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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 11pm July 13, 2024

Now at 11 00, from business to politics to sports, no one can avoid the impact of the coronavirus tonight. The emergency measures in place worldwide and here in the bay area and what your level of concern should be. I am confident that by continuing and continuing to take these tough measures, we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we are ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, major developments over the globe today in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Were here with everything you need to know from the white house to the bay area and how it could affect your daily life. That includes the announcement of sweeping new travel restrictions set to take effect on friday. And we are just learning about a new San Francisco School Closing tomorrow over concerns about the coronavirus. The nba taking unprecedented steps as a star player tests positive for the virus. And hollywood celebrities not immune either, including bay area native tom hanks. With so many closings and cancellations in the bay area, workers are feeling the crunch. All right. Lets start with joe vazquez with breaking news on another School Closure tonight in San Francisco, joe . Reporter yeah, ken, this is lake shore elementary right behind me. And weve just got it confirmed a few minutes ago, lake shore will be shut down for 14 days at least. The district just making that announcement. They said they have made a decision to shut down the school after four students and their family members have come down with respiratory illnesses. We dont know what that illness is yet, but they are testing them for the coronavirus. Again, no positive information on the coronavirus aspect of this. Meanwhile, all lake shore students and staff are being asked to selfquarantine. That means stay home and away from the public for two weeks while theyre getting tested. Thats all students and staff. Lake Shore Elementary School right next to loel high school which was shut down next week. I talked to one lowell parent who says one school shutting down isnt enough right now. You know, it doesnt make sense to partially close some schools and leave others open. To me, its like if its in a school community, kids are hanging around with each other even if they dont go to school together. They should make a dision to cl her skals in the district, but for how long . At one point tonight, officials were considering several options including shutting down all the schools in the San Francisco United School district. Instead they decided to leave them all open except for lake shore elementary which, again, will be closed for two weeks. And i want to reiterate, we dont know whether the students have the coronavirus, but four students and their family members have a respiratory illness. They are now being tested. Reporting live, im joe vazquez, kpix 5. Thank you for that. A live look at sfo tonight, a drastic step to stop the spread of this disease. Tonight President Trump announced new travel restrictions. Veronica de la cruz is in the newsroom and breaks it all down for us, veronica . Ken and liz, the president made the announcement in a primetime address to the nation. The ban will be on some travel to europe from the u. S. Starting on friday. This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in american history. I am confident that by counting and continuing to take these tough measures we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. Under the new order, only foreign nationals who travel to any of the 26 European Countries with open border agreements will be banned from flying into the u. S. American citizens and legal residents will still be allowed to fly from europe but will be directed to limited airports where screening can take place. The ban will last for 30 days and the United Kingdom is not included. We spoke to a tour guide from italy who says his business will feel an impact. This news about the coronavirus, its really hitting hard. Mostly our tourists, our client are from europe. So once they close europeans travelers, there is not much we can do. Maybe we going to change business. And tonight the state department is advising all u. S. Citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the virus pandemic, ken . All right, veronica, thank you. Dows futures dropping more than 800 points after the president s address. This after the dow tumbled into a bear market today. Down 20 from its recent high. The game tonight has been postponed. Youre all safe. A stunning announcement in Oklahoma City tonight. The Coronavirus Forces the nba to send fans home just moments before the start of tonights game between the thunder and the jazz. Sports director Dennis Odonnell alongside now to talk about that. This is the start of a whirlwind night for the league which has suspended all upcoming games. Arenas, stadiums now on notice, what is going on . Vendors. Lot of workers. Yeah. Out of jobs right now. The day the ball stopped bouncing. The nba had planned to play games in empty arenas starting with the warriors tomorrow at chase center. That was before a player was diagnosed with the virus. Shortly before the tipoff in Oklahoma City, the teams were pulled from the floor. Players from both teams quarantined in their locker rooms. Rudy gobert was taken to the hospital. He tested positive for the virus. Fans were ushered out by police after initially being told the game would be delayed. I hope it aint the coronavirus. And i asked one of the deputy right here, he said somebody was sick. I said, oh man. Its understandable. The player safety is definitely utmost importance. I cant be upset over them canceling a game like that. I mean, this is a severe crisis. Yeah, the order came hours after a Golden State Warriors brush off a recommendation