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KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 6 July 13, 2024

California has jumped 14 compared to just yesterday. Which is one reason why he made a big announcement this afternoon regarding seniors. Now, he is asking for all californians age 65 and older to selfisolate. That means 5. 3 million seniors now have been asked to stay home. We are prioritizing their safety because of their unique vulnerabilities to this virus. We also are prioritizing those with chronic conditions and prioritizing our homeless. Reporter specifically the state is looking into using hotels, motels and even trailers to help house the homeless. The governor also asked some businesses to temporarily shut down including bars, nightclubs and brew pubs. And he is asking restaurants to distance patrons and reduce current occupancy by half. Now, Governor Newsom also announce that had there have been a newportal developed by the Company Apple rather, alphabet, which is a subsidiary. And that portal will help people in both he saint claira county and San Mateo County go online, answer some questions and determine if they should get a coronavirus test. That new website should be up and running tomorrow. Reporting live in san jose. Nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. A lot of concern about the fate of small businesses. Thats because the governor is calling on bars, clubs, even wineries to shut their doors. A lot of confusion about how long can they survive. Live from San Francisco, sergio, how are people reacting to this . Reporter well, theres a lot of people that i talked with this afternoon who say they kind of expected Something Like this was going to happen. A few cities and counties across the bay area have already instituted some similar restrictions like this. But this order or this announcement by the governor takes it up to another level. I wouldnt say im shocked. I think it is the right thing to do right now. Were like a week, a week and a half behind italy. And somebody else said, when it hits, it will hit like tidal wave. Reporter Governor Newsom stopped short of issuing a lawful order but is expecting businesses, bars, clubs, wine bars, wineries and the like to follow his call starting today. He also talked about restaurants in the state saying they should stay open but reduce their capacity by half in order to provide appropriate social distancing for customers inside. And said restaurants needed to stay operating to provide food for delivery or to go as residents are called to remain at home. In europe, italy, france and spain, are already in various stages of lockdown right now. And here in the United States, the governors of illinois and ohio have made similar announcements about business closures this afternoon. But in todays announcement from the governor, and from announcements from other United States governors so far, there has not yet been a word as to how long this order or announcement will last. But grading on the recent cdcs announcement of about eight weeks, it may last for quite a while. Reporting live in San Francisco. Nbc bay area news. Thanks very much. Now the fight to stop the coronavirus taking a critical turn. A trial evaluating a vaccine starts tomorrow. The government officials says the first participant in the trial will receive it at a Kaiser Permanente facility in washington state. Public Health Officials say it will take a year to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine. Two Health Care Workers at Uc San Francisco Health have tested positive for covid19 and are now selfquarantining. It appears they got the virus outside ucs health but theyre exposed patients and others have been exposed to it. There is a warning for everyone who came into contact with them. They are using telehealth whenever possible. Here is the latest on the coronavirus in california. There are now 335 confirmed cases. Six deaths. Governor newsom says more than 8,000 californians have been tested for the virus. In the bay area, San Mateo County now reporting a covid19 death. New cases in santa clara which has the most cases at 114. A live look now at the grand princess cruise ship. This time the port of oakland nearly over. Crew members are expected to disembark and the ship will move to the San Francisco bay. Christy smith live with more on that. Reporter there were a few more vessels near the grand princess. I want to step aside so you can see what it looks like right now. Now, the governor is saying that it should be leaving sometime around 7 00 tonight. And then it will be temporarily anchored in the bay as more crew members got up for their chartered flights back to their home country. They had Health Screenings first and of course, stayed away from the public. More than 2,000 passengers disembarked this week taken to places like Travis Air Force base for quarantine. And some describe that process getting there as unorganized and slow. 21 people tested positive on board. Mostly crew. Those with medical needs were taken off the boat first this week. Princess says cruise members with elevated medical needs would be taken for medical care. Newsom says today there were dozens of medical personnel on the shipment. We also heard from a sandal jose man who still at Travis Air Force base. Theyre leaving with 300 we believe 330 to 340 crew members on board. We were able to get the majority of crew members on to planes yesterday and today, back to their home countries. They were unprepared for things to work smoothly and i think things are finally starting to click. And starting to work a lot smoother. Reporter the governor also said that today there were still six foreign travel heres needed to get back home to their countries. And he said that