The 60s and 70s. Thats 67 should be right down there. But what you are going to be looking at is a mild to warm one nice and sunny skies and a pleasant day ahead of that weekend rain which ive got more about still ahead robin all right, thank you john. Now lets check in on traffic and see how its moving around the bay area we will start off with the bay bridge toll plaza. Its getting a little sluggish and some of the cash lanes but weve had no major issues so far if you come on and right now youre looking at an easy 8 minutes and thats from the bottom of the mace to fremont street a little bit of a backup and some of your cash lanes but thats about it. No major issues. All right were over to the Richmond Center fell were checking in on west 5. 80 which is fine. No problems, no crashes leading up to the pay gates 90 to one of our busiest bridge is so we have a crowd west of the toll plaza its going to be a little busy for you leaving hayward but still no problems are major trouble spot. So go ahead take that trip were at 13 minutes to make it to the peninsula. Theres a big traffic tracker were checking in on more drive times and were right on time for the trip livermore to dublin 5. 80 westbound nice and smooth. 6. 80 south looks good dublin to fremont than nimitz at the limit so far and then to 37 trouble free at 5 minutes milpitas to sonny bill. Were back to our top story that were following for you this morning. The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus a pandemic there are over 1200 cases in the us and 18 118,000 cases worldwide. Now the declaration comes as no surprise right now health experts. Theyre hoping that encourages those lightly touched by the virus to mobilize kron fours dan kerman has more has been assessing this outbreak around the clock. And were deeply concerned most by the levels of spread and severity. And by the ilo to mean levels off in action without the World Health Organization declared the covered 19 coronavirus a pandemic then it just means virus is spreading across the world so its not just restricted to one area or one country its truly a global phenomenon. Well that certainly isnt news to those of us who live in california and other regions that have seen spikes in cases. Experts say the pandemic designation hopefully will spur other cities states and countries to mobilize. By declaring a pandemic i think more counties and states will feel comfortable die declaring their own state emergencies which will then allow them to put into place guidelines for their cities and counties socialdistancing rules and medical experts say that distancing which includes bans on large gatherings is key to keeping the virus in check and not overwhelming the Health Care System if we can to threaten out that bill is time frame over the next weeks to months that actually helps s take that very large spike and everyone getting sick and means that thats the reason we want to start doing socialdistancing in places where theres Community Spread because even if the same number of people get the onus if we can all get a different times thats good for our economy, its good for our Health Systems and thats what what lot of get us through this here in the bay area various jurisdictions are recommending socialdistancing but so far only a few have banned large scale events of over a 1000 people. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Ok so heres a breakdown of the cases across the bay area by county 48 right now in santa clara, San Francisco has 14. 9 in both solano and contra costa counties and there are 3 in sonoma and alameda counties. 2 new cases were Just Announced and moran, bringing the total to 3. Now at least 42 tsa workers at the San Jose International airport are now under quarantine after 3 tested positive for coronavirus there are concerns that passengers may have been exposed and are at risk kron fours rob fladeboe reports. Anxiety. Especially for the younger you think it was for the older ones, but anxiety is going their minds tsa union local 1230 spokesperson, Carolyn Bauer says she and her fellow tsa workers are worried are sst us but of right after we found out monday night so first thing Tuesday Morning before the checkpoint even opened up he had meetings at one terminal and then have meetings at the other terminal. Let us know cvc came in and all of the precautions that they were taking and give us some information in a statement the Transportation Security Administration confirms the 3 officers who work at the airport have tested positive for the covid 19 virus. The officers are receiving medical care and all tsa employees they have come into contact with over the past 14 days are quarantined at home. The terminal b screening checkpoints remain open. The union says some screeners have now been asked to work longer hours is a stressful time says Carolyn Bauer and theyre still having side even though hes fine that Santa Clara County recommendations in the health recommendations. With this kind of disease, especially now that its pandemic. Yeah, theyre theyre and again we have the variety of people from young to old as officers bowers says the infected screeners work the night shift in terminal