The world is watching whats happening to them. What is next for the passengers who left the grand princess cruise ship and those still stuck on board at the port of oakland. And more campuses are closing as new cases of the virus surface. A lot happening and a lot changing tonight. We begin with the drastic measures in the bay areas most populated county. Its all about public safety, but its also about money. Small and big businesses and their employees will be feeling the pinch immediate. Terry mcsweeney is at the s. A. P. Center in san jose where the lights will be on but no fans will be allowed inside the arena, terry. Reporter yeah. County officials banning crowds larger than 1,000. They say the more tests they put out, the more positive results they got coming back in, the more cases theyre fighting, and they expect that to continue. This is going to really hurt businesses, big and small. Weve seen a rapid increase in cases not linked to travel or to known confirmed cases of covid19. Reporter so crowds of 1,000 or more are banned for three weeks starting tomorrow night. This order is legally enforceable by the sheriff and by all the Police Departments in the county. Reporter the ban does not apply to malls or the airport. Schools are also exempt. Dr. Cody is saying that could change, but for now closing schools would be too socially disruptive. A large number of parents are also part of the workforce including the health care workforce. Reporter at s. A. P. Center, that means no crowds at any event including sharks games, but there could be games with no audience. We dont know. Saying, we will adhere to the mandated guidelines. We will be reviewing each scheduled event to take place and provide an update in the coming days. Businesses that depend on the s. A. P. Center are stunned. We get a ton of business and its going to be a big blow. Reporter Santa Clara County health announcing 43 cases of covid19, and officials dont know why that is. Ten victims in intensive care. Also today the first virusrelated death. A woman in her 60s with Underlying Health issues. We did find a fair amount of support for the ban. We think its a good idea. Taking the proper precautions for now while we find out more information. Stay safe than sorry, right . Reporter San Jose Earthquakes telling us tonight they will comply immediately with the order. In addition to the sharks here at s. A. P. , a couple concerts were scheduled. Mark anthony and cirque du soleil. The circus going to have to find some place else to go. Live in san jose, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. The nightmare now continues aboard the grand princess. This is a live look at that cruise ship which sits under heavy watch in the port of oakland. Plenty of people were escorted off the infected ship tonight, but not everyone. This ordeal is far from over. More than 3,000 people arrived today, all being sent or waiting to be sent to various locations on land to continue their quarantine. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd is at the port of oakland with the very latest. Cheryl . Reporter well, raj, the grand princess has been docked here since noon. We dont know how many people are still on board. We do know that busloads full of people left here earlier today, some headed to the Oakland Airport while others headed to Travis Air Force base. Two buses leaving the port of oakland heading to fairfield with a police escort. Craig wright and his wife are passengers on one of them. They say the mood is somber. I think everybody is just tired. Theyve been waiting all day, so no ones really talking. Its completely quiet. Yeah, everyone is just completely quiet. Im kind of surprised because when they let us out on the docks, everyone was kind of rejoicing. Reporter happy theres finally movement off the ship where 21 people tested positive for the coronavirus. Tonight we were there when buses loaded with passengers headed to the Oakland Airport. A team from the counsel Generals Office in San Francisco was there overseeing the safe boarding of kacanadian who were on the cruise, many Wearing Masks and protective gear. The California Office of Emergency Services says getting people off the ship will be tedious. The sickest people on board were let off first, but Authorities Say not all of them are sick because of covid19. So its so close yet so far. Reporter victoria will have to wait at least one more day before she will be let off the grand princess, and the excitement is overwhelming. I feel like im going to medici disney world tomorrow. I feel like im a little kid whos not going to be able to sleep tonight because of the anticipation of whats happening in the morning. Reporter tomorrow more people will let off of this ship. Thats when they will be tested and begin their 14day quarantine. Reporting live in oakland, im cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. San jose state the latest Bay Area University to suspend inperson classes. Beginning next week, classes will change format or go fully online for two weeks. Santa clara, sfsu, uc berkeley, and stanford are also participating in this no inperson class precautionary measure. A lot of people feel that it was unfair that it was something we wanted for our safety and for other people who are concerned about their kids or their family being here too. While colleges are canceling classes, a growing number of bay area schools are holding off for now. Some have opted to cancel field trips and sports but for how long . Nbc bay areas jean elle is live in San Francisco. Jean, its a tough call for parents who work. Reporter it is. Its a tough call for every district. Tonight, jessica, members of the board of