Impact of the coronavirus. Hes hoping to explain how the federal government is responding to the crisis. The president says the white house will be helping Industries Hit hard by the coronavirus. That includes airlines, hotels, and even cruise lines. President trump also spoke about the grand princess cruise ship docked right here in the bay area in oakland. So far i think its been going very well, the ship that came in yesterday, and, uh, thats going along incredibly well, working with the state of california successfully, very successfully, also with canada and the uk. The white house added Health Insurance companies are waiving all copays for coronavirus testing. Back here in california were learning more about a child that tested positive for the coronavirus. The Elk Grove Unified School district in sacramento announced a 12yearold boy tested positive for the coronavirus. 87 confirmed cases of coronavirus, Santa Clara County has the most so far with 43. Santa clara county is now confirming the first bay area death. We have Team Coverage for you. Nbc bay areas Sharon Katsuda is live at the port of oakland where more passengers are disembarking today. First i want to head to nbc bay areas bob redell, in san jose where Santa Clara County board of supervisors are meeting on how to deal with the virus. Reporter and they just made a couple of key decisions, the board of supervisors unanimously agreed to extend their local declaration of a Health Emergency until april 9th and temporarily suspend their procurement rules for items needed to stop the spread of coronavirus, in other words temporarily cutting the red tape so the county can respond quicker. The board is hearing from a number of people, the mayor of san jose, the sheriff, to get a status update and to correct any misinformation. Now, a Public Health officer just told the board that Santa Clara County and king county in seattle are ahead of most other communities when it comes to combatting the spread of the virus. Other communities, right now her goal is to slow down [ inaudible ] which is difficult because theres no known vaccine or immunity and to protect the most vulnerable in our community namely the elderly and people with [ inaudible ]. This is all hands on deck. We each have a role to play. We need everyone coming together and doing everything that they can. And i think whats extraordinarily difficult but so important is this is moving so fast, we each have so much information. But its incredibly important that we stay calm and we stay unified and we minimize the chaos as much as possible. Reporter the Santa Clara CountyPublic Health department has ordered that large social gatherings with more than a thousand people be forbidden for at least the next three weeks. The ban does not apply to malls or airports. Schools are except for now. The temporary ban impacts a number of events including no san jose shark games, at least with people in the stands. The sharks said they would obey the ban and they would review the schedule of events taking place the rest of the month and would provide an update in coming days. At 1 30 this afternoon, san jose mayor sam liccardo will discuss a temporary moratorium on evix evictions of tenants who cant keep up with their rent. The proposal is for a 30day moratorium which can be extended if need be. Bob redell, nbc bay area news. Good to see theyre working to help people in a time of need. Thanks so much, bob. Meanwhile more passengers are disembarking from the grand princess cruise ship. Sharon katsuda is live in oakland. Sharon, it seems like those passengers have been waiting for forever, it probably felt like to them. Reporter it sure did, kris. Were communicating with them through texts and facetime. The ship is a far distance away from media here. Look at sky rangers aerial view. Health care workers are ready to process the passengers one by one. Thats been happening with the passengers coming off the cruise ship for about the past couple of hours. One passenger sent us this picture from inside the ship. He preferred we not use his name. But he described how the passengers who are allowed to disembark are lining up with masks on. But family members are concerned because they know those masks arent as good as the n95 masks at protecting from the coronavirus. Yesterday we saw workers in hazmat suits and passengers going through the process. Passengers were having their temperatures taken. This passenger says theyre hoping all passengers will be tested for coronavirus. [ inaudible ]. Yeah, it was a lot of action around here. Were on the port side, so we see everything thats going on. Were kind of just sightseeing, looking at all the action. Its not as beautiful as being out in the ocean but its nice to be on land. Reporter busloads of passengers last night were taken, about 200 of them, to Travis Air Force base where theyll be quarantined for 14 days. Other passengers were taken to Oakland International airport. Were told those were passengers from canada. Those needing medical attention not necessarily from covid19 were allowed to disembark first yesterday. The two passengers who tested positive for coronavirus will be treated at local hospitals. Now, once the passengers disembark from the cruise ship here, the rest of the 1,000 crew members will go on to a different location to be quarantined themselves. And just to show you that there is some progress being made, the person who sent me the text just a couple of hours ago from inside the cruise ship lined up with all the passengers who were disembarking, he now just sent us a new picture showing a view from the bus, saying goodbye to the cruise ship. So apparently on his way to Travis Air Force base now. Live from the port of oakland, Sharon Katsuda, nbc bay area news. Just in right now, the death toll in italy has gone up dramatically. The government releasedi inrele numbers saying 631 people have died there from coronavirus. The total number of people with coronavirus in italy is 10,000 people and the country is in quarantine. Nbc bay area is taking your questions about coronavirus to experts and looking at some of the myths surrounding the virus. One big question, are children at high risk . A doctor from Stanford Health care says kids are not the main focus. I think kids