The National Hockey league is going to be up day both of these are developing stories all of this is developing as we saw how fast this all happened last night. Governor newsome is calling for large gatherings with 250 people to be rescheduled or canceled. And it is not an order only a recommendation at this point. Heres the message. She said quote not holding that concert a Community Event can have cascading effects saving dozens of lives and preserving Critical Health care resources that your family made need a month from now state Health Officials also advise smaller events can only happen. If the organizers can implement social distancing and that means keeping people says at least 6 feet away. And here in the bay area, several schools and events have been canceled over growing concerns in this includes Lake Shore Elementary School in San Francisco, the school will be closed for 2 weeks after 4 students and some Family Members reported having a respiratory illness. There arent any confirmed coronavirus cases linked to lakeshore any of the School District or into the school in the district but lakeshore is right next to little high hool which was closed for nearly a week after a students parent became infected with coronavirus a high school reopened just yesterday. To keep new cases from entering our shores. We will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the ne 30 days. Those will go into effect friday at midnight. Thats the president announcing the travel ban from the us from europe to the us. The World Health Organization declared an outbreak of a Global Pandemic thats why hes taken this drastic step, yeah and for more details on this travel ban th kron 4 Sarah Stinson live at sfo now with the very latest on that part of the story sarah. The ad this new orr means no more International Travel from International Airports like sfo and this is a huge step as you restricting travel to the United States for more than 2 dozen European Countries and this is all an attempt from President Trump to stop the spread of the Public Health crisis of the coronavirus know this is caused a huge disruption to everyday life as weve en you know countries are counties our state our cities were all taking major precaution to stopping the spread. But this is a huge step from the president in a prime Time Oval Office address it was a man to the notes stop the criticism because hes got a lot of chris criticism those taking the matter to lightly so trump framed his announcement saying that this is a suspension of for all travel for the next 30 days starting tomorrow but immediately after his Administration Made it clear it was not as drastic as previously stated the ban will not apply to every single country. The ban will only apply to foreign nationals and not to american citizens have be screened before entering the country. Trump has also forced to the he was forced to clarify that he is not blocking goods from europe just by saying his ban would apply to the tremendous amount of trade in cargo. So hes making sure people know that this applies to people and not too good son. This is obviously going to be huge impact to airlines and of this entire industry theyve already seen a huge hit and trump is also looking into some kind of relief for these industries but were going to be talking to people some last minute travelers trying to head out before the bands last minute travelers heading in the for the man for now well send it back to us. All right, thanks a lot sarah at least 42 tsa workers and the San Jose International airport are under quarantine because 3 tested positive at san joses airport for coronavirus and now there are concerns of course that passengers may have been exposed at as well th infected screeners works the night shift in terminal b screening passengers on alaska and southwest terminal b screening checkpoints are open right now. The union says some screeners have been asked to work longer hours to make up you know for those who are quarantined and they say this has been stressful for everyone. When we first heard about this and we had employees that wore the masks they we had some that were lot where the mask they were very worried are they had allergies are they had more other underlying causes that may make them more susceptible. So yeah they were much more worried about the timing cup action. Them they were about their fellow employees. Santa clara county leaders are now urging the tsa to provide more information about those employees who tested positive. Including the exact time thatthey were working the locations and whether or not they had direct contact with travelers at the airport were waiting for those. Well the coronavirus pandemic is having a major impact on sports as the nba nowsuspending the season until further notice after a player test deposit. It was a sudden decision right when that test came in for the utah jazz player and they were play Oklahoma City thunder. Yesterday but moment before tipoff says thats when they got the words and looting eagle bear of the utah jazz tested positive. Hes got coronavirus players on both teams are being quarantined now and va officials are reevaluated are reevaluating everything in light of this. The second and as this news surfaced. This video. Immediately. Went on social media you can see this. That was really go bare where he was at the mike. And geting up and you know making light of the coronavirus. And the thing is and all the microphones, what reporters as he left. E last lets watch again. So this is the thing is you dont know when he was feeling fine obviously at that time. But theres a 2 week period that you know can be contagious and so we dont know if he was infected at that time or not. He was not at the arena last night. But