That need a place to recover in isolation. He called it a solution beyond the pandemic. So we can look more long term as this being part of our panoply of solutions to address the homeless crisis in the state of california. We are not going to be able to solve our homeless problem in San Francisco with this crisis. Reporter the mayor of San Francisco was speaking at the very same moment as the governor, warning that hotels were not necessarily an easy fix in the short or long term. She is prioritizing those rooms for homeless who have tested positive, and those considered most vulnerable. Those over 60, those who have underlying conditions. We have over 2,000 hotel rooms that are sitting empty today that are in contract that were paying for. We do not want the city to hold them empty. Havent today homeless advocates proa tested from their cars. They want most of the cities sheltered and unsheltered homeless moved into city hotels now. Its inevitable were going to have the shelters. Let
Feels weird. New tonight at 11 00 p. M. Tighter restrictions on public gatherings have bars and nightclubs shutting their doors for weeks. And now new guidelines from the governor saying anybody 65 or older should stay home. Good evening. This comes as the cdc is now saying americans should cancel any public gatherings of 50 people or more. Kpix 5s da lin is live in north beach with how businesses are responding to the new directive. Da. Not just in north beach but restaurants, bars across San Francisco to oakland to san jose have seen a big decline in traffic in recent weeks. For those struggling bs, they said it could be the final blow that shuts them down for good. Lawmakers admits what is good for Public Health is bad for the economy. The directive to shut down all bars and nightclubs is devastating. I have been a bartender. Reporter the bar he works at will close starting monday. Went from two income to zero income. Very worried. Reporter he has no idea how he will pay rent. He ne
Surprised us. Nothing. Plus a brutal bay area purse snatching. What was inside her bag and what she just told us about her injuries. I couldnt even stand up because it was so painful. Its got to be changed immediately. New calls for change tonight to the Oakland Police commission. The meeting underway right now after they fired the police chief. The commission is out of touch with oakland. Right now on the kpix news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a state of emergency tonight in Solano County because of that mysterious case of coronavirus. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im veronica de la cruz in tonight for ken. Health officials are rushing to figure out who the woman may have come in contact with. So far 28 cases have been confirmed in the state. At least 8 are here in Northern California. 8400 more people being monitored for symptoms, and just a little while ago, we learned the Fairfield Unified School District was told by the cdc to prepare for a possible outbreak. Lit
A cruise ship and several passengers with crew members infected by the virus. State and federal officials are trying to figure out where the evyone on d. A bay area unit tak drastic step to slow the spread of the virus. Stanford has cancelled classes for the remantder of the quarter. Mick mulvaney is out as white house chief of staff. The president choosing an ally from congress to replace him. Good morning. And, thank you, for joining us. Lets get a check of youre weather in the Weather Center with daren. We have rain in the forecast. We do. Finally. We got rain yesterday out of this. A mild dampness for just around the immediate bay. That was not the main rain event. Whats happening now on high def doppler is. And you can see the green thats just about to come on shore pretty much through the duration of this newscast this next hour. Were going to see the first rain to hit the area. Whos getting that already . Marin. This is starting to get down into the county of marin. To the east
Data that says there is ground water in the neighborhood. We have data that says we have it here, so were starting here and moving quickly. Reporter so as it stands now, you can see Mcclymonds High School closed february 20th through the 21st, and that could also extend into next week. We told you about how parents and students have a lot of questions, so the School District hopes to answer that at 6 00. Theyll have an open meeting at the taylor united memorial methodist church. We expect a lot of people to be there, and well certainly be there as well reporting live at 6 00. Typically we think of high schools as being in residential neighborhoods, that plating business you mentioned, certainly a commercial business that would be more industrial. What is that neighborhood like . Reporter we are surrounded in a residential and commercial area, in fact that plating business is just north of the school, so you might wonder if maybe that chemical traveled south into the ground water. So it