well boys grant lotus is here to explain what is being done grant a lot to cover a deep and then when you think about disruptions to daily life obviously if you get sick that's huge. >>you lose your job that's huge but for parents that are so fortunate enough to maybe be working a lot of them have to suddenly deal with their kids try to teach their kids who were in school and all the sudden they're not just the night becoming kindergarten teachers on the fly and it's a a lot to deal with certainly a stressful time obviously for parents trying to wrestle with this it is one of the biggest challenges that they are facing and today governor newsome announced that even in the unlikely chance that campuses do reopen this year. students do not have to worry about standardized testing trying to take something off their plates one less thing to worry about but that still leaves education leaders with the daunting task of finding ways to make sure millions of students in the state continue learning without setting foot on campus today. we asked the state superintendent of schools. what's the p

any moment now on a relief package called the family's first coronavirus response act kron 4 grant lotus in the studio with what all of this means for the country grant well ken and pam number one money this emergency declaration means that. >>a lot of money is now available to help fight this crisis $50 billion will go to both state and local governments in response to the outbreak as part of the executive actions. the president is working with drug companies to expand coronavirus testing across the country. the plan also includes a new public private partnership featuring drive through testing sites. ceos of walmart target cvs and walgreens said they'll be opening their parking lots across the country. so you can do these drive through exams, the president. his promising 5 million more coronavirus test kits that will be available within a month. >>we therefore expect up to half a million additional tests will be available. early next week will be announced the location is probably on sunday night. they want to thank roche great company for their incredible work cut also like to thank t

>>that was jill porter reporting and that wraps kron 4 news at a tram lotus and a killer the officerwith kron 4 news at 09:00am thanks very much coming up nexton kron 4 news at 9. it's the first county to implement a mass gathering bain the untry santa clara county. declaring that ban after a growing number of confirmed cases of coronavirus a lot of them community-spread with the county thinks this will do to help curb the spread and the first person has died in that countyfr the coronavirus us the coronavirus stricken cruise ship it's finally docked in the port of oakland we have reaction now. >>from passengers on board for their 14 day quarantine keep olks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum. cake in the conference room! showing 'em you're ready... to be your own boss. that's the beauty of your smile. crest's three dimensional whitening...

>>that wraps up kron 4 news at a grant lotus and vicki liviakis are here with kron 4 news at night i and thanks very much coming up next at 9. he threatened a mass shooting according to police and had the means to carry it out tonight, a south bay ups worker is behind bars the threatening texts. he allegedly sent to co-workers and the disturbing discovery police say they made when they tracked him down. >>the virus cases exploding across the globe and here in the bay area where there are several new infections. we talk to an expert tonight about the dangers of the novel virus compared to the flu class with more former candidates now backing a job by our political analysts weigh in on what it will take for him this is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service. he revitalized american manufacturing as the head of our middle-class task force. he led our efforts to combat gun violence. he fought to make college more affordable, championed landmark legislation to protect our women from violence. joe's candid, honest, counsel made me a better president and a bette

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i'm grant lotus and i'vicki liviak tonight, president trump is underscoring the importance of the next 30 days. >>in the fight against covid 19 and tonight we're learning about new machines to disinfect and 95 masks at today's white house briefing president trump said each machine can disinfect 120,000 masks per day and each mask can be disinfected up to 20 times using these maches could dramatically help the shortage of personal protective equipment in our hospitals and tonight. we're also being told that more than 1 million americans have been tested for the coronavirus which according to the president is more than any other country in the world. tonight there are more than 784,000 cases of covid 19 confirmed across the globe with over 37,000 deaths here in the united states there are more than 160. 3,000 cases with just over 3,000 deaths in california there are more than 7,000 confirmed cases with 146 deaths even more locally we now know that we have more than 2000 confirmed cases in the bay area. the latest numbers here santa clara county has 848 cases, 28 deaths, san mateo county

