nbc bay area's marianne favro live in pleasanton. marianne? >> reporter: terry, this could mean that it will become easier to get a coronavirus test. i'm here at roche labs in pleasanton and not only did this company develop a coronavirus test, but that test can deliver results in just 3 1/2 hours instead of days. tonight as coronavirus testing expands across the country, the lines are growing. at this drive-through location in colorado, the demand was so high it closed early. here at this kaiser permanente testing location in redwood city this week, an eight-person medical team processed people in about five minutes. but for many like michael, who has had symptoms for eight days, the wait for a test continues. >> i cannot get tested, and there is no testing available for anyone in my situation. basically that means that since i have not been in contact with a known positive test case. >> reporter: tonight testing capacity just got a big boost. roche labs in pleasanton has developed a new coronavirus test, and the fda gave the company the gree

yes, more showers surrounding heyward, over towards dublin and pleasanton.no cloud thereof-ground lightning strikes, but heavy rainfall. we do need the rain, so this is not a bad thing. you don't see a whole lot of activity. our rain chance are going to decrease over the next few hours. a burst of showers around midnight, but our rain chances will go up and down as we head through the next 24 to 36 hours. the future cast, how it handles the rain and the weekend forecast in just a few minutes. >>> and i'm in the east bay. how important is national take out day here on solano avenue in the east bay? very important. i'll have the story, coming up. >>> plus, olympic dreams dreams on hold after the >>> the summer olympics in tokyo won't happen this summer. the committee said it is postponing the 2020 gays until next year. the olympic torch arrived in japan just a few days ago, but the ioc says it must delay the games offense coronavirus concerns around the word. many bay area athletes and coaches had already been bracing for this news a short time ago i spoke wit

i'm here at roche labs in pleasanton. not only did this company develop a new coronavirus test, but it can deliver results in just 3 1/2 hours. this is the first commercially available coronavirus test to receive emergency authorization from the fda. those tests can be run on roche's fully automated machines, which are already installed in hospitals and labs across the u.s. and around the world. and those tests are headed to bay area and state labs right now. >> we already have 400,000 tests available. we've started already to ship over the weekend and through the next few days to these laboratories, and then over the course of the coming weeks, we expect to be able to supply another 400,000 tests per week. >> reporter: ultimately the company hopes to provide 1.5 million tests a month. the tests run on roche's molecular testing system, and one of the machines is capable of running 960 tests in just an eight-hour period. this is so critical because if someone who may not have major symptoms can take a test and learn that t

into dublin and pleasanton, 680, light rain. fremont, not so much but filling in.h bay, where it has been pretty quiet. we've had some overnight showers, but check out napa, santa rosa, not a whole lot going on but down through vallejo and the san pablo bay, martinez, highway 4, it's getting a bit wet. here is san jose. we can see the cloud cover. 50 downtown, 48 in half moon bay, from the roof camera some breezy winds throughout the day today and tomorrow. temperatures in the upper 40s. it will be chilly for the next several days. have to forget about all those 70s we had into february and part of march. here are the winds, upper elevation winds, 20 to 30-mile-per-hour winds, so gusty. sierra nevada, winter storm warning through 11:00 monday morning. we're talk at least two feet lake level, maybe five feet around kirkwood, and very dangerous conditions with gusty winds. they'll be holding the chairs, chains, and whiteout conditions there. cold storm this weekend, wintry mix. we'll see snow around mt. hamilton, lake county, looking at the low snow levels. then we'l

. >> this technology was developed in pleasanton. roche says it will deliver tests in about 3 1/2 hours. >> the new test will speed the process by tenfold. roche has been given emergency authorization by the fda to roll out its technology nationwide as soon as possible. >> we have, along with emergency use authorization, been manufacturing the test, and we have tests available to go this weekend, early next week out to a group of about 30 testing laboratories across the u.s. >> roche or brown, i should say, tells us roche has 400,000 tests ready to go nationwide as early as this weekend. >> there will be 400,000 more tests manufactured every week after that. smaller testing machines can process 385 tests in an eight-hour period, and bigger ones can process 960 in that time. >> brown says his company has been working non-stop on the technology since february 1st, compelled to respond to the staggering toll the virus was taking in parts of china. >>> meanwhile people are flooding costco stores to stock up on basic necessities. lines ar

right over to the east bay, low 60s here for concord, livermore and pleasanton, and also oakland, 62, peninsula, 58, in san mateo, and 59 redwood city. 57 for the mission. and for the north bay, 59 in clear lake. and 61 in novato. my extended forecast shows that we will, yes, get a break, friday, and saturday, by sunday, monday, tuesday, an wednesday, some more rain chances move back in, no big storms right now but we're going to continue to monitor that, and fort inland valleys, nice weather coming by, saturday, up to 70 degrees, so we're warming up and getting some sunshine in here for you and a little bit of a break for us. we'll talk more about these extended rain chances coming up at 6:00 p.m. but back to more news on everything, right after the break. if you're 55 and up, t-mobile has a plan designed just for you. and, for a limited time only, we're making it an even better deal. now you can get two lines for only $55. that includes unlimited talk, text and data. with no annual service contracts. it also includes talk, text and data when traveling in mexico and canada. so if you

