Afterschool activities are cancelled at santa teresa high school. The School District sent parents a letter warning them a student may have been exposed to coronavirus. The student has no symptoms but will start a twoweek quarantine as the entire campus gets disinfected. It kind of scares me because theres a lot of kid heres and not enough time for people to clean. Reporter School Leaders stress that santa teresa will be open tomorrow. I think that the harm of widespread School Closure outweighs the benefits. Reporter Santa Clara Health officer dr. Sarah cody told supervisors today if schools close, that could force Many Health Care workers to stay home with their kids instead of caring for patients. She also admitted its unlikely to contain the virus now given how quickly it spreads. On average, each person with the infection will infect an average of two to three additional others. Reporter there are now 43 confirmed cases of covid19 in the county and nearly half of those were not related to travel or contact with a sick person which is one reason why the county is changing its strategy. Shifting from what we call containment which is when were focused on individual cases and tracing every single contact to mitigation which is when we take broader Public Health measures to try to slow the spread of infection. Reporter and we have just learned that there are now two additional cases of coronavirus. That brings the total here in Santa Clara County to 45. Dr. Cody said there is a promising new development for commercial labs just this week started offering coronavirus tests. Now here at santa teresa high school, there will be a second deep cleaning this weekend. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thanks marianne. Lets go to oakland, another live look at the port where the princess cruise ship is docked. As soon as passengers come off, they are met by medical personnel in these tents to be evaluated. Then they get on to these buses. Weve heard of about 300 passengers getting off the ship today, on top of 407 yesterday. 173 are from the u. S. And those needing medical attention, not necessarily from the coronavirus, but they dont feel well. They were allowed to get off first. Now, passengers who are off the ship are now starting a 14day quarantine. Earlier today sky raunger spotted some of the buses headed for Travis Air Force base in fair fae fairfield. Now, besides travis, passengers are also heading for miramar , d texas, and georgia. A small number of passengers are being quarantined at hotels in berling gate, san carlos. Those passengers went to the hospital for first for immediate medical attention but do not have the coronavirus. Jodi hernandez talked to families who just started their twoweek quarantine. She joins us from travis with more. Reporter one passenger just texted me that it feels great to finally be off that ship and have room to move around. But others are extremely frustrated at how long this process has taken. Escorted by the chp, bus loads of masked Cruise Ship Passengers are finally making their way to Travis Air Force base where the cdc says theyll be tested for coronavirus and quarantined. Were kind of looking at it as a sabbatical for a couple of weeks. Reporter among them linda and barny along with their daughter and her family. The kids caught the first bus out this morning, grateful to get off the ship. Were kind of looking at it as a sabbatical for a couple of weeks. Reporter they plan to bus 810 californians to the air base by the end of the day. We want to make them feel as comfortable as possible. We know that theyve gone through, you know, very difficult situation. Reporter amy and allen killbourne arent from california. Theyre from dayton, ohio, but they arrived at travis yesterday. They say they havent yet been tested or given much information. And they say necessities are in short supply. We went down this morning to ask for things like toilet paper, tooth paste, deodorant, and they said they had none of that. So, that is a concern if theyre bringing 800 more people there. Reporter denise got the green light to disembark late today. She too is headed to travis. But she says shes frustrated at how unorganized the operation has been. They left us out at sea for so many days. They had time to prepare for this. Reporter jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. You can hear from the passengers first hand getting off that ship is prompting anxiety for everyone. Behind the scenes, California Health and Human Services are on the ship screening with medical screenings and interviews whchlt they get clear, the passengers disembark. Thats the process weve been showing you, coming off wearing masks. Theyre stopped at the bottom of the ramp. You can see the process, medical personnel in full protective gear taking their temperature first and foremost. Theyre directed into large militarystyle tents which are set up just feet away. Theres the ramp coming off. Heres military tents. Buses are waiting behind the tent. Buses leave with full police escort. Also at the port are ambulances. You can see the red secured lot there filled with ems there, passengers tested positive and their travel companions are being taken to local hospitals. This is only day two. Well likely be seeing this process through tomorrow and possibly into thursday. And we can still see passengers, hundreds of them there, from the nbc bay area sky ranger. You can see them in their rooms watching it all from their balcony. The number of cases increased by 24 in california just since yesterday. Governor newsom delivered that update today. Stanford hospitals are testing patients who have symptoms. Other hospitals will soon follow. 