In containment mode. They now mode. They now need to move to a different phase, one that includes measures to help stop the coronavirus. The new guidelines take effect now and they will last as long as the county feels the threat has not been eliminated. We all understand that the recommendations that were making today will have a tremendous impact on the lives of People Living in our county. And we do understand that. Reporter the county has also fully act rated its Emergency Operations center. That moaeans it is now a full coordinated response from all county departments to this immediate threat to the residents of Santa Clara County. The sharks say the arena always undergoes an extensive cleaning after every sharks game, but they produced the proper hygiene methods around each other and they be cautious about touching faces and whatnot. But they will evaluate the situation here at the shark tank from here on out. Thank you, damian. Several schools across the bay area are canceling classes. One of the late east is lowell high in San Francisco. Christie smith is live there with details of the closure for the school and also we know there are two confirmed coronavirus cases in San Francisco. Reporter thats right. Tonight two San Francisco residents are in the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. That includes a man in his 90s and a woman in her 40s. Theres also a potential tie to a High School Student and tonight a high school is closed. Parent of a lowell High School Student is being treated for covid19 also known as coronavirus. Reporter theres no comfortable make that the student contracted coronavirus. They have no sum tomorrosymptom are in self quarantine. We are taking the familys concerns into account and we know this was a confer testify decision. Reporter 3,000 students will be out through friday at least. And now theyre trying to figure out if the parent came to the school recently. Go were working with cph and theyre assisting on backtracking and figuring out the timeline on where the parent has been. Today we are announcing the first two cases of coronavirus in our city. Reporter hours earlier, mayor london breed and city leaders revealed the department of Public Health lab revealed positive tests for a man in his 90s and a woman in her 40s. In we do not know at this point how they were exposed to the virus. Reporter the Health Department is looking to the patients histories and contacts to help slow the spread. The cdc and state will determine the most appropriate lock for the ship to berth. Reporter meanwhile, theyre not sure if the cruise ship off the coast of to will even dock here. California state Health Department and the Governors Office of Emergency Services with the u. S. Coast guard are working to determine if covid19 is presence t on the ship. Reporter now of course the high school will get a good cleaning over the weekend. And then families will be updated on what to expect before monday morning. Reporting live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. A san jose preschool is closed until monday, after a teacher tested positive for the coronavirus. In a letter sent to parents, a teacher at action day primary plus moorpark was sent home on february 26th. She hasnt returned since. Sh she is now being treated. The school is closed while crews are doing a deep cleaning. Everyone is calling each parent individually. Were okay with that. Now we have to look out for others and our sick ones and my child who was a premie, so now im nervous. In oakland, the aspire Charter School is closed until at hooleast monday. A teacher there may have been exposed to the coronavirus. School leaders are being extra cautious and no one at the school has tested positive for the voorirus. Okay, stuck at sea. Weve been telling you about the nearly 3500 people stuck on a cruise ship because of coronavirus scare on board. As you heard, the ship is being kept in waters 75 miles outside of San Francisco. This is happening because a california man who previously was a passenger on that very ship on a prior cruise to mexico died this week of the coronavirus. Now all the passengers and the crew on board are being kept there until testing can be done on some passengers that are showing suns showing signs of illness. Those tests were delivered on board earlier today via helicopter. This is video from the coast guard actually dropping those kits right on the deck right next to the pool. Some of the passengers were tested today. Now lets show you those kits. Right now youre looking at live pictures. Those kits already having taken the test being taken to the lab in richmond. This is a lab that is going to test to see if those are positive for the coronavirus. This is a Training Center where the coast guard is going to land those tests. Nbc bay a nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez is live at the port of San Francisco. Thats where the passengers are supposed to arrive on saturday. They dont know when theyre going to get back there. Right now its a waiting fwam for th game for them and a nervous one, too. Reporter thats right. And passengers are doing their best not to panic. Ive been talking to them all day. In fact, one woman from marin just texted mow me video of the helicopters picking up the tests. At this point all passengers can do is sit and wait. Weve now just been