Richmond toward the bay bridge and allow i would say 15 minutes extra right now and that is just if things stay the same. Kari, that is a look at the east shore freeway and the south bay and the peninsula looking good now. Yesterday this was all covered with fog and now visibility is clear. So were seeing a better drive this morning with temperatures starting out in the mid to upper 40s. Well lead into a nice day and a lot of sunshine once again as you head out of the door. Make sure you have the sunglasses. Well talk about what is ahe ahead what is ahead for the rest of the day. We have good news for coronavirus evacuees at Travis Air Force base. Many of the 170 people will soon be going home. After two weeks in quarantine at travis and more isolation overseas. Now as por the latest numbers, more than 1800 people have died, more mainly in china due to the coronavirus. 73,000 people have been infected worldwide. And there is now at least 29 confirmed cases in the United States after 14 new patients were flown in from japan yesterday. Today in the bays thom jensen joins us live at Travis Air Force base in fairfield where these people are finally getting the chance to go home. Testify to be so relieved, thom. Reporter good morning. And base Officials Say theyll begin this morning releasing people in groups until all 170 of them are released later on this day. We were able to get the evacuees that have been here on base at a hotel for the past two weeks since they were evacuated from wuhan, china, the epicenter of the this coronavirus outbreak. We were able to get one womans story via facetime last night. She and her two daughters quarantined for the full two weeks and separated from her husband, their father who was back home in wisconsin. We have our temperature checked tomorrow morning and then were going to receive our documents to show that were ready and healthy to get exposed to the population. Our kids are really excited to see him after a few weeks being apart. Reporter daisy ross was visiting family in wuhan when the outbreak began starting the evacuations and quarantines. Were expecting Family Reunion here at the base Visitors Center to start later on this morning and while most evacuees are going home, the twoweek quarantine period is just starting for 14 other americans evacuated from that cruise ship youer talking about. Docked in japan where more than 350 people are now sick with the virus. We have not seen any reunions here yet this morning. Just a number of tv crews out here waiting to capture those reunions. Live at Travis Air Force base in fairfield, thom jensen, today in the bay. Interesting to see. I bet theyll be so happy. Thank you, thom. You mentioned the cruise industry, thom. Theyre taking a big hit due to the coronavirus. The effects may be felt here in the bay area but the chronicle said more than a hundred cruise ships scheduled to dock and so far there are no consolations. But they are monitoring the outbreak and so far not expecting a decrease in passengers. Breaking news for you overnight. Michael bloomberg will take the stage tomorrow after qualifying for his first president ial debate ahead of saturdays nevada caucus. The new poll gives bloomberg 19 support which is more than enough to qualify for tomorrows showdown and that is even though hes not listed on the nevada ballot. Other leading democrats are now taking aim at the billionaire including frontrunner bernie sanders. Mr. Bloomberg, like anybody else, has a right to run for president. He does not have the right to buy the presidency. Michael bloomberg was 62 billion can buy every ad he wants but he cant wipe away his record. Now bloomberg only needed 10 to qualify for the nevada debate and even though hes not on the ballot there, bloomberg he can use the debate to focus on 14 other states including california where voters cast ballots march 3rd. Nbc news and msnbc will broadcast tomorrow night live at 6 00 p. M. And in a few hours President Trump is scheduled to arrive in california for the first of several events including a meeting in Beverly Hills with the los angeles olympic organizing committee. Members will brief him on preparations for the 2028 summer olympic games. On wednesday he visited the Central Valley to speak with farmers. Testimony scheduled to resume this morning. The deadly b. A. R. T. Stabbing case. The trial has been chaotic at times. With defendant John Lee Cowell kicked out of court at least twice. Last week on the witness stand he admitted to stabbing nia wilson and her sister at the mcarthur b. A. R. T. Station in 2018 and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. State energy regulate contributors today begin the first of two days of what they call informational workshops covering pg e latest wildfire safety plans. Pg e is in the hiddest of major changes to technology and policy in response to recent wildfires blamed for failing equipment. Also trying to emerge from bankruptcy. Last week they submitted the new wildfire mitigation plan for this year which cpuc expects to sign off by june. And in our making it in the bay coverage, homelessness is likely a hot topic tonight in oakland. Are where Council Members will discuss creating special commission to battle the epidemic. It is possible theyll renew the local energy homeless declaration which allows more more funding to address the crisis. Last month they evicted two homeless mothers who moved into a vacant home and the current owners still plan to sell the home to a trust that would allow the mothers to move back in but those plans are still being negotiated. Fremont Council Members will vote on a new Parking Program for homeless rv owners. It comes after city workers removed several rvs near the tesla factory. They will consider two safe parking sites alouing people in rvs