The combination of the threat of coronavirus and possibly the rain as well keeping people home. This as many counties ban large events and more residents test positive for covid19. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im larry beal. And im dion lim. Four local counties today reported new coronavirus cases. Sonoma county has four cases and late tonight revealing thafr first confirmed case by community spread, Santa Clara County, revealing 12 more cases pushing its total to 91. San francisco reported five additional cases and marin county added two new cases for a total of five there. Now to the latest impact here in the bay area. Uc berkeley says a student has tested positive for covid19. The university believes no one is at a significant risk of contracting the illness from the infected individual. The Newark School district also announced its Closing School starting tuesday and continuing through april 6th. And both the alameda and San Francisco superior courts are making major adjustments to their Court Calendars including continuations in both civil and criminal trials. An Alaska AirlinesCustomer Service agent at sfo has tested positive for coronavirus. Alaska says that employee felt sick and left work on tuesday. Their positive test result came back yesterday. That employee is now recovering and feeling better. Alaska is working to identify anybody who may have come into contact with this employee. The airline says its also thoroughly cleaned the areas where that agent worked and its employee break room as well. President trump is extending the travel ban in europe to new include the u. K. And ireland. The World Health Organization is calling europe now the center of this pandemic and a number of European Countries are now on lock down. Reporter President Trump in a rare saturday afternoon briefing telling members of the press he has been tested for covid19. I decided i should based on the press conference yesterday. Reporter saturday night white house physician revealing the results of that test. Negative. While officials are urging social distancing the president drawing criticism for shaking hands. Why are you shaking hands, sir . Because it almost becomes a habit. People come up to me, they shake hands. They put their hand out, its sort of a natural reflex. Shaking hands is not a great thing to be doing right now i agree. Reporter meanwhile the u. S. Travel ban new expanded to include the United Kingdom and ireland. In just a few weeks the outbreak epicenter swinging from china to europe with devastating effect. Spain announcing a nationwide lock down. The Prime Ministers tested positive for covid19 and residents are only allowed to leave their homes to buy food, go to the pharmacy or go to the hospital. In italy alone covid19 claiming 175 lives in the last 24 hours. And in france the Prime Minister announcing that nonessential businesses including restaurants, cafes and cinemas will close until further notice. Back here at home hospitals are gearing up for potential patient overflow. The testing is really everything right now because we have to figure out which patients have the covid19 and which patients dont. Why . Because we have to isolate those patients to make sure they dont spread the virus. Reporter some cities now offering drivethru testing from San Francisco to seattle, denver, birmingham and all the way to new rochelle, new york. Elizabeth herr, abc news, new york. And as you can see from these images arriving International Passengers have no room to socially distance at chicagos ohare airport. Ohare is one of the 13 airports including sfo with screening areas to determine if any arriving travelers display symptoms of covid19. Passengers have complained about scenes like this at Dallas Fort Worth international as will. They claim nobody is offering them Hand Sanitizer or protective masks while waiting for hours. The rules impact bars and restaurants. Abc 7 News ReporterLauren Martinez found some bar owners are much more worried than their customers. Reporter bars and clubs in San Francisco have seen better nights, but coronavirus concerns are not keeping people from having a good time. Celebrating st. Patchrricksy with my friends, people i love. Reporter and theres no hesitation going out and being around people. As long as youre cautious and you understand whats happening, it shouldnt be a deterrent to do anything else. Im not too scared of it. Im scared of than the virus. Reporter staff taking every precaution possible. The owner says business has been down more than 70 this past week. I dont think we can overstate how serious the Financial Impact is going to be. Reporter the owner wishes the city would almost mandate restaurants and bars closed and go on lock down. If we do get a lot of people in, who are we putting at risk . And at this point im kind of leaning towards closing. Reporter he says hes only staying open for the employees. Hes not concerned losing business around the st. Patricks holiday. Thats really not the point right now. Actually i havent forgotten about that. Reporter in San Francisco, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. People are also being ordered not to visit patients in San Francisco hospitals. That includes friends, even family. The concern of course is people who arent showing symptoms can unwittingly