staff will shifts to centers in berkeley, brent wood, walnut creek and pleasanton. it is taking extra precaution with patients. anyone who comes in will get a mask. the santa clara convention center will be converted into a temporary medical station, the center will provide short term care for people who do not have covid-19. as the county expects an increase in demand at hospitals. santa clara is the hardest hit so far by the outbreak in california with at least 263 cases confirmed. the medical center will add 250 beds and operate a small pharmacy. health officials hope to have the medical station ready by next week. >>> speaking with reporters, president trump talked about the extreme need for medical supplies. he said governors like gavin newsom are free to work on finding their own ways to get what their states need. >> if gavin can order gowns faster or masks, good masks faster, or other things faster, that's good. we have a lot dination with the ships thatwei the dil ships that we're sorepaicular, d even crucrsein california, and in particular new york, but if

it's a swiss health care company this is its commercial lab here in pleasanton.ompany received emergency approval by the u.s. government. it will be the first to introduce commercial tests for coronavirus. the company showed us its testing machine just yesterday. >> these instruments are very efficient, highly automated. you put a sample in and then you get the results out of the other end. there's no manual intervention. there's no messing with a sample once it's loaded. >> wow. those new machines can process more than 1,000 samples and have results in less than 12 hours. roche tells us it has 400,000 tests ready and is shipping them to multiple laboratories throughout the united states. >>> a bay area congressman wants to know if there are health and safety hazards at travis air force base. in a letter to the federal government north bay representative says he has several health concerns for people who are being quarantined at the air base outside of fairfield. he alleges problems with social distancing measures and sanitation there. he's urging the department

and also if you're leaving pleasanton. give yourself some extra time. 6:20.let's go back to the desk. >> we're now just four months away from the start of the summer olympics in tokyo. and japan is scrambling. coming up here on mornings on 2. the announcement made overnight and the option if the summer games have to be delayed. >> and protecting nature in the wild life and the arctic. the big bank pulling money out of the mutual projects. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. president kennedy knew settling for half-measures wasn't good enough. so when candidates say we can't guarantee health care for all, make college affordable for all, combat climate change, or create a world at peace, remember that america is best when we strive to do big things, even when it's hard. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. this is an extraordinary man wiin public service.y career he revitalized american manufacturing as the head of our middle-class task force. he led our efforts to

a shower just rolled through pleasanton and livermore.er right now and that continues up 101 and into deeper parts of marin and sonoma county, and moving through sonoma and heading towards napa, wet weather. get the umbrella handy. we have a chance of showers anytime today and temperatures chilly, in the mid to upper 50s. >>> thanks, mike. now to the latest developments invoin

.>> reporter: is head of solutions in pleasanton paul brown and his team have been working on the coronavirus test for six weeks. now they can finally use it. >>> pretty much the stroke of midnight pacific time we got the authorization from the fda. >> reporter: will be shared with 37 laps around the country and they are scaling up production. 400,000 tests will go out in the coming days. >>> thereafter we will be able to supply about 400,000 tests on average a week. one in the half-million test. per month.>>> 5 million within a month i doubt we will need anywhere near that.>> reporter: is a large part of president trump's plans to expand testing capacity nationwide. through a number of private labs. as for who should be tested that process will start with a website that is supposed to go live on sunday. >>> clients and patients and people of interest can go fill out a screening questionnaire.>>> the goal is for individuals to be able to drive up and be swabbed without having to leave your car. i want to thank google. google is helping to develop a website. it is going to be very quickly done

you can see temperatures in the mid-40s in places like walnut creek and pleasanton and even i. san francisco one of the milder spots at 53 degrees. it's about 55 degrees and mostly cloudy at the toll plaza right now, and it's going to be a slight chance of a shower in the north bay, and a breeze over the bay itself. it's going to be more comfortable this afternoon. you can see temperatures hitting the mid-60s in the north bay this afternoon. in fact, from noon on we will be in the low to mid-60s. as far as the east bay goes, you are seeing increasing sunshine as we start off the here's a look at san francisco, and you can see we start off cloudy, and then we jump up in the low 60s during the afternoon hours. we have a warmer day tomorrow, and a cooler day on the way before rain is possible this weekend. we will talk about that coming up next. >>> thank you very much, mike. good morning, everyone. checking in on traffic here, we have clear conditions across our roads right now, and just checking my laptop, the chp log is looking good. we are going to take a live look here at wal

the catholic community of pleasanton is offering drive-thru confessions at the st. augustine church parking lot this afternoon. they stood six feet away from people's cars to hear confessions and give absolution. >> for the first time it was amazingly successful. roughly 60 to 70 people came in their cars to celebrate god's love and mercy in the season of lent. we will continue to do this every saturday throughout the coronavirus crisis until that has passed as a way to help people connect with god and prepare for the great feast of easter. >> drive-thru confession is happening every saturday, and the clergy is asking for the sake of confidentiality to keep only one person per car. >>> now in times like this, we do want to come together with our communities and the people we love. so for many that means religious gatherings, but those are off limits. even though houses of worship are dark, their light will shine right here on abc7. we are bringing together community leaders to share their sermons with you. abc7 presents "finding faith: better together." that's sunda