the jazz have played 5 games in the past week that still past week not raptors piston celtics next cavalier knows how many people came into contact so we can all of those payer players now are being told that they need to be checked and they may need to be quarantined the Ripple Effect you can see how this goes and then you go where where their homes where their families it just goes out from that are spread exponentially from that point on which is why theyre trying to clamp down us part is they are in the nba. Now the suspension of the nba season means no more warriors games of course of the chase center until further notice so lets go to kron fours will tran in San Francisco with reaction from the warriors well. Let me just add on what you guys just talked about whether rudy go bare the Sacramento Kings they had to cancel their game as well last night abruptly because one of the refs. Who was going to wrath last nights sacramento, kings game while he was one of the rest during rudy rudy go bears game a few days ago and thats why they said maybe he has coronavirus so they abruptly canceled the game in sacramento as far as the warriors things are happening so quickly. James a jury a couple of days ago, everybody was so happy that steph curry returned in front of a packed audience and then it changed to yes they can play but with no audience now they can not play at all so they might as well turn out the lights as far as the nba games are concerned when he comes to the chase center so take a look at the screen. The warriors they obviously knew what was going on so they quickly sent out this news release us this statement to their fans in the nba community. They say we completely support the nbas decision to suspend our season until further notice the health and safety of our fans staff and players has always been and always will be our top priority. Now the warriors they announced a couple of days ago that they were on board with playing the games just with essential staff maybe family and friends trainers obviously coaches and thats it. But all of a sudden things move faster than a fast break and then all of in god that the commissioner adam silver announced right before the game he talked about that canceling the probably only about 20 games left in the season by the news even onsult with everybodys i want to get you to Pay Attention to the screen mark cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks ease animated when he found out he was on his phone look at his face will gehis reaction. He couldnt believe it as well, but it seems like hes on board as ell this is a pandemic now something that we have not seen perhaps in our lifetime. So hes on board with it, heres what he had to say after finding out the news. This is something out of a movie and you just dont expect it to happen in real life, but. Thats the randomness of of of the world we live in and so its stunning. And we have to be smart and how respond. So coming up at 6 oclock we will hear from the fans who found out abruptly that the gamesare canceled all have that and more reaction from the warriors in about 15 minutes from now back to james darya all right, thanks a lot. Well. And steph curry reacted on twitter last night saying quote 2020 and it dont know what to compare this situation to just got to buckle up and take care of yourself and those around you. Basketball will be back at some point right now protect yourself and stay safe out there, on its not unprecedented. Said you know what to compare it to and that is it. You know before we had national and world emergencies 9. 11 or earthquakes or ash. Sports ends up being something that you go to to get away from threw it right to get to get through now its this is all part of it march madness. This could change. Right now they say theyre just going to still continue on with the games and have no ns president thats with the nc double a has decided to do with the tournament. At this pont. They made this decision. Yesterday after they consulted with public Health Officials. Its supposed to begin. This coming tuesday in dayton ohio, but stay tuned for that because we could see i mean a pro sports are canceling and the nbas canceling it would be highly unlikely kids would be put in thisosition. Im you know know that people om every walk of life. I have this we heard i dont know if you heard the news yesterday tom hanks as coronavirus so you know its touching everybody in the east bay city leaders in oakland are banning large events just like san francio is doing. But theyre saying a 1000 people at then use that includes the Convention Center paraount theater, the fox there. The Oakland Alameda coliseumauthority has canceled all events at the coliseum an arena. And there is disappointment over the shows in venues that are happening. But fans say its probably for the best. Whatever the professionals that experts think is best for stopping the spread of this virus, im on board with whatever that is south and that means shutting down every single concert ent im okay with that. Rather just not having get spread the contain its a couple days of staying in or weekmaybe but i think its worth not getting sick. For nothis ban is till march 31th and there are you know theres a possibility everything is company or you know just sato basically thats why kron 4 is covering this wall to wall as we told you San Francisco has a similar ban in place the city ordered a 2 eek span. On both public and private events of more than a 1000 people performances hamilton at show the last ship i saw that show last week now its all canceled. Restrictions are in place. This ban is at march 25th is that you know date that they have right now but nobody can foresee the future so again state and could be