contra costa valley, we do have an issue eastbound on 580 getting away from the bay bridge, and there's a vehicle that had to be cleared from the lanes, and nothing major, and in fact nothing major around the bay as the freeways are concerned. and vta will not have light rail service today or when they will restore it. one of the drivers was diagnosed with covid-19, and so for safety sake they shutdown light-rail, and remember to enter through the rear doors to keep you away from the driver as much as possible. >>> eric garcetti is bracing the city for what he believes will be more positives covid-19. >> this might sound small but this is a big deal. we have not just reduced red tape, we have completely eliminated it. >> like many other cities around the u.s. including here in the bay area, l.a. is seeing a big drop in crime with many people now off the streets. >>> there are new details on a push to release thousands of prisoners in california prisons, they are asking a judge to free inmates that have higher complications, and this week governor newsom said he was hesitant about freein

campus eves and in person classes moving orward in light of the novel coronavirus contra costa community and diablo valley college is it's fecting people with weak concerned about that feel ly like. everybody kind of really bling out proportion throughout the day college district chancellor you gene haas met with all 3 presidents of the district's main campuses to discuss plans moving forward on whether or not to cancel classes or move soe exclusively online everything is on the table and so far othing finalized, obviously you know we're all here toget all of our lives and learn and beme. >>our society so in the very impactful for our education preve us from moving on with our lives the college district says it's following state guidelines to protect its population it's also preparing a ntralized web site where staff can receive updates on its sponse the novel coronavirus adng that more details on tentia adjustmes to classes will be announced within the week. >>in pleasant hill felipe gaulle kron 4 news parts as ridership has dropd 8% in recent weeks. >>it could be a sign that more people are working from

it happened around 6 this morning just south of stone valley road. contra costa chp says the 64 year-old man driving the big rig have been ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene officials say it seems that the big rig was unable to avoid a prior collision. that was just ahead of him. driver then tried to veer to the left but crashed into a concrete barrier. the chp also says it's likely he was not wearing his seatbelt. we'll switch things up now take a live look outside right now here in downtown san francisco as we talk about our 4 zone forecast with meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. hey. >>rain today after a month of no rain and this is our wet season. no of that miracle march, but it was more like a misty march it really was misty but some areas did actually get some measurable amount of rain in specially those of you along the east bay shoreline about a quarter of an inch of rain or less for hayward oakland getting almost a 3rd of an inch of rain and san jose also noticing some nice rain out there today slightly less than a quarter of an

you see the line coming up from santa cruz and san jose and santa clara valley and out and out towards contra costa county. and santa cruz mountains incredible amounts. cloudy and cool with off and on rain and some heavy to the south. rainfall decreases into toussaint wednesday. next system arrives later in the week after a break. >>> joe biden and bernie sanders go head-to-head without an audience spit up next to the presidential candidates say they would handle the pandemic if they were in the white house. >>> also voters in four states tomorrow go to the polls but health concerns may keep many voters away at how the polling locations are prepared to ease concerns and provide clean voting stations. my money should work as hard as i do. that's why i use my freedom unlimited card to buy heavier weights online. got them! it's go time. (groaning) with freedom unlimited, you're always earning. i should've purchased lighter weights! >> welcome back, it is 4:14 am. i knew paul says voters are split on how president trump is handling the coronavirus pandemic and this whole is from nbc news and the wall s

valley again. eastern contra costa county. santa clara. down toward the santa clara valley.as been getting rain. could be a little tough for as or giants s. that low is not really going anywhere until we get to the weekend when it will get kicked out of here. projections are still impressive for las vegas, los angeles, palm springs. not so much san diego but over to phoenix. almost an inch and a half for some then. system dropping down for the north, showing every sign of being a very winter-like system here with low snow levels and a lot of snow. maybe feet up around south lake tahoe with over one inch to an inch and a half amounts forecast for around here. not today. that won't be until the weekend. today, 60s to near 70 degrees. partly cloudy. a little cooler. looks quieter on thursday and friday. then all signs point toward the weekend for a big change. >>> another east bay city is banning landlords from asking potential renters about some aspects of their past. coming up, which questions they can no longer ask. and how the move is meant to help more people find a place