to shut down last nights game against the clippers. Coming up in sports, were going to look at how other leagues are dealing with this unprecedented situation. Wow. So to be clear, nba suspended indefinitely. Indefinitely. And Major League Baseball also making some alterations to their schedule already. Babe ruth series is gone. Well talk about that more coming up. I think its a fluid situation. It could change by tomorrow morning. Sure. Thanks, dennis. Meanwhile, the warriors released a statement tonight saying, quote, we completely support the nbas decision to suspend our season until further notice. The health and safety of our fans, staff and players has always been and always will be our top priority. Well, the coronavirus hitting a hollywood power couple tom hanks and his wife rita wilson have both tested positive for coronavirus. The actor from the bay area posted the news on social media tonight. The couple are in australia. They were both tested after showing symptoms. They had body aches, chills and fevers. Hanks and wilson say that they will be observed and isolated for as long as is required. Live look at mineta san jose airport where several tsa agents tested positive for coronavirus. There are more questions than answers about who may have been exposed, katie . Reporter most of the information we have about the agents that tested positive is coming from their union. They told us all three worked here screening passengers at terminal b which is southwest and Alaska Airlines and that all three worked the night shift. Now, local political leaders are demanding answers from the tsa. Like if im a person with an Underlying Health risk, knowing what day i could have come in contact with that person would be profoundly important. Reporter cindy chavez, president of Santa Clara Countys board of supervisors, says tsa needs to be more transparent with information about the three workers who tested positive for coronavirus or covid19. She signed a statement along with san jose mayor sam and every member of congress from Santa Clara County saying if these employees were not in direct contact with travelers, we seek to reassure consumers. However, if the employees were posted at security checkpoints and had direct contact with travelers, we believe more information about posting locations and shift times should be made available to the public. The head of ep deemology at uc berkeley says even if the tsa employees were in direct contact with passengers, people shouldnt be overly worried. Being patted down by somebody and even if they got the virus on their clothing in the process of that, i think the risk is, in fact, very, very low. And it is concerning. We planned this trip about, i dont know, six months ago. So we just didnt want to cancel it. But, yeah, i mean maybe if were a couple weeks later, i might not go. Its disconcerning, but im here and i got to get home. I dont have an option other than im going to be careful. Reporter 43 other agents will be staying home as a precaution because they worked closely with the three agents who did test positive for the coronavirus. Now, tsa disputes those numbers and they will not confirm how many other agents will be isolating at home. Tsa also not saying where in the airport these agents worked or when they tested positive for covid19. In san jose, katie nielsen, kpix 5. Today the nations top doctor warned the outbreak will get far worse if its not contained. The flu has a mortality of 0. 1 . This has a mortality of ten times that. Okay. And thats the reason why i want to emphasize we have to stay ahead of the game in preventing in. He pointed out that there are some key differences from the flu that warrant the extreme response. In addition, to the mortality rate there is no vaccine for the coronavirus and humans have not built up an immunity over multiple generations. But he emphasizes that the vast majority of people who do contract coronavirus will recover. We have breaking news tonight. A deadly shooting inside a Northern California Shopping Mall. What police are revealing so far. B. A. R. T. Now asking for emergency funding due to the coronavirus. The eye popping new ridership numbers tonight. And with most large events canceled or on hold already, some bay area workers are really suffering right now. They dont try to give you a discount for the coronavirus on the rent. No, you have to pay. Its hard. How the growing global do you recall, not long ago we would walk on the sidewalk all around the wind blows we would only hold on to let go blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun all we needed somebody to lean on all we need is someone to lean on dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. Were following breaking news out of stockton where shots rang out inside a Shopping Mall leaving one teenager dead and another injured. Officers say it happened when a fight broke out at a restaurant inside the cherwood mall. Theres a heavy prince presence where police have a macys, Dicks Sporting Goods and a restaurant blocked off. They have not released any information about those suspects. Well, outside Kaiser Permanente hospital in sacramento, patients will be able to drive up and get tested for the coronavirus. But you need to have a doctors order and you need to set up an appointment. Medical staff will test patients while they remain in their vehicles. Oakland is the latest city to declare a local emergency and ban Mass Gatherings in response to the outbreak. Kpix 5s Andrea Nakano reports this will impact workers who depend on these events for their livelihood, andrea . Reporter what were potentially looking at is that both series between the twins and the astros being canceled here at the coliseum. What that means is the only Pro Sports Team in oakland will not need its parttime workers and the effects of this coronavirus can be seen throughout the community of oakland. Fears