on saturday, bolinas and stinson beach were overrun with cars and visitors looking for a break. beaches were packed. >> and we just wonder why they thought it was okay to just swarm stinson beach. >> diana morel has lived in stinson beach for 50 years. >> we want to be safe. i'm an old gray hair, and i want to be safe. and i don't feel like i can even walk my dog right now. >> someone posted these green flyers saying if you don't live here, go home and stay there. you are putting us in danger. crowds forced the closure of the stinson beach parking lot. sky oaks road on mount tam was also closed off due to crowds. the sheriff's department tweeted shelter in place is not a vacation. we strongly advise against traveling away from your home to enjoy the scenery somewhere else. >> we need everybody to, you know, take the public health order seriously. it's not -- it's not a joke. it's not a drill. >> reporter: thomas churchill drove up from san francisco. >> it's really important to practice social distancing. the shelter in place rule is tough. but the only reason i'm out here is ex

. >>> people in bolinas are sending messages to visitors, stay home . one area of the town was filled with homemade signs in response to the crowd the people who went to the beaches in marin county over the weekend . the signs had messages like this as a pandemic, not a vacation, surf from home . >> this isn't the time to come out and crother people's neighborhoods . just trying to let people know we don't want to put our town at risk more than other just because it is a tourist location . >> bolinas is a small town in marin county that borders stinson beach. essential businesses include healthcare in emergency services . if you want to learn more we have posted a complete list of the essential businesses listed in the statewide order. that list is on our website . >>> the sports world is finding a lot of ways to be creative today. nascar is no exception . drivers were supposed to be in miami on sunday. the idea was why not do what on simulators . 35 drivers from all over the country were hooked up to simulators like you see here . the race included eve

bolinas looking at rain.n francisco a few areas of souhowers from south cy to pacifica, scattered about on the peninsula into the santa cruz mountains looking slightly wet there from scotts valley and you can see more is offshore and this will continue to rotate through, that will be the case throughout the morning hours. it is 49 in san ramon as well as dublin, pleasanton and pleasant hill. we have 51 in san francisco, upper 40s up to the north bay, four to five-mile visibility out there with a little fog. dark view of our sutro tower tama tamara, this morning, scattered downpowers, partly cloudy skies for most of you later on today. we will see some of that rain linger in the higher elevations of the south bay throughout the afternoon, and then sunny, but a cool start to the week, it looks like temperatures will feel very spring-like as we get into the week ahead. let's time out the rain for you, 6:30, looking at the showers along the coast, pushing across the bay, 8:30 this morning and then you can see the

on saturday bolinas and stinson beach were overrun with cars and visitors looking for a break and beachesere packed. >> we wonder why it was okay to swarm stinson beach. >> diana has lived in stinson beach for 50 years. >> we want to be safe. i'm an old gray hair and i want to be safe, and i don't feel like i can even walk my dog right now. >> someone posted these green flyers, saying if due live here, go home, and stay there. you are putting us in danger. crowds force the closure of the stunson beach parking lot, sky oaks road on mount tam was also closed off due to crowds. the sheriff's department tweeted shelter in place is not a vai vacation. we strongly advise moving away from your home to enjoy the scenery somewhere else. >> we advise people to take the public health order seriously. it's not a joke. it's not a drill. >> it is important to practice social distancing. it is tough but the only reason i'm out here is exercise which is one of the activities. >> diana urges everyone, please stay home. >> and if you need to walk, walk in your own neighborhood. >> we have a bad rap for hat

on saturday bolinas were over run with cars and visitors looking for a break. beaches were packed. >> and we just wonder why they thought it was okay to just swarm stinson beach. >> she has lived here for 50 years. >> we want to be safe. i want to be safe and i don't feel like i can even walk my dog right now. >> reporter: someone posted these green fliers saying if you don't live here, go home and stay there. you are putting us in danger. crowds forced the closure of the stinson beach parking lot and sky oaks road was also closed off due to crowds. the sheriff department's tweeted shelter in place is not a vacation. we advise traveling away from home to enjoy the scenery somewhere else. >> we need everybody to take the public health order seriously. it's not a joke. it's not a drill. >> reporter: thomas churchhill drove up from san francisco. >> it's important to practice social distancing and shelter in place rule is tough but the only reason i'm here is exercise which is one of the urged activities. >> reporter: she urges everyone, please, stay home. >> if y

bolinas-stinson, south san francisco and santa cruz county schools.ts that announced closures is west contra costa and all catholic schools in the diocese of san jose and tamalpais union high school and woodside school district. >> updated lists of school closures and event cancellation on our website. you can find it at abc7news.com/coronavirus. >>> now abc 7 news live update. >> we are watching the big board right now. the opening bell started just around up 1,300 points. you can see we have up now a little over 1,000 points and this is a huge correction from what we've been seeing this week. the coronavirus has led to a roller coaster on wall street with trading halting twice this week shortly after the opening bell. yesterday the stock market had its biggest drop since the black friday crash. that's a black monday crash, excuse me, of 1987. in addition to coronavirus, president trump's announcement of the european travel ban has only added to the anxiety of investors, not to mention the travel ban does start tonight. that will be at 9:00 our time,

the bolinas - district closing. millbrae school district will be closed for the following three weeks. as well. and this is in addition to san francisco unified school district announcing it will close all of its public schools for the next three weeks. that announcement was made yesterday. all of this is in response to concerns about the spread of coronavirus and the possibility of trying to slow down the rate of that spread by keeping people and kids at home. and practicing social distancing. here in west contra costa county, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus, but as a precaution, the district is canceling in-person classes. students will get out of class around noon today followed by a three-week hiatus from campus when students won't be coming to the buildings and coming to the school. >> we have also moved up her spring break from the week of april 6. it will now be the week of march 30. so that there will be three weeks in a row where our schools will be, our students will be out of school. >> for th