david louie is is doi in this regard. david? >> dan, interesting story here. you know wipes, sprays, fogging, there are many options to sanitize or disinfect surfaces but it can be a never-ending process that has to be repeated often, and then, maybe not. >> we're looking at the mexican red grouper. >> every day fresh shipments of fish alive at the wharf. >> halibut, salmon and yellow tail. >> reporter: the pandemic emplo. mike willing was worried for the health and safety of his team as virus infections rose but this put his mind at ease. a system that helps kill pathogens that can contaminate food and make workers ill. >> it's very important because, you know, as far as food safety, all it takes is one time for somebody to get sick and your reputation is done. >> reporter: the system disperses billions of molecules into the air, sanitizing every surface, keeping food processing facilities, even schools and hospitals antiseptic is difficult. >> contaminants come in with people, products and processes continuously. it's not a matter of just wiping down a surfa

david louie looks at recent changes. >> reporter: the minute we learned shelter in place orders were coming, our shopping habits changed. grocery stores were stripped of goods that aren't part of earthquake preparedness kits. >> i don't think we realized people would buy all of the flour, pasta, toilet paper. those were things we hadn't thought of to put in the earthquake supplies. >> reporter: grocery spending spiked 81% in mid march compared to a year earlier. retail up 33%. hobby and toy sales up 29%. specialty food and beverage up 63%. as lined are intolerable to get into stores, online shopping started. food was clearly a priority. traditional retailers, restaurants left with takeout orders fell victim to that. first four weeks of shelter in place, sales fell about 32%, as unemployment rose, clothing stores dropped 50%. >> we were spending more than half the money online purchases, so because of that, we're more inclined to make that shift away from brick and mortar stores. >> costco said outdoor furniture sales are on the rise with families seeking fresh air and sunshine. disco

we are live, david louie, abc 7 news. >> that is amazing. david, thank you. >>> apple will reopen 100 stores in the united states this week to in-store sales, that includes six stores in california, none here in the bay area. but apple will offer curbside pickup and store front service at local stores. the broadway plaza store in walnut creek is included. google will begin reopening offices starting july 6th but only for a limited number of employees. ceo sundar pichai wrote in a blog post today that returning will be optional for the rest of the year, but those who need to go into work will do so on a rotating basis one day every couple of weeks or so. google will bring back more employees in september until building to reach about 30% of their capacity. >>> we are in an intense heat wave. check out these readings. yes, 187 degrees fahrenheit. sandhya patel joins us with more on today's really scorching weather. sandhya? >> yeah, it's blistering heat, ama and dan. as you take a look at the numbers. these are the records so far. san jose, 97

we're live, david louie abc7 news. >> thank you so much, david. >>> in the east bay, oakland native and former nba star gary payton was busy handing out food. he teamed up with world vision to give the emergency kits to families. today's give away was at greater st. john missionary baptist church on market street where his brother is a pastor. he says his hometown needs his help more than ever. >> trying to help the ones that really need this and really is struggling by this virus and this pandemic because of open california needs this. >> the goal is to give away n10 bags. each one has enough food to last a family of five one week, plus hygiene and educational supplies for children. >>> with curbside pickup beginning this week in the bay area and governor newsom saying the next phase could be weeks away, there is some hope that the retail industry could start to pick up, but the projections really are dire. abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live to give you some perspective on just how bad it really looks at this point, liz. >> hi, dan, how does black friday in july sound? that could happ

let's go live to abc 7 news reporter david louie with more on that. david? >> reporter: it's a big job ahead. you know, blue shield of california created a task force that's getting input from its thousands of employees to consider systemically what needs to be done to ensure everyone's safety. now, it does include whether to screen or restrict visitors and even how to recreate work space. the office is normally filled with 7,000 employees wo s at bl shield of california are eerily quiet. plans are under way for a return to work. >> won't be a flip of a switch. not a chance. a slow to go fast return to work strategy. >> reporter: july 6th is the earliest date although will depend on the work of a task force of ten top executives and input from employees at 22 locations across the state. it meets weekly. blue shield is focused on the health and safety of its wo workforwork source. >> the biggest risk, if we inadvertently have somebody in the workplace who's not known to be infected is, in fact, infected and infects other people. >> reporter: blue shield might