our grant lotus is here with thone local moer who says she is frightened about what's to come tre. so many people who work inestaurants, hotels even random yossi we're going to plant store whatever all these people right now are just terrified wonring. >>when will it d you know we looking at 2 weeks 3 weeks 3 months, nobody knows that's the problem, it's the not knowing for t past 8 years hereour look around, but has woed as a housekeeperat san francisco's marriott marquis steady job reable ince health benefits, but the single mother of 3 is head or 40 hourwork week cut to 0 hours as restaurants, hotels stores of all kinds all over e state now are shutting down. laura look around but says she is really worried about r kids and her health insurance. >>i'm a single mom and i have 3 key it's signed on the ones providing fothem. this land kind that inses aboutwhat's happening because i really urn asked the leisure and hospitality industry is somewhere aroun12% of the state's own work for second around 2 million workers now is just getting are killed. >>the constructn industry finance i

that was jessica mensch reporting and that wraps up kron 4 news at a tram lotus and vicki liviakis are standing by with kron 4 news in an campaign, thanks very much. we're tracking the latest on the impact coronavirus is having on schools. >>more and more districts are shutting down seemingly by the hour just today we learned about 5 closures new tonight at 9 we're hearing from a student who explains how the impact is being felt beyond the classroom. >>plus we mention thatfar ridership is down more than 30% now due to the coronavirus concerns that drop in passengers is costing the system up to $600,000. the steps apart is considering to make up the money and the first nba player to test positive for the coronavirus is now apologizing after intentionally. >>touching the media's equipment microphones and such days before he was diagnosed, he also touched. his teammate items in the locker room, what utah jazz center rudy go there has to say about the video that is ♪ dramatic choir music ♪ dramatic choir music ♪ dramac choir music it's the rush of relaxation. troducing the alnew lincoln co

. >>> this was reported before 1:30 this morning on lotus court. there were no injuries, but multiple cars and tools burned. the lifted nearly half a million dollars' worth of damage. >>> developing now, seton medical center could shut down as early as next week. the hospital's owners are expected to make the announce. they could partner with the hospital's owners or acquire the hospital altogether. the current patients will be placed outside of the county if the hospital closes. >> >> win or lose, tonight is sure to be a celebration for the golden state warriors. steph curry will return tonight. they tweeted out this video in anticipation. >> there is always work to do and you have to have a passion about what you do. >>> love it. the two time mvp missed 58 games. he practiced on monday in the g league. the warriors take on the defending champs tonight. tip-off at 7:30. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi takes aim at facebook and how she said the company is helping to spread lies by the trump administration. >> plus the coronavirus has a lot of travel

thank you for joining us at 9 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus mickey levy aac is the us has over 85,000 confirmed cases now that's just ahead of the 81,000 cases in china and 80,000 in italy, italy of course has the most confirmed deaths of any country with more than 8,000. >>more than 1000 people have died here in the united states here are the latest numbers in the bay area santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit area in the bay. it now has 542 cases to go along with 19 deaths. our 195 cases and 5 deaths in san mateo county, san francisco county with 223 cases. 2 deaths in the city, 131 cases and one death in contra costa county. 178 cases and 4 deaths in alameda county. marin county has 65 cases, 31 in solano county 44 in sonoma county to go along with one death there. and napa county now has 7 cases globally the number of confirmed cases is now more than 531,000 in more than 24,000 people have died. the us has more than 85,000 cases and 1290 people have died here in california we're seeing 4,032 confirmed cases, china reported no new cases last week for the first time. th

thank yofor joining us tonight at 8 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis tonight,n 4 news continues tracking the spread of covid 19. and rit now the us has the most cases of coronavirus in the entire world here are the latest numbers in the bay area tonight santa clara county porting 83 more cases today that includes the 6th sheriff's deputy there to be infected. and it brings the county's total to 542 cases that includes 19 deaths, san mateo county with 195 cases and 5 deaths. 223 cases in san francisco. 2 deaths in the city contra costa county has 131 cases and one death alameda county with a 178 cases and 4 deaths, 65 cases in moran 31 in solano county sonoma county has 44 cases and one death and napa county is up to 7 cases right now there are more than 530,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide and more than 24,000 deat here in the us there are more than 85,000 cases with more than 1000 deaths and in california. there are now more than 4,000 cases with 82 deaths and while the number of cases in our ate continues to climb new york statd has more than 10 t

