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There's a lot of broken glass. Most of the time it's broken glass in the floor.
The crime seen across the Bay Area, even during the coronavirus epidemic. Police in the East
Bay are warning about break-ins at popular parks. Thanks for joining us at 10 on this
Saturday night. I'm Ken Wayne.
Tonight, Pam Moore, visitors say they have seen lots of broken glass lining the road
near Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland. As Cron 4's Dan Thorn reports tonight, the increase
in smash-and-grab thefts is following the increase in visitors to the park.
Shattered glass strewn across the road. It's become an increasingly unsettling sight for
park-goers seeking peace outside. Police warn these rows of unattended cars have become
prey for criminals looking to pounce.
Usually I don't see the damaged car, but I do see piles of glass. It's been pretty much
an everyday occurrence.
Jason Chin is talking about these shimmering mounds left from smash-and-grab near Joaquin
Miller Park. A day with his family and dogs is better spent not thinking about it. But
he's found the spike in these crimes a little concerning.
I haven't been a victim yet, so I guess it hasn't hit home. So I don't really think about
it too much, but I am aware.
Being aware is half the battle, says the Oakland Police Department. They've alerted people
about the recent rise in car burglaries as more people visit East Bay parks. Some of
those visitors, like Lorena and her friends, say they haven't fallen victim to thieves
because they never leave valuables behind.
They can take my car if they want, but I don't have nothing in there.
Car break-ins have been common all across the Bay Area, even before the influx of visitors
to local parks. Oakland Police say that criminals don't care about the shelter-in-place orders
and they're increasing patrols to help prevent these types of crimes.
Reporting in Oakland, Dan Thorn, Cron 4 News.
Beaches in the Bay Area are open, but only to people who live nearby. This was a scene
in Pacifica this morning. About a dozen surfers were out in the water last weekend. Officers
say they ordered more than 700 people to leave the beach because they drove in from other
parts of the Bay Area. Some neighbors tell us they support the restrictions on the beaches.
I say keep the people out until we have this lifted as far as getting other people sick,
and a lot of people don't like it because they're getting cabin fever, but stay at home.
That's the best thing you could do right now.
I agree. I think that we should all just try to be patient, and I mean this is a test of
all of our patience and our will to stay home and just think of the people that need us
to stay home and just keep that thought in mind.
Again, you're only allowed to visit beaches that are within five miles of your house,
and once you're there, you're told to practice social distancing at all times and avoid crowds.
Starting on Monday, beachgoers in Pacifica will not be allowed to camp out on the sand
with blankets and coolers. Pacifica Mayor Deidre Martin spoke with our Teresa Estacio
earlier today. She says the restrictions are in place because the city is not yet ready
to welcome back a large group of visitors during this pandemic.
We're really just instructed to use the beach as a tool to recreate, to get some physical
activity. You know, I say to run your kids and really not to kind of hang and loiter
and play a pickup soccer game with the next group of folks because we still really are
trying to keep that physical distance. So like I said, no coolers, no beach chairs,
no umbrellas. Not yet. We really do want people in Pacifica. I've said it before, our environment
is our economy. So we really want people here, but we're not ready yet.
The full interview ran today on Cron On, the 24-hour local news streaming service is free
to download right now so you can stay informed and updated on this health crisis.
The Laod police say they will not be cleaning up homeless encampments during the COVID-19
pandemic. The department posted on its Facebook page saying forcing people to move to other
locations poses an elevated risk in the community. The department says the city, in partnership
with other community organizations, will be launching Project Room Key. The program will
temporarily house homeless people who tested positive for COVID-19 or who are at risk of
becoming infected. Two homeless women are drawing attention to the homeless problem
in San Francisco, especially during this health crisis. They briefly occupied a vacant home
in the city yesterday, prompting a police response and drawing a crowd of supporters.
An activist with Reclaim SF says the women were protesting the lack of action on Proposition
C, which promised housing for people living on the streets. That activist says the vacant
home that the women took over was one of out of 4,000 units that were promised to house
homeless people. An Antioch City official is out of his leadership role because of a
comment he made on social media. Ken Turnage, Jr. suggested that sick, old and homeless
people should be left to meet their quote, natural course in nature, unquote, during
this pandemic. Antioch City Council voted unanimously last night to remove him as chairman
of the city's planning commission. In response to the council's vote, Turnage said if residents
had lost confidence in him, quote, that's their opinion and I can't help that. The
Federal Bureau of Prisons is reporting the coronavirus outbreak has affected only a small
fraction of federal prisons across the country. It says while out of the roughly 2,700 inmates
tested, about 70% of them tested positive, but it notes that number does not reflect
the positive rate across the prison system, which houses 146,000 prisoners in 122 facilities.
