Watching kron 4 news. 3 people are now dead in california because of coronavirus thanks for joining us. Attorney and im can way and i pale more the latest death comes out of elk grove in Sacramento CountyHealth Officials there say a woman in her 90s with an Underlying Health condition died today in an assisted living facility the Sacramento County department of Health Services also released a statement saying in part. We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of this individual. We will work with all of our partners to protect our most vulnerable residents from exposure to communicable diseases. This of course is a developing story. We will keep you updated as we get Additional Information also developing out of san jose 3 airport workers have tested positive for coronavirus. We just received this statement from the tsa and says the officers are receiving medical care and all tsa employees say of come in contact with over the past 14 days are quarantined at home. Screening checkpoints remain open at the airport in the agencies working with the cdc as well as the California Department of Public Health and the Santa Clara County department of Public Health to monitor the situation as well as the health and safety of our employees and the traveling public. Right now more than 1400 passengers have disembarked from a grand princess cruise ship which is still docked at the port of oakland, but there are still hundreds more waiting to get off that ship kron fours michelle kingston reports from open with the latest on the efforts to get everyone on land and in quarantine. From where were standing we can actually see people getting off the ship but were told theyre taking about 100 people off every hour now of course people on that ship im very anxious to get off and to get on with their 14 day quarantine. 45 getting off the ship getting on with the next incredible adventure steven smith and his wife michelle hope to disembark the grand princess cruise ship tuesday night after being stuck inside their cabin for days because 21 people on board their crews tested positive for coronavirus these are photos sent to us from the ship but Health Care Workers covered head to toe in protective gear at the port of oakland to smith say that passengers are not so protected as they disembark and they were right next to each other. And long lines with very little protection 19 of the 21 people on board who tested positive for coronavirus or crew members they are in isolation on board the 2 passengers who tested positive were some of the first to get off the ship on monday. At an Afternoon Press Conference governor Gavin Newsome said 407 people were taken off the ship monday and as of 01 00pm tuesday, an additional 269 people were taken off their being busted Travis Air Force base miramar dog buns in georgia or lack linden texas where they will be quarantined for 14 days, this is also where theyll be tested for coronavirus. Take care of everybody. And he said passengers and crew. Versus care to care. In oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. More bay area schools are closing because of coronavirus the archdiocese of San Francisco announced today its closing all of its 90 Catholic Schools for 2 weeks, starting thursday after the San FranciscoHealth Department confirmed one of their students tested positive for coronavirus yesterday are sciences has schools in San Francisco marin and san mateo counties concourse taylor spoke to students and parents tonight, the Sacred Heart Cathedral preparatory in San Francisco, she joins us live now from the city with more on what they had to say taylor. Well Sacred Heart Cathedral prep of will be closed tomorrow thats a day ahead of the rest of the Catholic Schools set to close on thursday in addition to the closures after School Activities like sporting events and fundraisers theyll be suspended as well. I think its great i think its good news. I think that we should take precautions now and not wait until the fires hit sally suarezs daughter is a student at Sacred Heart Cathedral preparatory in San Francisco. One of the 90 Catholic Schools, closing across the bay area this week. She says many parents are now juggling their schedules but its better to be safe than sorry theres parents working with each other to make sure that their students are taking care of why theyre at a school on tuesday, the archdiocese of San Francisco announced its closing all of its Catholic Schools across San Francisco, marin and san mateo counties by thursday. They say the decision was made following confirmation by the San FranciscoHealth Department, one of their students tested positive for the coronavirus the closures include afterSchool Activities sporting events and School Fundraisers its safer communities. I think its a good thing think its necessary and a decision on the administrations for all students wont physically going to school for 2 weeks theyre expected to complete course work from home and continue their seimetz basically a regular school day so were going have to wake up early but pretty much thats it. Okay so you still have work do in and you still have projects to get done pretty much it. The students say the coronavirus threw a curve