an eerie weekend in the way area. the coronavirus crackdown, cancellations, perhaps the rain keeping people home. new confirmed cases, many counties ban large events and daily life becomes vastly different each passing day, each passing hour. good morning, it's sunday, march 15th. i am liz kreutz. we have full coverage of all of it in a moment. first we want to start with a quick look at the weather. we are getting some much-needed rain. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning, liz. big winners the east bay, oakland, berkeley, el cerrito. not so much in the north bay. some of you a couple 0.01, others well over a half inch. we have one on our storm impact

scale. chance of scattered showers. live look at doppler 7, our sweep of rain changing to snow up in parts of the lake county, yountville is wet. over to guerneville and jenner, south from hercules to western marin. a break archound walnut creek a scattered showers milpitas through san jose. it's 50 santa clara. 47 in mountain view. a chillier start out there with 44 in 1:00 the showers become more scattered and through the afternoon a few weeks of sun, a possibility of a thunderstorm arrives throughout the day and the evening hours and we'll talk about a chilly and wet start to the week ahead. in just hours, we'll be getting an update on the first

case of community spread coronavirus in sonoma county. leaders say this is an employee at the rower in park health center believed ex-poelex exposed from a source outside the facility. a second patient has been tested with result pending. details today at noon. while you were sleeping new bans on public gatherings took effect in a few counties. santa clara counties, extends to groups of more than 35 people, includes bars and restaurants w some exceptions. in contra costa county, gatherings of more than 100 people are banned, through at least march 31st and late last night in san mateo county, gatherings of 50 or more people are banned. fewer than 50 have to provide soap or hand sanitizer. a look at the current confirmed coronavirus total as of this morning. sonoma county up to four with

the newest case of community spread. santa clara county reported 12 new cases yesterday pushing its total to 91. san francisco also reported five additional cases and marin county added two new cases for a total of five. a total now in the bay area of 208. happening today, of course church services will be impacted around the bay area. episcopal churches will not hold public worship services in parts of six counties for the rest of march, exceptions to the no public worship policy could be made for funerals and weddings. grace cathedral in san francisco plans to livesteam the services today. church of jesus christ of latter day services canceled public services until notice. as laka customer service agent at sfo tested positive for coronavirus. alaska says an employee felt sick and left work on tuesday. their positive test result came back friday. alaska is working to identify anyone who may have come in

contact with this employee. the airline says it is thoroughly cleaned its employee break room and any areas where the agent worked. new results show president trump has tested negative for the coronavirus. it's part of several new updates nationwide including an extension of the u.s. travel ban to include the uk and ireland. elizabeth he has more. >> reporter: president trump in a rare saturday afternoon briefing telling members of the press he has been tested for covid-19. >> i decided i should based on the press conference yesterday. >> reporter: saturday night white house physicians revealing the results of its test, neglecttive. officials are urging social distancing. the president joined criticism for shaking hands. >> reporter: why are you shaking hands, sir? >> it almost becomes a habit, people come up to me, shake hands, it's a natural reflex. shaking hands is not a great thing to be doing right now, i agree. >> reporter: the u.s. travel ban now expanded to include the uk and ireland.

in italy alone, covid-19 claiming 175 lives in the last 24 hours and in france, the prime minister announcing that nonessential businesses including restaurants, cafes and cinemas will close until further notice. back here at home, hospitals are gearing up for potential patient overflow. >> the testing is really everything right now, because we have to figure out which patients have the covid-19 and which patients don't. why? because we have to isolate those patients to make sure they don't spread the virus. >> some cities now offering drive-through testing from san francisco to seattle, denver,

birmrochelle, new york. take a look at this, arriving international passengers seem to have no room to socialize distance at chicago's o'hare airport. crowds there. o'hare is one of 13 u.s. airports now, including sfo with extended screening areas to check arrivals for coronavirus. patients complained about scenes like this at dallas-ft. worth international and claim nobody is offering them hand sanitizer or protective masks while waiting several hours. thousands and thousands of people are try igto come back home from europe. if you've been driving on california's freeways, you may have seen signs like this, i did coming into to work this morning, more than 700 digital highway urging people to socially distance, "less is more, avoid gatherings." usually it's never next while driving or driving carefully while construction workers are

