kpix-5 is in berkeley with the story that is becoming all too common. >>> here in downtown berkeley, fears paralyzed many patrons from visiting a lot of the shops and restaurants. the revival bar and kitchen on the corner behind me would be booming with business on a nigh >> it is frightening, it is ted we don't have -- we have not been through this dance routine. >> she say chef owner, she opened a restaurant in 2010 and this is the first time she has seen this place nearly empty. >> it is a weird mix. like a storm. there is spicy emotions and frightened emotions and hopeful emotions and then there is just awe. >> reporter: she says at least half of her reservations are wiped out on a daily basis with the berkeley theater closing their curtains because of the coronavirus. >> the theaters announced they are going to close and then we start to see the cancellations roll in. by then i already done the baking and the food prep and started to get ready. >> reporter: the banquets they are gone as well. >> we had 14 private events scheduled for our back room for the month of march and 12 c

this is your look outside at berkeley right here conditions, pretty clear as far as fog is concerned, is plenty of cloud cover overhead though we work our way through this forecast what we are going to be seeing is conditions definitely dry for most of the bay area today a couple of sprinkles off shore this morning and what we're seeing for southern california is that best chance of rainfall out you can see that hanging out right off the coast the central coast right here as well as southern california. so we are going to be pretty dry today a couple sprinkles could make their way on into the south bay, san jose, one oh one south to morgan hill in gilroy tomorrow the same spots do see the really the only potential of a light isolated showers for us most of this rainfall is going to be passing well too far south to be picking up on anything for the bay area. tamar wednesday thursday friday after that we look dry before saturday and sunday. our best chance of rainfall works its way into the forecast you'll see rainfall widespread for the day and snowfall looking very likely for the sier

and uc berkeley like many archives, libraries, is understaffed. when you do the search, usually of a researcher, i go to world.org or archived grid and put in these names. those websites will probably tell you if the person has a collection where the collection is. if they have multiple collections, type in benjamin franklin, i put in heinrich at uc berkeley and then closed collection, researchers can't go in. i read more about him, put together a good case and there's a form you can fill out and those archives that i know it is closed, i know this is a big deal and let me explain why. i am an established author with a real publishing company and this is why this man is significant and you need to open up the collection. i got an email back from the assistant to the archivist, this is probably not going to happen. we are so understaffed and the collection that is close for a reason. two days later her boss, laura michaels emailed me and said we will do it, you are right, he is great, we should open up the deflection. it will take two years. all of

i loved san francisco, he worked out of berkeley, so that was important to me. and then the biggest thing for me -- well, one is businesses making b history, advancing forensics, but does it hold up now? is out pertinent now? well, yeah, of course it is. and reallyit finally the big thg for heinrich uh-uh think that was in his favor for me at least was that his collection at uc-berkeley was e nor vows. -- enormous. and that was a really good thing and a really bad thing. of it was excellent because it ghei me a huge amount of sources, also excellent because it scared everybody else away. >> when you say nor mouse -- >> like about 120 boxes. >> and that doesn't even count the letters that he had. and it was closed. totally closed. >> it had been closed for 65 years. i think that when he died in '53, y his youngest son just basically got whatever the 1965 equivalent of a u-haul is and dumped it at berkeley because everything was there. and uc-berkeley, like many other, youer know, archives, libraries is understaffed. and so when you do the search, usually as a res

to the berkeley really fun you can do so by going online at berkeley really fun t org.vent at 3 o'clock on sunday afrnoon with the mayor reporting in berkeley dan thorn kron 4 news. >>an emergency funding initiative is also underway in oakland oakland's mayo libby sft launch the oakland covid 19 relief and it's a run purely public donations now so far 5 major donors have donated 2 and a half million dollars that money will go to lp small businesses senior first responders and anyone who is struling to make the rent. >>people may feel in danger of losing their housing. if y feel in danger of losing their housing in oakland please call 2, 1 one and asked to be connected to keep oaknd house again todathey e receiving a $200,000 contribution to the oakland covid 19 really i challenge other tential donors out there who have meanto addto that. >>that the need is great. in oakland adjacent cities and the more we can do the more people who have the means to help us to what we need to do to help those most in need. we asked them to to ep up. >>well mayor sheriff says that any am