ball for many schools is never been like expecting that like this year and start off with pandemic hoping to get things back to normal as soon as possible right now the Catholic Schools are scheduled to reopen on march 25th. The archdiocese of San Francisco says that these are non Vacation Days and again students are expected to complete their work from home so for right now theyre not planning on extending the school year because of the closures reporting live in San FranciscoTaylor Bisacky kron 4 news taylor. Thank you. We are also following School Campus closures and other parts of the bay area tonight many schools say they are suspending face to face classes to try to prevent the spread of coronavirus kron 4 grant lodes joins us now to give us an update. On todays announcements grant a campaign you have to wonder how widespread this becomes it seems that each day that passes more and more schools are going this route canceling classes either as a precaution or because they say theres reason to believe someone in their district could be infected a parent has already tested positive or what have you u c berkeley and stanford have eliminated all face to face classes, everything is online right now and in the south bay, San Jose State University suspended classes through friday classes will resume either fully online or what it calls distributed instruction as of next monday. The campus will remain. Says they will be online until at least april 13th campuses remain open their final exams. Those universities low high school in San Francisco. Stakeholders. Us for the virus, a deep cleaning has now been completed. Prep in San Francisco. Cath. Next monday after learning so connected to the school tested positive for the virus can have all right ground have a little audio problem there. So were going to try to fix that thing all right. The coronavirus 7 demick is now affecting air travel forcing airlines to reduce both international and domestic flight and some Industry Trade groups believe that the virus may even be worse for air travel business then the 2001 terror attacks and his call for some well bellow shows us even the frequently busy check encounters at sfo are scarce a passengers today. Here at sso International Flights to destinations that arent even coronavirus hot spots are starting to be scaled back now. And theyre expecting more domestic flights to be reduced as well as you see Large Companies announcing that theyre scaling back the travel of their employees, the airlines are really adjusting their schedules to reflect the fact that theyre simply less people flying right now scaling back and preparing for the worst Flight Cancellations caused by fears of coronavirus are starting to affect Airlines Worldwide couple this week was cuantos announced scaling back of flights to australia and also iberia announced the suspension of service to madrid. So thats kind of outside of some of the expected locations where youre really hearing about a lot of cases, sfo spokesperson doug a cull says right now the airport has recorded a 3. 1 reduction in flights. But that number is likely to rise as airlines like delta and united announce a 25 reduction in tickets sales in recent days, you can even see a difference an uber pick up areas that sso normally packed with travelers was clearly less busy on tuesday and were in the process of pricing out exactly what all the latest here live schedule reductions represent in terms of reduced revenue at the airport. Its difficult to say at this point because the reductions continue to come in despite the fears though some are still choosing to go through with their travel plans and are being met with empty airplanes self west only 54 people was on the planet should have been a 174 and coming back, i think there was under a 100. I gore during this time to india. I wont say yet. Cost less of them before us and fellow passengers practicing better hygiene to back. Took all the precautions all the lights on it. Sanitary everything even on the plane, youre anything you talked with all of this does come some pretty good travel deals from several different airlines, however, it remains to be seen just how many passengers take them up and those offers at sfo know well bellow kron 4 news. Bart says ridership has dropped 8 in recent weeks it could be a sign more people are working from home because of the coronavirus this is video of the embarcadero station about 8 oclock this morning. The viewer who sent the video says there are usually a lot more people that time of day. The rising number of cases of Santa Clara County has led to a 30 day extension of its local emergency declaration, the Health Department says stopping the spread of the virus is going to require all hands on deck. Kron fours rob fladeboe reports from san jose. How big a deal is this and how serious the answer to other questions posed by the board of supervisors tuesday begins with slowing the spread of coronavirus and staying combs is the countys Public Health officer doctor sara cody, but its incredibly important that we stay calm and we stay unified and we minimize the chaos as much as possible. The county has ordered a 3 week ban on social gatherings of more than a 1000 people a band