temporary structures here at the port would be taken down. The area disinfected and cleaned with a bleach solution after the grand princess leaves. Reporting live near the port of oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. Talking about deep cleaning there. San Francisco International also deep cleaning the airport after news broke yesterday that an Alaska Airlines employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The employee worked in Customer Service and left work on tuesday. It is not believed the employee had prolonged exposure to guests but other workers have been quarantined for possible exposure there. It will be a long few weeks for families. Many parents are wondering how the keep their children occupied and caught up on school work. Tonight in our Coronavirus Crisis center. Those who home school regularly say it is important to keep a daily schedule. Time for meals, school, fun. Create a workspace for each child and change it up. Remember, some schools change classrooms for science, math, et cetera, so maybe that can help it feel more normal. And have fun. Puzzles, experiments, art projects to create your child in creative ways west spoke with the california superintendent of schools. She said getting outdoors helps too. Physical activity, fresh air is really important. We also are encouraging young people to continue to read, to play games. There are educational materials and things Available Online to continue childrens learning. Reporter keep in mind, every day tasks can turn into a learning experience. For example, to go grocery shopping, you turn it into a lesson on math and budgeting. San Jose Unified School District trying to get the message pout it is offering free breakfast and lunch for anyone under 18 years of age if those children need food. The free meals are available for pickup between 9 00 and 11 00 in the morning monday through friday at ten different locations. The spots include san jose high, grant element rirks ohlone middle school, washington, hoover, and almaden. Check out our special report. Understanding coronavirus. You can stream it online. Use your camera to scan the qr code in the corner of your screen right there. That will take you right to the video. Or if you prefer, you can head to nbcbayarea. Com. We are in a micro climate weather alert. A live look right now in san jose. You can see the clouds in the distance. You can see it every where. In some places, it was pretty serious. Two to three inches of rain, over to the snlt cruz mountains. The most rain weve seen since the start of year. A half inch to an inch of rain elsewhere. What is interesting, east of sandal jose and out to the east, near mt. Diablo, were seeing some snow showers. Rain from walnut creek, lafayette down the coast here. Still seeing some pretty good downpours. Snow levels will be dropping along with it. By tomorrow morning, the higher peaks of the bay area including the Santa Cruz Mountains can see snow with more showers for monday. Well show you how much more we expect in the sevenday forecast coming up. All right. Thank you. Still ahead, coronavirus fears bringing supply chains to a halt. Tonight, amazon says your orders will be impacted. Well tell you about that. And new changes coming the b. A. R. T. To keep riders safe from covid19. What b. A. R. T. Is doing to avoid crowding on the trains. And heres another look at the qr code i mentioned a moment ago. If you have an iphone, take a picture of that. It will take you to all of our coronavirus coverage. B. A. R. T. Is doing what it can to help riders with social distancing. They are running tencar trains through San Francisco. They are also monitoring platforms and stations to make sure theres no crowding. Stations are also getting disinfected. B. A. R. T. Was down 61 compared to the same day last month. Churches coming one a variety of ways to pray despite being canceled. In the bay area, churches have been told to not hold mass or services. Here, parishioners can take place in a drivethrough service. Or you can watch a live stream in your car as if you went to a drivein movie. Well say crack the window, how are you . It is not in person in our Worship Center but were connecting and being able to talk to you right now right here. If you would like the get prayer, we would like the encourage you, no matter what youre going through. I couldnt help but notice the pastors name is bishop. The bay church usually serves up to 3,000 people on sundays. If you ordered something on amazon, be prepared to wait. It is running out of stock of popular Household Items as the virus spreads. It has seen a dramatic increase of people buying online. The company is having delays of several days. The list of tahoe resorts include heavenly, kirkwood, north star, squaw valley, alpine meld owes, sugar bowl and royal gorge. A long list. Employees will still be paid. Thats the good news. If you can get there today, it would have been some great skiing, right . Yeah. The flakes are huge around the resort. The winter storm warning continues to 11 00 a. M. Tuesday. Look at the temperature. 28 degrees on the south shore. One to two feet falling at lake level and higher up, three to four feet. Well be adding one to two feet more. So adding all that up. More than six feet of snow will be falling between saturday and tuesday morning. So tough driving conditions. And look at the snow level conditions. Right now, one lone rain drop there in San Francisco. Some showers starting to pass through downtown. And the view into dublin shows you the rain at times. 