18 labs across the state are helping to process test kits along with the private company, quest labs. We will have the capacity on a daily basis just in quest commercial support in the state of california to process in excess of 5,000 tests on ai daily basis. As much as 5,500, but in that range. Ucsf announced today its testing in conjunction with mark zuckerberg. The group has new machines which will quadruple the number of coronavirus tests that could be run in the bay area. Only patients with symptoms will be tested. The rc of San Francisco is temporarily shutting down all schools. Classes will be cancelled in San Francisco, ma ryme, and san mateo counties this thursday through march 25th. The cancel laugss are also for any planned School Events such as fund reasonable causers, community events, as well as field trips. In San Francisco, also a plan to help Small Businesses simply stay afloat. This is a big, big problem here. Businesses across the country and of course the bay area are tanking for thousands of Business Owners. And that trickled down to the employees. Just one example, our usually busy cable cars, not many people. Very few riders that we saw today. Nbc bay areas Mark Matthews has been talking with Business Owners about what exactly they need and what city officials are considering. Reporter half the board of supervisors are out here on the plaza making proposals, but interestingly not the ones that the chamber of commerce said would be the most useful. Just look at how few people are riding San Franciscos most iconic tourist attraction and you can see the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Yeah, this is much, much quieter, especially downtown. Reporter there are open seats at the bar, business down 7 , the first downturn since 2001. Even with 9 11, it never actually went down. It still stayed even or up a little. Businesses have already seen a 50 hit in their revenue already. Reporter today, supervisors took turns outlining plans to help individuals and Small Businesses during the coronavirus emergency. Among the proposals, a ban on evictions and no interest loans. But a Public Policy director for the chamber of commerce noted that the supervisors never mentioned suspended collection of city fees or taxes fees. Sidewalk fee, satisbanner ann fees. It put that to the supervisor. I didnt hear it as any of the proposals. Yeah. I think were still working on our proposals. I dont need a loan at this point. But for the shorter term, suspending the business fees would be useful and helpful. Reporter thats the owner of an optometry shop in hayes valley. If the supervisors are serious about suspending fees, theyre running out of time. Business licensing fees are due at the end of this month. Thanks mark. We are constantly getting new developments and questions about the virus so weve created the Coronavirus Crisis center to address some of those questions. We can see where the cases are on this map. The areas with the larger red circles, those are called hotspots. They include italy, iran, and of course china, the ep centre. There are more than 118,000 cases confirmed worldwide, but people are getting better. More than half the people with the virus, 64,000, have already recovered including 15 people in the u. S. For more in depth information, check out our special report, understanding coronavirus. You can pull it up scanning the qr code. It will take you right to the video. You can go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com, click understanding coronavirus on the top bar of the website. Lets talk about the weather. We had rain across the area this afternoon. This is the live camera. Its clearing up. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist. Seems like a small system. Its based off to the south, producing heavier rain in Southern California as you can see. Heaviest rainfall from l. A. Down to san diego, lightning in central california. And the way this storm is moving, the center is offshore, the counterclockwise flow is helping to push up shower bands right into the bay area, nothing too heavy but welcomed showers. A little in livermore moving to the north and west. That could keep showers in san ramon by 5 34. Im talking about much better weekend chances of additional rainfall in about 15 minutes. Thank jeff. Still to come, the polls closing in two states. Were watching the results of the president ial primaries and who might be pulling ahead. In case you missed it, heres the qr code thats going to take you right to the special report on coronavirus. You can see it in the bottom left of your screen. Just scan that qr code with your phone on your camera. 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 its election day. In six states they headed to the polls today to vote in the democratic primary, washington, idaho, north dakota, michigan, missouri, and mississippi. Now, there are 352 delegates up for grabs tonight. The big win of course could be michigan. 125 delegates up for grabs. The first numbers are coming in right now and nbc news has declared joe biden the winner in mississippi. So, he has just won this state declared by nbc. Its still too early to call missouri and north dakota. Now, joe biden is in the lead also for the delegate count. Lets take a look at the latest numbers. Hes winning at 652, Bernie Sanders is at 575. Of course well be updating these numbers and have more results tonight at 6 00. The spread of coronavirus is impacting election night. Both Bernie Sanders and joe biden cancelled rallies tonight in cleveland, ohio. The decision comes as the cdc advises against large indoor events. The dnc announced today there will be no Live Audience at this saturdays democratic debate in phoenix, arizona. A deadly shooting in san jose, tonight the police still looking for clues and tips. A man was shot and killed just before 10 00 a. M. At this valero gas station on tully road. They dont know who did it or why. For the first time in 50 years, San Mateo County is adding a new public park. The board of supervisors approved buying the beach from the space trust. Price tag for this beautiful piece of land . 