a clothing and accessory store with three locations in the city. >> it's not really great for our kind of business. it's okay but since peop

2709th street in berkeley. >>and now to tonight's kron 4 hero a 13 year-old in the south bay who is raising awareness about social distancing with the mine kraft video game but it's nothing like the classic mine craft he's programmed it to teach others how to code want to show you benjamin lee of cupertino 2 years ago, he developed is minecraft platform as a way to introduce other young people his age to coating. yes since been teaching other kids how to program at whiz kids computer center in san jose on may 30th will host a free online coding event. it's called the mine craft molding social distancing. being rather modinger modding modding i just got corrected in my air modding this is happening from 10:00am to noon. participants will have the opportunity to learn how to program using the mine trapped again. >>now wonderful thank you to him and you can also spotlights somebody making a difference in your community go to kron 4 dot com and find kron 4 heroes under news once you're there you have to do is fill

and up to the north we're looking at 91 for waller creek 93 concord 72 for berkeley 74 going on for richmond and the legal at 72, still got those 90's going on up there solano county that's why there's the heat warning going on even though these numbers are in the 90's back about 96 by the way 86 for napa 89 going on for sonoma and 89 also santa rosa with 80 setting down south 67 still point re but a little cooler for stenson beach. so here's the drop in temperatures were celebrating at first on friday to 86. then comes chances of not only showers and maybe some thunder showers for saturday, drying out a little bit on sunday. there is a chance maybe some sprinkles working here monday too. but basically 70's inland about that and gradually recover to some 80's as we get into tuesday and wednesday of next week robin what's going on with the bay area bridges and roadways, it's picking up, but it's not bad haven't found any hot spots or trouble spots heading into san francisco. >>this morning so come on in it's wide open across upper deck to downtown. let's get some more bridges we are checking

wineries they've been forced to find new ways to reach customers during the pandemic what a berkeley winery is doing this week it and how the 49 ers are giving back to the community this giving tuesday. and when we come back the 2020 commencement speakers expected to make california wineries have been forced to find new ways to reach customers during the pandemic and a berkeley winery is offering drive-thru service this weekend. >>the owner told kron four's jonathan mccall about the support they're getting and the uncertainty they still face. >>and you should worry. we weren't even sure if we're going to be able to remain local support has been is actually didn't believe the law at the think every one of our customers out and so people ordering wine having a sliver has got us through it. was a challenge by trying to figure out the future like we're unsure winner taser is going to open again is if we could get more kinds and how to do it we sang together a plan a a plan that it's a it's a really big challenge when you're not even a lot of to unite at the series is doing. >>the pop-up

the first known cases at the berkeley senior facility there. at the same time contra costa county prosecutors are stilling an orinda nursing home where at least four people have died. at least 50 other people at the orinda care center have been infected. it's not clear if charges will be filed there. the number of icu cases in the bay area related to covid-19 dropping. as of wednesday there were over 104 cases, the lowest since april 1st. there are now more than 11,000 total infections in the bay area. 416 people have died. >>> today and tomorrow a free testing clinic for anyone who needs it in east palo alto at the ymca on bell street until 4:00 p.m. each day. drive-up and walk-up testing is available. >>> activists plan to protest four-wheel style for people just trying to make it in the bay. a group advocating withholding rent wants to send a message to congress, cancel rent and mortgage payments today and plan to actually caravan through oakland. >>> now something a little bittersweet. the decades old company specialty's cafe and bakery clo

brentwood and mid to upper 70s for the tri-valley, upper 60s in san francisco, 73 in oakland, 72 in berkeley and upper 70s to low 80s for the north bay. let's show you the extended forecast. you can see those temperatures on the rise through the week. in fact, you can see 90s inland as we look to sunday, memorial day and for much of next week. let's check and for look at traffic. >> look at the roadways. fairly quiet with what of good starts. here is the golden gate bridge. traffic is moving with no problems. not a lot of cars on the roadway just yet. north of here, you might find some slight delays as caltrans crews a look at ongoing construction projects. definitely give yourself a couple extra minutes. there is some slight yellow ound side101. taking a look at traffic elsewhere on the peninsula, 101 both directions through san mateo is okay but north of there there is an ongoing roadwork closure just as you approach the 280 split. things are quiet over all. you can use 280 as an alternate but there are no delays on a one-to-one yet. off to a good start through the alatoona pass. things ar

reporting live, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2. >>> uc berkeley fraternity is being criticized for holding an end of your party during the coronavirus pandemic. the party was hosted by one group, and photos on social media showed dozens of people with no social distancing. berkeley's mayor says gatherings like that are dangerous. >> people should not have frat parties or large gatherings. we are not ready to allow large groups of people to congregate, there is still a very real risk of students and people in our community of contracting and spreading covid-19. >> berkeley police say they did respond to a complaint of noise, uc berkeley released a statement that says we encourage all of our students and campus community to adhere to all covid-19 related requirements. the university also said it can hold individuals are fraternities liable for but liable for violating these cuts. >>> a new tool being launched of fight racism amid the coronavirus pandemic. ktvu's amber lee shows how it will help people across california. >> this video was created by russell jones, chair of asian american stud

