Test positive for coronavirus. An effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, 40 million californians have been told to shelter in place. That means dont go out unless you need to get some exercise or really need get Something Like going to the Grocery Store or a restaurant for food. To see how life has changed, we get a check with abc7s lauren martinez. She joins us live from what would be a normally bustling walnut creek. We dont hear or see anything behind you. Reporter no, its pretty empty. The three businesses behind me, tacos walnut creek, 54 men, and residual sugar wine bar are all dealing with this shutdown in very different ways. At 54 mint, they serve food and cafe. The owner says theyve been here for more than five years. His sons are now helping out. Theyre doing to go order only to go orders only, and theyre offering a roll of toilet paper with your order. Its one of the most in need item these days. We thought theyre giving support, we give toilet paper. Reporter now
We still have enough firefighters in our reserve in order to fulfill our commitment to the community. Reporter and to backfill firefighters are here on their days off to fill those shifts that are vacated by the affected firefighters. They say they are still responding to every single emergency call that comes in, but they do warn the public as a precautionary measure, they are showing up with respirators for theirs and your safety. Were live in san jose, dimian trujillo, nbc bay area news. Thank you, damian. The confirmed cases of coronavirus continues to grow in the bay area. Just over an hour ago, Santa Clara County said there are now 66 people who have tested positive. San mateo county also saw a jump today. 20 people there now confirmed to have the virus. Just into our newsroom, a second Bay Area School district is shutting down. Just minutes ago, west contra costa unified announced it will close all schools for three weeks beginning next monday. San francisco unified made a simil
Lets check with the weather. Any rain in the forecast . Technically a small chance that if we got any it would be a momentary spit. You wouldnt get anything to measure. I think the bigger issue is that it is much colder. If you are going to step outside, an early riser, some places are 14 degrees colder right now. Yesterday at this time it was warmer. Lets look at Treasure Island back at the city. Santa rosa, 33 degrees. If you look at the icon in front, see the moon . That is the one location without clouds. The clear skies have allowed the sheltered valleys to plummet as far as temperatures go. Look at the difference. San jose is only 3 degrees colder than yesterday. Just to show you whats going on, yes there are a few showers out there if you can see them. You can only see them when they are moving. When i stopped the radar like now, you hardly notice anything. Maybe through the Marin Headlands and maybe a bit down here on the San Mateo County line. I will be back in two minutes. Th
From the captain first. Ill tell you the news has left all of them stunned. We are a sick ship, apparently. Reporter its a reality victoria says is still sinking in. We caught up with her moments after she and her husband, jose, watched the Vice President s press conference from their cruise ship cabin. Pence announced that 21 people, 19 crew members and two passengers, have tested positive for coronavirus. All passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus. Those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined. Those that require additional medical attention will receive it. Reporter a short time later, the captain of the grand princess announced the findings. Apologizing for not breaking the news himself. We apologize but we were not given advanced notice of this announcement by the u. S. Federal government. It would have been our preference to be the first to make this news available to you. Reporter she says while she is stunned by the numbers, it makes sense that 19 of the
What a welcomed sight. We have not seen that in a long time. Every little bit of rain helps. You can see it there. I know we got no rain in february. Satellite radar right now, it looks a lot more exciting on radar than how much we will see today. If i move this one further down towards the south bay you can see it moving into the peninsula. We will have our best chance of rain between now and 10 00 a. M. As we head towards the afternoon, you will notice that temperatures will be running a lot cooler today. Upper 50s and we may have another chance of rain. I will talk about that in our forecast coming up in 15 minutes. We look forward to that. Now we begin with a late night announcement from stanford. A faculty member has tested positive for coronavirus. The final two weeks of the Winter Quarter will be moved to online formats. The university will remain open but employees are encouraged to work from home. I think they are happy class got cancelled to not get the disease. It is a very,