extended yet now the Major League Baseball because the Ripple Effects are being felt there as well the exhibition game between the as and the giants. Scheduled for march 24th or oracle park canceled because of the ban on large events in San Francisco. So the ty of oakland and alama county are also putting a ban on gatherings of more than a 1000 peoplethe as are working right now on alternate plans for its games at the coliseum theyre scheduled to open the regular season on the 26th against the twins but its unclear if games a lot to be canceled or played at another site so stay tuned, well let you know when the league makes a decision now to the san jose sharks, the rrent plan is for the team to play its 3 march home games at the a c p s Safety Center with fans, not in attendance, however, the nhl announced the league is evaluating all options and expects to have another update today. Were going to see if their situation is put on pause just like they did in e nba. The sharks are slated to be back in the bay area next thursday and our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues on kron on thats our 24 hour local streaming news service is free to download right now. Its our way of trying to keep you informed and updated on this health crisis. So if you havent already download it todayat your app store. John. Are looking at temperatures this morning in the 40s and 50s a touch cooler than yesterday was at this time to start, but a nice afternoon ahead of us im talking weekend rain in your forecast ahead. Im tracking your commute around thbay area this morning not much of a commute at the bay bridge toll plaza, its light s quiet smooth dum dum dee dum dum dum [slurpg sound] while youre working hard, do you know what your money is doing . Is your bank lting. Your money be lazy . Make your money work harder than ever with allys new smart savings tools. For all things money you deserve an ally. Welcome back 5. 17 on this thursday morning. We do have some cloud cover that singing our right above the east bay as well as out towards the coast this morning. This is your view from berkeley. Typically you see the city lights pretty clear down below now this fog and cloud cover sitting right above the bay, so fortunately as a result of into many visibility impacts he little gray for some of us to get this morning started off by the time we move into the afternoon any sort of thin marine layer that youre seeing out there is going to burn off and weve got a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures today that wont last for long though that cloud cover that youre seeing on the top of the screen. Thats going to be making its way down the coast and eventually towards the bay area come the weekend tha means although today and tomorrow will be Crystal Clear dry beautiful days ahead of us. The weekend had to be just the opposite with rainfall in a plunge of cold air pushing into the bay area resulting in temperatures falling from the 70s to the 50s in the days to come so weekend some spend indoors. Take it easy and just to savor the fact that were finally gettingsome good rain. Rainfall will be seen in the bay area from saturday sunday on into monday with a good amount of snowfall up in the Sierra Nevada as well so this is going to stop a lot of travel for the weekend at least you should plan on taking it easier because the weathers just not going to be too pleasant for lee to into much as for temperatures today, still a nice one 60s for your coastal temperatures in 70s remain for other spots in the bay for some of our coastal areas will be just a touch cooler than yesterday lawler inland areas are going to be noticeably warmer like in the south bay where your daytime highs will rise into the mid 70s for san Jose Santa Clara campbell in milpitas each at 75. The east bay that solid 70s even for Oakland Berkeley and richmond which are in the 60s yesterday youll be of 70s today, one 80 on the map thats for you in fairfield while valais how at 75 napa sonoma venetian pittsburgh just to name a few spots. Today rising to 77 degrees. Now into tomorrow, temperatures still warm sunshe. Still with us saturday sunday and monday bison for a little bit weve got cloud cover cold showers and rainfall likely lingering from saturday into sunday and monday tuesday looks to dry out before a slight chance of rain next wednesday. Rob all right were checking in on traffic still light and quiet around the bay area this morning were starting off. Hot spot free its picking up a little bit here on the san mateo bridge. So weve got a crd thats been out there for the last hour or so crossing the bay heading to the ninsula, but no the problems to worry about were at 14 minutes, us and the tail here at the bay bridge toll plaza we are delay free so a great trip into San Francisco. No troubles across the upper deck quiet through the maze and easy 10 minute trip off to the fremont street exit were looking at more drive times and were just on time everywhere highway for 6 80 south the nimitz and even one on one so that trip from the south bay to the peninsula looks really good. Go ead and take an hour under 30 minutes from san jose to menlo park will check more coming up back to you thanks a lot robin is 5. 20 and new this morning menlo park has declared a local emergency because of coronavirus that means public city facilities will be closed to the public until further notice only Senior Services and Child Care Centers are exempt from this closure. Heres a breakdown of the cases around the bay right now 48 in Santa Clara County 15 people have tested positive and san mateo county. 14 in San Francisco, there are 10 coronavirus che shunts in contra costa county. 