>>well the district really stepping up in that sense will take care of people in berkeley that's will tran reporting live for us from the east bay. to shut down even more parks and playgrounds as people continue to mingle in crowd rather than stay home and practice, social distancing. kron four's theresa talk to a doctor who says she'll social distancing can really be the key to stopping the spread of the virus. >>we know that this virus is here the more people that are tested the higher the numbers are going to be and unfortunately the spread of the virus we're going to see more people get infected and up in the hospitals. the only way that we can try to not get our health system is to maintain social distancing and at this point shelter at home doctor runge in misrata focusing on the importance of keeping us safe space away from each other during this fight against the spread of the coronavirus the modeling is coming from previous accounts of when things like this happen. >>and how do we contain a virus that's known to be so transmissible it's so infected. >>basically one person can

>>from berkeley robin. all right when there's a threat to shut down even more parks and playgrounds as people just. >>continue to go out and mingle in crowds rather than stay at home and practice social distancing. kron forestry says saw sales you talk to a doctor who says that social distancing can really be the key to stopping the spread of this virus. >>we know that this virus is here the more people that are tested the higher the numbers are going to be and unfortunately the spread of the virus we're going to see more people get infected and the hospitals. the only way that we can try to not get our health system over our it's to maintain social distancing and at this point shelter at home doctor runge in misrata focusing on the importance of keeping us safe space away from each other during this fight against the spread of the coronavirus the modeling is coming from previous accounts of when things like this happen. >>and how do we contain a virus that's known to be so transmissible its own active. >>b

sal's restaurant in delhi is one of the most popular restaurants in berkeley. it is normally busy often with a waiting line to get in. this week is different. the dining room is closed. staff is reduced to a skeleton crew. however take out and curb service is still open.>>> we essentially had to lay off 70% of the crew now.>> reporter: the co-owner said he is just breaking even no profit. trying to keep expenses down during this time. he is not sure how long the restaurant can go on like this.>>> trying to match whatever sales we can garner and that the community needs from us. menstrual sales with our labor cost to try to remain at least viable for a few weeks. >> reporter: many berkeley businesses are struggling. some will not survive. loyal customers are doing what they can to help. >>> we drove by and saw the giant signs open for take-out only. we swung by and decided to take lunch home. >>> this is like living in a war zone. we are standing in line and we cannot go places we want to go. we have to follow government instructions. as americans we are not use

thought that's because the berkeley berkeley unified school district now considering extending schoolsures because of the coronavirus they say they also have a plan to keep feeding students during this closure. that's big news in the east bay we want to get the latest now from will tran who is at the school district office high will good morning. >>good morning. marty good morning for the needy families this is good news for them the berkeley unified school district doing basically what the governor is doing by not shutting down the schools because the governor has not officially said no more school for the rest of the school year because he realizes needy families unfortunately they rely on the school's to feed their kids and that's what the berkeley unified school district has announced last night that in a perfect world and we've done this story. numerous times a couple of weeks ago that they would return after the first week of april but that's before coronavirus just swept across the country in the world and then at that time it's now been called the pandemic and that is why they

i lived in san francisco he worked out of berkeley. the biggest thing for me is besides making history, what does that tell us about now? is it important now? of course it is. and then finally for height rich so his collection at uc berkeley was enormous and it scared everybody else away. and that doesn't even count the letters that he had so i think he died in 53 with a 1965 equivalent of the u-haul because everything was there. and uc berkeley like other archives and libraries is understaffed. so when you do the research i will go to the archive grid and to have multiple collections. and i put in heinrich and he was at uc berkeley so that means researchers can't go in. so in my head i put together a good case so in those archives and let me explain why to be the established author with a real publishing company. and that's why he is significant and you need to open the collection. we are so understaffed and it's closed for reasons and then to e-mail me and said and then i work one day a week on it. so not only to identify. >> i will

well to the east bay, the schools in berkeley could be close longer than originally thought the berkeley unified school district is considering extending the school closures because of the coronavirus they're all they also have a plan to keep feeding the children during the closures that's important for a lot of families kron four's will tran live right now in berkeley with the latest swell. >>and that was one of the reasons why governor gavin newsome did not shut the door on closing the entire school year because of those needy family and kids he has not officially close the school year off. but it looks like the berkeley unified school district there giving a strong indicator robin marty that the very least they will not return to school on after the first week of april and that was the plan a couple of weeks ago before the coronavirus pandemic just exploded to epic portions that at this particular time the berkeley unified school district they are indicating giving clues that they will not return because they've already announced that they will feed the needy families starting on frid