david louie, abc 7 news. >>> of all the impacts from covid-19, no more cheeseburgers? the wendy's fast food chain which made its name with big patties has had to cut back. more from wayne friedman. >> reporter: if wendy could talk she'd not want to be answering this question -- >> where's the beef? >> reporter: at 1 in every 5 wendy's, beef is limited. after covid-19 struck meat processing workers, beef and pork production are down by 25%. and they are feeling that impact at a wendy's in petaluma. do not order a double or triple. >> every sandwich that comes with two meats it's only one meat right now. >> how come? >> there's a beef shortage. >> reporter: beef suppliers are currently facing production challenges said wendy's in a statement this morning. some of our menu items may be temporarily limited at some restaurants. the fast-food chain is working hard to minimize impacts to sometimes skeptical customers. >> i think it's a hoax that way they can double the price of the beef. >> reporter: but there is a flip side to this burger and brief crisis. in santa rosa, son

abc7 news reporter david louie is live with a look at how merchants are reinventing themselves, david, to survive. >> that's right. hi, kristen. small shops were long-time shunned selling online. they considered themselves boutiques or specialty stores with a special niche. along the peninsula, some store owners have figured out what they think is a better way to beat sam a.m. is on at its own game. some restrictions have been eased bringing a little life to places back to broadway burlingame. but closed signs are posted at many others. it has been 53 days of zero sales for nuts for candy. >> so we have to make the change to survive. and it's essential that we all retailers work together to see what's best for our community. >> rather than perish, he has decided to start selling online on a marketplace site called live shop, which is offering delivery in as fast as 20 minutes to compete against giant etailers such as amazon. >> what can we do? but to do it for local shops for the family and friends we know, for the city we care about, for the community we care about. >> patrick pent t

we're live, david louie, abc7 news. >> thank you, david. >>> a nonprofit group in san jose is asking for the community's help to continue offering food and supplies to hundreds of hospitality workers who are unsure when they'll be able to get back to work. chris nguyen has the story. >> at the front of this mile-long line, jorge vargas patiently waits his turn at this drive-through food distribution. >> i don't have the money. it's terrible for me. i live with my mom. my mom is 84 years old. >> this is operated by hunger at home with deep ties to the local hospitality injury. vargas, who got in line four hours before the opening was recently laid off from his job as a server downtown. >> see, if we don't have these people, i don't know what we do. i have food maybe for one week. >> hunger at home is best known for partnering with area convention center, hotel, stadiums, entertainment venue, and tech company cafeterias to distribute surplus food to charitable organizations. but when covid-19 hit, they pivoted to producing and prov e providing food to those in need. >> they just have n

we're live, david louie, abc7 news. >> david, thank you. >>> the governor's revised budget eliminates two key programs for frail seniors living at home. critics call it a stunningly bad move, and they say it could cost some elder californian theirs lives. abc7 news reporter laura anthony has our story. >> one, two, three -- >> as it has been for 40 years, the mt. diablo center remains a lifeline for frail home bound seniors. not only in contra costa county, but from as far away as napa. . there is a human being behind every single number. >> but now thanks to governor gavin newsom's revised budgets, state programs that serve 37,000 seniors in california would be eliminated. >> it's adult day care and multisenior service program. these programs were designed to and are the only clinical community-based health programs that keep frail elders living in their homes instead of in nursing facilities. >> that includes walnut creek's bonnie. >> i would be devastated because they're my second family, and i've been there for six years. i'd be devastated. >> this is a huge part of their life. >>

david louie, "abc7 news." >> david, thank you. >>> a lot of parents will be asking what school will look like when classes resume. tony thurman joined us live at 3:00. >> in some cases, some schools will open where there's instruction every day on campus. at the same time, for those students and parents who request it, there's also a kind of distance learning, online learning taking place every single day. in other cases, we expect that in order to keep class sizes small, some schools may move to a kind of, you know, moving through different sessions. there might be a morning session, and there might be an afternoon session. >> thurman says students and staff will have to maintain physical distancing when schools open, wear a facemask and have their temperatures taken. >>> we're going to devote an hour to education on thursday. tony thurman and the supersben dan -- superintendents will join us. you can join us this thursday at 4:00 p.m. >> ashgs 7 bc 7 is celebrating class of 2020. get your grad featured by going to abc7news.com. we've shown pictures of more than 2,000 deserving graduate

