Or Health Department must be vetted by the Vice President s office. President trump does not seem worried about the outbreak. Theyre doing a great job. Its going to disappear, one day its like a miracle, it will disappear. Every single delay in testing means potentially the virus could go to hundreds or thousands or more people. Health Officials Say theyre concerned about the virus. Governor newsom talked about this last night. Clearly more Tech Companies are concerned about the coronavirus as theyre pulling out of conferences because of the virus. Overnight docusign canceling its annual users event scheduled for next week. They will hold a Virtual Conference instead. Facebook says it will not be holding its annual f8 conference in san jose. The company says it must prioritize the health and safety of everyone putting on the event and planning to attend it. In japan, Tokyo Disneyland will be closed starting tomorrow through march 15th, this is all due to coronavirus concerns. That mean
Drop in temperatures. 60s at 4 00. The rest of us in the 70s. Jobina . Happy friday to you. We made it. We have our mass transit updates. Ferries running with no delays. B. A. R. T. Has 12 training running on time. Ace 1 is on time as well. I have a vta commuter alert. The blue and green lines will have a bus bridge in place between the karina and civic center stations. Julian and kumasi . Thank you. Some developing news to get to. Countries around the world are taking steps this morning to protect their Public Transit systems from the spread of the coronavirus. In the bay area, transit officials are preparing. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. Amy . Hi, good morning. B. A. R. T. Officials say right now theyre not doing anything major yesterday. Theyre taking a wait and see approach. So its business as usual right now. The b. A. R. T. Board of directors had a lot of questions yesterday for the general manager at the Board Meeting about what was being don trepare
Now at 11 00, from business to politics to sports, no one can avoid the impact of the coronavirus tonight. The emergency measures in place worldwide and here in the bay area and what your level of concern should be. I am confident that by continuing and continuing to take these tough measures, we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we are ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, major developments over the globe today in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Were here with everything you need to know from the white house to the bay area and how it could affect your daily life. That includes the announcement of sweeping new travel restrictions set to take effect on friday. And we are just learning about a new San Francisco School Closing tomorrow over concerns about the coronavirus. The nba taking unprecedented steps as a star player tests positive for the virus. And hollywoo
I am confident that by continuing and continuing to take these tough measures, we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we are ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, major developments over the globe today in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Were here with everything you need to know from the white house to the bay area and how it could affect your daily life. That includes the announcement of sweeping new travel restrictions set to take effect on friday. And we are just learning about a new San Francisco School Closing tomorrow over concerns about the coronavirus. The nba taking unprecedented steps as a star player tests positive for the virus. And hollywood celebrities not immune either, including bay area native tom hanks. With so many closings and cancellations in the bay area, workers are feeling the crunch. All right. Lets start with joe vazquez with breaking news
So excited. Come on, a little bit more. After 40 days of dry weather, right in the middle of winter, we are finally looking firefighters in Contra Costa County are at rain this morning, not a lot unfortunately but we are ending investigating a house fire that the dry stretch and you can see the radar right behind me. Happened last night. We are dealing with a few scattered showers this morning. So rolling through your morning, we will have mostly cloudy skies and the showers a fire official says when crews are going to continue to march arrived there was across the bay area. Heavy smoke and fire throughout temperatures this morning in the mid40s to mid50s with all the home. Residents who escaped told First Responders an elderly woman was still inside, that woman did not survive. Two of that cloud cover. Other people were treated. This rain is not going to last. By lunchtime we turn dry and there is a new development breezy as we get in the second involving the firing of Oakland Police