You dont have to buy so much. Take it easy. Just relax. President trump today assuring the public about coronavirus, saying, quote, it all will pass. Governor newsom struck a different tone today. Cracking down on businesses and telling california seniors to stay home. Good evening, and thanks for joining us, everybody. Im dion lim. Here are the latest headlines on the coronavirus tonight of the cdc is recommending all events nationwide with more than 50 people be canceled for the next eight weeks. In the east bay, Health Officials from Kaiser Permanente and medical facilities say no elect ive surgeries at the four east Bay Hospitals for at least two weeks. Its all to prepare for a possible surge of coronavirus patients. Also tonight, calistoga, joint unified and maraga School Districts announced theyre canceling classes for several weeks. Travis air force base says an active duty airmen and a dependent of a Service Member have both tested positive for coronavirus. San Francisco State
Can see the steadier rain tapers as we head through the midmorning and right behind me the showers and the thunderstorms. You can see the more yellows and oranges and reds in this that will come in this afternoon and bring us the chance of grapel and hail and keep the snow level around 28 to 3,000 feet. The earliest commuters coming down 680. Soggy start today with showers and thunderstorms and mountain snow all the way through 7 00. Mike, thank you. Kaiser perman,anteanteanteae driving sites and those who meet the criteria for testing and have a doctors order to be tested. Because these are not open to the public, the locations havent been publicly released. Sonoma county released its second case of community spread. That person was asked to to to t selfquarantine. All campuses starting with online classes with the exception of labs and studio classes. More than 20 School Districts are closing starting today. San francisco unified School Distri district, oakland unified School Distric
Possible. And its a little chilly outside. Were in the low 40s right now. Well be in the upper 40s to low 50s this afternoon. Not only dressed to stay warm and to stay dry. Reggie . Mike, thank you. Kaiser is setting up several driveup testing sites for members in the east bay. The sites are available to those who meet the cdc criteria for testing and have a doctors ordered to be tested. Because these are not open to the public, the locations have not been released. Meanwhile, Sonoma County announced its second case of community spread. That person has been asked to selfquarantine. And all csu campuses in the bay area are switching to online only classes. That starts today with the exception of labs and studio classes. More than 20 Bay Area School districts are closed starting this morning. So, here are some of the big ones. San francisco unified School District, Oakland Unified School district, fremont schools and you can find more School Closures on the ticker that is rolling at the
Sunshine as we head through the day inland. Well talk about the Holiday Weekend forecast coming up. In the meantime, lets get you to work today and get you there on time. A look real travel times. The main travel times this morning are looking good for the most part. You are in the green with the exception of the Altamont Pass. You have passed into the yellow for those of you driving westbound out of the tracey triangle. 34 minutes. Looking good on the east shore freeway. Out of the south bay, looking good. The nimitz is looking good. Theyve cleared the northbound direction. And free and clear headed forward the maze. Southbound out of the maze, by e last 30 minutes or so at the san ma at a i dont bridge. As the morning continues, so far, no problems. Just plenty of company headed to the peninsula. Smooth sailing through the toll plaza. And crews investigating a late night house fire at a vacant home in napa and a suspect is under arrest for starting it. A Family Member of the homeowne
Overall, looking good. Westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze. Southbound 101, San Francisco to sfo, still in the green at nine minutes. Today lawmakers in sacramento will consider big rebates if you buy an electric car. When we say big, we are talking about thousands of dollars. Amy hollyfield is live with the details. Reporter hi, reggie. A state lawmaker thinks cars like these are the answer to saving our planet. He thinks the state should pay you to drive an electric car. Assemblyman is proposing a 7,500 rebate for people that buy electric cars. The current rebate is 2,500, so he wants to triple it and he wants to add urgency to the bill so you have an incentive to make the move now. He had activist on hand at his press conference to talk about the need for electric cars. Gasoline cars are driving us towards climate chaos. We have to stop using fossil fuel vehicles. He wants to boost sales of electric cars that he says right now california is not on track to meet its goals for reducin