49 degrees. Into san jose, there is dark skies. Actually snow off to the east near mt. Hamilton. Tonight, our lows, 30s and 40s. Cold enough on the hill tops. About 3,000 feet with a chance of snow showers into tomorrow morning. The highs staying cool. Low 50s tomorrow. A very similar forecast. Stronger showers with a chance at hail. Maybe a chance of isolated thunder. So look at the bands of showers passing through. Thats some snow there. More rain. South sandal jose, morgan hill and steady rain from oakland, castor valley, hayward, and some snow near mt. Diablo. A few sprinkles north of San Francisco. North bay kind of missing out here. It is the peninsula, east bay, south bay pushing on through. Notice it is dropping down the coast, taking its time getting here. Especially in the hills south of livermore, maybe in the air, the higher peaks of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Some places could be getting close the another half inch of rain. So notice here in the futurec t futurecast, the baxes of showers keep coming through. More of a south bay focus. The scattered showers continue kind of like we have right now. The ongoing chance of snow. The cold upper level low starts to move to the east as we get toward thursday and friday. But stay tuned. Next weekend, another coastal low sets up. Saturday looks to be the drier of the two weekend days. By sunday, more rain and very likely more sierra snow will be in the forecast again. So things will be staying active. Progressively less showers by midweek. The driest days will be thursday and friday. Friday warmest before the next storm system comes in for the weekend. Trying to pack in two months of rain and snow in two weeks. I hope we do it. Thank you. Still ahead, the virus having a big impact on your money. What experts believe will happen tomorrow with your stocks. Chaos at se online to be tested for covid19. This ashe possibility of a temporary National Lockdown coronavirus. Nbc news Jennifer Johnson shoulder travelers, no social distancing. At u. S. Airports as several hours to be screened fo process. Hundreds and hundreds of people. Thats exactly what you dont want in this pandemic. Reporter complicating the situation, a handsful of tsa officers are now testing positive for the virus. As ohio bars and restaurants are closed indefinitely, the leading Infectious Disease doctor is raising the possible of a 14day nationwide lockdown keeping people out of public places. I think we should be overly aggressive and get criticized for overreacting. Reporter he says there are no plans yet for Domestic Travel restrictions. The white house promising millions more tests will be available soon. We will now have access in the days ahead to more than 2,000 labs across the country that have the equipment today to process coronavirus tests. Reporter new yorks governor is calling on the president to activate the military to build makeshift medical centers before hospitals are overrun. Use them to come in right now. Identify existing facilities that can be retro fitted and use them to do it. Reporter nike, Urban Outfitters and other retailers have announced theyre Closing Stores for two weeks. Balance mart reducing hours to restock and sanitize. And the city of hoboken, new jersey, is instituting an overnight curfew. Jennifer johnson, nbc news. The coronavirus continues to have a big impact on your money. Stock futures plummeted even after the Federal Reserve started a massive Stimulus Campaign during the coronavirus outbreak. Dow was off by more than 1,000 points. Many industrials want to wait for cases of the virus to start falling before buying equities again. Anthony flores is joining with us a different kind of news. Reporter talk a lil football. Tom brady could be on the free market in two days. Why playing for the 49ers might not be an option. Stick around. There will be no home town reunion for tom brady. The 49ers are passing on the san mateo native. This comes from nbc sports an list chris simms. He was a College Teammate and is a long time friend of 49ers owner kyle shanahan. Brady grew up a huge 49ers fan. Hell become a free agent on tuesday if he doesnt resign with the patriots. They said he wants to play for the niners but they are sticking with Jimmy Garoppolo who led the team to a super bowl appearance in his first year as starter. Now it is believed he will return to the patriots or join the tampa bay buccaneers. I dont know what happened but something happened in the last few days to my understanding, to find out that the 49ers are out on tom brady and they will be standing pat with Jimmy Garoppolo as their starting quarterback. All right. There will be labor piece in the nfl for the next ten years. The players have to approve the new deal. It passed by 60 votes. This clears the way to improve the field for 12 to 14 teams in the coming season. It means regular season could expand to 17 games as soon as 2021. It also increases the revenue share and minimum salaries. Warriors star steph curry took to system to remind everyone the importance of keeping your social distance. Make sure you stay six feet away from people. Wash your hands when you go inside, outside as much as you can with water and so many. And we can all come together collectively to stop the spread of this virus. Some positive news out of the nba, courtney kirkland, the referee who worked the jazz raptors game last monday, has tested negtd for the coronavirus. Doctors have cleared him to leave sacramento. He had to stay there because he was supposed to ref the game on wednesday but it was postponed. Because he borkd game, he is now cleared the resume all activities with no restrictions. And the cdcs recommendation of no events of 50 or more people through the fwhomonths will lik push back every Major Sports League in america. St. Patricks day will be less festive this year. A devoted group is not letting that get them down take. A look. 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