infect vulnerable patients with coronavirus. The order is in effect starting today and will continue through april. Violations could result in a fine or imprisonment. Hospitals are allowed to make exceptions, though. Women giving birth should check with their hospital about the rules. San mateo county tightened their restrictions tonight. Gatherings of 50 or more people now banned. Gatherings of 50 or fewer people have to follow certain rules. At midnight restrictions for gatherings in Santa Clara County go in effect. That county is banning groups of more than 35 people. Gnat includes bars and restaurants with some exceptions. Similar bans go into effect in contra costa at midnight. The countys acting Health Officer announced how me believes this decision will slow the spread of the virus. Social distancingblh sategyle interactions of people so the disease spreads less. We are working to flatten the curve, meaning our goal is to slow the spread of the virus so that Health Care Systems dont become overwhelmed by too many people getting sick all at once. You will find the board of supervisors very supportive of the Health Officers decision if we need to continue it longer. Contra costas county ban of gatherings more than 100 people will last through at least march 31st. A Stanford University student has tested positive for coronavirus. And in an effort to control the situation, University Officials sent an email to all undergraduate students letting them know they have to move out by wednesday. Abc 7 News Reporter reporterr live in the newsroom. Its now backtracking where that student fqurko get guidanc anyone who may have been working with that student. Dining halls empty as the deadline to leave campus approaches. Stanford University Students are feeling anxious. The student body right how has a sense of uncertain. Reporter hes exempt from having to leave campus on such a short notice. In a letter to students Stanford University president said we will be prioritizing International Students who cannot go home, students who have known Severe Health and safety risk and students who are homeless. Its a lot harder for me to do my classes at home. We dont have internet, so thankfully stanford is letting me stay here. Reporter stanfords position was made after sainta clara countyand events of more people. This stanford senior has her bags packed. Stanford paid for her ticket home. Last night we received an email saying we had to leave by wednesday. Were going to be flying back to my home in connecticut. Reporter a hope many will be able to continue their Classes Online as they wait for whatever happens next. A lot of people talking about coronavirus. A lot of people saying goodbye to their friends or really disappointed, sad, worried. Reporter stanford is also asking professors to make final exempts for the winter optional and gyms and Recreational Centers will be closed. We know you have a lot of questions ability coronavirus, so we have dedicated a page on our website to all of our stories about it. You can find the very latest updates and how you can prepare at abc7news. Com. You can also download the abc 7 news app to get breaking news alerts sent to your phone. We got some badly needed rain today. Meteorologist drew tuma joining us now with a look at the weather. We saw some wet weather earlier today, heavy in spots. And that band of moisture still sitting in spots. Much of the action confined to the south bay and east bay. So we zoom on in and where you find those brighter colors on live doppler 7, thats heavy rain from fremont to sunniville, over through san jose. Snow continues to fall in the sierra. We have a winter storm warning in effect there. On the storm impact scale it is a level 1 storm the next 24 hours and were tracking several days of wet weather on the seven day. Well have all the details in a few minutes. Thank you, drew. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 11 00, businesses just reeling because of coronavirus. The help being promised today by the city of oakland. And steph and iesha curry doing their part to help families struggling because of coronavirus. The other acts of kindness were seeing across the country. The coronavirus now having an impact in thea. 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Com in the east bay officials are reacting to the covid19 pandemic and taking steps to help Small Businesses getting clobbered by the crisis. Covid19 is impacting everyone lives. Reporter oakland mayor libby shaft says the coronavirus is hitting businesses hard. Some downtown streets are empty. Were slow but, you know, the stores open for a long time so still have customers come in, you know. But a lot of people are staying away. I quo. Reporter hes struggling to keep his long Time Restaurant on webster street open. Workers have constantly been sanitizing all surfaces inside. Now its very, very slow. Its half like 50 and customers, yeah its very, very slow. Right now what is good for Public Health isnt necessary good for the economy. At a News Conference microphones were disinfected and speakers distanced from each other. An Online Research tool with information on zero interest loans and help with tax bills. Our staff and our finance department our Revenue Department is ready to work with you to make sure you can meet those obligations in a flexible