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thank you for joining us at 5 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis our top story tonight tracking the coronavirus outbreak in the bay area. >>this afternoon governor gavin newsome announced that there are now 157 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in california and tonight. we are also nitoring that grand princess cruise ship whi was kerry at least 21 people who had coronavirusit is now docked at the port ofoakland and hundreds of passengers are still waiting to get off the sh tonight, it docked sterday after being forced to idle off the california ast for days more than 600 passengers have been taken off the ship and sent to militay bases for quarantine but they' still so many more people on board there just waitio get off. our kron four's michelle kingston is live for us tonight from the port of oaknd, michelle. >>i can tell youthat those passengers are certainly starting to lose their patients as they're waiting get off of the ship today and the plan is to get about a 100 according to governor gavin newsome but remember once or off the ship ey don't get to go

i'm grant lotus our big story tonit that statewide order to stay home as coronavirus cases continue to climb in california and here in the bay area tnight they're almost 500 confied cases of the virus in the bay rea santa clara county is in the lead the sad lead 196 cases there are new deaths in santa clara county bringing the number of deaths there up to 8 san mateo county with 100 cases and one death. san francisco county is upto 76 cases contra costa county has 42 35 in alameda county marine county is up to 25 10 in solano 9 in sonoma county and napa county fortunate, ill has 0 confirmed cases, globlly there are now more than 270,000 confirmed cases of vid 19 in more than 11,000 deaths in the us there armore than 18,000 ses. nearly 230 deaths and there are more than 1000 cases of the virus here in california alone 19 people in the state have died thusfar that's al according to the johns hopkins university coronaviru tracking map. today millions of cifornians. they stayed home from work obviously their kids are not in school. it is the economy kron four's dan kerman is following at p

lotus 8 plants in europe have to offset the production halt in china. not for much longer says the optimist fun fun. but c.e.o. your load it is not convinced. this is why it's unprecedented i can't recall anything like it on our planet in my view when we've gone through this and i hope we deal with it sensibly i think we'll have to think about what needs to change in the future. for that all of us. for example will there be calls to curtail international business travel. fanfan usually travels back and forth between germany and china spending 2 weeks at a time in each country. she has a team of 30 in china but for now she can't go and see her colleagues or her family . so she communicates with them online from her base in hamburg. video calls are the order of the day the company's offices in china poland both area and spain. me and with. me. here in. the corona virus outbreak may have started in china but it's now become a global problem. if you must know we've shipped a bunch of masks to our offices in china in spain and italy masks are running short w

>>thank you for joining us tonight at 5 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus vicki liviakis tonight more connor brown, a virus cases are being confirmed here in the bay area, including the first 2 cases in san francisco bay within the past minutes or so we learned another passenger from a prior voyage on the grand princess cruise ship has died. and sunnyvale police just sent this tweet they said officers there did cpr on a 72 year-old patient today who wasnconscious not breathing that person did not survive officers later learned that the patient had been on the grand princess cruise. the one in mid february where 2 other passengers on that ship contracted the virus. placer county man on that ship also died. we have a crew heading right now to sunnyvale to try to get more infoation about this story and we will certainly bring you updates about that throughout the evening, meanwhile, happening now lol high school in san francisco, the prestigious school his shut down after the district learned that a relative of a student is being treated for coronavirus the school all events and gatherin

everybody, i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus tonight we are continuing to practice social distancing here at kron 4 we are of course encouraging you to do the same. >>for the first time global cases of covid 19 have surpassed 200,000 as the death toll around the world and here at home just keeps on climbing. in the bay area there are now more than 400 cases santa clara county is a local hot spot for cases there are 175 6 deaths there officials announce another death from tuesday of a man in his 60's, san mateo county has 80 81 death the san francisco county has 51 contra costa county 41 alameda county 31 solano county has 8 moraine county 15 sonoma county has 8 and napa county has no confirmed cases at this time. >>and as you saw tonight more than a 1000 people have died from the virus. and at least 118 people have died in the united states that figure was less than a 100 just yesterday. according to the johns hopkins university coronavirus tracker global cases have soared past 200,000 with more than 7,000 cases in the us it's almost a 1000 tonight. there are more than 750 confirmed