working. with the crackdown on large crowds, some are still hitting local bars. laura martinez found some bar owners are much more worried than their customers. ♪ >> reporter: bars and dplubz san francisco have seen better nights but coronavirus concerns are not keeping people from having a good time. >> it's celebrating st. patrick's day with my friends, people i love. >> reporter: and there's no hesitation going out and being around people. >> as long as you're cautious and you're, you understand what's happening, it shouldn't be a deterrent to do anything else. >> not scared of it. i'm scared of the reaction more than the virus. >> reporter: staff at this bar off polk street are trying to take every precaution possible. >> we're using all recyclables and no glassware. >> reporter: the owner at tonic says business has been down 70% this past week. >> i don't think we can overstate how serious the financial impact is going to be across all bars in san francisco. this is definite tating. >> reporter: at kell's irish

restaurant and pub the owner wishes the city would mandate restaurants and bars close and go on lockdown. >> if we get a lot of people in, who are we putting at risk, and at this point, i'm kind of leaning towards closing. >> reporter: he says he's staying open only for the employees. he's not concerned losing business around the st. patrick's holiday. >> probably one of the busiest days of the year but that's really not the point. i even forgot about that. >> reporter: in san francisco, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> and people are now being ordered not to visit patients in san francisco hospitals, that includes friends, even family. the concern of course is people who aren't showing symptoms can unwittingly infect vulnerable patients with the coronavirus. the ordeal will continue through april and violations could result in a fine or imprisonment. hospitals are allowed to make some exceptions. women giving birth should check with their hospital about the rules. in the east bay, officials are reacting to the covid-19

pandemic and taking small steps to help small businesses clobbered by the crisis. abc 7 news report er >> covid-19 is impacting everyone's lives. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf says the coronavirus is hitting businesses hard. many restaurants are forced to closed temporarily because customers have stopped coming. some downtown streets are empty. >> we're slow but you know, we are even, the stores are open a long time so still have customer come in. >> reporter: but a lot of people are staying away? >> i know. >> reporter: manuel torres is struggling to keep his long time restaurant on webster street open. >> now it's very, very slow. have 50% enthe customer is very, very slow. >> right now, what is good for

public health isn't necessarily good for the economy. >> reporter: at a news conference where microphones were disinfected pen speakers practiced social distancing from each other officials offered supported to small businesses during the crisis a online resource tool with information on zero interest loans and help with tax bills. >> our staff and our finance department, our revenue department is ready to work with to you make sure you can meet those obligations in a flexible manner, which includes payment plans and waving penalties. >> reporter: mayor schaaf says customers can still support oakland businesses without even leaving the house. >> instead of cooking, order delivery from one of your favorite local restaurants. go online and buy some items from your favorite local stores. >> reporter: congresswoman barbara lee wants to make sure new pending coronavirus legislation will make things like hand sanitizer, now in high demand, available in stores. >> hopefully this legislation will help manufacturers now understand that they have got to step up, and make sure that

these tests are available and make sure that hand sanitizer, medical devices and everything that people need. >> reporter: mayor schaaf is asking small business owners to document financial losses during the coronavirus crisis, indicating the possibility of financial assistance in the future. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. a rare sight in california the normally crowded streets surrounding nearly empty. the resort is shut down through the end of the month. tourists are forced to reschedule their visit to the two parks. one family from new zealand was able to enjoy the attraction for a few days. >> disappointed. >> reporter: what was the best thing you saw? >> grisly peak and guardian of the galaxy. >> reporter: the 56-year history it has had three non-weather-related closures, the decision came the executive order on thursday by you go nmpb

newsom. disney cruise lines stopped departures through the end of the month and disney florida tomorrow. we dedicated an entire page to all of our stories about it. find the latest updates and how you can prepare and help at abc7news.com. you can also download the abc 7 news app to get breaking news alerts sent to your phone. take a break and talk about the weather. as you can probably tell we are also practicing our social assistancing here inine ining -. >> the rain ended, a few showers but it will continue. another wave coming our way throughout the morning hours so it's going to be on and off, and we will look at much chillier temperatures, low snow levels. 44 in santa rosa. 50 in hayward right now. scattered showers around the bay. it's not a total washout. we'll talk about when you'll see the breaks and a look at a chilly, wet start to the week ahead, next. >> thanks, lisa. students in flux confirmed coronavirus at stanford and cal,

