Previous Updates

UC Davis advising instructors they can move classes online

Grand Princess cruise ship expected to dock at noon

Grand Princess cruise ship to dock in Oakland

Sheldon High School Basketball game back on

Elk Grove cancels classes for week of March 9

21 people on Grand Princess cruise ship test positive

Yolo County reports first confirmed coronavirus case, declares local emergency

Monday, March 9

12:07 p.m.: UC Davis advising instructors they can move classes online

UC Davis has told instructors they have "maximum flexibility" to move classes onlinefor the rest of the winter quarter, which ends Friday, March 13. Finals will continue as scheduled next week, but instructors can also use a take-home exam or other assignment.

The university reiterated that there have been no confirmed COVID-19 cases on the UC Davis campus. Yolo County reported its first case last week and declared a local health emergency.

The University of Washington and Stanford University have gone to all-online classes recently because of concerns related to the coronavirus. Sacramento State announced Sunday it would continue classes as scheduled. Sierra College has also declared a state of emergency and will be limiting the people allowed on campus to only students, faculty, staff and other persons required by employment to be there.

11:27 am: Grand Princess ship expected to dock at noon

Carrying multiple people who have tested positive for COVID-19, the Grand Princess passes the Farallon Islands while holding off the coast of San Francisco, Sunday, March 8, 2020. The cruise ship is scheduled to dock at the Port of Oakland on Monday.Noah Berger / AP Photo

Port of Oakland officials told KQED that the Grand Princess cruise ship is expected to dock at noon. The process to get passengers off the ship is expected to take two to three days. You can follow the position of the ship here.

Sunday, March 8

1:15 p.m.: Grand Princess cruise ship to dock in Oakland

Passengers aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship will disembark at the port of Oakland sometime Monday, after it was quarantined off the Northern California coast following positive COVID-19 tests, state officials announced Sunday.

“We recognize that this is a time when we must be guided by facts and not fears," Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said at a press briefing Saturday. “It is our duty to help these people.”

1 p.m.: Sheldon High School Basketball game back on

Reporters, parents and student athletes fill the press conference room at the Sacrament County administrative building downtown on Sunday, March 8, 2020.Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

After a discussion between parents and regional leaders Sunday, Elk Grove school officials reached out to the California Interscholastic Federation. Now the Sheldon High School boys basketball team, seeded No. 1 in the region, is tentatively scheduled to play Tuesday.

During Saturday’s press conference, Sacramento leaders stopped short of criticizing Elk Grove’s decision but urged stronger collaboration going forward on decisions such as school closures.

“We are not here to second-guess any decision that’s been made,” Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said, adding that he was “concerned about the potential of going too far” with decisions.

“Don’t panic. There’s no reason to. Let’s live our lives while we are dealing with this very serious issue,” the mayor said.

Saturday, March 7

1 p.m.: Elk Grove cancels classes for week of March 9

A family in Elk Grove has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, prompting the district to close schools and cancel classes next week.

After the announcement, the Sacramento County Office of Education and Sacramento County Public Health Department released a statement saying they respected and would support Elk Grove's decision, but were not yet recommending any school or district shut down since there have been no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sacramento County students or school staff.

The Sacramento City Unified School District also released a letter stating that no SCUSD students or staff members had tested positive. The letter also noted that the district had not been advised by the county health department to close or cease current activities.

Friday, March 6

4 p.m.: 21 people on Grand Princess cruise ship test positive

Twenty-one people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California have tested positive for the coronavirus disease COVID-19, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday.

The Grand Princess had been returning to San Francisco after a cruise to Hawaii and has been kept away from port while a small portion of the roughly 3,500 people on board are tested for the coronavirus.

Pence said of 46 tests conducted so far on the ship, 19 crew members and 2 passengers tested positive, while 24 people were negative and one was inconclusive.

On Wednesday, health officials in California's Placer County said that a passenger on a recent trip of the Grand Princess had died from COVID-19 — the state's first known death from the coronavirus.

1 p.m.: Yolo County reports first confirmed coronavirus case, declares local emergency

Yolo County confirmed Friday its first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

According to Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, the patient is an older female with underlying health conditions who acquired the disease through community transmission. Officials say she is currently hospitalized but her condition is improving.

The county is also issuing a local health emergency and local emergency to gain access to state or federal funding.