Get secure, reliable internet and voice for an amazing price. Call today. Comcast business. Beyond fast. It doesnt look like your t fl l one either. Im meteorologist sandy patel tracking your showers. Tonight an east bay congressman is in Critical Condition with pneumonia after breaking a rib during a bad fall last week. Abc7 news starts right now. Now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Right away take a look at this map showing the impact of coronavirus county by county across the bay area. Santa clara county is still the hardest hit with 263 total cases. That is more than twice the total of the second most affected county san mateo. It has 110 cases. Overall the bay area has 672 total cases and 11 deaths. Tonight governor gavin newsom urged young people to do their part to prevent these numbers from growing. Socially distance yourself from others. Just use common sense. Be a good neighbor. Be a good citizen. Those young people that are still out there on the beaches thinkin
Now youre here we want more of elk grove is the First School District in california to suspend instructions as it. Just goes south. Southern california and arizona coronavirus outbreak storm two will get a lot of rain but not members of congress are in self so much year, maybe san jose quarantined after interacting and Santa Cruz Mountains south, with a man who tested positive 40s and 50s on the temps and that is the system if it lifted for the coronavirus, senator ted cruz of texas and arizona northward i would say get ready congressman paul gossard said but as it is it is just not they are taking precautionary going to be close enough. Measures despite not showing we get outs further south but symptoms and they did both have contacts with a man at the conservative Political Action conference in maryland two if you are around monterey in san jose and down towards weeks ago who later tested positive for the virus but both resident have an Vice President gilroy in fresno so that is the
There he said it President Trump has now declared the coronavirus pandemic a National Emergency the president laid out his strategy to slow down covid 19 and just moments ago he tweeted out his support for the Families First Coronavirus Response act it provides free testing and paid sick leave for workers who are affected all of this as us cases soar past 2300 and here in the bay area. Well santa clara and San Francisco counties are further restricting large gathering stories now in the newsroom as kron fours dan kerman with the latest on the president s announcement then well this is the National Emergency that we keep expecting the Trump Administration now calling for. The latest attempt to slow the spread of this virus so it doesnt overwhelm the health care community. The president is stepping up the federal response to the covid 19 coronavirus pandemic. To unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. The ord
Princess changing as concerns mount. Headed to port of oakland. Sergio quintana is live with details. Reporter yeah. In just the last half hour weve learned a new time as to when that ship is going to be coming to port of oakland. Now slated to come in monday at some point. On monday. That initial announcement was made tonight at 9 00 by the captain on the ship saying it was coming in tomorrow. Will end several uncomfortable days for passengers on board. The grand princess came close you have to be seen. Dock site or some time. The ship was set to come in tomorrow afternoon. Then half an hour ago the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention modified the plan. Now monday. Passengers are happy but not sure how it will work. One passenger told me california residents likely sent to California Military base for quarantine. Not sure if tested in fort or base. Quarantine as necessary. People from other states will be transported to states. Other countries, still to be decided. Alread
Below. Sal, i sat down yesterday to watch a little sports and realized there wasnt any. You know, i did the same. Sometimes you kind of do it by habit. There isnt anything there. Well see what we do, steve. Lets go to the east bay. Westbound highway 4 off to a decent start. Concord, 680, to carquinez bridge. Both looking good. No problems on the san mateo bridge. Does look like westbound 82 by the toll plaza theyre clearing up an accident. The number of bay area coronavirus cases keeps going up. Santa clara county now reports 66 confirmed cases. Thats up 18 from yesterday. Santa clara county has the most in california. San francisco reported four more cases. Alameda county also reported four more cases and statewide four people have died. More Bay Area School districts are cancelling classes. West Contra Costa County School District will close three weeks starting monday. Berkeley also announced a closure starting next week. In marin county, tamalhies School District is closed. Startin