Still ahead your forecast rob. Thank you john so far traffic has been light and quiet around the bay area. Weve had some minor issues but nothing major awful we dont have any hot spots or alert. Were checking in on westbound 80 the trip into San Francisco looks really good. It should be light once again today its in so many folks are working from home so 7 minutes off to fremont street. Heres the richmond sandra fell another good commute its easy heading to the north bay 8 minutes for your drive. 92, it is a little crowded so the trip here leaving hayward well be a little sluggish on the flat section but no problems heading to the peninsula. Heres a big traffic tracker were checking more freeways and drive times and they. Look good so far were looking at 10 minutes here for 5. 80 westbound from livermore to dublin, 6. 80 south dublin to fremont is trouble free. I dont see any trouble spots for the nimitz freeway right now so that ripped through hayward san leandro union city will be fine and then to 37 thats going to be easy 6 minutes from heat is off to sonny bill will check more coming up in just a bit. Were now to our top story that were following for you this morning, a shelterinplace mandate is now in effect for nearly 7 Million People living in 6 very counties. This traffic measure was ordered to of course help reduce the spread of the coronavirus now the order went into effect at midnight and it will last 3 weeks it requires People Living in San Francisco. Moran santa clara said detail, alameda and contra costa counties to stay at home unless absolutely necessary. The new health order is of course to win for social distancing to help keep people from getting sick. One thing that you need to be clear on is that the new order does not mean that the bay area will be under a lockdown for the next 3 weeks with everyone at home thats nearly impossible. The legal only limits activity and travel so necessary government functions, an essential stores, theyre going to stay open. You dont have to worry about that heres a look at what you know, we mean by central youll still be allowed to go buy your groceries you could pick up their prescriptions get some gas for your car. And you can go to the banks banks are going to be open city and county Government Services like the police the Fire Departments and the hospitals. They will remain open as well you dont have to worry about that nor worry about your trash not being picked up your trash will still be picked up Public Transportation will be up and running our mail would be delivered maybe youll need a plumber or electrician or maybe need to go to a Hardware Store do some laundry. Those places will stay open now non essential functions refer to places like bars in gyms and movie theaters and also dinein restaurants. But this is not mean that all restaurants will be shocked how they will offer takeout delivery so that option is there for you you can find a full list on our web site right now its all a sudden kron 4 dot com. Well everyday life of course has been altered because of the coronavirus and it could be months before things return to some sense of normalcy but there is hope on the horizon as for Healthy People have been given a dose of an experimental coronavirus vaccine. John lawrence reports. For some good news and experimental trial for the coronavirus is in its earliest stages, this is one of the fastest Vaccine Development launches in history. Not even close to study from the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases will attempt to confirm the vaccine works and is safe it will be 3 separate doses. 25 milligrams a 100 milligrams 250 milligrams and the individuals will be followed for one year as that research moves onward people are adjusting to a new normal you have to think of this in a wartime a. Worldview you have to think of this is something where. You want to see a massive mobilization. To save lives. To help people through their suffering with this disease many restaurants, including starbucks chickfila and mcdonalds are now only serving takeout or delivery orders. California pennsylvania, new york city and other areas have order bars to close their doors going everybody house and i pay their bills got my bills we are one of the industries that have been hit the hardest. So theres going to be a lot of unknowns im John Lawrence reporting. Well try for testing for the coronavirus is now available at Stanford Health care in palo alto but before you head out the door, theres Important Information that you need to know so the testing out the express caper care Hoover Pavilion its by appointment only patients must be referred by Health Care Provider based on symptoms and exposures you cant just you know pull up patients must remain in their cars during the test. A doctor or nurse will administer the test and there going to have one you know protective clothing us well, the test will take just a few minutes and patients will be notified of the results within 24 hours. Well with mayor breeds Public Health order businesses are trying to find ways to you know keep their customers happy their doors open and everyone safe will s f iron is one of many gems and San