to the berkeley relief and you can do so by going online at berkeley really fun dot org. there will be a launch event at 3 o'clock on sunday afternoon with the mayor reporting in berkeley dan thorn kron 4 news. >>with at least half a million dollars and thousands of medical supplies donated silicon valley is doing its part to help slow the spread of covid 19 in santa clara county. but the county needs more for what's to come kron four's gayle ong reports from san jose. >>santa clara county has the most copa 19 cases in the bay area, the money and equipment will go to the county's public health care system. >>these are the items needed the most what we're looking for our donations so that we're able to find more about a leader and so as you can see here hand sanitizer gloves masks and all thehings our front-line employees need to be safe. >>cindy chavez president of the santa clara county board of supervisors says the county is well prepared. but bracing for more covid 19 cases so this is an opportunity for us to get prepared in advance what we know the coming weeks are go

>>fashionably lady is no longer fashionable he is looking outside at berkeley right here a little bit a low cloud cover sitting over the east bay, not near as dense as it was yesterday, but there are a couple of spots like santa rosa as well as the oakland hills in half moon bay that are seeing this ability falling pretty low at times and cloud cover is going to stay with their coastal in a hillside areas in the east bay. >>through much of the morning starting to break apart, especially around 8 or 09:00am and by the time we work our way past noon just a couple spots right up and down the coast still holding on to some cloudy or foggy or conditions we're well film very brisk right along the coastline and ocean breeze today is going make for similar feel is to yesterday while comfortable conditions remain inland stuck be as warm as yesterday was 40's and 50's for your current temperatures alameda in oakland, 2 of our warmer spots well berkeley conquered in dublin all in the 40's also seeing 40's right now up in the north bay working our way into the afternoon a noticeable cool down fro

to the berkeley really fun you can do so by going online at berkeley really fun dot org. there will be a launch event at 3 o'clock on sunday afternoon with the mayor reporting in berkeley dan thorn kron 4 news gornor newsome is expected to announce more efforts to manage the coronavirus all acss the state with california's kern run a virus unt up to. >>more than 1200 the state is working too ximize hospital bed capacity across the state that's in anticipation of surge of covid 19 patients. governor newsome not expected to announce a southern california hospital, the state yesterday news revealed seton medical center is the other lease the state's secure this week. these leases for hospital space in bed is made possible by a covid 19 emergency fund package that lawmakers approved earlier this week. newsome also requested to mobile hospitals and a floating hospital fro the federal government, adding an extra 2000 beds. >>prom graduation final days of class all suddenly uncertain in high schools across the country with of course the coronirus outbreak causing so many people

no the city of berkeley is now offering a $50,000 reward. >>for any information that might potentially bring in some new leads with gayle ong now with the story. >>detectives believe there are people with information on this case and are asking for their help berkeley police are hoping for even the smallest detail in solving a crime that happened at this home on blake street 9 years ago it was the afternoon of 3/8/2011 when toby is eagle was found unresponsive in his backyard. police found him shot dead longtime neighbors who remember what happened did not want to speak on camera people who moved to the south berkeley neighborhood after the crime are stunned pretty surprising to hear that. >>and i mean you know things happen, but that's not what i would have expected. >>the supers save a lot of families like a lot of people live there for a long time and then people have moved in a little more they are a lot of kids very point. they're now very peaceful and show neighborhood. >>a contractor for eagles home says the family moved out recently