can get the virus but they are not getting many symptoms. They dont get severe disease. Thankfully they do well even had they get the illness. They can transmit the illness but we dont know how efficiently their transmitting. Thats why our focus is on the elderly. She says a vaccine will not be Ready Anytime soon. Right now the goal is to stop the virus from spreading. You probably have a lot of questions about coronavirus. We have an nbc Bay Area Special called understanding coronavirus. Its on our website, nbcbayarea. Com, in the trending bar. Click it and watch it online for free. A lot of good information. Right now markets are really continuing their roller coaster ride. The Dow Jones Industrial average this morning shot up 800 points. The big board right now, its fortunately back in the green, this is after yesterdays nightmare where trading actually had to be stopped after the s p dropped more than 7 , a safety mechanism there. Cnbcs sue herera joins us now. How are investors reacting to the news from the white house, sue . Thats what the market is watching very closely. I would point out we did open up 800 points, as you mentioned, but weve had a 1,100point swing in the market and we actually turned negative at one point. The market is having a hard time holding on to its advances. The market is optimistic about what theyre hearing from the white house but they want more clarity about what economic packages the Administration May put in place to help small businesses, to help those in the travel industry, the big airlines, the cruise ship companies, and also for those employees who have to take unpaid leave, whats the Economic Impact going to be, what plan is going to be [ inaudible ]. All right, it looks like we had an issue with sues live shot. Of course weve been talking about it, the market moving up and down. You can follow it on nbcbayarea. Com and online as well. This is a beautiful shot from San Francisco where, kari, it is looking nice. You know what, thats something we should say is karis birthday present. Thats right, always a perfect size and color. Right, a nice little mix today. All going to be dependent on where you are. In the south bay youll have a better chance of getting rain this afternoon. Although right now it is still mostly clear. We have this storm system very close nearby. Take a look at the widespread rain across southern california, parts of the central coast, and making it close to the bay area. Even now approaching monterey as we see some of the showers moving closer. And then well see the trend as we go into this evening. Increasing clouds and rain chances mostly for the south bay. We could see that rain as early as 3 00. Then seeing some heavier downpours mostly after sunset this evening, then going into 7 00 to 8 00, well see some of the rain in the south county, spreading closer to san jose. Ill be watching that, and well talk about a more widespread storm system that will bring us all some rain. Thats in the forecast, coming up in a few minutes. Thanks, kari. Coming up, were tracking the latest on coronavirus. The way b. A. R. T. And local schools are reacting and trying to stop the spread. Super tuesday 2. 0. Senator Bernie Sanders hopes michigan can bring him back into the race. What the candidates are doing today. Do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging . Prevagen is the number one pharmacistrecommended memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Welcome back to you. And a live look of the grand princess cruise ship at the port of oakland. As you can see, passengers are coming off of the boat. We talked to Sharon Katsuda earlier who had been in contact with one of the passengers on board the ship. She said he said, ive exited the ship, and now many of the passengers will head to quarantine for two weeks at Travis Air Force base. Well continue to follow that story as developments continue to come in. In the past few weeks, b. A. R. T. , muni, and ac transit have started sanitizing trains and buses daily to alleviate virus fears. This morning were getting a clearer picture of how many people are choosing not to use b. A. R. T. B. A. R. T. Had more than 2 Million People on its trains last week. But in the first week of march, there were 170,000 fewer riders. Thats an 8 drop. Some bay area schools are closed. Others are now rethinking their policies in the wake of the outbreak. San Francisco State and san jose state have now stopped inperson classes, although their campuses remain open. Some bay area high schools are temporarily closed due to concerns over community spread. That includes San Franciscos Lowell High School which should reopen tomorrow, and Riordan High School and Lowell High School remain open. Some parents believe they may be able to change that. Its probably not a question of if, but when, honestly. Weve seen School Closures, other countries are doing this, some are more aggressive than others. We are tracking the School Closures all over the bay area. Head over to nbcbayarea. Com to get a full list. Well call it the super tuesday sequel as democratic primary voters head to the polls today in six different states, many appearing favorable to former Vice President joe biden. There is no bigger prize today than michigan with 125 delegates up for grabs. Its a do or die state for Bernie Sanders who won a victory over Hillary Clinton there four years ago but who trails in the delegate count. Nbcs Peter Alexander reports he hopes a win there can help reset the race. Michigan, im counting on you in a big way. Reporter overnight in michigan, a resurgent joe biden looking to deliver a knockout blow to Bernie Sanders. Look, i view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. Theres an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country. Reporter touting a pair of new endorsements from his former rivals, Kamala Harris and cory booker. I am so proud to endorse joe biden to be the next president of the united states. Are you ready to work for joe biden . Are you ready to stand for joe biden . Are you ready to vote for joe biden . Reporter sanders needing a Strong Performance take to blunt bidens momentum. Which campaign is best able to defeat donald trump . And let me say without any hesitancy, any hesitancy, our Campaign Together is