Good evening. The San FranciscoUnified School District will close it schools for three weeks. Starting monday. We need the time to plan prepare and train staff on how to operate schools during this epidemic. If there was somebody who was affected by the virus it would spread quickly in a school. Lets take a couple weeks where we dont have school and lets figure out what we need to do next. Students who qualified for free lunches will continue to get those meals. Details on that have not been released yet. The district serves more than 55,000 students. St governor is advising school close only as a last resort. Emergency room doctor nurse Nurse Practitioner and you have kids you have no capacity to have those kids at home without your own presence being there. About an hour ago we learned the west contra costa Unified School District will also be closing down on monday for three weeks. They are moving up spring break into the closure period. To try to minimize the disruption on the Overall School year. No shining moments for College Basketball players this year. The ncaa announced the mens and womens march madness tournaments have been canceled. Dennis odonnell is here. March sadness. This is my bracket from last year. Take a good look at the center. Virginia. Not going to happen this year. The ncaa tournament is College Basketballs a stage and biggest moneymaker. Like just about all of the other major sports it has been sidelined. The ncaa canceling the mens and womens tournaments which were scheduled to begin next week. They will not be rescheduled for later date. The announcement came just a few hours after 15 different conferences canceled their respective tournaments this weekend. The Economic Impact of this is incredible. Hotels the hospitality industry. Fans paying for tickets. For concessions and for parking. Watching on tv. Watching in bars. It is incredible how much money just gets spent on pools and gambling and the average fan. Even the nonfan. Is watching this. You dont think about all of that stuff. League baseball suspending spring training games and will push back the start of the regular season at least two weeks which would be amid april. The giants and as will remain in arizona to work out. The nhl and Major League Soccer will both suspend play. Stanford is canceling all spring sports. The High School Basketball state title games scheduled for this weekend have been canceled. Of course the nba announced last night they are suspending their season indefinitely. Players championship played as scheduled today. They will play without fans beginning tomorrow. And actual highlight shot a 63 to tie her record as sawgrass but yes a twostroke lead. I got excited about doing an actual highlight. As a sportscaster we are not going to be doing bills for quite a while. I was excited to hear that. Everything getting canceled. Andrea continues our coverage with even more cancellations. She is live in San Francisco right now. Reporter i am outside the chase center where the warriors were supposed to play the Brooklyn Nets today. The return of kd. I am standing on an empty plaza as dennis said there will be no nba games and there is a lot of other things that have been canceled in the entertainment world. As drastic measures are coming from state and local officials to flatten the curve of the Coronavirus Spread in cases of covid19. That is Broad Strokes with executive order lies. The directive on social gatherings. In excess for nonessential events of 250 or more. Reporter the ripple effects are reaching into the world of sports and en cre given. Zz playerrudy surprise diagnosis and Oklahoma City locker room. No cost to play ball in the mlb with the season at the very least postpone. Leaving oracle park a ghost town in spring training done. But we shut down even way off broadway in San Francisco. Productions of hamilton and harry potter pushed until april. Fun in all sectors getting pushed off is were resets in. I tell them to watch out and take care of themselves. Reporter a tour bus sits outside the independent threat there will be no music until next month. One thing still on jury duty. Deemed an essential Service People still have to report. But potential jurors are being asked about their health before entering holding rooms. Service dates are rescheduled if they are sick. Reporter the largest jury holding room in San Francisco is at ryan street at the hall of justice. It holds 185 people. I am told they are making sure people are healthy before they go in there. Of course if the courts get shut down jury duty will be canceled as well. The virus now taking its toll on the san Jose Fire Department. For firefighters have tested positive but there is a ripple effect. 