we're live, david louie, abc7 news. >> boy, i'm sure it does, david. one more note about air travel. frontier just became the first u.s. airline to add temperature checks for all passengers and crew on flights. this takes effect on june 1. anyone with a temperature over 100.4 degrees will not be allowed on the plane. starting tomorrow, all passengers on frontier have to wear a face mask. >>> governor newsom says the state needs federal help with its budget shortfall. some bay area cities say they need the state's help with theirs. we'll look at the numbers next and show you what they translate to in terms of lost services. >>> this is a scene last week where a south bay neighborhood threw a frontline workers parade. fast forward, these celebrations are no more. i'm dustin dorsey. why santa clara officials are putting a stop to these parades, coming up next. >>> i'm spencer christian getting ready for another warm to hot day tomorrow. even hotter in some spots. i'll have the >>> a first in alameda county. authority there's today filed price gouging char

abc7 news reporter david louie shows us two examples. he joins us live. hi, david. >> hi, ama. many small businesses think of their employees as family. layoffs lead to a choice between paying rent or buying food. a low interest loan program has made a difference. these are some of the 49 employees at hayward's automatic controls engineering whose jobs were in jeopardy. it would have been a double whammy because her husband had already been laid off. >> they've got mortgages to pay. they've got rent to pay, they've got utility, food to put on the table. and we're a small company. and so these are like all family members to us. >> company owner rob crowder was among the first to apply for a paycheck protection program, or ppp loan. he applied for and was loaned $7,001. that allowed him to resend layoffs. owner kathleen gonzalez and husband credit their lender for assuring them the 1% loan would come through. >> we're here. don't worry. we've got you. it's -- it's going to happen. and because i was out of my mind not knowing, you know, what to expect. payroll f two and a half mon

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david louie, abc7 news. >> so true, david, and it's wonderful to watch those dreams become reality. abc7 has made a commitment to building a better bay area, looking for improvements to the issues that we all face living here. some have gotten worse with the pandemic, like the number of homeless tents on the streets of san francisco. joining us now is abc7 news contributor and chronicle insider phil matier, whose newest column is on this topic. phil, you zeroed in on the hate specifically this time. >> that's right. but it's a problem we've seen around the city, and in part even in the bay area. one of the unfortunate side effects of the coronavirus pandemic was a virtual shutdown of the shelter system in san francisco. it was decided that these big places that housed up to 200 people, the cots were too lows, there was too much interaction. it just wasn't safe. so they shut them down. where were the homeless to go? that was the question. nonprofits banded together. they collected money and they started handing out tents, between 800 and a thousand of them so far. and those tents hav

david louie, abc7 news. >> abc news will have a special report if there is a launch at 12:22, and the big question will come down to the weather. it has to be just perfect, so lisa, my question to you, we all want to know, what's the weather looking like at cape canaveral right now? >> it was looking about 50/50 and now it's looking maybe about 40% as we look at the florida peninsula right now. you can see that there's no storms in the vicinity but around orlando you can see a storm there. we'll take you through the next several hours. cape canaveral here with some showers around, indiana river looking at that thunderstorm by about 11:30. then as we go past the noon hour, there certainly are showers. not only do they need the safe weather in the vicinity but all along the rocket path for sure. that decision being made in less than two hours. so it's looking, eh, a slightly better than the one that was scrubbed, but tomorrow is looking even better if they are going to go for that tomorrow. so, you know, it hash awfully dicey there. you can see again today that the chances of that happe

we're live, david louie, abc7 news. >> oh, that's good. david, thank you so much. >>> you know what we're dreaming about right now? guess. take a wild guess. >> cooler weather. >> answer our prayers. >> well, just a touch of cooling came to locations near the coast today. but it is still hot as blaze in many locations. let me give you a look at what's bringing a little cooling to the coast here. we've got a bit of a sea breeze kicking in there right now. it's going to be even more pronounced tomorrow. so it will get more relief tomorrow and friday. meanwhile, we're looking at a temperature right now of only 65 degrees in pacifica and 65 in san francisco. both locations were warmer than this yesterday. but look at the inland heat. upper 90s right now at livermore, concord. concord is almost 100 degrees. 98 at brentwood. 99 at cloverdale. and it is 101 right now at fairfield. so the heat is just holding on in those inland areas and will likely hold on pretty much tomorrow as well. here is live view looking at san jose. current readings -- ou