lingers for the inland east bay while the heaviest of it now moves out into the central valley forest contra costa county if you're around antioch scovery bay oakley out towards mountain house we are seeing some are of rain still lingering on couple of showers right around a little further south the at san jose is dry ck out snowfall still lingering in the blows just east of san jose from this point on most of us got sptty showers ahead of us aftea widespread a ran ventearlr this morning that some of you may be just slept through. the of one of its biggessnow idst events of the season as we havecontinued to see snowfall over multiple ds up in the sierra now thisis going to do really good stuff for snow pack in he high country as we make our y into the eveng, couple of showers remain, but you're going to notice shower activy gradually diminishing through the day tod and gradually further diminishing tomorrow with showers for your tuesday, even more isolated than wt you'll find later day by wednesday and thursday taking a breather from e rain before more of it can be expected into your first weekend

we're going to zoom to the tri-valley -- actually to contra costa county. we do have a disabled vehicle. that's all i hear about. and the bay bridge toll plaza will not slow you down at all. >> all right. that sounds good. people are heeding the warning. thanks so much. our team is covering the impact from the pandemic and what is now a statewide shutdown. first let's check in with "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda live with details on governor newsom's new order and really the alarming warning that prompted it. >> reporter: it was alarming to a lot of people but people are needing to take this seriously. we're pretty used to this but take a look. you can see it's pretty steady out here on highway 4 but lighter than usual traffic because we've been in shelter in place for days now. this affects 40 million people now statewide. governor newsom shared a staggering statistic. infections could skyrocket across the skate if no action. >> the virus will impact about 56% of us. that's a particularly large number. >> reporter: governor newsom estimated 56% infect

mid to upper 40s throughout the try valley and 51 up towards pittsburg and northern contra costa county. 50 in hayward. 51 in oakland. 52 in san francisco. 59 up in los gatos. here's the roof camera. you can see the flags, kind of quiet on the ferry building as we look south along the embarcadero. everything will be good for your commute. no worries driving. cooler this morning. but warm again this afternoon. light breezes out on the bay. the north bay, 70 by 11:00. we go from 41 to 70 in the span of a few hours. that's a quick jump. very summer-like. mid 70s for most of the afternoon. 62 for 7:00. in the east bay, 50s through at least 9:00. 68 at 11:00. 70 at noon. 70s for several hours this afternoon. a cool 64 at 7:00. san francisco will be in the 50s through 9:00. and then we'll try to reach 7 0 again for a couple hours this afternoon. the last time we'll do that for several days. we'll talk about that coming up. here is jobina with the commut good morn >>> good morning, mike. green across the board. usually we see a little red spot -- just popped up. look at that. right on cue. the

contra costa health services but in an abundance of caution, the west contra costa unified school district is now closing its schools on monday march 16th, the remain closed for 3 weeks until april 6 students up valley high school say the closure will not only fact they're learning but also affect their after-school events. >>school just got shot down all of all of our events have been canceled all of our spring events. we had a drag show that's postpone now. prom is canceled current of eyes thing doesn't resolve itself. i by may. i some competitions are also gone because it there's over 50 people. even like games and all all that stuff is baisden like we have nothing to look forward to. >>students also explained to me that they will be doing their assignments from home so that means watching videos doing online learning and some group phone calls. now in addition the district says that they're moving up the spring break up to the week of march 30th to minimize the disruption of classes because obviously that disruption is now going to be for 3 weeks here reporting live all taylor's sacking kron 4 news. thank you taylor in this afternoon, a major announcement for all san francisco, public school stu