Francisco that will shut its stores for the next 3 weeks. The owner says that he and his staff theyre scrambling to find other options for the and and members and but they agree that the shelter in place is its for the best. These things pass like i know i know its really scary right now. Theres a lot of being thrown out i think the best that we can do is to try and get ahead of this as much as possible. And i think the the actions that the city is taking right now are appropriate. Kind of more concern for you know other people are like really suffering from this concerned for myself to of course most of us label like mostly conservative community. Well s of iron will begin offering virtual classes today. So there you go thats an option for you well to the east bay Contra Costa County as part of the shelterinplace order and one to take in britain where they just open up about a week ago and theyre forced to close their doors but the owner says that theyre happy to do it for the safety of others. I think what happens you know when you panic you start thinking in war. Oh my gosh. Whats going to happen to me need it. Once you start thinking about what about my neighbor without this person suddenly, you know so panicked about yourself this is a test of us who we really are weve weve said all along our first and foremost priority is building Strong Communities so. This is our chance to to really walk the walk well theyre looking forward to opening their doors again soon you dont want everyone is healthy in the meantime, the owner. You know they are planning to deliver letters written by Community Members to First Responders and also hospital workers. Eating out will not be an option across the bay area shelterinplace orders banning dinein at restaurants and bars, you know thats going to be in place kron fours kate rooney explains how one San Francisco staple is adjusting to the new mandate. One of the Industries Hit hardest by the Economic Impact of covid 19 is the Hospitality Business and the San Franciscos new mandate that restaurants moved to a takeout and delivery only model local businesses are left trying to adjust. Max is that the opera also known as maxs opera cafe has been a San Francisco institutions since it opened in november, 1982, serving up new york delicatessen style fair and classic comfort food it attracts a mix of opera symphony and ali patrons along with devoted regulars ive been coming in about 30 years across up the street about 5 years now Harriet Dennis and david are left with only one option to enjoy maxs take out. Typically take out accounts for about 15 of maxs total business whether thats customers picking up on their own are using a service like doordash are grub hub. Harriet says she plans to order takeout from axes but as worried about the longterm effects on society i just feel like so many people are going to get. Thats one of the reasons maxs owner murdoch had jobs, ian plans to continue offering take out for as long as theres a need not only will it enable him to continue to employ at least some staff but many of maxs longtime customers are older or disabled and rely on the restaurants meals hejazi un estimates about a 70 decrease in business in the last week due to covid 19 concerns but hes hopeful that maxs take out services will fill a need in the community. He said he saw an immediate uptick in orders following San Franciscos shelterinplace directive today and wants to continue with the service as long as theres a demand this sign right behind me says open for now, but with so much changing so rapidly during this time, no one knows for sure how long it will stay that way. Reporting in San Francisco, Kate Rooney Kron 4 news. Well over eats is waiving delivery fees for more than a 100,000 independently owned restaurants across north america. Its all an effort of course to help restaurants get through the coronavirus pandemic by trying to drive up demand who reads also announced that its pledging more than 300,000 free meals to Health Care Workers and for other relief efforts to. A close its seating areas to the public and all of its restaurants restaurants will shift business to drive through pick up windows and walk in takeout orders only. Well it may take longer than usual for your amazon packages to arrive i have a package slate the company has seen a surge in online shoppin has a chronic buyers outbreaks, you know continues to spread. Its out of stock on a lot of popular items, especially those household staples. Amazon is also working to combat price gouging sellers pulled more than 1 million products earlier this month because of price gouging and also false advertising. Its closing its border to stop the spread of coronavirus only canadian residents will be allowed into the country with few exceptions and for now those exceptions include us citizens. So canada will also ban anyone with coronavirus symptoms from entering the country. I know that these measures are far reaching. They are exceptional circumstances calling for exceptional measures. Earlier today. I had a call with our g 7 partners to inform them of these important changes. From the very beginning canadas response has been based