>>this is what one of the target stores looks like in sunnyvale and here's a walmart in pleasanton and a safeway in marion, some stores even posting signs like this cool hardware in san francisco and this rite aid in oakland, alerting customers at the stores out of masks and hand sanitizer worries. it's spreading. >>i wore my mask i saw a lot of people wearing masks to many people are still wearing masks, im looking for supplies the cdc and us surgeon general say they won't help on saturday. the us surgeon general tweeted quote seriously people stop buying masks, they're not effective in preventing general public from catching coronavirus. >>but if health care providers can get them to care for sick patients, it puts them in our communities at risk. >>did a quick search on amazon as well many of the hand sanitizers are out of stock were priced at a higher cost supplies are running low on a few stores want to make sure people that this is not the case everywhere many stores are replenishing their supplies bailey or have new orders on the way i also found a couple of targets today in sou

. >>> new at noon, a child care worker at the bay club in pleasanton has tested positive for the coronavirus. the associate last worked at the club march 12 and notified they were sick the next day. the club is asking members and associates to stay home until further notice. also new at noon, eight quarantined alameda firefighters are being cleared for duty. they were exposed to another firefighter who tested positive for coronavirus. six of them have been cleared to return to work today. while the other two have pending clearancing and are expected to return within one week. >>> several testing sites for coronavirus have been set up around the bay area. it is important to note most require some form of prescreening. existing conditions or a doctor's order before a test will be given. nearly all the testing sites will require the patient meets cdc criteria and among them exposure to someone with a confirmed case of the illness, being 60 years or older or having chronic serious medical problems like heart disease, diabetes or lung disease or difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. for mo

the pleasanton native grew up a giants fan. he knows what he's talking about with this latest post.ford tweeted out the be craw bracket. first round winners will be revealed tonight. but i think we give buster posey and his match up with aj. >>> one thing this week has taught me: my wife and i have no future in fishing tournaments together. check out what happened wednesday night in a commercial break right before our sportscast. >> hold it over there and fish -- see if you can bring in the big one. >> i did it. i think i caught one. >> bring it in! >> i'm going to lose my script. >> i'll take the fish. get ready to bring him in. >> itrying >> my cable. there's another line out there! >> i'll handle this. you handle your show, i'll handle the fish. >> get him right around here. oh, in. oh, oh,! he's a nice fish. the fish got off, i lost the script. >> we lost the script, we lost the fish, we lost everything. here's somebody who actually did catch something. >> that is a huge fish. and our catch of the day goes to phil makin junior who pulled in not one, not two, but three -- but 4 l

here in pleasanton we have some of the world's expert in pcr, which we applied to this problem.able to do what we've done. >> reporter: working nonstop since february 1st, compelled to develop the test and recognizing the threat posed by this new virus. >> it's truly remarkable. we're very grateful we can actually contribute to hopefully controlling this terrible pandemic. >> reporter: dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> roche's smaller diagnostic teams can process and bigger ones 960 in that time. >>> we've seen long lines at costco and other stores because of coronavirus. this video was taken in hayward yesterday morning. the long line stretching the length of the building as people waited to get in. in richmond the store was bustling with shoppers as well. but there was no toilet paper or paper towels available. water was available, but people were limited to just one case. other items being snatched up include rice and refried beans. >>> in watsonville, this is a snapshot of how the coronavirus is really changing everyday life. there is now a black market for toilet paper. yeah. we a

east bay temps. 45 pleasanton. 54 in alameda. that's where stay there probably until the weekend. starting this weekend and going out to the middle of the month. really. that's what it's showing. we'll see if that holds. but look at some of these projections. that would be really good for april. 60 on the temps. today we'll get more sunshine and warmer temps. enjoy it while you can. we have a few days to do that. before changes on the weekend. >> wow. all right. steve. >>> time is now 4:42. many accused criminals will have to wait even longer for a trial. up next, the changes in the california justice system and what it means for people waiting in jail cells. >> plus, showing thanks through food. how local companies are supporting bay area health care workers and first responders. >>> police in vallejo searching for a man caught on camera after closing time. but look at this. happened sun investigators believe the smashed is 28-year-old james the store it's front window and then stole a laptop after getting inside. >>> it is 4:45. the coronavirus is drastically changed court cases

this is what one of the target stores looks like in sunnyvale and here's a walmart in pleasanton and a safeway in marion, some stores even posting signs like this cool hardware in san francisco. and this rite aid in oakland alerting customers at the stores out of masks and hand sanitizer worries. it's spreading. >>i wore my mask, well i was shocked. i saw a lot of people wearing masks to many people are still wearing masks and looking for supplies. the cdc and us surgeon general say they won't help on saturday. the us surgeon general tweeted quote seriously people stop buying masks, they're not effective in preventing general public from catching coronavirus. >>but if health care providers can get them to care for sick patients, it puts them in our communities at risk how i also did a quick search on amazon and many of those hand sanitizers are out of stock or price at a higher cost. >>now wall few stores all running out of the supplies i want to reassure people that this is not the case everywhere, and for those storms that are out of stock of some supplies they get new shipments fa