to stay for a maximum of three days. To qualify you have to show direct affiliation with fremont such as working in the city or having kids who attend fremont schools. Lets check that morning commute with mike now. Youre watching 80 in emeryville, big backup there. We have flares out now and we do have folks squeezing by. This is westbound 80. Your commute direction, the folks, these are people heading out of berkeley from Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza. All of your lanes are blocked. Youre only squeezing by on the right shoulder. There is a big rig overturned blocking these two lanes here and and the two middle lanes and you see right there, that is the axle from one with of the trucks so that will take a while for the right size tow truck to get there. Theyre getting by on a frontage road which is called frontage road. We have a backup getting to the scene. San pablo will alleviate some of the congestion but creating more congestion in the city so that is an issue tor berkeley. Jams up from golden gate field and we could see the crash but the roadway there is not. Back to you. And the sky is clear. And if you had a telescope, you were up early this morning and could see a rare event that hasnt happened since 1998. Nasa posted the photos of when mars goes behind the moon like an eclipse. They called it lunarock ultation and it it happened this morning. So it is really cool to see the sights this morning. Smsing this you may see on social media this morning. The sky is clear. Much better visibility compared to yesterday and another nice and warm day. So well talk about what is ahead in a few minutes. Well check back with you. 5 09 now. Teachers in the east bay inches closer and closer to a strike. Latest in an contentious contract talk about class sizes and pay. Were in san ramon where teachers try to bring attention to their cause today. What are they doing, bob. Reporter correct, laura. Later this morning teachers from the San Ramon Unified School District will march at the high behind me half an hour before class begins in their words to show solidarity with students as they try to come to ania contract agreement with the School District. Last week the San Ramon ValleyEducation Association overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike after the School District presented what they said was their best and final offer for a threeyear contract. The union working without a new contract since june is asking for a 2. 5 pay increase but tells the east bay times that pay is not the issue. The teachers care about serving special edition students and class size, the current class size is 26 and they want to make it 27. The Statement Reads as always we remain committed to negotiating a fair agreement with the srva, that is the union, which addresses the needs of students and educators while remaining fiscally responsible for short and longterm. What is most likely the next step in independent factfinder will come in and try to help both sides find common ground. The teachers are also holding a town hall a week from tomorrow night at doughtery valley high school. Reporting live in san ramon, bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks for the latest. 5 10 this morning. And forget pouring yourself a drink. Next, a new podcast most all of us can say cheers to on the National Drink Wine day. Plus still ahead at 5 25, the real deal. Experts detail clues that help authenticate a 400yearold painting once attributed to an unknown artist. And we talked a lot about talk about it more and that is coronavirus affecting how many iphones are made in china, how many end up in stores here. Well take a look when today in the bay continues. Live in the bay area will look and feel very different than it does today. All this will be under water. If you do not adapt, then youre going to go be in trouble. Tonight at 11 00, we investigate all of the new construction in places experts say will soon be flooded. Are there enough local officials who are paying attention to this . Today, no. It is incumbent on all of us to work on this issue together. Tonight at 11 00 on nbc bay area news. We investigate. Tv just keeps getting better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. This is not what you want had a hear down the east shore fre. The backup did clear but they opened one lane for those folks to get off the freeway at ashby on to the frontage road and forred back from university where there is the closure for westbound 80, that east shore freeway is building from the two mile backup and there is a crash in the back krupp. That is westbound 80. That is the problem for the morning. That will have the Ripple Effect through the east bay and thats drama through berkeley out of richmond. As we get out of the door this morning, at least we dont have to deal with fog. A live look at our view in walnut creek. Our temperatures start out at 47 degrees. And then well lead into a sunny day as we see high temperatures reaching into the low 60s by noon. Well have more on this and the microclimate forecast coming up. Well good morning, very happy tuesday. So the marks were closed on monday for president s day. We continue to see worries about coronavirus, apple in particular calling attention to it. Were warning about this early, observers in china were noticing people were not returning to work after the lunar holiday and apple now warning coronavirus and the restrictions placed on people in china will affect the apple supply chain. The government updating, 650 people in the country tase some kind of restriction because of the virus. Walmart reported its profits just a short time ago. And though they were lower than analysts expected, walmart did not make a big deal out of coronavirus. Remember, much of what you buy in walmart