contra costa county has its first confirmed case of coronavirus. tonight, that's not the only new case here in the bay area. >>> plus a tense school board meeting tonight here at san ramon valleyed as more than 400 teachers protested as their union inch >>> developing news, more bay area residents tested positive for the coronavirus tonight. >> contra costa county and berkeley both reporting their first cases. kpix 5's andrea constand with what we've just learned. >> reporter: these two cases are very different in berkeley. health officials have an idea of how the patient contracted the virus, but here in contra costa county, they are still searching for the answer and the concern is is that this is not the only case. >> this case suggests that coronavirus or covid 19 may be circulating in contra costa county. [no audio ] >> reporter: now here's what we know about the patient. he is a man over the age of 18 and has an underlying medical condition. he was admitted to a hospital on sunday with respiratory flu- like symptoms. he is currently in critical condition. health officials say there is no known travel history or contact with a coronavirus patient. right now they're retrac

contra costa county still filtering in back from the valley. but most of it is to the south of us down into central california, las vegas. phoenix had a quarter of an inch yesterday. the low which is responsible for the cloud cover and some of that rain really has no place to go except towards southern california so we'll keep some clouds mainly to the south and the forecast. and some very impressive rainfall total oefrs the next couple of days. for los angeles, las vegas, and phoenix if you are going down to see the a's and the giants. now only 4" away. but san jose will make up some ground this weekend. pretty cold system on the way. look at that projection over the sierra. 2" that will transfer into feet of snow. snow levels down to 2,500 maybe 1,000'. 60s on the temps or low 70s. then we cloud it up saturday. the rain starts to the north late saturday then for everyone overnight sunday into monday, pam. >>> 6:20 is the time. another big night for joe biden. we have a look at the states he won and another successful night of presidential pri

valley. livermore is getting a little break and there is more shower activity into contra costa county. this is gradually going to diminish. at the time we look at the radar once the sun goes down this will fall apart. we picked up some much-needed rainfall from the salesforce tower. almost .5 inches of rain in livermore. .24 in redwood city. just over .12 in santa rosa. high temperatures only in the mid-to upper 50s across the board today. a cool temperature with low to mid-30s in most locations and upper 30s and some of the valley spots which is a little bit chilly for mid-march. temperatures tomorrow will almost be like today. mid-50s around the bay and mid- to upper 50s as you head farther away from the bay. the shower activity will calm down. a couple of sprinkles are trying to make their way on shore. it will be influencing our weather for scattered showers. for keeping an eye out for any showers. we will have a couple of dry days as we head into the weekend. temperatures are normal for friday and saturday. >>> a former warrior tests positive for the coronavirus. it is business as

contra costa health services but in an abundance of caution, the west contra costa unified school district is now closing its schools on monday march 16th will remain closed for 3 weeks until april 6th students ethanol valley high school say the closure will make learning more difficult. >>it is going to be a little hard to do all of our work online. especially since ike using tablets the sec is not really easy. and the fact that we're going to have to like talk to our teachers over like a video called probably our watch like you to videos that they make for work. i know it's probably going to be hard to like learn in the next 3 weeks. >>now students say all their after school activities like games practices in any other events will also they canceled the school district says that they're also pushing back the spring be spring break to the week of march 30th to minimize the disruptions because obviously the schools being closed for 3 weeks is a huge distraction across the school dist icts reporting live in tunnel taylor kron 4 thank you the walt disney family museum in san francisco's presidio will stay closed through march 20th. >>after an employee tested positive for coronavirus museum says the employees

. >> reporter: and some families here at pinole valley high school and other schools in the west contra costa school district learned that their school shutdown is going to last another week. they won't go back to school until april 13th and experts say that it's very important for parents to reach out to other parents for support and also to try and bring students in to connect with other students. >> a good time to get really creative. jana katsuyama in pinole tonight, thanks. >>> with so many schools closed districts are trying to make sure students who rely on school meal programs don't go hungry. more than 70% of the students in the oakland public school system depend on the free and reduced priced meals. today ousd set up grab and go locations at 12 different schools in the city. the meals are being offered to students under 18 years old. they're also available to kids who aren't in the district. today students took home enough food to cover three days of breakfast and lunch. pickup locations will be open every monday and thursday from 8 a.m. until noon through the scheduled three-week