you've probably ran into the showers a couple of times around pleasanton and livermore.e that have will be coming in today and tomorrow as an impressive-looking upper level low. tracks to our south, a little too far low to have a big impact on us other than the south bay and santa cruz mountains which will probably have the best chance of showers between now and wednesday. morning begins in the 40s, a few showers, ongoing chances of a little bit tomorrow. low to mid-60s. we might the middle part of the week. nextu'll want that umbrella on standby. hour by hour, a lot of clouds and occasionally from time to time maybe more so for later tomorrow for the south bay, we'll begin to see those showers approaching us from the south. because this storm is going to track across southern california, between monday and wednesday, the rain totals, as you would expect, are going to be highest south of san francisco. down here around the santa cruz mountains. areas south of san jose right now. unless that low makes a late turn to the north, best rain chances south of san francisco. not

san jose should be very nice and mild their 68 degrees one of the warmer spots in livermore 66 in pleasanton 65 and a we you by sunshine and cloudsand evelyn 68 degrees 65 degrees and snowing about 66 in the napa valley so a nice start to the weekend but aft that things begin to change here. we go the clouds rolling back in some wintry weather coming back on sunday afternoon, a chance of thunderstorms into mond and then i think we'll see a cold front dropping to the bay area right out of the gulf of aska so we're talking about temperatures near 70's on saturday but we're horing in the upper 50's on tuesday that lays forecast back to you quite a change i lawrence thank you much well the coronavirus. >>outbreak isreally taking a financial toll on so ma sectors of businesses in the bay area and beyond and restaurants which already we're operating on razor thin margins, many of them is certainly one of the hardest hit industries kr four's maureen kelly shows usow some volunteers in the tech sector ve launched web sites to try to help ease the pain. >>i mean so many peple lost their jobs or rent.

mid 60s for dublin, livermore and pleasanton.round the bay, san francisco you will see a high of 60 degrees and for the north bay, mid 60s for santa rosa, rohnert park, 67 for sonoma and napa and again, that slight, slight chance of an afternoon. bay this looking a daytime highs in the mid 50s for lake, 64 clearlake. is the extended forecast and what you can expect a little bit more sunshine wednesday thursday. here we go with that wet weather for the weekend. >>> it is fairly quiet on the roads in fact i just checked in with chp and that earlier trouble spot has been completely cleared. good news if you plan on taking 17. just a heads up, there is some roadwork in effect that may slow you down just a bit as you work your way towards the golden gate bridge. the closure usually wraps up at about 6:00 am, so keep your eye on that if you plan on taking meetty quickly. no troubles, no told collectors. all of our bridges are cashless. travel through even if you don't have fasttrack but i do want to let you know about ac transit for th

the mac molecular solutions in pleasanton paul brown and his team have been working on a coronavirus test for six weeks. >>> now they can finally use it. the test will be shared with 37 labs around the country and they are scaling up production. 400,000 tests will go out in the coming days. >>> we will be able to supply about 400,000 tests on average a week. 1 1/2 million tests per month.>>> 5 million within a month i doubt we will need anywhere need that.>> reporter: a large part of president trump's plans expand testing capacity nationwide. through a number of private labs. as for who should be tested. the process will start with a website that is supposed to go live on sunday. >>> clients and patients and people of interest can go fill out a screening questionnaire.>>> the goal is for individuals to be able to drive up and be swabbed. without having to leave your car. i want to thank google. google is helping to develop a website. it is going to be very quickly done. >> reporter:>>> they were promised the federal and state level that everyone could be testing at that was a reality

.>> reporter: is head of solutions in pleasanton paul brown and his team have been working on the coronavirusx weeks. now they can finally use it. >>> pretty much the stroke of midnight pacific time we got the authorization from the fda. >> reporter: will be shared with 37 laps around the country and they are scaling up production. 400,000 tests will go out in the coming days. >>> thereafter we will be able to supply about 400,000 tests on average a week. one in

you see the pops of yellow, orange and red on your screen, around pleasanton, and fremont and san hjose and east palo alt, they are continuing to press to the east at this hour, but still could dump anywhere from a quarterer t a 3/4 of an inch of rain. winter storm warning in affect. this until 5:00 p.m. monday. so, we still have 48 hours of heavy had snow. so, if you have not gone to the sierra, did not try and go, travel is almost impossible at the hour. chain controls in affect on 80 and 50. and that snow, is going to quickly pile up. look at the snowfall potential. we will measure it in feet by monarch. you can see anywhere from 2-4 feet likely from pines. blue canyon, and donor and mkrtchianwood, and i think some of the highest peaks will measure five feet of snow. once storm is set and done. back at home, temperature wise, it's chilly out there in terms of march numbers. we are holding in the upper 40s and upper 50s. san ho is checking in at 54 degrees as well. so, on the storm impact scale, we use it exclusively to rank the storms from 1-5, light to severe. give you an idea of wh