>>going out of the east bay schools in berkeley could be close a lot longer than originally thought theerkeley unified school district is now considering extending school closures because of the coronavirus and they have a plan in place to keep feeding students during the closure want to go now to kron four's will tran who is live in berkeley with the latest and we'll this could be a huge move for teachers students and children, our parents as well in berkeley. >>it's a big clue. marty what they did last night the governor has not officially ruled out the entire school year but the berkeley unified school district. they're giving indications that at the very least they will not return through april you might recall a couple of weeks ago they were talking about in the best case scenario that this kid, the kids would come back after the first week of april and that's before the coronavirus pandemic just exploded so last night they decided and a board meeting that they will continue feeding the needy families the kids in berkeley starting on friday through spring break and then they'll mak

there was a long line at the poll near uc berkeley campus tonight.of these folks so young, they were voting for the first time. the big question tonight, can this youth vote that turned out in the primary continue to gain momentum as election season rolls along? reporting live in oakland, i'm joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> all right, here's a look now at the gop race for president. donald trump well ahead in a land slide. 93% of the vote there. bill weld, 3%. joe walsh, 2%. 45% of precincts reporting. definitely winning by a land slide there. >>> i'm juliette goodrich live outside san jose state university. and the polls may be closed at 8:00, but that didn't mean the last vote was cast here. that's because students were lined up and those alike here to cast their vote. and you can see them stretching outside the library doors here. some of these students standing here up to an hour and a half. they were very dedicated. some of them voting for the first time. and i asked some of the students, you know, why they were here. and particularly what the issues w

berkeley, amber lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> all right. it is 4:19. to take a look at weather with steve paulson. i will say the benefit of working from home is you're a little chilly, you can just go and turn up the heat a little >> yeah. there are some advantages. that's for sure. it's not as cold this morning as yesterday. yesterday, we had upper 20s, low 30s. there's still some 30s in there and the frost advisory is still out for marin county, napa, and sonoma. there's still some low 30s. kenwood's down to 30 degrees. that goes until 9:00 a.m. probably not too many 20s. we had a few yesterday. petaluma's 35. sebastopol, still plenty of time to get to sunrise. the frost advisory still to the north. rain returns this weekend. sun, then some afternoon fair weather, but look at the breeze. west breeze at 24. half moon bay. that's why they're in that was case. on the peninsula upper 30s for a few. palo alto, menlo park, and los altos. those are also running warmer. 6 degrees up in tahoe. rain's moving in back to the north. we get a break today but the

east bay daytime highs also mostly in the low 70's today with temperatures in cities ike oakland berkeley richmond in the upper 60's but san leandro in castro valley up to 70 degrees each sono and napa as well up to 70 while benia and cut . santa rosa and petaluma each risg to 70 degrees this afternoo tomorrow and friday look at how nice and warm it is about to be skies, nice and clear temperatures in the mid 70's in some cases and from friday into saturday talk about the temperature change from 74 on average to ly 57 for your average daytime high on saturday from saturda night into sunday expect ur best chance of any widespread rainfall but those showers will likely continue into monday as well with temperatures remaini chilly during this entire time only in the 50's for many of your daytime highs. so is time to get those i think winter jacketsback out but not until going to be sitting under the sun. robin all rig, thank you let's check n on traffic, not much right heading to san francisco. we do have some early birds are rolling through the pay gates righnow, but they are rolling throug

u c berkeley suspended most of its in person classes earlier this week. well sfo has reported its first ca of coronavirus saturday that one of its from cusmer service agents right ere at the airport has tested positive for says thatthe worker went home to say after not feeling so well feeling ck. alaska airlinenotified its workers coronavirus case. the airline said that he infected worker may have exposed a handful of co-workers but so far they believe that no passengers were at risk travers though remain cautious. >>i brght my own lives i everything down i'm my hands and do what i can n touch things and they've done everything they can to and has a thingthey have i think we'rall generally at the same amount of risk. if out and about around and be there. >>well alaska airlines says that the infected employeis in recovery and so far doing well now it's not releasing any more informaon about that person because of of course privacy concerns. well a lot of bay area students will not be in school today the coronavirus pandemic has caused most school districts

he worked out of berkeley. that was really important to me. the biggest thing, one thing, besides making history, what he did to make history which was advancing forensics, what does it talk about now? is that pertinent now? is it important now? of course it is. really, finally, i think in his favor, for me at least, was the collection at uc berkeley was enormous. that was a really good thing and a really bad thing. it was an excellent thing because it gave me a huge amount of sources. also an excellent thing because it scared everybody else away. >> when you say enormous, 120 boxes. >> and that does not even count the letters that he had. >> and it was closed. >> totally closed. i think that when he died in 63, his youngest son, mortimer, basically got whatever the 1965 equivalent of a u-haul is and dumped it at uc berkeley. everything was there. uc berkeley, like many other, you know, archives, libraries, is understaffed. when you do this search, usually as a researcher, i go to world cup.org or i will go to icaps grid and put in someone's n

