And they will have bus service and people will be able to get where they are going but might take them longer. The train operators will stay home for the foreseeable future until they can determine whether or not they might have been exposed or can be tested. They were notified a vta operator trainee tested positive yesterday evening, and by 11 00 last night all Light Rail Service was shutdown. All Light Rail Services suspended effective today, and all trains are parked but bus service will replace the Light Rail Service. Ridership was already down to about onefifth of the regular volume because of the shelter in place orders. We are going to give you more information, kind of broaden it out for what this means for other transit agencies as well coming up in half an hour. Kris sanchez for today in the bay. Lets send you to mike. Yeah, exactly what kris said. You will have buses to replace that route. The rest of transit, no problems, aside from the breaking news for vta. The roads moving smoothly as well, minor issues, small ones, but no major issues, and we are continuing with the light flow because we are all staying at home as we have been directed. Less commuters on the road and we are seeing improved for weather this morning, although the rain doesnt quite want to get out of here. Look at this shot in san francisco, with a dry start to the day and a nice clear shot looking at the city right now. As we start out we will see waves of rain in the forecast, and look at it very close by. We will keep the rain chances in the forecast today, but the overall trend will be for more sunshine, and still cool today but we will warm up over the next few days. The microclimate forecast is coming up in a few minutes. 4 33 right now. The capitol hill cares act is a 2 trillion economic stimulus bill, the largest in american history, designed to help businesses and people during the outbreak. After fingerpointing, the Senate Finally reached common ground. On this vote the yeas are 96, and the nays are 0. Our nation obviously is going through a kind of crisis that is totally unprecedented in living memory. I am proud of the work we did over the past few days. The senate bill would send checks to individuals, and 1,200 for individuals, and 2,400 for couples, and 500 per child. Expanded Unemployment Benefits which would mean four months of laid off workers. It will put food on the table and have a sense of security, which most people dont have right now. A vote is expected on friday. Think of the size of the bill you are asking members to vote on. They need to have their constituents to have the ability to have their voice be heard whether they are for or against it. A dire snapshot of just how quickly the pandemic has devastated the businesses and workers. 4 35. Confirmed cases across the state are now surpassing 3,000 dealing with coronavirus. Heres the latest look in the bay area. Region wide, 27 cases have been fatal. The graph gives you a better idea of the spread in the past two weeks. These are just the confirmed numbers, and they have grown from 58 on march 7th, when fewer people were being tested. And london breed is making a new push for assistance. She said at this point the city is in good shape with 1,300 hospital beds and firem, but sao will need about 500 more beds and 1,500 more ventilators. The commissioners are meeting today and are planning to make a emergency declaration. So far there are no reported cases of workers being contaminated. And advocates are urging the government to help renters make it in the bay during the pandemic. There are eviction moratoriums in place, and some advocates are asking for a statewide moratorium. Governor newsom said the state could take action even if it causes complications for some cities. Growing calls for some businesses to follow shutdown orders, and the threat the mayor of l. A. Is issuing for stores not following the guidelines. 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Right now at 4 39, we start out with frosty conditions especially in the north bay with 30s as you head out the door. We will have more in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. Were looking at a smooth drive as you expect. We have updates for the east bay getting closer to the bay bridge, and we will talk about the big change whefor folks in south bay coming up. Here are todays top wall street headlines. Wall street is expected to open this morning. This was the first time the dow posted backtoback gains in more than a month. The nasdaq fell as big tech names all ended in the red. Investors are waiting for Government Data for new people filing for unemployment which is expected to surge to a record level, as Companies Close and lay off workers due to the coronaVirus Outbreak. Mcdonalds says the Virus Outbreak could have a Material Impact on its business. Here in the u. S. Nearly all mcdonalds locations are operating with only drive through takeout or delivery options, and many have limited hours. Its also stepping up cleaning procedures to ensure bikes are sanitized in between trips. Kari, back over to you. Thank you. We are going to see temperatures in the upper 30s to start, and we will have a chance of rain continuing for today. We are at 52 degrees at 11 00. A look at the rest of the microclimates it may a live look out in san jose shows you 280 coming towards us with the headlights just under the 17 and 88 interchange. We will talk about transit, the big impact expected for folks system wide. A very good thursday morning to you, and we are taking a live look outside, san francisco, nice and clear skies out there and all the lights on. 4 44 right now. Hoping for a nice day ahead, kari. What are we in store for . It will be sunny but pretty cool out there, laura. We have the cool weather remaining in place. Also be watching out for a chance at a couple of spotty showers could pop up. As we take a live look outside in dublin we are starting out with a dry start here and as we go into today our temperatures will go from the 30s into the mid40s, and just a slow warmup go into today, at noon 51 degrees. Not only do you need a heavier coat but you also need the sunglasses today, a little bit of it all. Heres a look at the rain that doesnt want to clear the bay area just yet. A lot of the showers have been near the coast and it will continue in the areas, and for the peninsula as well as the south bay. Looking at our hourbyhour forecast, once again our rain chance is not high but there will be the possibility something could pop up as we go into today. Going into tomorrow it looks dry but the rain is already back on saturday morning and it will be light with some scattered showers continuing into the rest of the weekend. By sunday we are still seeing spotty showers moving through. Off and on rain chances through the weekend, and that could bring us another quarter to half inch of rain. Every little bit of rain we get is helping us because this is so dry, record dry conditions during the month of february so its nice to see the rain coming back. As we look at the rest of the forecast we are going to see a lot of sunshine for today, but once again