Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc7. In the dark of night, americans are taking off a cruise ship where hundreds of people are infected with the coronavirus. They are now on planes headed back to the u. S. With one due to arrive at Travis Air Force base in a matter of hours. Hello he, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Close to 400 americans who had been quarantined 14 days off the japan coast where the disease has been spreading rapidly. Buses rolled up to the ship ready to take them to the airport. Even after they land here, they cant go home just yet. A new quarantine awaits them. Abc7s Cornell Barnard joins u live with more on the story. Theyre back to the u. S. Now. Half will land at Travis Air Force base in fairfield where another round of isolation awaits. U. S. Tourists on board a coronavirusstricken cruise ship are closer to home after 12 days of quarantine. All right, this is it. Im about to step into the big wide world so i have to pu
Now at 11 00, hundreds of americans quarantined on a cruise ship in japan are on their way to the bay area tonight. The chartered flight just minutes from landing at Travis Air Force base. Plus. An apparent Mountain Lion injures a little girl on a morning hike shutting down a park on the peninsula. A close call for three men on this boat. The issue that left them stuck on choppy waters off San Franciscos baker beach. Good evening, i am juliette goodrich. Just minutes from now a flight carrying about 300 coronavirus evacuees will arrive at Travis Air Force base. The group will finally be back in the u. S. After being quarantined on a cruise ship in life outside avis air force base tonight with the latest. Maria. Reporter juliet, what a long and unforgettable journey for these passengers. They are expected to arrive here at about 11 16. In fact, we just saw some medics pass us by just a few minutes ago but their ordeal is far from over. You want to see what the next step is . Its not the
Is quiet we hope. Fingers crossed, perhaps lighter traffic on the road for the holiday, so far so good especially if youre driving from the tracy area, 205 westbound to the altamonte pass. San mateo bridge looks clear. Heavy fog at 880 and oakland at the coliseum but not too many problems traffic wise and it clears up by the time you get to the bay bridge. This morning some of the almost 400 americans quarantine on a cruise ship in japan were flown overnight to the bay area and to the state of texas. The first jet landed at Travis Air Force base last night where they went through another medical exam and this time 14 passengers were diagnosed with the coronavirus, they were isolated at a hospital. Alyssa harrington tells us the Cruise Ship Passengers who chose to take the charter jet to the us have been through a lot weeks but they are happy to be going home. The mac reporter melanie herring is one of about 300 evacuees who packed up and finally left the quarantined diamond princess cr
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera , we are looking at quite the tower there. It is monday, february 17th. Im michelle griego. Im anne makovec. Lets get a check of the forecast with mary lee. Good morning. We are looking at areas of fog to start off the day. Cool temperatures and as we head through the afternoon, get ready for a warmup. So plenty of sunshine. And offshore winds that will help to warm us up. You can see those temps are running in the mid to upper 40s to low 50s with areas of fog. In livermore and even along the coast. So your president s day forecast, we will enjoy the sunshine and the smile to warm, aboveaverage temperatures in the 60s to low 70s. So heres what you can expect. San francisco, 65. 70 in the san jose. As well as for concord. I will have the rest of your forecast, the full forecast, coming up. Happy president s day. Good morning. Take a look at the roadways right now. Really quiet. No
We can see the low clouds and fog in some spots and making a good day to head out for enjoying the sunshine. Look at trivalley temperatures around pleasanton, livermore, dublin as well as around danville. Were reaching into the upper 60s today. Well look at the rest of the forecast, but mike has a heads up about two important spots. One is on surface streets but the low clouds it is hard to see the crew at the intersection of mallory and fremont. Major traffic near the fremont hub in fremont. Well look at the map. This affects folks heading to the freeway and folks heading over to the b. A. R. T. Station. The other issue although freeways with moving nicely is on the san mateo bridge follow impeding the crash blocking to lanes with west bound. More on that coming up. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Bay area developments overnight in the coronavirus outbreak, 14 americans who tested positive have now arrived at Travis Air Force base. Today in the bays bob redell joins us outside of travis