today marks 9 years since the murder of a berkeley man who was shot to death in his backyard. there have been no arrests or any suspects named and now the city of berkeley is offering a $50,000 reward for any information kron four's gayle ong is live now in the studio with us with details on this 9 years is a long time with no answers. yeah, just scene and detectives believe there are people out there with information on this case and they are asking for their help. >>berkeley police are hoping for even the smallest detail in solving a crime that happened at this home on blake street 9 years ago it was the afternoon of 3/8/2011 when toby is eagle was found unresponsive in his backyard. >>police found him shot dead longtime neighbors who remember what happened did not want to speak on camera people who moved to the south berkeley neighborhood after the crime are stunned pretty surprising to hear that. >>and i mean you know things happen, but that's not what i would have expected. >>the supers safe lot of families like a lot of people live there for a long time and then people h

it will be a strong rivalry > w polls near the berkeley campus last night. can the youth vote that turned out in the primary and gain momentum as the season rolls along? a big swing for proposal 13 with 93% of the vote in california's only state proposition with $15 billion of funding for schools on the line. it has been voted down. 44% yes. 56% know. >>> in san francisco, a measure e got the approval of the past. wilt restrict new officers from being built if they can't meet affordable housing goals. >>> property owners who leave their store fronts empty, had to have a two-third majority to pass. >>> two city council members elected in each district. a simple majority was need the. >> they had to wait in long line toss mike sure their voices were heard. the lines stretched outside the building. some waited up to an hour and a half to vote for the first time. >> would you vote no matter what or is there a specific reason? >> no matter what. >> every vote matters. >> no matter what. we're here to change what is going on so i'm voting bernie. >> technical issu

shut down berkeley technical academy, technology academy and berkeley high which is behind me. no classes at either campus starting today and then all other campuses here in the district will be canceled starting monday and this will be going on for all campuses through monday. high school teachers will use today, breakfast and lunch will still be available for pickup as students at berkeley high and the tech academy at those respective campuses. san mateo foster city unified closed down until monday, april 20th, that is through their spring break. distance learning begins next thursday. details to follow next week. today was already a planned day off. a list of all the school closures scrolling at the bottom of your tv screen. we'll add them as they come in to us. on that list, of course, is san francisco unified, the largest district which will be shut down for the next three weeks. parents we spoke with there were expecting the shutdown, just not so suddenly leaving them scrambling. >> trying to navigate child care. >> both our jobs told us to start working remotely. you can

>> reporter: i spoke with a professor at uc berkeley and he said this will definitely help but it will take at least 2 to 3 weeks for people to get those checks, which will be difficult time, a welcome bit of relief but really just a short-term fix. the first wave of u.s. unemployment claims set a record as 3.28 million americans filed for unemployment.>> it's three or four times the most we've ever had in a week in the history of keeping track of these programs. >> jesse rothstein, presser a professor policy economics at those numbers will go up further before the stimulus legislation works its way to people's pocketbooks. >> it may double next week from where we are, it's just a title wave in the system. >> thursday president trump raised both parties for the 96:0 senate vote passing the $2 trillion relief package aimed at giving americans who earn less than $99,000 direct relief checks on the sliding scale and helping businesses get loans to meet payroll. >> the house of representatives must now pass this bill, hopefully without delay. >> the bill is expected to pass the house frida

stanford and berkeley are going to video classes. these are all good steps. >>> these are mitigation steps. some will call social distancing. trying to reduce the frequency with which peopleinteract and might transmit a virus so the idea is that if we can do that you might be able to reduce the number of infections or at least spread them out so that as people who are very sick get sick it is not quite the enormous crunch on our hospital's intensive care units and healthcare system. >>> in terms of containing the virus are we just beyond that at this point? is it just out there and it is too late? >>> we are pretty much past the point where containment is we typically envision it is likely. containment is very difficult. i think at this point we are talking more about mitigation. of course china used incredibly strong measures to try and tamp down transmission. there is evidence they managed to do that. but they took pretty taccone and measures that i'm not quite sure we are ready to take maximum is that why we see a decline of cases