b screening passengers on alaska and southwest airlines. They were taken off the job february 26, some screeners are Wearing Masks and gloves in the facility is being routinely deep clean. Its not clear if or how many passengers may have come into contact with the infected screeners but they too are worried about close contact with the traveling public says bauer yes when we first heard about this and we had employees that wore the masks they we had some that were allowed to wear the mask as they were very worried are they had allergies are they had more other underlying causes that may make them more susceptible. So yeah they were much more worried about that alvin cup action. Than they were about their fellow employees in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Well nurses throughout the say theyre calling for more training and protective gear to protect themselves and also patients so in valais whole nearly 2 dozen nurses rallied outside of Kaiser Permanente this demonstration was married at other hospitals in Oakland Martina santa clara also San Francisco. The nurses say that they do not have enough disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizers they also say that their protective gear has been downgraded in part because of changing guidelines from the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Were part of the community. We get infected. Then we have the potential of infecting our Family Members who are also part of the community and also people at the stores and you know charges that we attend. Well Kaiser Permanente disputes the nurses claim saving that their staff is fully equipped and trained to handle the novel coronavirus. Well a series of measures are in place to help protect Small Businesses and San Francisco during the outbreak. They include deferring taxes funding and also guaranteed city funding nonprofit contracts. Mayor london breed says that despite the uncertainties surrounding the coronavirus she is certain we will come out on the other side ok we will get through this. This is not unfamiliar territory for San Francisco. We all can thing back in our not so distant past to even hiv crisis and we got through that because we have some of the most. How into it and the best Public Health officials anywhere in the world. Well the city is also launching a website that will serve as a onestop shop for all resources are contacts and also updates for Small Businesses. Will Health Leaders say that regardless of if you get infected with coronavirus or not it will affect your daily life John Lawrence reports. President trump in a coronavirus based address wednesday says an anti viral therapy will be available in record time these treatments will significantly reduce the impact and reach of the virus but in the meantime be prepared for things like rough days on wall street. Extensive cleanings of most surfaces empty shelves in your Grocery Stores and travel restrictions from the white house youre going to see closing down of a new schools, large gatherings. Because you dont have an option youre never going to bring the testing up to capacity in time the nbas suspending its season after at least one player tested positive for the disease. Fans attending the Oklahoma City thunder utah jazz game were sent home shortly before back its like our fans getting taken away trey to kill us but other basketball fans like this one in atlanta approved a lease decision i think that fight. The Health Officials say these steps are necessary to help prevent the coronavirus from spreading even faster were a 100,000 i see you bed short. Were probably 10s of thousands of breathing machines ventilator short. What are we gonna do i mean these are real problems and this is you know hours and days count now not not not days and weeks, im John Lawrence reporting. East bay Actor Tom Hanks us looking on the bright side after he and his wife rita wilson, they both tested positive for coronavirus the actor made the announcement on his Instagram Page he says that he and his wife they started having some body aches they werent feeling. They had a fever, you know theyre in australia are while in australia. They will be isolated until further notice. Well our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues on our website kron 4 dot com. We have so much information for you there you can find the latest on the outbreaks right here in the bay area theres an interactive map articles and you know. Articles on ways you can stay safe. You can find all of this right into the coronavirus tap. So you go to the website. Look for the coronavirus tap and its right under news. As the coronavirus reaches pandemic levels senators push to get more paid sick days and drummer putting in washington how a new piece of legislation will keep sick americans home. A little peek outside before we go a live look from the embarcadero 5th 48 degrees right now in San Francisco, its 52 and oakland 46 in livermore. And 52 in san jose we do have a little bit of cloud cover some fog out there, but its going to be sunny and mild as we head into the afternoon. And were also tracking rain john trimble has your full forecast coming up. 