abc7 news reporter david louie is live with a look at what's at stake. and david, it is so much. >> that's very true, dan. even big box stores and retail chains are having difficult times. but it's the small family-owned shops that don't have the deep pockets to get them through this difficult time with a lot of lost income. laurel street, the de facto downtown of san carlos is 12 blocks long. collectively there is a lot of anguish and anxiety according to bookshop owner lauren salve vib savidge. >> how many more days can we take? >> restrictions imposed for pandemic safety has caused deep financial disstreak. when the stamp bar and grill had to rely on takeout orders only, at first there was zero business. it celebrates its first anniversary on wednesday. >> it's been very, very financially troubling, and even if we do open, it's going to take a long time for us to recoup from this financial devastation. >> there is no downtown merchants group. so every business owner is struggling alone. >> i walk down laurel street every day to get there. and looking

david louie is live with what's at stake for students and how various companies are adapting. >> david? >> well, ama this is a problem for college students. the number of internships could fall in half as a result of covid- covid-19. some companies unsure how to employ them virtually. >> competition is fierce, ask jake lenry, a sophomore at cal. >> i applied to 40 or 50 places and that wasn't an experience that was unique to me. that's almost all the engineers at cal, most likely. >> he was one of 59,000 who applied at procter & gamble. only 570 were hired. but for the first time ever internships will be virtual. >> there was no playbook in taking on this effort. we just had to adapt and kind of test some different things out to feel confident that we move forward at 110% to be able to deliver it. >> procter & gamble isn't alone. a survey indicates half of all internships will be done virtually because of the coronavirus situation. that means the other half are likely canceled. the largest declines in hiring interns were in travel and tourism. information technology, architecture and c

david louie, abc7 news. >> well, we have some good news for san francisco parents. all summer day camps are on. the announcement was made this morning by mayor london breed. the programs begin on june 15th with some modifications, of course. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez has the details. >> san francisco parents wondering what their kids' summer will look like got some good news today from mayor london breed. >> june 15th. we're going start programing, and we're going to extend the number of kids that we're able ive cas th opete i rec and the city. every program will be modified to meet health requirements. children will be in pods of 12. and instead of the regular one-week session, those same 12 kids will be together for three weeks at a time. this minimizes commingling of children. >> for each pod, each pod requires a minimum of two staff people and staff cannot circulate between pods. so, again, for all you private camp providers out there, hire kids to help you this summer. >> priority will be given to children of parents who are allowed to work under the h

david louie, abc7 news. >> changes. >>> some new developments involving remedesavir tonight, the only medication shown to affect the progress of covid-19. a new study shows doctors may be able to tweet twice as many patients as previously thought with this antiviral drug, which is made by gilead sciences in foster city. researchers found hospitalized patients who received the drug for five days fared about as well as those who received it for ten days. doctors initially thought ten days would be needed, but this finding doubles the estimated supply of the drug. according to researchers. this study is published in the "new england journal of medicine." >>> abc7 news is dedicating more resources to building a better bay area and focussing on the issues you're dealing with during the pandemic. today at 4:00, we held a a virtual town hall on the future of education. we were joined by superintendents from three major bay area school districts and state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond. concrete guidance will be coming soon about how schools will respond in the case of an

david louie is live with what's at stake for students and how various companies are trying to adapt. >> this is not good news for some students. the number of internships could fall in half as a result of covid-19. the reasons vary. competition is fierce to get a summer internship. just ask mike, a sophomore at cal. >> i probably applied between august and november, 40 or 50 places and that wasn't an experience. that was unique to me. that's almost all the engineers at cal most likely. >> he was one of 59,000 who applied at procter & gamble, only 570 were hired. for the first time ever, internships will be virtual. >> there's no playbook in taking on this effort. we had to adapt and test some different things out to feel confident and we'll move forward at 110% to be able to deliver it. >> procter & gamble isn't alone. a survey indicates half of all internships will be done virtually because of the coronavirus situation. but that means the other half are likely cancelled. the largest declines in hiring interns were in travel and tourism, information technology, architecture and civil

david louie joins us now live to look at this legal mind field. david? >> and indeed it is. reopening any business or office from small to large is going to involve new procedures. now some -- some of these questions may seem very deeply personal, but it's all part of making the workplace safe. it might be a simple questionnaire, possibly a temperature check. in this era of privacy concerns, companies are turning to consultants and legal experts to determine what questions they can ask. >> the employer ask ask certain questions that would not necessarily be entitled to ask more than is needed to make the appropriate determination. hillary winedel is a privacy expert at san francisco's trust arc. screening is important to determine an employee and visitors alike have been ill or expose to someone with the coronavirus. it may seem invasive, but the goal is to minimize the risk of spreading infections at work. labor groups have been collaborating with employers on these protocols. >> we want to work with employers and work with health officials to ensure that workplaces are saf