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stanford university students are scrambling to move out by wednesday. the university gave the order after a student tested positive for coronavirus. the person is self-isolating while the school back tracks where that student visited. li luz pena reports. >> reporter: as the deadline approaches, students are feeling inches. >> the student body has a sense of uncertainty. >> reporter: david cross is an international student from canada. he's xempexempt to having to le campus on a short notice. the university president said "we will be prioritizing

international students who cannot go home, students who have known severe health or safety risks and students who are homeless." >> it's harder for me to do my classes from home. we don't have internet, so tankfully stanford is letting me stay here. >> reporter: stanford's decision was made after santa clara county officials banned events with 100 or more people and restricted gatherings of 35 people or more. stanford senior hannah reyes has her bags packed. stanford paid for her ticket home >> last night we received an email saying we had to leave by wednesday. >> reporter: where are you going? >> flying back to home in connecticut. >> reporter: at home, many will be able to continue classes job line as they wait for whatever happens next. >> a lot of people talking coronavirus. a lot of people sayinged good-b to their friends, disappointed, sad, worried. >> reporter: stanford is asking professors to make final exams for the winter optional. as for the gyms and recreational

centers will be closed. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> uc berkeley has a student who tested positive for covid-19. the university believes no one is at significant risk. in-person collapses suspended since last thursday through the end of spring break, march 29th. campus at this point remains open. many san francisco families are also scrambling to find child care, with the city's public schools closing for three weeks, starting tomorrow. >> the kids can't come with me to work and it's going to cause me to lose pay, lose wages, lose benefits in order to stay home to provide for my kids. >> the school district plans to have students complete assignments online but one teacher fears students may lack access to computers and wireless. >> it's a big inequity issues, putting things online do our students have the capability to complete work? we are working currently with our community school program to

get students chrome books. >> the san francisco marin food bank has food ready to feed children who rely on free and reduced meals at school, starting tomorrow, families can pick up food at 14 schools across san francisco. several districts across the bay area have resources like this for students as well. we have the exact locations for san francisco posted along with a fully updated list of school closures and event cancellations on abc7news.com. we also have a ticker running here at the bottom of the screen with complete coronavirus information, so you can check there as well. b.a.r.t. staffers are working on ways to limit contact and make passengers feel safer. we know ridership is way town. one idea is a personal hand strap general manager bob powers demonstrated himself. >> take the strap, loop it around the top you're hanging on to something, not touching any metal surface, your stop come

up, strap comes off, off you >> so far 75% of people said they'd use the strap. it is creative. b.a.r.t. ridership severely dropped since the outbreak. friday's ridership was down 50% from the same time last year. in the south bay, the valley transit authority is reducing its light rail capacity and suspending school transit starting tomorrow. the halting of school service is no surprise after santa clara county ordered all schools to close. trains will be one car. the vta says that could change once it gets a better look at ridership data. more businesses are closing their doors. abc 7 stopped by urban outfitters last night in courte made madera. the retailer is shutting down for at least two weeks. the company owns anthropologie.o everlane nshut down but will be

online. p patagonia closed, not available online and several tahoe ski resorts are shutting down due to the outbrea. northstar, and veil resorts which owns all three made the decision to close all north american mountain resorts until then. squaw valley and alpine meadows is suspending operations today with no immediate plans to reopen. as we're talking about the snow we also have rain in the bay area this morning. let's go over to lisa argen tracking the forecast. >> hey liz. the system is slow to get out of here, the one yesterday that brought us the showers really concentrating on the east bay, parts of the south bay. here live doppler 7. there is certainly some breaks out there but more rain offshore. as we go in closer, mt. hamilton, temperature just above 30 degrees so looking at a rain/snow mix. ce