San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney is calling for coronavirus test sites in the Tenderloin
District. He tweeted tonight, we have sites along the Embarcadero and south of Market.
I'm advocating for a test site in the Tenderloin and expand criteria. San Francisco has been
testing at under the 10th of our overall capacity. A lot more testing is how we identify people
who need treatment, isolation and start to open up. There's some good news out of the
North Bay. The town of Bolinas tested almost all of its residents for COVID-19 and almost
all of them tested negative. The effort is part of a UCSF study to track how the virus
spreads. Crown Force Gail Ong explains what the results mean and what's next. More than
1,800 residents were tested here in Bolinas and health officials say the infection rate
was so low, presumably the good adherence to social distancing and the nature of the
town. Scientists say the rural setting of Bolinas, the small coastal town in western
Marin County, contributed to a lower rate of COVID-19 infections. The town raised funds
to test all of its residents in April and partnered with UCSF. In a zoom meeting Saturday
morning, UCSF doctors, organizers and a Marin public health officer discussed the test results.
It does mean that you should feel more confident that what you are doing is working to keep
yourself and your community safe and you should feel more comfortable about being safe while
taking those precautions and moving about your community. Officials credit social distancing.
Saturday afternoon, the streets were empty in the downtown area. The small town is known
to be isolated and public health officials say it makes it easier to distance than a
dense urban area. It was very helpful to see an operation like this be so successful.
This is a model that I know that we can now apply to other communities. We spoke to Marin
County public health officer Dr. Matt Willis about what the county is doing to help the
communities that can't practice physical distancing. Where people are more densely populated,
gathered together in apartment buildings and are going out each day performing essential
duties in our community and we want to make sure that those communities also have the
capacity for testing. The testing in Bolinas is the first of a two-part study. UCSF researchers
are looking into the spread of the virus in both rural and urban areas. Researchers have
chosen San Francisco's Mission District for the second location of testing. The results
for that are still pending. Bolinas residents were also tested for antibodies. Those results
will come in the next few weeks. Reporting in Bolinas, Gail Ong, Cron 4 News. And we
continue to track the COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area. There are now more than 8,000 confirmed
cases of the virus and a little more than 200 deaths. Alameda, San Francisco and Santa
Clara counties all reporting new deaths today. And Santa Clara County continues to be the
hardest hit with more than 2,200 COVID-19 cases. Statewide, there are now more than
53,000 cases, more than 2,000 deaths. Nationwide, the number of infections is at more than 1.1
million with more than 66,000 deaths. There are COVID-19 outbreaks at meat processing
plants around the country raising concerns about possible meat shortages. And because
of that, Costco is now limiting how much meat customers can buy at one time. The company
announced it will limit beef, pork and poultry products to three items per member in order
to help all customers get the items they need during the shelter in place. This week, Costco
also announced all members must wear face coverings while they're shopping. That new
rule goes into effect on Monday. The farmers market outside San Francisco's ferry building
continues to draw in big crowds and there are some new guidelines for all shoppers.
If you have a cough or a fever, you're told to stay home, shop quickly and keep six feet
of distance from everyone else. And do not forget your credit card because some of the
vendors now accept electronic payments only. An organizer says that shoppers are always
welcome as long as they come with a plan. Many farms used to sell to restaurants and
as we all know with restaurants closed, a lot of these small family farmers have lost
revenue that they were selling to restaurants. They're trying to make up for it by selling
to individual families and the best way to come down to the market is to come up with
your list of what you want to buy, come in, wear your mask, plan for a little extra time
to be at the market and then you know a smile with your eyes goes a long way and using your
words to ask for what you need. And of course, do not forget to wash your hands and to wash
them often. Restrooms inside the Ferry Building are open for shoppers and vendors.
Last weekend, instead of swimmers and sunbathers, police are now patrolling Southern California
beaches and tonight police are pleading with residents to be patient. Plus a parade involving
veterans, firefighters and police officers disrupts an East Bay woman's plan to take
a nap on her birthday. Why her family says she deserved nothing less. Plus a Martinez
man says he saw God while in a coma battling COVID-19. I'm Noelle Bello coming up here
his story of survival, hope and caution.
