Now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Quiet, empty streets all around the bay area because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now this morning new confirmed cases and counties are going farther to ban large gatherings. Good morning, its sunday, march 15th. Im liz kreutz. There are more coronavirus by the hour. But we want to start with a quick look at the weather. Heres abc7s lisa argen. Good morning. Its a level one. We had good downpours this morning. Its been chilly but a possibility with colder air moving in, thunderstorm later on today. Lets get to live doppler 7. You can see the big twist in the atmosphere. Theres the low sirnking south. And the east bay has been particularly lucky with downpours from kensington to 580, highway 4 martinez and look at the downpour here from daly city, marin county tonight north it is a rain snow mix where we thought this would happen. Check out the diablo range. Looking at pink and purple, meaning it is snow coming down. Fremont and sunnyvale. 47 Half Moon Bay. You can see the rain coming down from mt. Tam with fog. Were colder and breezier throughout the day. The good thank yous is the winds will die back. We will see a few breaks in the cloud cover. It will take a while and we will talk about showers to start of the work week. Today were learning two ucsf workers tested positive for coronavirus. Theyre notifying anyone who might have been in contact with them. In a Statement Released minutes ago from ucsf, based on their current investigation so far they believe the Health Care Workers were exposed from the virus from outside sources, not ucsfs clinical facilities but theyre still working to make the final assessment. In a couple hours well get the first update of Community Spread coronavirus at sew mona county. This is an employee exposed from a source outside the facility. The employee is in selfquarantine. Officials also say a second Person Associated with that patient has been tested with results pending. Health officials will be giving a Live Press Conference with details at noon. And while you were sleeping, new bans on public gatherers took effect around the sear. Santa clara areas including bars and restaurants with some exceptions. Contra costa counties, bans of 100 are banned. This will last at least until march 31. And in san mateo, groups of more than 50 people are banned. Few are than 50 are allowed to gather but they have to provide soap and hand sanitizer. Heres a look at the total cases in the bay area. Sa moma county up to four. Santa clara county reported 12 new cases yesterday, pushing the total there to 91. Including the ucsf workers that tested positive, there are now 30 cases in San Francisco and marin county added two new cases for a total now of 200 in the bay area. Happening today, of course, Church Services will be impacted around the bay area. Episcopal churches will not hold Public Worship Services in part of six counties for the rest of march. Exceptions could be made for funerals and weddings. Grace cathedral in San Francisco will livestream their services today. An Alaska Airlines agent at sfo tested positive for coronavirus. The employee felt sick and left work tuesday. The positive test result came back friday. Alaska is working to identify anyone who may have come in contact with this employee. The airline said it thoroughly cleaned the break room and any of the areas where that agent worked. Officials in new york announced the first two deaths in the state due to coronavirus. This comes as the government steps up the fight to keep it from spreading. Reporter this morning the death toll rising across the use as Health Officials try to mitt great the spread of covid19. In new york officials reporting the states first two tests. A 65yearold man with, quote, Significant Health problems passing away thursday. One day later an 82yearold are woman from brooklyn succumbing to the virus. The governor saying she emphysema, which kocontributed her death. This was like war time. Reporter 600 Catholic Services canceled as officials try to stem the tide. Alarms are going off across the country. This does hit everybody equally. Reporter tourism could perpetuate the problem. You have a lot of flights bab and forth between new york and ft. Lauderdale. People are bringing it in with more cases. I imagine we will see the number grow in the next week or two. The virus hitting floridas political leaders. Miami later Francis Suarez testing positive. I was shocked but i realized quickly i had to go public with the information because i come into contact with a lot of people and i wanted to inform them. Reporter as the path ajen spread throughout the nation, Health Care Workers on the front line concerned about the impact on hospitals. We are seeing patients coming in with flulike illnesses and pneumonia. Reporter 18 of 25 known infections are from bergen county. Were at the epicenter and were expecting people to voluntarily selfquarantine themselves. You should only go out if you need to go out. But