To begin with. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Im Justine Waldman and we are tracking the coronavirus outbreak in the bay area and the future of the grand princess cruise ship. That is circling off the california coast. We have Team Coverage tonight kron fours dan store and talked with cruise ship officials about the passengers on board and when and where they could possibly doc. But first kron fours gayle ong has the latest on the new cases just reported today in the bay area gales. 3 women and 3 men are the newest coronavirus cases in San Francisco. Each of them hadnt known contact with the person with the virus and with the situation changing so rapidly City Health Officials expect more confirmed cases. The San Francisco department of Public Health says there are now 6 patients in the city who tested positive for coronavirus this is a indication of increasing circulation of this Novel Coronavirus Deputy Health officer doctor Susan Phillips as the new was cases in the city
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
Coming to the port of oakland within the next 24 hours going to the old port of america site saying that that is that that is the safest place for the ship to be off loading passengers. We want to get the very latest now from kron fours dan thorn. He is live for us after talking with cruise ship executives who also get some information on how the virus may have gotten on board that ship in the first place he is live now for us in San Francisco. Justine weve reached out to cruise ship executives tonight to see if they would also confirm this information we havent heard back from them. But as you mentioned this on this in the grand princess will be going to the port of oakland here in the bay area and then some of those people will be getting quarantine at either local medical centers here or on as weve heard through a congressman in texas Joaquin Castro at Lackland Air Force base and were still working to confirm a lot of information but as you mentioned crews executives on did mention
Morning was talking about the time change is evident here the shot of u c berkeley, all lit up at this hour there. Some leftover cloud cover with us but we did have a nice clear patch going on to overnight that allow temperatures to tumble. Heres the shot from the golden gate look at that. Not much the way of winds either thats another factor, mild temperatures to fall. But like a clear patch were getting right now to get too used to it though well see the clouds reassemble couple sprinkles down to the Santa Cruz Mountains maybe a little bit and in Mount Hamilton as we speak elsewhere not much going on upstream again the cloud cover will gather here very shortly were going go back to mostly cloudy mode. Also we have some ground fog a little bit in some of the outlining areas that will also mix out most focused and the south bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains as i mentioned look at this. Temperatures really felt there in the north bay again drier air kind of snuck in clear skies not much
Came out is that you guys have to get out of the water there is a great white. We got out. We did not want to mess around with that. The wetsuit was pretty shredded. A lot of blood. It did not look good. The Sheriffs Department airplane was overhead at the time of the incident and responded. Working with crews on the ground to get people out the water. The plane was in the air the cruise spotted a large fish in the water. Which might have been a shark. The victim is in stable condition and will survive. An actionpacked day in union square. The day began with bargains and lots of black friday shoppers. It ended with the massive Christmas Tree lighting. Amber lee is in union square. It was packed for the Tree Lighting. Reporter it was. The weather was absolutely perfect for these festivities. It brought out a large crowd of locals and visitors. Around 7 pm the 83 foot tree lit up to the delight of a crowd of more than 10,000. It is the spirit of the season. It is the people and the Tree