52 of their colleagues are quarantined. Because firefighters work in teams and they trained together and eat together and sleep in the same areas. They are at risk for possible exposure. San Jose Fire Department said about 80 firefighters were initially quarantined but 16 of them are back at work. It has staff to cover for those firefighters who have been sidelined. We will keep the rigs running. Our members are committed to doing that. When people call 911 we will be there. A hour ago the city of palo alto became the latest to declare a state of emergency. This afternoon Mountain View making the same announcement. Travelers in the bay area and all around the world are scrambling after President Trump announced a 30 day travel ban for most of europe. It is not just the Major Airlines that are bracing for rough travel. The travel slowdown is affecting many bay area airport workers. From baggage handlers to custodial staff. There is widespread concern about job security. A Company Called prospect manages those wheelchairs for passengers. It has already cut hours by 25 . But it is a different story for younger travelers. The discounted airfares are luring them in. What you say to people who say traveling right now even at your age is irresponsible . They have a good point. I couldnt really disagree. We dont really know what is going on. It could hurt someone who is older if we spread it. It is probably safer to stay home. Airline stocks took a taking dive. Shares of American Airlines are down 17 . United and delta are down more than 20 . Norwegian air announced it is temporarily laying off half of its staff. A live look at the port of oakland where passengers are still being offloaded from the coronavirus stricken coup ship. As of this afternoon 2042 people have disembarked the grand princess. A few hundred are still on board including foreigners awaiting travel arrangements. The ship is expected to leave sunday with his quarantined crew and it is unclear where it will go next. Coronavirus delivers another beating to the u. S. Stock market. Is now the time to invest . The signs pointing to a speedy stock market recovery. At some points prices get so low the people start looking at things. They look past the negative news because prices are so low. The drive through coronavirus testing. You cant just randomly show up. I will explain the process. At the same time it is scary. It was a dream come true for one local musician. Thanks to the outbreak not anymore. I was devastated. It has been a lifelong dream of mine to go on tour and to be on a tour bus. The sun is setting over the fog that is streaming through the golden gate. You cant even see the towers of the bridge. It will spread out overnight. Tomorrow another nice day. Well talk about what happens of the weekend. We are streaming right now. Find us on kpix. 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A record round it was players received a letter a few minutes ago saying the entire tournament now has been canceled by the pga. More on this coming up. Health experts believe the number of confirmed coronavirus cases will rise as testing becomes more prevalent. Some hospitals are taking a page from a fast food industry. The first drive through testing sites. Reporter im on the sidewalk about 40 feet away from that tent. That is where people have been driving up to get tested. People cant just randomly drive up. The testing is set up in the parking lot. Health officials want to keep the sick patients away from the building and the people inside. Kaiser Officials Say the patients have gone through three layers of screening before coming here. First the nurse. Then the primary doctor. Finally a specialist. That is how they get an appointment for the drive through test. It is a quick process where a nurse takes a nasal swab while the patient stays in the car. The result should come back in a week. Especially if youre older than 65. Especially if you have underlying medical issues already. Reporter this doctor is not affiliated with kaiser. She said here are the symptoms to watch out for. It is hard to distinguish from the flu. Shortness of breath is not seen that often and the flu or allergies or the common cold. If you are having fever cough and shortness of breath you need to contact your provider. Reporter i saw five patients getting the test within a two hour span. That is kind of scary. People are going through there. At the same time it is scary. Reporter doctors turned away people who randomly drove up for a test. This is a free service for kaiser members and only after they have gone through a screening. We would like to take a moment to switch gears and introduce paul hagan our new chief meteorologist. Welcome to kpix 5. Everyone has been welcoming despite the busy week. Is a slow week. The perfect week to get you on board. Despite all the changes that happen minute by minute in the last 20 minutes a lot of folks will get up and hits work. This get you ready to go out the door beginning with a pollen count. A lot of folks who are sniffling and sneezing are just suffering from plain seasonal allergies. An early jump on the season. The pollen count has been in the medium high category. Still in that category today and tomorrow. We can showers will watch some of that out of the atmosphere. If you have been seasonally sniffling that will improve heading into the early next week. The sun dipped below the horizon. Temperatures all over the place thanks to the westerly wind. Temperatures low 60s in the city. Inland locations in the 70s. 76 livermore and napa today. Current temperatures are dropping to the 60s. Was upper 40s for most spots by early tomorrow. Close to what is normal for the middle of march a nice warm up in store. Not quite as warm as today. Temperature identical in San Francisco 62 which is precisely normal. 