were asking you to be smart. If you have been driving on californias freeways, you may have seen signs like this one here. I saw this one similar myself coming into the city this morning. More than 700 digital highway signs are urging people to socially distance with the slogan less is more, avoid gatherings. Usually these Message Boards remind us of other tips like next text while driveling and drive carefully whether construction crews are working. Friday and saturday nights are treated a whole lot different now in San Francisco. Even with the crackdown on large clouds. Some are still hitting local bars but abc7 reporter Laura Martinez found bar owners who are much more worried, even than their customers. Bars a reporter bars and clubs and San Francisco have seen better nights but coronavirus is not keeping from having a good time. Sell operating scelebrating y with my friends. And as long as youre cautious to whats happening, it shouldnt be deterrent to be doing anything else. People are scared of the reaction more than the virus. Reporter folks here are trying to take every precaution possible. Using all recyclables and no glass ware. 3 reporter the owner at atomic said business is down over 70 this week. I dont think we can overstate the Financial Impact over San Francisco. This is devastating. Reporter at cals irish restaurant and pub, they wish the cities would just mandate bars and restaurants closed and go on lockdown. If we do get a lot of people in, who do we put at risk . At this point im leaning towards cloning. Reporter hes staying open now only for employees, not concerned about losing business on the st. Patricks day holiday. Honestly its one of the busiest days of the year but thats not the point right now. I even forgot about that. Reporter in San Francisco, lauren martinez, abc7. People are being ordered not to visit patients in San Francisco hospitals. That includes friends, even family. The concern, of course, is people who arent showing symptoms can unwittingly infect vulnerable patients with the coronavirus. The order will continue through april. Violations can result in a fine or imprisonment. There are exceptions, women giving birth should check with their hospital about the rules. We know you have a lot of questions about coronavirus. So weve dedicated a page of our website to all of our stories about it. You can find the latest updates how to prepare and help at abc7news. Com coronavirus. You can also download the abc7 news app to get breaking news alerts sent to your phone. Lets take a break and talk about something else, weather. Lisa and i are a little farther away from each other trying to do our social distancing here, do our part. But we have rain, which is good news. Yes, and a variety of conditions around the bay area. Some of you are getting good lighttomoderate rain as we look live from santa cruz. Drippy for sure. 52. Temperature wont go up and we will see another. 10 to. 2. A few breaks of sun and partly cloudy skies on the horizon for some of you. We will talk about the start to the workweek next. Also ahead students in flex. Confirmed coronavirus at stanford and cal puts questions Metastatic Breast Cancer is relentless, but i was relentless first. Relentless about learning the first song we ever danced to. About teaching him to put others first. About helping her raise her first child. And when i was first diagnosed, my choice was everyday verzenio. Its the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. It gives us more time without cancer progressing. 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These doors are open a long time so still have customers come in. Reporter but a lot of people are staying away. I know. Reporter Manuel Torres is struggling to keep his longtime restaurant on w now its very, very, very slow. About 60 of customers. Its very, very slow. Right now what is good for a pau paubl health is not necessarily good for the economy. Reporter microphones disinfected, officials offered support for the crisis, online tool with information on zerointerest loans and help with tax bills. Our staff and our finance department, revenue department, is ready to work with you to make sure you can meet those obligations in a flexible manner, which includes payment plans and waiving penalties. Reporter mayor shaft said customers can still support opened businesses even without leaving the house. Instead of cooking, order delivery from one of your Favorite Local restaurants. Go online and buy items from your Favorite Local stores. Reporter congresswoman barbara lee wants to make sure new coronavirus legislation will make things like hand sanitizer, now in high demand, available in stores. Hopefully this legislation will help manufacturers now understand theyve got to step up and make sure these tests are available and make sure hand sanitizers, medical devices and everything people need. Reporter mayor shaft is asking Small Business owners to document financial losses during the coronavirus crisis, indicating the possibility of