valley heavenly north star and kirkwood have all shut down. and are now working with guests on refunds. >>> mount diablo contra costa county you can see little bit of white of their on top. couple inches of snow. fell at the tail end of the weekend storm.>>> same thing on mount hamilton. several inches on the peaks. most of us just so a lot of rain. it made for a gloomy weekend but we need the rainfall. we have more further down the line. they will get more snow in the high country. we will come back to the rain still falling in parts of the bay area. 2 to 4 inches around tahoe. 6 to 12 inches of snow in the high sierra. winter storm warnings and advisories are still in effect through midday tomorrow. let's take a look at doppler and we still have showers out there. some locally heavy downpour is little bit of rain around san jose. more into santa clara county. a closer look at san jose and this has been diminishing in intensity. enough to produce plenty of puddles on the road. tracking heavier showers east bay as well heading to san ramon. drifting from alameda county across the county line into contra costa county. further north heftier downpo

and pretty good activity lining up around san jose and santa clara valley and in the santa cruz mountains towards arts of contra costa county and santa clara county. 50s on the peninsula, a cool day today with showers into tuesday and a break wednesday through friday and the next system rolling in sometime over the weekend. >>> keeping the lights on during the coronavirus pandemic, the efforts of local restaurants to keep people fed while reducing the risk of social spread of the virus.>> testing for the coronavirus sexing will start today with the first person in a clinical trial getting experimental dose. when will a vaccine be available for you and me? >> welcome back it is 6:15 am, today in seattle a clinical trial for a vaccine designed to protect against the coronavirus is scheduled to begin reportedly it will take ice at the kaiser permanente washington health research and acute. officials say it will take 12 to 18 months to fully validate a possible vaccine and the test will begin with 45 young, healthy volunteers with different doses. now they cannot be infected from the shots because the shots do not contai

contra costa county. in light of the novel coronavir outbreak the chancellor's office says state approvl is not required for such a waiver and campuses like diablo valley college in pleasant hill are encouraged to exercise their local approl authority during emergency personally >>i don't learn very good like if our professors are teaching us we're not going to get anywhere aside from dc. the contra costa communitcollege district encompasses los mcdonald's and contra costa community lleges as well tuesday, the district chancellor met with all 3 camp presidents about how to address transportation events d classes moving forwd so far canceling courses for possibly ving them online has been discussed and the brain trust is preparingto finaze its plans this we as quiet if you likeway eryone is panking is by not going to class students say the drop in attendance at tvc has been noticeab in recent weeks people need to be safe and if you're being tested for and make sure that you just isolate yourself don't be selfish at this point the college district's athletic events are going on as scheduled in pleasant hill felipe should all on 4 news. >>san francisco le

contra costa county d.a.'s office charged the 15-year-old with homicide. investigators say the teenager killed 16-year-old jonathan parker in the high school parking lot after a basketball game between deer valley and antioch. >>> the santa clara county sheriff's office is hoping to contain the spread of the coronavirus in county jails after two inmates were exposed and were quarantined. some were released early to prevent from getting exposed. >> they didn't have sex charges, and they didn't have domestic violence charges. >> the sheriff says the six inmates are now on house arrest with an ankle monitor and all of them have a short time left on their sentence. >>> the coronavirus changing how many bay area police departments are doing business. their goal is to limit the public contact while at the same time respond to more serious crimes. you won't see front counter service right now and all non essential interviews and appointments have been cancelled. at the emeriville police department, the police began a unique work schedule tailored to the pandemic. half of the police department will spend two weeks working twelve hours on, twelve hours off. then the other half will work for the next 14

