Temperatures very, very cool on the coast and snow going into the mountains through the day. Some of the freeways here and highway 24 is moderately heavy and it is not completely light. The rain has been complicating things a bit and the Richmond Bridge seems lighter than usual and 80 does not and hit and miss bay bridge toll plaza backed up and check the south bay and 7 01, back to the desk. California now has 337 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than twothirds of them are in the bay area where 239 cases have been verified. Santa clara has the most with 116 cases and last night a third person died in the virus in that county. San francisco has 37 cases san mateo 32 and contracosta 29 and other counties have ten or less cases. Napa is the only bay area county with no confirmed cases of covid19. Trading was halted the third time this morning, thats the third time this month. Investors are worrying about the coronavirus and fear it may lead to a global recession. Stocks dropped ne
That they had some but not light up a lot of locations. Santa rosa only had one third and 38, every reporting station thing light rain except santa rosa bid 40s for the temperatures so it is a cool day to the north of the golden gate far less rainfall into the south a lot more. There could be embedded thunderstorms and the snow will continue all the way through most of the day and is sierra and there is snow and the hills and we had to wait until daylight to see but the radar indicates that it will keep temperatures well below average today as the load drops south. And Sal Castaneda is here and it usually causes some busyness. Southbound 680 there was a stalled car that maybe hit the guardrail, not sure but it is blocking the fast lane and you can see traffic is slow there it is. All of the slow traffic coming out of lessons and. And as we look at the rest of the bay area commute it seems lighter than usual and i will have a complete look in just a few moments. California has free hund
Firefighters have tested positive for the coronavirus. 57 who have been exposed are being monitored. A live look at sfo this morning. Americans are scrambling to return to the u. S. This is from europe. President trump is extending the travel ban to the uk and ireland to try to contain the spread of the virus. The number of confirmed bay area cases is growing. Here are the updated numbers by county. Within the past few hours ten new cases were confirmed in San Mateo County bringing the total number there to 42. And now that includes one death. There are also three new cases in San Francisco, bringing the total there to 40. Santa clara county has the most by far with more than 100. Gilroys mayor announced overnight one person there has died from the virus. Were still not sure if this is one of the two previous deaths announced in Santa Clara County. Meantime there are nearly 165,000 known cases worldwide. The outbreak has killed close to 6,500 people. With coronavirus testing expected t
Across anything like that. Cornell man arresting drivers, but Santa Rosa Police taking it to the next level by suing organizers for pollution. The rubber degree and tire debris going into our storm drains and polluting our waterways. Cornell police chief john cregan says the cities going after 13 driver and organizers by using the department of fish and wildlife regarding water pollution, which restricts the dumping of Motor Vehicle parts. We are trying to be creative and utilize the tools around us. We are certainly going to be in uncharted territory with us, but we are proud of our partnership with the Santa Rosa City police department. Cornell santa rosa is seeking funds of 25,000 dollars from each department. The city is also impounding cars that have been used in sideshows and installed bumps and traffic delineators in streets where sideshows typically happen. Any time you provide other outlets for them to use that energy, it makes it a little more difficult. Cornell when it comes
Traffic. Chopper 5 is giving us a view from above. And we are in walnut creek as riders try to bus it across the bay. Liza battalones is monitoring it all in the traffic center. Liza. Its been a frustrating friday commute for so many drivers bound for the bay bridge toll plaza. They have been sitting in delays from the macarthur maze at oakland. As we go back to live pictures from chopper 5, perched high above the macarthur maze in the east bay, you could see all the red brake lights there traffic stacked up from beyond the 580 24 interchange. We are seeing the longest delays on westbound 580 towards the bay bridge pay gates. The metering lights are on. And once you pass this mess, its more slow traffic on the bay bridge. Second stall of the morning, just creating long delays again for drivers leaving the east bay heading into San Francisco. We are also hearing that in San Francisco on city streets close to the onramp to the bay bridge we are seeing long crowds for those casual carpool