starts in china. Walmart said the slower christmas hurt them but not the coronavirus. On monday we were talking about the conferences canceled. Or risking cancelation. Hightech firms worry about employees. Facebook canceled a marketing conference in San Francisco. Ibm said it wont send employees to the rsa security Conference Also in San Francisco. Tesla elon musk send the solar roofs will be available by later this year. You may not even remember solar roofs. They were announced years ago and then never appeared. Musk now said theyre coming soon. No question musk is brilliant and incredibly inconsistent with facts. He got into trouble with the government for saying he had an offer to take tesla private. Did he not. Just assured analysises it would make no sense to try to sell more stock. Last week tesla sold more stock. On monday marcus and laura told you California Wine was getting cheaper because of a bumper grape harvest. More good news, the u. S. Government announced it will not increase tariffs and taxes on french wine. So pour an extra glass. The u. S. Had been threatening bigger tariffs because were upset the way they fund their airbuser and subsidized it and is he they had planes and wine, lets work this out a different way. And speaking of wine. Did you know there was a wine drinking day. Yeah, it is tuesday. All right. Well, look, it is National Drink Wine day. And instead of drinking it, how about eating it. So haagendazs added two new pints of alcohol infused ice cream to the collection and two close rose and cream and whiskey hazelnut latte. Check out your freezer section for that. I would rather have a glass and have separate ice cream. Same here. Right. I still want to try it, just to see. Sure, why not. Im over 21 so. Trending this morning. You have to be at least that to drink. At least that. 5 18 this morning. And many flyers bringing along emotional support dogs but one michigan woman is going viral for her recent travel companion. So take a look. She brought a miniature Service Horse on a series of Cross Country flights. He may have had better accommodations than you usually get. The pair, they sat in first class. She tells the daily mail she paid top dollar for the horse to fly in trial. U. S. Trarpgs leaders are considering banning miniature horses as service animals. How long was the flight . And you know where im going with that. Oh, hook at that. This is cute. Trending this morning. The most unlikely pairs could become friends. Take a look at your screen. That is a chihuahua with special needs and cannot walk on the back legs and then that is herman, the pigeon, unable to fly. So the two connected at an animal nonprofit and quickly became fast friends. More than 6 Million People have viewed the picture of the pair on facebook. Wow . See everybody just needs somebody to love. Look at them cuddle. I know. That is my buddy. Exactly. Cant go anywhere so so we have to make this work. All right. So we have some nice weather. Weve been enjoying warm temperatures and then as we get out of the door in oakland a much different view compared to yesterday. We had some fog rolling across this camera yesterday morning. But now nowhere in sight. So check out that sevenday forecast. At the bottom of the screen, it doesnt change too much over the next several days. Our dry weather continues. So as you head out of the door in pleasant hill, you need a jacket to start and then sunglasses for the rest of the day. Were heading into the low 60s by noon. And it is going to be a nice one reaching up to 70 degrees downtown san jose. 71 degrees in morgan hill. East bay high temperatures also reaching into the low 70s. Hayward expect a high of 67. And some upper 50s in half moon bay. San mateo will reach 65 degrees. And San Francisco reaching 64 in the mission district. North bay high temperatures up to 70 in novato today. Were enjoying our springlike weather. Weve seen High Pressure remaining in control but were seeing it breaking down and moving off toward the west. It is a allowing for week disturbances to move closer to the bay area. Still not bringing any rain but it looks like we could see a chance by the middle of next week. Still dry through the sevenday forecast. A couple of weak disturbances moving in. Well make it breezy and bring a few more clouds here and there. Overall looking at some seasonable temperatures above seasonable going into the weekend. Up to 70 and sunny on saturday. Mike, youve been tracking breaking news and still that big backup. It is a huge backup. This is the east shore freeway. Listen up if that is your drive anywhere along the area from the carquinez bring down to the bay bridge. Here is the deal. The good news is their allowing traffic in one slow lane. So we do have that slow lane to alleviate the backup. This crash is between powell and ashby. These folks are getting off the freeway and taking the frontage road which is called frontage road. This goes back for miles. At least three miles now as you are coming down and backup and crashes in the area right around golden gate field and before university and pretty much everybody else funneled off at university if that is where they could get. A couple of miles of backup that has to be cleared out so san pablo is an alternate and up here go west across that richmondsan rafael bridge and take Golden Gate Bridge toward San Francisco if that is your destination. San pablo is relief that takes you through city streets that will get very crowded over the next half hour but the rest of the bay is clear. The east shore freeway westbound 80 huge problem. Back to you. Well keep checking with you. Hopefully it will clear up. Thanks, mike. 5 22. And a heating legal battle. Next on today in the bay, the Harvey Weinstein trial enters a knew phase today. Plus a state of emergency