education here in San Francisco met behind closed doors for hours with Public Health officials. In the end, the district has denied not to close Additional Schools and to reopen Lowell High School on wednesday. A student and staff member there were tested for coronavirus and those tests came back negative. Our custodians, School Cafeteria workers, school secretaries, are they protected . Are they wearing protective gear . Reporter safety concerns at school as the coronavirus spreads. At a special meeting tonight, the board of education went behind closed doors to consider how to handle the Public Health threat. While several private schools are closed for cleaning, Lowell High School is the only Public School in San Francisco thats closed. The district shut it down last week after a students parent was treated for the virus. Union leaders say the district is preparing for more widespread closures. If schools are closed, would pay continue . Reporter even considering having spring break earlier. San francisco unified has already canceled all nonessential school events, including athletics and field trips until march 22nd. The marin county Public Health department is telling people not to gather in large groups indoors but schools are open. Parents attending a Community Meeting tonight say they are expecting that to change. Probably not a question of if. Its when, you know, honestly. Weve seen school closures. Weve seen all this. Other countries are doing this. Some more aggressive than others. Reporter experts say its not an easy decision. You can imagine families where parents dont have paid leave, who are working at relatively lowpaid jobs, who have to stay home to take care of their kids and they lose their basic source of support. Reporter many students also rely on schools for meals. Jean elle, nbc bay area news. Speaking of the economic impact, a live look in washington, d. C. Tomorrow President Trump will be meeting with members of congress to ask for a payroll tax cut and other measures to help people whose paychecks are being impacted by this virus. Hes hoping this will help jump start the stock market after its worst day since 2008. Working with companies and small companies, large companies, a lot of companies so that they dont get penalized for something thats not their fault. Its not their fault. Its not our countrys fault. This was something that we were thrown into. The dow jones dropped more than 2,000 points today. The drop wasnt just because of the coronavirus. Investors are also concerned about a possible oil war between saudi arabia and russia. At least four republican lawmakers are under quarantine. Senator ted cruz and congressman matt gaetz, paul gosar, and doug collins are selfquarantining. They all interacted with an infected person at the cpac conference last month. Congressman collins and gaetz both met with President Trump in person since that conference ended. The white house says the president has not been tested for coronavirus. Well, as the virus spreads, more questions are being asked, so wevereated the Coronavirus Crisis center. We want to make sure you have the information you need. Among the questions, how do you wash your laundry if a Family Member has come into contact with someone who has the virus . First, dont shake the dirty clothes. Then wash the clothes with the warmest water possible, preferably hot. It is safe to wash the clothes of an infected Family Member with the clothes of healthy Family Members since the hot water will kill the germs. But after, make sure that you disinfect your hamper. There are a lot of myths circulating on facebook and whatsa whatsapp, the World Health Organization and other medical experts say theyre false. So lets go through some of these. Out of taiwan, that you can actually selfcheck yourself, that if you can hold your breath for ten seconds, you dont have the coronavirus. Thats absurd and its false. Heres another one. If you drink hot garlic water, it will kill the virus. Again, wacky and false. Drinking water every minutes will flush the virus out of your mouth. No, thats not true. Drinking water obviously is good for you, but it doesnt kill germs. Now, if you have a question you want answered, let us know. Send us a message on facebook, tweet us, or dm us on instagram. Our handle is nbcbayarea. They were quarantined on the grand princess so will those passengers get their money back . Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Ill have that story next. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. We have rainfall moving into california. Well show you what our chances are of getting some of this and our best chance of rain this week coming up in seven minutes. 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A south bay teacher stirred up a nationwide controversy when he dressed in blackface on halloween to teach his class. Tomorrow night the school board will decide his fate. He wants to keep his job. Nbc bay areas robert handa has the exclusive interview. I didnt think there was a problem with dressing up like somebody i respected for halloween. I didnt think that was a problem. Reporter it was halloween in milpitas high engineering teacher david carter decided to conduct class dressed as rapper activist common. The teachers act caught on a phone camera and soon went viral with mostly negative reactions. Carter was put on leave and spent more than four months in academic limbo with plenty of time to contemplate what hed done and what could happen next. If this is not resolved and people recognize me as something other than i am, if i decide to get a job in another district, im one step away from saying, oh, hes that teacher that did that. Reporter