Yeah, were really proud of them and just anything that we can do really to help them out and keephem sa. The east bay teenagers rking tirelessly to keep Health Workersafe. Andt will b a burning man like no other. Late tonight, weearn whats in the works for the world famous festival good evening and thanks for joining us onhis good friday. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. This is one of the most significant weekends of the year for millions of families. Its also posing a significant risk. Will we take a step backwards . Lets bring in n bay areas Sergio Quintana in San Francisco with the very latest. Sergio . Reporter yeah, there are mayors and leaders from across the bay area who are congratulating people really for sticking to those shelter at home orders over the last few weeks. But even though this is a holiday weekend, theyre asking people not to break those orders. Along San Franciscos great highway tonight, a beautiful sunset and plenty of signs reminding people of the ongoing
Visible. Is a very different time when youre in a different situation where you can see the enemy and this is different with the coronavirus. And for privacy reasons they cant say how many covid19 positive patients they are treating but there is no hiding the stress, technicians check the temperatures of anyone coming in and only one Family Member is allowed in the e. R. With the patient. And then there is this. Strangers dropping off food and snacks for the staff. A small thank you for their tireless work on this battle field thats now stretching from sea to sea. And right now, the nurses are triaging two possible covid19 patients here at good sam. Good sam is preparing for a possible surge but there is way to possibly avoid that surge, the nurses say self isolate, stay at home, help these doctors and nurses out. Damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. Good perspective. Thank you, damian. And the doctors and nurses were right there in Santa Clara County, which is our bay area epicenter. A
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
Mike, you are watching out for a mattress in the east bay. I urge other drivers to watch out as well. Theres not a lot at the bay bridge toll plaza. This is light for a tuesday. Well track that. Were looking at over here in the east bay just off the east shore freeway. Valley view just over here reports of a mattress crossing both directions for that roadway, so just keep that in mind if you are traveling along San Pablo Dam road heading to or from i80. The rest of the bay shows green sensors. Only a little slowing out of the altamont. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Back to our Coronavirus Crisis coverage for you. Our team is tracking developments from several angles. First lets get to tracie potts live in washington this morning with details on the new white house prevention plans. Tracie . Reporter in that prevention plan, focuses not only on health and very much on the economy after the big selloff we saw on wall street partially because of fears over the impact of this virus. President
Mountains and south. Thats the line. North of that i dont think anything will happen. If youre north and get more sun, 70s for some. Sal castanedas here now. Well focus on what here this time . You can see traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. Including southbound san jose. You can see it looks pretty good getting up by highway 17. Also this mornings commute is doing well in Contra Costa County including highway 80, hercules and richmond and here in oakland, Alameda County traffic moving well to the bay bridge toll plaza. 5 01. Lets go back to the desk. New this morning, the chp says a big rig driver wasnt paying attention when he crashed. Look at the pictures. This was the scene just after 2 30 this morning when the first calls came in. The semi truck driver veered off westbound 80, went through a fence and onto a side street. The long process of getting all the passengers off the grand princess cruise ship continues this morning. The ship is now docked in oaklands outer h