a couple spotty showers. Rain returning on saturday and it continues into sunday, and then check out next week. We are going to see our temperatures warming up significantly, and so we could enter into another time where we have several days on end with some dry weather. I will be watching that for you, and we will talk more about the rain coming up, and we might have a look at the morning commute, and some people not riding vta this morning, that may impact the way people get to work. Thats right, and its for safety concerns. Kris sanchez is on that story, and we will review that in just a second. Contra costa valley, we do have an issue eastbound on 580 getting away from the bay bridge, and theres a vehicle that had to be cleared from the lanes, and nothing major, and in fact nothing major around the bay as the freeways are concerned. And vta will not have Light Rail Service today or when they will restore it. One of the drivers was diagnosed with covid19, and so for safety sake they shutdown lightrail, and remember to enter through the rear doors to keep you away from the driver as much as possible. Eric garcetti is bracing the city for what he believes will be more positives covid19. This might sound small but this is a big deal. We have not just reduced red tape, we have completely eliminated it. Like many other cities around the u. S. Including here in the bay area, l. A. Is seeing a big drop in crime with many people now off the streets. There are new details on a push to release thousands of prisoners in california prisons, they are asking a judge to free inmates that have higher complications, and this week Governor Newsom said he was hesitant about freeing the prisoners, saying he fears what impact it could have on the states homelessness crisis. A leading national thick tank is looking at historic job losses. Analyst project a loss of 14 million u. S. Jobs by summer, and that includes 1. 6 million jobs in california alone. Economists believe unemployment may soon meet or exceed the numbers in the Great Depression and they believe the recovery may be fast provided the pandemic is controlled sooner than later. Something good to report for you this morning. Sisters in Southern California are helping seniors that cant leave their home to get the essentials. They are in college and started the covid19 Outreach Program to shop for elderly around san diego. They take orders through social media and deliver groceries to the front doors, and clients never have to pay a service fee or leave their home, and the group of volunteers have grown to 30 volunteers. I can use the language i speak to help make them feel comfortable, because i know what its like to not know english. They will continue to serve the community as much as they can. Coming up for you on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. The gym is temporarily closed but the owner is still charging her membership fees. I am consumer investigator, chr chris chmura on nbc responds. This is supposed to be opening day for major league baseball, instead the commissioner says theres no way the league will get in a full slate of games this season, but hes still hopeful the games could begin sometime in may. For the time being, true baseball fans have heard of this. I lost my sight when i was 14 years old. So i really navigate the world by touch. When dove asked me to try out this body wash. I was excited that it was foam. It was so light. And soft. Not sticky. Its light. Its different. Its foam. Today Santa Clara United School District will provide free meals so kids dont have to worry about food during the shelter in place. You can see where you can pick up the grab and go meal, and you can head over to the website, nbcbayarea. Com. Nbc bay area responds to a san jose gym member that says her health club was inflexible about the coronavirus. She asked chris chmura about her membership. Gym and health clubs are currently closed and that includes 24hour fitness locations, and amy wanted to temporarily freeze her membership until gyms reopen, and she thought that was a reasonable request but 24hour fitness plans to charge her and her husband monthly. They should have frozen or stopped everybodys membership and stopped charging people for a service they cant provide. Frustrated, amy reached out to us and we contacted 24hour fitness. A spokesperson responded by email, we have made difficulty decisions. Club memberships will be extended for the same period to cover the time of club closures. But amy says thats worthless. She pays month to month on an ongoing basis. After we made contact with 24hour fitness, it allowed amy to cancel immediately. When all else fails, try us, go to nbcbayarea. Com and click the main menu and then responds. We are following the breaking news for you out of the south bay. The vta shutting down all lightrail trains. A live report coming up next. Plus, a 2 trillion relief package passing a key hurtle in the senate overnight, and well have the very latest. Breaking news that we are following from overnight. Vta lightrail in the south bay is shutting down. An operator for the south bays largest Transit System tested positive for coronavirus. Thank you for joining us this morning. I am laura garcia. I am marcus washington. Vta is taking all lightrail trains out of service for deep cleaning. Today in the bays kris sanchez is live. I know this will affect those relying on lightrail this morning, so what is the backup plan for them . Reporter i will tell you, folks that ride the lightrail might wonder what possible exposure was, and at this point we just dont know because we dont know what train that operator trainee was on, and we dont know what kind of exposure the public might have had. This is the service side flashing over the platform, and instead of lightrail riders will depend on bus bridges, but all the vta operators will stay home until further instructions or they are tested. They were notified overnight a vta operator trainee tested positive yesterday evening and by 11 30 last night all lightrail service was shutdown, and six trains were running at the time but now all trains are parked and will undergo cleaning. Bus service will replace the lightrail service. For people who depend on Public Transit this makes life even harder. Its more of a hassle, you know what i mean . Its like it it makes things way harder. Reporter bart ridership is also down 90 , which is costing that Transit Agency 57 million a month. The new stimulus bill has 25 billion in relief for transit agencies across the nation but we dont yet know what part of the pie bay area transit will get. A lot of folks listening for that, because as the vta shuts down lightrail service, other transit agencies are wondering if its a matter of time for them as well. Kris sanchez for today in the bay. This is going to have a Significant Impact on the commute, mike. So sorry. There was no lightrail service, but kris did say, there are far fewer riders, and we are down to 20 on riders they used to have. And changes to other agencies, they are reducing services. Lets make sure we get to the rest of our roadways. Freeways at speed all a