of the coronavirus have forced some businesses to post these signs in oaklands chinatown. Peonys Seafood Restaurant and tuna buffet are closed. This bistro only fulfilling to go orders. Ive been in this community for over 40 years. And it is very difficult for me to see it suffering. Reporter chan estimates business has gone down an average of 50 to 75 . He says chinese social media posts circulated false rumors about passengers from the grand princess cruise staying in downtown oakland and Walking Around chinatown. And those rumors devastated this community. The owner of this booth has been feeling the effects. How much has it affected your business . Its a lot. It dropped 50 . Reporter at the coliseum complex, the athletics say they are looking at alternative plans for games scheduled here at the end of this month. No events means fewer dollars for workers in the east bay. A waitress says her tips have plummeted while her bills still have to be paid. Theyre not going to give you a discount for the coronavirus on the rent. No, you have to pay. Its hard. Reporter tonight member of the oakland Sports Community held a meeting to talk about coronavirus concerns and the impacts this will have for months to come. I think all of us fear, you know, we fear this change. Were all excited about a great team this year. Reporter the oakland arena has canceled two concerts for next week and is reviewing all future events. In oakland, Andrea Nakano, kpix 5. Breaking news, goomz just governor gavin newsom issuing new headlines. Gatherings should be postponed or canceled across the state until at least the end of march. And nonessential gatherings must be limited to no more than 250 people. Well have more on the kpix 5 morning news starting at 4 30. Also tonight, nearly half of the passengers on board the grand princess cruise ship have disembarked at port of oakland. At last count more than 1,400 passengers have gotten off. Officials announced today the american passengers displaying mild symptoms will be quarantined at a San Carlos Hotel for two weeks. Right now there is nobody in san carlos. We are establishing a location at a hotel that weve secured where if we need to move folks that are have tested positive, the department of defense will not allow them to stay at Travis Air Force base. We have to find a place for them to goo serv tor the icials expect the san carlos facility to be ready to take patients by tomorrow. Other passengers are being quarantined at Travis Air Force base. One of those passengers is a woman from las gatos who spoke with us via skype. Her name is suzanne. She says that she and other passengers are being left in the dark and shes not even sure whether shell even get tested for covid19. Its very disappointing because we had been told by the captain that we would be tested and as far as we know, as far as weve been told, there are no plans to test any of us. We are supposed to be keeping social distance, you know, the six feet. But theres no monitoring of that. Despite the quarantine and the conditions that shes endured for the past several days, suzanne says that she would still take a cruise in the future. Oakland schools are staying open for now. Today a district spokesperson said there are no known cases of coronavirus at any ousd school or district department. But two students, one in oakland high and the other at oakland tech, are self quarantining after possibly being exposed to the virus. Tonight b. A. R. T. Says it plans to ask for emergency funding. The agency says that its seen a decline of at least 25 in ridership in the past week. And has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because of that. To ease concerns over the coronavirus, b. A. R. T. Says that it will add Hand Sanitizer dispensers to all of the 48 stations tonight. It has already stepped up cleaning on both trains and at the stations. And with news about the coronavirus changing by the minute, well do our best to bring you the facts on kpix 5, cbsn bay area and head to cbssf. Com for a roundup of the major developments all in one place. And there are things happening in the weather i wto r this weekend is going to be totally different. You got a storm coming and a big drop in the temperatures. So while i show you the daytime highs for thursday in the mid 70s, it will be 2020 degrees colder than that by saturday. Mid50s, in fact, for daytime highs. The cooldown is only one small part of the change coming our way for saturday and sunday. Its also the widespread rain, our first good widespread rain since really january. Im not talking about two tenths of an inch of rain. We could pick up a half inch, three quarters of an inch of rain out of this. Well keep things general for now. Heres the main takeaway. Heres what things look like saturday second half of the day. Watch how the numbers are going to climb. Here comes saturdays rain. We pick up about a quarter of an inch of rain bay areawide second half of the day. But its saturday night into sunday when the totals really climb. Watch the numbers as i get out of the way and advance this into sunday. Now, i think an inch for hayward is overdoing it, but mainly coming sunday into monday is a pretty good possibility for this. Totally different weather than what youve had around here. In fac, itll be so cold with our daytime highs in the mid 50s where we all live at 3,000 feet up in the mountains, mt. Hamilton, up above the south bay, we could actually get a light dusting of snow late sunday night into monday. And yes, this will have serious a winter storm watch in place, 4 feet of snow for the higher elevations. Snow as low as 2,500 feet on 80 and 50 all weekend long. If you have plans in the mountains, plan ahead. Thats going to be a tough drive, particularly sunday. Chance for showers through monday and then were done through early next week. Back to you

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