tuesday night the Milpitas Unified School district fivemember board is expected to vote on whether to dismiss him. Board members we talked to declined to comment. Carter says he hopes they decide to make this incident a teaching moment and not an embarrassment to be erased as fast as possible. Its a complicated situation for somebody like me thats been there for so long and has such a long track record of educating students and of caring for milpitas students and families. Its its not so simple as that Teacher Needs to go right now. Reporter robert handa, nbc bay area news. We have learned the identity of a man arrested for opening fire and killing a man over the weekend in sunnyvale. Police say 23yearold jason tahara shot a man and a woman in a car saturday after being involved in a minor fender bender with them. The victims had pulled over to exchange information. Thats when police say tahara opened fire into their car. The man was killed, and the woman injured. Theres no indication that the victim did anything wrong here or sparked any type of argument or did any kind of provocation. It just seems to be an absolute act of senseless violence. At the time of his arrest, police say they found two rifles, two handguns, 400 rounds of ammunition, and body armor in taharas car. Detectives also searched his home in san jose. They say they found rifle parts and believe he was building and modifying technicalstyle rifles. The search continues for these two inmates. They escaped in San Francisco this morning. The men were among five inmates on a day pass being taken to San Francisco to interview for the highly sought after delancey street rehabilitation program. They escaped from the program embarcadero. Ere last seen on heres a look at the port of oakland from our sky ranger earlier today. Thousands of passengers still stuck on board after a hellish coronavirus cruise. So when all is said and done, will these passengers be reimbursed . Today we asked consumer investigator chris chmura to go and find out. Chris . Reporter good evening. It appears refunds are on the way. In fact, princess told us it will give passengers their money back and more. Heres what princess said today, that it is going to refund the full cruise fare for all guests, including air travel, hotel, ground transportation, prepaid shore excursions, gratuities, and other items. In addition to those refunds, the company says it is also going to provide guests with a future cruise credit equal to the cruise fare paid. These steps are a big departure from the cruise lines 10,000word passenger contract. It gives princess the right to deviate from the scheduled route, change port of embarkation, disembarkation, substitute transportation. In many cases, the contract says passengers get nothing in compensation when they do all that. Princess said its making an exception here due to the extraordinary circumstances. Now, if you have a cruise coming up, understand that some lines are offering exceptions, but that flexibility is not at all universal. Theyre still making casebycase decisions and you might have to appeal to get them to come around. If that doesnt work, maybe we can help. Go to nbcbayarea. Com responds or call us 888996tips. Thank you, chris. Public transit in the bay area is taking a hit because of this virus. B. A. R. T. Saw a nearly 10 drop in ridership just last week. In an effort to ease fears, b. A. R. T. Has gone from cleaning and disinfecting trains at the end of the night to about every hour at the end of every train run. Stations are being cleaned with hospitalgrade disinfectant as often as possible. Its a similar story at muni. Workers are cleaning hightouch surfaces about every four late the coronavirus. Our twitter page is a really good resource for updates. We tweeted out this map tonight tracking bay area cases county by county. Our handle, nbc bay area. Lets bring in meteorologist jeff ranieri. Weve seen the temperature start to take a dip. A little bit of sunshine today, though. Rm warmer tomorrow. Rain chances moving back in this week. We have a lot to follow you as we start you off on that microclimate forecast. We do want to let you know that storm system we had been mentioning all week long last week for this week, well, it is here. But as mentioned, this could take two different paths. Right now its headed more off to the south, which would bring highest rain chances to southern california. But for us we still could get a little bit from this. You can see on storm ranger mobile Doppler Radar down here in los angeles, its our second one here in california, is picking up some moderate, even a few heavier pockets from l. A. Down towards san diego. But for us, cloud cover and some spotty showers moving close. You can see just how near it is. A little bit of rain there over monterey and starting to move near morgan hill and also gilroy. So i do think with the storm positioned as it is, we could definitely have some spotty shower chances into tomorrow morning. South bay, peninsula, and well even keep that chance as we head through tomorrow afternoon and evening. I still think this model is overdoing it just a little bit, at least the rain modeling here. But definitely expect a chance here of some spotty rain through tomorrow and youll be ahead of the game. As we start off here with your forecast, temperatures in the upper 40s and lee 50s. A little bit of sun and clouds as well. 47 in the east bay. San francisco 49, and a cool 47 in the north bay. With that system to ourself, its going to help to bring up some warmer air from the south. So numbers actually going back into the 70s here across the south bay tomorrow. 70 in san jose. To the east bay. 72 degrees pleasanton. 