The gate here we are quiet getting out of the gate here. Lets go out and take a look at the bay bridge. It looks very nice. There is some road work here and there around the bay but its not causing major delays. The webster tube is shut down northbound runtil about 5 00 this morning but the posy tube is still open. Topping our news this morning Governor Newsom has issued an advisory for large events. Cancelling or postponing gatherings of 250 people or more. Small events can go ahead as planned if organizers create whats called social distancing. Meaning people get no closer than 6 from each other. The advisory does not apply to essential Public Transportation, shopping centers, or dormitories. A number of new coronavirus cases have been reported around the bay area. Health officials in Santa Clara County confirmed three new cases there. Bringing that total to 48. Two new cases reported in marin at a tote ol after three people so far and two new cases in santa clara. Total 177 patients have been diagnosed here in california and four people have died. Its expected the 300 passengers on that grand princess cruise ship docked at the port of oakland will be taken off the ship today. 2,200 passengers have been taken off the ship. Many went to Travis Air Force base for a two week quarantine. Other military bases where they will be quarantined. Drivers for dhl have been watching the process play out all week right outside their hub at the port of oakland. Its crazy to open up dh doors and see the planes. They look like theyre tired and want it to be over. The cdc expects to release the ship sometime today. It is unclear where it will sail to. The 1,100 crew members will stay onboard four students at Lakeshore Elementary School and their parents have some symptoms of the coronavirus. The students themselves and their families are self quarantined. Theyll hold a closed meeting with Public Health officials later this morning. All 90 schools linked to the arch diocese will start a two week closure. The closure includes classes as well as planned school events, field trips, and all community activities. The decision was made after a student tested positive for the virus. Families are asking to report any other cases of the coronavirus to the district. The nba is suspending all their games. It will use the hiadus to dechl the next steps. No clear if or when the league will hurricane this season. The warriors were preparing to play games at chase center without fans. San franciscos decision to ban large events. Warriors general manager bob meyers says the team is somber over the decision but they know its an Important Health issue. Theyre professionals. Theyre human beings. Theyll be okay. We feel for the workers mostly, the low income wage workers that count on working our games if youre going to have empathy, have it for them not for us. The ban on large gatherings is in effect for two weeks. The giants cancelled their up coming exhibition against the as. To comply with Santa Clara Countys order banning large gatherings and the San Jose Sharks next tloochlt games at s. A. P. Center will be closed to the public. And the ncaa will play its march madness tournament without any fans. Only essential staff and some limited family members will be allowed to watch and attend the games and many conference tournament the that will be played this week will be played without fans as well. The traditional Lighting Ceremony in greece happens today. Only about 100 guests will be there to witness the 2020 olympic torch will be lit. An official for the olympics in tokyo says at least for now, the games will go forward as scheduled on july 20204th. But, he says, if the Health Crisis gets worse it would be better to postpone the games the coronavirus outbreak has been deemed a global pandemic. The number of case that has increased in the past two weeks, we should double down. And we should be more aggressive. That declaration comes as the number of cases shot above 118,000 worldwide tripling the number of countries that have all been affected. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration now taking actions in a sweeping attempt to limit the spread of the virus. Banning travelers from 26 european countries. To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days. The president said the ban on travelers from europe will take Effect Tomorrow night. Exemptions will be allowed for u. S. Citizens who undergo screening. President trump also announced Financial Relief for communities for schools, and events and businesses is have already been affected. This will be targeted for workers who are ill, quarantined, due to coronavirus. Congress is now asking to fund 50 billion for the Small Business administration to begin issuing low interest loans to affected businesses. Later today, House Speaker nansly pelosi is aimed to speak to congress. That bill clues free testing, paid emergency leave and unemployment for people infected by the virus checking in on the numbers on wall street. And the three major indexes losing 5 in premarket trading this morning. Yesterday morning. It looks like a