abc7 news reporter david louie joined a class from san jose state on zoom creating mobile apps to solve very important issues. >> student life at san jose state has gone from this normal though reality, online classes, along with many new challenges. >> i can see definitely people are suffering from all these kind of social issues, but i'll never think about oh, i can come up with some solutions there. >> professor lu chen's class divided into teams. >> what's up, guy, i'm jonathan? i'm totally bummed out about this whole quarantine thing. i just lost my job too. >> this is pitch day where the 11 teams showed off their projects. the projects provide insight into what they're struggling with, such as food insecurity. >> hot pockets are delicious and everything. don't get me wrong. but it's getting kind of old. >> this team developed an app that generates recipes of a photo of ingredients on hand. another called strive helps with finances by generating analysis by scanning key words in their tweets. >> your activity level, how busy, your pace of living and taking pleasure in life, likely

we're live, david louie, abc7 news. >> david, thank you. >>> now to a san francisco company that claims it's giving options to people working from home who need a break from their spouse or kids. globe lets you book an apartment or a home by the minute when you need some peace and quiet. tonight there are questions about whether a glove violates health orders. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> globe is advertised as a booking app that lets you find a nearby empty home or apartment when you need peace and quiet. >> everybody is working from home right now. you come to the globe app. you search the inventory that we have in your building or a few blocks away, and you find an empty unit to find a place to get work done. >> founder and ceo manny banfo says guests are charged anywhere from 25 cents to $1.50 a minute. most stay for an average of two hours. during covid-19, he says globe is appealing to roommates, significant others, and parents who can't escape to the office or elsewhere. >> what we have done is provided you that reprieve right in your building. >> san fran

abc7 news reporter david louie looks at what lies ahead. >> construction sites across silicon valley are coming back to life with modifications to restrictions. sky 7 was over the site at nasa ames where google is building a new complex. and over san jose where the site of the old century movie theaters will be transformed ito one million square feet of office space. about 100 out of 150 trace people idled in march are back at work in phase 1 called one santana west. >> there is no more tool sharing. gloves and masks are required on-site. social distancing in the minimum six feet is required. >> even at this stage, design changes are under consideration to make lobbies larger to accommodate social distancing, and to provide dedicated terraces and outdoor space to replace dense conference rooms and small break rooms. also under consideration, smart elevators that stop only at preset floors to minimize people contact. however, this shift of working from home has also prompted a reevaluation of the need for large office complexes. carol gordino is co-moderator of the recovery round tabl

david louie looks at what lies ahead. >> construction sites across silicon valley are coming back t life with modifications to restrictions. sky 7 was over the site atre ise about 100 out of 150 tracepeled santana west. >> there is no more tool sharing. gloves and masks are required on-site. social distancing in the minimum six feet is required. >> even at this stage, design considerations are under way to provide dedicated terraces and outdoor space to replace dense conference rooms and small break rooms. also under consideration, smart elevators that stop only at preset floors to minimize people contact. however, this shift of working from home has also prompted a reevaluation of the need for large office complexes. carol gordino is comoderator of the recovery round table moderated by san jose mayor sam liccardo. >> we are already deep into discussions about whether or not as covid continues and even past covid, whether we need to return to the worker relations we have. >> if there is a surplus of office space, ily lower eost of devel optimistic that there is demand for major office pr

abc7 news reporter david louie looks at how we've all changed. >> the minute we learn shelter in place orders were coming, our shopping habits changed dramatically. we saw grocery stores stripped bare of goods and aren't even part of earthquake preparedness kits. >> i don't think we realized that people would be buying up all the flour, all the pasta, all the toilet paper. those are things that we hadn't thought of necessarily to put in our earthquake supplies. >> grocery spiked 81% in mid-march. retail up 33%. hobbies and toys up 29%. specialty food and benches spiked 63%. as lines grew untolerable to get into stock, amazon fresh saw a spike of 400%. food was clearly a priority. and traditional retailers and retailers left with only takeout orders fell victim to that. over the first four weeks of shelter in place, their sales fell about 32%. as unemployment rose, clothing store sales dropped about 50%. >> we were already spending more than half of our money on online purchases, and so because of that, we're more inclined to make that swift shift away from the brick and mortar stores.

