The white house says President Trumps covid19 test is negative. But questions linger about googles involvement in a plan for a coronavirus website. What googles saying this morning. The nations businesses adapting to the new normal and trying stay afloat. The changes you could see as americans make drastic shifts in their lifestyles. And shifting the stage. The young performers whose School Musicals were curtained thanks to coronavirus, now finding a new way to shine. The broadway actress putting them in the spotlight. And good morning, america. Thanks so much for joining us on this sunday morning. We want to get right to that fastmoving story, the coronavirus pandemic. Look at these airports overnight. Long lines of travelers awaiting medical screenings aom es. Wderi wtherhel stanci he ght spkingf things countries over there now taking drastic measures. Spain locking down its 46 million citizens, just as italy has recently done, and in france, they have shut down the louvre, the eiffe
Now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Quiet, empty streets all around the bay area because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now this morning new confirmed cases and counties are going farther to ban large gatherings. Good morning, its sunday, march 15th. Im liz kreutz. There are more coronavirus by the hour. But we want to start with a quick look at the weather. Heres abc7s lisa argen. Good morning. Its a level one. We had good downpours this morning. Its been chilly but a possibility with colder air moving in, thunderstorm later on today. Lets get to live doppler 7. You can see the big twist in the atmosphere. Theres the low sirnking south. And the east bay has been particularly lucky with downpours from kensington to 580, highway 4 martinez and look at the downpour here from daly city, marin county tonight north it is a rain snow mix where we thought this would happen. Check out the diablo range. Looking at pink and purple, meaning it is snow coming down. Fremont and sunnyval
Rosemary is standing by with a look at weather. If you are up in the sierra, you may not be coming home for a day or two. The snow is piling up. For us, we have seen a good amount of rain. The Santa Cruz Mountains picking up 2 inches of rain in the last 24 hours or so. We have got mostly cloudy skies and a very gray outlook. We do begin to get daybreak by the afternoon. Here is a look at Storm Tracker where you can see it is widespread. Some light rain falling over highway 101 and then in true the central part of the area we have the peninsula covered from San Francisco all the way to san mateo. East bay, scattered showers. Into the north bay, widespread here as well. Nevada, petaluma, and just about areas over sanapa getting at the moment. We will continue with the possibility of showers throughout the morning. By the second part of the day, a bit of a break. Today, Sonoma County officials will be disrupting details about the countys First Community spread of the coronavirus. Sonoma c
Coronavirus. An east bay lab is playing a Critical Role in getting thousands more coronavirus tests to the public. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro live in pleasanton with the new developments. We could all use a little encouraging news, and you have some for us. Reporter absolutely. Boy, can we use some promising news, terry. Youre absolutely right. Im here at roche labs in pleasanton. Not only did this company develop a new coronavirus test, but it can deliver results in just 3 1 2 hours. This is the first commercially available coronavirus test to receive emergency authorization from the fda. Those tests can be run on roches fully automated machines, which are already installed in hospitals and labs across the u. S. And around the world. And those tests are headed to bay area and state labs right now. We already have 400,000 tests available. Weve started already to ship over the weekend and through the next few days to these laboratories, and then over the course of the coming weeks, we
Across the bay area. We begin our Team Coverage with nbc bay areas sergio quintana. Sergio, one of those new cases, an Airline Employee at sfo. Reporter yeah. Alaska Airlines Says one of their agents went home sick on tuesday, and today tested positive for covid19. In a statement, Alaska Airlines does not believe customers had prolonged exposure to the agent but theyve contacted several other employees who did. They and the infected agent are in quarantine. This all comes as San Francisco residents begin adjusting to a new reality, the effects of social distancing. Its kind of eerie how its usually more busy. Reporter in hayes valley on this saturday night, sidewalks usually teeming with people are not busy at all. Quite a few stores are closed with notices in the window telling customers it will be weeks until they reopen. In the castro district, the Iconic Castro theater marquee is lit up but there are no events here. Just a simple message stay healthy and safe. Well be back soon. Po