. >> that work he's speaking of is happening in pleasanton. where they are developing a rapid test for the coronavirus. the first batch of 400,000 will be available within days. >> we have tests available to go this weekend. early next week. out to a group of about 30 testing laboratories. across the u.s. >> paul brown over sees it all. his company was given emergency authorization by the federal government to scale up production. what should have taken 12 months happened in six weeks. >> based on the noble prize winning technology. of pcr. chain reaction. we have the world experts. which we have applied to the problem. that's why we have been able to do what we have done. >> the company is working non-stop since february 1. compelled to develop a test and recognize the threat posed by the new virus. >> it's truly remarkable. we're grateful we can contribute to hopefully control this terrible pandemic. >> the smaller machinescan process 385 tests in eight hours and bigger ones can process 960. >> we have seen lots of pictures and video of lon

friday afternoon upper 50's for most of the south bay but san jose warming up into the low 60's pleasanton 54 degrees livermore 58 degrees and hayward in the low 60's throughout the east bay shoreline low 60's as well for those of you in richmond walnut creek and conquered also warming up into the low 60's sonoma 56 degrees but nap a few degrees warmer at 60 degrees for your friday afternoon and warming up into the mid 60's for those of you in santa rosa and taking a look ahead at the extended forecast. friday will be our dry day but then by this weekend tracking light scattered showers bring about half an inch of rain or less for the north bay about a 3rd of an inch of rain or less for the rest of the bay area saturday into sunday and then drying out and warming up we're going to warm up into the mid 70's by next wednesday, we're going to be about 5 to 10 degrees above average catherine believe it or not back to you sounds good. thank you my breaks up. >>we are getting a better idea of which states are really taking social distancing seriously one company as using cell phones to figure ou

amount you should see a lot of 60's a few 70's into the south bay with some partly cloudy skies 71 pleasanton 71 in dublin out 71 in concord 69 degrees in oakland 68 degrees in sonoma, 70 in the napa valley and back toward the coastline keepg in the 50's in the 60's but if i nice 7s into santa rosa. next few days we're going return a more sunshine onthe way warmer temperatures to friday then coolg down big time showers over the weekend. stillo comesuper tuesday part 2 which states are voting tonight and what is at stake for. >>both democratic candidates and good news for travelers who might be rethinking their plans to the coronavirus tbreak which travel inrer a loosening restrictions on wondered how exactly your metalism works will brea down how different bo types burn ergy. that's coming z3s7oz z1ncz y3s7oy y1n >>for help tonight have you ever wondered what makes your metabolism tick all atked. in tonight's health minu meredith wood just shows us how your body burns eney. person for that dinner ger percent. well if you guessed the thinner person you'd be wrong. in fact the bigger your body

katie nielsen is at pleasanton ridge regional park tonight with a warning from health officials this weekend. >>> east bay regional park seven announced they are closing 20 of the most popular parks until april 30. this is one of 73 that will stay open at least are now. >> weekends it gets overrun. everyone is out at the same time. >> crystal reese comes to her house in oakland and says she thinks people are just now starting to understand the concept of social distancing. >> people are really that grace there's a learning curve. >> reporter: thousands of people packed beaches near san francisco and crowded dolores park in the mission. a clear violation of the shelter in place order. >> sadly we saw a number of areas in the city that were just jampacked. we will have to make changes, the last thing i want to do as i said on monday, is to basically close parks. >> that's exactly what's happening at 20 e. bay regional park sites in alameda and contra costa counties. >> most of the closures are removing parking from picnic areas at high recreation sites. >> in most cases the parking lot

this is a swiss health care company and this is as commercial lab in pleasanton. the company received emergency approval by the u.s. government, the first to introduce commercial tests for the virus. the company showed the testing machines today. >> these instruments are very efficient, highly automated. put in the sample and get the results at the other end. there is no manual intervention, messing with the sample once loaded on the instruments. >> a lot faster than what's been going on. the new machine can process 1,000 samples and have results in 12 hours. any say they have 400,000 tests ready and currently shipping them to multiple labs throughout the united states. >>> coronavirus cases in the united states continue to climb. tonight nearly 2,400 people are infected. 51 people have died, just about 30 minutes ago the white house announced president trump tested negative for the virus. but as americans prepare for the worst of the pandemic to hit, the trump administration is taking new steps to slow the spread. nbc's chris pallone has more. >> reporter: as cas

life in pleasanton, katie nielsen for kpix 5. >>> a bay area mother who pleaded guilty in the college admissions scandal is using the coronavirus as an argument against prison time. she is now asking for at home detention claiming time behind bars would likely expose her to the virus. she and her husband are facing some of the toughest charges for cheating on several standardized tests to get their daughters into universities. they are set to be sentenced next month. >>> san mateo county is considering releasing inmates early because of the coronavirus concerns. the sheriff's office is reviewing every individuals age, medical condition, and risk to the public, inmates with a bail of $15,000 or less, or fewer than 60 days remaining on the sentence will be considered. >>> i'm here at the live news desk, the coronavirus outbreak is causing a big hit on the airlines including southwest. the carrier is cutting 1500 daily flights because of the recent decline in travel which is more than a third of southwest daily flights altogether. the airline is looking at adjusting their service to hawa

hill, tapping out for concord, mid-70s also for pleasant hill, the tri-valley, dublin, livermore, pleasanton and the mid-70s, around the bay, 66 in san francisco for a high, oakland will top out at 70 degrees also for berkeley and richmond and for santa rosa, upper 70s later today, 77 four st. helena. here is that extended forecast in which you expect, sunshine, mild to warm temperatures tomorrow, there we go with that big cooldown for the weekend with rain saturday afternoon into sunday, unsettled weather into early next week as well. >> good morning, very quite on the roadways this morning if you're headed out the door early you should be go to good to go for the most part. 880 not seeing any troubles on the freeway this morning, looks like things are clear on the peninsula's as we look at our overview map, you see all of that green that indicates speeds are moving at the limit for the most part, we do see some delays, some slight delays acting street, we are getting reports of a possible fresh fire , crews are headed out to the scene but just some slight slowing and other than that, your

