In fact the first half of today we will see pretty wide spread rain continuing much like yesterday. You can see it happening now, plenty of green and there is a focus down in the south bay. However that is about to start changing soon. Lets come up to the north bay and you see the rain bands returning. You take 101 and it is raining from the top of Sonoma County and raining out to the golden gate bridge. Look at what is coming in to the city right now. A band of yellow and orange and getting into the east bay. That is the next wave of rain that progresses across the entire bay area, temperatures are fine. We are about 50. Here are your headlines, wide spread rain this morning will turn into afternoon thunderstorms, so it will be a different kind of rain for the second half of the day, scattered showers and occasional isolated thunderstorm and it is still dangerous travel in the sierra for anyone up in those mountains. There is a lot of snow, good news for the snow pack and i will be back with more in a bit. Ironic this next story is about ski resorts closing. Effects of the coronavirus being felt there. Squaw valley, north star and kirkwood announcing they are closing starting today. They will work with guests to provide refunds. 2 more pats. They had no known exposure to other cases. The county Health Officials plan to hold a News Conference at noon today. A Student Exchange program is under fire accused of abandoning students amid the coronavirus outbreak. How they are being forced to flee to their homes on their own dime. A 9 month stay in italy cut in half. I didnt sleep for 36 hours as i packed all of my belongings, and got to the airport. After italy went into full lock down the full bright Scholar Program and the u. S. Department of state said the program was suspended and must leave no later than march 22nd. We were told if we didnt depart on time our grants would be terminated. He felt pressure to fly out immediately to keep his full bright status and preserve his work. I bought a 4500 1way Business Class ticket. No extra financial help despite telling them they would get help. The scholars left with just the money promised for the program. This money that i was planning on using for my life now all went to broken lease, flights, and basically making sure i am out of the country safely and my biggest concern is that i have to pay for health care when i get back to america. We received a statement saying, while at the moment the primary focus is to insure a safe return, the full bright commission will certainly be addressing related concerns but it is not just the financial impact. I am very worried about endangering my family. Forcing them to leave puts them and others more at risk of being infected with covid19. There is a Greater Health concern to us as we pass through other cities and International Airports and had to return to our families. The full Bright Program comes with a 650 travel stipend but that is only enough under normal tra th ustan theut b believes the state department could have done more to evacuate them. Fears of coronavirus prompting stricter bans on large gatherings. This order is not intended to be punitive. The health officerss goal establishing the critical need to reduce the spread of covid19 by increasing social distancing. The Health Department would not ask you to make these changes if they were not very important. This continues to be a time to remain calm and not panic while still being prepared. Santa clara, has the most cases, 17 new cases were announced and bringing the total to 91. San francisco announced 5 new cases and a total of 28. Health officials stress this is not unexpected as testing increases so will the tallies. Looking outside, an Alaska AirlinesCustomer Service agent tested positive for the coronavirus, that employee left work on tuesday after experiencing symptoms. Alaska said the employee is recovering and doing well. The airline said, safety remains our highest value and plan to work with Public Health authorities to identify persons who may have come in contact with this employee. We have reached out for comment from sfo and have not heard back. A california congressman is reaching out to the Trump Administration for what he describes as Significant Health and safety hazards. Photos show scenes with little regard for isolation. On saturday, a letter sent to the president and the cdc and others demanding immediate action. Writing i have also heard there are inadequate hand washing materials and the only hand washing is a bar of soap in their rooms. These electronic signs read covid19 less is more, avoid gatherings. More than 700 signs throughout the state are displaying that message. They are now running 1 car trains after all Public Schools will be closed for 3 weeks. The scheduling changes begin tomorrow. Bart said they are seeing a steep drop in riders. New numbers show they had less than 185,000 passengers, that is a 50 drop. Bart is now testing out a cleaner option for passengers, posting this video showing new personal hand straps, the idea is that each passenger brings his or her