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Tonight, a story of survival, hope and caution. An East Bay father sharing his story of fighting
and beating COVID-19. After spending more than a month in the hospital, Matt Sadati says
people don't really understand just how terrible this virus is.
Ground Force Noelle Bello talks with the family tonight. She joins us now with their story.
Noelle.
Ken and Pam, this survivor, Matt Sadati, was incredibly emotional today when we spoke,
even telling me he saw God during his fight for his life.
I know it sounds weird for people to hear it, but honestly, I feel like I did go to
the other side.
After spending four weeks hooked up to a ventilator, 68 year old Matt Sadati is now back home in
Martinez and sharing his battle with COVID-19. He says he had a persistent cough and fever
for six days in early March, but it wasn't until he began to have shortness of breath
that his doctor sent him to the hospital.
They said, look, I come to Walnut Creek and I did go over there and they find out I have
pneumonia and then I came positive with Corona also. And after that, I don't remember what
happened. I think I went to coma for 23 days. I don't know what happened after that.
What happened was his family spent time praying each and every night hosting virtual vigils.
Sadati's daughter Sufi says nothing could have prepared her for this experience.
It's pretty devastating because I don't think people realize how quick it happened. It happened.
My dad went on a walk with us and then all of a sudden he got a fever and then it turned
into a week with the fever and then it turned into me taking him to the hospital. I never
imagined it was going to be that way. And because of the nature of the coronavirus,
we lose that opportunity to be able to touch our loved one. And I couldn't hold my dad's
hand when we were all getting news that basically it was going to be the goodbye.
Thankfully, though, the goodbyes, his family said through the glass at the ICU, weren't
the last.
Sadati woke up and began to recover, eventually well enough to be brought home. He says he
saw God while he was in his coma and will be forever grateful to get a second chance
at life.
He gave me the second chance and he did tell me, oh let me see what you're going to do
with your life. And I find that life is not the way I was going. We have to start thinking
about other people.
Sadati has nothing but thanks and gratitude for the nurses and the doctors that helped
him through all of this. He is still working on getting his strength back. But he says
being home with his loved ones gives him some special energy that he didn't have while he
was in the hospital. His family is now, of course, urging everyone to wear the masks
and follow the social distancing orders.
Back to you.
Well, thank you. Beaches in Santa Cruz have new restrictions in place this weekend. They
are now closed from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The new hours come after people apparently failed
to follow physical distancing rules imposed last weekend. The Santa Cruz mayor tells us
it was not a decision officials took lightly. That's why the city didn't go for a 24 hour
closure.
So what we're hoping to do is allow for people to have access to our open space, who are
residents. We want people to shelter in place, to engage in outdoor activities close to where
they live. And we don't want to have to cut that off to everybody within our community.
The city will be stepping up patrols to enforce the new hours and restrictions, including
ticketing anyone who drives to the beach from out of town. People can face a ticket, a fine
of up to one thousand dollars.
Well, some beaches in southern California are now closed to visitors around the clock.
This was the scene today at Huntington Beach in Orange County, a dramatic difference from
just a week ago. It was almost empty today with just a small number of people taking
a walk on the sand. Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all beaches in Orange County closed.
That's because thousands of people gathered there last week. Huntington Beach police were
present to keep people away. They were patrolling from the air and on the ground. The officers
admit blocking off the beaches is difficult for them, too.
This is a new situation for all of us. So we're a surf city and it is part of our culture
here in Huntington Beach that people come out to the beach not only to surf, but to
swim, take part in water sports, be on the boardwalk, biking, walking, running, all of
that. So it is difficult for us.
Yesterday, as many as three thousand people rallied in Huntington Beach. You can see in
this video they were protesting the city's decision to follow the governor's order and
close the shoreline.
The protests continue today a little farther south down the road at Laguna Beach. About
one hundred and fifty people gathered this afternoon calling on the governor to reopen
California.
All right. Well, let's check on our weather and what's happening here in the Bay Area.
Yeah, we had a nice warm day yesterday, clouded up today. What's going on out there, Lawrence?
Yeah, there's you know, guys, there's a slight chance we could see a couple of showers here
in the next hour, hour and a half or so before everything's going to start to clear out.