down day today. Traders apparently expecting more from the president than what he offered during his oval office speech. The travel suspension could come with a steep economic loss. The dow jones down almost 1,500 points. The nasdaq and s p 500 down. That mean an official bear market. Nasdaq losing almost 400 points another down day this morning. We do have more stories about the coronavirus both locally and on our scale. You can download that from your app store. Well, i drove down from lake tahoe from skiing the other day, and, ive got to tell you, no one was on the road. The slopes were great. Thats good news. Lets check in with sal castaneda. It makes your job easier as more people are working from home. Yeah. Those who can. Weve also seen fewer people riding Public Transportation for the time being. Lets go out and take a look at the commute now from the carquinez bridge to the maze. And then in the middle of the backup. Interstate 880 is looking good. Road work goes on and you might see it out there. Just not causing any major delays we have our system yesterday that brought in some clouds. Rain to the south. That is moving fast out of the picture. But the fog filled in raptly. Coastal fog. What about the system. Just around las vegas, but no doubt about it into arizona. By the way phoenix now has more rain than san jose for the water year. I talked about that a month ago and it happened. And our system is getting its act together in the gulf of alaska, not for the weekend. Watch up in the sierra. Liquid presip for tahoe approaching 3. Youre talking feet of snow. If you use 151. And the totals for us are looking very impressive. This will be a big event for the sierra and down to 3,0000. Now the airports down to 42. And 44 san ansomo in mill valley. Todays kind of that tweener day. Rain is on the way for the weekend. You can see this system in Southern California as its exiting out. There you go saturday into sunday morning. Well have off and on rain. It never really lets up. If youre going to the mountains, friday is the day to go. Looks like a low within the system will rotate around it through most of next week. And temperatures will go into the 70s down into the 50s here. Coastal fog. Otherwise sunny. Mis and warm tomorrow. Otherwise we start to see a little bit cooler conditions and then all bets are off for the weekend. I would expect off and on rain. Sounds good. 4 12 is the time. The cities across the bay area are restricting social gatherings to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Up next, the measures put in place in San Francisco and the decision made by city schools. Plus, the Ripple Effect impacting dozens of security screeners at san jose airport. And san jose leaders are responding. Stay with us. Dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. Welcome back. 4 15. San francisco officials are taking accepts to prevent the coronavirus by putting a ban on large social gatherings and that date can be extended. Officials say the order will affect about 80 venues in the city that could host a crowd of a thousand or more. The board of education unanimously and i agree with the benefits of keeping our schools open at this time outweigh the benefits of a city wide closure. The district says this is a fluid situation and will still consider closing schools. Parent who is want to keep their kids home should do so and notify the school of their plans plans plans. The cdc relaxing guidelines for Health Care Workers dealing with patients with coronavirus. Nurses also say hospitals arent doing enough to make sure they have the personal protective equipment necessary or proper training for nurses when needed. Obviously the nurses need to be protected to do their job well and if we can protect ourselves, were going to do the best job for our parents. Were going to make sure they get the best care. Theres no lapses of care. Theres no contamination. Nurses say while they have been drained in hygiene procedures and isolation, not enough information has been available. Theyve also contacted osha and other agencies. Happening today mayor san licarda will release more information they did have contact with them despite interactions with other ts adam agents. Im nervous. I try not to use the bathroom since ive been here. And i try not to touch magazines and i try to sanitize a lot. Santa clara released a statement, the risk of transmission is extremely low for individuals who arent in proximity. Well, as the number of cases of the coronavirus increases, so does the concern in many people in the community. People across the country have been stocking up on cleaning and sanitizing supplies. In alameda last night we spoke to a tech worker after his employer said he should work from home for the next two weeks as a precautionary measure. Of. Have you been to costco lately . I actually needed toilet paper and i had to go to three different store stores to find some, you know. It was alarming to see the attitude of people. People were cutting in line. And its like i dont think panic helps. No. Lets talk about getting around because theres since a lot of