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Fog hasnt cause too many visibility issues this morning so your drive into work should be just fine just a little bit of a low cloud cover if youre driving through the hills making contact with those clouds and thats a little fog in those hilly spots. Temperatures will rise under some clear skies today but dont expect warm conditions for long all that cloud cover well to our north that is going to be scooting its wound or which way down our direction in the days to come so today and tomorrow, nice and comfortable lots of sunshine and both of these days. Good days to get some stuff done that you need to get done before a weekend of that pay if i were you id just take it easy and stay inside because whether its not going to be so great what were going to be seeing is this rainfall pushing in come saturday, its going to be a cold push of rain to as temperatures fall into the 50s. Its going to be chilly and not super pleasant outside this weekend. Youve also got snowfall in the Sierra Nevada thats going make for some pretty slick conditions. Rain will continue to push through the bay area into sunday and likely into monday as well so an extended round of precipitation cool weather just around the corner meeting today and tomorrow are nicer days to do anything that you need to get done because some of runs out of the way 60s to 70s for todays daytime highs a little warmer than yesterday for inland areas will coastal areas actually a little bit cooler than yesterday due in part to that cool marine air that has resulted in low clouds this morning Hayward Union city and fremont each 72 waltz conquered 76 today, Oakland Berkeley and richmond at a nice 70 degrees one 80 on the map thats for you in fairfield while towards the coast 60s and point rays and stinson beach. Tomorrow temperatures just as warm as today skies just as clear saturday sunday and monday are big cool down with rainfall most likely on those days. Rob all right. Thank you john checking in on the morning commute. Its been so quiet all week right we havent happened. You know high volume of traffic that we normally see since so many folks have decided to work from home i 4 because of the coronavirus and you know some schools are closed are offering online classes and thats reflecting and your commute we have a minor weights here at the bay bridge toll plaza stocking up a little bit just off and on in the cash lanes but its been a great trip so far 8 minutes off to fremont street. Its going to be foggy across the golden gate the foggy from the north and to the south in but were 18 minutes right now novato to the toll plaza, so just you know have your headlights and wipers on take it easy dont tell gate because its a little hard to see across the span. Heres 92 little busy westbound on the flat section traficant who used to pick up out of hayward over to the peninsula. But no problems so were at a quick 13 minutes for that ride and theyre looking at traffic tracker were checking more freeways and drive times and they look fantastic. We have 6. 80. Its only 11 minutes for the southbound role that dont bridges doing fine which is 84 west, 5. 80 so quick trip for livermore to dublin, no problems approaching the dublin interchange and then from the peninsula to San Francisco. Northbound want to wanted for taking that its wide open at 6 minutes from brisbane to the 80 split. Plus the coronavirus reaches pandemic levels, lawmakers on capitol hill. Theyre pushing legislation for to get americans more paid sick days, washington correspondent faisal job reports on what difference this could make to combating the virus. To contain the coronavirus members of Congress Want americans to worry about their Health Rather than their paycheck. You do not want an employee who was sacked, to feel like i dont have paid sick leave, i guess a better come to work and then everybody else. Gets a virginia senators, tim kaine and mark warner are pushing legislation, providing Emergency Paid Sick leave we dont know how long it will actually last. But we have to get resources out into the community. The legislation requires all employers to allow workers 7 days of paid sick leave in an additional 14 days in the event of a Public Health emergency like the Coronavirus Crisis coming into a workplace. If you have been exposed or if you possibly. Have coronavirus could wreak such attic as people lose that job or miss that rent payment. One of the duration of the financial dress will be much much longer the extra sick days could also be used if an employer temporarily closes a Childs School closes or a Family Member is quarantined during a Public Health emergency. Advocate outspent hes with the National Partnership for women and families says a sick leave is vitally important to families. Especially those living paycheck to paycheck pace that days or so incredibly important because were not just theyre not available just for the worker to take care of themselves, but also take care of their family both warner and kaine are confident employers will support these efforts to help contain the disease. Reporting in washington and diesel job. Well now to Major League Baseball an exhibition game