And I think tomorrow going to be another gorgeous day all the way to the coastline. That fog,
though, look at that really getting thick along the Golden Gate Bridge right now, kind
of being enhanced by a weak and dying cold front that is now moving into the Bay Area
as we speak.
So today, not a bad day. Temperature right about the average in San Francisco at sixty
five degrees, seventy two in Oakland, seventy four degrees in San Jose. Very pleasant there.
Seventy two in Livermore, seventy three degrees right at the average in Concord and sixty
six degrees, a little bit below the average in Santa Rosa, but all around the Bay Area.
You had sixties and seventies inside the Bay. Warmer temperatures really into San Jose,
mid seventies there and along the coastline, of course, much cooler with that patchy fog.
Now, we are seeing a weak cold front moving in. You see it bringing a few showers, even
some thunderstorms in a far northern California this afternoon, beginning to fall apart, though.
And you can see that rain kind of moving on through a couple of lightning storms moving
east of Redding and then up into the Sierra Nevada. But that is all beginning to fall
apart and that system beginning to wind into the Bay Area. Now, not much energy with it.
So I don't think we have to worry about much in the way of rain. If you get a raindrop
out of that, consider yourself lucky. Otherwise, it's going to help to scour out the marine
layer. And that means, hey, we're going to see sunshine all the way to the coastline
by tomorrow morning, overnight, tonight. The winds not all that bad. But watch what happens
as we get toward tomorrow afternoon. We will see that sea breeze kick up once again. So
you can expect that to end the latter part of the day and then maybe return us more fog
as we get in toward Monday. Meantime, though, temperatures in the fifties and the sixties
outside right now going to call partly cloudy tonight because, oh boy, these clouds all
of a sudden after midnight tonight are going to start to clear out and slight chance of
showers here in the next hour and a half or so. And then that system kind of moves out
of town tomorrow. I think we start out sunny and they'll continue all day long. It will
be a little bit breezy in the afternoon, but temperatures can be running above normal,
I think, for this next week ahead as high pressure kind of takes over. Dying cold front
sliding into California behind that the winds are going to kick up. You'll see right here
as those clouds begin to depart moving out of the Bay Area after midnight tonight. And
there they go. Leave behind lots of sunshine all the way to the coastline by tomorrow.
And that'll continue all day long. It looks like a very nice day ahead. In fact, temperatures
around much of the Bay Area looking good into San Jose. You're up in the sixties, some low
seventies, sunny and warm into the afternoon. How about San Francisco? Looking good. You
have plenty of sunshine, but it will be on the breezy side into Oakland tomorrow. Plan
on some sunshine, some nice conditions well into the sixties by tomorrow afternoon. We're
going to look at your 10 and 10 and look at a possibility. A little heat wave coming our
way, guys, coming up in a few minutes. Back to you.
Thank you, Lawrence. Civil rights leader Bobby Lee Verdugo, who fought to protect Mexican-American
students from discrimination and high dropout rates, has passed away at the age of 69. His
daughter announced on Facebook yesterday that her father died peacefully surrounded by his
family. Verdugo was one of the leaders of the 1968 East Los Angeles High School Walkout.
What was supposed to be a peaceful demonstration drew a violent response from police. The beatings
of high school students generated anger all around the United States and encouraged Mexican-American
students in Texas and in New Mexico to stage their own walkouts. White House offers rapid
coronavirus tests for lawmakers as the U.S. Senate gets ready to reconvene on Monday. White
two congressional leaders are declining the offer and a poor financial outlook for a major
airline. What the president of that airline says the company will have to do if air travel
does not pick up pretty soon.
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The airline industry in general is suffering from fewer flyers during the pandemic. The
president of United Airlines says major layoffs are looming if air travel does not pick up
soon. Scott Kirby said the company has a poor financial outlook right now. The airline has
a $1.7 billion loss for the first quarter of 2020 and warned next quarter could be worse.
The airline currently has 93,000 employees. However, it cannot lay off workers until at
least October because of the CARES Act, which has payroll protection terms for those who
received federal government money.
Meanwhile, Walmart is on a hiring spree. The company announced since March 19th it's hired
thousands of employees to work in stores, distribution and fulfillment centers. It also
paid $180 million in cash bonuses to hourly workers. Walmart says it plans to conduct
health screenings, daily temperature checks and provide protective gear to keep its employees
safe. Bluebell will pay more than $19 million in fines related to the 2015 Listeria outbreak.