contra costa county has its first confirmed case of coronavirus. tonight, that's not the only new case here in the bay area. >>> plus a tense school board meeting tonight here at san ramon valley unified as more than 400 teachers protested as their union inch get to the ross spring dress event, where the prices make all the dresses yeses. yeah! save 20 to 60 percent off department store prices on our best selection of spring dresses. the ross spring dress event, on now! with favorites like our golden country fried steak, our scratch-made buttermilk pancakes, and our signature chicken n' dumplins. so come on home to what you love, come on home to cracker barrel. so come on home to what you love, what? oooh... ahhh. no. yeah? yes! oh yeah! sí. yes. that's the sound of saving 20 to 60 percent off department store prices. at ross. yes for less. >>> developing news, more bay area residents tested positive for the coronavirus tonight. >> contra costa d berkeley both reporting their first cases. kpix 5's andrea constand with what we've just learned. >> reporter: these two cases are very different in berkeley. health officials have an idea of how the patient contracted the virus, but

valley. san jose into mountain view, well, it's now 30 minutes less to get yourself to work. and contra costa county to san francisco, drivers are saving about 25 minutes from the bridge all the way to the bay bridge. >> while the happiest place on earth is about to get quietly sad, disneyland following governor newsome's order and closing to stop the spread of coronavirus. both parks in anaheim, disneyland and california adventure, will close this saturday and stay closed until the end of the month. yesterday governor newsome put out that policy that bans mass gatherings of people 250 people or more. hotels at disneyland resort will stay open until monday so that people can make the travel changes they need to. downtown disney, though, will stay open. >> as you probably heard by now, the sports world is shutdown, and that means billions of dollars will be lost. most of the athletes and the owners, they're going to be fine. it's everyone else that's going to get the financial hit. bars, restaurants, ushers, parking lot attendants, and everyone in between. major league baseball was supposed to

of supervisors just declared contra costa county in light of the novel coronavirus office says state approval is not required fo such a waiver and campuses like diablo valley college in pleasant hill are encouraged to exercise their local approval authority during an emergency personally >>i learned very good like our professors are teaching us you're not going to ge anywhere aside from dc. the contra sta community college district encpasses los mcdonald's and contra costa community colleges as well tuesday, the district chancellor met with all 3 campus presidents about how to address transportation, the forward so far nceling courses for possibly moving them online has been discsed and the brain trust is preparing to finalize its plans this week as quiet if you like way everyone is panicking is by not going t class students y the drop in noticeable in recent weeks en people ne to be safe and secure being tested f and make sure that you st isola yourself and us don't be selfish at this pont e college district's athletic events are oing on as scheduled in easant hill felipe gale kron 4 news and we're also following school campus closur and other parts of th

antioch police department for 15-year-old accused of fatally shooting a boy at deer valley high school on the contra costaharged pittsburgh resident dave jan allison in court last month for the homicide and detectives believe that he fled the area and some may be harboring him he accused of killing jonathan parker following a basketball game during a bethel game of deer valley and antioch. >>> women should not walk or jog along a popular recreation area near walnut creek and investors say the same it has got three women this month at the iron horse trail near and over crossing. the latest assault was thursday evening and this man came from behind and interpersonally touched a woman and she was not physically injured and even chased after him but he got away a man fitting a similar description attacked two other women a few hundred yards away on march 4, and again on march 11.>> these are three very serious and honestly very scary events which have occurred over the past 10 days.>> it is sad because i was raised here and i grew up here and now to hear it is not safe i never thought about it before is scary

. >>> in contra costa county, teachers there are demanding a new contract. last night the teachers in the san ramon valleyool district marched in front of a school board meeting. educators in the district say they want board members to direct the superintendent to final identifies an agreement. among their demands, they say they want the district to address class sizes, special education and have more of a say when it comes to the well- being of their students. >>> our time 7:51. sal has the traffic report. >> it's still busy, and even though it's not as bad as yesterday on the peninsula, there's still some slow traffic almost everywhere. slowest is 880. if you are trying to catch a flight at oakland airport, don't be surprised by all this news of slow traffic on 880. it started earlier. motorcycle accident up near downtown. it has been very slow. and the traffic is finally getting to the bay bridge. it looks normal here. san mateo bridge and dumbarton are all right. but we see slow traffic all over the east bay. highway 4 has been slow. the new trend, unfortunately, is for it to be backed up all the way

