We have a team of reporters covering the impact of the coronavirus on the bay area and in the bay area. Lets begin with melissa colorado right there at the port. Youve been there all day and this evening as well. Reporter most likely throughout the week, i spoke to the spokesperson, he cant recall the last time a cruise has ever docked here at the port of oakland, but here she is, the grand princess arriving today around noon. This is a cruise ship that has been out at sea for several days waiting for the signal to dock filled with passengers just itching to get out, and now is when were going to see this logistical behemoth go into overdrive. Federal, state and county officials are working together to get all those passengers transported to a safe facility where they can be quarantined. The port of oakland was never on the itinerary for the roughly 2,300 passengers aboard the grand princess cruise ship, but just listen to the cheers that broke out when they got closer to the iconic ca
It will likely increase the cost of doing business though, which is problematic because uber and lyft have never been profitable. Ubers legal officer says they negotiated in good faith, and their offer gave driver access to sick leave and injury protection among other things. Establishing for the first time ever, a guaranteed minimum running standard that would provide stability for drivers while allowing them the flexibility to earn more and to work whenever, wherever and for whomever they choose. West said the vast majority of the drivers dont want to be employees, and they are disappointed that lawmakers couldnt reach a compromise. If Governor Newsom signs the bill, which he is expected to do, it will go into effect in january 1 of 2020. The bill creates exemptions for dozens of businesses. Now lyft highlighted that in this statement saying the fact that they were more than 50 industries carved out of ab 5 is very telling, we are fully prepared to take this issue to the voters of ca
Now. He lost his job and he lost his pension. That was last year. Tonight the public scrutiny continues for former judge aaron persky, fired by Lynbrook High School today where he was girls tefrns coach. Persky remained in the spotlight after presiding over the controversial brock turner sex assault case in 2016. The question is has perskys public punishment gone too far, especially since he committed no crime . Nbc bay areas ian cull first broke the story of his new job and he has more from san jose. Reporter when parents at san joses lynbrook high became aware their daughters new tennis coach was former judge aaron persky they voiced concerns. District leaders held a meeting with parents monday, and today his half season as a j. D. Girls coach came to an end. Shavoni kavoiru is a former student. All of us were just so happy but we also talked about this really being a wakeup call for lynbrook and realizing that this is still a pretty big oversight. Reporter her online petition to get
It gets hotter for tomorrow. But speaking of that spare thers alert, we have unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups for the east bay and for the santa clara valley. Lets check in with gianna and with the spare the air alert good idea to take mass transit. Absolutely. Sfg on time with mass transit. So if you want to skip the roadways, you can use bart, muni, ace, cal train. Sferg on time. Freeways not the case a couple snags out there right now we will get a live look at the bay bridge. Traffic is backed up. Metering lights are on. Slow and go out of the maze so that morning drive is in full swing. Starting to see brake lights off the east shore freeway. Bay area bridges starting to load up now. Heres a live look at the san mateo bridge. Brake lights as well westbound away from the toll plaza heading towards foster city 808 area. North or southbound along the pi nines larks traffic so far sogood. Richmond san rafael bridge. 808 better news. We have had brake lights significant beyon
Door. Low clouds around, it was close yesterday, very close yesterday, okay. There you go, thank you. A little bit of buildup in the afternoon, rated northeast california, we are getting closer. High pressure will knows in for three days, 50s, 60s in the temperatures, overall 40s and there, the total is for some are now. Low 50s already, hardly any breeze whatsoever, i doubt there will be, the high kicks in, technically it is still summer. Everything right now state to the north, eventually we see a change but not for about 40 days, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s degrees, 401 401 here we are at 401. Well, i would have thought about 10 minutes ago we would not be on the air at 401. Lets go take a look at what we have right now, you can see traffic is going to be okay on the east bay commutes, highway 24 and heres the commutes here in the east bay, these commutes tend to get going early, i see just a little bit of slow traffic on the tool, on the super commutes. No major problems getting through. Ge