that will impact both the San Jose Sharks and earthquakes, we know there are many folks who are carrying the virus who are not confirmed cases. San jose mayor sam liccardo weighed in calling for more testing while pushing for a moratorium on the eviction of renters impacted by the coronavirus has today we have perhaps several 100 people for around im not able to earn a paycheck and that number may grow to several 1000 in the days and weeks ahead. And weve got to do everything we can to give the keep families in their rounds supervisor dave cortese voicing concerns about outreach for the homeless and others most susceptible to coronavirus the unintended consequences of a Young Healthy person carrying this virus may be that. Somebody undergoing chemotherapy or somebody. Who is contracts it and they cant withstand as supervisors were told that all 45 people diagnosed with coronavirus in the county at least 21 have no travel history or known contact with an infected person. So what that indicates is a significant level of community transmission. But again we do not have the surveillance tools in place to clearly define. But we had enough information to spur us to take much more aggressive action and that is why last night i my Health Officer order to ban gatherings groups larger than 1000 in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. We are learning of new coronavirus cases possibly from San Francisco kron 4 confirmed today, 2 people who attended the are as a Cybersecurity Conference at Moscone Center in the city from february 24 through the 28th tested positive for the virus. The rsa website is now advising attendees to see their medical provider if they have flu like symptoms. Over the weekend San Francisco city officials ordered a 2 week ban on non essential group events of 50 or more people at city own facilities. But not an outright ban like the one issued in Santa Clara County. Mayor london breed says that decision is based on the information from experts every decision that we is made based on the data. From Public Health experts say its uncertain at this time based on the cases that have been provided as to whether or not were going to take it a step further. San francisco supervisor aaron peskin says he is sure that ban will be enacted soon offer now warriors fans continue to gather inside chase center to cheer on the dubs the golden state hosted the la clippers tonight, one fan told us that she came to the game to support the people who are working inside chase center. Sports director mark carpenter will bring us highlights of tonights game later in sports. The big west conference is banning spectators in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus. The conference made that announcement today for both men and womens games, the tournament kicked off today with womens games at long beach State University the school had already stepped up regular cleaning of its facilities. March madness meanwhile will go on as planned to the National CollegiateAthletic Association appointed a coronavirus Advisory Panel to discuss options for the Mens College Basketball tournament. After weighing the panels recommendations with guidance from the cdc nc double a leaders decided to play the games as planned, but they admit that could change if the situation worsens first games are set for march 17th in ohio, San Francisco is going to delay the 100 and 50th anniversary celebration of Golden Gate Park the event was originally set for saturday april the 4th but mayor london breed says she is following Public Health recommendations and postponing the Community Celebration until later this year. One of musics the largest events will be delayed because of the coronavirus organizers announced today coachella will now be held on the second and 3rd weekends in october instead of in april and stagecoach has also been pushed back to the last weekend in october organizers say all tickets for the april dates will be honored for the rescheduled dates Ticket Holders will be notified by friday on how to get a refund our coronavirus coverage continues on our website just go to kron 4 dot com and look for the coronavirus section under the news tab there you can find a link to an interactive map that tracks the virus around the world, a special report on how to stay safe from the outbreak and a timeline of the events from the initial report of the virus up until today all right, lets get our first check of the weather on this tuesday night as we give you a view of the bay bridge in the embarcadero in the city our meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has a smile on a face is that many 1000 more rain course pam so the rain event its not all around the bay area were seeing a couple of popup showers actually still in the south bay, so yeah got a couple raindrops out there you see the system is spinning out the coastline. And bringing with it the showers kind of diminishing as the sunset look at almost thunderstorms this afternoon. Some places reporting over 2 inches of rain more rain all the way down los angeles and san diego even the ball. Just a couple of scattered droplets across the bay area. But there you go Santa BarbaraSan Luis Obispo you see those heavy storms rollin