manner which includes payment plans and waiving penalties. Reporter mayor shaft says customers can still support oakland businesses without even leaving the house. Instead of cooking, order delivery from one of your Favorite Local restaurants. Go online and buy some items from your Favorite Local stores. Reporter congresswoman barbara lee wants to make sure new pending coronavirus legislation will make things like Hand Sanitizer now in high demand available in stores. Hopefully this legislation will help manufacturers now understand they have got to step up and make sure these tests are available and make sure that Hand Sanitizers, medical devices and everything people need. Reporter mayor shaft is asking mall business to document any losses during the Coronavirus Crisis indicating any financial crisis in the future. In the meantime morebles businesses are closing their doors. The retailer shutting down for at least two weeks. The company also owns anthropology and free people. Patagonia has shutdown both its brick and Mortar Stores and its website. Allbirds is closing its store starting tomorrow. Tmobile is also closing in door mall stores on monday. Youll see at the bottom of your screen weve got a ticker of all the closures in the bay area. Coronavirus closures also now impacting tahoe ski resorts. North star, evenly and kirkly ski resorts will be closed starting tomorrow. Vail resorts made that decision to close all north American Mountain resorts until monday march 23rd. Squaw valley and Alpine Meadows also suspending operations tomorrow with no immediate plans to reopen. All right, from the snow to the rain weve got plenty of it coming. And heres meteorologist drew tuma. Were tracking that rain here. Where it has been setting up its been linger for quite some time. The north bay its mainly quiet, mainly dry. But look over the last 6 hours the south bay has really been getting hit hardest. Zoom on in some heavier showers in milpitas, san jose. You see those pinks and whites thats some wintery precipitation. Not out of the question to have some snow. Just a cold system we have overhead. Light scattered showers in the city right now. If we go back in the last 6 hours and watch how this stalled front just moves over the south bay over the past 6 hours and really just brings rain to half of us. The north bay, you made out with made 0. 10 of rain today. The south bay weve seen anywhere from a half an inch to over an inch of rain. Winter storm warning is in effect until 5 00 p. M. Monday. All areas shaded in pink on this map around lake tahoe and sierra above 3,000 feet. So these are low snow levels. Talking heavy snow, low visibility, travel difficult if not impossible. Weve seen chain controls on 80 and 50 already. And look how the snow adds up over the next day or so. By monday afternoon well talk about 2 to 4 feet of fresh powder in spots. And i think areas could see as much as 5 feet of snow in our highest peaks. Back here in the bay ir twere the 40s and 50s right now. 50 that current temperature in hayward. So on the storm impact scale, it is a level one light system here lingering in the next 24 hours. Scattered showers. There is tomorrow the chance of a thunderstorm popping up and our snow level again is dropping pretty low. We could see that happen on a lot of our high peaks tomorrow. Overnight tonight temperatures dropping into the 40s across the board. To future weather, tomorrow morning 7 00 in the morning there you can see some tracks of rain again moving through. And scattered showers are on the menu even in the afternoon. In the afternoon we could see a shower pop up. Nderstor that facttpled if one does pop up we could see some hail even some lightening. So thats something well be tracking closely for you over the next 24 hours. Additional rainfall you could see over the next 24 hours, probably close to a quarter if not half an inch coming our way for sunday. It is chilly out there in terms of march numbers. Were holding in the low to mid50s to finish out the weekend. Theres that thunderstorm chance tomorrow. Its just cold and wet even monday and into tuesday for st. Patricks day. A brief break in the wet weather wednesday and thursday as spring arrives. But friday and saturday, some more chances for rain. All right, drew, thanks. Still ahead on abc 7 news your digestive system has billions of bacteria, but life can throw them off balance. Realign yourself, with align probiotic. And try align gummies, with prebiotics and probiotics to help support Digestive Health 60 of women wear the wrong size pad and can experience leaks. You dont have to. With always my fit, try the next size up and get up to 20 better coverage day or night. Because better coverage means better protection. Always well, between coronavirus and the rain, many people chose to stay home today. But life did not come to a complete halt, thankfully. An abc 7 employee snapped photos of life around the bay today. Well, the rainbow was promising but other places looked like a ghost town. Kind of eerie, isnt it . Its a weird time. If you want to share what youre seeing in your community and how youre being affected by coronavirus, tweet us an image. Make sure you use the hashtag abc 7 news. Lets transition into sports now and there is some sports going on. Coming up in sports ano na player tests positive for c