on the latest available science and advice from our World Class Health professionals. Today to todays announcement is no different. These measures will help save lives. Trudeau has been in selfisolation sense thursday after his wife tested positive for the virus. Well our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues on our website so much information listen right there on kron 4 dot com. You can find the latest on the outbreaks right here in the bay area theres an interactive map that we set up for you and several articles in ways and how you can stay safe and keep your family safe too. You can find this in our coronavirus tap right under news. Our web site once again kron 4 dot com. Well coming up next after the break, the coronavirus is disrupting our daily lives and now theres a push to help our elderly neighbors who are impacted. Well pick outside before we go if youre stepping out bundle up its cold outside temperatures in the 30s 40s right now theres a live look from the embarcadero this is one of my favorite shot overlooking the city skyline its so pretty well have a complete forecast welcome back to the kron 4 morning news and yes were still practice seeing socialdistancing right here in the studio notley johns right next to me but. China feel like hes in the Weather Center with the forecast. Yeah we are definitely i keep it at 6 foot distance which is good but i still see over there rob and so we still got this. Were look outside this morning is showing a pretty calm scene not only are going to find every com if you are even stepping outside today again thats changing a lot today about forecasts is in for a change to how we are seeing nears much rainfall across the bay area this morning, although right up and down the coastline a few spotty showers can be expected mostly just on the peninsula elsewhere in the bay area we really seen a much calmer start to the day than yesterday. Now as far as rainfall totals go this season the summer latest data right here, i know some of these numbers are a little small this hard to see. But many of our weather reporting stations up in the northern part of the state have only been reporting about 50 of average rainfall this season that starts from july 1st through march, 16 so just here recently Southern California little bit closer to normal. If you look really closely here areas around la sitting around 70 . Right atop the great right around 99 of average so theyve had a much healthier season into know the grapevine actually did see some closures yesterday and last night due to some slick conditions up there and that some low elevation snowfall that we havent just been seeing for Southern California but also in the sierra nevada, its been great to see that another dose of snowfall for the afternoon ahead for the sierra well our showers here in the bay area are going to be a lot spotty or than yesterdays this is 03 15pm right here, couple of chances of seeing an isolated shower and maybe even a stray roll of thunder team for areas like the south bay, the north bay and the inland east bay at times and conditions coming down after the sun rose a little bit higher in the horizon saw that thunderstorm activity not really having the fuel that had any more so a calmer evening ahead of us and then tomorrow a few north bay showers can be expected really breaking apart as they push elsewhere in the bay area so not a widespread rainy day tomorrow but some north bay showers for your wednesday morning. Thursday are calmest unclear stay of your forecast to kick off a new season spring kicking off on thursday. Temperatures today very similar to yesterdays rising into a range of 50s millbrae 55 degrees burlingame at 50 a south San Francisco at 57 well foster city and saying carlos at 58 degrees today, south bay temperatures just shy of 60 in Milpitas Santa Clara campbell in san jose well in the east bay very similar to even our coastal areas, mid 50s for daytime highs, not a big change from where we were yesterday youll notice times of sunshine but do watch out for those afternoon showers as i mentioned as we will see isolated even potentially thunderstorms developing later in the day. Tomorrow daytime highs not much different than todays nor will be thursdays a thursday or driest day before we can rainfall really starts to kick back into gear come friday night leaving us through saturday and sunday. Robert all right, thank you lets check in on your morning commute. We havent had much of a commute in the last week or so with so many folks at home. They are not on the road, some of folks are just hopping on mass transit instead right now its like quiet at the bay bridge toll plaza, no delays to worry about so if you are driving and heading to San Francisco. Youll be fined 8 minutes here for to fremont street were checking in on one oh one across the golden gate looks like a everythings ok, no problems all stalls no crashes 19 minutes novato to the toll plaza. We are hot spot free no alerts but we do have a bit of a crowd on the san mateo bridge and thats normal its its normally the first bridge to start stacking up that only a little bit only on the flat section overall its nice and quiet heading to the peninsula. Heres a pic of traffic tracker checking 6. 