own strap and cleans it at home. Bart is looking for Public Opinion on that idea. A uc Berkeley Graduate Student tested positive for coronavirus. The schools vice chancellor said the student is self isolating at home. Meanwhile stanford is taking drastic measures after a student there tested positive. The first case on campus. Now asking instructors to make Winter Quarter final exams optional. They are asking students to leave campus by next wednesday but those with no other Housing Options will be allowed to stay. Dining halls will be open but only offering take out meals. The universitys president released a statement saying i recognize the anxiety and uncertainty and appreciate your understanding and care for others navigating the many disruptions. Shoppers look for a new apple device will have to go online for the time being. The tech giant closing all of its Retail Stores because of the coronavirus President Trump tests negative for the virus after he initially resisted being tested in the first place. Apple plans to close all of their Retail Stores outside of Greater China for the next 2 weeks and accommodating leave for recovering from illness, quarantine and child care. Google said they will work with the government on a coronavirus website after all. It is something President Trump thanked the company for on friday but google then said they were not working on the project. Google now said they are partnering with the u. S. Government on a website with information about symptoms, risks and testing. President trump has tested negative for the coronavirus. The white house released the test results last night hours after the president said he took the coronavirus test. In spain the prime ministers wife has been diagnosed with coronavirus. A government statement said both are doing well, and are following preventive measures established by Health Authorities. Spain is one of the countrys hardest hit by the outbreak. Spain, state oncy willn place fo weeks. People will only be able to leave to buy food or medicine and work. Recreational activities are banned. Spain is facing a Public Health emergency that requires extraordinary decisions. A pandemic that causes serious harm to peoples well being. The measures will be drastic and have consequences. Prime minister sanchez said it could take weeks but confident they will stop the virus. Fast and furious 9 is being delayed until april 2021. A quiet place is being pushed back the new james bond movie is delayed until november. Meanwhile the weather goes on. If you take a lookt live view over my shoulder that is the richmond bridge. You can see the reflection on the roadway. There is 6 10ths of an inch of rain. We are got over an inch in fremont and that is where the focus of the rain has been, we have got rain in the north bay but only 2 10ths of an inch. Speaking of the north bay, you are getting rain and some more impressive rain. A really well organized band of rain moving down to the south over the course of today. In fact, lets take a closer look. A lot of it is moved off to the east. Showers in berkeley and oakland. But there is plenty of rain out here, and coming back for the wider view, i want you to see a pattern there is an organized band of rain on the screen that slowly marched across the bay area a. Y now the focus is down here in the south bay, much like yesterday we get this very organized front that marches across the whole bay area through the morning. But the difference is this is a lot going to stall like yesterdays did and it just hung out in the south bay for the entire second half of the day, this one wont do that. But it will bring wide spread rain for the first half of the day this is noon today. We are not entirely done with the rain here but what we have for the second half of sunday is pop up isolated thunderstorms and you will see those throughout the day, mainly in the north bay, and even breaks of blue skies when the main band of rain pushes through. There is always a threat for isolated showers and thunderstorms through the afternoon. There are the rainfall totals from this. So we pick up close to another half inch of rain for many locations, and an interesting note is take a look at the blue showing up there. That is snow falling in the higher hills, maybe an inch of rain falling at Mount Hamilton. The bigger snow story is here. Winter storm warning for everyone in red on the map. Tomorrow until 5 00. Travel will be difficult to impossible on 80, 50 and any of the transsierra passes. There is still close to 2 feet of snow to go between now and tomorrow morning. That is what is going to make driving very difficult. Another foot in the tahoe basin. If you notice the red is not only for the sierra. Look at the mountains of lake county, this is going until 11 00 but we could see light snow here from 2000 feet and up. That will have an impact on travel. Especially if you go on 101. Okay, chance of showers remains on monday and tuesday. Shouldnt be much rain, but we can not take the rain out of the forecast monday and tuesday. Light scattered showers. Friday and saturday, the next rain maker gets here, although that is looking less impressive than it did yesterday. But still a chance for light rain to come back. Well it is certainly refreshing. It has been a long time coming. We needed it. We are making up for lost ground. A long stretch of beach is becoming a new park buying the beach for 3. 