6 Solano County residents have been diagnosed in sonoma and alameda counties. Theyre holdinat 3 moran has gone up now has 3 cases of coronavirus there. And the coronavirus was declared a pandemic and now local Health Experts are oping the declaration will encourage more action to mitigate the spread of the virus with kron fours dan kerman with more. W h o. Has been assessing this outbreak around the clock. And were deeply concerned most by the alarming levels of spread and severity. And by the ilo to mean levels off in action without the World Health Organization declared the covered 19 coronavirus a pandemic then it just means virus is spreading across the world so its not just restricted to one area or one country its truly a global well that ceainly isnt news to those of us who live in california and other regions that have seen spikes in cases. Experts say the pandemic designation hopefully will spur other cities states and countries to mobilize. By declaring a pandemic i think more counties and states will feel comfortable die declaring their own state emergencies which will then allow them to put into place guidelines for their cities and counties socialdistancing rules and medical experts say that distancing which includes bans on large gatherings is key to keeping the virus in check and not overwhelming the Health Care System if we can out that bill next time frame over the next weeks to months that actually helps s take that very large spike and everyone getting sick and means that thats the reason we want to start doing socialdistancing in places where theres Community Spread because even if the same number of people get the illness if we can all get at different times thats good for our economy, its good for our Health Systems and thats what what lot of eventually get us through this here in the bay area various jurisdictions are recommending socialdistancing but so far only a few have banned large scale events of over a 1000 people. Dan kerman kron 4 news. And heres a quick live look outside that much more coverage of the coronavirus including some of the Ripple Effects of maybe you havent considered yet like the lighter than normal traffic. What were seeing here at the bay bridge is a lot more folks are trying to telecommute employers are asking their employees a possible to work from home and we are certainly seeing that the effects of that in our everyday lives in more ways than one well talk more about that coming up in a minute robin wilson with your traffic check on trade with your forecast and of cours 26 and thanks for joining us for this special edition of the kron 4 morning news. We have all of the angles on coronavirus that you need to know stores are continug to react. Theyre stocking up on Hand Sanitizers and disinfectants they cant keep them on the shelves as they keepflying off ght to target and walmart and now placing limits on how many of hithese items you can have they in such high demand and they nt everybody to have a chance to buy them so target is limitg you to 6 containers of wipes and sanitizers per person while mart has a limit as well becse these are in high demand and you know what even if theyre not like when we went to safely the other day and somebody took all 10 containers that were on the shelves dont do that you know leave some because the whole idea is think about your neighbor thats how were going to stop the spread. In an effort to keep riders safe from coronavirus barred is placing Hand Sanitizer kiosks at each station these are new ridership has been down dramatically by 30 because of the outbreak you can see all the open seats. Bart says this ridership. Dip is costing the agency between 45600,000 a d, but again the money is not the point at this point theyre just trying to keep people safe youll notice Hand Sanitizer on bart if you have toride it youll notice that at your gym at your local a store and business as well. President trump has announced a travel ban from over 2 dozen European Countries all an effort 5 30 is the time right now as we continue our coronavirus coverage, the World Health Organization has declared this a pandemic there are over 1200 cases in the United States. A 118,000 worldwide yeah and Health Leaders say that regardless of if you get infected with coronavirus or not it will affect your daily life. John lawrence has more. President trump in a coronavirus based address wednesday says an anti viral therapy will be available in record time these treatments will significantly reduce the impact and reach of the virus but in the meantime be prepared for things like rough days on wall street. Extensive cleanings of most surfaces empty shelves in your Grocery Stores and travel restrictions from the white house youre going to see closing down of a new schools, large gatherings. Because you dont have an option youre never going to bring the testing up to capacity in time the nbas suspending its season afteat least one player tested positive for the disease. Fans attending the Oklahoma City thunder utah jazz game were sent home shortly before back its like our fans getting taken away trey to kill us but other basketball fans like this one in atlanta approved a lease decision i think fight. The Health Officials say these steps are necessary to help prevent the coronavirus from spreading even faster were a 100,000 eyes, you bed short. Were probably 10s of thousands of breathing machines ventilator short. What are we gonna do i mean these are real problems and this is you know hours and days count now not not not days and weeks, im John Lawrence reporting. And now to more on the big story here the 30 day travel ban thats been imposed by the president kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live at sfo with who this affects and a lot of americans want to know if they go to europe. How can