the sunrise senior living in pleasanton confirmed its first case today. the senior home says it has been monitoring the situation and taking precautionary steps. >>> first responders on the peninsula are taking new action to protect themselves. menlo park fire district crews are now suiting up in full protective gear, including a tyvex suit, gloves, mask and glasses. they will also be asking people to come outside to meet them if they're able to limit exposure. sen of his 100 personnel are currently being tested for covid-19. >> the way this is going, we're not going to be able to sustain waiting for people to be tested, waiting for results to come back. and then even if they're not symptomatic, having firefighters off for as much as 14 days off duty. >> the menlo park fire district serves the large area including atherton, east palo alto, menlo park and unincorporated san mateo county. >>> stay up to date with the very latest on the coronavirus with our daily newsletter. you'll get the headlines right in your inbox. to sign up, just go to nbcbayarea.com.

smooth ride into pleasanton town. here's the travel times. san mateo bridge shows wed roads. bay bridge toll plaza, some raindrops on the lens there. and metering lights are not on just yet. >>> i'm anne makovec at the live news desk. in spain, government checkpoints are set up there on a national lockdown over the coronavirus. people are only allowed to leave homes to did to work, pharmacies hospital or the supermarket. and as you can see, they're being checked. spain has the fifth highest number of cases in the world behind china, italy, iran and south korea. so the streets are very empty there. and germany started border checks, as well. they're checking people coming into the country from various other countries around there trying to stop the spread into germany. travelers with nonurgent business are being turned away. they're also looking for symptoms. if you have any, you're going to be registered with federal authorities. >>> the cdc is now recommending to cancel or postpone gatherings of 50 people or more for eight weeks, including all kinds of events. social distanc

good common sense naturals in pleasanton typically makes bath products, but they are now making hand sanitizer. >> one moment it could go really well. we have lots of ordering and then the next day it is not. it makes planning for your business for its future really difficult. >> no one is immune from this. no mat whatever size the business, no matter who you are, we will all be affected by it. >> well, a lot of shops we talked to have seen business go down by at least 50%, and they worry what will happen if the lockdown is extended. >>> kaiser has canceled its $900 million project for a new head quarters in oakland. the company says the decision was not related to the coronavirus pandemic citing delays and increasing costs instead. kaiser says it will focus on renovating its head tothe ghaw ifoulo your se or smell. >>> plus, the frustration building tonight in washington. are lawmakers any closer to passing that bill, the financial relief bill for americans? >>> folks at home need this done, they don't need we're close. >> stay local with your money. we need to stay local and keep e

staff will be shifted to the urgent care centers in berkeley, brentwood, walnut creek, and pleasanton. it's also taking extra precautions with patients. anyone who comes in will get a mask. >>> update on the "grand princess" passengers. seven have tested positive for coronavirus even though they haven't shown symptoms. the ship came in after 19 crew and two passengers tested positive for the disease. thousands of people were taken off and sent to quarantine. more than 800 have been isolated at travis air force base, and many of them declined to be tested. it should be made clear that testing is not mandatory. >>> an east bay congressman is in critical condition at a hospital, but you he does not have the coronavirus. concord democrat mark desonet's condition worsened after he was admitted for complications of pneumonia more than a week ago. he developed pneumonia after breaking a rib when he fell during a run. the 67-year-old is also a cancer survivor who has represented east bay on capitol hill since 2015. >>> another day, another rush at the stores. what had shoppers excited this mo

. >> nearly 18,000 cisco employees are working from home in san jose and pleasanton offices. they are using webx for meetings. a hunger by other companies to do the same as they step up to minimize risk to employees ask customers. >> not only sharing the technology, but we're also sharing some of the best practices and learnings to help them kick off and get started, as well. in addition to that, we are offering webex free around the globe to help people that need to get connected and don't have the means to do so. >> reporter: only a skeleton crew is staffing the office kbm home that works for top tech companies. 150 employees in san jose, san francisco and sacramento are working at home for the next two weeks. they've already been touched by covid-19. >> we had a project in seattle where one of the members of the installation crew got sick with coronavirus and was diagnosed. so they had to quarantine their crew. so we had to move that installation into another installation team and that's the first we've had that. >> reporter: stock market turmoil fueled by jitters impactin

our other spots in the bay area, san jose 67 for the daytime high today while fremont snow and pleasanton each also at 67 for peak temperatures, oakland and berkeley at 64 conquered close to 70 while areas just on the other side of the car from you like bernice of benicia pittsburgh could delay how each still holding on to the 70's nevado 64 well santa rosa 66. now tomorrow look at that temperature difference highs fall from 67 on average today to only 57 tomorrow and temperatures remain cool through the start of next week, our best chances of rainfall are tomorrow sunday and monday with tuesday and wednesday a few showers lingering as well so really the rest of winter. we've got rain before thursday, your first day of spring skies, clearing out temperatures warm back to the 60's ross all right, thank you john we started off with a hot spot it cleared so now traffic looks pretty good. >>a lot of the folks were stuck in traffic on the shore freeway they have finally made it up to the bay bridge toll plaza and the ride into san francisco looks pretty good right we're at 8 minutes here for y

