That shelterinplace order goes into effect just after midnight as we said. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen begins our Team Coverage in san jose to explain exactly what that order will mean. Chris. Reporter hi, dan. The shelterinplace will last for about three weeks and the message is quite simple, and that is for folks to stay home. This afternoon a bold step to slow down the spread of covid19 across the bay area. We decided collectively that we needed to take swift action as soon as possible to prevent the further spread and to protect our Critical Health care infrastructure. Reporter the Public Health officers of alameida, contra costa, marin, San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties along with the city of berkeley joinedly issuing a legal order for all residents to shelter at home the next three weeks. These orders were crafted with great thought and with great care. They are also crfted very, very quickly. Reporter essential businesses will be allowed to operate with trave
Amanda from california. Testing for the virus as it we land and get bombarded should, how thats making a bad situation worse as the virus good facetime clears that up. With messages from our families. Lets get to the news. Spreads silently. Trump announced this, you cant shutdown of schools, offices, come back, and the end of the going dark. Social gatherings is accelerating as they try to meet late night show suspended, the the demand for coronavirus curtain closed on broadway, testing. March madness canceled. Tom costello joins us and the nearly all professional sports three things were watching on hold and now major theme today on this issue. Tom, good morning. Reporter good morning, world and all that good stuff. Reporter in fact, the parks shutting their doors. President s 30day ban only how americans coasttocoast targets European Countries from 36 countries but fears fueling savannah americans to get back quickly. Thats top, up front right now the move condemned by europes leader
Closer where we should be on the high side for this time of the year. Allie is here, much quieter than yesterday. What about now . Its probably a leaf for especially those people who drive on westbound 80 in east shore freeway. Yesterday it was a mess, today, its okay. Also in the south bay, its not looking too bad. Southbound south of highway 17, there is some slowing, also some slowing on it 80, in san mateo, as well, and very heavy traffic on the san mateo bridge although there is no real specific relationship for it, just a lot of people heading over to the peninsula. Heres 280 in san jose, but this is what im talking about on the bridge, slow going getting over to the peninsula. 80 in san jose, but this is what im talking about on the bridge, slow going getting over to the peninsula. 7 01. Any time now another group of american evacuees from wuhan, china, are expected to leave Travis Air Force base. Theyll be taken to sfo, a dropoff location for evacuees. Ktvus Sara Zendehnam is t
Thanking them for their service to our country. Both have served our country in various capacities for a long time. Not an easy thing to do. I respect and appreciate that work. I look forward to continuing to work with you. The good news i want to start with is unlike last year we have a budget agreement. And last year we spent a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Now, last year we were off by i dont know 3. 5 months, Something Like that, but thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get Appropriations Bills and an authorizing bill done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department. I think thats important. This year we hope to come a little bit closer to october 1st. Certainly on the authorizing bill, but also in the appropriations bill. Most importantly, we have a budget number. And hopefully we can get that pre
Stadium. The 49ers will square off against the green bay packers. A trip to the super bowl is at ake. The packersard afternoon at the park hotel. They got there by bus from the airport in san jose. No fans were on hand to greet them. But we found plenty of packer fans at pep rally last night. It is a sea of green here inside the patio in palo alto. They are ready for tomorrows big game. And tonight they got a big burst from the team. It is the night before the big game. With a trip to the super bowl on the line. We are going to win for sure. The 49ers have homefield advantage as well. That doesnt mean anything. Weve been in the playoffs so many times we are use to it. Their team has been there plenty of times too but its been a while. James lofton, jordy nelson and lynn dickey met with fans and shared their thoughts on tomorrows game. I started watching the team in august. And i think theyve made great strides. And there this close. President and ceo of the packers mark murphy also hyp