told that we are now quarantined in our room. Reporter Denise Stoneham of novato says passengers aboard the grand princess cruise ship have been advised to stay inside their cabin. This video we obtained shows Health Officials flying in test kits this morning. We saw the helicopters come in. We saw the military plane circling the ship. And then from there it just kind of became surreal, hike thlike really happening. Reporter at least three people who cruised to mexico on this very ship got the virus, including a man who died from it. 62 people from that cruise stayed on board taking the next cruise to hawaii. They and others are being tested. Testing protocols are being put into place for those passengers and crew who have shown flulike symptoms or hmay have been exposed to the virus. Reporter bernie carlisle is on board with his wife, kids and grandchildren. Theyre trying to stay positive. Our hope is that nobody has it, that everybody tests negative and that were all able to get off the cruise ship and get back to life. Reporter passengers tell me that the results will be back tomorrow morning. At this point, they have no idea whats going to happen, if anybody on that ship tests positive. Again, that is the latest from San Francisco, im Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. As you are seeing, this is a rapidlychanging story with developments changing by the hour. Weve created the Coronavirus Crisis center and asked you to send in questions that you may have about the outbreak. Cathy wrote, when will the test kits arrive . Just today, 15 state labs including one in richmond now have test kits and are automobile to test for the virus. Another question from theresa quinn. She asked if employees can collect Unemployment Benefits if you miss work. You cant collect unemployment, but you can claim a short Term Disability claim. Now we are updating our website and digital platforms, 24 7. Weve dedicated an entire s section to the coronavirus. Point your camera on your phone to the qr code and it will take you to that section. Were following other local headlines. Molotov do molotov cocktails thrown at homes, police say theyve tracked down the man responsible. Steph curry, what he did to prepare for his return to the warriors. 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The democratic president ial race is down to two. Joe biden and Bernie Sanders. Elizabeth warren suspended her campaign today, she said it was with gratitude. For every Single Person who got in the fight. Every Single Person who tried on a new idea, every Single Person who just moved a little in their notion of what a president of the United States should look like. Senator warren declined to endorse Bernie Sanders or joe biden. The era of back yard housing is under way in san jose. And you might be priced at the co surprised at the cost of one of these homes. The city showed off the prefabricated home. It sits in the back yard of a couple living on Fourth Street in downtown. Its small but they start at around 200,000. The Company Building the unit from redwood city says it will handle the permitting process which speeds things up. That saves time, that saves money. If they decide to go with one of these companies they can get their unit delivered on site. The owners of this teikunit particular unit will rent it out in the future. Steph curry returns to the court. Currys going to play for the First Time Since breaking his left hand in the fourth game of the season. Stephs playing tomb wiime will limited, but that has more to do with conditioning than concerns with his hand. I feel like its the first day of School Pretty much all over bagain, which is exciting. I feel pretty confident where im ats ifly a i im, im excited. I dont think weve done a story quite like this. It involves a thrift store, a 50 year old painting and a touching gesture. Reporter when Matt Fitzsimmons prowls the aisles for Hidden Treasures he can build a profit off of you look for electronics and good stuff. Reporter its more art than science. I think youve developed an eye for it. Thats part of the whole thing. Reporter which may explain why he finds so many of his treasures in the art section. You can tell a lot more from the back of a painting than can you from the front of it. Reporter this torrestory, t is about a painting that turned out to be worth so much more than matt paid for it, just not in money. I get a little choked up. Is b but thats what lifes all about, really, you give it back if you can. Especially when its only 12. 99. Reporter painting was of a black figure in front after burning building. He guessed it was from the 70s. I looked at it and looked at it. Reporter he set about doing research and discovered the artist, ernest froem jr. From oakland. So he reached out to his family. And his sister iris called him back. It was iris who shared his story and that he had a son running a martial arts studio in oakland who would very much want one of his fathers paintings. Ernest froem the third who spends his day mentoring youth says his father was largely absent from his upbringing. Relationship was that i knew i looked like him, but i didnt know him. I didnt know him. Reporter once he heard that, matt understood the true value of the painting. Oh, wow. Wow. We all want to make money, right . But, you know, i listen to these folks story, i dont know, it just touched me. It touched me like the painting did, you know. And i couldnt keep it. Reporter earnest says the painting now sits on his mantle and he looks at it every evening. I look up at it, and it gives me more of an insight into what he was thinking. This isnt the only piece of his fathers art that ernest now has, but he says he has it up there on the wall. He looks at it and tries to get inside his dads head, understand the mapn a little better now that hes older and wants to understand him more. And a painting like this showing what he was thinking. And what a gift that he got that painting back. Yeah. Worth a lot more than 12. 