The ice cream company pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of distributing tainted
ice cream products. Three people died. Ten others were hospitalized across four states
because of the Listeria. Prosecutors also charged the former chief executive, Paul Cruz,
of conspiracy for allegedly trying to cover up the deadly outbreaks. Cruz's lawyer says
he is innocent of those charges.
Next at 1030, meet tonight's crown for hero. How a Bay Area architectural firm is helping
to build the bridge, the digital divide as distance learning continues. Plus more states
are slowly relaxing their stay at home restrictions. This weekend's weather is testing their coronavirus
strategies.
And a thick fog rolling into the Bay Area right now, but some summer like temperatures
coming our way. We'll talk about that coming up.
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More states are loosening up restrictions this weekend despite warnings that it's too
much too soon.
And the spring weather brought out crowds in New York and Washington, D.C. where restrictions
are still in place. Karen Kaffa looks at how weekend plans tested the coronavirus strategy
is of some states
at Maryland's Prince George's Hospital just outside of Washington, D.C. A quick break
for a salute in the skies.
It's really nice to be appreciated.
The Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds flying over Washington, D.C., Baltimore and
Atlanta to honor first responders and health care workers Saturday. But crowds on the National
Mall to watch the show drew concerns as the District of Columbia stay at home order is
still in effect. Crowds also headed to Central Park despite New York's continued pause order
and as Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state is still losing nearly 300 people a day to
the coronavirus.
That number has remained obnoxiously and terrifyingly high. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said
the city and police were prepared.
If everyone follows the rules, that's great. But if not, there's going to be very intense
enforcement.
While New York's pause order remains in effect, Americans in more than 30 other states are
seeing relaxed restrictions this weekend, including open retail stores in Texas and
Georgia. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy allowed state parks, county parks and golf courses
to reopen. He said it's up to residents to follow the rules and help them stay open.
Let's make sure that we have a good weekend and a safe weekend.
By next Sunday, May 10th, more than 40 states will have partially reopened. In Washington,
I'm Karen Kaffa.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are turning down the
White House's offer of rapid testing kits for COVID-19. Health and Human Services Secretary
Alex Azar tweeted that three testing machines and a thousand tests will be available for
members of the Senate when they reconvene on Monday. In a joint statement, Pelosi McConnell
wrote in part, our country's testing capacities are continuing to scale up nationwide and
Congress wants to keep directing resources to the front-line facilities where they can
do the most good the most quickly. President Trump was quick to criticize the House Speaker.
He tweeted, quote, no reason to turn it down except politics. We have plenty of testing.
Maybe you need a new doctor over there. Crazy Nancy will use it as an excuse not to show
up to work. The U.S. Senate is set to reconvene Monday evening to confirm Robert Fiddle to
become Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The nation's top infectious disease expert will testify before lawmakers about the U.S.
response to the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci was set to testify before a
Democratic-led House committee next week, but the White House blocked that, saying Dr.
Fauci's appearance would be, quote, counterproductive. Instead, Dr. Fauci will appear before a GOP-led
Senate committee on May the 12th.
The FDA is allowing health care providers to give the sickest COVID-19 patients a drug
called RestDemosphere.
This as clinical trials continue to find the drug, which is developed in Foster City, that
it is safe and effective. One such study is taking place in Seattle. The drug was administered
to the sickest COVID-19 patients as part of a multi-phase process, and it showed some
real promise.
Trials of the drug are happening across 68 sites, with more than 1,000 participants.
The results? Patients recovering more quickly, spending an average of four fewer days in
the hospital. But scientists warn it is not a cure. Some of the patients treated with
the drug did not survive. President Trump has urged the FDA to move as quickly as possible
with approving the drug for treatment.
And let's take a live look outside along San Francisco's Embarcadero tonight. We can tell
there are some fog, I guess, or clouds rolling in behind the Bay Bridge.
And a little more traffic, but not so much traffic out there on Saturday night. Let's
check in with our chief meteorologist, Lawrence Carno. Hi, Lawrence.
Hey, guys. Yeah, you've got to check out this fog shot. This is pretty neat. Coming from
our SutroCam, looking back toward the Golden Gate Bridge right now, that cloud deck pretty
low. You can just see some of it. You can see the red glow. That's the top of the Golden
Gate Tower there. So you can see the fog is running very low outside right now. And just
a thin deck. That means it's likely going to mix out once this cold front moves through
fortnight. And that's good news if you'd like to see a little more sunshine.