everybody, i'm the king will pam moore in for grant lotus tonight, the victim is an elderly patients possibly exposed to the virus during a cruise to mexico. at least onotheon board that trip were also infeed that ship docked a cked in san francisco in the patient who later died. >>mayhave exposed people in the bay area ship then embark on another trip and is now being turned back to san franciso with people on board experiencing flulike symptoms. we have team covere on this breaking news tonight ashley zavala she is live for us in sacramento, where the governor is revling the state's plan for this cruise ship but first kron four's dan kerman joins us live in san francisco about the state'sfirst death and whether that patient may have exposed others to th coronavirus stand. >>what we're live outside peer 27, which is the cruise ship terminal here in san francisco and this passenger did come through here earlier last month and then when they came throughere they had already had symptoms for 2 days, potentially expong not only passengers who were aboard that ship but also people here i

>>thank you for joining us tonight at 5 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm catherine heenan and our top story tonight, slowing the spread of the coronavirus. >>and how you can help protect yourself and others as you can see we are practicing social-distancing here kron 4 catherine an eye. our different desks hi catherine high we're going to be doing this for the foreseeable future we obviously have much more than the recommended 6 feet of the distance between there's lawrence over here to my right is about 8 feet away so the gang's all here but just in a little bit of a different set up at least for the time they together but not exactly. >>and now to our top story roughly 7 million people are being told to stay home in the bay area. the legal order does limit activity a travel and business functions to only essential needs. here's what it means all residents are ordered to shelter in place in their homes for 3 weeks, leaving only for essential needs and that applies and the following counties, san francisco more him santa clara san mateo alameda and contra costa counties taking

the numbers are coming in we're getting poll results into our newsroom right now kron four's grant lotus joins us here in the studio. he has the latest grant ad panic an exciting night we kind of see where we stand at least a in terms of all of these 14 states in the polls to just close in minnesota and colorado minutes ago. >>those votes though are still being counted. we do though have projected winners in several states already. so far former vice president joe biden has 3 victories in alabama, virginia and north carolina, let's first though start in arkansas all right now we're you see with 3% of the vote in joe biden is leading there with 35% of the vote. and there are 52 delegates at stake biden is also the projected winner in north carolina, the former vice president is writing a wave of momentum the sea, he also one alabama or at least is the projected winner there a blowout win for. >>the vice president in that stayed here is north carolina and joe biden south of the mason-dixon line is red hot tonight really writing the wave of momentum. he obtained. after winning south carolin

opening its borders and actively promoting refugees and inviting them to cross into europe via greek lotus from that moment on greece ceased to see the refugee crisis as a humanitarian crisis it suddenly became a crisis. for the sovereignty of greece a test of greece's ability to defend its borders from a threat that comes from greece's traditional rival turkey and it became a defense issue it became a national security crisis and the humanitarian elements the fact that these people coming across the borders are not military targets was lost. greece actively and openly. did pushbacks at the land border and at the maritime border turkey released video on march 2nd showing 3 coast guard vessels pushing back refugee fields or of the dinghies with a long wooden poles which i think in turkey's calculation would show greece up to be acting badly illegally and so on but europe actually applauded this and when european leaders came to the greek land border with turkey they said that europe is the greece is defending european borders don't deny that is that is the atmosphere that that has prevailed

lines at costco in south san francisco, thanks for joining us tonight at 5 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i think he will be acosar top stories tonight another death in santa clara county. >>a man in his 50's died bringing the total there to 5 deaths and. in the bay area. well the shelter in place is in effect in slowing the spread of covid 19 of course social-distancing is a very important part of trying to flatten the curve you see we're doing it here at kron 4. thank you 12 feet apart lawrence is here too. my right so we will be here with you and for you certainly more than the recommended 6 feet apart and right now governor, newsome is giving an update on the statewide response that after meeting with california hospital leaders, let's listen in life. >>let me be candid and this is a very sober thing to say can say this with certainty but i can say this quite learned late. don't anticipate schools are going to open up in a week. please don't anticipate in a few weeks and i say that because one needs to be honest and i need to be accountable to you i want to mislead you. 6 plus mil

