after this week's caucus chaos. the democrats try to drum up support in new hampshire. the efforts to keep the coronavirus at bay. oscar countdown. >> the sequins, the bling and pretty soon, the stars. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us. >> a lot of big stories but we'll start with the coronavirus. >> the number of dead from the kreers is well over 600 people including the doctor in china who tried to alert officials with the outbreak. worldwide, more than 31,000 people have been ineffected by the virus. efforts to stop its spread. royal caribbean is banning some passengers from their

shipments based on their passports. the world health organization today declared a global shortage of the masks and isolation gowns which are needed so badly in china's coronavirus outbreak. >> one bay area nonprofit has stepped up by dome it aing their stockpile of masks. >> 1.8 million procedure masks boxed and labeled in the san leandro warehouse. med share had them toward donate to the next big disaster and they say that disaster is coronavirus. there are also 200,000 yellow plastic isolation gowns badly need in the china. >> we had a flight out of oakland but got redirected out of chicago. we have a direct flight from chicago to shanghai. once it reaches shanghai, we have three other distribution partners on the ground ready to

go. >> these masks are gas as gold in china. hard to find. ten times the price. despite millions of them being shipped out, many more of the m-95s are still needed. >> they are in short supply in many bay area stores. med share has created a coronavirus donation page and next week will start collecting for a second shipment of specifically n-95s. >> i'm glad that we're able to help people in need and have the stuff that they're having for here that we can help them out in china for the coronavirus. >> trucks filled with these supplies will leave this weekend. by this time next week, all of it will be in the hands of health care workers and residents in china. >> we mentioned the royal caribbean cruise lines taking

drastic measures. anybody planning to travel to china or hong kong or macao 15 days from setting sail will not be allowed to board. people who have passports, we mentioned, they will not be allowed on those vessels. norwegian cruise line issued a travel ban of its own. much like royal caribbean, it is not allowing people with passports from those locations to get on its ships. you can see a lot of people taking these drastic measures here. in this case, it is anybody that has visited had within three days of their scheduled trip. >> a quarantined cruise ship is still sitting idle out of japan. 61 people have tested positive for the virus. thousands have been stuck in their cabins for days. cornell spoke to one local family. >> reporter: i just spoke with

julie choi in the last hour. she has no idea when she'll be able to leave that cruise ship. she said she totally understands how serious the situation is and she's feeling scared. >> we're in a foreign happened. we don't have the language. we just don't know what happened. we are so scared. >> reporter: julie choi from san francisco video chatted with us from her cabben where she's been quarantined the last two weeks. the shipment is anchored off the 60 peengs board the diamond princess have tested positive for the coronavirus. julie and her family are feeling fine but are taking precautions. >> so people are taking your temperature every day you leave your cabin? >> we take the temperature ourselves. >> reporter: she said everyone is going stir crazy. >> it is really a tough situation. because we are in an interior room which has no window. so the daylight, i don't see the

sunlight anymore. so every hour looks the same. when i wake up in the morning, it looks exactly like last night. it is really tough. after two days, i almost have anxiety attack. >> reporter: at the port of san francisco, new guidelines are coming for cruise ship passengers. >> we're working closely with our cruise line passengers and they are denying boarding to anyone who has traveled to an impacted area in the last 14 days. anyone who is sick or displaying soimts board, they notify the coast guard. >> reporter: the port says no shipments arriving here have visited the coronavirus impact area. as for julie choi, she said she's being allowed to leave her cab cabin, get this, every three days for a walk around the ship. she said she's running out of prescriptions, she has no toothpaste and she said the quarantine period for the cruise ship ends around february 19th but she's not sure she'll be able to leave then.

live in san francisco. abc 7 news. >> all right. thank you. families planning to visit china have been scrambling. >> david louie spoke with a san jose family and a travel agent joining us from the airport. >> we know business travel is almost year round. increasingly so for a vacation travel. that was the plan by one san jose family. the cancellation of flights across the pacific is creating diuption in those dream trims and triggering a lot of request for refunds. >> our most recent trip was to tokyo. >> her wall is missing two maps for the two disney parks she and her family to check off to say they've been to all of them of they were due to visit shanghai and tokyo in a week.

their flights have been us is he said thatted. travel agent have been doing a lot of refunds this week. >> for people who are traveling two, four, six weeks from now it is very easy and now is the time to do it. for people who are not traveling yet for another six more months, we're going to wait a little bit before we pull the trigger on changes, cancellations or refunds. >> that's because no one knows when flights might be restored. travel to other asian countries could get complicated depending on measures to isolate the virus. using a travel agent can expedite the refund process. >> i will do the work for you. i'm the middle man between xu the airline, you and your travel insurance coil. travel insurance is also a very valuable thing to have. >> reporter: 14-year-old twims, 12-year-old lily, mom and dad, have gotten refunds except for one flight. they will need to wait for another chance to go to china.