Out there right now, kind of a cold front that's weakening, dying as it's moving through
the state, running right in the backside of a ridge of high pressure. So kind of falling
apart by the time it gets here. Temperatures right now, not all that cold, 50s and some
60s outside. Long range forecast for you. We've got this system kind of just pulling
apart as it moves into California. There you go. As we head in toward tomorrow, your skies
clear out. Lots of sunshine, I think, even along the coastline looking very nice. Return
of a few clouds, probably some patchy fog along the coastline as we head in toward Monday.
As another weak cold front approaches the state, that one moves through. Then there's
another weak system bringing a few clouds our way as we head in toward the middle of
this week. But high pressure is going to be building in. In fact, we may see a little
bit of an offshore wind kicking in as we get into Thursday. We get that happening. We're
going to crank those temperatures up around the Bay Area and then next weekend into early
next week. This model wants to bring a chance of some showers. So here's how we're going
to play it as we head in toward tomorrow. Lots of sunshine, I think, even out toward
the beaches tomorrow. Then a return of some patchy fog and cooler weather along the coastline
on Monday. But we should overall start to warm up. And then by Wednesday, we're talking
about some mid 80s and then maybe upper 80s with an offshore wind into Thursday and on
Friday. By Saturday, we start to cool down just a little bit. And then that following
week there's a slight chance of some showers. That's the forecast, guys. Back to you.
Maggie Lawrence, Cronfor is recognizing neighbors who are going the extra mile to help their
community. Tonight's Cronfor hero is an aqua. Art, why don't you say in this arm architectural
firm in Santa Rosa? It's called QK. A specializes in designing buildings for educational purposes.
During the pandemic, the company is providing Wi-Fi hotspots to families without Internet
access as well as donating money to help families with their groceries. Today, the firm has
raised thirty thousand dollars and distributed materials to schools in need in Sonoma and
in Lake County. A special Cronfor. Thank you to everyone at QK. A and you can spotlight
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Well, we touched on it earlier. The Blue Angels take flight with the Thunderbirds to honor
frontline health care workers and first responders battling the pandemic. Ahead, we're going
to give you a view from inside a Blue Angels jet. Plus a Navy veteran living in the East
Bay is 100 years old today. How her community came out to wish her a happy birthday. The
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is a great community event today. A Navy veteran in Antioch celebrating a big milestone. Today,
her 100th birthday with restrictions on gatherings. The woman apparently said she planned to take
a nap this morning, but as Cronforce, Philippe Jagal tells us her creative family wasn't
going to let the day go by without a big surprise. Turning 100 years old is quite the accomplishment.
Still, Teresa Conley was not expecting much fanfare. I thought it was going to be a very
quiet breakfast with my daughter and her husband and my caretaker. But Teresa's family had
other plans. We had a big birthday plan for her, but due to everything going on with coronavirus,
we had to cancel it and we just wanted to make sure that she knew that, you know, we
were thinking of her and that she's reached a major milestone and we wanted to acknowledge
that. Instead of the nap she planned to take, Teresa spent the morning outside of her home
in Antioch watching members of the local American Legion post, police, firefighters and members
of her congregation at St. Ignatius Church of Antioch drive by for her birthday parade.
She's in good physical shape. She's able to walk. Her memory is sharp as a tack. She truly
has been blessed and is a blessing for us. Teresa is a California native and served as
a chief petty officer for the U.S. Navy during World War II, spending most of her service
time in Alameda. She has two sons, a daughter and is a great, great grandmother. They're
treating me like a queen. A queen who has now seen it all. In Antioch, Philippe Jagal,
Cron 4 News. Happy birthday, Teresa. Still ahead, beautiful weather draws hundreds of
people to New York City's Central Park, how that city's mayor says they were ready to
respond. But first, malls in Georgia are among the first to reopen during this pandemic,
now they're setting an example of shopping in this age of social distancing. This segment
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across the United States, but with some major changes. Georgia became the first state to
open up malls. Natasha Chen takes a look at shopping in the age of social distancing.
In Georgia, the state that has taken the most aggressive measures to reopen the economy,
the new month brought with it an entirely new place to get out of the house, the mall.
