Continue. But without fans. Governor newsom details his latest executive order, banning large gatherings of more than 250 people. The move follows similar actions taken in santa clara county, San Francisco, contra costa and oakland. That announcement caused disney to close its parks saturday. In new york city, broadway theaters have gone dark. The governor has limited gatherings to 500 people. Performances on the great white way will remain dark for at least one month. At home San Franciscos superintendent of schools announced this afternoon that all Public Schools in the district will be closed for three weeks. Christien kafton tells us this comes as one school is reporting cases. Reporter San Francisco schools will be closed for three weeks starting next monday. 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 will require a measured, subpoenaed response. Reporter justed with, the district announced it would
Good evening. The San Francisco Unified School District will close it schools for three weeks. Starting monday. We need the time to plan prepare and train staff on how to operate schools during this epidemic. If there was somebody who was affected by the virus it would spread quickly in a school. Lets take a couple weeks where we dont have school and lets figure out what we need to do next. Students who qualified for free lunches will continue to get those meals. Details on that have not been released yet. The district serves more than 55,000 students. St governor is advising school close only as a last resort. Emergency room doctor nurse Nurse Practitioner and you have kids you have no capacity to have those kids at home without your own presence being there. About an hour ago we learned the west contra costa Unified School District will also be closing down on monday for three weeks. They are moving up spring break into the closure period. To try to minimize the disruption on the Ove
Coronavirus. An east bay lab is playing a Critical Role in getting thousands more coronavirus tests to the public. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro live in pleasanton with the new developments. We could all use a little encouraging news, and you have some for us. Reporter absolutely. Boy, can we use some promising news, terry. Youre absolutely right. Im here at roche labs in pleasanton. Not only did this company develop a new coronavirus test, but it can deliver results in just 3 1 2 hours. This is the first commercially available coronavirus test to receive emergency authorization from the fda. Those tests can be run on roches fully automated machines, which are already installed in hospitals and labs across the u. S. And around the world. And those tests are headed to bay area and state labs right now. We already have 400,000 tests available. Weve started already to ship over the weekend and through the next few days to these laboratories, and then over the course of the coming weeks, we
Across the bay area. We begin our Team Coverage with nbc bay areas sergio quintana. Sergio, one of those new cases, an Airline Employee at sfo. Reporter yeah. Alaska Airlines Says one of their agents went home sick on tuesday, and today tested positive for covid19. In a statement, Alaska Airlines does not believe customers had prolonged exposure to the agent but theyve contacted several other employees who did. They and the infected agent are in quarantine. This all comes as San Francisco residents begin adjusting to a new reality, the effects of social distancing. Its kind of eerie how its usually more busy. Reporter in hayes valley on this saturday night, sidewalks usually teeming with people are not busy at all. Quite a few stores are closed with notices in the window telling customers it will be weeks until they reopen. In the castro district, the Iconic Castro theater marquee is lit up but there are no events here. Just a simple message stay healthy and safe. Well be back soon. Po
Santa rosa shutting down monday through april 5th. Contra costa, the latest county to impose restrictions on events, gatherings of 100 or more banned. San francisco and santa clara made the same move recently. More than 2 dozen new coronavirus cases in marin county. Two cases, the total now five. Santa clara has 17 new patients and the most cases in the bay area. At last check at least 919, San Francisco. Adding 5 today bringing the total there to 28. Also today, San Francisco announced no one will have power or water shut off because they cant pay bills during the coronavirus pandemic. The late payments and penalties to muni a or Public Utilities commission waived, that order in effect for two months. As people practice social distancing and stay home because trying to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Small Businesses are feeling the impacts. Today in oakland, the mayor and congressman barbara lee met with Business Leaders to address concerns and talk about whats being done. Nbc b