Financial Assistance in the future. In oakland, abc7. And officials in the east are ring acting to take steps to help Small Businesses getting clobbered by the crisis. Im sorry, were a little out of place here with what were doing. I want to get now to the tahoe ski resorts. A lot of them are shutting down, of course, dune to the outbreak. Kirkwood is down until monday march 23. They made the decision to close all north American Mountain resorts. Until then squaw valley and Alpine Meadows is also suspending their operations today with no immediate plans to reopen. An update for all of you. I think were going to get now to stamford medical center. Excuse me, im sorry about that. Stamford medic Stanford Medical Center their students are scrambling to move out byiv for coronavirus. Abc7 will show you how students are scrambling to get out. Reporter highly traffic areas empty, dining halls empty. As the time approaches, stanford students are feeling anxious. The student body is an uncertainty. Reporter david cross is a student from canada and exempt from leaving campus on such a short notice. In a letter to students stanfords president said we will be prioritizing International Students who cannot go home, students with no Severe Health safety risks and students who are homeless. Its a lot harder for me be able to do my classes at home. We dont have internet. Thankfully stanfords letting me stay here. Reporter decisions were made after they banned events of 100 or more people and restricted gatherings of 35 people or more. She had her bags packed and stanford paid for her ticket home. Last night we received an email saying we had to leave by wednesday. Reporter where are you going to go . Were going to be flying back to my home in connecticu. Reporter as many will be able to continue classes online, and others wait for what happens next. A lot of people talking about coronavirus. A lot of people saying goodbye to their friends, really disappointed, sad, worried. Reporter sanford is also asking professors to make finex for the winter optional. In the newsroom, luis pena, abc7 news. I want to apologize for the technical difficulty we had earlier. Uc berkeley said a student tested positive for coronavirus. They believe no one is at significant risk to contracting the illness. Inperson classes suspended last tuesday until the heed of spring break march 29th but the campus remains open for now. Many families are scrambling to find childcare with the citys Public Schools closing three weeks starting tomorrow. The kids cant come with me to work. It will cause me to lose pay, lose wages, lose benefits in order to stay home to provide for my kids. Many San Francisco families are also scrambling to find childcare with the citys public sku schools closing three weeks. Tomorrow the School Districts plan to have assignments online but teachers fear they may lack access to computers and internet access. Its a big quality issue putting things online, do our students have the ability to complete work . I know were working currently with our Community School program to get students chromebooks. They have food ready to free children who rely on free and reducedpriced meals. You can families can pick up those foods at 14 schools across San Francisco. We know there are other School Districts across the region that are also roying food for students during this time and even some restaurants are stepping up to provide meals for kids. So a lot going on on this front. Lets talk about weather. Something different for a change. Good morning. I agree with that. Check out the beautiful imagery where you see the pressure to the north of us. As it sinks to the south, it will take most of the rain with it but we had a soaking in the east bay and upper elevations in the hills. But as you go in tighter you notice the green in pleasant hill, around 680, concord, its been wet through walnut creek. Back west and further to the north, highway 37, hercules, highway 4 in martinez. You had rain but not as much to the south. We will continue can the scatter shower regime for the next couple of hours. San francisco had good downpours through daly city. Highway 1. 380 scattered. Fremont looking at rain and rain snow mix in the diablo range. In the mountains still looking at the winter storm warning and gusty winds as well. East bay, check it out. Rain in here, 49 San Francisco as well as san jose, 48 Half Moon Bay. This is what we need, nice rainbow from san jose, where we got breaks from the clouds. A day like that today where we will see breaks. Is will be moisture out there so a chance for neat pictures. 44 in petaluma, 50 concord. Livermore 49. You notice the winds are breezy to gusty out there. 15 to 30 miles an hour at times. But they will continue to dial back. Look at this shot from sutro, gray and foggy and damp. But by the later afternoon were looking at sunny breaks for most of you. Earlier in the afternoon up in the north bay and showers sink to the south, the area of olymplow pressure will take some of the shower act