2 to 5 degrees above normal for most other locations. Maybe getting around 70 further inland. Not quite as warm as today. We will have the fog like we did this morning. To start the day. Mary will be tracking that beginning tomorrow morning. Upper 60s inland below 60s around the bay. Some spots staying in the upper 50s especially along the coast warmer further to the north. We are tracking the next chance of rain heading our way over the weekend. One more dry day tomorrow. The storm system will be dropping in. Once it arrives it will make itself right at home just parking in place early next week. A dip in the jet stream will unleash all the cool air. Rain in our neck of the woods it will be snow in the sierra and a lot of it. Substantial amounts even for that part of the statement over a foot of snow in the tahoe basin. 2 to 4 feet in the high sierra treacherous travel conditions. The good news is it will put a dent in the snowpack deficit. Less than 50 for most of the winter. In terms of rainfall we will see a nice amount heading through the weekend. Not exactly ideal timing. We need the rain. Three quarters of an inch around the bay. A little more into the higher terrain inland. More on top of that for monday and tuesday. Eating away at the rainfall deficit. Temperatures will be quite a bit cooler only 50s for high maybe t more of a warmup wednesday and thursday of next week. Here is what you missed if you just now getting home. The three major stock markets are in their territory tonight. They posted astronomical losses today. A grim day on wall street. The dow jones worst days of the 1987 crash. Officially hitting their market territory. A look at how the dow jones dip today. Extending a selloff that has now wiped out most of wall streets gains since President Trump took office. If the stock market is the indicator of what may be ahead for hours it was a very speedy recovery. At some point prices get so low that people start looking at things and they look past the negative news because prices are so low. Bart is calling for emergency aid to deal with a steep drop in ridership. The agency saying it is down 35 . One bart director said that translates to a 3. 5 million loss every week. In the meantime bart installed Hand Sanitizer dispensers at all of his stations to help protect riders. Coming up next the happiest place on earth wont be smiling at all the next few weeks. The coronavirus also dealing a big load so one popular attraction in santa clara county. Devastating cant even begin to describe the news one local musician just got because of the outbreak. I felt totally lost because i didnt know what i was going to do now. I was hoping for that income. S yeses. Yeah save 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices on our best selection of spring dresses. The ross spring dress event, on now what . Oooh. Ahhh. No. Yeah . Yes oh yeah si. Yes. Thats the sound of saving 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. Disneyland is in the process of closing a couple weeks because of the coronavirus. The theme park in anaheim is expected to be close for the end of the month. Hotels will stay open until monday for guest who needs to make other arrangements. Universal Studios Hollywood in shutdown mode. That park is anticipated to open back up on march 28. Same situation at the Winchester Mystery House in san jose. No more tours until at least april 1. The flashlight tours set for this weekend have all been pushed back to may. The corona outbreak in italy horse devastating news for one musician. Heavy metal via nailers violinist was about to join italian rock band apocalypse of the north american tour. The Italian Government mandated corona virus travel restrictions the band was forced to postpone the tour. I was devastated. I felt totally lost because i didnt know what i was going to do now. I was hoping for that income. It has been a lifelong dream of mine to go on tour and to be on a tour bus even. god apocalypse. Especially with god apocalypse. Metal is her passion. She also plays classical violin. She said she may be playing weddings or find gigs with another local band just to make ends meet. Coming up next why your next starbucks run may look a whole lot different. The best way to predict the future is to create it and change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. The ceo of starbucks announced the company may be taking measures to protect employees and customers by keeping only is drivethrough is open. The coffee chain is prepared to restrict ordering to the app for pickup or delivery. As a last resort starbucks may temporarily closed its doors. Some locations may limit sitting inside to encourage social distancing. Thank you for watching the news at 7 pm. It continues streaming right now on cbsn bay area. We will be back at 11 pm to update you on the latest stuff. Have a good night. Announcer its time to play family feud give it up for steve harvey [captioning made possible by fremantle media] [cheering and applause] steve appreciate that. Thank yall. Thank yall. Thank yall. I appreciate that. Thank yall very much, now. I do. I appreciate it, yall. Well, welcome to family feud, everybody. Im your man steve harvey. [cheering and applause] we got a good one for you today. Returning for their second day, from los angeles, california, its the champs, yall, its the haywood family. [cheering and applause] and from fairhope, alabama, its the dorgan family. 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