valley, the dublin interchange. our camera facing there doesn't see any problem. there is a crash reported near the dublin interchange but the transition ramp appears to be flowing just fine. through contra costanty, no problem, the maze is great, the bay bridge toll plaza, we have fewer and fewer cars waiting. that's great news because we have more cash lanes that opened. back to you. >>> it is 5:21. a path of destruction next on "today in the bay," all new video showing the moment of deadly tornado touched down tearing down buildings in nashville. >>> the show must go on for now at least. we are getting a look at late night tv without live audiences kept away by that pandemic. 5:22 right now. you're watching "today in the bay." ok, so maybe we're new to home improvement, but we're determined. we got an insider tip on the ultimate flooring destination. whoa. floor and decor is amazing. look at us. we're shopping alongside real-life designers and contractors. i love this tile. and this one. and, these prices! look at this... durable and water-resistant. we should do the kitchen next! oh, yeah, we found where the pros go. now, we're unstoppable. explore floor and decor in person or online at fl

contra costa has been the thing. 880 northbound, a little slowing as you drive to downtown oakland. at the bay bridge it's about a 15-minute wait. silicon valleyte has been all right with some slowing on 237. but downtown san jobut still not completely sunday morning light if you follow me. 7:39. let's bring steve in. >>> thank you. cloudy, cool for us, maybe some light rain, had some drizzle but it's time for the toyota tahoe report. last saturday snow, 20s, 30s and 40s on the temperatures here. it's going to change here. now, today will be cloudy to mostly cloudy. does look like snow tomorrow. in fact, some. forecast totals have gone up compared to yesterday. mostly cloudy sunday, probably rain on monday. you can see some of the projections here. yesterday was one to five. now they're going three to eight. so maybe a repeat of last weekend. for us cloudy, drizzle, light rain in the hills. that's a start. we'll see if we can continue this theme. it sure looks like it it. 50s and 60s on the weekend. what about the rain? everything still says we'll get some measurable amounts late tonight, tomorrow, to end the dry streak. let's hope so. when it

contra costa county up there to the delta laos llano county extending ba now to the peninsula we're getting finally little bit more coverage down south past half moon bay. but again it's in the santa clara valley to be the slowest to get in there and also to mount hamilton funding getting some acion which by the way in these higher elevations might pick up some snow even locall to look out for it. also about blow to later so here's what we got going on here the shot from u c berkley a lo of it covered up by fog and low lying clouds rain of course soit's going o day today even when the rain l isn't actually happeni. here's how it looks like over the entire west coast and it's this guy here that is drng south throughout the entire weekend and early next we're weak that willkeep the rain in the models as you can see the rain does intensify across the bay earlier today than by later tonight. finally dropping into the south bay. they're the mountain snows were talking about earlier as you n see they have a winter storm warning by thway up there scattered showers tomorrow, here's a dose, e heavier stuff is going to name in the south asia will tice for tomorrow afrnoon evening looks like and for the

contra costa county. heading over to the tri-valley, slow through hayward, 880. a little slowing through mission, and no concerns. and it's an easy drive in the south bay, and a minor incident on 101 that cleared around the embarcadero, so good to go. back to you. >>> 6:20, and still ahead for you this morning, a hard hit bart because of the coronavirus. >>> celebrities are not immune from the coronavirus. next, how tom hanks and his wife, rita, are doing after coming down with the virus in australia. you are watching "today in the bay." just because we're super hungry... ...doesn't mean you got to spend a lot! because denny's brought back the super slam™. with eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and pancakes. all for just $6.99. the $6.99 super slam™ is back! see you at denny's! >>> 6:22 right now. one announcement hitting home for a lot of people when it comes to th pandemic. movie icon tom hanks and his wife, rita wilson, tested positive. the two are quarantined in australia. he tweeted this photo and said they were in australia when they started to feel tired,