the campaign. Reporter the latest poll from michigan out monday shows biden with a double disabiligit over sanders who upset Hillary Clinton there four years ago. Michigan is one of six states up for grabs today, missouri to mississippi, which boasts the highest percentages of africanamericans of any state, a demographic that helped fuel bidens recent rise. Peter alexander reporting there. Breaking news to tell you about, a Homicide Investigation going on right now. This is on actually near 101. We do have crews there at the scene trying to get more information for you. There is no suspect identity nor victim identity. This would be san joses seventh homicide in the city for 2020. Again, that Homicide Investigation on actually rotulr 101. Well bring you more as soon as we get it as well as online. New at 11 00, a man may have become the second person in history to be cured of hiv. That man was diagnosed with the virus that causes aids back in 2003 and received a bone Marrow Transplant from a donor who had a rare mutation that made him resistant to hiv. The man stopped taking antiviral drugs and so far no active infection is detected in his blood. A sandy coastal beach on the peninsula could become a new public park. San mateo county board of supervisors will vote today to buy the area. This is for more than 3 million. Back in 2017, a palo alto nonprofit took ownership of the beach from rock singer chris isaac. It will be the second major beach in the park system in the last 50 years. Thats nice, that it comes back to the public domain. If you go outside, today would be a great day to enjoy the parks. It is nice out there, and temperatures are warming up so it feels great out there. Contrast that to what theyre seeing in southern california. Theyre getting all the rain that we should be getting at this point. A live look at tiburon, might as well enjoy it, since were seeing that rain missing much of the bay area to the south. A live look outside at walnut creek, it is beautiful out there, as you make your way out for lunch, enjoy it outside. Then we check out our temperature trend for martinez, going out for a walk, going to the park, its going to be in the low 70s for the middle of the afternoon. And weve had a nice warmup here compared to the cool and wet weather we had over the weekend. Still some big changes here. We have some more on the way. Today were heading up to 72 in concord. Its going to be 73 in napa. In San Francisco, reaching 67 degrees. Half moon bay, well see a high there of 65 degrees. And then we take a look at this storm across parts of southern california, a live Lightning Strike thats being picked up off the coast. This has the potential of producing a few thunderstorms for them. For us, were going to see the waves of rain moving closer. Look at how close its getting to monterey right now. And so well see this spreading in as we go to the rest of the day. The south bay right now is where well be watching out for the possibility of some of that rain moving in. As we look at our hour by hour forecast, we take it to 5 00 and were seeing some of the rain moving into gilroy and morgan hill, approaching san jose. Then as it moves in, well see some of the downpours. Aif a lot of them weakening. This evening, more humidity in the atmosphere that will allow the rain to come even to the peninsula, tonight into early tomorrow. Then it moves out as we wake you the and head out to work tomorrow. Then well turn our attention to another storm system that will be moving in by the end of the weekend. So well go several days without any rain. Then we start to see this next storm system coming in between saturday, sunday, continues into monday. We may get the possibility of getting over a half inch of rain in some spots which is a pretty promising thing, not only for bay area rain but for sierra snow, this computer model putting down 63 inchessnow for kingvail from now through tuesday. Make sure you plan for cool and wet weather. Those temperatures will be dropping significantly this weekend, marcus and kris. Thanks, kari. Coming up, San Francisco icon recognized. China is starting to see progress in containing the coronavirus. Today the president of china, xi jinping, visited wuhan for the First Time Since the coronavirus outbreak, where coronavirus first emerged. The chinese president visited neighborhoods and checked in with residents and workers. Well be back with more news after the break. Today on california live, well talk with corey feldman. All happening on california live. Do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging . Prevagen is the number one pharmacistrecommended memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. New at 11 00, sfo is showing off its next phase of the new harvey milk terminal. I just drove by it yesterday. Milks name is the first thing you see as you pull up. The new part of the 2 billion terminal will feature new ticket counters, more gates and restaurants, and will have a Museum Exhibit in honor of the late San Francisco supervisor. The next phase is set to open at the end of march. This morning, a paradise go surprise on the Kelly Clarkson show. Her three boys talked about the hardship of being separated and what they need to get back on their feet. Its really hard, i used to see my mom every day, and now its once or twice every month. I really shohope i can be back h her. With the help of singer actor trevor jackson, one man made his dream come true, on the Kelly Clarkson show today on nbc bay area. As we go into this afternoon, a few showers move into the south bay. Very warm for the next few days. This weekend cooling down and some off and on showers will have an even bigger cooldown for San Francisco. 52 degrees will be the high on sunday. This is when youre not upset about the rain because we need it. Yes, we do. And well make something yummy for the weekend, it will be great, watch a movie. Have a great day, folks. Happy birthday, kari. Right now on california live, johnny is making movie magic happen. I better get used to holding one of these. I think i speak for everyone in the room when i say we have an absolute masterpiece. And malou is making beignets. Orange blossom beignets. Plus letting your hair down. 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