71 outside in oakland. 70 degrees, the peninsula. 70 in palo alto. San mateo, 67. San francisco, just a little bit of a wind out of the northwest at 8. And 62 for the marina. And right here through wine country, napa, sonoma, low 70s tomorrow. Theres a lot happening as we head throughout this week. Lets get to that sevenday forecast. Were going to keep that 55 of a spotty shower tomorrow. 50 chance on wednesday. Dry thursday and friday. Then by saturday night, i see a spotty chance of a shower moving in. But the best chance of measurable rainfall this week comes on sunday. 0. 05 to a quarter inch possible. Low snow, maybe down to 2,000 feet for the bay area elevations. Then by monday, some spotty showers. Look at the difference here for the inland valleys. 70s for the workweek, down to 50s this upcoming weekend with chances of rain primarily on sunday. If youre headed to the sierra, severe snow possible on sunday. One to three feet is possible. I keep hitting on that because if that forecast stays in place, its going to be hard to go anywhere on sundays forecast right now. A lot of people could be stuck in the mountains if they dont be careful. You got it. Thanks, jeff. Up next, a milestone for tesla. The reason elon musk is celebrating tonight despite the companys stock taking a hit today. The world famous Coachella Music Festival might be postponed. Originally scheduled for april, it could be moved to october. The move comes after officials confirmed three more coronavirus cases in riverside. The festivals is one of the largest in the world. Were back in a moment. Just because were super hungry. Doesnt mean you got to spend a lot because dennys brought back the super slam™. With eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and pancakes. All for just 6. 99. The 6. 99 super slam™ is back see you at dennys around the world, the impact of the coronavirus is crippling. Italy tonight on virtual lockdown. Today the nation expanded travel restrictions to the entire country. If traveling, italians must demonstrate a need to be out of the country. The virus has killed nearly 500 people in italy and infected more than 9,000 people. And with thousands of uber and lyft drivers facing possible exposure to coronavirus, both companies are trying to find the best way to navigate that outbreak. Both have decided to offer paid sick leave for drivers diagnosed with coronavirus or put under quarantine by a Public Health agency. Employees that qualify will be paid up to 14 days. At this point unclear, though, how much money theyll get. Delivery Services Like door dash and post mates are working on a similar compensation deal. Making it in the bay, our series focusing on the housing crisis. It was a key topic in sacramento today where the governor hosted californias leading mayors. They represent the states 13 largest cities from San Francisco to riverside. All have addressed the crisis. Orange county opened a 200bed shelter last year built in 28 days. Now, oaklands program helped 2,000 families from being evicted. We know that we need housing. We know we need more affordable housing. We know we need temporary housing. We know we need low barrier shelters and we also know we need political will. You see stockton mayor there with mayor sam liccardo behind him. All the mayors agree they need a regular stream of funding to pay for the various strategies. We are back in a moment regarding the sharks, what theyre going to do for their next home game and some wild finishes in basketball. Stay with us. Dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. Zbloofd well, earlier we told you about the new rules in Santa Clara County that ban large events. That means that the sharks and the earthquakes will play their home games this month without any fans in the stands. Thats going to be eerie. The sharks next home game is next thursday night against the canadi canadians. A joint move by the nba, mlb, nhl and mls. No locker room access for the media. There will be designated locations outside the locker rooms and players must remain at least six feet from reporters. Now theyre within one or two feet for many reporters. March madness is fast approaching. As of right now, the tournament will be open to fans but that could change. Tonight the bay area had two teams in the wcc tournament. We begin with st. Marys. Hello to Randy Bennett and his gales taking on byu in las vegas. St. Marys trailed almost the entire game but down by one point in the final seconds. Jordan ford for st. Marys hits the gamewinning shot. St. Marys wins 5150. They advance to the championship game against gonzaga tomorrow night. The other semifinal, usf almost pulls off the monumental upset. The dons against second ranked gonzaga. Over five minutes remaining. Jordan retino hits a three to give the dons the lead. But the zags too strong down the stretch. Gonzaga wins 8177. Nice effort, though. Were back in a moment. Tv just keeps getting better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Lets end with some positive news for a bay area company. Tesla says they made their 1 millionth car today. Ceo elon musk tweeting out big congratulations with these photos. The news comes as teslas stock took a big tumble. It dropped 14 , losing more than 95 per share. The question now, whos going to buy the one millionth tesla . I think its going to be this one over here. Im the only one that doesnt have one, so that would make sense. I think youre going to roll in in a couple of weeks in nbc with that nice red tesla. Well see. I can park it next to yours. Thanks for joining us. Have a great day tomorrow. Byebye. [ cheers and applause steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon