36 in clear lake. here is the plan for the rest of the day. 10:00 we have showers, cold temperatures in the 40s. the rain pulls out of the north bay by about 1:00. it s still raining though from san ramon, mountain view and the south bay. by the evening hours we get a break but we are looking at a chance of a thunderstorm as we take you through your monday morning, which still has a level one on our storm impact scale. liz? thanks, lisa. happening today, in just hours, we ll be getting an update on the first case of community spread coronavirus in sonoma county. county leaders say this is an employee at the the rower in park health center believed to have been exposed from a jours sou source outside the facility. the employee is in self-quarantine. a second patient has been tested with result pending. details today at noon. health officials will be giving a press conference today at noon. while you were sleeping new bans on public gatherings took effect in a few countie
the national hockey league is going to be up day both of these are developing stories all of this is developing as we saw how fast this all happened last night. governor newsome is calling for large gatherings with 250 people to be rescheduled or canceled. and it is not an order only a recommendation at this point. here s the message. she said quote not holding that concert a community event can have cascading effects saving dozens of lives and preserving critical health care resources that your family made need a month from now state health officials also advise smaller events can only happen. if the organizers can implement social distancing and that means keeping people says at least 6 feet away. and here in the bay area, several schools and events have been canceled over growing concerns in this includes lake shore elementary school in san francisco, the school will be closed for 2 weeks after 4 students and some family members reported having a respiratory illness. ther
with 250 people or more. to be canceled or rescheduled at this point. it is a recommendation not in order. but here s why and he gives you the reasoning that you should comply with this not holding that concert our community event can have cascading effects saving dozens of lives and preserving critical health care resources. they your family may need a month from now state health officials also advised that smaller events can only happen if the organizers can implement social distancing and make sure that people are no closer than 6 feet away from each other. in the bay area we ve got several schools and events that have been canceled over growing concerns about coronavirus and that includes lake shore elementary school in san francisco. the school will be closed now for 2 weeks after 4 students and some family members reported having. respiratory illnesses. they have been confirmed to have either at lakeshore any school in the district, but there are taking no chances lak
hard-hit seattle shutting down its public schools for at least two weeks. st. patrick s day parades across the country canceled. hospitals putting up emergency tents, bracing for the worst and overseas italy offering an ominous warning. that nation s hospitals already buckling under the pressure of europe s worst outbreak. as many cities and states here now cancel large gatherings, the nba suspending its season until further notice, and dallas mavericks owner mark cuban s jaw dropping when he got the news court side. the game in oklahoma called off right before tip off as a jazz player reported to be positive. today s game has been postponed. fans evacuated the stadium. tom hanks and his wife rita wilson reveal they re infected. their message from australia. as the world scrambles to come together to fight this new threat, our team is covering all the angles on this global health emergency. and good morning, america. thank you all for joining us this morning. and a
. 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, it s sunday, march 15th. i m liz kreutz. there are more coronavirus by the hour. but we want to start with a quick look at the weather. here s abc7 s lisa argen. good morning. it s a level one. we had good downpours this morning. it s been chilly but a possibility with colder air moving in, thunderstorm later on today. let s get to live doppler 7. you can see the big twist in the atmosphere. there s 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