The hazy us but none are looking all too great and everybody has these apps on their phones. Now right a look at the air quality. And how it is around the bay area you see it is fairly uniform. This thats updated in real time, its purple air shows the amount of particulate matter in the air the dark purple. Represents the worst air that dark red is only slightly better and then the lighter shades or even better, but we dont have that much see a Little Orange and yellow well near ukiah almost but the bay area pretty red at least were not purple. Like parts of sacramento, all the way up into portland that is really bad right now, but the air we have its considered dangerous for all sensitive groups and for the general population. If theyre exposed for too long and by the way general. Sensitive groups that includes kids. The elderly and people with heart and lung disease called for chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now. Lawrence when can we expect some relief from the smoke in
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
Told to stay home if youre sick. Stay home, if your child has the sniffles but people cant afford that this is a class situation and so a higher class of people can afford that and the working class people which is a vast majority people cannot afford to stay home if theyre sick or if their child has the sniffles its greenlighted by the City Council Next Week the moratorium would be in effect for 30 days affected tenants would be required to provide documentation about lost income from their employers. With at least 20 confirmed cases of covid 19 in the county so far the Economic Impact will be felt far and wide says you mayor, this is an effort to work collaboratively with our landlords to ensure that no one has pushed out the door while theyre having to either go without in common practice, some cases job loss in some cases loss of hours worked. In many cases will be no income at all and we just need to do everything we can to keep everybody. A float during this tough time in san jos
The total there to 24 also tonight, 21 people have tested positive for coronavirus aboard the grand princess cruise ship that is now being held off the coast of the bay area that includes 19 crew members and 2 passenger as for the major changes of San Francisco, local leaders are urging people to avoid going to large gatherings of such as concerts and sporting events we have Live Team Coverage on the recommendations and the cruise ship update kron fours dan thorn is live in San Francisco tonight to get us started dan. Pam and ken people are also being asked to consider working at from home is this coronaVirus Outbreak continues. This is all in an effort to help star stop spread coronavirus here in the city of San Francisco these recommendations although not enforceable o will be in place for at least 2 weeks and will be adjusted accordingly. San francisco, Public Health officials are taking drastic steps following the announcement of 2 confirmed cases of coronavirus within the city dir
Washington also close its Seattle Campus because of the coronavirus we now go to kron fours gayle ong live for us in santa clara where the city is canceling large gatherings because of coronavirus scale. And ken and pam the of the city has canceled large events and gatherings in response to Coronavirus Health officials even say events like bingo are at risk which is happening inside this building as we speak because of the large crowds that were here at this santa clara sports club and this time the city of santa clara has not deemed a bingo night at risk here. Still people that come out they say they have been washing their hands using Hand Sanitizer and being careful. There are now 24 confirmed coronavirus cases in Santa Clara County based on the latest recommendations from the countys helped Public Health department to slow the spread of the virus. The city has canceled all programs at the city library and Senior Center until march 15th. We did speak to a nurse here who now works fo