3 million bucks. Right now access is dangerous, consisting of a steep narrow path but theyll be working on that. Public officials are setting up a fund to add picnic tables, trails, and restrooms. It is located right there between half moon way and the small down of tus ka dare row. With a smaller size comes a tighter bond. We do it right. That tight knit group is lending all of its support to one of its own members in need. We need good news. Reporter as you know this story focuses on san joses semiquest film festival. It may not seem like a great week for them. They were forced to postpone a second week of screening. If organizers are looking to put their disappointment into perspective, they dont have to look far. Film lovers come to cine quest to revel in stories of what artists call the human condition. Even the best film by the best filmmakers still have Trouble Holding a candle to real life. Its what this actress and producer is learning the hard, hard way. Yes, i have cancer. With this diagnosis, i should not be here at this time next year. I like that shot too reporter elizabeth and her husband Sean Mccarthy are fixtures in the bay area Film Community. They worked on a variety of projects, even have a comedy streaming on amazon. Consistently for 12 years, sean and elizabeth have worked with cinequest to create the festivals trailer. In this industry, that counts for a lot. They turn out to be your family. Reporter which is why when elizabeth shared her diagnosis last year with the cofounder, he rushed to support them emotionally and financially. Both of them are incredibly giving people. Theyve done so much for cinequest and the people we serve. Reporter and it was just the first act. Others in the Film Community have jumped in as well offering money, rides, meals, whatever is needed. The Bay Area Community has been amazing. Ive heard from people that i knew of but i had never actually met or worked with. So, the outpouring has been so touching and unexpected. Reporter which is why making it to cinequest this year was so important to elizabeth, a chance to say thank you in person to the film family that has supported her. And letting them know she is still hoping to write a happy ending. Its wonderful how the Film Community has rallied around them. It also shows how important cinequest is in the bay area. Sean found his love for film, he would sneak into cinequest screenings when he was a teenager and got to see and interact with great filmmakers. That inspired him on his career. How long have we been doing cine quest . 30 years. Wonderful film festival. They should say, they postponed screenings until august. Not cancelled, postponed until august. Lets turn our attention back to the weather. Live look in San Francisco now. You can see the ball mark right there in the foreground, jeff raniere with us. We had a little bit of shower activity today, helped us with the allergies and the immediate fire danger. We do have larger rain chances ahead in the sevenday forecast. Lets take you into our microclimate weather tonight and live look here, another Vantage Point of San Francisco and the downtown skyline. And we thought we would take a look at some of the spots that did get measurable rainfall today. Santa clara. 02 of an inch, san jose, also. 01 of an inch. Some places got sprinkles. If anything, it just felt a lot more like march outside. Havent hear any complaints about getting a little bit of spotty rainfall today. This is all coming from a storm system thats based off to the south. You can see on the storm ranger down here in l. A. , heaviest rainfall is in los angeles with lightning strikes down to san diego. And the way this is moving counterclockwise motion pushing up some of these rain bands still real close to the bay area. Nothing too heavy here right now with spotty showers over livermore could keep activity into san ramon through 6 12 this evening. I think the center of the storm system remains to the south tonight, but its the same drill tomorrow. We keep the chance of spotty showers through 7 00 in the morning and into the afternoon for tomorrow as well. Keep the umbrella handy, especially in the south bay. Thats where the best chance for showers is. Lets move on. Weve been used to this lately. A little bit of that crisp air to kind of invigorate you oa little bit to get out the door tomorrow morning. 47 in the east bay, 51 San Francisco, and 56 in the east bay. By the afternoon, the warm area continues to keep temperatures on the mild side. We have 70 in san jose, also 71 here in east san jose. For the east bay, 41 in vallejo, 71 pittsburgh, 71 pleasant ton. Take it to the peninsula. 68 in redwood city. San francisco 67 for the embarcadero. A lot happening on the extended forecast. Here it goes. Thursday, morning fog. Dry friday. System develops on saturday for spotty showers. But again the better bet of rainfall sunday. 1 to a half inch. And low snow sunday into monday, possibly down to 2,000 feet. We could wake up with snow for our elevation. Inland valley temps down to 52 on sunday. Big, big drop for us. If youre headed to the sierra, the timing has sped up a little bit. Severe snow on sunday. Watch out for traveling. One to two feet is possible in a 24 hour period on sunday with lingering snow into monday. Thats a lot happening in the sierra. Thanks jeff. Up next at 5 00, a thousand cancellations in 72 hours. The changes that have a michelin star restaurant in the south bay is making to put diners at ease during this outbreak. Well explain. So maybe were new to home improvement, but we got an insider tip on the ultimate flooring destination. Were shopping alongside reallife designers and contractors. And, these prices yeah, we found where the pros go. Explore floor and decor in person or online. phone ringing a phones offers big button,ecialized phones. And volumeenhanced phones. , get details on this state program. Call or visit if youre 55 and up, tmobile has a plan designed just for you. And, for a limited time only, were making it an even better deal. Now you can get two lines for only 55. That includes unlimited talk, text and data. With no annual service contracts. 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