First of all, it's been scary at the first time when we heard about it, but also exciting
for our tenants to be able to open back up. The state's shelter in place order officially
expired Thursday night for most Georgians, though Governor Brian Kemp extended the order
for the elderly and vulnerable populations to shelter in place through mid-June. Still,
his executive order allowed retail stores to open back up on Friday, about a week after
restaurants, barbershops, and even tattoo parlors. At Avalon, an upscale outdoor mall in Atlanta's
suburbs, management readied the grounds for shopping in the socially distant era. All
of the common area furniture have been placed six feet apart. And the walkways are one way
only. But only a fifth of about 100 shops at Avalon were open, and many of those were
either curbside pickup or by appointment only. Altered state, a women's clothing store,
was one of the few that had its doors open. And of course there always is like that fear
of just like maybe that one person will walk in who has it, but we are also taking really
good precautions to just make sure that that doesn't happen. And have a lot of sterilizing
everything. You know, we have the option to wear masks. We wear gloves at the cash wrap
just to make sure, you know, we're not touching anything. New protocols include steaming every
article of clothing that a customer tries on and regularly disinfecting the fitting
rooms. And because only 10 people, including employees, are allowed inside at any time,
there was a line of customers waiting outside. We found Kate Martin at the end of that line.
I'm a nurse, so instinctively I think that like still too, too contagious. It's a very
contagious disease, so I still think it might be a little too soon to come back out and
be this close together. So we'll see. But you're here. I am. She's wearing a mask,
which the mall is also giving to its customers, but still not everyone is. They should be,
but they don't take it seriously. The retired nurse had a message for the young and the
maskless who could have been unknowingly passing it to more vulnerable populations. You might
not get as sick, but they will and they will get it from you. Do it for your grandmother.
That was Natasha Chid reporting on Monday. More restrictions will begin to ease in a
number of states across the nation. In California, three rural counties, Modoc, Yuba and Sutter
are going against the governor's order and will allow tattoo parlors and malls to reopen.
New York City is following Oakland's lead to give residents more space to exercise.
The city closed seven miles of roadway to traffic today, allowing people to take a walk
and ride their bikes while keeping a safe distance from each other. The city's goal
is to free up 100 miles of roadway this month. The city originally planned to launch the
program on Monday, but moved up the date in anticipation of weekend crowds. Also in New
York, social distancing was no match for the warm weather there. Take a look at this. Hundreds
of people were out at the city's famous Central Park today as temperatures rose into the mid
seventies. New York City's mayor, Bill de Blasio, says he understands people's need
to get outside to get some fresh air and exercise. He says the city was ready for events like
this. NYPD is out in force and a lot of other city agencies out there with a very clear
message I've been giving people all week, which is if you want to go out for a while,
get some exercise, get some fresh air. That's totally understandable. Don't linger too long.
Get back home. While you're out there, keep that face covering on. Keep that social distance.
But anyone who tries to resist these basic rules and tries to create a public gathering,
for example, or tries to put together a sports event or anything like that, the NYPD is going
to immediately give them a summons. And these are hefty summonses. And we're going to be
very uncompromising. New York City police also handed out free face masks to people
without them. Take a look at this. This is the video from inside the cockpit of a Blue
Angels jet. Impressive view. Just inches apart from each other. The U.S. Navy's flight demonstration
squad flew over Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Atlanta today with the Air Force's Thunderbirds
to honor health care workers, first responders, and essential workers. And you don't beat
that view anyplace. Good stuff. In Tennessee, high school seniors would have walked across
the stage in two weeks getting their diplomas. But like millions of other students all across
the country, they're spending the final days of their high school careers at home. Reporter
Jarvis Heron shows us how one community in Tennessee made sure their seniors still got
a proper sendoff. Congratulations, Rodney. It's not exactly how seniors envisioned their
high school experience coming to a close, but they're accepting the new reality. A
school is, it's a living organism. And we create memories that last a lifetime here.
And a lot of those big memories, those capstone moments have been taken away. Seniors across
Sullivan County schools coming together one last time. Staff members letting them know
they're loved. We've had to modify those and come up with things like this that we can
still do to show our appreciation to our students. Colby Light from Sullivan South organized
a parade route down Moreland Drive to the front entrance of the school. We can't go
back to school, see our friends, we can't graduate as of now, you know. We won't have
a graduation ceremony. It's kind of tough. Not every journey in life has a storybook
ending, but seniors and staff agree what they've been through the last two months will make
them stronger. You know, they're certainly resilient in all that they do. They've taken
this in stride. We have been communicating with them in a variety of different ways.
