Across the country. Here in the bay area there are now 42 cases. Half of them in Santa Clara County. And good morning. Thanks for joining us, im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. We have much more coming up in a few moment on the coronavirus. But first a check of the friday forecast with kari hall. Things are changing today. And more clouds and cooler temperatures. Areas in the low 60s and then upper 50s with light rain. We spring forward this sunday and seal a few clouds with the sun and temperatures in the low 60s. Well talk about next weeks rain chances coming up. Mike is tracking a crash. With one slow spot and the rest of the map, every with where is green. A mild slowing through san jose just starting. More slowing southbound 680 off the benicia bridge but easing up around highway 4 a break for a crash into concord but the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights yet. Back to you. Turning back to the coronavirus case, we have Live Team Coverage for through morning. Pete su
Theres debris across the roadway and an evidence tow truck has been called out to the area. Want to leave you with a live look showing you the bay bridge. From the toll plaza into San Francisco, about 11 minutes. Thank you. Now to the latest on coronavirus outbreak this morning. All eyes are on the grand princess cruise ship that is off the coast of San Francisco. That ship could come to dock sometime today. The people on board are awaiting test results from a lab in richmond. Passengers have been told not to leave their rooms until further notice. Santa clara announced six new cases yesterday, one of them involves a Lockheed Martin employee in sunnyvale. The company said they are aware of the possibility of exposure and theyre working to keep other employees and visitors safe. Stanford university is proceeding with caution. The Athletics Department is working with the health and Safety Department to establish guidelines during games where large crowds normally gather. Back to the city
The behind the camera right now, we have the president or we will talk to him and a little bit. First, we start in San Francisco. They will decide today whether to ban marijuana adds. This is new. Because currently alcohol and tobacco ads already have a van ban. We have more on this topic. Reporter to start off, i dont have an interview with Clay Thompson to offer you or anyone else with the interview of warriors. I would love to but not today. Talking about ads for recreational and commercial pot sales. It is already a ban for alcohol, tobacco and gun sales. It reserves the right to reject any ad that is overtly political or controversial in any way. City leaders say, as for marijuana sales, they are really no different. Including the mayor who made his opinion clear. It is from a handful of companies that will sell and deliver pot for use. You can see several ads on the side of muni buses for Companies Like urban farm and others. Muni has already 100 ads for the drug on muni vehicles
Live in Santa Cruz County with the latest. Reporter 0 of the evacuations 90 of the evacuations were lifted this morning, good news for residents. Two dozen homes north of bear creek road are still threatened this afternoon. The bear fire thats been raging since monday night is 30 contained. Firefighters made progress overnight helped by low temperatures and calm conditions. Were reaching a turning point this is fire. Reporter at 8 a. M. People living in more than 200 homes were allowed back in. You feel very sorry for the people who lost their homes and the Little Things that you used to worry about theyre not so worrisome anymore. Reporter the fire burned 321 acres and four homes. And it is expected to grow. The terrain is so steep, containment lines could only realistically be built several acres away from the fire which will continue to burn from the borders. We are using dozers the best we can to get the fire lines in the best locations. Reporter 7 firefighters are injured from bur
Care. And the following is a statement written by his wife. It was read by the police chief. If elia was writing this, he would want to say that he is like every other cop working in San Francisco. He goes to work every day to protect and serve his community. He does this with heart and passion. At the end of the day, like any other officer, he wants to come home to his family. Elia is a symbol of strength. Its in his blood. This situation will be no different. This is not the end of elias story. Please, please, send him positive energy and love. He deserves it and he will no doubt get through this. Reporter just to give you an idea of how well liked this officer is, were told that in his five years with the department, he has been recognized numerous times for his Outstanding Police work. Owe received sfpds purple heart award in 2015 after he was hurt on the job while trying to protect others. And we also learned he recently started law school. He teaches jujitsu and volunteers in the