99. Yeah, rob mayeda joins us. Cooling and rain chances on schedule as we head toward the weekend. So still looks like better news where the Weather Forecast is concerned. Today you probably noticed how much cooler it was. 70s and 80s are off the map. And the wind picking up out of the northwest at 16, 62 degrees. Youre going to need your jacket tonight. Big cool down from almost 80 degrees yesterday. A high of only of 6. Right now 62. Theres a pretty view looking off to the west of San Francisco. 58 degrees. High of 62, and you see the sea breeze, that ocean air conditioning as we hike like to. We could see maybe mist and drizzle along the coast and peninsula. Hilltops for the 40s to start the day and highs tomorrow similar to what we saw today if not slightly cooler with increasing clouds. 63 around san jose. 60 in oakland. So, speaking of San Francisco, were now at day 36 of this winter dry spell. And considering where the Drought Monitor update took us this morning. Notice since the start of the year usually in winter, january and february you see the drought diminish. In this case, its a completely try february and things still dry right now. It continues to expand. Moderate drought around the east bay and peninsula. What we need is rain. And looks like saturday will bring us rain with higher totals around the santa cruz mountains. Tomorrow is the transition day. Increasing clouds. Into saturday morning now you see the rain showers pass on by. Not really a big storm but enough, we hope, that will break us out of the dry spell. Then we get clearing into saturday night, more clouds into sunday, but the second half of the weekend should be staying dry. One more storm to watch. Middle part of next week, Southern California had big rain totals. Here maybe not so much. Notice how areas south of San Francisco tuesday and witness next we wednesday next week. Saturday well see rain chances. Tuesday, especially south of san jose. And then the city tsystem start move on out. Unfortunately, another cold and breezy system heading into next week. Considering were an at 36 dry days in a row, a chance of rain is a welcome sight. One more chance of rain as we get towards tuesday. Obviously, with a completely dry february we need a lot more than that. We hope the extended models bring us a better chance of rain. What is it, 36 days . 36 dry days. We have more coronavirus coverage coming up. Specific changes local nurses are calling for so they can continue doing their job safely. Just because were super hungry. Doesnt mean you got to spend a lot because dennys brought back the super slam™. With eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and pancakes. All for just 6. 99. The 6. 99 super slam™ is back see you at dennys frustrated but still doing their job. Nurses want hospitals to do more to protect them during the Coronavirus Crisis. The Largest Union of nurses held a News Conference in oakland today. They say theyre willing and able to take care of all patients but worried. Unions say nurses dont have proper equipment to protect them. Nurses are extremely frustrated, confused and concerned about their wellbeing, the wellbeing of their patients, families and the public. So far, 80 nurses have been quarantined because of the virus. We did reach out to various hospitals for a response and have not heard back. Heres something weve been hearing a lot. Dont touch your face. Thats the advice from Santa Clara CountyPublic Health department, but its sometimes hard to follow that advice. Just ask the director of the department. One main way viruses spread is when you touch your own mouth, nose or eyes. That was during an earlier News Conference. The clip went viral and has now been seen more than 6 million times. Today, dr. Sarah coty acknowledged her faux pas. I want to acknowledge its tough for me, too, to not touch my eyes, nose and mouth. Its hard, and thats why weve been saying its something we all need to think about and practice. 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Breaking news tonight, the new Coronavirus Crisis on a cruise ship. Thousands trapped off the coast of San Francisco. A former passenger dying. Three more infected. The anxiety onboard growing. Its kind of a little bit disturbing being out here in the open seas. The military airlifting test kits to the ship. But the warning tonight, there are not engh tests to meet the demand across the country. Our exclusive access inside the lab fighting for faster results. Also, our nbc news exclusive. The survivor of the first persontoperson case in the u. S. What he says about the virus and the impact on his family. Bracing for outbreaks. More schools closing parents scrambling to find child care