there and westward toward san jose and campbell we have some showers, a little break on the peninsula, more offshore here into the north bay and around vallejo looking at a few light showers on and off as you travel up towards the north bay. geyserville a little wet and in the mountains 28 to 30 degrees, all snow, that winter storm warning continues into 11:00 tomorrow. it is 50 right now in hayward. 54 in oakland. 48 in berkeley and temperatures are certainly chilly on the coast with the upper 40s. mid-40s in santa rosa, surface winds pretty gusty, anywhere from 15 to 30-mile-an-hour gusts along the coast at sfo, napa and oakland take us through the morning hours and the winds lighter as we go into the afternoon when we see a few breaks out there in our overcast. as we look at the winds, you can see the yellows indicate the breezy conditions at 6:00 tonight, and things are less che of showers though tonight, even

possibility of a thunderstorm. so we're going to keep this rainy, d f thrt the morning hours. we get a little bit of a break this afternoon, and as we look outside right now, you can see that pretty dark out there, morning showers, chilly temperatures, sunny breaks in the afternoon, and then more showers getting a little bit more invigorated with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and then monday, a couple of showers into tuesday. let's take you through the rest of the day. 7:00 you see the line here. slicing across the north bay. by 10:30, we have widespread rain from the north bay to the east bay, livermore and san jose. here we are at 3:00 in the afternoon. the north bay has been dry. you're getting some sunshine, and in fact yesterday you really had the least amount of rain here, but everyone gets a little bit of a break in the afternoon, and then here comes tonight, the overnight hours through your monday, more showers perhaps if you're headed out early to work, and then into the afternoon we'll call it partly to mostly cloudy, but still the upper elevations pretty unsettled

here, as we get into later on monday. how much more rain today? not a whole lot. we're looking at from 0.1 in hayward and redwood city, 0.2 along the coast, maybe 0.3 in san francisco. 0.o2 in the north bay. the snow continues to pile up with a couple of feet at lake level. more than that as you get down towards kirkwood there. highs under the partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, showers in the first half of the day. low 50s at the coast. mid-50s at best in our inland valleys. chance of thunderstorms tonight, so that little break throughout the afternoon, then another chance of thunderstorms tonight. tomorrow we're looking at a level one on our storm impact scale and then by st. patrick's day, a few scattered showers around. you can see a couple breaks during the middle of the week. spring arrives on thursday and still kind of cool out there, this is kind of the weather we should have gotten in february. >> right, we talk about there was no rain, no snow in february, finally we have that snow up in tahoe. we understand why obviously

these resorts need to close but it's rough all around for so many people. >> for sure. >> thanks, lisa. the next chapter of your voice, your vote tonight. joe biden matched with bernie sanders, but what happens with the democratic debate given

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now your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. >> making news as you wake up, sonoma county is confirming its first case of coronavirus from community spread. a noon press conference will be giving details. it's the fourth total case there in the county. santa clara, san francisco and marin county are also reporting new cases this weekend. new restrictions on public gatherings started at midnight in three counties. groups of more than 100 people are banned in contra costa county. santa clara county no larger than 35. good morning, everyone. i'm liz kreutz. we have much more ahead on the coronavirus pandemic, growing in the u.s., but first, we are getting much needed rain here. let's go over to meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey, liz. good morning to you. a level one on our storm impact

scale continues for the first half of the day. by tonight we could see a chance of a thunderstorm embedded with some hail and low snow levels below 3,000 feet. here is a look at live doppler 7, up to the north around lake county, cobb mountain the pink and the purple indicate rain mixed with snow. it's raining in geyserville, cloverdale, healdsburg and guerneville. napa by the delta and vacaville wet weather. hercules a break in the east bay. diablo range a little pink. south san francisco into san francisco scattered showers and around mt. hamilton, where we thoughmo it is 48 in novato. 46 in fremont. chilly, wet weather continues for the first half of the day. 10:00 we've got showers. it's in the upper 40s, as we go towards about 1:00 our east bay, our south bay begins to break up in the north bay, a lot like yesterday. you're going to see less and

then by the afternoon we are partly cloudy, but more rain is on the way to start the work week, and it looks like we're going to keep this regime going for much of the upcoming work week. i'll explain in a few minutes. liz? >> thanks, lisa. president trump's rose guard andres to the country he declared a national emergency over the coronavirus, he also claimed google is launching a coronavirus testing website. it turns out that may not be exactly quite right. here is rachael scott to fact check. >> reporter: mounting questions about the program the president promised the american people. >> it's going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location. >> reporter: touting google's work on a website with easy access to coronavirus testing information. >> google has 1,700 engineers working on this right now. they've made tremendous progress. >> reporter: and it wasn't just the president.