they get back or can they go in all we know that europe cant come to us sara. The President Trump later clarified that this is from and europe to america and this applies to foreign nationals, not to americans as well as to goods and not and to people and not goods to clarify so were here thats a fall and this huge impact its already been infected internationally for travel, but this is going to cut off ll european travel to over 2 dozen european counies, starting tomorrow for 30 da. And this again is all stop the spread of the coronavirus aer the president s primetime address his administration clarified that the restrictions again would only apply to foreign nationals and not to american citizens who ha been screened before entering the country this is very similar the ban he already put on travel from china, the european ion disapproves of the president s unilateral decision and without consultation. President trump said that europe and just not doing enough to combat coronavirus so hes banning travel from 26 countries excluding the United Kingdom or ireland, according to a Health Officials in europe more than 17,000 cases have been confirmed there and more than 700 people have died on the continent. But lets hear from trump as he clarifies more about this fan. The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result, a large number of new clusters in the United States were seated by travelers from europe after consulting with our top Government Health professionals. I have decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and wellbeing of all americans. The president has received some criticism for not taking the coronavirus serious enough but in this address he insisted he is marshaling the full power of the federal government to stop the spread and save lives now. Trump also address how this will affect the Airline Industry in the travel industry theyve already seen a major hit as people of just on their own stop traveling. But he said hes going to look with his administration some ways for some financial relief. Were going to be here all morning long talked to some people traveling its a going to be an interestintime its already looking very ghostlike here at the airport as it has been for the last week or 2 ill send it back to you now. Interesting are oking for the update. Thank you sarah. Another angle nurses throughout the state are calling for more training and protective gear to protect themselves and patien in the layout nearly 2 dozen nurses rallied outside of Kaiser Hospital and this mirrors the what weve seen in our hospitals in oakland martinez, santa clara and San Francisco. Nurses say they dont have enough disinfectant wipes sanitizers and they say their protective gear has been downgraded in part because of the changing guidelines from the cdc. Were part of the community. We get infected. And we have the potential of infecting our Family Members who are also part of the community and also people at the stores and you know charges that we attend. W kaiser disputes this they say that the staff is fully equipped and trained to handle the coronavirus. Well now to the very latest on the gra princess cruise ship it is still docked at the port of oakland there are the less though than 500 passengers still waiting to disembark over 1500 passengers have already left the cruise ship over the past few days. People on board were forced into isation bese of 21 people who tested positive for coronavirus passengers who were allowed of say they are excited to be moving on to the next phase. Leaving. Well passengers are headed to Travis Air Force base and other bases in san diego and georgia and texas for a 2 week quarantine and some passengers who have symptoms will stay at a hotel in san carlos officials wont say where the location is only that passengers will be relocated to a hotel that can house up to a 120 people and currently has no ests. Neighbors we spoke with were glad the passenger to help. I think its a better. But a way of not spreading the virus and containing it better. The san carlos has a safe a place for these people to bei think then that thats great. And while passengers relocatingo san carlos are not known to have the virus. They will be tested and monitored by medical professionals. Oakland native actor tom hanks. As coronavirus of javon heard he and his wife rita wilson tested positive. And he made the announcement right here you can see it on instagram they started to have some body aches it started with read a body aches a fever there in australia because hes a shooting something there. And before you know a deal they got a test. And theyve got it so they are isolated and stuck in australia. Until further notice. A bay area woman is living which is effectively shut down because of the epidemic kron urs justine waltman talk to her about what life is like under a lockdown. Now were all on house arrest or whats considered company for which he means fire coverage lockdown even tell you coca leaf local is what you have during war as coronavirus takes ld in italy the whole country is on lockdown streetare deserted shops closed and we dont know how long its going to last Christina Mifsud worried if this will become americas reality, she grew up in the bay area and is now secluded in her florence apartment did use certain to. Confirmed that it was going to be fun anymore. The cancellations started the lockdown has devastated her business as an italian tour guide. She tells me about 30 tourists have canceled costing her half of her years wages have friends are already been laid off. All over the country all over the continent. Some see italys move to close shops bars restaurants, schools, ms museums, nightclubs. As a test case for the rest of europe and maybe the us as