More than a hundred schools for the next three weeks. This is the first major Public Schoolsome to close in the bay area. Live now with more of the details on this closure. Christian . Reporter many parents saw this coming. Now it has happened. The San Francisco superintendent of schools made the announcement this afternoon that all Public Schools in the district will be closed for three weeks starting monday the 16th. All the way through spring break. This is not business as usual. It is likely that we will see many more covid19 cases in the coming weeks and months. And this that announcement was made just an hour ago. And already word is starting to filter through the district. A mom we spoke with just it would be staying open. In the last 24 hours, t have been significant developments. The most noteworthy is the closure of Lakeshore Elementary School today after four students there and some other family members reported respiratory illness illnesses. They made the decision this morn
Worse. Long lines and empty shelves. You can see it here across the bay area. I came here for a handful of things and then i started panic shopping. A manager at trader joes telling us it was the busiest day in his stores history. We begin with cheryl hurd in concord. Many people are panic hoarding like she said. Reporter thats right because items like you see right here are leaving store shelves quickly. But one Mental Health expert i talked to tonight says buying more than you need is not going to save you. People are scared and rightfully so. I came here for a handful of things and then i started panic shopping. Reporter Big Box Stores are out of things people feel they need to fight the coronavirus, like disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizers. Signs are up limiting the number of items like these you can buy. They told us if you want any toilet paper, come at 9 00 in the morning. And in the morning, they said it was about 1,200 people waiting. Reporter its called panic buying, or ho
The Sonoma County case patient took a cruise and has been back in the United States for 10 days. We have Team Coverage with devin fehely in san jose where schools and universities are preparing for cases on campus. Reporter as the outbreak spreads, School Systems are taking a hard look at what they can do to keep kids safe, and the answer for one private school in Sonoma County was to close completely. The private kindergarten to 8th grade school announced it was closing temporarily after an adult connected to the school was exposed to someone diagnosed with coronavirus. Perhaps offering a preview of how School Systems statewide may respond to the expanding virus. Please, keep them home. Wed also like parents to tell us what symptoms theyre seeing. Reporter melinda landow is charged with coming up with how to combat the disease in the unified school system. The district sent a letter to parents urging them to keep Sick Children at home, emphasizing hand washing and disinfecting service
Into places like San Francisco and possibly oakland. The thickest fog will stay up in the north bay. Heres my day planner i put together for you. Were frosty in some inland areas also. 34 to 41 at 7 00. Dress warmer. Well be around 50 to 52 with just limited sunshine at noon. Mainly gray at 4 00, 52 to 54. Some rain starts to move in the north bay. For today its a 1 on the storm impact scale, tomorrow its a 2. Well talk about that coming up. Hi, job. Were looking at westbound 80 in emeryville. Two car crash here. One raled over and lan on its tires. Two lanes are blocked. People are sweeping the debris out of the road. There is a tow truck trying to get this car out othe way for everyone. This will impact our commuters. The backup has started, ek extending moor than tmore than miles right now. This is right near the ikea. Ace 1 is at 16 minutes behind schedule. Also here, we have our drive times, antioch to hercules, 33 minutes. Highway 4 to the maze, 15 minutes. Building a better bay
Its just very chilly skies offering ups partly cloudy conditions right now and will continue to see cloud cover through the day in fact cloud covers really only going to rise into the afternoon ahead of our morning showers tomorrow, this is 05 30am tomorrow morning yellow and orange indicating that heavy rainfall that scoots on through right in the midst of your morning commute 08 00am little areas of red thats your heaviest of rainfall that settles into the bay both from the peninsa east bay, north bay and eventually down into the south a little bit later than the rest of us, but you are getting that hit 2 by 10 30am heaviest of rainfall in the south bay Still Holding on to rain all across the rest of the bay area second wave trudges through right before your noon hour after that its isolated showers but a chance of even a few roles, the thunder right along the coastline to the afternoon. So a very active day tomorrow worst time to be on the road down yeah its going to be right in the