dr. deborah burkes of his coronavirus task force holding this up chart to explain how it would work. >> where clients and patients and people of interest can go, fill out a screening questionnaire. >> reporter: the vice president jumping in, too. >> and then at the same website are targeting a little bit of their parking lot so people with drive-through test. >> reporter: google tweeting this system on behalf of their sister company the website is in the early stages of development, and that it plans to roll testing out in the bay area with the hope of expanding more broadly over time. today the vice president was pressed for an explanation. >> the discrepancy of the website, google's involvement. >> we're working literally around the clock and i know that our whole team working on this public and private partnership couldn't be more grateful to all of the hard-working people at google that are helping to put

this website together. but tomorrow, 5:00, we'll have very specific description tomorrow. >> reporter: the vice president said there were plans to launch a version of the website in northern california monday. as for plans for a possible national rollout he said the details are coming tomorrow evening. rachael scott, abc news, washington. >> google issued an updated statement reaffirming they are working with the government on covid-19 and add they are promoting information on the home page and youtube. coming up on "this week" national institute of allergy and infectious diseases direct why are druchlt fauci will talk about the covid-19 threat and the government's response, at 8:00 a.m., here on abc 7. the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the presidential election. tonight answer head to head e be sanders and joe biden will not

have a live audience, moved to phoenix to cnn studios. who are say ramos was no proximity with someone who was in direct contact with the person that tested positive for coronavirus so he will not moderate the debate. he was cleared but made the decision out of an abundance of discussion. happening today, we are expecting the final passengers from the stricken "grand princess" cruise ship to finish disemba disembarking. the ship has been sitting in the port of oakland this past week. now comes the process of testing the passengers. northern california passengers have been quarantined at travis air force base, a handful fairfield inn and suites in san carlos. a spokeswoman said the collection process could take several days. bheest've seen the videos, l across the bay. this video was yesterday at the cost co business center in south san francisco. lines wrapping around the building. stores across the country are having the same trouble keeping up with demand. here is nbc news.

>> reporter: amid the growing coronavirus pandemic, people streaming to their local stores where they're finding long lines just to get in. >> it was quite crowded and we had to wait outside for about 20 minutes before they let us in. >> reporter: experts are calling it fear contagion and the fears pushing people to panic buy. >> there's no water bottles, there's no bleach, clorox wipes. >> reporter: and that panic leading to empty shelves in stores across the country, as shoppers look to stock up on essentials. health experts say shoppers should concentrate on items part of of a healthy diet but also stock up on staples. >> you get the rice, the beans, the spaghetti, things like that, peanut butter. if you have all of that on hand, you don't have to make as many trips to the grocery and be in touch with other people. >> reporter: two supermarket chains publix in north carolina based harris teeter announcing they will be closing all locations early each evening to concentrate on cleaning and restocking store shelves.

the cdc is suggesting otherwise of getting groceries, through delivery services. >> you can ask the delivery service to leave the groceries outside your door or in a neutral place if you're concerned about contact with the driver. >> reporter: in terms of medical products the cdc says be sure to have over-the-counter medicines and medical supplies to treat fever and other symptoms. most people will be able to recover from covid-19 at home. cvs announcing it's working on plans to facilitate covid-19 testing and the drugstore chain adding it's taking other steps to help waiving charges from home delivery of prescription medications and making diagnostic testing and telemedicine visits available with no copay. another concern is price gouging and the doj issued a warning saying it will not hesitate to bring criminal charges against companies and individuals caught engaging in such activity. abc news, washington. >> the race to avoid a nursing home crisis with the elderly

being a critical target to coronavirus. how a national task force is helping to protect our older citizens. with all the kradinecrazine, we have a great look at acts of kindness happening all over including from our favorite, steph curry. a live look from our san rafael camera over the bay bridge at the ferry building, is what we have there for you. time right now is 5:38. there is our san rafael camera. a little bit of slick roads there this morning. we'll check in with lisa, when we get back. stick with us.