I'd say the biggest thing that we've learned is that we always have the community on our
sides no matter what happens. Jarvis Heron. Grown four saluting the class of 2020 here
in the Bay Area tonight. We want to congratulate Eddie Fernandez. Eddie will be graduating
from Dozier Libby Medical High School in Antioch. He's going to college to study criminal justice
and cybersecurity. His parents tell us Eddie is the best son anyone could ask for it. He
looks like it. They're very proud of all of his accomplishments and goals. Congratulations,
Eddie. Good for you. You can let us know about a graduate in your life. Go to cronfour.com,
find salute to grads 2020 under the news tab, submit a picture of your grad, let us know
which high school the graduate attended and what's next for him or her. And here's a reminder
Facebook and Instagram plan to honor graduates with a star study graduation ceremony. The
live stream event is set to start on May the 15th at 11 o'clock in the morning Pacific
Time. Oprah Winfrey is scheduled to give the commencement address. Little Naz X and
Miley Cyrus will perform. There will be celebrity appearances by Jennifer Garner, Awkwafina
Simone Biles. Facebook says each and every high school in the United States will get
a shout out. A Michigan family that loves to go to the zoo is getting bored during quarantine.
So you know what happened next, how they created their own zoo on their front lawn. Imagine
a homewife. Take a look at this. A family in Michigan creating a zoo on their front
lawn with stuffed animals. Family has an annual membership to the Detroit Zoo, but of course
they haven't been able to go because of the shelter in place. So Father Jim, Dad Jim took
his daughter's toys and made little enclosures with signs. One thing that makes the zoo even
more special, it has unicorns. That is too cute. Coming up next, the news continues on
our 24 seven streaming service called Cronon. It is commercial free. And our Noelle Bello
is standing by in the newsroom with what we're working on. Noelle. Not working on a stuffed
animal zoo, but something pretty good for us. Ken and Pam, the question of how long
we'll be dealing with COVID-19 is at the front of our minds. Coming up at 11, we're taking
a look at three likely scenarios, including when a second wave of infections could hit.
So plus we're more on what we're being referred to as murder hornets. They've made their way
to the states apparently. So we've got all that and more coming up on Cronon back to
you guys. All right. Thank you, Noelle. Make sure and download the Cronon app to get 24
seven commercial free local news coverage. Lawrence. Hey there guys, we are looking at
a big change in the weather coming our way tonight. There are a whole lot of clouds out
there right now as we cold front makes its way to the state. There's even a slight chance
we could still pick up a light shower outside overlooking San Francisco. You see the cloud
deck has moved in and yes, certainly moving inside the bay now as well. But we are going
to see that mixed out overnight tonight. We're talking about a whole lot of sunshine for
your Sunday. So how about this for some temperatures? It'll be a little cool in San Francisco and
breezy plan on those winds kicking up in the afternoon, about 59 in the sunset, 61 in the
marina, 61 downtown San Francisco and 63 in the mission 50s out towards the coastline
to breezy in the afternoon. But you'll find lots of sunshine as we head throughout the
day. In fact, I think a sunny start and a sunny end of the day along the coast on 61
degrees in Brisbane, 60 degrees and burning game, 63 degrees in San Carlos. Beautiful
day to go for a walk in Mountain View. 70 degrees there with plenty of sunshine. 71
in San Jose, 70 in Campbell and about 71 degrees in Cupertino. Find some mid seventies as you
make your way into pleasant tomorrow. 74 in Dublin, 66 in Fremont, 73 in Moraga, about
72 degrees in Walnut Creek and 74 degrees in Concord, 68 degrees for our friends in
Berkeley. How about the Vallejo tomorrow? You're looking at 71 degrees, 73 in Benicia.
Very nice. You'll get that Delta breeze blowing into the afternoon as that sea breeze going
to kick in. And of course that'll keep the temperatures cooler along the coastline. Your
next few days though, your 10 and 10 as we head in the middle of May, we are going to
see a bit of a heat wave coming our way the middle of next week. Slight chance of showers
the following Monday. Good night everybody. If the earthquake began the city's catastrophe,
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