we are also getting word berkeley high school will be closed starting today. all berkeley high passes will be canceled so that staff can have time to work on options for students to do at home learning while they are away from school. the remainder of berkeley unified schools will closed starting monday through april first. san mateo, union high school says it's schools including the adult school will be shut down starting monday through march 30th. unified is closing this monday for three weeks. tamil bias union high is closing starting today through march 30th and santa cruz county is starting to close all public schools monday through march 20th. >>> the world of sports getting hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. they have suspended their seasons on the ncaa has canceled its basket alternates and other college sports. is laura podesta reports, the status of the summer olympics is also in question.>> reporter: across the country, sports have ground to a halt because of the coronavirus. >> i'm disappointed. i was looking forward to the playoffs. i'm a laker

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>> reporter: i'm actually outside of berkeley high school, marcus. berkeley unified decided to shut down all schools after four more cases were announced. berkeley high behind me and the technology academy will be shut down and other campuses will be shut down starting on monday. high school teachers will use today to come up with plans for students to it continue learning at home. breakfast and lunch will be available for pickup at the technology academy and at the high school. the san mateo unified school district is shut down until monday. distance learning will begin next thursday. details to follow next week and, by the way, today was already a planned day off for those students. we have a list of all school closures. we have a full list at nbcbayarea.com. san francisco unified, the largest in the bay area will be shut down for the next three weeks. parents were expecting the shutdown, just not so suddenly, leaving them scrambling to come up with child care. >> it's going to be difficult trying to navigate child care. >> fortunately i'm lucky. i

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now to the east bay were today marks 9 years since the murder of a berkeley man who shot to death in his own backyard. there have been no arrests or any suspects named and now kron four's gayle ong reports the city of berkeley is offering a $50,000 reward for any information. >>detectives believe there are people with information on this case and are asking for their help berkeley police are hoping for even the smallest detail in solving a crime that happened at this home on blake street 9 years ago it was the afternoon of 3/8/2011 when toby is eagle was found unresponsive in his backyard. police found him shot dead longtime neighbors who remember what happened did not want to speak on camera people who moved to the south berkeley neighborhood after the crime are stunned pretty surprising to hear that. >>and i mean yes things happen. but that's not what i would have expected. >>the supers save a lot of families like a lot of people live there for a long time and then people have moved in a little more they are a lot of kids this very point. i'm very peaceful and show never had a cont

arthur reingold is an epidemiologist at uc berkeley's school of public health. despite his praise for the state's overall response to this pandemic, dr. reingold admits that public health systems and emergency response to large scale crises are in need of improvement. >> the public health infrastructure has been allowed to shrink substantially over the past 10 or 15 years. so that we are left really with a pretty modest capability. >> reporter: both dr. reingold and ray kelly point to the six bay area counties coming together and coordinating their responses about sheltering in place as examples of how to handle a crisis properly. they're already taking note of lessons learned during this crisis to better prepare for the next one. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips. or visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> mountain view-based study.com is taking a big step toward helping schools and parents with online learning during this shelter in place. a few years ago study.com which has

in alameda county, berkeley has identified its first resident. they say it was a person who returned from overseas travel a little over a week ago and since has stayed mostly in a self-quarantine. they are saying no other information at this point, just for privacy concerns. in contra costa county, it has confirmed its first presumptive case of covid-19. that person has underlying health conditions and is currently in critical condition. >> this case suggests that coronavirus, or covid-19, may be circulating in contra costa county. the source of the patient's infection remains under investigation. the patient had no known travel history and no known contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus. >> reporter: that patient is now being kept in isolation at a local hospital. that location is undisclosed, and they won't say which hospital. yesterday in santa clara county, two more cases of unknown origin brings it to 11 in the county. the best way to protect yourself is good hygiene, wash your hands, and obviously don't touch your face. the kind of ti

it says the student did not live oncampus or in the city of berkeley. they have self-isolated at home and the person is in good condition with no serious symptoms. u c berkeley has suspended most of its part person classes earlier this week. and a lot of areas studentswill not be in school today the coronavirus pandemic has caused mostschooldistricts in the bay area to cancel classesand that includes oakland unified hool district. the san francisco unified school dirict west clntra costa unified district santa clara county. we have a complete li of school closures on our website at kron 4 dot com just look for the coronavirus tab on our home page. >>today some bay area school districts are going to start feding kids who are away from school because of the closures com for sarah stinson is live in haywar with how this is going to work sarah. >>there are this has been a huge huge concern for people because a lot of children across our country and right here in the bay area. they depend on the food they get fr school evy single day so taking away the schoo