>>she'll be attending cal berkeley in the fall. congratulations to you and to the rest of your classmates. how fantastic a level of the live hearing where where people are going with their plans are after high school which is what we're doing we're saying ad or maybe a grads parents and you're proud just to ah go to kron 4 you can. >>post their pick. and what high school they graduated from and what their plans are we're we're getting so many entries with so many great pictures of all of the graduates and just stories of what kids are doing and i know it's not the usual way that you would have a graduation but this is our own little yearbook it gives everybody a little light at the end of the tunnel. >>that there is a future after all of the shelter in place and people we'll continue to move on so work saluting the grads also saluting kron 4 heroes we do that. i'm honoring people doing good and the community and this morning. >>we want to have these shot in the spotlight shine on the students from garnett academy of medical arts in

. >>> >> uc berkeley fraternity is criticized for holding an end of your party photos that were posted on social media showed dozens of students at a party with almost no one practicing social distancing. the mayor of berkeley says gatherings like that, are dangerous. >> people should not have frat parties or have large gatherings. that we are not ready to allow large groups of people to congregate. that there is a very real risk of students and people in our community of contracting and spreading covid-19. >> they did respond to a noise complaint. uc berkeley released a statement saying in part, we encourage all of our students and campus community to adhere to all covid-19 related requirements. university officials also say they can hold many individuals liable for violating student conduct codes. >>> >> we want to check back in with his steve paulson for a little look at the forecast, and the rain moved through. but you said we are not completely done with the rain? >> mostly done. one more day here today. then we will be done. maybe until early june. there was a little hint there.

. >>> well, berkeley city leaders say they have a plan to reopen restaurants safely and the plan will repurpose open spaces like parking lots and wide sidewalks and convert them into dining space, the goal is to thin out the number of customers inside restaurants while making sure people outside can enjoy a meal at a safe distance. >> it is absolutely important for us to do everything we can to ensure that our commercial districts are vital and vibrant and come back alive as quickly as possible. >> the proposal is set to be voted on at the june 2nd, berkeley city council meeting. san jose, san mateo, also considering similar ideas. >>> coming up, a disturbing case of child endangerment. children found alive, in a wooden box, in the back of a pick-up truck. how deputies found and rescued them. >>> plus, saving local businesses from going under. the virtual shopping mall a town created for the downtown shop. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. tracking a brief window of sunshine. before a storm hits on sunday. i will tell you about the atmospheric river tie into this, coming up in

i want to hear her since and in classes and just being fabulous. >> go to berkeley. go to berkeley. we'll be close and we'll follow you around. done. >> i'm glad we made that choice for her. >> me, too. >> that is definitely a reality show i would watch. the interaction there. the fact that she's going in as a junior and her parents aren't paying anyway because i'm sure she has a scholarship put but think of the money they'd be saving, also. congratulations to her and her family. let's look at what is going on with our roof camera and the thin veil of high clouds out there and 53 in the city and sunny with building warmth today. the good news, it will be comfortable just about everywhere during the nighttime hours and highway 4, antioch, brentwood, discovery bay and out towards tracy and you're warmer than everybody else at night and then we have a cooling trend that begins saturday and drop nearly 20 to 25 degrees by next tuesday. here's a look at the fog forecast and what's the point? there isn't one other than the fact that it's not there. that is the point. that means we're goin

take a look at your screen you can see the counties in the city of berkeley that are not participating in this easement in this next phase of reopening california. but mayor london breed id say on twitter yesterday she said that as long as we continue to see progress with the shelter in place. she anticipates that they'll be allowing businesses to resume operations with store front pick up as soon as may 18 so good news for store owners. she specifically said retailers like bookstores florist music stores would be first to reopen for pickup. only so that would potentially happen in about 18 days from now but stores will already be doing that in other counties state way statewide starting today as we just heard as a part of phase 2 of reopening california. but mayor breed says the bay area's still in the thick of the pandemic and is not ready. for that step. bay area health officers did not allow curbside pickup for non outdoor and nonessential businesses in the current health order which lasts until may 31st. we did talk with a store owner in san francisco who tells us it's a disappoin

uc berkeley has a plan involving a mix of online and in person classes. the chancellor says she expects tuition fees to remain. g ition refunds because students indeed have access to classes in which they are enrolled. they get full credit for that. >> students understand they will get a break on their tuition but one student is disappointed. he is here in the u.s. because he wants the full college experience. >> if it is a mix, it is likely i will withdraw for semester. i don't want to pay a premium price. it is the opportunities and the friends that you make, not just simply learning material. student housing will become an issue. there will be a plan for social distancing and develop a track and trace plan for covid-19 cases as they arise. >>> fremont police are looking for a suspect in a home invasion robbery. it happened on laurel canyon court yesterday morning. police say two men armed with guns and wearing masks entered the home through the side garage door. the suspects confronted the homeowner in the master bedroom. they forced the victim to lay