well i think were 2 weeks ahead, what is going to happen to all of you and weve been telling my california friends. I think in 2 weeks youre going to have a serious lockdown kristinas tips for staying sane in solati. Dont panic dont complain and follow the restrictions to stop the spread of the disease we hope this is when its need and thats another problem we dont know if its an. We dont know if this is really going to work tighten restrictions are supposed to last in italy until march 25th. In the newsroom, im Justine Waldman kron 4 news and as you look at weve got special coverage online and on car kron on app without as shes talked about were time you know they havent seen that since were time they are facing such a crisis there that now they cant handle patients that are coming in and what is typically a wartime decision where you have yes where you have to say you know what if you if youre too old and too sick, weve got to turn to the next patient and give up on you because its a matter of who we can say and the worry right now is we could be facing the very same situation in a few weeks time because we dont as we just heard from doctors we dont have enough respirators to go around should are the arson hospitals. See a crush of patients coming in all at once i and were going to be facing the same tough choices. If we dont act quickly to try to stop and stem the spread as quickly as possible are doing our best to spread all the information that you need here on kron 4 will be back with get to the ross spring dress event, where the prices make all the dresses yeses. Yeah save 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices on our best selectn of spri dresses. The ross spring dress event, on now what . Oooh. Ahhh. No. Yeah. Yes oh yeah si. Yes. Thats thsound of saving 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. Welcome back 5. 46 on this thursday morning conditions out there pretty smooth the easy going this morning as far as whether whether is offering a just some low clouds sitting over berkeley can see party u c berkeley right there and then some fog to low cloud cover for the rest of the east bay. Do expect visibility to be pretty clear for most areas but there are going to be spots patches of fog that may cause you problems from time to time, 40s and 50s for your current temperatures, san mateo in redwood city of 47 degrees each oakland, a cooler start than yesterday but still hanging on to 50 degrees overall temperatures definitely a noticeable cool down from where we were 24 hours ago. But conditions this afternoon will be just the opposite little bit warmer skies, nice and clear across the bay into the afternoon and tomorrow were going to remain that way but that cloud cover youre seeing on the top of the screen thats going make its way down the coast to the bay area and come saturday sunday and monday big cool down from the 70s to the 50s and weve got rain and snow in the forecast for us so enjoy these next couple of sunny days and then hunker down and take it easy this weekend because the weather is going to be just not the most fun. Weve got Cool Temperatures rainfall starting saturday lingering through sunday and monday and snowfall really coming down in the sierra durinthe same time too. Its not the most ideal days for any sort of travel or getting outside just some cooler days to take it easy and keep it indoors. This weekend uses a good excuse to do that. Temperatures in the 60s for coastal spots across the bay area. While you head inland and most of our temperatures will be rising into the 70s now while the coast will actually be just a touch cooler than it was yesterday, some of our inland areas and even the south a little bit warmer youre seeing a lot of mid 70s on the map today as opposed to those low 70s like yesterday and even alone 80 on the map over in fairfield some 60s hang on out along the coastline. Heres a look ahead at your next 7 days tomorrow, just as warm as today if not a little bit warmer in lots of sunshine remaining with us. Come saturday sunday and monday temperatures really cool and down fast to down into the 50s with some rainfall arriving most likely saturday afternoon. Robin. Well more and more folks are staying home working from home and look at traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza not much. Normally we have a full weight it would be backed up at least to the 80 over crossing for the cash buyers and fast trackers but with so many folks taking off from work and school you know were just not seeing the usual traffic out there so the trip into San Francisco for those of you who are driving this morning wide open 12 minutes off to fremont street to the richmond sandra fell, its also light and quiet no delays to worry about 7 minutes to the north bay, no hot spots, but we do have some foggy spots and that includes the golden gate, its like throughout the morning drive. So just you know reduce your speed dont forget the headlights and wipers the fog is covering the towers here 19 minutes novato to San Francisco, a picket traffic tracker just showing really good drive times you have 5. 80 livermore to dublin thats only 11 minutes, dublin to fremont maybe thats a part of your commute, its very easy. A 14 minutes, right now im noticing that its filling in on the nimitz freeway just a little bit we call this moderate crowding at 23 minutes from to 38 all to 2. 37 darya back to you thanks a lot rob 5. 