>> our original plans were bought on a really good deal from black friday. so we're having to search again for those great deals. we're sure it will happen. >> reporter: disney is the parent company of abc7. the airlines are expected to take a big hit as a result of these canceled flights. 17 years ago during the sars epidemic, they lost an estimated $7 billion. >> thank you. we've learned four people who were on the flight this morning to travis air force base have shown possible symptoms of having coronavirus. they have a been taken to local hospitals and are being held in isolation. we're constantly updating our website. it includes the number of cases as well as what actions are being taken to keep the virus from spreading. go to abc7news.com and you will find a link near the top of the home page. the helicopter that crashed and killed kobe bryant and his daughter gianna as well as seven

others showed no signs of outward end gin failure. the that's the will stay instrument panel was destroyed and most of the devices were displaced. the flight kros were broken and they sustained fire damage. investigators believe a tree branch at the crash seattle was cut so it appears the engines were working and the rotors were turning at the time of impact. today, bryant's window vanessa posted this invitation to the memorial service. it reads, a celebration of life. kobe and gianna bryant 2/24/20. the post reveals the significance of the numbers of 2 was gianna's number. 24 was kobe's number, and 20 is the number of years that he was a laker. i spoke with a friend yesterday in southern california who has contacts in the pilot community and there is a real fear that because of the fog, they

couldn't go as fast and the pilot might have been pushing it a little bit to try to get to the game quickly. and in that case, it is just human error. it's not confirmed. i want to be clear. but visibility was poor. so it just makes it even worse. >> it just feels senseless. all right. let's take a long at the weather. we'll switch gears and look at our cameras. >> despite the mild, calm, it's sunny weather, things will get a little different over the weekend. we have strong gusty winds developing over the weekend and a wind advisory will be in effect from 7:00 a.m. tomorrow to 11:00 a.m. monday. in the north bay, east bay hills, winds will be even stronger gusting to 60 miles an hour. there is a possibility of downed trees and power outages. so bear that in mind. the winds will start whipping up

in speed. i'll give you a closer look at the complete forecast. oakland mayor will he bey schaaf will give her state of the city address in about an hour. we're told the speech will be about oakland. it will include an update on the mayor's 17 k 17 k plan. her goal of protecting 17,000 households from displacement and building 17,000 new homes by 2024. it begins at 5:00 on oak street. democratic debate after this week's caucus chaos. the heat is on ahead of the debate which you can see here. oscar sunday is coming up. the local nominee is having a big

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we are counting down to oscar sunday. >> dion lim is live. whoa! look at that dress? you are shimmering! we built new glasses for you. >> you need sunglasses. and larry and ama, i wanted to match the statuette. can you blame me? not bad, right? so this is actually the warm-up to the big event. this year i had the help of two designers. they narrowed down these choices. you had a chance to vote onlien yesterday and on social media. so after all the suspense, drum roll, please. after tal yessing thousands of

votes, the number one choice you picked is number one. the turquoise, one shoulder gown coming in at a very close second, the red gown, and rounding out the top three is the neon yellow. so back out here live, so many thanks to all of you who voted. here we are along the red carpet. in just about 15 minutes, i'll bring you a story of some bay area nominees. that should be pretty fun, too. abc7 news. >> i feel like there was no question. all the dresses looked amazing but everybody was just hone in the on that turquoise. >> i have to confess, i voted for turquoise a thousand times. you may have just gotten my preference. >> i think we all unanimously said turquoise. >> we'll be in touch. yeah. okay. thank you. it's the beer event of the year in sonoma don't, arguably,

nationwide. today they released pliny the younger. considered by many the most desirable, if you can say deseeshl, that's what it would be. beer in the country. because of its taste and scarcity, only available for a short time. amy hollyfield shows us what is making this year's release doubly special. >> reporter: the line to place orders for pliny the beer started yesterday. with lindsey once again at the front. h's lost count of how many years he's been the first one in line. >> i got here at 10:30 yesterday morning. >> reporter: oh, my gosh. >> they open up at 10:30 i wanted it to be a full 24-hour -- >> reporter: it's worth it? >> oh. yeah. >> reporter: a new twist attracted new fans. this year they've bottled pliny the younger and will be selling it in the tasting room. that was enough to could not convenience one beer lover from l.a. to come weight in line.