it is the work of more than 50 volunteers from uc berkeley. ucsf and local data management companies. the goal is to eventually analyze patient swabs in less than 24 hours.>>> 2 new testing sites open in san francisco today. one on noriega street and the outer sunset. another at the north beach garage near chinatown. both require a doctor's referral before patients can be tested. >>> starting today muni buses have replaced the city's light rail service after it was shut down overnight. ridership has plummeted since the shelter in place order went into effect. officials say they will use this time to do essential maintenance on the system. >>> the city of oakland revealed his strategy to protect the homeless population from the spreading of the coronavirus. john raymo shows us where they will be house.>> reporter: for years whenever homeless people were being evicted they had the same question. where are we supposed to go? the coronavirus is now forcing officials to come up with an answer to the question. so far this is one answer. the comfort

berkeley also announced a three week school closure beginning next week. berkeley high will be closed starting today. in marin county union high school district is closed. reed district is on a minimum today before they will close for two weeks. starting monday, all san francisco public schools will be closed for three weeks. administrators have been meeting with doctors who expect to see more coronavirus cases in schools in the coming weaks. while some parents say closing schools seemed inevitable, other parents were caught off guard and now need to find child care. >> it's a complete shock because as a hardworking parent you want to make sure your kid has a place to come and learn. >> the board, the staff has determined to become pre- emptive and we know that we need time to prepare for this new world that we're in right now. >> now, the school district is still determining whether the school year will be extended. how they're going to serve free lunches to children who depend on them and other details. lake shore and glenn park elementary schools which

tonight how scientists at uc berkeley will be using robots to process a thousand samples a day. >> hate crimes rise in the wake of the outbreak. the group of civilians patrolling the streets and their powerful message tonight. >>> now at 11:00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, the urgent call for more medical workers to join the battle against the coronavirus. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. cases here in california have jumped more than a thousand in a single day, bringing the total number to over 7400. but a more telling number, hospitalizations statewide nearly doubled to nearly 1400. and the number of patients in intensive care beds tripled. and tonight the examiner reports a second muni operator has tested positive for covid-19. bay area counties are extending the shelter in place order through at least the end of april to keep the virus from spreading. >> and tonight, governor newsom is calling for all hands on deck to prepare for a surge of patients. kpix 5's joe vazquez on his new plan to get thousands of health care workers out into the field. >> report

most of us 49 along the east bay shore and union city and hayward and richmond and berkeley. 41 in nevada for the cool spot and 52 in san francisco for the warm spot. most of us in the mid to upper 40s. these temperatures, look at this, ignificantly warmer especially across the north bay than we were this time yesterday. what does that mean for our commute? well, right now 51 if you're coming into the city via the bay bridge. spotty showers. we'll put some caution on that. mass transit cool to mild and spotty showers will also affect mass transit and the bay. here's a look at the peninsula. we start off at 47 and mostly cloudy all day and on these hour parts no shower possible, so, this model says. but there are still some scattered showers and hang out in the mid-60s for several hours. a mild southerly wind. start off in the 40s through 9:00 in the east bay valleys an from 1:00 all the way to 7:00. the sun is still out at 7:00 thanks to daylight saving. 46 in the south bay at 7:00. our best chance of scattered showers are in the south bay. we still don't have any on the hour and that's w

those at uc berkeley still finalize go that. they home to have tests from locations close nly to be continued only part of things. now back to you. >> it certainly sounds like it. here are a couple of other headlines you should know about. a second student at santa clara university has tested positive. >> stanford is asking out of state travellers to isolate. >> and the second ghost ship trial was supposed to start today for derek almena but it has been pushed back until at least may 22nd. >>> in the east look temperature. police say about 450 people took part in two side shows yesterday. three people were arrested. 14 others were cited and released. officers say the police helicopter played a major role in breaking up the illegal activity. >> unbelievable. this thursday at 4:00, abc7 conducts hate crimes with a virtual and interactive town hall. we'll have real-time interaction. >> we have complete coverage our on website. it includes a new mod that he will predicts when hospitalization there's peak in california. >> having to

