Right now and seeming streaming on cbsn bay area we follow breaking news as the first passengers on board the grand princess cruise ship disembarked at the port of oakland. At least three passengers have been taken away in ambulances. Now we see a large group of passengers disembark. They are having their temperatures taken just as they step onto the port property. Ct ringom uc berkeley joining us now. We have been watching the coverage unfold all day long. The ship docked. What we want to talk about in your opinion should we have brought these thousands of people who possibly were exposed here into oakland to this port and then possibly putting the general public at risk . Im pretty comfortable that this was a perfectly reasonable and safe thing to do. The people in charge of this particular evacuation of the ship are doing it the right way. I think we can be ready confident that it really doesnt pose a risk to people in the community. I would be happy to go into more detail about tha
Below. Sal, i sat down yesterday to watch a little sports and realized there wasnt any. You know, i did the same. Sometimes you kind of do it by habit. There isnt anything there. Well see what we do, steve. Lets go to the east bay. Westbound highway 4 off to a decent start. Concord, 680, to carquinez bridge. Both looking good. No problems on the san mateo bridge. Does look like westbound 82 by the toll plaza theyre clearing up an accident. The number of bay area coronavirus cases keeps going up. Santa clara county now reports 66 confirmed cases. Thats up 18 from yesterday. Santa clara county has the most in california. San francisco reported four more cases. Alameda county also reported four more cases and statewide four people have died. More Bay Area School districts are cancelling classes. West Contra Costa County School District will close three weeks starting monday. Berkeley also announced a closure starting next week. In marin county, tamalhies School District is closed. Startin
Bipartisan legislation for coronavirus emergency relief. Doug luzader has the latest on that from washington. Reporter we may see some bipartisan action from Congress Pretty quickly today as the virus has now surfaced in just about every state. Reporter with store shelves around the country looking thin, and public spaces looking more and more empty, congress will now try again to intervene. Subject to exchange a paper. Reporter a relief deal could include free testing, paid sick leave, and other benefits. Washington will soon be something of a ghost town. The smithsonian will shut down after today. The Supreme Court has closed to tourists and so has the u. S. Capital capitol with the Visitor Center largely deserted. Reporter yesterday was the worst stock loss. Its going to bounce back very big at the right time. Reporter despite changes in coronavirus test kits, u. S. Health says the test kits will be on track. Its not going to be months, its going to be a week or so. Thats a failure
Ktvu. Com said there is plenty of to the paper for everyone, they are making more. So, im concerned about that. Right . Well, i went to a target in the east bay and the shelves were clear and i asked a worker do you have any in the back and he said yes. I just said i need one. Help out one package thats all we need right now. Right. Barts emergency plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. According to the chronicle bart already has a contingency plan in case of an earthquake, terrorist attack, pandemic or other disaster. Officials to the paper that agency has no intention of cutting back service. That would happen only if several operators got sick or if Governor Newsom requires transit agencies to stop operations. What is the chance of that . All transit agencies just hope for a week or two . People in the bay area, that would be horrible. People say it is not going to come to that. Part needs to be responsible in getting people what they need to go. A lot of people are choosing no
We expect commissioner richards to be absent today. First on your age is consideration of items for continuance, number 201900421c at 2829 24th street, conditional use for continuance to february 20, 2020. Item 2, 20154109c02 at 333 12th street, proposed ford continuance to march 5th, 2020 and item 3, number 2016 2016006860 ika at 65 ocean avenue, inkind agreement for continuance until april 2nd, 2020. Further commissioners, under your regular calendar, item 12, 12576 1769 lombard street requesting a continuance for a medical condition that came up and under the discretionary review, item 16, 2017010281 zrp at 23 236 el camino it is propod for continuance to march 12th, 2019 and 1769 proposed for continuance to march 5th. I have to speaker cards. Would any members of the public like to comment on the items proposed for continuance, come on up. Im representing the business opener for 1769 lombard street. I just wanted to elaborate more, the request is very sudden and unexpected. So i ha