between the as and the giant scheduled for march 24th at oracle park has been canceled. This comes after San Francisco place a 2 week ban on large events of more than 1000 people. So the city of oakland and Alameda County they also put a ban on gatherings of more than a 1000 people. The yeas are working on alternate plans for its game at the coliseum and they are scheduled to open the regular season on the 26 against the twins so well see if they keep that date. Its unclear games will either be counseled are played on another site. Well now to the south bay, the san jose sharks, the current plan is for the team to play its 3 march home games at the s and p said are. With no fans in attendance, however, the nhl announced the league evaluating all options and they expect to have another update for us today, so well keep you posted well see if their season is put on pause like this all of the nba sharks are slated to be back in the bay area next how about a little peek outside were checking in on the airport traffic looks good on 1, 1, to 80 no reports of any major delays and the weather will cool to mild outside your door shaping up nicely for the afternoon. And we are finally tracking some rain real rain not a little drop in the bucket. Well see when that storm is going to th welcome back 4. 54 on this thursday morning conditions out there pretty clear overall we do have some cloud cover that is pushed in over areas like sfo now this is low cloud cover so could have an impact on flight times at some points today as of right now everything is just fine we are going to be seeing some of these clouds through the course of your morning them right now no visibility impacts really from that cloud cover sitting right above the bay so pretty smooth drive out and about this morning. Right now temperatures are in the 40s and 50s with hayward at 49 degrees, San Francisco, Half Moon Bay in redwood city each a 48 conquered and fremont small san jose too bad at 51 degrees little cooler than we were at this point yesterday seal notice a little bit more of a cool feel to the air as you step outside, taking a look at temperatures in the Sierra Nevada over the next few days today highs in the 50s lots of sunshine overhead now big changes on into the weekend and thats not just for the bay area with our rainfall arriving come saturday and will be a cold rain for us. But look at how temperatures just plummet in the sierra come saturday and sunday this is going to result in some very snowy conditions up in the mountains which is great news for the sierra which snowpack has been dwindling for over the course of the past over months now, even with some recent snowfalls this one is going to amount to some very healthy conditions maybe not the best for your travels but exactly what we need to be seeing at this point up in the sierra i do have more details on the rainfall that you can expect here in the bay area to come throughout the course of the morning over to europe and all right thanks or lets check in on the commute right. That trip into San Francisco looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza we dont have any delays or problems that you need to worry about clear through the maze smooth on the upper deck and easy 9 minutes to fremont street. Heres 92 we started off with some crowding about an hour ago thats going to be you know it always starts really early westbound on 92, so we see the crowd west of the toll plaza every time you check it gets heavier and heavier, but we still dont have any problems or crashes or stall so if you go ahead and pack up the roll out now its a new free 13 minutes to make it over to the peninsula. Were checking in on the Richmond Sandra fell hot spot free. No alerts are problem 7 minutes to the north bay and a foggy golden gate to watch your speed here space yourself out. Looks good though both directions 22 minutes nevado to the toll plaza. Well coming up in the next hour. Weny news at 5 major steps are being taken as the global coronavirus pandemic continues to spread were live with the latest details on the new travel restrictions coming up. 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Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. Thanks for joining us. Im darya folsom and im James Fletcher the coronavirus is the major story gripping the nation right now a pandemic with over 1200 cases here in the us and 118,000 cases. Worldwide here at kron 4 we have all of the angles for you its the only story we are doing so we will give you the very latest developments that affect you and your community. Governor newsome sent out a message advising against large gatherings across the entire state, this is the case. President trump impose new travel restrictions. No flights are allowed from europe to the us senate and american is they can come in, but theyre going to have to be quarantined the nba suspended the whole rest of the season, a player has tested positive. So the Ripple Effect there is going to held and the n c a a says at this point no fans will be at march madness. But that could change the National Hockey league is going to be up day both of
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