people are working from home, it has been lighter than usual. Traffic looks all right. Bart has told us that ridership levels are down and some people are not going to the office so there wont be as many riders. This is the traffic approaching the macarthur maze. So if you want to plan to go after or before it should be pretty good here up until about 5 30 or about 6 00. Between 6 00 and 8 00 its crowded and then it starts tailing off. 6 19. What about todays weather . Lets get to steve paulson. All right. The fog has developed rapidly. Sonoma county. And the coastal variety is also making a pretty good push over the bay. If you are going to arizona, take it in the words of a friend of mine whos there right now, its pouring. Phoenix, scottsdale, all with a lot of rain. I just dont see it happening today and you can see why. We have a system on the way but not until saturday. Today will be all right. But just to give you a heads up, if you are going to the mountains you should go friday because i dont think youre going saturday or sunday. Youre looking, let me circle that. This is feet projecteded. Youre almost talking 3 of liquid. Some of the projections out ten days show about 50 to 60 of snow. Over what time period . Over the next ten days. Okay west, southwest thats going to start on saturday. If you have to go to the mountains, go tomorrow. The fog and low clouds are in place. Theres a big fog bank out there and our system is on tap though but not until saturday morning. It will linger probably into the middle of next week. 60s coast , inland to a little bit of mid 70s. Coming up next Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in jail. What his accuser is saying about sentencing and where the disgraced movie mogul is this morning. Plus, bart will have to pay out millions of dollars to buchlt family. Details from the decision of a federal jury. Dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Happening today,ed the suspect in the Golden State Killer trial. Joseph deangelo is accused of 13 murders and raping more than 50 women throughout california. Prosecutors were originally allowed to attain the swabs of deangelos dna last month. The new dna samples will be used in separate investigations. Time now is 4 24. Jury deliberations continue today in the sanity phase of the trial of john lee cowell. Cowell was found guilty earlier in the week for murdering 18 yearold nia wilson back in 2018. He was also convicted of attempted murder for stabbing wilsons sister la 2678difa. The judge denied the request. Nias sister says the jury doesnt need to hear from any more doctors. If he can sit and be quiet in the courtroom for two whole days and not make any outbursts about aliens or his grandmother or people trying to attack him, whats the doctor needed for. If the jury does find cowell sane, he faces life in jail without parol. A federal jury ordered bart to pay 7 7 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed by police. 28yearold saleem tindal was shot in 2018. His family filed a civil rights lawsuit against bart claiming that tindal had raised one of his hands and had moved away from the other man when he was shot. It was unclear if tindal had control of that weapon when he was shot. Witnesses say a shooting was in the food court. Two teenagers were shot. One of them died at the scene. The other was taken to the hospital. Police do not have a suspect or motive for that shooting. Harvey weinstein is back in the hospital this morning suffering from chest pains. Following his sentencing. Weinstein was convicted of 23 years. Convicted of raping a woman in a new York City Hotel room in 2013 and for another assault on a woman in myself apartment back in 2006. We need to show selflove and empathy over centuries of normal and logical thinking. This is hopefully just the beginning and the conversation must continue. Weinsteins lawyer called the long sentence obscene. Weinstein also faces additional charges here in california. All across the bay area, events large and small are being cancelled. Coming up, we have a look at the local efforts to keep people safe from the coronavirus and how local School Districts are addressing the virus. And, what bay area native tom hanks had to say about being tested positive for the virus. We are taking a responsible, proactive step to stop the spread of a disease. Social events and gatherings shutting down as bay area city leaders and Health Officials work to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Plus, the actions President Trump is taking to control the coronavirus as it continues to affect business. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. And, good thursday morning, or wednesday morning. Thursday. I lost track. Welcome, frank. All right. Good to be here. It is thursday, march 12th. Im Frank Mallicoat in for dave clark. Good morning. Im pam cook. Its nice to have you here. Hes been up in tahoe. Good news because i think he going to be rough this weekend. Friday, saturday morning. Okay. They will measure it in feet by the time we get to sunday night and monday. Not today. Thats over the weekend