Now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Its become a familiar sight during the Coronavirus Crisis, once packed downtown scenes, now desolate. The deserted weekend streets now just symbolize everyday life in our community. And this morning the impact of the coronavirus seeping further into the bay area, nearing 700 confirmed cases and claiming 11 lives. Good morning, its march 22. We have much to get to as our lives slowly begin to adjust to the coronavirus outbreak. First lets get over to lisa argen for a look at the forecast. Good morning. We are talking about more spring showers as you look live, a system spinning off the Central Coast will bring up shower activity into the south bay. The peninsula, maybe even a thunderstorm. Right now its around santa cruz, elsewhere clouds mixed in with sun. Its a level one on our storm impact scale so this afternoon, a few showers and later on the rain will get more widespread. Live shot from tam now, 52 downtown, Half Moon Bay 61. Beaut
Can see the steadier rain tapers as we head through the midmorning and right behind me the showers and the thunderstorms. You can see the more yellows and oranges and reds in this that will come in this afternoon and bring us the chance of grapel and hail and keep the snow level around 28 to 3,000 feet. The earliest commuters coming down 680. Soggy start today with showers and thunderstorms and mountain snow all the way through 7 00. Mike, thank you. Kaiser perman,anteanteanteae driving sites and those who meet the criteria for testing and have a doctors order to be tested. Because these are not open to the public, the locations havent been publicly released. Sonoma county released its second case of community spread. That person was asked to to to t selfquarantine. All campuses starting with online classes with the exception of labs and studio classes. More than 20 School Districts are closing starting today. San francisco unified School Distri district, oakland unified School Distric
British and the other librarian. Let the liberian goal. The military said it has stepped up patrols over. Lauren blanchard with the latest from washington. Reporter the tankers operated by British Companies received in international waters. While one would able to go another remains under iranian control. Is only goes to show what i am saying about iran. Trouble. Nothing but trouble. The company that manages one of the tankers saying the vessel is no longer under the control of the crew remains on contactable. Irans revolutionary guard allegedly ship was seized and taken to an iranian fort for noncompliance with International Maritime laws and regulations. President trump saying u. S. Officials plan to work with britain. And the uks foreign secretary saying while they are not looking at he added if the tanker and its crew are not returned quickly there would be serious consequences. This is completely acceptable. Must be maintained. Reporter iran is denying the u. S. To doubt one of th
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Companies. Kron 4s kate cagle reports. the problem with running a start up is that you never have enough cash. Reporter Steven Hoffman or captain hoff knows a lot about running a start up. His incubator founders space helps start up companies all around the world. And todays giant market swing. Has him a bit spooked. i lived through the dot com bubble burst and the financial collapse of 2008 and if it happens again. It wont be fun. I wont be excited about it. But hoffman says todays young start up workers have a short memory. An opportunitynot a worry. im an optimist. I think the stock market will always go back up. And when it does, i wont have regret. theres a lot of starts ups who get funded when we have good tiems, who shouldnt hoffman warns it may be time for some companies to trim the fat. And look at their long term if strategyespecially if funding from venture capitalists gets tightjust like it did in 2008. the best start ups ccome out of the downturn. Air bnb. Twitter. They ca