david louie, abc7 news. >> all right. >>> the weekend is almost upon us. some of us have really big plans like going from the living room to the kitchen, maybe taking out the recycling, and then coming back to the living room. who knows, spencer christian, what we're going to do. we'll figure it out. >> hey, spencer. >> well, today was such a beautiful day. if you could, you should have gotten out for just a moment or two. hard to believe that looking at how nice it was today that we've got stormy weather coming our way. but as journey would say, don't stop believing. it's breezy outside. we've got wind speeds around the bay area right now ranging from, oh, 15ut mes ur geanve g ls of sunny sky at the moment. let's take a look at current temperature readings. 64 in san francisco. 70 at oakland. redwood city 73. san jose. 76 in gilroy and lots of blue sky over the san francisco skyline right now. it's 74 up north in santa rosa. mid-70s at petaluma and napa. mid-70s at concord and livermore. and 81 degrees right now at fairfield. and now let's take a look at

david louie with an inside look. >> reporter: united says a majority of its fligrigts s flights arrive and depart half full. passengers with ill be using touchless check-in kiosks starting friday and receive individual hand wipes as they board and more of them in onboard snack bags. sneeze guards will help to protect employees. behind the scenes employees are required to do thermal temperature checks. at the large maintenance base, they've been busy making hand sanitizer. the biggest change is disinfecting the aircraft cabins. it's already done for all international and overnight flights. soon, every aircraft will be electrostatic sprayed before takeoff. >> move from the back to the front of the aircraft and spray or fog the entire aircraft, letting it rest for a minute or so. it's a very effective tool and has immediate effect. >> reporter: tray tables and the galley area also sanitized. united partners with oakland-based clorox and the cleveland clinic to set its own standard for disinfecting the cabin. >> our partnership with clorox and the cleveland clinic sets us apart and hopeful

we're live, david louie, abc7 news. >> david, thank you. and on abc7news.com, we have a breakdown of newsom's reopening timeline and more coronavirus resources. head to abc7news.com slash covid help for job seeker information, testing sites and much more. >>> all right. coming up on abc7 news at 4:00, the bay area clothing chain planning a really aggressive reopening. we'll tell you what they're planning. that's coming up next. >>> the rush is on to find gifts for mom. i'm chris nguyen with that story, coming up. >>> i'm spencer christian. are you ready for a little sizzling summer-like weather? it's coming our way. i'll have the accuweather forecast right now, you need and endless entertainment. xfinity has you covered, with reliably fast speeds, the most in-home wifi coverage, and advanced security included. plus, access all your streaming apps in one place, including peacock. and now you can get up & running quickly with contactless equipment drop off. now that's simple, easy, awesome. get started with xfinity for thirty four ninety nine

abc7 news reporter david louie joins us live to look at this legal minefield. david? >> well, reopening any business or office from small to large is going to involve new procedures. now some may seem deeply personal, but it's all pat of making the workplace safe. it might be a simple questionnaire, possibly a temperature check. in this era of privacy concerns, companies are turning to consultants and legal experts to determine what questions they ask. >> the employer can ask certain questions that would not necessarily be entitled to ask more than is needed to make the appropriate determination. >> hillary winedall says screening is important to determine an employee and visitors alike have been ill or expose to someone with the coronavirus. it may seem invasive, but the goal is to minimize the risk of spreading infects at work. labor groups have been collaborating with employers on these protocos. >> we want to work with employers and work with health officials to ensure that workplaces are safe and part of the way to do that is with appropriate screening. >> health

at sfo, david louie, abc7 news. >>> air travel is one of the eight areas in which we've created an immersive interactive experience online to explore what the future will look like. you can check it out on abc7news.com. >>> coming up next, get ready for the heat. spencer has our seven-day >>> a san francisco restaurant owner has pleaded guilty in federal court and has agreed to cooperate in an ongoing corruption case against the city's former public works director. nick bovis, the owner of lefty o'doul's restaurant pleaded guiltied the to two criminal fraud charges. the hearing was done by videoconference. details about the charges are sealed. bovis and muhammad nuru were originally charged in january for an unsuccessful scheme trying to bribe an sfo airport commissioner for help in obtaining a restaurant concession in 2018. bovis now faces 20 years in prison for each count and a $250,000 fine. >>> all right. let's turn to the weather, because the holiday weekend is about here, and it's going to get close to scorching, spencer? >> i would say even above scorching, ama. it's going to be prett