With slick roadways. We are dealin an accident in martinez, 680 s. On right at highway four. The vehicle spun out in lanes, overturned, hit a pole and is down the embankment. Major injuries were reported in this accident. It is backing up in that area, not quite a marina vista, but it is slow going there. You might want to stick with 880 as an alternate. Traffic is sluggish out of martinez as you work your way into the concord area. Drivetime is 90 minutes, the venetian bridge to 24. New developments on the cruise ship awaiting the coronavirus. Our cameras were there as the tests were dropped off yesterday evening at the state medical lab in richmond. They were being processed overnight. Kpix 5s jackie ward is at that Testing Center this morning. Any news on when we might get those results . Reporter not any word from the department of Public Health. That is what we are waiting for this morning, especially since governor gavin newsom said they should only be a fourhour process. The cru
Quarantined, those that require additional medical attention will receive it. Reporter passengers aboard the grand princess today were getting cabin fever after 24 hours confined to their rooms, and feeling anxious about their health. I would like to test everybody, and test me to make sure, i dont want to take anything home to my family, you know, to be on the safe side. Reporter as we just learned, all of those passengers and crew members aboard the grand princess will be tested for covid 19. It is unknown exactly how long it will take for all of those test results to come back, we are talking about at least a few thousand test the need to be processed at this point, and as for where the grand princess will go, theres only so many deepwater ports, in the bay area, some of those are commercial, some of those are not, the question is where exactly does the ship and up. Allen . To just everybody will take a while, they want to another helicopter drop, but, once they do that, its going t
From the captain first. Ill tell you the news has left all of them stunned. We are a sick ship, apparently. Reporter its a reality victoria says is still sinking in. We caught up with her moments after she and her husband, jose, watched the Vice President s press conference from their cruise ship cabin. Pence announced that 21 people, 19 crew members and two passengers, have tested positive for coronavirus. All passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus. Those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined. Those that require additional medical attention will receive it. Reporter a short time later, the captain of the grand princess announced the findings. Apologizing for not breaking the news himself. We apologize but we were not given advanced notice of this announcement by the u. S. Federal government. It would have been our preference to be the first to make this news available to you. Reporter she says while she is stunned by the numbers, it makes sense that 19 of the
A big difference compared for earlier in the week. We will timeout our showers on future cast for the weekend, coming up. Taking a look at the roadways, we start off in san jose. We have an accident 101 northbound on telly. No word if there are injuries. Hopefully they will have that cleared quickly. This is north 101 right at tully road. Traffic is light around 101 from the south through the peninsula. 580, you have brake lights with coming from tracy from 205 getting on 580, stay south to grant line. Looking okay through the river bound valley, no delays if you are having westbound 80 to the interchange. The rest of our main freeways are in the green friday with no delays in the green sure. Mass transit is also getting rolling this morning with no delays. Right now, thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship connected to a coronavirus death of being held off the San Francisco coast. 45 people aboard the grand princess has been tested for the virus. Those results are expected today.
The entrants are wellexperienced competitors, heat is a significant threat for them. On saturday, iron men and iron women will be bathed in it as well. We ask them to be prepared, to know how to hydrate and take salt and electo lights and be ready for anything that the weather or day may throw at them. Reporter for those that are out there in the afternoon, weve increased the amount of water theyve got out there. Were just encouraging them to know their bodies, Pay Attention to those things. Mainly not go too hard, really. Thats probably the primary focus. Not to go for your record. Its going to be really hot. Reporter a few miles away, Cal Fire Sonoma Air Attack base knows that high heat not only promotes wildfires now, but increasingly for the rest of the week. Cal fire tanker pilot bob has been firefighting from the air for the last 45 years. At this point, its much more active than i would like to see, tom. Which means later on in the year, were going to have to watch out and be ex