it allows them to move to the care centers in berkeley, pleasanton, brentwood and walnut creek.muir health says it will provide more efficient and effective care to the community. >>> lot of different scenes around san francisco these days. people shelter at h is what it t dolores park this evening. relatively quiet for a fairly warm friday evening. still groups of people enjoying the park for the most part keeping their distance as they should with a stay at home order. even our diets with changing a bit. fewer strips to the supermarket means we may not be eating as healthy as we'd like to be. kpix 5's andrea nakano asked a local chef for tips on menu planning during the pandemic. >> reporter: many people hoarded grocery items this week as a shelter at home order went into place, and a lot of people bought nonperishable foods. fresh food is getting harder to get. but there are still ways to eat healthy if you take the time to plan your menu. >> so did you get jw? okay. >> reporter: chef amy of revival bar and kitchen is trying to ramp up her to-go business as dining at restaura

the sunrise living center in pleasanton confirmed it today. it's the first case there, but the senior home says it has been monitoring the situation and taking precautionary steps. >>> adapt and innovate. first responders probably know that better than anyone during a crisis. with new strategies, including special units and equipment. nbc bay area's lili tan talked to menlo park firefighters today about their new normal. lili? >> reporter: garvin, right behind me is the dedicated fire apparatus for covid-19 calls. anytime there's a potential case, this and two first responders will head out on the call. right now the doors are closed to avoid potential contamination, but inside there are medical supplies and other equipment used to protect the public and firefighters. now, less than an hour ago, menlo park firefighters on the special unit showed us their new protective gear. they'll now wear tie vex executes, medical gloves as well as a mask and safety flglasses. they'll ask people to come outside in order to limit exposure. the fire chief say

this is the parking lot of saint augustine's catholic church in pleasanton.tor of the catholic unity father mark and father luke offering drive-through confession sessions during the coronavirus pandemic. >>> we will continue to do this every saturday throughout the coronavirus crisis. until that has passed as a way to help people connect with god prepare for the great feast of easter. >>> mass will be a live facebook webcast tomorrow. the church will hold the drive- through confessionals as long as necessary. >>> we started out by talking about tomorrow's rain off the top of the newscast. i want to jump ahead to the next storm that will get here on tuesday and wednesday. before i finish up i will show you daytime highs for tomorrow as well. we are not going to leave those out. first is focus on with the next storm is coming from. the one bringing us rain tomorrow off the coast here comes in and gives us a few light showers in the afternoon for the south bay. that is the one we looked at a few minutes ago. the next storm up here thickets here tuesday. it is c

and although the beef shipment was a little bit late, dave and michelle goodwin of pleasanton thoughtt was still a good deal. >> this is a great way to stock up on some stuff if we're going to have to shelter down for the next god knows how long. >> offerings are shown on the restaurant facebook page and orders are taken by email. processing takes a few days so no same day pehe gd at six-foot intervals allows social distancing. skinner charges a $10 per order fee but these folks are happy to pay it. >> i know i can buy pacts for my ailing parents that are in san jose. so i'll be bringing all that stuff down there. >> this was an opportunity to buy maybe some better quality meat that we didn't have a chance to get. >> we don't need a lot. just enough to get through with four people for the next few weeks. >> skinner says demand is allowing him to slowly hire back some of the 80 people he had to lay off. it's also causing him to move to two pickup days next week, instead of just one. in livermore, eric thomas, abc7 news. >>> i'm abc7 news news chief medical correspondent jennifer ashton

over in the east bay, 54 in the area. 55 in pleasanton. and san francisco and the peninsula in the 50s from palo alto into downtown. here is the north bay, we have 53 in clear lake, and 55 in sonoma. my extended forecast, there is a chance of rain wednesday, and we will see a chance decrease on thursday, and dry on friday, and slight chance this weekend, and then by next monday, definitely some dry weather. so you can see on the inland valley forecast, we are going to go from the 50s, on wednesday, all the way up to 74 next monday, and by my count, that means day 14, inside for many of us with the covid-19, so that will be some big relief, and one last quick graphic, i know a lot of us are reaching for those hand wipes, but according to the cdc, world health organization, soap and water works best. so if you have that soap at home, that is going to be a lot better and save the wipes for maybe if you're in your car if you have to head out for essentials and you have them with you as well. so it's been an exciting day at my house, raj and je

pleasanton and livermore at 54 for your highs well, oakland and san leandro as well as walnut creek in concord in the upper 50's at 57, north bay not much different mid to upper 50's for your highs and you'll find the same even a little closer to the coast tomorrow temperatures remain similar to today just a slight chance of showers mostly in the morning hours, especially for the north bay thursday will be our in a nice way to kick off spring around the corner by friday. we start the day dry but evening showers working back in and that will set us up for saturday sunday and even monday of next week with more rainfall looking likely. robin all right, thanks trauma. let's check in on your commute say it is light, it is quiet with no delays into san francisco. >>we're looking at an 8 minute repair which is quicken right on time from the bottom of the maze off to fremont street. what i want to cross the golden gate looks good smooth and at the limit so far in both directions. so that's nice to see 92 a little busy often on mainly on the flat section just west of the toll plaza and okay com

