Here in california. Cases have risen above 2000 up to 2102. That is up from 1700 above 2000 up to 2102. That is up from 1733. Federal Health Officials are asking people who are leaving new york for other places to self quarantine for 14 days as an effective measure. The number of cases is doubling every three days. And it is now above 25,000. The white house at 4000 more ventilators are now going to the state after an urgent plea today for help from governor andrew cuomo. Health officials are also working on experiment always to use one machine for two people. There are two ventilators here, with two sets of pipes going into the two patients. Bill de blasio said the city may shutdown playgrounds and parks this weekend to ensure that people are using those social distancing recommendations. Hospital workers are obviously concerned about the safety and protective gear. And heres why. Today we know that there 2 hospital workers are not tested positive. Hospital in San Francisco. Christian
In santa clara, makeshift hospitals are set up for coronavirus patients. Its one of the measures they are taking to prepare for a surge in cases. A new wave of closures for many bay area parks and beaches to prevent a repeat of last weekends crowds with insufficient social distancing. A lifeline for california renters with a statewide eviction ban and why some worry that is only a bandaid. Its just about 6 00 a. M. On the saturday, march 28. Another weekend morning and that means ive got rain to look at on my doppler radar. There is a pattern. Scattered but occasionally heavy and that is a way to describe what it will be for just about anybody who is out early on this saturday morning. On hidef doppler, there is light rain and heavy rain like devon was talking about, you will have not a lot of yellow but there are some in the east bay and some approaching the peninsula and thats what the radar looks like, more impressive than the rain that is out there and fairly light for most of us.
This morning. The coast staying in the 50s. 64 to 68 which is comfortable at noon. 68 to 70, very comfortable at 4 00, just not record setting like the last three days. More on the chance of rain saturday. Heres jobina. Thank you, mike. We have a couple crashes to get to right now that are coming into the studio. The first is in castro valley, this is westbound 580 at redwood road. The right lane is shut down. Injuries may have been reported. This is a single car spinout in the area. Moving over to oakland, southbound 880 before 98th avenue. A single car spinout that hit the center divide. Rej sqggie and kumasi . Investigators are working to figure out what sparked this fire in santa rosa. Crews were called to the fire near frazier avenue and lotus court before 2 00 this morning. Were told the fire was contained to this one commercial building. The death toll from the coronavirus is climbing in the u. S. It has now killed 11 americans. Most of them in the seattle area. The latest death
Theyre clearing an accident there. Traffic is going to be slow driving in from castro valley. 880 looks all right. And at the bay bridge we still dont have a big delay. 5 01. Lets go back to the desk. A Health Emergency has been declared here in california because of the coronavirus. So far, there are 53 confirmed cases of the virus. Santa clara county reported three new cases. Now, theres about 14. Meantime, a cruise ship is cutting its trip short and trying to sail back to San Francisco. Ktvus Alyssa Haring ton is at pier 26 in San Francisco to tell us about this cruise ship tied to the first coronavirus death. Good morning alyssa. Yeah, thats right. This is the cruise ship terminal. As you can see, there is no ship here. Its combg being held held off the coast of california. There are no confirmed cases of covid19 coronavirus on board. But, the cdc wants to test certain individuals before allowing the vessel to arrive here in San Francisco. A passenger who was on that saekt same gra
Bridge. Its slow. Im just looking at this and showing you that there is no break today. Traffic is going to be slow driving across here. And it has been slow getting into marin. And well talk about marin in just a moment. I can also show you the traffic on the eastshore freeway. 30minute drive right now coming in from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze and at the bay bridge, we have a 25minute drive. New accident in san bruno. Well talk about that and some of of these other commutes when we come back in just a few minutes. Straight to new information this morning about a fire at a highrise Apartment Building in the south of market district in San Francisco. Firefighters are now telling ktvu an electric scooter was the source of this Early Morning fire. Flames broke out before 5 a. M. Inside a building on clementina street and gallagher lane. One person was hospitalized with moderate injuries. Looks like firefighters also rescued a dog from that burning building. Time is now 7 0