>>thanks for joining us tonight at 5 o'clock i'm grant lotus and vicki liviakis tonight, the world health organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic the global death toll has just succeeded 4,000 people in the us cases have now soared past 1100 more than double what we saw earlier this week and later tonight, the president will be addressing the nation from the oval office we are covering the covid 19 outbreak from every possible angle from what the pandemic declaration means and the latest from the grand princess you know plans to now san francisco banning large of events, including fans will not be attending warriors games. we're also learning from across 4 source with the city of oakland that it too will be banning large events we begin tonight with kron four's maureen kelly she is live outside shea center with the drastic measure. san francisco is taking to try to contain this virus morning. >>that's right grant i am standing in front of the chase center which is one of the venues that is impacted by this band now last week this city recommended that large scale gat

average american contracting coronavirus he remains l joining us now live in the studios are grant lotus was more details on what the vice president had to say he's heading up this. task force on handling the problem flood individuals on among hem folks who are exper in health care obously but also the economy beuse of what the dow has the past weeks really an. >>e issue i think at the forefront here is hohow many people are going to get this how many people die how many people get it and we didn't have enougtests tdetermine that so everybody there says the numbers are gog to go up now at we can actually test l of the people in the country that are showing symptoms so the biggest issue the vice president or atleast one of them is how many confirmed cases do we have w as of today. our nearly a 1000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the u s and at least 29 people have died. doctor anthony found she with the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases says as more people are tested. the number of confirmed cases will rise >>in the ited states we continue to have new cases as of th

today to the trillion dollar economic us response package proposed by the trump administration's push lotus is in our newsroom right now he has details on the federal stimulus package being proposed to prop up the economy grant talking big money. >>today laying out this economic relief package, billion for people and businesses affected by the pandemic and this is on top of that $100 billion relief package voted on last week in the house that would provide sick pay emergency food and free testing. this all means the president is proposing a total of a trillion dollars to try to help the american people through this. one proposal getting a lot of attention is the so-called payroll tax holiday stimulus it would allow the government to send direct checks to people the amount of the proposed checks has not been disclosed. but treasury secretary steven mnuchin says it is vital to get significant cash out to people quickly. >>want to go solid. the country is very strong with never been so strong and that's what going to be doing the payroll tax holiday we get people money over the next 6 to 8 mon

kron 4 news at 5 starts right no thank you for joining us tonight at 5 o'clock i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis as the coronavirus pandemic grows the president declares a national emergency house speaker nancy pelosi announced a deal with the trump administration. >>on corona virus funding and here in the bay area both santa clara and san francisco counties. our further restricting large gatherings. we begin tonight with kron four's dan kerman who joins us live in the newsroom with the breakdown on the president's announcement dan that's right. >>buses today declaring a national emergency said going to have more testing that they make partnerships with the private industry also talked about the possibility of him getting a test for coronavirus. >>to unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency. >>surrounded by federal health officials and business leaders president trump announced the federal government's latest attempt to fight the coronavirus pandemic the action i'm taking will open up access to up to $50