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especially those living in nursing homes. more than two dozen residents in the nursing home in washington state have died of the virus. a new national coronavirus task force has announced new measures to protect the elderly in facilities across the country. >> nursing homes should restrict all visitors effective immediately and that includes all nonessential personnel. there are some exceptions for end of life. >> in addition to that ban, all group activities, including communal dining are canceled. health care workers are also being screened. the nation's top infections specialist says the risk of infection is significantly less for healthy seniors without any underlying conditions, but of course, as you get older, you're more susceptible. you're not going to be able to see your dad for a while. that's the sacrifice we're all making. >> it's sad. a little scary but r from yesterday. it continues into a portion of your sunday. 49 in concord.

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welcome back. here is a live look from our exploratorium camera looking out over the city skyline. we're tracking more rain this weekend. we'll check in with lisa in a minute. time is 5:44. first here is abc 7 sports anchor chris alvarez with this morning's sports. >> good morning. with nearly every sport shut down for their foreseeable future the nfl made no official changes to its offseason schedule, meaning that as of now, the new year, which includes the beginning of free

won here h t can happen. players are flying across the country to visit teams before signing a deal. that's just hard to do or justify at this s closing for a least two weeks. if the nfl continues as usual, the new league year starts wednesday at 1:00 p.m. pacific. major league baseball canceled spring training pushing the start of opening day at least two weeks. according to the "san francisco chronicle" giants players are working out plans to return to the field soon. the league gave players three options, return home, return to the team's city or stay at the spring training fa settle. brandon belt told "the chronicle" as far as he knows players staying in arizona and giants are deep cleaning the facilities this weekend and reopening the stadium monday. there was baseball on saturday night. trevor bauer organized a charity whiffle ball game in arizona deserts with players sticking around after spring training was

suspended. art warren the trophy, it was a youkn detroit f pistons forward christian wood is the third nba player to test positive forutah jazz rudy gobe first confirmed followed by teammate donovan mitchell. wood played last saturday and jazz, and the nba suspended its season wednesday night for a minimum of 30 days. phoenix suns are getting creati creative, encouraging fans to watch suns games played on nba 2k20 the video game streaming on their twitch channel, posting game high lites on the page as if a game was being played in the simulated game. the mavericks beat the suns 150-136. happy blirt day to warriors stefan curry who turned 32 on saturday. a three-time champ, two-time league mvp and six-time

all-star. his basketball accolades go on and on. currently enace i had wife are community food bank and observingified unified to make sure kids still get meals. he posted a link on his twitter page. enjoy your sunday. >> what an awesome couple. let's get a check of the weather with lisa. >> hey liz, good morning. starting out with scattered light rain showers. you can see the breezy camera behind me. our sutro tower cam wind gusts 30 miles an hour. the weather system allowing for morning rain on through the early afternoon. it's a level one on our storm impact scale today. we're going to keep it going tomorrow into tuesday, but tonight we get a chance of thunderstorms, primarily in the north bay, the peninsula. snow levels easily at 3,000 feet. lake county lower than 2,000 feet and we're already seeing that rain/snow mix for mt. hamilton, up towards cobb

mountain. live outside it's slick out there. give yourself extra time. if you're headed out, it's cold. mt. hamilton, the precip, the rain/snow mix from the pink to the purple and as we go into milpitas and san jose, santa clara, you folks picked up anywhere from a third to some areas a half inch of rain yesterday, and some light showers continue from the peninsula, south san francisco, burlingame, 280, up through the city here and the sunset, but in the north bay, you have been lacking for sure. yesterday only about some of you maybe a quarter inch but less than that and as you see from middletown through petaluma a few scattered light showers but looking at santa rosa over towards vacaville it's pretty quiet out there. it's snowing in the mountains. winter storm warning continues for another 30 hours and we're looking at 47 mountain view. 46 in novato and certainly the cold air in place. the breezy winds, and current winds at the surface 30 miles an hour in oakland. about 15 san francisco and you