80 the southbound role looks good 11 minutes to make it to danville the dumbarton bridge looking good too thats west 84. No problems for of 5. 80 so if youre commuting out of livermore heading west for vasco up to the dublin interchange thats only a 9 minute trip or maybe youre commuting from the peninsula to San Francisco of so north one oh one looks good at 6 minutes from brisbane to the 80 split. Well amid the coronavirus pandemic San Francisco mayor london breed is asking for help during this shelter in place. Shes also urging Healthy People to help those that are most vulnerable in our communities kron fours well bellow explains how. Volunteers say they dont know how long theyll be able to help out because this is an ever changing situation but for now as these essential places continue to stay open. They feel its their duty to lend a hand you could sense the difference across San Francisco monday, restaurants, Clothing Stores and bars sitting empty. The Grocery Stores, gas stations, banks and pharmacies remain open leading volunteer groups like next village sf down a different paths were shifting more to. The essential tasks that people are going to need. Don prescriptions groceries. The group has been around for 10 years offering social gatherings and other essential help to the elderly. Now amid coronavirus concerns theyre putting new precautions in place. Since a virus like this doesnt turn the affected people purple we have no way of knowing. We have suggested to them that if they have close to please wear them. I and then we are just again asking them not have direct contacts to try to wash, you know their hands before and after. While next village sf offers a paid membership and background checks for volunteers signing up to help theyre noticing a new trend to call them and say you need anything they might say. Yes. But were hearing more. I never just went to the store for me rob a whole conversation around how you exchange money, im im really encourage everyone to join venmo or Paypal Emily Scott is one of many who have been using the next door app and facebook to offer up their help is even created a new group called Pacific Heights neighbor to neighbor coronavirus care. So heart warmed in overwhelmed by in a beautiful way. Our neighbors and how much people want to share and very willing of my children here to walk dogs or i have a car, you know your wonderful to your health right now and thats why its so important to just know your neighbors period. In San Francisco know al bello kron 4 news. Actor idris elba says that he tested positive for the coronavirus he says that he got his test results just yesterday morning. So far he isnt showing any symptoms but hes been isolated since finding out friday that he was indeed exposed to someone who had tested positive so was encouraging people to stay at home to help slow down the spread of the virus. Well, oakland native and Actor Tom Hanks and his wife they are now out of the hospital feeling better and self quarantine at home they tested positive for the virus as well. They were in australia working on a new movie. The couple is still staying in touch with fans theyve been you know on the active on social media lot of sharing an occasional update fans say that hanks has helped them you know calm their fears about staying positive and you know putting a familiar face on the virus. Well pick outside before we go checking in on s f o and its a little chilly outside to grab your coat or jacket if youre about to head out temperatures in the 30s and 40s were no reports of any major delays at the airport while full forecast coming welcome back were getting closer to 05 00am now and if you are heading out this morning which i assume with fewer and fewer of you are at this point says which are encountering there are some light showers right up and down the peninsula from San Francisco down through just north of mount view at this point so do expect some wet spots on bill 2. 81 oh one this morning now compared to yesterday were really pretty dry. Most of the bay area north bay east bay, south bay dry at this time if you zoom out across the region. Yes, there are some snow showers up in the northern part of the state mostly the southern cascades and northern sierra robin. We dont go out restaurants, we dont do anything like that anymore here. We just need be risky. 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Again looking a little different if youre just joining us for the first time this week with kind of switch things up just a bit because of the coronavirus and the cdc recommendations for social distancing weve implemented that in our studio as well thats why youve got darya in one bit of the studio and me and another part the up and now we have the shelterinplace has been issued for about 7 Million People and the bay area its a whole new day james absolutely at that shelter in place. And dating that folks stay inside affecting nearly 7 Million People living across area counties. And this drastic measure was ordered to help reduce the spread of course of the coronavirus in kron fours will tran is live with