>>thank you for joining us tonight at 5 o'clock everyone i'm grant lotus and i'm icki liviakis tonight, the grand prinss cruise ship which was carrying at least 21 coirmed cases of coronavirus is docked right now at the port of oakland, but many passengers remain on board we're told it could take a couple ofdays to get everybodyoff safely. but tonight we know. >>that a 25 children on board the ship of tested negative for oronavirus kron four's michelle kingston live in oakland tonight with the latest michelle. quite a spectacle seen arod the world. >>that's right in here. it is right behind me the grand princess uise ship they came into the bay around 1o'clock this morning and we couldn't see from where we were but 're told many people were out on their balconies a wavg in just so relieved that finally going to be able to get off the thcruise ship forced to idle for day is off the coast of california becae of people on board with the coronavis has arrived at the port of oakland more than 3500 people were on board 21 of them testing positive for the coronavirus be infected passengers ar

the numbers are coming in we're getting poll results into our newsroom right now kron four's grant lotus joins us here in the studio. he has the latest grant ad panic an exciting night we kind of see where we stand at least a in terms of all of these 14 states in the polls to just close in minnesota and colorado

>>good evening and thanks for being with me tonight at 5 o'clock i'm grant lotus says this pandemic is changing life for everyone, we are no exception we'll be broadcasting from our news room for the next couple of hours and our top story tonight is sending shock waves across the country. a short time ago governor newsome said the letter to president trump saying state officials now project more than half of all californians will be infected with covid 19 over an 8 week period kron four's ashley zavala following this story for us tonight. she is live in the state capital ashley this is just that jaw-dropping prediction. >>yeah grant it's a stunner and with that stunning projection. governor gavin newsom is asking president trump to immediately deploy a floating hospital to help with the potential rush of coronavirus patients here in california. >>in his letter to the president the governor warned the state projects 56% of california's population will be infected with the virus within a 2 month period he estimates that's 25.5 million people use i'm formally requesting to have us navy sh

aston martin and lotus unfold which also have some factories open. u. s. carmakers all being hitit asas well. generalal m motors ft chrysler andnd ford motors have temporarily closed all of the factorieies across the u. s. and this of course. could have a huge impact on the i industry globobally where we saw in china that call sales plulueted 80% last month bececause the viriru. of course the indusustry typing to avoid in the region across the world. nine can for we catch you do you think it's closose how. did it end the week and- it badly. up a very lowest week badly at. the attempt a rally earlier and actually opened. for trading in positive territory. but stocks have since dropped. ending what has been one of the worst weeks in the financial markets since the recession in two thousand and eight we saw the dow jones closing down a full and a half percent off to rallying more than four hundred points earlier in the day. the s. and p. five hundred has also had quite a steep slide heading down by over 4% and the nasdaq bank which was doing well of its te

thank you for joining us tonight at 5 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm the king of the acosar to top stories tonight, the spread of the coronavirus and of course super tuesday. >>and the california primary we're going to the polls in just a few minutes, but first we want to update you on new cases of coronavirus in our area tonight santa clara counties reporting 2 new confirmed cases bringing the total there to 11 at this time only 2 cases only 2 of those cases have been determined to be what they call community transmission. 4 are travel-related 3 are close contacts to known cases and those 2 new cases remain under investigation santa clara county public health department is also providing new guidelines to the community to protect people at a higher risk of getting sick officials say the risk of severe illness begins to increase for people over the age of 50 and then it goes up from there people with underlying medical problems are also likely at higher risk, the higher risk group that is that people over the age of 80 and for people at higher risk officials are recommending

organization has a new interactive map with confirmed cases globally joining us now from our newsroom grant lotus he has the latest numbers from around the world grant that's right ken and pam were posting a link to that world health organization map on kron 4 dot com. and the world health organization as well as the cdc have been feeding information to johns hopkins university who is at the forefront of tracking these numbers globally take a look at the map. we first started showing you this a more than a month ago and at that time. we were all focused on mainland china right you see the who bay province wuhan was the epicenter and certainly the most cases still are there. and we would scroll over here and you see little red dots here and there but now you see all of europe is affected and as you scroll over to the us and canada and south america, you know this is what a global pandemic looks like it's jarring in. bottom right here you see you are in jail. guess you can call it here. these are cases in mainland china and they have leveled off fields plateaued here. the green shows people who hav