can see the winds up inlf mn ba so itllas to do with the system traveling town the coast down the coast to the west of us, allowing for showers to keep going and a cool day out there. so we'll keep that in mind as we go through the next 24 hours and going to go and work the computer on this angle since my clicker has died. all right, so as we go through the next couple of hours, you'll notice that the rain is going to be with us throughout the coast, along san francisco, into the peninsula, and now i got nothing, folks. anyway, looking at 0.1 of an inch to 0.3 today and after that pushes on through we'll see a few showers as we get into your monday and tuesday. so the snow continuing, maybe a couple feet. one to two feet as we get towards lake level and then looking at around three to four feet around kirkwood. here is a look at the

richmond to san rafael bridge light to moderate. the sun will be in the north bay in the afternoon and the rest of you scattered showers throughout the day, in the east bay and the south bay, so they'll linger there longer and then looking at a few showers to start your monday. couple more on tuesday. looks like the driest days will be wednesday. thursday spring arrives, and looking at another cool system as we arrive into next weekend. so certainly not unusual for march to see the cool, wet weather, and we're going to keep that trend going. for the next seven days, we could see another inch of rain. >> okay. pretty good and helps us feel better staying inside as we keep our social distance. >> yes. >> ms you over there. >> still here. >> thanks, lisa. in the midst o the coronavirus crisis, it's also important to take a much needed look at the good that is being done and there is a lot of it. news reporter robyn curnow

reports on the random acts of kindness giving people most. >> reporter: most of one of the most insiduous effects of the virus is fear. we can see hope through the actions of others. a round of applause from their balconies in a show of gratitude for the doctors and nurses caring for the sick. basketball star steph curry and his wife are helping to raise money to buy a million meals for children in california who may not have access to lunch anymore, because of the school closings. >> we want to make sure that we rally around everyone and ensure that these kids are not wondering where their next meal is coming from. >> reporter: local communities are asking people to buy gift certificates and vouchers their favorite restaurants to keep revenue coming in as fewer people are choosing to dine out. a woman in oregon tweeted about an elderly couple afraid to go into a grocery store so she went instead to get their food. her tweet is being shared over 100,000 times. >> it's a difficult time.

people are really scared. there's a lot of nerves, i see it in schools, in grocery stores and other places around the community that i live in but you know, kindness helps. >> reporter: people have been using harn ha#coronakindness on twitter, how communities are coming together as more and more people are isolated and sick. robyn curnow, cnn, atlanta. let the binge watching begin. we have one big early release you can watch with a family while you're sitting at home, social distancing.

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because at t-mobile, we have a plan designed just for you. >> if you in the family are planning on hanging around at home today, we want to remind you of a disney surprise. "frozen ii" is out early on disney plus, it's three months ahead of schedule. of course, it's big news with schools closing, leaving millions of children at home. of course, also disney is the parent company of abc 7. a final check of your weather now lisa argen. >> a little rainy, good morning and the rain will continue for the morning hours especially in the east bay, the south bay. theth bay h s how damp it is breezy and we'l look for this to continue for the bulk of the day for some of you. as we look live right now, from 8:00 this morning to about 1:00 in the afternoon, the wettest

part of the day. the richmond-san rafael bridge, the golden gate bridge, north of here you're going to get breaks throughout the afternoon. so the driest and sunniest part of the bay will be the north bay. the rest of you it's going to be wet, showery and windy out there. liz? >> thanks, lisa. new public gathering bans in the bay area taking effect in three different counties starting this morning. more on that and how it affects you. with all the rules on public events and social distancing, a look at how life in america is getting more and more isolated.

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i'm his kruds i'm liz kreutz. there are new developments in the coronavirus outbreak. we have full coverage of all of it in a moment. first we want to start with a quick look at the weather. we are getting some much-needed rain. here's meteorologist lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> hey, liz, that's right. it will last throughout much of the day. it's a level one system for most of you. as we look at the storm impact scale we look at scattered showers, gusty winds and a chance of thunderstorms later on today embedded with hail. snow levels dropping below 3,000 feet. a live look at doppler 7, as we go in closer look at the rain/snow mix from cobb mountain up to the north. raining from healdsburg to santa rosa and penn grove, on and off heavy downpours. westward the cell moving into the sunset in through daly city. a look at mt. hamilton, the south bay from fremont, the hills, milpitas and san jose some wet weather. 53 in