48 and as the coronavirus has now become a pandemic lawmakers on capitol hill are pushing legislation to get americans more paid sick leave washington correspondent basal john reports on what the difference to contain the coronavirus members of Congress Want americans to worry about their Health Rather than their paycheck. You do not want an employee who was sacked to feel like i dont have paid sick leave, i guess a better come to work and then everybody else. Gets a virginia senators, tim kaine and mark warner are pushing legislation, providing Emergency Paid Sick leave we dont know how long it wi actually last. But we have to get resources out into the community. The legislation requir all employers to allow workers 7 dayof paid sick leave in an additional 14 days in the event of a Public Health emergency like the Coronavirus Crisis ming into a workplace. If you have been exposed or if you possibly. Have coronavirus could wreak such attic as people lose that job or miss that rent payment. One of the duration of the financial dress will be much much longer the extra sick days could also be used if an employer temporarily closes a Childs School closes or a Family Member is quarantined during a Public Health emergency. Advocate alex, but hes with the National Partnership for women and families says a sick leave is vitally important to families. Especially those living paycheck to paycheck pace that days or so incredibly important because were not just theyrenot available just for the worker to take care of themselves, but al take care of their family both warner and kaine are confident employers will support these efforts to help contain the disease. Reporting in washington and these will the series of measures are put into place to help protect Small Businesses in San Francisco of the during the shutdowns and disruptions and that includes deferring taxes funding and guaranteed city funding nonprofit contracts, mayor breed says despitethe uncertainty ound the virus. She is certain that will come out on the other side ok. We will get through this. This is not unfamiliar territory for San Francisco. We all can thing back in our not so distant past to even hiv crisis and we got through that because we have some of the most. How into it and the best public Health Officials anywhere in the world. The city is also launching a website that will serve as onestop shopping for all resources contacts and updates for Small Businesses. A lot of people are reconsidering their spring break plans and if youre headed to washington dc you might want to change your plans us capitol tours are suspended for the next few weeks. 2 congressional aides confirm that the Washington Dc Health aboard recommended canceling large gatherings for now only the congressional towards or expect unexpected but congressional guess could be banned next. And alexander le mon in washington where lawmakers say theyre concerned the ushealthcare system is not prepared to hand 55 on this thursday morning, a look outside of San Francisco does show clear enough skies you can see the skyline but theres some low cloud cover thats hanging out overhead and thats the case across much of the bay area this morning. She make your way on into work or just driving around 40s and 50s for those of you that are stepping outside this early morning. We are seeing 48 in San Francisco right now berkel of 49 oakland and alameda in the low 50s. Pittsburgh at 53 degrees currently later on today you can look for to temperatures rising into the 60s and 70s really nice afternoon ahead and were going to ke the nice afternoon weather going on into tomorrow as well. Rob a quick pick up traffic checking in on the burgess 92 westbound one of our busiest commutes right now so that are from the east bay to the peninsula. Its going to be little crowded as its been for the last hour or so, but the drive time still loks fantastic at a very quick 15 minutes much lighter than usual off to the peninsula here the bay bridge were just now seeing a backup there forming right down t middle spill into the 80 over crossing your carpool lanes look great and its also a great trip across the upper deck. So we call this a minor weight and youre 13 minutes ofto fremont st. James. Thank you very much next hour major steps are being taken now is the global coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. Were live with the latest details on the new travel ban thats now in place. Plus major news out of the nba, the league is suspending its season. After a player tested positive, well tell you who and bring you reaction from the warriors plus the city of oaknd is banning large events over concerns about the growing cases of coronavirus wel tell you which nues will be impacted and how fans are reacting. 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And thanks for joining us for this special on the coronavirus all morning long here on kron 4 im darya folsom and im James Fletcher the coronavirus now a pandemic with over 1200 cases here in the us over a 100,000 cases worldwide and heres what weve learned over the last few hours governor Gavin Newsome sent out a message advising against large gatherings and events across the state. President trump has imposed new travel restrictions from europe to the us and the nba has suspended its season after a player tested positive for the coronavirus and the nc double a announcing that no fans will be in the stands during march madness. And the National Hockey league will be providing an update today on how it will address the corovirus tissue. So lets start with whats going on here in california thats new this morning. Governor Gavin Newsome is calling for big gatherings with 250 people or more to be canceled or rescheduled. And the order ah its a recommendation at this point. He said quote not holding that concert or Community Event can have cascading a saving dozens of lives and preserving Critical Health care resources. That your family may need a month from now so just explaining why the state is taking this step. State Health Officials want to advise smaller ve