a shower just rolled through pleasanton and livermore and out towards tracy. if you're a super commuter, wet on 580. we also have a nice shower right here. pacific a&m ontero down towards half moon bay and 101 and 380 and even the san mateo bridge getting wet right now. put this into motion and you can see more rotating from the shore into inland neighborhoods. light to moderate showers on this 1 on the stormchcermanhaan feet. look at the mid to upper 30s in the north bay and else where and top out today in the mid to upper 50s with the scattered showers and thunderstorms. >>> now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >>> breaking news in the last hour we learned prince charles has tested positive for covid-19. a spokesman for his official royal residence says the 71-year-old is showing mild symptoms and self-isolating at a an estate in scotland. he remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual. the spokesman says it's not possible to determine who the prince caught the virus from because he has been to several e

to the east bay. 72 degrees pleasanton. 71 outside in oakland. 70 degrees, the peninsula. 70 in paloan mateo, 67. san francisco, just a little bit of a wind out of the northwest at 8. and 62 for the marina. and right here through wine country, napa, sonoma, low 70s tomorrow. there's a lot happening as we head throughout this week. let's get to that seven-day forecast. we're going to keep that 55% of a spotty shower tomorrow. 50% chance on wednesday. dry thursday and friday. then by saturday night, i see a spotty chance of a shower moving in. but the best chance of measurable rainfall this week comes on sunday. 0.05 to a quarter inch possible. low snow, maybe down to 2,000 feet for the bay area elevations. then by monday, some spotty showers. look at the difference here for the inland valleys. 70s for the workweek, down to 50s this upcoming weekend with chances of rain primarily on sunday. if you're headed to the sierra, severe snow possible on sunday. one to three feet is possible. i keep hitting on that because if that forecast stays in place, it's going to be hard to go anywhere on

surprised there were so many people out and about, walking, just like i was, and i went up to the pleasanton ridge and had never seen the parking lot so packed, families with young kids, and older people, and just everybody walking around, and there was this sense of really just, everyone was so polite and nice, and everybody kept their distance and everything, but you can see everybody else had that need to get outside, too, and have that sense of normalcy. we spoke to a therapist this afternoon, one of the biggest pieces of advice we can give, we all need to get on a schedule. if you're at home, you need to have a schedule, get up and go exercise, and you need to get outside and you need to remove yourself from this isolation a little bit, without meeting up with other people, and really try to establish some sense of routine, and sense of normalcy. so that you don't feel like the world is coming to a tragic end. there is optimism. there is, we're going to get through this, and so it was really good to go outside. it was so funny, we ran into all of these cows and they even seemed to be se

once you head north to pleasanton up to concord or even here in danville, not seeing a whole lot.a different story right now where the strongest thunderstorm we've seen over the last 30 minutes has been this storm solely moving away from santa rosa, approaching rohnert park. it has the history of producing frequent hail, lightning and ponding on the roads. very slow movement to the south and west. so the core of what's going on here is an area of low pressure, which is just off the coast, spinning towards southern california. so that's the reason why. it's really the south bay one of the spots that's closest to the storm that is likely to get the most rainfall from here on out. we could see another quarter inch of rain near sunnyvale, palo alto, areas south of san jose. but other than santa rosa, probably not seeing all that much except for that one thunderstorm locally outperforming the models there. seeing pretty significant rain around santa rosa this evening. as we go through the rest of the evening will be the focus of the showers. once the sunsets will lose some of the power

. >> that work he's speaking of is happening in pleasanton.here they are developing a rapid test for the coronavirus. the first batch of 400,000 will be available within days. >> we have tests available to go this weekend. early next week. out to a group of about 30 testing laboratories. across the u.s. >> paul brown over sees it all. his company was given emergency authorization by the federal government to scale up production. what should have taken 12 months happened in six weeks. >> based on the noble prize winning technology. of pcr. chain reaction. we have the world experts. which we have applied to the problem. that's why we have been able to do what we have done. >> the company is working non-stop since february 1. compelled to develop a test and recognize the threat posed by the new virus. >> it's truly remarkable. we're grateful we can contribute to hopefully control this terrible pandemic. >> the smaller machinescan process 385 tests in eight hours and bigger ones can process 960. >> we have seen lots of pictures and video of long

pleasanton and livermore your rise to 64 under some pretty clear skies this afternoon there will be passing clouds at times but you're gonna notice a lot of blue regardless of where you're at in the bay area we're going to be holding on to some really nice conditions today definitely a cooler one than we've got you to use to last week but temperatures are going to get warmer and the days ahead of us just a slight chances of rain fall bowl today and tomorrow better clearing on wednesday and by thursday and friday. we're looking at plenty of sunshine and highs back into the 70's. saturday night showers work their way back into the picture and by sunday our coolest day and our best chance of rain. >>robin all right. thank you john let's check in on the morning commute around the bay area this morning, the bridge us look good golden gate. no problem word, 18 minutes nevado to the toll plaza 92 it's going to be a little busy, it's just off and on and mainly on the flat section so that trip from hayward over to the peninsula. it's going to be fine. we don't have any trouble spots right now which