The gate here we are quiet getting out of the gate here. Lets go out and take a look at the bay bridge. It looks very nice. There is some road work here and there around the bay but its not causing major delays. The webster tube is shut down northbound runtil about 5 00 this morning but the posy tube is still open. Topping our news this morning Governor Newsom has issued an advisory for large events. Cancelling or postponing gatherings of 250 people or more. Small events can go ahead as planned if organizers create whats called social distancing. Meaning people get no closer than 6 from each other. The advisory does not apply to essential Public Transportation, shopping centers, or dormitories. A number of new coronavirus cases have been reported around the bay area. Health officials in Santa Clara County confirmed three new cases there. Bringing that total to 48. Two new cases reported in marin at a tote ol after three people so far and two new cases in santa clara. Total 177 patients
Here is a live look with a foggy this house ocean beach, this one, temperatures are running in the 40s and 50s, concord at 49, 52, oakland, San Francisco, san jose at 50 and san jose at 53. Petaluma, you are down to zero for the visibility this morning, dense fog for you a quartermile in santa rosa and three miles for Half Moon Bay for the visibility for you. As we head to the afternoon, daytime highs well above average, mid 60s in San Francisco, 70 in oakland, 75 in san jose, 76 in concord, 78 degrees in fairfield. We will talk about that next big weather system, details on that coming up. Taking a look at the roadways are now we have reports of a broken down vehicle, that me slow down just a little bit. This is not commute into marin county, right now things are still very quiet because it is still very early but a little foggy this minute, limited visibility in some spots. Looks like they are doing the lane changes on the Golden Gate Bridge because traffic is moving a little bit bet
Mistaken, the foghorn buddy . I will have to check. Foghorn boogie . We do have low clouds in place, 40s and 50s on temperatures, it will be cooler as the fog bank has a pretty good wrapup, inland 70s but the coastal bay getting into the 50s now and off to the 60s. Cell sal is here now. Amazingly it looks like a normal day. People on the road, some people may be avoiding transit and taking a car, that is my educated guess, ridership on the transit is down but, the traffic here looks about normal at the bay bridge which is to say 10 minutes 50 minutes for a delay north and south looking okay, no trouble getting to the airport, highway 4 slow, so is the 680, i noticed that slow traffic along the same corridors for Park Services are available on some of the other areas, we dive into that a little more in just a few months. Now lets go back to the desk. More breaking news, the market had a very tough morning, so much so they actually halted trading out of the gate and is reopened, actually
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
The order does not cover casinos and card rooms. It delays the tax filing deadline for people and accidents affected by the people and businessesasced by the virus. Sports are canceled. The ncaa sports club on both the mens and Womens Basketball tournament. Tipoff was scheduled to begin next week. Major League Baseball wont play again until at least midapril. On wall street stocks suffered their biggest drop since 1987. The dow plunged more than 2 twochlz points or 10 . All of that 2,300 points or 10 . Cristien joins us live in the city with more. Reporter for many parents, it feels hike the other shoe has droppedhristien joins us live in the city with more. Reporter for many parents, it feels hike the other shoe has dropped now. Reporter the superintendent and School Board Members made the announcement parents have been questioning would come. 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 mo