>> you have to go to different locations, went ralphs. i decided to come try it. >> it is something we said we would never do. >> reporter: the owners decided to bend their rule and bottle the beer this year as a special treat for their customers who spend hours waiting in line. >> we didn't make a lot of bottles. we do plan to run out each day and we won't be distributing them. they won't be available in the guest shop. just those who come into the pubs for the experience. >> reporter: this was lien by 9:00 a.m. more than 200 people waiting. they release it once a 84 for two weeks and will let you have three will 10-ounce pours once you're inside. >> like disneyland for adults. >> reporter: there is no fast pass though. >> no. no fast pass. >> reporter: here is the bottle of beer. $10 each. each person can buy two of these

a day. abc7 news. >> waiting in line. >> my goodness. the next big thing. the rigs river brewing company has a location in windsor and we're told the lines for pliny the young they are were just as long. >> in case you didn't know, pliny the younger not to be confused with pliny the elder. if you're looking to add some color to your weekend, you might want to head to golden gate park. the san francisco botanical garden is officially in peak bloom. at least when it comes to magnolias. some are indigenous to north america. others as far as china. all of them have one thing in common. they love sunshine. >> typically, magnolia season can vary from january to march. typically february is our best blooming time. it depends on the weather.

so with this warm lovely weather, things are coming into bloom faster and more intensely than normal. >> the garden features 63 different species including extremely rare varieties with some reaching 80 feet tall. >> so tranquil. so relaxing. spencer is here. will it be sunny? >>ett will be. the tranquility won't last. let's enjoy what we have. right now, a live view looking over san francisco. the temperature reading sare 59 in the city. much milder across the bay. oakland, 65. 66, 65 in san jose. 69 degrees in gilroy. 54 at half moon bay. a lovely view westward from emeryville. you can see the low clouds off in the distance. at the moment, the sunny skies just about everywhere.

67 in santa rosa, 68 in petaluma. in upper 60s in concord and livermore. these are the forecast features. it will be cooler tomorrow becoming windy with a gusty day out of san francisco. and then we'll have a mild, quiet pattern returning, redeveloping, rather on, monday. overnight, look for patchy fog. skies will be clear. overnight lows will be in the mid to lower 40s. then tomorrow, sunny skies before the wend starts to whip up. the afternoon will be sunny and qualm high 50s at the coast to right around 60 at the bay. low to mid 60s in the inland valleys. the wind advisory stays in effect until monday for most of the bret baier. the post and the santa cruz krar

will be under the warning through monday. especially in the higher elevations, we'll be looking at this from 7:00 p.m. tomorrow winds out of the east, with gusts up to 50 or maybe even 60-miles-per-hour. and of course, there is a possibility of downed trees and power lines. starting at 7:00 tomorrow evening, we'll see gusts ranging from 25 to 30 miles an hour across much of the bret baier. overnight into sunday morning. we'll be looking at gusts from 25 to 40 miles an hour. that pattern tens through the day sunday and overnight sunday night before the wind begins to dominion he shall a bit. here's the seven-day forecast. once again, sown and pleasant on oscar sunday. quite windy. breezy and milder on monday. tuesday, high temperatures get up to near 70 degrees in our inland areas. sown and spring-like.

and then there will be gradual cooling as we approach the end of next week. the dry pattern persists. it consists of something. >> it consists of no rain. >> all right. still to come on abc7 news at 4:00, new life for unwanted toys. a local woman is turning them from trash to treasure. coming up on 7 on your side, the best way to celebra

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a jury has ordered johnson & johnson in a talc cancer case. >> it's a beg one. a new jersey jury ordered a company the pay $750 in damages. that will go to four who said it caused their lupg cancer. the trial focused on the safe of baby powder and shower powder. they said they will lower the amount of damages. nonetheless it will be the most ever awarded against the coil. johnson & johnson said it will appeal. a majorer has been issued for three infant carriers found to be a fall hazard. 14,000 carriers made by infantina has faulty buckles which could break and cause a child to fall out.

it includes the up close newborn carrier, the flip front to back career, and the go forward four in one evolvedering no, ma'ameck carrier. they were sold at target and amazon. no injuries have been reported. sunday is national pizza day. so i've got some ideas on how you can celebrate. you can get a free large pizza from blaze pizza when you place an order of at least $25 on post mates. just use the code pizza de. if you're looking for a deal right now, bj's will give you $10 off any order of 40 or more. and if by any chance you are expecting had caule-power which makes frozen gluten free pizzas will give you free pies if your baby is born on pizza day. >> an interesting promotion. somewhere there's a husband

saying push! junior! we can eat pizza for a year! a demolition crew is busy tearing down a bar in pennsylvania when they found some history under the building. they discovered something much older. as they peeled away the layers of modern construction, they found a two-story log cabben that dates back to the 1700s. now officials want to eave the cabin but planning on moving it. it will have to be taken apart and put back together. sunday will be hollywood's big night. >> the oscars happen this sunday right here abc7. it is all about the glitz, the glamor and the politics. indeed. and look. even our microphone is blinged out. the red carpet though, not so much on.

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the oscars are coming! >> yes, they are. the final preparations are underway at the dolby theater in los angeles ahead of the academy awards sunday night. let's take a live look. there it is. >> it is live! >> it's live right now! you can see