. >>> we are following a developing story right now out of berkeley. there's a heavy police presence on berkeley way near sacramento street. this is just a few blocks from san pablo and university avenues. at this point, police have not been able to tell us what's happening out there, but we do have a crew on the scene trying to get more information. this is in berkeley. and we'll get you updates as soon as they are available. >>> all right. time now 4:32. cdc says the last 300 passengers on that grand princess cruise ship docked at the port of oakland will be taken off the ship today. 2,200 passengers have been taken off the ship since monday afternoon. they're either robbery quarantined here in the united states or taken back to their home countries on chartered flights. >>> meanwhile, the nba season is suspended until further notice. ruby cobert was tested positive with the virus. it's unclear when the season will resume and if any missed games will ever be made up. >>> well, governor newsom has issued a new statewide policy for events that could dr

ktvu's amber lee explains, students at uc berkeley needing to adapt by going on line instead of intoom. >> students fill the uc berkeley campus on this monday evening but it may be week before it will look this busy again. there is no confirmed case of the coronavirus here but the be a suspension of most in person classes. lecture courses will be offered through alternative ways where the professor is video taped. >> there are mid-terms and i am not sure what will happen with all that. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. passengers noticed a drop off in riders. >> it is like a ghost town now. it is bazaar. >> rippership dropped 8% ridership dropped 8%. >> you shouldn't be scared and keep being, you know, get worried about it. and being panicked. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] i try to lean on a rail or something. >> at the lake shore shopping area, there were fewer people out and about than a normal mondays afternoon. >> i am trying to live my life as normal as possible. i am not avoiding anything. >> reporter: back at uc berkeley, all gatherings through spring break with more than 150 people

francisco unified joins of the school shutting down including san francisco archdiocese schools uc berkeley stanford sf state and sjs you. >>> the virus taking its toll on the san jose fire department. 4 firefighters have tested positive but there is a pp effect. 52 of their colleagues are now quarantine. to raise concerns about the spread of the virus amongst first responders. lynn ramirez is in san jose were two fire stations were closed for deep cleaning today.>> reporter: the city isn't saying exactly where the four firefighters who have contracted the coronavirus were stationed. we know two fire stations were shut down today for deep cleaning. one of them here in the evergreen foothills fire station number 31. the other one is fire station nine in southwest san jose. these are just the first of many precautions that are now being undertaken to protect san jose's first responders. >>> the san jose fire department is now issuing extra protective gear for all firefighters to wear on virtually every call they respond to from now on. >>> that includes in 95 masks gloves goggles and gowns fo

. >> san francisco, berkeley and the west contra costa school districts made the decision tonight to close schools for three weeks.>> the san francisco superintendent says the time has come to be proactive. the west contra costa school district serves 32,000 students, 9000 students are enrolled in berkeley unified. while san francisco serves 57,000 students in more than 100 schools, all three districts are closing on monday for three weeks. live coverage tonight from amber lee, she is in the city where she spoke with parents.>> reporter: the san francisco unified school district announced the closure of one school immediately, that is glen park elementary. they are, seven students reported respiratory illness and that they are now being tested. as for all other san francisco public schools, there will be classes tomorrow but the closure is starting on monday.>> it's really important to normalize this period for them. >> this out the market baseball field, tucked behind bessie carmichael elementary school is a place of refuge in this moment of and certainty for parents and students co

other districts including seven cisco berkeley made the decision on thursday to close.tance learning. stanford university arctic cancel classes but known undergraduate student there tested positive for coronavirus. they are being urged to leave campus by next wednesday at the latest. only limited housing for students with nowhere else to go. students can no longer get meals in the dining hall they will instead get prepackaged deals to eat elsewhere. >> following the closures, silvery spay schools with golden state warrior star steph curry and his wife made an announcement to make sure students get enough to eat. the couples making a donation at the alameda county food bank. they say 18,000 students all rely on the oakland school district for meals. >> we are asking you to rally with a spade we are working with the alameda food bank and oakland unified school district to make sure that kids are getting their meals. >> we're trying to do our part and hope you can join the fight with us as we go through this uncertain time in our community. >> of with schools closed in san