2 million it is the first major coastal beach added to the county. They are adding restrooms, hiking trails and picnic tables. Coming up the Olympic Torch Relay is suspended in greece because of the coronavirus. Also ahead, another probasketball player diagnosed with the coronavirus. Christian wood of the Detroit Pistons has become the third nba player to test positive for the coronavirus. According to reports wood is showing no symptoms and doing well. Mitchell tested positive after his teammate gobert test eded positive. I want to thank you for your support. I feel fine, things are going well. Taking the proper precautions i know, i have to stay in isolation. So solo in here, playing video games and cant wait to get back out there and play for the best fans in the world. The Greek Olympic Committee halted the remainder of the torch relay, the summer olympics torch relay got under way thursday in a low key ceremony, but after large crowds turned out for the opening leg of the relay the committee decided to suspend the remaining stops. There are lingering questions about whether that will actually happen. The president of the u. S. Soccer federation is stepping down. In a statement he said the Organization Needs to head in a new direction. His resignation comes days after the response to the gender equality law suit. Suggesting the mens team requires a higher level of skill than their female counterparts. Coming up. Bay area businesses struggling to stay open as the number of customers dwindles. The American Red Cross trying to get the word out, they need blood from healthy donors. Metastatic Breast Cancer is relentless, but im relentless too. Because every day matters. 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East bay seeing the rain, oakland i have been watching you get steady rain. Here is the takeaway on what to expect. Wide spread rain for the first half of the day, things get interesting. You will get breaks of blue skies, but there will also be isolated thunderstorms mixed in with this. Those should primarily be focussed in the north bay. A crack of thunder and maybe even small hail and the snow in the sierra continues, we have to talk about the winter storm warning and 4 feet of new snow. I will be back with that in a bit. The coronavirus pandemic has been hammering businesses from wall street all of the way down to mom and pops. Things are so bad in chinatown some restaurants that normally would be packed are closed instead. Here i am, easily finding a spot in the heart of chinatown, that is a very bad sign for the businesses around here. This restaurant has gone dark for two weeks. Shutting down for the month of march after business fell off of the cliff. 70 . At lunch, and dinner time almost 90 . He said customers stopped coming fearing they can pick up the virus being too close to others. They still have to pay their rent and food, and it is really hurts. Many stores have cut back on hours or temporarily suspended operations. Including this seafood restaurant. A few doors down, closing early, not a single customer today. Not a single customer yesterday. Here is a look at the pacific ren sans [pacif across the bay in San Francisco, very little foot traffic. Some Stores Closing down for a few weeks and those who are staying open are not making enough to cover their utility bills. It is hard time for the Small Businesses and i hope the government can help. Relief is on the way, low interest loans for Small Businesses, and Unemployment Benefits for furloughed workers. With the designation of the National Emergency a lot of the bureaucratic red tape will be waved or relieved. The mayor said the nonprofit is giving nofee and no interest loans for Small Businesses. We can support our businesses. That is utilizing the internet and shopping on line and buying Gift Certificates for a better time that is ahead of us. What is good for Public Health may be bad for the economy. It is still safe to hop and eat out as long as you wash your hands often and keep a safe distance from others. And in San Francisco tourism is taking a hit. Busy spots like pier 39 are usually full of crowds on the weekend but yesterday they were empty. One entertainer who works there said his business has been down 50 amid the coronavirus fears. The American Red Cross is urging healthy eligible donors to step up to the plate and give blood. Corporate blood drives are being canceled in drove as businesses shift to work from home policies. We are struggling right now because of the coronavirus, it is obviously struck us nation wide and a number of donors that have decided not to donate blood. Over 1500 blood drives have been lost. To try to keep everyone safe the red cross is taking the temperature of every potential donor. Staff members on pres