>>thank you for joining us tonight at 5 5 o'clock everyone i'm grant lotus tequila the aac is that breaking news tonight, san francisco, public schools as you heard at the top will close for 3 weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic we're covering every angle of the outbreak governor gavin newsom's executive order to slow the spread of the virus and in the south bay for firefighters have tested positive for covid 19 we'll have more. >>on the firefighters now in quarantine 50 of them, we'll have that in just a few moments, but we want to go to kron four's justine waltman. >>who has more on the san francisco school closures just well the entire san francisco unified school district will shut down on monday and this is what the district can deal th the ever evolving coronavirus. >>what i want to get to right now is some of the information we got from the school district because ty had this emergency meeting earlier this afternoon and then came out with this decision late this afternoon. the decision the district decided instead of shutting down schools, one by one as cases popped up shutting down

area suspending classes because of coronavirus concerned joining us now here in the studio is graham lotus with the latest on which schools are closing their doors and adjusting class schedules lot of classes are continuing online but not in person right yeah, if you have some of the schools you have students and a parent is infected and then it's a no-brainer decision to close at least temporarily but some of the e schools like stafford u c berkeley have basically halted in person classes without any confirmed cases and abundance caution. >>and at u c berkeley starting tomorrow. there are going to be online classes, other schools though are canceling outright so at u c berkeley starting tomorrow, the university is suspding almost all in person classes. the campus again doesn't have any confied cases, but officials are saying they're taking extra precautions, a lecture courses will be offered through alternative high tech optionwill it have video. some of these things are still men course capture that students will be using to again still get thelesson but without showg up this change will

has closed its doors due to the coronavirus concerned joining us now in the newsroom is kron 4 grant lotus he has the latest on that part of the story grand camp and the school is called the healdsburg school it's a private school. >>that is canceling classes because of concerns that the virus could spread there. this after finding that one of its teachers may have come into contact with someone infected. the head of the school says they made the decision to cancel classes last night out of an abundance of caution, andy davies stresses no students or faculty been diagnosed with the virus but he just doesn't want to take any chances. >>as a school leader you're always want to confer with the professionals in the field and we reached out to public health, but it was before hours and so we made the decision using an abundance of caution because we wanted to confirm the public health professions. >>they hope to resume. have classes tomorrow, but we have reached out just moments ago and so far nothing confirmed about tomorrow, but so will continue to to stay on that boat. we have this interacti

tomorrow good evening, everyone, thanks for being with us toght at 10 o'clock i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis the president making the announcement from the whe house this afternoon. >>president trump says the disease is expected to peak sotime in the next 2 weeks which he says played a role in his decision. meanwhi, califoia is bring for a surge in corovirus testing this week testing has increased signicantly in night. johns hopkins university found more than 6200 cases statewide and at least 130 deaths in the bay area apa county confirmed for additional cases today bringing the case total there to san mateo county reporting 3 new casebring the total there to to 77. san mateo county san francisco county reporting 32 new cases today. the total there up to 3.40and a 5th death was reported in san francisco county. santa clara county reported 55 new cases today bringing that county's total to 646 25 people there have died. we have a full list of cases and deaths on our website kron 4 dot com. convenience stores and other small grocery stores that sell alcohol in s francisco now ha

>>thk you for joining us tonight at 8 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis tonight, president rump is announcing the extension of national social distancing guidelines through the end of april get those federal guidelines,the 15 days to slow the spread. they were its they were set to expire tomorrow and also today, the white house coronavirus expert doctor anthony found she made a solemn prediction sayingthere will be millions of and more than 100,000 deaths. so far the virus has killed more an 2000 americans. there ar more than 1900 cases santa claracounty contins to have the most local cases and deaths 646 cases in santa ara county, 25 people have died tre san mateo county has 277 cases and 6 deaths, san francisco, 340 cases,5 in contra costa county. deaths alameda county has 240as, including 6 deaths and marine is reporting 74 cases and one death 34 cases and solano coty sonoma has 58 1 person has died in sonoma county. and that he county has 12 cases. >>and tonight, the number of globally conrmed cases stands at more than 1,000 with almost 34,000 deaths here in